Chapter 13: Lot Goes to Sea

"Fire Fist!" (Ace: Why do I feel so empty inside?)

"Ling'er, you hit me too hard. This looked so delicious, but it was burnt by your punch."

Luffy ran forward and looked at the somewhat burnt beast with a look of pity.

"Stupid Luffy, this looks so ugly, it must not taste good." Ling'er put his hands on his hips and looked a little unconvinced.

"She's obviously very good-looking." Luffy started to pout again. Most people really don't get Luffy's aesthetics. Sometimes even Loto couldn't help wondering if Luffy's brain structure was special.

"Lot, please give us some judgement." Ling'er hugged Lot's arm and acted coquettishly.

"Yes, yes. You are right." Lotte nodded helplessly.

As an old bachelor, he really can't resist the coquetry of this beautiful girl.

"Damn Loto, isn't it just because she's a girl?" Luffy spoke with white steam coming out of his nostrils.

"Yeah, you know, I can't do anything to Ling'er. And he's a chef, what can you do to him? There will be no good consequences if you offend her." After saying that, Lotte spread his hands helplessly.

Since it was about eating, Luffy immediately bowed and apologized: "I'm very sorry."

Seeing a familiar island in front of him, Ace couldn't help but say, "Hey, are we back?"

"Yes, we are back. To be precise, I sent you back." Lot walked to the bow and looked at the island in front of him.

"There are still so many islands that we haven't ventured to." Luffy expressed his reluctance.

"You little brat, you're too young to take risks. Wait until you grow up. I'm sending you back now because I'm going out to sea." It was rare for Lot to not give Luffy a loving head start.

"What? Lot, are you going out to sea? Are you going to the Grand Line?" Ace looked at Lot in shock.

He knew that Lot would definitely go out to sea, but he didn't expect that day to come so soon.

"Yes! We are going to the Grand Line." Lot nodded.

When Luffy heard about the Grand Line, his eyes lit up, "Hey, hey, hey! Take me one, take me one."

"Kid, you are too small and too weak." Lotte did not hesitate to express his contempt.

"I'm not a child anymore!" Luffy protested standing at the bow of the ship.

"Okay, okay." Lot no longer paid attention to Luffy.

After a while, the boat docked.

Several people also got off the boat and came to the island.

Looking at the shelter that was already overgrown with weeds, Lotte said with some emotion: "It's been more than two years since I came back."

Electromagnetic knife.

An ultra-thin electromagnetic wave emanated from under Lot's feet, clearing away excess weeds in the camp like a lawn mower.

"Fuck, Lot, do you want to murder us?" Luffy jumped up in fright.

"See, you can't even handle this crisis, and you still want to go out to sea, you little brat."

"That just now doesn't count, let's do it again!"

Ignoring Luffy's shouting, Lot chose a place to sit down.

"You two come here."

Seeing Lot's serious face, Luffy rarely complained.

Lot took out a notebook and a devil fruit from the system space.

"This is the Nature-type Gold-Gold Fruit. After eating it, your entire body will turn into gold, and you can also manipulate the gold to attack." Lot said as he handed the devil fruit that looked like an apple to Ace.

"I'm about to go out to sea. As your teacher, I don't have any good things, so I'm giving this to you."

"This...are you really going to give this to me?" Even a calm person like Ace couldn't help but feel a wave of emotion inside.

"Well, eat it. This fruit is stronger than your previous one. After all, 'real gold is not afraid of fire'."

"What previous fruit?" Ace was a little confused, 'Have I eaten a devil fruit before?'

"Eat him and become stronger."

Click~

Ugh~

"It tastes so bad..." As soon as Ace took a bite, his whole face turned green and he quickly covered his mouth.

Luffy looked at Ace with a puzzled look on his face, "Is the devil fruit so unpalatable? Why don't I remember it?"

When Loto heard Luffy's words, he couldn't help but hit Luffy on the head, "You kid, you swallowed the devil fruit whole, of course you don't find it unpalatable."

Luffy scratched his head and laughed heartily: "Hahahahaha, so that's how it is, right! I almost choked to death."

At this time, Lotte reminded: "Just take the first bite of this devil fruit. This is a very powerful devil fruit. I hope you can make its power shock the world."

Hearing Lot's reminder, Ace quickly threw the disgusting thing in his hand away.

Lot looked at Ace expectantly, "Try out your ability."

Ace closed his eyes and began to feel the power of the devil fruit.

"Wow! Ace, your hand, your hand!"

Luffy's scream made Ace open his eyes and look at his hand, "What...what is this? My hand turned into gold?"

Lot nodded with satisfaction. This fruit should be much more powerful than he imagined. It seems that Ace's achievements in the future will definitely not be lower than those of an admiral.

Turning his sight, Lot took out a picture album from his arms. It was a comic book he had read in his past life, and he asked an artist to draw the development and development process of the Nika Fruit on it. "Luffy, you have already eaten the devil fruit, so this is for you."

Luffy took the notebook from Loto, "What is this?"

"This is a detailed explanation of your rubber devil fruit. In case you don't understand, I specially asked an artist to draw the picture."

"Wow. Lot, you're such a good person." Luffy was so happy that he almost jumped up.

"By the way, Luffy, when you see the red part above, don't tell anyone else except yourself, including Ace, Ling'er, and your future partners."

Luffy touched his head in confusion and asked, "Why?"

"That is a secret of this world, at least until you really grow up. Remember not to reveal it, otherwise even I may not be able to protect you."

Seeing that Lot rarely showed a serious expression, Luffy put away his nonchalance and nodded heavily.

"I know, Lotte."

Lot nodded. Although Luffy seemed to be unreliable at ordinary times, as long as he promised or determined something, he would definitely do it.

"Okay, I'm leaving now. Remember that the fruit ability is only auxiliary, don't forget your physical training, especially Haki. The next time we meet should be at the top. I hope you two can bring me some surprises."

Lot disappeared on the spot and returned to the Skybreaker, but the voice remained in the air.

"Ace, Luffy, I look forward to seeing you next time. Don't let me surpass you," Ling'er said before turning into a wisp of fire and floating onto the boat.

Luffy stood up and raised his fist towards the coast: "Loto, I will definitely find a group of companions who are not weaker than you."

Looking at the Skybreaker going away, Ace murmured, "Master Lotte, I will definitely give you a surprise next time we meet."

Listening to the two little ones' voices, Lotte smiled with some relief. "The next time we meet should be in two years."

"Hey! Captain, why don't you take them both with you?" Ling'er expressed some confusion about Lot's behavior.

"Ling'er, Luffy has his own way, and Ace has his own way. We can't change it no matter what." Lot touched Ling'er's little head.

"Oh." Ling'er nodded, not quite understanding.

During the years that Lot has been with Ace and Luffy, he has never told Ace that he knows Ace is Roger's son, so Ace should become the captain of the second team on Whitebeard's ship like in the original plot.

He knew that the world would definitely change a lot because of his arrival. He couldn't control how it would turn out, so he could only take it one step at a time.

Lot shook his head, not wanting to think too much. He teleported to the top of the two masts and hung the pirate flags he had drawn in advance on the top. He also changed the sails.

He stretched out his hand to control the Sky Breaker and flew away.

"Let's go. Our Loto Pirates are officially setting sail. There are a few companions in the East China Sea. Let's take them with us and then set off for the Grand Line."

Ling'er is not particularly clear about the Grand Line. She is alone now, and she goes wherever Lot goes.

As long as Lot needs her, she would even sacrifice her life for it.

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"You...you are the strongest bounty hunter in the East China Sea, Lo...Loto?" Looking at the black-haired boy standing in front of him, the pirate was so nervous that his tongue began to get tied.

"If there is no one else with this name, then the person you are talking about should be me." Lot played with the coin in his hand.

After receiving Loto's affirmation, the pirate knelt down with weak legs: "Can you let me go?"

Lotte shook his head: "No! From the moment you tried to tease my friend in public, you have committed an unforgivable crime."

Yes, just a few days after going out to sea, passing by a prosperous island, Ling'er suggested going shopping, and was stopped by the pirate in front of her on the street. Ling'er was still too naive and almost believed the pirate's lies.

If Lot hadn’t teleported there, who knows what would have happened.

"Ah~ Why! Why did I have to meet a killer like you!"

The pirates' eyes were filled with fear. The man in front of them had defeated their pirate ship with just a coin.

Even their captain, the great pirate 'Gasina' with a bounty of 800 million, was killed by this coin.

In the past few years, Lot took the two little ones on adventures in various places in the East China Sea. Naturally, he saw many pirates and killed many pirates.

This also successfully made Lot the most notorious bounty hunter in the entire East China Sea.

In the minds of the pirates and bandits in the East China Sea, Lot is even more terrifying than the navy.

Most of those caught by the navy will be thrown into prison, but if caught by Lotte, they will be sent to see their grandmother.

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