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"What?!" Sengoku slammed his hands on the table. The marine jolted at his Fleet Admirals reaction. Sengoku gritted his teeth and looked down at his table
I thought he was already willing to do everything for the Government. What he is doing right now is not good. Is he following his father's footsteps? Sengoku clenched his fists. The collar... I can make him snap into his senses. But... Without looking at the Marine in front of him, he ordered to release a wanted poster of Ace.
"Yes sir!" The marine saluted and ran outside of his office. The running footsteps echoed the hallway and slowly disappeared. Another noise of footsteps entered Sengoku's room. Didn't even bother knocking at the opened door, he spoke.
"Just let him be Sengoku." Sengoku looked at the man in front of him. Of all people that can visit him, a man who is currently the product of the World's Government that is willing to complete the given mission at any cost. A man who is in a strong group that possesses the Six Powers.
"Rob Lucci." The man looked at Sengoku and spoke.
"The kid can attract pirates with his bounty. Judging from his actions, my theory is that he wants to take the head of Whitebeard." Sengoku never judge the way that Lucci analyzed a current situation so he let the man speak. Lucci continued.
"If he wants to take the pirates head, then he can get closer in fulfilling his mission to be a spy on Whitebeard's ship." Sengoku stood up straight. He spoke.
"Ace may be strong but he cannot take Whitebeard's head just like that." He's confusion roused when the man grinned.
"No. But he is strong. He can attract the Pirate's attention." Sengoku started to process everything. He gazed into the man's eyes.
"What if he look sideways?" Lucci smiled.
"The CP9 will handle it. We will make sure that the kid's life will not be spared."
Ace was maneuvering the ship when his First Mate came and held up wanted poster. The first mate smiled and proudly said,
"You have a bounty Captain!" He grinned in his mind and took the wanted poster.
"Wow, Captain sure is strong. He deserves to have a bounty!" one of the crew proudly shouted. The others agreed. Ace grinned in his mind.
So the government is haunting for me now huh. Well tha's good. Cause after Whitehead, I'm coming for me. He burned his wanted poster and looked at his First Mate.
Weeks had passed since he and Aokiji separated. He got a loyal crew that didn't care if he is mute. They will still talked to him and Ace either answers them with a sign language or just write it in the air using his fire. The first time he met his crew was amazing. They we're at a bar drinking when mountain bandits came and started to beat the crew. Ace was drinking water at that time. The bartender knew the kid was mute. But his muteness doesn't make the him stop looking so adorable. The bartender may sound pervert but it's true. Ace was getting irritated in his mind. He stood up the stool and walked towards the leader who is currently choking one of them.
"Eh? Stay out kid. I don't-" he didn't finished and was cut off by Ace. He send his flaming fist into the man's face. The man flew outside the bar, leaving a hole in the wall of the bar. The others attacked him but he just stood there and send his flames towards them. As they always say follow the leader. They too, flew outside leaving a man sized hole. Ace turned around and sat again in the stool, continuing his drink. That's when the crew came and thank him.
"Hey thanks for saving our asses back there." Ace just nodded and drank the water. He put the mug down, wiped his mouth and placed a couple of beli's in the table. He stood up and walked towards the door. There he was cornered by the mountain bandits a while ago. He sighed and set his body in flames.
Explosion. He set himself like a bomb. The time he stop ticking in his mind, his flames exploded, covering the mountain bandits and send them flying towards any direction. The crew saw how powerful he is and started to follow him. That's when Ace knew that they were a leaderless crew. Their leader just died and was currently searching for one. They asked Ace if he can be a leader. Ace who is not really interested yet to become a leader, just waved his hand and walked away. But the crew didn't stop following him. They led him into their ship. There they talked about what will be their new pirate name and such. Ace was obviously questioning himself.
Nice. I didn't even say that I accepted their offer as their Captain and now they are starting to discuss in front of me like I agreed. This crew is unbelievable. He set the tip of his finger on fire. The crew stopped talking and looked at him. Ace started to write in the air. After he's done writing, the crew read and rejoiced.
"Wohooo! All hail Captain Ace!" Ace shook his and smiled in his mind. I think I just found a crew that didn't care whether their Captain can talk or not. This crew is great. With that their journey begins. One time the crew asked Ace what will be their new name. Again, he wrote in the air.
'Spade Pirates'
"That's a great name Cap! We'll start to design the flag!" they started to discuss and Ace withdraw in the Upper case of the ship where he was currently maneuvering their course. There he was followed by the First Mate. Ace took the wheel of the ship. The first mate just stood beside him. He started to talked.
"You know what I thank you. For being a captain for us. So since you don't talk, the crew asked me if a strong pirate like you is mute." Ace didn't looked at him and wrote in the air again.
'What if I'm mute, what will you do?' The first mate chuckled.
"You know Cap, we don't actually care if you are mute. You are a great leader for us." They looked down and saw the crew playing around. Ace smiled in his head. This people… they reminded me of Luffy.
"So what's your plan Cap?" Ace looked at the first mate. He wrote. The thing he wrote shook the first mates mind.
"Cap…" Ace nodded.
'I'll take Whitebeard's head'
The first mate was startled. He didn't actually expected that Ace wants to take Whitebeard's head. Like... Is he wishing for his death? That is Whitebeard! The strongest pirate ever that can match the power of Gol D. Roger! But he just chuckled and said.
"Whatever is your decision Cap, we'll support you." Ace nodded.
What did he do to deserve a loyal crew?
