Chapter 223: Journey to the Kingdom of Goa: Portgas D. Ace

"The sea water blocks the devil fruit from transmitting memories?" Arthur thought to himself:

"The sea curse says that Devil Fruit users can't swim. Is that correct?"

"Then, Buggy must have lost his clear understanding of the Fracture Fruit at that time.

"So he can't develop it further and can only use it on himself?"

It is not ruled out that the fruit of disintegration can only have an impact on things outside of things after it is awakened.

If this is true, then what is the awakening of the Split Fruit like?

Can you split someone's body or object by just using your hands?

The above is just Arthur's speculation, and it still needs to be confirmed through practice.

"Give up, I can only split myself, Arthur." Bucky began to dissuade Arthur: "Do you think I haven't tried it before? I can't split other things at all!"

"Put your hand on the trunk and try to split it." Arthur insisted that he try.

Human power can be beyond common sense, and the rules of rules, time, etc. can be used by people as devil fruit abilities.

There are also various races such as demons...

He felt that in this fantasy world, nothing was impossible.

“Alas.” Bucky helplessly placed his hands on the tree trunk: “I told you I can’t do it… By the way, is the baby in the house really Captain Roger’s son?”

"Use force to split it."

"Are you listening to me..."

"Split the tree and activate your abilities."

"Damn it!" Under Arthur's constant urging, Bucky pushed hard, trying to use his ability to split the tree in front of him.

But what he got in return was his body being cut into countless pieces.

Except for the feet, everything else was floating in the air.

"I've already told you that if I want to become stronger, I can only work on my physical fitness!" Buggy explained again.

He was a little discouraged, and there was a hint of hatred towards Shanks in his eyes.

“…” Arthur was speechless upon seeing this and didn’t even want to look at Bucky.

Let him split the tree in two, and he splits himself in two.

Is it really that the devil fruit ability is not good enough?

"Keep going. Strength is gained through hard work. Keep practicing!" Arthur did not let him stop and began to force him.

It rained heavily in the Kingdom of Goa all night, and the rain gradually subsided in the early morning.

Early in the morning, in the woods not far from Dadan’s house.

Bucky was covered in mud, his face pale, and he was lying in the muddy rain water, coughing constantly.

Throughout the night, he didn't succeed in splitting anything else once.

"You really have no talent, Buggy. Is what you ate really a superhuman type?"

Seeing how weak he looked, Arthur gave up for the time being.

Forcing a person to do something that person cannot do is an act against heaven...

Bucky lay on the muddy ground and complained:

"I've already told you it's not okay! Do you think everyone... ahem... everyone is as perverted as you?"

"At 16, my swordsmanship was on par with Mr. Rayleigh, and at 18, I was on par with Captain Roger... I'm just an ordinary person!"

At this moment, Arthur still thought that Bucky was not pushed hard enough.

If his life hangs by a thread, maybe he will unleash his potential?

But Arthur still thought it was okay.

It's just like Bucky said, no one is as special as him.

"It's almost dawn, let's go check on Dadan's family." Arthur, who hadn't slept all night, yawned and turned away.

"You talked about power yesterday, Arthur?" Bucky suddenly asked:

"If you want to create a power, what methods and systems should be used to operate it?"

Arthur had already thought about this, and replied: "Class division, plus... the King of Hell's call!"

"What is the King of Hell's Call?" Bucky looked surprised.

Bucky naturally understood the class division.

But he had no idea what this King of Hell's call was.

"I'll tell you when we get back to the ship. I've already included the supernovas causing trouble on the sea and some big shots in the recruitment list. By then, you will be the one in the front, and I will be the one controlling the Ice Blade behind the scenes!"

Baki was disdainful when he heard this: "What do you mean by a front-stage person? You are too straightforward, aren't you? A puppet is just a puppet..."

"I don't treat you as a puppet, Bucky," Arthur continued to tell him.

Bucky stood up and interrupted Arthur:

"Shut up and stop pretending to say nice things to me... People of your class all have similar ideas."

Things like a person's relationship cannot be explained clearly with words alone.

Arthur didn't explain much.

Anyway, he has no ill will towards Bucky, so he can interpret it however he wants.

He is not the high-level person that Bucky mentioned.

Suddenly, Bucky thought...

If he could make use of Arthur's influence, he might be able to get rid of the label of being a nobody.

Controlling people secretly means that Arthur will not stand on the stage unless it is absolutely necessary.

It just so happens that Arthur is currently traveling around the world and doesn't want to manage power.

Just to add a powerful force behind my own plan.

In other words, it is impossible for him to integrate into the group system and manage a group of mobs.

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The sky gradually brightened in the Kingdom of Goa.

The warm sunshine soon illuminated the city, the mountains, and the entire island.

In the morning, the mountains and forests washed by heavy rain are filled with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers.

As soon as Dadan opened the door of her house and stretched beautifully, she saw Arthur waiting for her outside the door with his hands wrapped in his sleeves and his back bent.

And Bucky, coughing like a drowned rat, stood next to Arthur.

"You haven't left yet?" Dadan asked in surprise.

"Yeah." Arthur nodded.

"Kapp often comes here on vacation. If you don't want to meet him, take your people and leave quickly." Dadan used Karp's reputation to intimidate Arthur.

If it were someone else, he would never use the name Garp.

But the man in front of him was the most troublesome and terrifying guy on the sea.

As soon as he debuted in the newspapers, there were constant rumors about him.

Having experienced all those events reported in the newspapers and still being alive today, he is truly a living legend.

But seeing that the other party looked indifferent when hearing Garp's name, Dadan's heart was in his throat.

"Hey... let's go quickly..." Buggy stretched out his hand and pinched Arthur's black robe: "Garp is not someone you want to mess with."

Arthur ignored Bucky's retreat and said to Dadan:

"He is an enemy, a teacher, and a friend. It's good to meet him. I think he will be more rational after seeing me, otherwise this mountain range might be destroyed."

Speaking of Garp, Arthur recalled his brief naval experience when he followed Garp to hit the front of a warship and learned how to use his fists.

Also considered half a teacher.

If Garp did not have any missions or official duties with the navy or the government, he would never cause a major conflict in private.

He knew Garp's character very well, and he also knew the relationship between Garp and Dadan.

I also understand Dadan, a person who appears fierce on the outside but is very soft-hearted on the inside.

Dadan is also someone that Kapu can talk to about anything.

"Eh~!" After hearing Arthur's words, a sigh of fear came from Dadan's house.

Even Dadan himself was shocked and stunned again.

She had been afraid of the navy all her life, but this guy in front of her had no deterrent effect at all?

Little did Dadan know that it existed.

Arthur didn't want to be hit by even one of those terrifying punches that were powerful enough to break its terrifying recovery ability.

"Come in, where did you get the news?" Facing Arthur's deeds, Dadan compromised and sighed: "No one should know that Roger's child is here."

"You don't need to know that." Arthur responded to her and walked into the Dadan family's room.

Many bandits wearing white cloth hats were found sitting in the room in a neat and orderly manner, ready to sacrifice their lives for their boss at any time.

Glancing around, I found a baby in cotton baby clothes, crawling around lively on the ground.

The crawling speed is very fast, faster than that of an average adult.

The faint freckles on the face made Arthur recognize at a glance that the baby was Ace.

"Considering it's only about two months old, it can already roll and crawl everywhere?" He lamented the biological structure of this world.

The last time I was shocked was when Roger's pirate group stayed in Totland, about Katakuri who could crawl as soon as he was born.

"Where is Captain Roger's son? Let me take a look." Bucky wanted to walk into the house.

The ground was covered with yellow mud.

“Oh oh oh~” Two-month-old Ace ran around everywhere, and soon crawled to Buggy’s feet and looked at him curiously: “Ha~”

Ace laughed and tried to reach out and grab Bucky's red nose.

At this time, Arthur picked up Ace with his fingers and looked at him. Looking at his appearance, he thought:

"Why did I like this thing back then?"

Arthur recalled that in the original novel, he was the one who sought his own death in the war at the top.

The Whitebeard Pirates exhausted all their strength and risked their lives to rescue him from the navy.

In the end, he even ran up to die...

If you look at it from a bystander's perspective, you will definitely like Ace.

But after coming to this world and experiencing many things, Arthur realized that all of this was his own fault.

"Ah, I figured out that question, Mr. Zefa." Arthur sighed, "When facing an enemy that is impossible to defeat, you can only beg the other party to spare your life, or have some kind of opportunity to survive."

When Dadan's family saw this scene, they became extremely alert.

If Arthur did something to Ace now, there would be nothing they could do.

When everyone was quiet, Dadan said to Arthur in a firm tone: "If you dare to do anything to him, I will never forgive you even if I die."

"You said yesterday that they were all the guys on Roger's ship, right? Even if they were pirates, they wouldn't be so cruel as to attack the captain's child, right?"

"Arthur, you're not going to kill even the baby, are you?" Bucky said something when he saw Arthur was frighteningly calm.

At this moment, it seemed as if everyone held their breath.

"Wow~!" Ace, who was being stared at by Arthur, was frightened by his aura and started crying.

Until Arthur let go of Ace and laid him gently on the floor.

Everyone remembered that they could still breathe and breathed a sigh of relief.

Dadan, who had raised Ace for nearly two months, immediately went forward and held him in his arms and coaxed him.

"Bucky, do you think I'm so inhumane?" Arthur looked at Bucky coldly: "I respect life."

“Not really,” Bucky responded, “It’s just that your usual indifference and behavior make me feel terrible.”

"If you have no ill intentions and are just coming to take a look," Dadan said to the two with a motherly love, "You have achieved your goal, so leave here quickly."

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