Chapter 493:
A loud roar cut through the sky.
The awakened people lit up their lights and looked out of the windows.
In the alley, at the same time as the blazing flames poured out from both ends of the entrance and exit, a black shadow quickly flew out of the alley.
Sabo held a bulging sack in both hands. The moment he rushed out of the alley, a flame rose behind him. The rolling heat waves caused by the explosion directly flipped Sabo over. After rolling on the ground for several times, he stopped in the middle of the street.
And the bulging sack he was holding also fell out of his hands. After rolling on the ground for several times, Luffy poked his head out of the mouth of the sack.
After shaking his head in confusion, Luffy looked around at the environment he was in. After seeing Sabo's slightly embarrassed figure, a cheerful smile suddenly appeared on his nervous face:
"Sabo!"
"What are you doing lying on the ground?"
While speaking, Luffy also noticed the big movement in the alley, turned his head and looked back at the alley, and the sky-high flames were reflected in his pupils.
"Ace, that idiot!"
In order to bring Luffy out smoothly, Sabo only used the power of the devil fruit when snatching Luffy and transformed it into an element. The shock wave caused by Ace's attack still had some impact on Sabo.
Sabo muttered and complained about Ace's recklessness, slowly stood up, and after dusting off the dust on his body, he also turned his head and looked at the alley that was now in the sea of fire.
Under the gaze of Sabo and Luffy, a flame suddenly shot up from the sea of fire, and the next second, Ace's figure had already landed on the roof next to him.
Ace squatted down and glanced at the sea of fire below. He seemed to have heard Sabo's complaints. He smiled brightly at Sabo and Luffy and said with a smile:
"Sabo, good job!"
Even with Luffy present, Ace was still able to attack without hesitation. The biggest reason was that he had enough trust in Sabo's strength.
The improvement brought by the Thunder Fruit is unimaginable.
Even though Sabo has only obtained the Thunder Fruit for a few years, his current control of natural abilities can be called "super fast".
Ace's attack was not sudden. Before he attacked, he specifically reminded Sabo.
"Stupid, what happened to those people?!"
"If they are dead, who should we take to the teacher?"
"Hurry and take a look."
Sabo looked at Ace on the roof, pointed to the alley, and asked nervously.
Hearing Sabo's words, Ace waved his hand: "Don't worry, you won't die, just suffer a little."
While the two were talking, the fire in the alley was gradually extinguished.
Most of the houses on Fishman Island are made of sea stones or corals, which are not easy to burn. When Ace stopped, the fire in the alley was quickly extinguished.
While speaking, Ace jumped lightly and flew into the alley. Not long after, a fishman with burnt skin was thrown out of the alley by Ace.
"Bang!"
With a light sound, the burly fishman fell on the ground in front of Sabo and Luffy. The violent vibration caused the carbonized skin of the fishman to crack, and a trace of blood oozed out of it.
He looked miserable, had already lost consciousness, and was breathing less and more, and was about to die.
Sabo blocked Luffy behind him, frowning slightly.
"How could he still be alive after all this?"
While Sabo was talking, heavy footsteps were heard in the dark alley. Ace dragged two fishmen with both hands and slowly walked out of the alley.
"It's OK if there are any alive. The old man taught us to be merciful to the enemy!"
Ace's tutoring since childhood was actually quite good. Perhaps it was because he had been raised outside by Garp for these years, and the "wildness" of his character that advocates freedom was also exposed.
He did not call Zefa "teacher" like Sabo did, but called him "old man". Zefa never corrected Ace's private address. Instead, he felt that this would be closer.
It can be seen that Zefa, the "general who does not kill", did not teach them to "show mercy to the enemy" in educating children like Ace and Sabo.
When Zefa's family was attacked and killed by pirates, this incident actually had a great impact on Zefa's values. After the accident, although Zefa himself retreated to the second line, his reputation of "not killing admirals" has always been praised.
However, over the years, those hawkish middle and senior executives of the Navy Headquarters who have tough methods were also cultivated by Zefa himself.
Among the three admirals of the headquarters, Kuzan, who is the most merciful, is more influenced by Garp.
While Ace was talking, he threw the two fishmen in his hand to the ground. These two fishmen may be far away from Ace, or they may be because Ace deliberately left them alive. In short, the burns on these two people are much better than that of the partner whose skin has been carbonized.
Moreover, the two fishmen are still conscious. After being thrown to the ground, they also endured the pain and looked up at the burnt partner in front of them, as well as Sabo and Luffy.
The two surviving fishmen also looked at Ace behind them with horror.
"What kind of monster are you?!!"
The fishman named Shul endured the severe pain in his body, raised his hand tremblingly, looked at Ace with panic in his eyes, and asked in shock.
"Hey!"
"I'm not a monster, I'm a navy!"
Ace put his hands on his waist, looked at the two fishmen in front of him, grinned, and said.
"Navy?!"
Shul's pupils shrank when he heard Ace's words. He never thought that such a kid would be a navy? !
And even if he was a navy, how could such a young child be a navy?
However, no one would answer Shul's doubts. After a brief shock, Shul knelt on his knees and crawled in front of Ace. While kowtowing to Ace, he begged for mercy with tears in his eyes:
"Marine Lord, let me go, let me go!"
"I don't want to die, this... this is all a misunderstanding!"
"We want to invite you to my house!"
Shul's words made Ace roll his eyes.
This bastard, is he fooling a child? !
Ignoring Shul's desperate pleading, Ace actually took out a Den Den Mushi from his arms and contacted Zefa on his own.
Although the three of them were restless, Ace, who had undergone systematic education, finally learned the rules and stability from Zefa. Although he sneaked out, Ace still carried a Den Den Mushi with him to prevent Zefa from worrying about them and not being able to find them~
"Hello, old man, it's me, Ace, something happened!"
"We were attacked on the island, but it doesn't matter, it's been resolved."
"Three people, two captives, you bring people over, I'll send a signal."
Just as Ace was contacting Zefa, Shul, who was crawling in front of him and begging desperately, suddenly had a fierce light in his eyes. Taking advantage of Ace's distraction, he actually took out a dagger from his arms and stabbed Ace's chest directly.
The moment Shul attacked, Ace had already noticed it. He glanced at Shul calmly, and he didn't dodge or block. He was still talking to Zefa.
"Huh——"
The dagger stabbed directly into Ace's heart.
However, unlike the blood spurt that Shul expected, the moment the dagger touched Ace's body, Shul felt like a knife stabbed into the air, without any feeling of piercing flesh and blood.
He looked at Ace's chest with a little surprise, and saw that Ace's heart had turned into a ball of fire. His attack was basically stabbed into the fire.
The dagger became hot, and Shul subconsciously loosened his hand and quickly retracted it.
"This, this. This."
"Natural system!"
Shul had some experience. He had encountered the attack too suddenly before and didn't find out what was going on. But now Shul saw what happened to Ace with his own eyes, and he didn't know what he and his people had encountered.
The attack failed, and Shul hurriedly got up and ran away.
Ace, who was holding the Den Den Mushi in one hand, raised his hand towards Shul's fleeing back and made a "shooting" gesture. The next moment, a flame shot out from the tip of Ace's index finger, and in an instant it came behind Shul and pierced his heart directly.
The figure stopped running, and Shul's body froze and fell to the ground.
Ace glanced at the other fishman who was so scared that he dared not move at this time, and said indifferently to the Den Den Mushi: "Sorry, old man, there is only one prisoner left now."
After saying that, Ace looked at the remaining fishman and asked with a smile:
"You won't attack me or run away?!"
The fishman didn't know whether it was because of the serious injury or because he was scared by Ace. After hearing this, his eyes turned black, and he fell to the ground and fell into a coma.
The lights on both sides of the street were bright.
The people who were watching the excitement all stuck their heads out and looked into the street. However, when they saw the scene clearly, they were frightened and retreated into the house, turning off the lights, fearing that they would be involved in some inexplicable incident.
However, among these people, there were also kind-hearted people who "helped" the dead Shul to contact the new navy branch of Fishman Island.
The work of town security management was the responsibility of the guards of Ryugu City, but the residents had long been accustomed to the existence of the new navy. In their opinion, such a big event might not be handled by the guards of Ryugu City.
The two parties who received the news quickly moved. Zefa had just received the contact from Ace, and the navy knocked on his cabin door and reported the sudden violent explosion on the island.
Zefa knew without thinking that the noise was probably caused by Ace and his guys.
He didn't care to blame Ace and others for sneaking off the ship. Zefa immediately called the subordinates on duty and rushed to the scene of the incident on the island.
At the same time, a sharp alarm sounded in the new navy branch, disturbing the base commander Jinbei who was working overtime in the office.
Aramaki, Vergo and others who stayed in the branch were also attracted by the sudden alarm and rushed out of the dormitory.
"What happened? Base commander Jinbei?"
In front of the branch, Jinbei was about to lead people to the scene when he was stopped by Vergo.
Seeing that Vergo and the others were startled, they immediately said with relief: "A vicious case has occurred on the island. The specific situation is not clear yet. I am planning to go check it out."
"You guys just need a good rest."
Jinbei didn't bother to be polite to Vergo and others. After speaking, he set off directly with a team of dozens of people. When Virgo, Aramaki and others saw this, they looked at each other, and there was a tacit understanding in their hearts. They had no intention of going back and followed Jinbe directly.
Jinbe noticed that Vergo and others were following him, but he didn't care.
The place where the incident happened was not very far from the branch, but Ace and the others were wandering a little far away.
The fishmen navy were well-trained, and under the leadership of Jinbei, they had arrived in just a few minutes.
At this time, Sabo and Luffy were sitting on the steps in front of a house, waiting boredly for Zefa and the others to arrive. As for Ace, he was standing beside them, leaning on the doorpost with his eyes closed. Yang Shen put on a "deep" look, leaving the image of a "reliable big brother" to the young Luffy.
However, Zefa did not wait. Instead, it was the new navy like Ji Ping and others who waited.
Jinbei noticed the three children on the street, and then quickly approached them. He glanced at the three fishmen on the ground, and Jinbei's expression became serious.
The burnt fishman had died, and Shure, who had attacked Ace and tried to escape, also fell into a pool of blood, lifeless.
There was only one fish-man who fell into a coma.
Such a tragic scene cannot be ignored by Shi Ping.
Jinbe actually met Ace, but that happened many years ago. It was during Cyrus's wedding. Jinbe has been very busy these years, and he has long forgotten such small things, so he met Ace and others. Even when he was a human being, he couldn't recognize him.
After taking a general look at the situation in the street, Jinbei also came to Ace and others and asked:
"How is this going?"
"Who are you, and why are you still hanging out on the street so late?"
"What the hell happened?"
As he spoke, Jinbei's eyes fell on Ace.
It seemed that the leader of the three children had a more "mature" child in front of him.
"I know, these three guys attacked some of our brothers, and they probably wanted to kidnap us."
"I fought back in self-defense."
"I don't know what their identities are. When that person wakes up, I can find out from his mouth."
"We are from the Navy, on Teacher Zefa's ship. We went out for a walk at night, and we were attacked."
"I have already informed Teacher Zefa about the situation. Let's wait until he comes to discuss the situation."
Ace is a smart man, and he is also very good at picking out key points when speaking. While explaining casually, he also brought out the giant Buddha of Zefa.
Sure enough, after hearing Ace's words, Jinbei's pupils shrank.
After taking a closer look at Ace, Sabo and the others, Jinbe suddenly remembered that he had seen these three children on Zefa's boat before.
"Kidnapped?"
Jinbei murmured in his mouth and glanced at a dagger on the ground. After picking it up in his hand and looking at it, Jinbei couldn't help but darken his face:
"Kidnapping?!"
The dagger in Jinbei's hand was quite exquisitely made. The handle was engraved with a pattern of a mermaid playing in the water. Jinbei had seen a dagger of this type before!
At this time, Vergo and others also came to Jinbei's side. Vergo just glanced at the dagger in Jinbei's hand, and a smile appeared on his face.
"What a coincidence!"
"A kidnapping case?!"
Vergo did not doubt Ace's words. When he said Zefa's name, they had already gained the trust of Jinping and others.
No one would think about why such a young child became a marine, and why such a young child could kill three strong fishmen.
Experienced people all know that in this sea, the people who should not be underestimated are the elderly, children and women.
