Chapter 128: Thirteenth Day of Building a Home in the New World (400,000 Nutrient Solution Plus…)
Thirteenth Day of Building a New World Home:
Ace had already left the Novice Village and arrived at the Grand Line.
He didn't tell Wendy when he went out to sea, thinking of giving her a surprise...but Wendy contacted him directly and asked him to find Tom. There was no way, the surprise was gone.
But considering that Wendy really needed him now, he didn't say anything and could only quicken his pace and rush over.
Unlike the original timeline where Wendy did not appear, the current Portgas D. Ace has not experienced the death of his brother, and has not been forced to grow up and become the only brother and take on responsibilities. After being adopted by Wendy, Ace's biggest daily worry is whether Luffy has gotten into trouble again today and whether he should call Wendy today.
As he grew older and Wendy became a regular reader of the newspaper, his worries increased. It seemed like Wendy was making big news again. What should he do? Would she be in danger? And would Mihawk be able to handle it? It seemed like his position was unstable...
After Wendy was wanted by the World Government and sent to the New World, his wandering thoughts became fixed.
"I'm going to find Wendy to help her." Ace announced his dream of going to sea when he grows up with a serious face.
There is no other way. Wendy only has a few people under her command, and she has to compete with the Four Emperors. It is too difficult. She can't do it without him.
He originally just wanted to go to sea to gain freedom, and he would think about all sorts of things when he was a child, but later he had no time to think about his own things - because at such a young age he had to take care of his younger brother who would go into the mountains to eat poisonous mushrooms, and he had to worry about his new mother getting into trouble, and his reliable brothers had gone to study somewhere else and couldn't help, and although his new father was reliable, his position seemed unstable and he had to worry about him being squeezed out, and he was called to do farm work when he had free time, and he was very busy every day... With a packed schedule, Ace gradually lost the time for his own philosophical thinking.
Of course, there are also relationships where parental vacancies are filled and emotional needs are met.
In short, Ace grew up like this and when he was 17 years old, he chopped off his younger brother's head, said goodbye to everyone in Windmill Village, and went out to sea.
Everyone in Windmill Village also came to see him off at the dock and gave him earnest instructions.
"Remember to say hello to Wendy!"
"Tell her to come back when she has time!"
"You have to be careful too, Ace!"
"Ask Wendy about her wedding date. Even if we can't go, we'll have a gift for her!"
Ace smiled happily on his boat, waving goodbye to everyone: "Got it! I'm leaving now! No need to see me off!"
After that, Ace made his debut in the East China Sea and finally arrived at the Grand Line. Along the way, he met some friends and formed his own pirate group.
When Wendy's bounty soared to 1 billion, he excitedly held up the bounty and shared it with his companions: "Look! This is my mom! Her bounty has increased again!"
The others were surprised and gathered around.
"What?! Captain, are you that player's child?!"
"Who is the player?"
"You don't know why you're so surprised!"
"I was just shocked that the captain actually had a mother... I thought people with mothers wouldn't go to sea."
"You're not wrong..."
"What's the point?! The point is that Ace's mother is actually a player in the New World who is comparable to the Four Emperors..."
"Why do you say he's on par with the Four Emperors? Can't you just say the Five Emperors?"
"Because some people still don't recognize the player as one of the Five Emperors. Her power is still too weak compared to the other veteran Four Emperors. They say that her power is entirely supported by her ship that looks like Pluto..."
"Wendy is very strong! And Mihawk is very strong too!"
"Wow! Captain, don't be angry! It's not me who said it, it's someone else who said it!"
"So, Ace, your father is Hawkeye?! I thought their children would definitely use swords..."
"Wait, players don't use swords either, right? Their children don't necessarily use swords anyway!"
"But I heard that players are using her twin sister to fight... Ah, besides his younger brother, doesn't the captain also have a brother named Sabo who's about the same age? Could they also use each other to fight in the future..."
"Wait, this scene is too hellish!"
"Idiot! The player's ghost is her sister. That's only if the other party dies!"
"Hey, don't say bad things about Abigail. Even though she looks like a fat ghost, she's very powerful."
"You are the only one saying bad things!" XN
After Wendy left for the New World, the three brothers seemed to have grown up a lot. They stopped calling each other as often as before. They all knew that Wendy had more important things to do.
In addition, Ace wanted to give Wendy a surprise, so he didn't take the initiative to contact Wendy to tell her - until Wendy told him about Tom.
After Ace officially entered the Grand Line, he would occasionally meet old acquaintances of his parents.
For example, when he was on his way to pick up the shipwright Tom as instructed by Wendy, he met someone who proposed to him directly, which scared him... But only later did he find out that the other party was his mother's friend.
After entering the Grand Line, Ace took the initiative to call Wendy for the first time.
"Wendy! I met a woman who calls herself Charlotte Lola! She said she's your friend!"
[Oh! It's Laura! Is she okay?] Wendy's voice on the other end of the phone was a little excited. [Did she find her marriage partner? Is she married?]
"Not yet," Ace said gloomily, "but she proposed to me and everyone on my crew."
"Because I have to give it a try, just in case one of them is my Mr. Right!" Laura responded, and then she greeted Wendy over there, also looking a little embarrassed, "Wendy, I'm so sorry, I didn't know this was your son."
"It's okay, but if Ace wants to get married, it depends on his own wishes."
Of course! And who on earth would propose to someone the moment they meet them when they find true love? —Ace complained in his heart.
Then, he heard Wendy continue: [Lola, you have to keep going. I also proposed to Mihawk when I first met him. He didn't agree at first, but now we are together!]
"Yes!" Laura agreed confidently, "This is the 4001st time I've proposed, and the 4001st time I've failed! But I won't give up!"
[Wow! Laura, you're amazing! If you keep going like this, you might achieve something special!]
“No, no.”
Ace: "..." So my mom does this too! And maybe it was my mom who taught this guy this!
However, although Charlotte Lola likes to propose marriage to the opposite sex abruptly and shock them, she will not pester others after being rejected. She is a person with a good personality.
When she met Ace, she had a subtle feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign land. She specially taught Ace some tips for traveling to the new world and also taught Ace how to make a life card.
Life Cards are a unique craft mastered by the people of the New World. They use their own fingernails to create special paper that represents the life force of the nail's owner. The paper is impervious to water and fire, but any danger to the owner's life will be reflected on the paper.
It also has a way-finding function - pieces torn from the same piece of paper will point in each other's direction, which is very convenient for finding people in this world with a huge map.
Before leaving, Lola tore off a small part of her life card and asked Ace to pass it to Wendy.
After parting with Charlotte Lola and the others, Ace made a special trip back home when passing through Kraigana Island—of course, he was the only one there, while the crew stayed behind. This was because the baboons were still on the island, and his crew couldn't defeat them.
Ace went home and first checked to see if the house had been damaged by the baboons (Wendy had asked him to do so, as she was very concerned), and also cleaned and ventilated the house (Hawkeye had asked him to do so, as Wendy wanted to teleport back to get something recently), and then after a lot of trouble, he returned to his ship.
The crew members chirped in private again - the captain is too homesick!
As for why the family is here, and the captain set out from the East China Sea... isn't that nonsense! The captain's parents went to the New World to fight for territory. At that time, the World Government was targeting it, which was very dangerous. Naturally, they couldn't just take the captain with them and abandon him in his hometown. Now that the territory is stable, they can call the captain back.
Although Ace did not take the initiative to call, given that Wendy would call Ace to ask where Ace was when she got bored after contacting him, the crew members of the Spade Pirates had already secretly called their captain a mama's boy.
Then, because Ace and Wendy always had to say a few words to Hawkeye after their long phone calls, some of them even secretly added Daddy.
Even though Ace always addressed his "parents" by their names, the crew members felt he was just being a spoiled brat—after all, it was clear from his tone and content. Which child would tell their parents what they ate while out at sea? Even though it was their mom who asked, what kid would always complain and then answer obediently?
After leaving home, Ace went to Water City 7 to find Tom as Wendy had instructed.
Tom was surprised to see Ace, but he immediately welcomed him.
Although he had never met Ace in person, he knew him. After seeing him, he took a look and said with emotion, "I didn't expect Wendy's children to have grown so big... She even brought a photo of you to show me. How are your brothers?"
"Sabo is studying outside and closer to Wendy. Luffy, who's back home, won't be able to go out to sea until he's 17, which is two years away." Ace smiled, took the tea Kokoro handed him, and explained his purpose. "I'm here to pick you up at Wendy's request. She wants me to take you to the New World."
Tom was stunned for a moment.
"I think this is a good idea." Kokoro stood aside, bringing Tom a cup of tea. "Now that the sea train is finished, Bingshan has become mayor, and Fram has established his own shipbuilding company... You should also be concerned about Pluto's future, right? And Wendy seems to need you very much, so she specially asked Ace to come and pick you up."
They all saw the newspaper and the bounty notice, and knew that Wendy had now found Nico Robin, the "key" that could unlock the true Pluto.
If Wendy had invited Fram at this time, he would definitely have agreed to go over and see the firepower of the legendary Pluto.
"The sequel to Pluto..." Tom sighed, and after a moment's silence, he patted his belly and laughed, "Wendy saved my life. If she needs me now, then of course I'll do my best to help her!"
Kokoro worriedly mentioned another thing: "But everyone speculates that Wendy's ship was built by Mr. Tom. If you want to take Mr. Tom away, there might be some resistance..."
"Don't worry! I will protect you, Uncle Tom!" said the black-haired boy sitting over there, with a flamboyant smile on his face, full of confidence.
Ace also did what he said - because when he took Tom away, the CP9 people came to stop him, which shows that they had been sending people to secretly monitor Tom.
This time, Tom's two disciples also helped to stop them openly and secretly. Ace not only ran away with Tom, but also defeated Hanafuda, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, when he was dispatched by the World Government to hunt him down.
Therefore, Ace, who has not yet gone to the new world, received a new bounty order - 200 million.
The bounty order was placed on the table, giving Sengoku and Garp a headache all of a sudden - there were only five of the Seven Warlords of the Sea left, and they hadn't found a suitable new person to fill the vacancy, and now one more was killed... That's almost half of the team is gone!
Originally, Ace defeated one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, so he should have been invited to become the new Seven Warlords of the Sea... But given Ace's situation, Sengoku knew that even if he invited him, there was no way he would agree.
This news, along with the news that Wendy's New World Declaration had triggered responses from many places, was published on the headlines of newspapers.
However, compared to the code name "Fire Fist" of Ace who ate the Flame-Flame Fruit, the newspapers emphasized more on his identity as the "son of a player."
In the New World, on the Abigail, Wendy was reading a newspaper and excitedly held it up to show the people behind her: "Mihawk! Ace is here! He should be here soon!"
"Your son?" Crocodile looked at the photo of Ace the Fire Fist in the newspaper and snorted, commenting, "He's already worth 200 million after only debuting for half a year... Bounties are getting more and more expensive these days."
Wendy, who was sitting in Hawkeye's arms, blinked and turned to ask him, "What was the bounty for Crook when he first debuted?"
"Don't move your head." Hawkeye, who was helping Wendy with her new hairstyle at her request, replied, "I don't remember exactly... but it shouldn't be that high."
After all, his reward is so high that he won't pay attention to someone whose reward is too low.
Nicole Robin, who was reading a book over there, looked up and replied with a smile, "I think it was 81 million."
Wendy frowned. "Krok's bounty is so low. Is he jealous that Ace has more than double his? He's always so noisy, is he also annoyed that I'm more than 37 times his?"
Hawkeye nodded: "Very likely."
Nico Robin kept smiling: "That might be a factor."
"...Hey, you guys! Don't be so arrogant! That's because I debuted early! After becoming a Shichibukai, the bounty will naturally not increase!" Crocodile was a little angry.
And why did Wendy Carter calculate it so accurately, over 37 times? This woman had actually been thinking about it for a long time and just chose the perfect moment to say it out loud!
Wendy looked over innocently and said, "But Mihawk is also a Shichibukai, so he has 3.5 billion."
Crocodile defended himself: "That's because I became a Shichibukai earlier! And the many people your man killed back then were all marines, so naturally the bounty would be very high!"
Wendy blinked, tilted her head, and asked in confusion, "Then why didn't you kill him?"
"Is that how it's calculated?! And isn't your father a marine? How can you say such a thing!" Crocodile was a little exasperated, but after he finished speaking, he realized that he had lost his composure and took a deep breath to force himself to calm down. "Forget it, it's impossible to reason with you, a woman... Listen carefully, even if the bounty on your son is partly due to his own strength, it's more because of you."
Otherwise, the newspapers wouldn't have repeatedly emphasized that he was the son of a player... It's quite a pity. He didn't even use his parents' surnames when he went to sea, but the newspapers still reported the relationship right away.
If this Fire Fist wants to make a name for himself, it will probably be very difficult and he will have to stay under the shadow of his parents' names for many years.
"Because of me?" Wendy said happily, "Then Ace will definitely be happy, right Mihawk?"
Hawkeye nodded and replied, "Yeah."
Crocodile: "...It's not easy being your son."
There is a mother who doesn't understand what people say, and a father who doesn't refute his wife and just says yes.
"You don't understand Ace, so don't make assumptions." Hawkeye replied indifferently.
Hawkeye said this not to specifically defend Wendy, but because according to his understanding, Ace is probably really doing the same as Wendy said, and will be very happy - because his obsession since childhood has been to wash away the stigma of the son of the Pirate King... To some extent, it has indeed been washed away now.
Now even if the World Government comes out and says that he is the son of Pirate King Roger, the public will not believe it, and may even think that the World Government cannot make up a good story... Well, if such a situation really happens, Ace will probably be happier.
He also understood what Crocodile said - considering Wendy's chaotic state, it would indeed be difficult for Ace to make a name for himself simply by relying on himself, without always thinking of Wendy.
Although he likes to stay under Wendy's shadow, which makes him feel comfortable, Wendy's brilliance would be too bright for many pirates with their own ambitions...but this probably doesn't include Ace.
After all, Ace was so worried about Wendy at such a young age that he felt like he wanted to be her father. He was more eager to be recognized by the world for his identity rather than pursuing fame.
"It's done." After braiding Wendy's hair, Hawkeye patted Wendy's shoulder gently, indicating that he had tied her hair.
Wendy didn't get up, but leaned back and lay on him.
Hawkeye's body stiffened, and he raised his arms to wrap around her waist. His tense muscles gradually relaxed to adapt to the changes - it seemed that after getting married, Wendy liked to stick to him more physically.
It's not that he doesn't like it...but she has strict standards, such as some things must wait until it is completely dark.
"He's your child anyway. Whatever happens to him is none of my business. As long as he can bring the shipwright Tom here safely, that's all that's good." Crocodile waved his hand impatiently, deciding to stay away from the two of them and concentrate on reading the news below - he wanted to see which islands Wendy Carter had tricked into voluntarily joining her, and whether these islands were actually valuable...
Robin fell into deep thought - Hmm... She had heard about Wendy's plan. Should she tell Mr. Crocodile that Wendy wanted Ace to come and help open Pluto?
Although Ace was indeed more suited to sailing than Mr. Crocodile, especially as a user of the Flame-Flame Fruit, he could provide Pluto with the necessary firepower. Once she had fully deciphered the information at hand, Wendy would learn Pluto's methods. Then, Pluto's firepower, which could destroy an island with a single strike...
Thinking of this, Robin paused his writing hand.
She recalled the conversation she had with Wendy when she took over the translation materials...
[Wendy, do you want to gain the ability to destroy the island? ]
[Hmm... I don't like destroying islands. As long as the Abigail can defeat the enemy, that's fine.]
[Eh? Why? Generally speaking, Pluto is targeted for its island-destroying firepower...]
【Then I just want to be strong, not destroyed. 】
[…Why?]
"Because if the island is destroyed, it's gone, right? It won't regenerate. I don't want that."
...She's truly a special person, Miss Wendy Carter. —Robin looked over to where Wendy had released Abigail and was showing it off with the newspaper in her hand.
"Speaking of which...why is Ace's last name different from both of yours?" Robin asked in confusion.
Wendy answered honestly, "Ace has the same last name as his biological mother. Only Sabo has my last name."
"..." Robin turned to look at Hawkeye in shock, with disbelief in his eyes.
"...Ace was adopted by Wendy. His biological parents are different, but that must be kept secret." Hawkeye explained, with a hint of warning in his tone. "His current parents are Wendy and me. No one else needs to know this information."
He knew that Nico Robin was very smart and believed that she would understand after hearing this.
"I see..." Robin's face showed realization - so Ace must have had trouble in his past life, but everything will be fine after Wendy adopted him... As for Sabo, who Wendy often mentioned, he was probably her biological son.
But who is the father of the youngest child, Luffy? Is he really Wendy and Red Hair's? Curious, she wanted to ask, but it felt like now wasn't the right time to ask. She'd better wait another day... Unexpectedly, Wendy was so honest and forthright. After learning more about the situation, Robin, eager to learn more, began to get a little more curious.
However, compared to gossip, they now have more important things to do - that is to wait and see how many islands will respond after Wendy's speech.
Crocodile came over and asked, "Hey, Wendy Carter, these islands wanting to follow you is actually a test. Those who can make it this far must have big problems on the island. How do you plan to solve it?"
He did not raise this fatal question at the beginning, because after all, he was not really helping Wendy, but was planning to stab her in the back and leave at any time. Even if he did work, he would not really try his best to help solve all the problems.
Wendy replied nonchalantly, "It's okay, Sabo will take care of it."
After she'd made that declaration, Sabo called her that evening to say the Revolutionary Army would help. Because if someone raised Abigail's flag in response to Wendy's call, it would mean the people there were struggling to survive, willing to resist but unable to muster the energy, and in need of help. That was exactly the situation the Revolutionary Army needed to intervene...
The advantage is that this way they can achieve twice the result with half the effort. I don't know if it's a disadvantage but the rumor that Wendy Carter is the real leader of the revolutionary army is becoming more and more popular.
Crocodile, unaware of her entanglement with the Revolutionary Army, simply glanced at her, a sense of apprehension rising within him. Sabo? Wendy's eldest son? He looked like a clueless idiot, but was everything actually arranged? Having a son with the same last name helping him out was like being his spokesperson, wasn't it?
This person is definitely overthinking it. — Hawkeye glanced at Crocodile and made a judgment.
And this guy definitely didn't think about anything. —Hawkeye glanced at Wendy and sighed.
And in this somewhat strange atmosphere, someone came to visit the Eternal Continent Pirate Group.
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The author has something to say: Ace's experience this time is different! He is a good boy who helps his mother with work! [Cai Gou]
I feel better today, so I'll do a two-in-one update! I finally paid back the 400,000!
Now comes the big storyline! That's right, our celestial arc! It's about to begin! [Kiss] I can finally change into new clothes! The illustrations are ready too! I'm just waiting for it to be written...
PS: Some people want to ask about the translation of the Eternal Continent. Actually, my personal concept is to use [The Constant] in Don't Starve, which is [Eternal Realm]. Among Don't Starve players, it is said that everyone will call it the Eternal Continent (after all, everyone is born on land).
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