Chapter 840 Natsu: I Won’t Eat Ace…
My fire was eaten, but my first reaction was "How cool!"?
He is worthy of being Luffy’s brother, they have the same personality!
"Hey, hey, hey... am I seeing things?! He was actually eating fire just now!"
"I have been a merchant on the sea for so many years, and I have seen and heard of many legendary figures who can set fires, but this is the first time I have seen someone who can eat fire..."
"Is this true?! Is this some new circus sideshow?! How is it possible that someone in this world can eat fire?!"
The voices of the people on the roadside gradually became louder, waking up Ace who was still in shock. He knew that the guy who had just arrived was not simple, so he did not attack directly, but chose to avoid the fight.
"Luffy! What are you still standing there for?!"
A loud roar startled Luffy awake from his dream. He hurriedly followed Sanji, Nami and others, carrying the newly purchased supplies and a series of daily necessities, and headed to the port where the Golden Merry was parked.
"Don't leave, Straw Hat Boy!"
Smoker immediately turned into smoke and flew, intending to bypass Ace and continue chasing Luffy. However, halfway through his flight, he saw a flaming fist head-on. Ace suddenly dodged and intercepted Smoker again, and swung his fist wrapped in armed color domineering, trying to knock him away again.
"You're not allowed to leave either, you smoker!"
BANG!!
With a heavy thud, the fists of Ace and Smoker collided precisely in the air, but the result was... the two men who were fighting did not move, but the ground beneath their feet could not withstand the force and directly collapsed and broke apart.
"Damn pirate!"
Smoker got up in a panic, feeling annoyed. He turned to look at Kira, who had been watching from the sidelines on the street, and Natsu, who had been furious and did nothing since he arrived.
"Aren't you going to take action? He is the captain of the second ship under Whitebeard. Nothing can better promote the existence of wizards than defeating him..."
I guess even Natsu and Happy, the simplest members of the team, can see the sinister intention of this old smoker who is trying to drive a tiger to devour a wolf.
After a moment of silence, Kira spread his hands in pretended helplessness and said, "We are wizards, not navy... Catching pirates is your job, right?"
Happy slowly flew to Kira's side, raised his claws and echoed: "That's right... unless you issue a commission! Otherwise, we won't help you fight the pirates!"
Kira's eyes lit up after hearing these words, and he gave Habby a thumbs up and praised him, "Well said, Habby! You are no longer the cute pet in the team who only knows how to eat and do nothing, but a qualified primary market pioneer who can open up the market for the team and let everyone have a way to make money!"
“Thank you for the compliment!!”
The man and the cat high-fived in the air with a 'pa' sound, showing their perfect understanding.
Natsu next to him scratched his head, his eyes revealing clear stupidity: "Kira, is that what you just said, the only flame in the world?"
Kira nodded and said, "Yes, that is a natural devil fruit. The fire released by the user of the Flame-Flame Fruit is unique in the world!"
As soon as these words came out, Natsu immediately thought of the previous fight with Smoker, when the opponent turned his body into smoke to fight, and his face turned pale instantly: "So... in other words, those fires just now were himself ? Did I happen to eat something from his body?"
Kira smiled strangely: "It's possible that you forget everything when you eat, such as his hair, nails, pancreas, genitals, etc...."
Almost subconsciously, Natsu set his eyes on Ace, and the next moment he saw a scene that was enough to shock him for a week -
Ace was facing away from him, holding his left shoulder with his right hand, as if he was seriously injured. He was screaming in pain on the street: "Ahhhh!! It hurts!! My left hand... my left hand was eaten!!"
Natsu was instantly shocked: "What did you say?! You you you...don't worry, I will spit it back to you right away! Ugh..."
Suddenly, Ace stopped shouting, turned around slowly, looked lonely, and said with a hint of sadness between his brows: "It's useless. Even if you spit it out now, there is a high probability that you can't take it back..."
"How could this be..." Natsu fell backwards, as if he had been hit hard.
"May I have your name?"
"N...Natsu Dragneel..."
"Natsu, huh? It sounds like a name that has something to do with 'fire'!"
Ace looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle and said in a deep voice: "Listen carefully, Natsu, you must become an excellent pirate in the future! Then, when we meet again, you will give me back this hat... No, you will give me back the food money that just ate my flame."
"I don't want to!"
"What?!" Ace, who originally wanted to act for a while longer, was stunned by Natsu's firm refusal.
Natsu clasped his fists in front of him and said, "I'm a wizard from Fairy Tail, and that will never change! I don't want to be a pirate !"
Ace groaned, touched his chin and muttered to himself: "Strange... This script is wrong! This guy's personality is so similar to Luffy's, I thought it would be smooth sailing..."
Just when Ace was wondering why he couldn't use the same trick to the same effect as Shanks, Happy discovered the blind spot in Natsu's vision and exclaimed, "Ah!! Natsu, his left hand is not broken at all!!"
“Ehhhh?! So it’s not broken?! Great!!… Wait! Then wasn’t everything he just said a lie?!”
Natsu was surprised at first, then he realized belatedly that he had been deceived. He suddenly realized and became furious, "How dare this guy lie to me like this! I thought that someone who could create that kind of fire wouldn't be that bad..."
It was a farce that made the surrounding navy and spectators frown, and they even began to doubt Natsu's IQ.
"So he was really fooled just now? How slow is this guy's brain circuit...!!"
"How could the legendary 'Fire Fist' Ace lose an arm in a place like this?"
"That may not be the case. After all, even the legendary Red-Haired Shanks..."
Seeing how easily Natsu could be fooled, Ace suddenly realized something. He felt that Natsu had some of the same temperament as his younger brother, and couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Hahahaha... you're really funny! But I'm not that easily hurt! If you don't have Armament Haki, you can't capture the body of a natural ability user!"
After saying that, Ace's expression suddenly became serious: "Then the jokes are over, I have to go, after all, Luffy is still waiting for me!"
" Before you leave, I'll give you a portion of after-meal fruit!"
"Enjo Tsuna!!"
As he spoke, Ace pressed his hands to the ground and shouted, releasing a large amount of fire again, isolating himself from the navy, Kira and others, then immediately turned around and ran back.
He knew that based on the speed at which Natsu was consuming fire, this wall of fire would not be able to hold out for long.
Half a minute later...
Natsu sucked up all the flames again. He patted his bloated belly and burped with a satisfied look on his face. "I'm so full... That guy is really hospitable!"
Fearing that Natsu might go astray, Smoker snorted coldly and reminded him, "He is not a good guy. He is a pirate with a bounty of 550 million berries, the captain of the second ship under the Four Emperors Whitebeard, Portgas D. Ace!"
"What?! 550 million berries?!" Natsu and Happy were both shocked and looked at each other blankly. "We actually missed the chance to make so much money?!"
Upon hearing the amount, the two poor guys' first reaction was to regret. They regretted it very much. However, after calming down, their conscience prevailed. "Forget it. After all, they treated me to two good meals. I'll just miss it..."
As the saying goes, a man who has eaten someone's food should be grateful, and a man who has received someone's favor should be merciful. Natsu had just had two good meals at Ace's place, and now he wants to arrest someone. It is somewhat unreasonable.
On the other hand, Smoker missed the chance to capture the Straw Hat Pirates again. He felt very upset and sat on a stone on the street alone. But he also knew that it was not anyone's fault. It could only be attributed to the Straw Hat Pirates... who were too lucky? ? Or maybe it was not a matter of luck at all? ?
"First, Dragon escorted him out to sea in Rogue Town, and now it's 'Fire Fist' Ace who is protecting him from leaving Nahana. What is the origin of that Straw Hat Boy? Damn it!"
Somehow, Smoker felt that the background of Straw Hat Boy Luffy might be terrifyingly powerful, but unfortunately he had no evidence to prove it now.
Not long after, Tashigi arrived late: "Colonel Smoker! We are late! Where is the Straw Hat Boy?"
Smoker smoked two cigars and asked, "Dashiki, where have you been?"
If her other soldiers were present just now, even if they couldn't save 'Fire Fist' Ace and 'Straw Hat Boy' Luffy, at least they wouldn't be beaten as badly as they are now.
An honest-looking marine sergeant who was following Dashigi replied truthfully: "She took us in the opposite direction!"
Smoker was silent for a moment: Why didn't I realize that this girl has a poor sense of direction before? ?
Forget it, forget it, another issue is more important now!
With the idea that one person's wisdom is inferior to others', Smoker asked the question he was thinking about: "What do you think? Weiwei is with them."
Dashigi was shocked: "Vivi? Princess Nefertari Vivi? Why is she with the Straw Hat Pirates?"
Smoker was silent again: I asked you to give me your opinion on the question, not to ask you to repeat it! Why are my subordinates such idiots?!
"That's what I'm thinking about now! Besides, there's another man in this country that I hate... You know I hate the 'Seven Warlords of the Sea', right?"
Tashigi was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized who Smoker was referring to: "Are you talking about Crocodile? But in terms of stance, he is on the side of the navy!"
Smoker was silent for the third time: He had begun to doubt what the soldiers who joined the navy were learning every day, and why they took it for granted that the 'Seven Warlords of the Sea' and the 'Navy' were in the same group.
He took a deep puff of his cigar and was about to give his young subordinate a profound lesson on 'pirates are pirates after all', but before he could finish his words, he heard a voice that deserved a beating in his ear.
"That won't work, Dashiki-san! If you have a poor sense of direction, you can ask someone to lead the way. If you don't have work experience, you can learn. But if you can't see right from wrong, good from evil, then it won't matter even if you wear the most suitable glasses or have laser surgery!"
"Kira-san? What you mean is..." Tashigi was confused and didn't know what Kira wanted to say.
Smoker, on the other hand, could hear Kira's mockery of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. After all, he was one of the people who had heard the other party's high-sounding speech at the Rogue Times Square. He immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "Why haven't you left yet? Besides, I don't need you to educate my subordinates!"
Kira did not hesitate to mock him: "Tsk tsk tsk... Look at the way you protect your cubs, like an old hen!"
“You bastard…”
Seeing that Smoker was about to draw out his ten arms to fight him, Kira immediately waved his hand and said, "I'm here to say goodbye! The magic signal device shows that we have partners in Alabasta, and we've almost had enough shopping and eating here, so we have to leave first."
At this point, Kira changed the subject: "But your target should be the Straw Hat Pirates, right? If you continue to follow them like this , maybe we will meet again in two days."
"Do you know something?" Smoker keenly noticed that Kira had something else in his words.
According to the description of his fellow smoker Wakaba, Kira has incredible intelligence gathering abilities and knows secrets that many people don't know. If there is anything you want to know, you can get it from him as long as you pay enough money.
"What do you mean?"
"The purpose of the Straw Hat Pirates, and the reason why Princess Vivi is with the Straw Hat Pirates!"
"Oh~ Are you talking about this? I thought you wanted to ask about Luffy's background..."
“…”
"Yes, that's right, I know! From beginning to end, I know everything!"
Kira said calmly, "To put it simply, Crocodile planned to steal the country and deliberately provoked a war between the Kingdom Army and the rebel army. Princess Vivi lurked in the enemy camp and met Luffy and his crew overseas, and then the Straw Hat Pirates came to their aid."
"It sounds like a cliché story, right? But it really happened!"
"The Straw Hat Pirates are heading towards Yuba. They intend to expose Crocodile's conspiracy and convince the rebels to stop the war. However, they don't know that the rebel base in Yuba has now moved to the vicinity of Nahana, so this trip is doomed to be in vain."
"Then, what will the Navy do after knowing all this? I am waiting for your next step."
Amid the stunned, shocked and disbelieving gazes of Smoker and Tashigi, Kira waved his hand and turned away.
