Sunlight shines through layers of leaf barriers, leaving dappled light and shadows on the ground.

The figure in the forest flickered, and the two and a half teenagers ran quickly in the forest, and in the blink of an eye, they ran dozens of meters.

"Stop, don't run!"

"Two bastards, stop me!"

A hundred meters behind the teenagers, seven adult men with short daggers shouted loudly while chasing after the two teenagers who entered the forest.

"Humph! If you catch up with us, catch up! ”

"Stop? What a stupid thing to say. ”

"But ......"

"Stop, stop, I'm already annoyed by you guys!"

In the forest, a blonde boy wearing a round hat and a tattered suit couldn't help but let out a chuckle when he heard the shouts behind him.

Looking back at the adults who were being thrown away by himself and his partner, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but grin, revealing a pair of missing teeth.

"Hey, hey, hey! Saab, let's pick up the pace and get them out of the way quickly. ”

Just as the blonde boy "looked back at the moon" and smiled at the pursuers, the black-haired boy in front of him also turned his head and greeted him.

Then the speed of the run began to increase.

"Oh!"

"Ace, you take your things and go first, and we will meet in the old place."

Sabo had a smile on his face, and for a moment, a little mud and sand splashed under his feet, and then he saw Sabo turn to face the pursuers in the distance, and he really stopped, waiting for the arrival of the pursuers.

"Hey, Saab!"

Seeing this scene, Ace couldn't help but let out a low cry, jumped lightly from the branch, and quickly fell to the ground, and then quickly took off the long knife that was slung on his back, and drew the blade to follow Sabo's footsteps directly.

"Are you stupid?"

"Stop and do what?"

Ace soon came to Sabo's side, and stood in the glade with Sabo, and couldn't help but complain.

"We can't get rid of it for a while, and if it's too close to our secret base, there's a risk of exposure."

"I'll hold them back here, and Ace Ling will go back first."

Sabo explained with a smile as he put up a small steel pipe with an elbow in his hand and put on a starting hand that resembled a kendo.

"What stupid things are you talking about?"

"Of course we're going to fight together!"

As Ace's voice fell, it didn't take long for the group of people with short daggers to come to the front.

There are only seven people in this group in total, and they are generally lean, and they also have a relatively strong gangster on their faces, and they all have a cruel smile on their faces when they see Ace and Sabo stop, and they all have a cruel smile on their faces after they come to the two.

"Did you really stop? What two idiots. ”

"Eh, you~ And the knife?"

"Little ghost, don't play with that kind of thing, it will hurt yourself, hahahaha!"

Even with a long knife in hand, in the face of imps of Ace and Sabo's age, the strong men laughed haha, and they didn't take Ace and Sabo in their eyes at all.

"Little ghost, give the knife to your uncle, don't hurt yourself."

"Hand over all the stolen money honestly, otherwise you two will have to suffer some hardships!"

A man put away the short dagger in his hand and slowly approached Ace and Sabo.

"Up!" Facing the hardcover man with a frivolous demeanor, Ace let out a low roar from his mouth, and rushed out directly with an arrow step.

Although Ace is young, his explosive power is quite terrifying, and in the blink of an eye, Ace has already come to the man's side, and directly volleyed it, hitting the vital point between the opponent's legs.

"Woo......" A low whimper sounded, and the man directly curled up and fell to the ground.

At the same time as Ace made a move, Sabo also rushed directly to the crowd, compared to Ace, Sabo's speed was a little slower, but his actions were still very sensitive in the eyes of that guy, but in the blink of an eye, the steel pipe in his hand had already hit the heads of two people.

The person who was hit by the steel pipe covered his head and collapsed to the ground, and instantly lost his combat effectiveness.

Two children rushed into the crowd one after another, one relying on his talent and his own agility, and waved the steel pipe in his hand without discipline. And the other, apparently, has received a certain amount of kendo education, except for the initial sneak attack, when attacking and dodging, it is easy not to leave the ground with both feet, and the action is also very orderly.

What appeared to be a one-sided battle turned out to be a shocking outcome.

In just a few minutes, the seven adult men who were chasing Sabo and Ace were all knocked to the ground.

Although Ace held a long knife in his hand, he did not attack his opponent with the blade, but instead used the back of the knife and his fists and feet. Most of the people lying on the ground had suffered severe injuries to their heads, faces, and fifth limbs, and there were no stab wounds on their bodies.

Compared to Ace's skillful attack, Sabo obviously had no way to perfectly control his strength, and the few people he knocked down were covered in blood, and the corners of the seriously injured mouths had even spit out a little foam.

"Sabo, be careful when you shoot!"

"If you kill these guys, it's going to be a big deal."

"Sa, let's get out of here quickly."

At the end of the battle, Ace carried the long knife, glanced at several people on the ground, and said to his partner with a smile.

"Got it, got it."

"I'll definitely be able to regain my strength next time."

"Let's go."

Sabo's face was slightly red, as if he felt a little ashamed, and he waved his hand busily, turned around and left the scene of the crime.

"Wait for me!" Seeing Sabo leaving, Ace hurriedly whispered, and then followed Sabo's footsteps as he left, and the two quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

……

Not long after the figures of Ace and Sabo disappeared, dense footsteps sounded in the forest path, and not long after, a group of people walked to this clearing.

"It's really a mess! Those two boys. ”

"Lieutenant General Karp doesn't know how to educate children, and he doesn't know anything else, but he is obviously outstanding in terms of fighting."

Shanks raised his hand and pressed the straw hat above his head, his eyes swept over the unconscious men on the ground, and a wry smile appeared on his face.

"How's it going, Shanks, are you sure?"

Ben Beckman looked in the direction of the two departures and asked Shanks beside him.

The group of people who came out of the forest at this time was the red-haired pirates who arrived in the Goya Kingdom some time ago, and Shanks wandered around the country for a few days, and after several inquiries, he didn't hear any news of Ace.

Just a day ago, by chance, Shanks was drinking and heard that there were two little ghosts who specialize in "black eating black". One is a blonde-haired, toothless imp, and the other is a dark-haired freckle imp with a long knife.

This information attracted the attention of Shanks and the others, and with the mentality of giving it a try, they came to the terminal of the uncertain object in the edge of the Goa Kingdom to look for news of the two "imps".

"Ahh The knife in Ace's hand was indeed Captain Roger. ”

"I guess that's right, but I still need to be sure."

"Hongo, give them some treatment."

"Go and wait for me on the boat, Beckman with me."

"We'll be back soon."

As he spoke, Shanks walked slowly in the direction where Ace and Sabo had left, and Beckman followed behind Shanks with the corners of his mouth slightly hooked.

……

Ace and Sabo walked through the dense forest several times, and after a long circle of caution, they came to a stop by a small stream.

By the stream, there was a towering ancient tree that required five or six people to hug it, and the two of them quickly climbed the big tree, and then stopped at the base of a thick branch.

"That's the takeaway for today!"

Ace pulled out the knife, crouched down, inserted the tip of the knife into the branch, and gently lifted out a corner of the plank. Sabo also quickly crouched down, and actually lifted a plank from the branch.

Under the planks was a small wooden pit in which some gold and jewels were kept, as well as bundles of Bailey. The jumbled treasure had covered the bottom of the pit, and at a glance the contents were worth millions of Baileys.

It's hard to imagine that so many treasures were collected by two and a half old children.

Ace dropped a few bundles of Bailey into the pit, a satisfied smile on his face.

"I hope that in a few years, we will be able to buy a big ship and go to sea!"

"Now, Ace, I must be the freest person on this sea!"

Sabo looked at the treasure in the pit, his eyes full of longing and longing.

"The freest man?"

"That's One Piece?!"

"My old man told me."

"Hey, hey, hey, then we'll be opponents in the future!"

"I want to become a navy like Admiral Jiguoyuan, and make every part of this world like Dressrosa!"

"Now, Sabo, one day, I will make the Kingdom of Goa the same as Dressrosa!"

Ace stood up, grabbed the knife in one hand and crossed his waist with the other, and said with a smile.

"Opponent!"

"Hahahaha, even if the opponent is you, I won't be caught by you, Ace."

"I've had enough of this rotten country, if one day you can become an admiral, the Kingdom of Goya will ask you!"

Although the goals of the two are different, this does not affect the deep friendship between the two people.

"Huh?"

"Admiral? What an ambitious goal! ”

At this moment, a flirtatious voice suddenly came from above the heads of Ace and Sabo.

"Boom la la ......"

After a sound, a red-haired young man in a straw hat hooked his feet on the branches, and his upper body hung down directly, appearing behind Ace.

“！！！”

The sudden sound in the ears of the two made Ace and Sabo startled, Ace's hand holding the knife tightened, and he slashed directly behind him without looking back.

This time, Ace didn't mean to keep his hand, and he did it with all his strength as soon as he made a move.

"Oh~Fight~"

The red-haired young man grabbed his straw hat and quickly dodged Ace's attack.

Shanks loosened his legs and touched the tree trunk lightly, and the whole person rose into the air and landed between Ace and Sabo, and at Shanks' feet was the wooden pit where Sabo and Ace hid their treasures.

"Oh-"

"It's amazing, I hid so much money, hahaha, I'm really lucky!"

"I didn't expect the tree of the Goya Kingdom to grow treasures!"

Shanks' gaze swept over Ace and Sabo, and then he crouched down and grabbed some gold from the pit, his face full of smiles.

"Damn, who are you?"

"Put down our stuff!"

Sabo's expression tightened, and the steel pipe in his hand was raised, and he rushed up directly with an arrow step, swinging towards Shanks.

These treasures are the things that Saab dreams of, and he will never allow them to be lost.

"Stop, Saab!"

Ace hurriedly dissuaded, the attack just now had already made Ace know the gap between himself and the other party, compared to the treasure, a small life is more important.

"Bell ......"

With a crisp sound, Shanks pulled out a small long knife, directly blocking Sabo's attack, and with a pretense of his body, Shanks reached out and took a belt on Sabo's body, directly knocking Sabo to the ground.

Sabo propped his hands on the branches, and was about to get up, when he felt a heavy force coming from his back.

"No matter what kind of opponent it is, whether it is an old man or a child, if you attack me, I will treat it as an enemy."

"Looks like you're ready to come to your senses, little ghost!"

Shanks stepped on Sabo's back, and the long knife at his waist was pulled out and pressed against the back of Sabo's neck.

Shanks looked up at Ace, a smile on his lips, and then slowly raised his long knife.

"I'm a pirate!"

"Imp!"

Shanks said as the long knife actually slashed at Sabo.

"Sabo?!"

"You bastard, stop !!"

Ace was dumbfounded and let out a roar, and at this moment, a strong domineering aura erupted from Ace's body, rushing directly towards Shanks.

“！” This sudden change made Shanks couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Ace in some astonishment.

At this time, Ace was already holding a long knife and slashing directly at Shanks.

Shanks, who faced the attack, finally came back to his senses, his left hand quickly reached out, stretched out two fingers and directly clamped Ace's long knife, and his foot was also lifted from Sabo's body at this moment.

"Overlord color domineering?!"

"It's amazing!"

Shanks was secretly shocked in his heart, looking at the immature Ace, Shanks couldn't help but show a bright smile on his face.

He really couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, and in the stunned eyes of Ace and Sabo, he suddenly grabbed the straw hat on his head and laughed "haha".

"Captain Roger......"

"Your kid will really get into Ralph Drew!"

The laughing Shanks actually had some sparkle in the corner of his eye.

Strange people.

Ace quickly pulled up Sabo on the ground and glanced at the laughing Shanks with some strange looks.

“ju——”

Shanks' smile gradually retracted, and he opened his mouth to speak, when a sudden scream rang out from the sky.

When the three of them heard the voice, they all looked up into the air, and found a white shadow quickly passing over the heads of several people, falling towards the sea to the east.

I thought it was a meteorite, but the white shadow that flew by as fast as a meteor was sudden.

Then he turned around, and he actually fell directly towards the forest here.

Shanks narrowed his eyes slightly, stared a little, and couldn't help muttering, "No...... No way?! ”

(End of chapter)