Chapter 161: Territory Battle Day 5 Then I'll pick you up once a month...
Day 5 of the turf war:
The final choice of Shanks has some historical reasons - first, although Ace despises and denies it, Shanks knows that he is the biological son of Pirate King Roger; second, although Hawkeye unilaterally deleted the friend in his heart, Shanks still has a good relationship with him, and Shanks also has a good relationship with Wendy; finally, Shanks has a good relationship with Luffy.
To sum up, considering Ace's family relationship, Shanks is the best choice. Furthermore, the Red Hair Pirates and the Eternal Continent Pirates are already in a default alliance, making them a better fit.
In fact, Hawkeye had another subtle consideration - although he had discovered Ace's internal character since he was a child, but judging from Ace's reaction after he was injured in the battle with the Holy Knight this time, this was not a good thing.
As for behavior, it would be more beneficial for Ace to learn from the Red Hair Pirates.
He likes to be alone and is not good at socializing, while Wendy is the type of person who would "look up and see that the sky is falling and I stabbed it myself". Neither of their personalities are suitable reference points for learning - so when Wendy talked about her biological children, Hawkeye actually didn't dare to imagine what a terrible image it would be if their children looked like both him and Wendy.
As for the others, he didn't consider them. Ace's qualifications and strength were there, and not just anyone could teach him. Especially after he discovered Ace's Conqueror's Haki, the range of people who could teach him was further narrowed.
It would not be appropriate to ask Roger's former crew members to take action. Not only did Ace himself not want to be associated with Roger, but since Ace was now nominally Wendy and his child, they should be responsible for Ace.
In fact, the most suitable candidate is Garp, but Garp is still a navy now, and we can't really let Wendy capture Garp!
Therefore, Hawkeye talked to Wendy and Ace, and Wendy immediately took Ace over.
Shanks was also surprised when he heard Wendy's intentions. "I see, coming to my place... Of course, he can, but he doesn't seem too happy about it."
Ace, who had been looking depressed, became even more depressed. However, upon hearing this, he bowed politely and said solemnly, "Please!"
Shanks was a little surprised: "That's quite polite..."
"Hmm!" Wendy puffed out her chest proudly.
Shanks kept smiling and glanced at Wendy - well, it probably wasn't Wendy who taught him that.
Ace, however, gave a sullen answer: "Sabo and Mihawk taught me etiquette when I was little, because I wanted to set a good example for Luffy."
Of course, whether Luffy has learned it or not is another matter.
Shanks suddenly realized: "Ah... yes, you are Luffy's brother."
To some extent, Ace should be able to fit in here - firstly, given his personality, if he really wants to get along with others, he can do so quickly; secondly, Luffy in the Red Hair Pirates is very boastful.
Wendy also brought a letter from Hawkeye to Shanks explaining the situation, because Hawkeye felt that things would become complicated if Wendy relayed the letter.
While Shanks was opening the letter, Wendy was still holding Ace's hand and saying, "You have to be good and obedient. Call me if you have any problems. I will come to see you once a month."
Ace was confused: "Can't I go home once a month?"
Wendy thought for a moment and said, "Oh, that's fine... I'll pick you up once a month then."
Shanks watched with great interest—it was completely impossible for Wendy to act like a proper elder like this...
Then, he heard Ace say over there, "Then you decide the time for me to come back, Wendy. It's during the harvest season when we're short on manpower, right?"
Wendy replied in a very obedient tone, "Now that Big Bear is here and we're out of wood due to the rebuilding of the Abigail, you should help collect wood next time you come back."
Shanks: “…” Well, now I can understand a lot.
After leaving the child here, Wendy specially built a wooden box to put the things for Ace before leaving, and also built a refrigerator to fill Ace with a lot of food. Then Beckman, who followed, raised his hand and waved goodbye, and was about to teleport away when he was stopped by Shanks.
"Wait a minute, Wendy, what was the conflict between you and Big Mom before?" Shanks asked.
"Because Lingling wanted to break up with me, I just took her things. Lingling has such a bad temper!" Wendy said with her hands on her hips, showing an unhappy expression.
"Because BIG MOM secretly invested in gigantic experiments and also swindled the children from Wendy's island. She also told Wendy that she wanted Old Bei to conduct gigantic experiments. As a result, Wendy came with the experimental results of gigantic crops and found something wrong, so the two broke up. It happened that BIG MOM had an bulimia attack, so Wendy brought some things back, and there was a little conflict." Ace explained.
Beckman, who was listening in on the situation, immediately grasped the key point: "What did you take?"
Ace frowned, clearly siding with Wendy. "Just some hats and capes."
Shanks and Beckman nodded. This was quite Wendy's style. Collecting these things was a bit stingy indeed...
Ace crossed his arms and continued, "There's just a piece of red historical text."
Shanks & Beckman: "..."
"I went back!" Wendy was still trying to clear her name.
Ace nodded, "Yeah, Wendy returned it! They were mad for no reason! Wendy hasn't even gotten to the bottom of them coming to our place and grabbing kids!"
"Because the historical text is so significant." Shanks was impressed. This wasn't just Big Mom being stingy; she was actually being generous. When her captain, Roger, stole the historical text, Big Mom had chased him down in her ship.
Beckman also sighed for the mother and son who were so confident and righteous, and couldn't help but remind them: "That's a prerequisite for becoming the Pirate King. It's normal for others to be angry."
Ace frowned: "What's wrong with One Piece?" He hated One Piece anyway.
Wendy also nodded over there: "That's right, anyway, Linlin can't be the Pirate King, the one who will be the Pirate King is Luffy."
Then give her the map and equipment.
Ace nodded and said, "Yes, the one who will become the Pirate King is my brother Luffy."
He didn't want to be the Pirate King anyway, and neither did Mihawk or Wendy.
Beckman: “…”
Even though the two looked nothing alike, he could still see some resemblance between them as mother and son.
Wendy seemed quite generous and even took out a piece of paper and handed it over. "This is the historical text that Robin copied. I'll give you a copy as well. It will be used as Ace's tuition."
Shanks was taken aback by her presumption. He didn't reach out to take it immediately. Instead, he smiled and reminded her, "Are you just going to give it to me like that? If I take it, I'll collect the historical text and get the One Piece."
Wendy looked puzzled: "No problem, Luffy has to defeat you to become the Pirate King, right?"
"Hmm... That's right." Shanks lowered his eyes, took the rubbing of the historical text, and looked at her. "In that case, I'll take it."
It was Ace who quietly asked after Wendy gave it out, "Isn't that a bit too much?"
Wendy also quietly replied, "I don't know either. Then you can just eat more here to make up for your losses. The food in the refrigerator is always fresh, so you can eat it anytime."
Ace frowned. "I can't make back what I paid for this... Never mind. I'll just try to learn more."
After talking about BIG MOM's side, even Shanks didn't know that anyone had come from the God Knight's side so he didn't ask. So Wendy waved her hand and went back directly.
The rest of the Red Hairs, who had come to see what was happening, looked at the extra refrigerators, boxes, and people, and looked at each other in confusion - what was going on? Why did Hawkeye suddenly throw his child over here?
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On the other side, Wendy returned to the New Abigail.
Wendy told the others the news after she came back from sending her children to school - because everyone gathered at this time, and because Ace felt that there was no need to tell everyone since he was just going there for an internship, and he could come back from time to time anyway.
Robin felt a little regretful: "If I had known earlier, I should have prepared a gift for Ace."
She is eight years older than Ace and more mature mentally than Ace. She has always been like an older sister to him.
Kizaru was a bit surprised - Sabo went to the Revolutionary Army, and now Ace went to Red Hair's side? He had originally thought it would be Luffy who went... Was Ace going because of the previous conflict with Big Mom and they were preparing for a rainy day?
Wendy had no idea of grabbing territory in her mind. What she was thinking about now was how to finish the main storyline as quickly as possible.
Because this world cannot rely entirely on previous game experience, she can only wait for Vegapunk to complete the research on the Mother Fire, and then plan to drive the New Abigail to directly bombard Mary Geoise.
Hmm... or I could just ignore everyone and secretly go over and set up a teleportation focus in Mary Geoise, then start a massacre there and directly replace the throne.
Anyway, everyone is just against her throwing away corpses to revive, so she can just use the teleportation focus!
However, there is no fighting between the two sides on BIG MOM's side for the time being. We still have to wait to find the ancient technology station underground and there is no rush... But there is still a historical problem that needs to be solved.
"Caesar Sauce's team captured my NPC, right? I need to go and clean it up, otherwise it will affect all the NPCs in my area." Wendy said solemnly, "Sabo gave me the address, I'll go over there. If Old Mac sends anyone else, call me."
While a fully remote communication Den Den Mushi hasn't been built yet, it can still be used for early warnings. Vegapunk studied Wendy and Ace's parent-child communication Den Den Mushi and created a similar alarm system. Once Wendy receives a signal, she'll send her wand back directly.
But this time Kizaru is here, and Kuma has joined, and Hawkeye's injury has healed long ago, so even if the Divine Knight is dispatched, it will not cause much impact.
This time, it was Big Bear's fruit ability that was used to deal with the matter - because Caesar Brown's laboratory was being operated secretly on a small island near Dressrosa, and only Sabo and his friends had explored it, but Wendy had not put up a sign there.
Hawkeye also gave a special reminder: "Come back early after you've dealt with it."
"Got it." Wendy responded and then teleported over directly.
Robin, however, was a little worried: "Is it okay for Wendy to be alone?"
"Can't the little princess be resurrected? Even if something happens to everyone else, nothing will happen to her." Kizaru responded.
Hawkeye was actually a little worried - would Wendy pick up some random stuff again? But apart from the experimental results, there were no historical texts or the like, so there shouldn't be any problems... Even if it was a special experimental dangerous item, Vegapunk would handle it, so there shouldn't be any problem.
After sorting out the logic, Hawkeye felt relieved and replied to Robin: "It's okay. Caesar Brown is not as strong as Vegapunk. She can't bring him back."
At this time, the members of the Eternal Continent Pirate Group still didn't know what kind of "surprise" their captain would bring them.
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The author has something to say: Ace can’t possibly go to Whitebeard’s side… After all, he’s his own son! He’s not Whitebeard’s son anymore!
Besides, Whitebeard and Wendy are just friendly camps, not even allies. In terms of status, Shanks is the most suitable side [rookie]
Alright! The Dressrosa dungeon is about to open! I'll finally see Turkey again! [Sunglasses]
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