To Rainbase

"Yes. Ace, this is Zoro and Chopper. That is Robin."

Everyone greeted each other. Chopper being the doctor of the ship checked Luffy and said that he was fine and just needed some rest and food. Meanwhile, Sanji and others came running by.

"Oye hoist the sails we are leaving." Nami shouted from afar. From far, others could see that a bunch of marines were running after them. Everyone didn't waste a second and took out the anchor and hoisted the sails. Ace had made a run to get his small ship and promised to meet up on the sea.

"What happened to Luffy?" Sanji was confused just like others but Usopp and Ken were silent about it. They couldn't explain what had happened.

The marines came after them, but they weren't able to catch them as the Going Merry proved to be too fast for them.

Ace finally met up in the sea and tied his boat to their ship.

"I am Ace. Nice to meet you."

"He is so polite. More polite than Ken."

"Yeah. He knows all the manners."

"How were these brothers even brought up?"

"The sea is such an amazing place." This was another embarrassment for Ken as he had his hand on his forehead.

Of course, they weren't able to escape from Nanohana so easily as they had many ships barricading their way to the next destination.

"Ace, we have friends."

"Hmm.. They must be hungry for some snacks."

"Who is going to take care of them?" Nami asked as she wasn't as scared as before. She didn't want any problem in Nanohana because this was in Alabasta and they didn't want a bad name for themselves and later Vivi's father might be accused of being someone who colluded with pirates so they had been extra careful.

But here it was the open sea and these were just bounty hunters.

"I will. I want to try some new moves." Ace said as he jumped from the ship to his boat.

"Let's see how capable the 2nd Commander of the famous Whitebeard Pirates is." Zoro commented as he knew of Ace since he had been a bounty hunter once.

And Ace didn't disappoint. Ace took the small boat which was powered by his own Logia and sailed in extreme fast speed to the barricade.

"Everyone, get ready.. This is White-eyed Ace. We will get a great price if we catch him."

"He is just a single guy. What can he do.. hahaha.."

"What 2nd Division Commander, more like a second rate pirate.. Hahaha.."

Those chants were ringing among the bounty hunters and Ken could easily hear them. He had been trying to get himself a new power. The power that Enel had.

Enel knew Observation Haki to a great degree but he could use it in the most efficient way possible. Due to his Logia he could use his Observation Haki to hear the statics created by electricity. So using that he could hear people from kilometers away without even trying.

This was a whole new level of using Observation Haki and now Ken had finally got a hold of the exclusive power. His Observation Haki not only gave him the power to understand the moves of his opponents but also allowed him to listen to people from far away.

Ken smiled as he had taken another leap. Years of training were coming to fruition.

Meanwhile Ace had sailed very close to his enemies. The Baroque Works bounty hunters seemed ready with their weapons and cannons. Ace took both his hands near his mouth and made it like he was going to use his hands as a pipe.

"What is he doing? Is he performing the same move like you and Luffy do? Blow fire?"

"Is he a ninja Ken?"

"Yes. His eyes are white because he is a ninja too. Those eyes allow him to look into the chakra points or the blood flow of a person and they have special attacks that could affect those points. But I don't think this is a ninjutsu."

"Then what is it?"

'Karyū no Hōkō' (Fire Dragon's breath)

A large circular magical circle in front of the mouth of Ace as he blew into it after taking a huge breath. His mouth then proceeded to spit fire. Many here had seen Luffy and even Ken using the same technique but this was different. This single attack from Ace which was just fire assaulted the first ship and blew but it didn't stop there. The fire attack continued and the barricades that were built in line were all blown away with the same fire.

The fire seemed alive as it devastated anything that came in its way. Usopp, who had already seen Natsu's power when they were inside, couldn't help but nod his head. But the others had their jaws dropped. Sanji clenched his fist. He could also control fire and even use it with his legs but it was still difficult for him to do so much long distance damage.

Until he could get access to Hysterical Strength, it would be tough. Zoro too could destroy them but it was noy possible with one single attack. Seeing this both of them again had a reality check and understood that they need to progress more on their characters.

After getting rid of the bounty hunters Ace was back at the ship.

"Ace is so awesome."

"Can you join us?"

"Yes.. yes.. Ace, please join us." Chopper and Nami had already become fans of Ace after seeing this. Especially Nami, she was a witch and she could easily tell that this was magic. Nami could already guess that Ace had been given access to another character by Ken but she didn't call it out.

But she was definitely interested in magic as she asked Ace about the magic that he used. Of course, Ace was happy to help Nami and with cheers the ship sailed. Luffy was still sleeping soundly and his snores were loud for everyone to hear. Chopper came forward and asked

"What happened to Luffy?"

"Something happened. You will soon know Chopper. Your time will come soon."

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