Chapter 160: The fourth day of the battle for territory. You changed his future. ...
Turf War Day 4:
Sabo specifically brought this up because of a series of problems he encountered after meeting Aokiji...
Because Wendy had previously mentioned Doflamingo to Dragon, the Revolutionary Army had been keeping an eye on Dressrosa since Doflamingo became king. However, the people they sent hadn't brought back any news... Or perhaps Dragon himself sensed something was amiss—he should have sent someone there sooner, only to find out later that no one had gone.
"The leader suspects he did send someone, but they disappeared for some reason, and we have no memory of them," Sabo said solemnly. "I went there to investigate... but I didn't expect to run into Aokiji there."
"Because Sengoku's adopted son was once sent to the Don Quixote family as an undercover agent, and the cause of his death is unknown. After Wendy told Sengoku the cause of his adopted son's death, it is normal for the navy to take action." Hawkeye gave the answer.
Upon hearing this, Kizaru turned his head and glanced at Wendy who was killing fish over there, feeling a little confused - when did she become involved with Sengoku's adopted son again?
"I see... Then that's the same goal as ours, looking for evidence against Doflamingo." Sabo nodded. "Anyway, what we've discovered so far is that there's a hidden story behind the previous king of Dressrosa, and that the dwarfs on the island seem to be enslaved and controlled. But we met Aokiji at an auction... the auction for the Silence Fruit."
At this point, Sabo looked at Wendy with a hint of apology in his eyes. "Sorry, Mom, we didn't get the Silence Fruit. Aokiji took it in the end."
Wendy, who had killed a bunch of popcorn fish over there and had enough popcorn to last a box, looked over with a confused look on her face. "What?"
"..." Sabo paused, looking back at the people who were listening intently. "Anyway, Aokiji must have figured out that Doflamingo was behind the Sabaody Archipelago auction. After learning about our Revolutionary Army investigation in Dressrosa, he didn't pursue us any further and let us go. But he also said the Navy would handle this matter..."
"The Navy won't take care of this matter." Hawkeye said with his eyes closed.
"Are you so sure?" Kizaru squinted at him, "If Dressrosa was really stolen by Doflamingo, the Navy can't just ignore it..."
Hawkeye opened his eyes and looked over. "Doflamingo was once a Celestial Dragon, so he has privileges. Unless the matter becomes public and irreparable, the World Government will simply suppress it. Besides, they can't afford the current fluctuations in the Shichibukai's ranks."
The remaining five Shichibukai were still tied together by Crocodile through a deal. If one of them were missing, Flamingo would be cut in half again. There are five Emperors of the Sea, but only four Shichibukai. How can they serve as a buffer zone?
Everyone was stunned by Hawkeye's information. No one doubted Hawkeye's information, and they all looked at Wendy suddenly - everyone knew that the source of the information could only be her.
Wendy was packing the popcorn that fell from the popcorn fish she killed and sharing it with Bonnie.
"After you eat this, you will have to help me sow seeds and plant crops later," Wendy reminded.
"Okay." Bonnie, who was less than ten years old, smiled happily.
Others: “…”
Everyone withdrew their gaze and continued to discuss seriously the possibility of Aokiji joining.
In the end, it was Kizaru, his former colleague, who made the final decision: "If that's all, there's no way Aokiji would come. Otherwise, he would have left the Navy after that incident in O'Hara."
Like Monkey D. Dragon, who didn't just quit the Navy after God Valley and later went on to form the Revolutionary Army? Someone like Aokiji, even if he was lost because of O'Hara or disappointed by Dressrosa, he still wouldn't completely leave—unless Akainu became the Grand Admiral one day.
It's worth mentioning that according to current developments, it will only be about two years before Akainu becomes the Grand Admiral. As for the admiral who will replace him, it has been officially announced that he is a guy named Fujitora.
"Then how did you get here, Mr. Kizaru?" Sabo asked.
Kizaru was stunned, and after a moment of silence, he sincerely suggested: "Why don't you stop stopping the little princess and let her go and catch Aokiji directly."
He could have escaped at that time but was careless and didn't dodge. However, Aokiji proved that he couldn't do it at the auction, so he would probably succeed the second time.
Sabo leaned over to Hawkeye and asked quietly, "Why does Mr. Kizaru call mom the little princess?"
Hawkeye was silent for a moment, then replied, "Maybe he's thinking too much."
Sabo: “?”
In any case, with the addition of Kuma and Bonnie, the shortage of people in the Eternal Continent Pirate Group was temporarily alleviated.
At this point, Robin felt a bit like Crocodile—she wondered if he'd come back after finding out Wendy had built a second Pluto. But judging by his temper, he'd been so confident before, so maybe he'd refuse to come just to save face... If they weren't so short-staffed, she'd have personally gone and asked him to come.
But Wendy had her own ideas: "In that case, let's call my other companions over! Lingling and I have broken up now, so I can ask Lola to come along!"
"Who is Lola?" Robin asked Hawkeye.
Hawkeye sighed, "Big Mom's daughter, Wendy's friend. The one who married the giant prince and then ran away."
Robin wondered, "Running away from marriage? Could this also be related to Wendy?"
Hawkeye: "..." It can't be said to be completely related, nor can it be said to be completely unrelated...
Kizaru glanced at them, thinking to himself—was that the reason Wendy had ruined Big Mom's marriage to the Titans? He wondered if calling her friends over was a way to make peace with the Titans… But then, Loki, the Titan prince who wanted to marry Big Mom, was suppressed by Red Hair… Was this a pre-planned collaboration?
As Kizaru's conspiracy theory unfolded, Wendy's thoughts were simple: there were only two spots left for her companions, and she had to choose carefully. So, she could just go home with the companions she had gone exploring with earlier!
However, for this invitation, Wendy has to go in person.
She also knew where Laura was now - she had turned on the global positioning system to see where her companions were.
But there is no rush for this matter - because we still don’t know how the Big Mom Pirates will react.
They shouldn't come and start a war directly. After all, the external situation is that Wendy and Shanks are in the default alliance mode. If the Big Mom Pirates directly attack the Eternal Continent Pirates, let alone whether they can win, if the situation is really bad, Red Hair will come to help. They definitely don't want to face two emperor-level teams.
But they were also angry about the last incident. Recently, the probability of Wendy's territory being attacked has increased. Ace is not at home now because he is out maintaining it. After Kuma arrived, he also helped with this matter. Because these two are the fastest on the ship besides Kizaru.
It was evening when Ace came back after finishing his work outside.
Today is a full moon, so Wendy doesn't need to sleep and walks around there late at night. Sometimes she goes to the land area of Shuizhongmu to check on the crops, sometimes she goes to see Lao Bei who is still doing experiments there, and sometimes she hangs around on the deck, and she also sees the frog yokozuna who is training himself there.
It seems that Yokozuna has started training hard every day since the last surprise attack.
When Ace came over, he even greeted Yokozuna with a smile: "Hey, Yokozuna, you're working hard."
The Yokozuna responded with a squeak and continued with his self-training with a serious look on his face.
As for Ace, he put away the smile on his face after he walked over.
In fact, it's not just the Yokozuna, many people are secretly training. For example, Robin even specifically asked Kizaru how to train his Observation Haki... In fact, Ace also has this idea, but in the past, he could often challenge Hawkeye to get special training, but now...
His mind was a little confused. When he walked onto the deck, he happened to see Wendy fishing at night. After a moment of hesitation, he walked over and sat down next to her.
Wendy didn't say anything, just continued fishing at night.
This attitude of treating people as if they were nothing actually made Ace feel at ease, and his originally restless heart became calm.
"Wendy, I'm sorry."
Wendy caught a salmon and threw it on the deck, letting it bounce around. She looked puzzled, "What?"
"It was because I was impatient that the enemy took advantage of my opportunity, which resulted in Mihawk being injured."
"It's okay. I've already replenished Mihawk's health." Wendy threw the hook again. "And I'll complete the main quest as soon as possible."
"Yeah." Ace responded, but didn't leave. He just sat quietly beside her. When Wendy caught her third fish, he spoke, "Mihawk said it was okay. He also said that I need to change my temper..."
Speaking of this, Wendy remembered something and opened the system interface to take a look.
The plot interface at that time remained unchanged.
[Story in Progress: Portgas D. Ace]: You meet Portgas D. Ace, the posthumous son of Pirate King Roger. You help him rescue his brother. He regards you as a strange elder and unconsciously develops a sense of dependence on you. At your invitation, he agrees to become your son. When he grows up, he joins the pirate group you founded and becomes a member of your crew, but he doesn't know what he really wants...
This was the longest plot she had ever encountered. Wendy put away her fishing rod, looked at Ace, and asked seriously, "Ace, what do you want?"
This question made Ace stunned. A trace of confusion appeared on his face and he looked up at the full moon in the night sky.
What does he want... Initially, he just wanted to prove himself, just wanted to find the meaning of his life... Later, he met Sabo and Luffy, and then met Wendy and Hawkeye. He didn't insist on the answer anymore, and later wanted to help Wendy so he stayed here...
Hawkeye had asked him a similar question, and he said he wanted to help Wendy become king. Hawkeye was oddly silent for a few seconds, then asked him what about when Wendy became queen? He was stuck...
Ace looked at Wendy: "Wendy, after you complete your main quest, what do you want to do?"
"I'll go back to my old home and continue farming, exploring maps, and collecting. Then I'll bring Old Bei and the others over to live with us." Wendy spoke excitedly about her plan. "By then, I'll definitely have the throne map. I can build a throne at home and play with it. You, Sabo, and Luffy can all sit on it and play."
...Huh? Can you just sit and play with that kind of thing?
Ace was stunned for a moment, then put it out of his mind. Looking at Wendy, who had a clear plan, he couldn't help but ask another question: "Wendy, what kind of future do you expect for me?"
He had never met his father, and his mother had risked her life to bring him into this world. Yet, no one looked forward to his future. Everyone thought he should never have been born. Dadan and the others also thought he was a problem that couldn't be shaken off... Wendy was the first to take the initiative and wanted to adopt him. She said he was very important and wanted to see his future...
But what kind of future will he have? What kind of future should he have?
Wendy actually thought about it seriously after being asked this question. After a while, she slowly said under Ace's nervous gaze, "You should be the one giving me the answer. Why are you asking me?"
Ace thought Wendy would give a specific answer, such as farming with her, helping her form a pirate group, and helping her explore the map, but he was stunned after hearing this answer.
Wendy had already collected all the fish on the ground and started to cast her rod to continue her night fishing.
"...I see." Ace's expression gradually relaxed, a smile appeared on his face, and he began to ask and answer questions with Wendy.
"Then can I join the revolutionary army?"
"Sure, I'll tell Long then."
"To be an adventurer?"
"oh oh."
"Still a pirate, but join another pirate group?"
"Then I will come to see you then. You and your new friends should prepare gifts."
"What? You just want a new gift, right?" Ace complained, but a smile appeared on his face.
It was also at this time that Wendy discovered the system process refresh.
[Portgas D. Ace] [Completed]: You met Portgas D. Ace, the posthumous son of Pirate King Roger. He became your son, and when he grew up, he joined the pirate group you founded. Under your influence, he decided to try a different path and give different things a try... You changed his future.
Wendy blinked, then suddenly turned to look at Ace and said arrogantly, "Ace, I changed your future."
"Hahahaha, what are you talking about all of a sudden? You don't know what my future will be like, so how could it change?" Ace sat cross-legged there, his elbows against his knees, his chin supported by one hand, and laughed over there.
“It has changed anyway!”
"Okay... you've changed."
"So give me a gift."
"...How much do you like receiving gifts from others?"
After this conversation, Ace finally returned to his original mental state, but he still had a new idea - he wanted to become stronger.
But regarding this...
"Ace is not suitable for me to teach him now." Hawkeye gave the answer, and after thinking about it, he gave a suggestion, "Maybe it's time to change someone..."
So, half a day later, Wendy brought people to the door.
"Shanks Shanks, can you please teach Ace?" Wendy shouted, followed by Ace who had a serious and even slightly depressed look on his face.
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Author's words: Sorry, I'm running out of words today, so I'm 2 minutes late [pigeon]
Ace, go study abroad!
PS: I need to sort out the outline for the rest of the story. If there's no additional chapters tomorrow morning, don't wait! If the chapters aren't finished by the time they're finished, all of them will become bonus chapters. Bonus chapters will have a subscription rate that only lasts until the main story is finished, so everyone can freely choose not to read the IF they don't like.
PPS: The current IF extra setting is [subject to change based on actual writing situation]——————
IF the person who met Turkey at that time was a grown-up Wendy (there is a high probability that there will be a Rossi line)
IF adding companions BUG fails, you can only rely on marriage mod (reader suggestion)
IF followed the Red Hair Pirates at that time (probably a multiplayer game)
IF Becomes Luffy's Mother [Supporting the Pirate Reader Forum, Spoof]
IF birth point is when ASL is young (directly ASL line)
IF Shadow Queen line (most likely the line where the spawn point is Mary Geoise)
IF the spawn point is in the white group (I haven’t decided whether to write about it or not, because I have written a lot about white groups before and I actually want to try something new this time)
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