Chapter Twenty-Three: Anilu's Challenge

Today is the last day of a month's term, and according to the agreement, that is, today, Ace will have a life-and-death showdown with Whitebeard in the waters of Ed Waugh in the New World.

A round of red sun slowly rises from the edge of the distant horizon, the golden light is thousands of ways, the morning glow flows, the sky is as gorgeous as a fire, and the sound of waves is heard in the sky, with the sun rippling layer by layer.

As usual, Ace, who was dressed in a white shirt, put his hands behind his back, his eyes swept at the companions who had been advancing and retreating with him for several years, and with every bit of his own spirit, he looked at the faces with different expressions with his heart, fully sensing their emotions and needs.

Everyone has transformed, even Connice and Natsu, just like their immature and fragile bodies before, but their faces are full of determination······ It's only been a week, and the momentum of this pirate group is as indestructible as a force that has come out of blood and sand.

"In that case, let's go." Ace nodded, without a trace of hesitation, without a hint of sigh, no matter how nervous and hesitant he was beforehand, when the fateful moment came, calmness and fearlessness had dominated his thoughts, and the only thing he held was a pair of soft wattles in his hands.

He smiled at Yuna's clear eyes, and gently lowered the cowboy hat on his head, which happened to be buttoned on top of Natsu's cherry hair, "It fits perfectly, then I'll leave this hat here for you first, little ghost." ”

"Hmph." Natsu stuck out his tongue and grimaced at Ace, but he could tell he liked it anyway.

"Huh?" There was a slight and secret whistling in his ears, the big bear frowned slightly, raised his right palm, and with a loud bang, the air cannon condensed from the meat ball in his palm brought a condensed halo of light and roared out, on the contrary, the faint purple fire light scattered and splashed, and the biting cold swept away, and the gorgeous flame flowers slowly bloomed, shrouded in a purple hazy, illusory, looming.

The Great Bear's attack was extremely fast, almost discerning to the naked eye into a sweeping white comet, and slammed into the feast of the flame flower, without the energy that roared in all directions, without the earth-shattering loud noise, the flower composed of countless dark purple flames slowly and effectively rotated, like a whirlpool, polishing the powerful and unruly power, but the impact broke weaker and weaker, and gradually became invisible.

The firelight faded, revealing the other party, revealing the other party's flawless wrists, and the unbelievable complexion on his face.

"Is that you?"

The noble evening dress as black as ink exudes coveted nobility and temptation, a silver-white hair seems to be brighter than the ice and snow on the ground, and the other party's eyes are deeper than rubies are even more dazzling, this beautiful figure shown in the daylight, Yuna recognized it at first sight.

"What are you doing here?" Although it was a questioning tone, it all revealed her disgust for the other party, and what worried her even more was why the other party appeared at such a sensitive time.

"Then don't you need to ask, of course I'm here to help you······ How, welcome? Slowly taking her eyes away from the bear, Lilith stared straight at Ace and said softly.

"Ah, welcome." Ace's tone could not hide the joy, and he immediately replied happily. "It doesn't seem to have gotten thinner, hehe, it's good that you don't suffer outside."

"Wait, I always feel wrong, why can you accept such a woman, Captain, who could betray us at any time······" As soon as Ace's words fell, some of his companions couldn't hold back and said in a deep voice.

"But she's here today." Ace put away his smile and said, "No matter how you hide your feelings, only sincere feelings can't be hidden······ I don't know how she spent the month, but there was only one person's life, and everyone lived with some unease. The important thing is how people overcome that anxiety and fear, and since she finally chose to face it with us, then I think everyone should put aside their prejudices and try to accept her. ”

"Yes, Lilia."

Looking at the other party's side face, such as water skin seems transparent under the touch of the moonlight, the most attractive thing is the deep purple pupils, which reveal the insight and thoroughness of the world, as well as the precipitation of wisdom, she seems to have always been so confident, but she has never been so lonely.

"As I said, you are not allowed to mention that name again."

A pair of wonderful eyes stared at Ace in front of her without blinking, and the indescribable irritability in her heart made her almost suffocate, angry, remorseful, and resentful······ When he climbed into his heart, he poured into his heart like a river and a sea, mixed with five flavors, and his face couldn't help but change slightly, as if he was aware of his gaffe, Lilith stroked her long snow-white hair, and said.

"Don't talk about me, what about you, how is this month's study?"

"Ah, no problem." Ace raised his wrist, and his calm eyes revealed a hint of coolness.

"So, do you really have a way to defeat Whitebeard? What are the odds? ”

Not only Lilith, but almost everyone present wanted to know the answer, how sure Ace was that the big war was coming.

"How? No, it's just a simple amount to fight, and don't think about anything else. Saying these words that almost made people vomit blood, Ace was even happier.

"Who's Whitebeard's biggest enemy right now, you know? It's not the navy, it's not the other three emperors, it's not the Seven Martial Seas, it's time······"

Whitebeard is the strongest man in the world, even so, the power of the years, but no one can resist, and it can even be said that the longer Whitebeard lives, the more sure Ace is to win the other party, but this is not what he wants.

"I'm in a race against time right now, let's see who takes Whitebeard's head first!"

Honest and fair fighting, this is what Ace really wants, and this is also Ace's greatest respect for Whitebeard.

"It's nice to be young······"

The morning sun, reflected on Cuenca's weather-beaten face, was surprisingly soft, making it impossible to tell whether it was the soft sunshine or the soft brilliance of Kunka's vicissitudes of life.

"Alright, it's almost time, let's go together." Ace looked in the direction of the big bear, who nodded, took off the glove in his right hand,—— used all the resources and time at his disposal, and finally sent the group of them directly to the battlefield with the ability of the meat ball fruit.

"Wait!"

Just when everyone was already holding their breath and waiting for the next moment of action, a shout disrupted all thoughts, and when everyone looked towards the source of the sound, what they saw was Anilu with a solemn expression.

"Captain, no, Ace······ Come with me. ”

Anilu's tone of voice was no different from the past, but at this moment it was with an irresistible momentum, very different from the arrogant tone of the past, and an extremely excited expression appeared on his face, and a pair of powerful fists were also clenched tightly, as if he was enduring the excitement in his heart.

"What's wrong?" Anilu's voice also made Ace slightly surprised, I don't know what the other party has to say at this time, not only him, everyone is also stunned by Anilu's move.

"Tell me honestly, how sure sure you are that you can win against Whitebeard."

Shaking the golden staff in his hand, Anilu stretched out the staff in the direction of Ed Wo's sea, in the previous confrontation with Whitebeard, Anilu's encounter was even more miserable than Ace's, he was knocked down alive by Whitebeard in the front, which was a shame for him who regarded Ace as a catch-up target.

"I want to tell the truth, don't fool me with some ambiguous words."

After a dead silence, Ace said solemnly, "What if I say no? ”

Hearing this, Anilu's pupils contracted instantly, and he snorted heavily, "Then before you fight Whitebeard, fight with me first." ”

As soon as the words fell, a violent thunder broke out on Anilu's body in an instant, a large number of lightning rushed away from his body, the silver light like a wave suddenly bloomed, the power of the violent thunder flowed and flew like a silver snake, and the deafening thunder resounded in all directions, raging everything around him, and everything he passed was raging into smashes, and the ice and snow within 100 meters of the two of them were suddenly razed to a scorched earth!