Chapter 19: Old Friends Are Old
There are two weeks left until the duel with Whitebeard.
"The development of a new move?"
Anilu raised his head solemnly, as if he was puzzled by the captain's inexplicable decision, if he wanted to make a breakthrough in strength in a short period of time, developing new moves was naturally the best choice, but the important problem at present was that there were only two short weeks left, and it was too urgent to change his strength in two weeks.
"You have to think about it, Ace boy, I can completely hand over the 'Warship Killing Knife' to you in the rest of the time, with your understanding, I am afraid that it will take a lot of work to completely integrate it in two weeks, in this case, why do you need to develop any new moves? That's unwise. ”
"Yes." Ace covered the autumn water around his waist and showed a free and confident smile, "Uncle Kunka's sword skills are indeed powerful, but after competing with you, my biggest realization is not in its power······ Knife technique is just a way to release energy, just like the Golden Lion Twin Knife Flow, as a natural ability, I already have enough confidence in the way of this energy release, the momentum of your knife, the indomitable sword intent, this is what I should really learn. ”
"Domineering, fruits, knife skills, in the final analysis, are the embodiment of the power in people's hearts, if you stick to the model of your predecessors, dare not change, dare not choose, and eventually will only be bound by the boundaries drawn by yourself, this is what I have felt in the past week······ Embark on your own path. ”
"Oh?" Cuenka's face was awe-inspiring, his eyes narrowed slightly, he was surprised and praised for the other party's boldness, his original plan was just to teach the other party his own tricks, first, he did not live up to the trust of his old friend, and he did not cross the bottom limit of his own navy, but he didn't expect Ace's understanding to be so high, far exceeding his previous estimate.
"It's not just a simple move development, what I have to do is to pay more attention to the change in nature."
Ace opened his right palm and slammed it upward, as if he was holding it tightly, "This is the weakness of my three cultivation of fruit, domineering, and sword skills, although it has avoided being restrained in ability, it has also led to the slowness of the advancement of individual abilities." ”
"And what I have to do now is to truly integrate the three, and only in this way can I have the capital to confront Whitebeard head-on."
"Well, I don't understand it at all, can you explain a little bit?"
"This······ No, I can't! Ace said these speechless words with a grin, "Because it's still just a preliminary idea, but I don't know why, I subconsciously feel that I should do this, although I don't know where to start, hehe······"
"But since you don't have any ideas to develop, we don't know where to start, and how can we help." Yuna helplessly raised her forehead, and everyone echoed.
"No, the preliminary theory is established, but I don't know how to put it into practice, and I need help from someone for this."
With that, Ace shouted outside the cave, "Big Bear, how long do you have to stand outside, don't be afraid that the parts on your body will be frozen." ”
Now how keen Ace and Anilu, who are domineering and domineering, even when they are asleep, if there is the slightest murderous hostility around, they will immediately detect it, unless it is the same level as Gondor, no enemy can secretly approach the two of them a hundred steps, but one pays attention to "looking" and the other pays attention to "listening", he has long sensed that there is someone outside the cave, but the other party does not have the slightest murderous and hostile leakage, coupled with the induction of the other party's unique aura, Ace is sure of the other party's identity.
"It's not funny at all." The indifferent face of the big bear who walked slowly into the cave seemed to have a bit of a gloomy on his face, "You have gone too far this time, even I or the leader will not be able to help you finish it." ”
"Overdone? You said that you would challenge Whitebeard, hey, you should have guessed it early on, it's my dream to fight the world number one like Whitebeard, and no one can stop it. ”
"Forget it, I'm not here to talk to you about it." Big Bear sighed, turned his gaze to Cuenca on the side, and said with a solemn expression, "I didn't expect that the former Admiral 'White Shark' of the Navy Headquarters would actually be with the pirates, should I feel honored?" ”
"You're not bad, Bartholomew Bear of the Seven Martial Seas is actually an undercover agent lurking in the navy, it seems that Sengoku and Karp have also been deceived by you, and your ability is not small!" Cuenca's eyes narrowed, and his voice revealed a rare high cold killing intent, and the evil aura that had been baptized by years of war began to spread.
"Uh, I said you two ······" Ace smiled, trying to persuade.
"Hmphhahaha······" Cuenca burst out laughing, causing the people around him to shudder, and Gondor was ready to fight at any time.
"Forget it, the old man is no longer a naval admiral, this time I came, it was just because of the old friend's request, as for the matter of the Seven Martial Seas that you are against in this nest, the old man will no longer care, after all, it is not the time of the old man, hahahaha······"
"I see." Big Bear nodded, signaling that it didn't matter, even if their positions were different, their goals were the same at this time, and there was no need to distinguish between them here.
The Black Flame Pirates, who thought they were going to start a fight again, slowly breathed a sigh of relief, the continuous battles in these days, coupled with the psychological worries about the arrival of Whitebeard's battle, almost everyone never got a real rest, but now that even the Great Bear of the Seven Martial Seas is here, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief, because the Great Bear is the first enemy that this Pirate Group has encountered in the true sense, and his bravery is unparalleled, and no one can forget it.
"The development of a new move?" Ace told Da Xiong all the causes and consequences, and the latter raised his eyebrows and lowered his head, "This is indeed the fastest way to achieve a breakthrough in strength in a short period of time, but only two weeks, it is inevitably too ······"
"That's why I need your help, Big Bear······"
Ace put his hand on the Kikuichi Script on his waist and clenched the hilt of the knife, and then, his hand trembled, but the next moment, everyone's eyes froze.
The pure knife intent that was as hot as fire but incomparably natural, like a knife like a breeze, but it more than doubled the cave entrance in front of him like chopping melons and vegetables, the symmetry was extremely precise, and the incision was smooth and round, and it was extremely neat.
The sword technique that has reached the realm of slashing the wind, slashing iron and cracking steel with one sword, is simply easy to come by.
This is the realm of the great swordsman.
"That's about all I've been able to understand in the past week." After Ace put the knife into the sheath, he said loudly, "But that's it, for Whitebeard, it's just an itch, yes, the stronger I become, the more I feel, Whitebeard is strong, and I must be just as strong······ No, I need more strength than Whitebeard. ”
"No, you've gone astray, my friend." Big Bear shook his head and sighed softly, he slowly removed the gloves on both hands, revealing his furry palms, "Do you know that when we first met, my strength was significantly higher than yours, but why was I still defeated by your trap?" Seeing Ace hesitantly shaking his head, Big Bear said word by word, "Because of me, I have abandoned myself." ”
With that, the bear had taken off his thick coat, revealing his two fully mechanized arms, which were hideous at the junction with the sternum, and the cold steel seemed to roar at the unwillingness of his master. "The inhuman body makes me no longer feel everything in the outside world, there is no sense of touch, no sense of smell, I can only drive this body by my own will."
"Then what philosophy do you still adhere to, what kind of 'pacifist' do you have! Licking engine oil all day? Ace seemed to be angered by the other party's almost self-defeating words, and immediately scolded.
"No, it's my choice, just like you challenge Whitebeard, it's just the truth of our will."
"Do you know yourself? Do you know what ego is? Different from the type of paranoia, it is the real self, not the you I know, not the you that my friends and relatives know, not the enemy who knows you, not the you who everything in this world knows, just yourself! The power you want to gain is actually like this, the premise of everything is to understand yourself, and the reason why you can't figure it out is because you don't know enough about your own abilities. ”
"Before I came, the leader asked me to tell you, 'You are not eating a flame fruit or a temperature fruit, what you really have is a natural burnt fruit, right?'"
Big Bear's words made Ace's whole person froze in place, and his thoughts kept on going, as if something was fleeting, but it was always a little bit off.