The day after drinking with the redheads, Ace left with his companions.

"Let's break up here, and I'll have to prepare well in less than a month." Ace smiled, his face solemn, "If we survive, let's have a drink together." ”

"Whatever you want, I can't persuade you anyway." The red-haired eyes flashed with a hint of essence, and said with a solemn expression, "But before leaving, I still want to ask you again, what kind of person is Whitebeard in your heart?" ”

What kind of person?

Ace groaned slightly, and Whitebeard's figure like an insurmountable mountain flashed from his mind, and his expression was a little unnatural, "A great sea thief······ No, it should be said that Whitebeard is the best pirate in the world! ”

Redhead nodded, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face, "Sure enough, you think so too, for most of the pirates in the New World, Whitebeard is the uncrowned king, as an enemy, although it is a bit inappropriate for me to say this, but he is indeed a pirate standing at the pinnacle of this world, I believe that no one will doubt the authenticity of this evaluation." ”

"That's why I want to ask you, is it really worth it for you to challenge Whitebeard? No matter who wins or loses, such a sea thief who is admired by everyone, but you want to use such extreme methods to draw a break in his life, I really can't imagine, so I can only speculate like this······ Ace, you really admire Whitebeard, and you admire it to the terrible extent that you have to fight for your life to get Whitebeard's approval, right? ”

Ace was stunned for a moment, slowly lowered his head, obviously acquiescing to the redhead's words, and looked back at Yuna beside him, only to see that she looked at herself with encouraging eyes, and seemed to want to find out the answer.

His words seemed to have had an effect, and the redhead temporarily put his mind at ease, "In short, I won't stop you from challenging Whitebeard, I just hope that before you act, think more about the purpose of your doing this, what your starting point is, and don't choose the wrong path for yourself because of a momentary mood." ”

"That's all you have to say, you can do it yourself." The red-haired big hand made a move, and the momentum that was invisibly exuded shook his robe, and he quickly left the snow with his companions.

This era of rampant pirates has lasted for nearly twenty years, and countless heroic and heroic characters have been buried in the sand of the years, Roger is like this, and so is the golden lion, in this sea without opponents and enemies, how many days have Whitebeard spent watching himself slowly decay?

It's just loneliness.

Ace, who has spent nearly a year behind the Golden Lion, can fully understand that for the Golden Lion and Whitebeard, who have the same experience, without Roger and without the Golden Lion, how meaningful is it for Whitebeard to live alone?

Ace, I want to be Whitebeard's enemy! He'd put his life on the line if it would make Whitebeard feel the pleasures of the world.

Beneath the canopy of the sky, where only the icy wind whistled, Ace held his head high, almost obsessively looking at the sky.

"I heard that every person who dies will be transformed into a star in the sky, so which one belongs to Mr. Siqi? Which mother will be the one who left me when I was born? ”

Ace raised his right hand to the sky, as if to put all the stars in his palm where his eyes touched, this childish act almost everyone did when they were young, but Ace's feeling now is that it is no longer the same, the stronger he is, the more he can feel the vastness of this world, compared to nature, people are still too small.

"What are you feeling?" A gentle voice sounded behind Ace, and when he turned around, he saw a girl with flaxen, short shoulder-length hair, a slender figure and a sweet and calm face.

"No, it's just a sudden feeling." Ace smiled and beckoned to Yuna. She walked over obediently and snuggled into Ace's warm arms, "I'm thinking about what Redhead just said, I challenged Whitebeard, is it really too self-assertive?" ”

Yuna's long eyelashes trembled, and she shook her head with a smile, "It's just frank." Now that you've decided to fight Whitebeard, I can only choose to support you, right, not to mention, I'm a partner who has been with you several times. ”

The so-called good woman is the one who can smile at a man when he comes back without asking anything.

Yuna is a wonderful woman, and she always gives Ace the gentlest comfort at the most opportune time, more than anyone else at any time.

And it just so happens that Bonnie can't do it, Shirahoshi can't do it, the empress can't do it, Coness can't do it, and Lilith can't do it.

Sincere support, just the right amount of gentleness, far more inextricable than beautiful appearance!

However, between the two of them, Yuna also seemed to feel something, and her eyebrows furrowed, "You've been watching over there for a long time, come out!" ”

"Oh, my sister is still so alert, but I don't mean anything." Soft footsteps came from behind the two of them, and Lilith's brilliant silver hair was like a waterfall, and in this snow-covered snow, I don't know if the snow illuminates her or she illuminates the snow.

"It's just that as a crew member, I always have to pay attention to my captain's situation, because if I go the wrong way, a boatload of people will be addicted." The other party's smile was like a flower, as radiant as the bright moon in the night, but the tone was as cold as a cold spring, "For example, knowing that there is an iceberg in front of you, you still want to drive the boat over." ”

"Then you don't have to bother, we have our own way for Whitebeard." Without waiting for Ace to reply, Yuna said coldly with an expressionless face.

"Own way? Good one's own way. Lilith's eyes flashed with a strange color, and she said with a smile, "I have warned you again and again, Whitebeard is different from other pirates, not only in terms of strength, but also in the chaotic and staggered handover between the major forces in the new world, but it takes a small breakthrough to be able to point all the forces at you, hum, don't be too naïve!" ”

Lilith's eyes flashed, and there was a teasing smile on the corner of her mouth, "I remember that you used to be from the navy, but I wasn't interested in what made you fall to this point, what kind of measures would you make when you learned about the battle between the new star 'Fire Fist' and the Four Emperors Whitebeard in the navy?" Now that the momentum of the new world is clear to each other, you can guess that it will be interesting then. ”

"You're overdoing that." Feeling the uneasy tremor in Yuna's arms, Ace's face couldn't help but gloomy, "It has nothing to do with naval pirates or anything, we are just a group of adventurers chasing freedom, it doesn't matter if we are hated by others, it is not our intention to be regarded as a thorn in the side of others, who likes to be a bunch of masters all day long thinking about how to take their own heads?" ”

People are forced out, Ace is like this, Yuna is like this, and even Lilith herself is like this.

"Well, he deserves to be the man I fancied······ Chasing after the best in power with interests, the actions of the evil people in the world can be regarded as much more humane. It is because waste rules the world that batch after batch of waste will be created! ”

"So, do you have any decision when you tell me this now?" Ace spread his hands and said indifferently.

"Ah, that, sort of." Perhaps considering the next decision, Lilith didn't seem to dare to look directly at Ace, a trace of hesitation flashed on her face, and then a trace of struggle flashed, "I decided to leave you for a while. ”

As soon as the words fell, Ace's pupils contracted violently, and a huge wave was set off in his heart, he took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said astringently, "Why?" ”

"Because I don't want to die······ At least, not yet. A faint hint of disgust flashed in Lilith's beautiful eyes, but she hid it well, she rubbed her forehead, and said helplessly, "What's more, I'm only leaving 'temporarily'." ”

"If we're alive in a month's time, you'll 'come back', and if we're dead, you won't have to keep any more promises, hmph, that's ridiculous!" Yuna's anger welled up in her heart, and she just smiled coldly at her, or rather, she didn't have faith in Lilith from the beginning.

"Whatever you want." The cynicism of others, Lilith didn't pay attention to it at all.

"If you agreed, you want to go with me to Ralph Drew······" Ace, who was in a low mood, took a deep breath and tried to calm the inexplicable irritability in his heart.

"Silly Brother······" Lilith smiled softly, a pair of white hands as white as snow hugged Ace tightly in her arms, the pair of red eyes like a crystal version of the dream stared at Ace, a trace of helplessness fleeting, "Do you know the difference between an oath and a lie?" One is that the person who said it is serious, and the other is that the person who listens is serious. ”