Chapter 878 Difficult Task

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The City of Flowers

Wanxianglou

The rosewood incense burner gave off wisps of smoke, which made the glow of the gilded chandelier even more hazy.

On the stage, musicians began to play various instruments and sing. Soon, a dozen young and beautiful dancers, bare-legged, emerged from behind the curtain, dancing to the beat of drums, with graceful postures and light steps.

The red flower ornament on the beauty's forehead is particularly eye-catching. When the veil is half-covered, she looks charming and attractive, and her eyes are as gentle as water.

“Thump, thump, thump~!”

Accompanied by the lively music, the dancers began to dance gracefully, their long sleeves fluttering and their skirts flying, like flowing clouds falling into the world.

"Okay, okay! Reward!"

After the dance, a wealthy guest who was in the best viewing position on the window pane of a private room on the second floor, was enjoying the show so much that he grabbed a handful of gold leaves and threw them into the air!

"Crash!!"

In an instant, the little leaves glittering with golden light fluttered like a flock of butterflies, slowly floating onto the stage!

"Thank you for the reward, sir!"

The leading dancer raised her head and bowed lovingly to the distinguished guest at the second-floor window. Then the musicians plucked and played the instruments even harder, and the dancers turned faster. The guests cheered loudly, and the atmosphere reached its climax!

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"Ahem, I finally found you, Brother Geer!"

Ace pushed the door open and walked into the private room.

Hearing someone calling him from behind, Captain Gel, who was standing at the window and cheering, turned around.

"Hey, it's you, Ace. You're finally back. Weevil and I were almost bored to death waiting for you."

"Hahahahaha!"

Weibull, who was sitting on the ground happily eating snacks, looked up blankly.

"Well, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Behind Ace, his good brother Sabo and a girl with short orange hair also walked in.

"Long time no see, Mr. Gur."

Sabo took off his hat like a gentleman and bowed with Kerla beside him.

"Hahaha, Sabo-kun, you guys are here too, you came just in time, hurry up and come watch the show with us, you spent money! Only when more people come to enjoy it can you get your money's worth!"

Gel greeted warmly.

"Um...this..."

The two older boys were a little shy and couldn't be as open as Captain Gol, while Kerla secretly gave Sabo a look.

"Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect that Wano Country can still preserve such an excellent traditional culture. Dragon looks serious, but he is actually quite playful in secret!"

Ger teased with a smile.

The three of them couldn't help but twitch their lips, thinking to themselves, how can this look like a boring scene? They are clearly having a lot of fun!

"You misunderstood the chief, Mr. Gur."

Sabo quickly spoke up to defend him. If anyone else dared to tease the leader of the Revolutionary Army like that, he would have hit him on the head with a huge water pipe.

"Mr. Gill, you don't know..."

Kerla also stood up to explain.

"During the reign of Kurozumi Orochi and the Beasts Pirates, there were a large number of brothels and related... practitioners not only in the Flower Capital, but also throughout Wano Country."

"After we took over, our revolutionary army also considered a total ban, but this would cause a large number of practitioners to lose their livelihoods... Most of them are poor people with no relatives or friends to rely on, and they have learned musical instruments, singing and dancing since childhood... A one-size-fits-all policy will only push them into a dead end, so we finally decided to take the approach of strengthening management to slowly guide them..."

"Oh, you need a license to work, right? I understand, I understand."

Captain Gill nodded.

"No, now all the singing and dancing girls in such entertainment venues in Flower City have been formally managed and transformed. They stick to their own bottom line and only provide talent shows. They sell their art but not their bodies."

Kerla shook his head seriously.

"What? They are all regular troops?"

Captain Gel was surprised at first, then a little disappointed.

"Hey, then my title as the top brother on the list has been wasted, right? Can you give me a refund?"

"Forehead…"

All three of them had embarrassed expressions on their faces, and Kerla's eyes widened. She now seriously doubted whether the unruly man in front of her was the same person as the embodiment of justice, the great thinker, the revolutionary, and the enlightenment mentor of the revolutionary army described by the leader and a group of veteran cadres of the revolutionary army.

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Gel simply ignored the suspicious looks of Ace, Sabo, and Kerla, cleared his throat and spoke seriously.

"Haha, I'm just kidding. How could I be that kind of person? I just want to test you to see if you are doing such evil things as forcing women of good families into prostitution!"

"I see. Please rest assured, Mr. Gur, our revolutionary army will never forget our original intention!"

Sabo and Kerla hurriedly said seriously.

"Yeah, that's good."

Ger nodded.

"You two brothers should have finished your chat, right? Then say goodbye properly. It's time for us to go back."

Ace turned around and looked at his good brother and said.

"Well, bye Sabo!"

"Yeah! Let's fight each other next time we meet, Ace! Next time I will definitely be stronger than you!"

Sabo touched the tip of his nose with his thumb and said confidently.

"Okay! It's a deal then!"

Ace held out his fist.

"A word is settled!"

Sabo raised his hand as well and the two of them bumped fists.

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Ride the Kun and break the waves.

Ace quietly looked at the rapidly shrinking Wano Country below him, which was gradually covered by clouds.

"Thank you for taking the time to accompany me on this trip, Brother Geer."

"Speaking of these, you don't have to be so polite to me."

Gel waved his hand casually.

Ace said seriously.

"Brother Ge Er, I'm ready. Please tell me what the mission is. I will do my best to complete it!"

Having met his family, Ace felt that even if something unexpected happened during the next mission and he couldn't come back, he wouldn't have too many regrets.

"What mission?"

Ace was also stunned by Captain Gel's sudden question.

"Hey, Brother Geer, please stop joking with me. Didn't you say that there was a difficult task that only I could accomplish?"

"Um……"

Captain Gel crossed his right arm across his chest, put his left thumb on his chin and his index finger against his nose, and spoke after thinking for a moment.

"I remember what I wanted to tell you the other day. You will be weakened to an epic level in the next updated version. The situation is very serious!"

Ace's pupils shrank, and even though he didn't quite understand what he heard, he immediately took it seriously.

Ger continued.

"Soon, everyone out there will be able to perform a few fire-attributed skills. Devil fruits like the Heat-Hot Fruit, the Wine-Wine Fruit, the Soul-Soul Fruit, the Blue Dragon Fruit, and so on, which sound like they have nothing to do with fire, can all release powerful flame attacks! In addition, there are special races that are born with fire and are immune to fire. What's even more outrageous is that even ordinary people can throw fire fists and fire feet with just a little friction of their fists and feet..."

"Ok?"

Ace became more and more confused as he listened, and couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Geer, although what you said is a little unbelievable...but what does it have to do with my mission? Aren't you going to tell me the specific content of the mission?"

"Damn it, how could it be okay?"

"The embarrassing situation facing the Flame-Flame Fruit is of course related to you as the user of the Flame-Flame Fruit. Ace, you have to stand up for me!"

Captain Gill said excitedly.

“Prove to the world that the Flame-Flame Fruit is not something that even dogs won’t eat! This is the difficult task that every user of the Flame-Flame Fruit must accomplish! This is destiny~~! Ace!”

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"what?"

“Could it be that… this is the ‘difficult’ task?”

Ace's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier, Brother Geer? I thought..."

"Hey, hey, hey! I'm not taking the blame for this. I told you to listen to it first before making a decision. It was you who said you didn't want it!"

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