Chapter 86: Fire Fist Sends Letters

[Ding, it was detected that Fire Fist Ace, the captain of the second division of the Whitebeard Pirates, came to deliver the letter. Choose to trigger!]

[Option 1: Try to invite Fire Fist Ace to join our forces. Reward: Small speed submarine (super-powered submarine, extremely fast in stealth mode).]

[Option 2: Ask Fire Fist Ace about Whitebeard, and send a message to Whitebeard through Fire Fist Ace. Within half a year, the host will first receive Fishman Island as an outpost for entering the New World. Reward: A small spaceship (a small spaceship with spaceflight capability, theoretically able to easily reach Skypiea, or even land on the moon!)]

. . .

Shiro did not expect Fire Fist Ace's arrival.

After all, although they had won the "victory", the losses for the Whitebeard Pirates were definitely not small.

Especially Fire Fist Ace—this posthumous child of the Pirate King even lost the half of his arm in the battle with Akainu.

In this situation, since Whitebeard sent Ace to deliver a letter, he must have some special intentions.

But this has little to do with Shiro.

Instead, Ace's arrival also caused the system to trigger a choice.

This time, the two task rewards, strictly speaking, are not world-shocking treasures. But for the current Shiro, they are really useful.

Besides, this choice triggered just in time to allow Shiro to test the system's rules: whether tasks issued simultaneously can be completed at the same time and then directly get the rewards for both tasks!

...

Windless waters.

After the construction of the temporary base for his forces was completed, Shiro named the uninhabited island "Central." It doesn't mean anything special; it's just to tell the world that the new center of the world has been born!

Shiro did not receive Fire Fist Ace on Amazon Lily. After all, according to the iron law of the Kuja Pirates, men are not allowed to enter the island. There is only one exception: Shiro.

And when Fire Fist Ace followed Shiro to Central Island, he was stunned.

As one of the main cadres of the Whitebeard Pirates, although Ace is still young, he has seen a lot. But the sight before him—fully equipped facilities on Central Island, and the 30,000 Navy elites following Shiro, all of whom looked at Shiro with reverence—was astonishing. The morale of the entire force was far higher than that of ordinary Naval units!

Plus, seven top-tier Navy warships were docked at the island's ports. Even Shiro's current forces alone were enough to secure a place in the New World.

Not to mention, Shiro himself, one of the most dangerous criminals in the world with a bounty of 3.58 billion Belly, is incredibly powerful!

After the war ended and they returned to the New World, whenever Ace thought of the battles during the war, he couldn't help but feel useless.

They were of the same age, but Shiro had been so dominant during the War. Even after fighting against the strongest, he had not been defeated; he had even destroyed Marineford by himself, turning the entire battle around.

And what about Fire Fist Ace? After getting out of trouble, he merely faced Admiral Akainu and was defeated by him in a frontal confrontation!

To think that Akainu had been forced back three times by Shiro and even lost an entire arm in their battle!

"Ace, before you give me the letter, I have another proposal."

Shiro looked at the letter handed over by Fire Fist Ace, smiled, and did not rush to take it.

In fact, when he first saw Ace, he knew why Whitebeard had sent Ace to deliver the letter.

It was clear that because of the Paramount War, this posthumous child of the Pirate King was somewhat disheartened. Whitebeard wanted Shiro to inspire Ace and help him find the courage to move on.

However, this had nothing to do with Shiro. What's more, if Ace couldn't overcome this internal struggle, he didn't deserve to be a true powerhouse.

"Ah, tell me, Shiro."

Ace, who was wearing a trench coat and keeping his arms hidden in his sleeves, temporarily retracted the letter and looked at Shiro suspiciously.

For Ace, Shiro was not a friend but, in a sense, a benefactor to him and the entire Whitebeard Pirates. Of course, if you ignored the fact that Shiro had taken over half of the Whitebeard Pirates territory in the New World.

But Ace was no longer a child. Without those territories, why would Shiro have helped them?

"Actually, it's nothing. I want to invite you to join my forces."

Shiro looked at the sea in the distance, thinking that the Navy Headquarter should have completed the post-war cleanup and would soon begin the World Conscription. He should also set out to sea soon.

As for Ace's answer, there was no need to guess.

"Sorry, I can't betray Pops.!"

Ace gave the unsurprising answer.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the task and getting the reward: a small ultra-fast submarine, which has now been placed in the system space.]

Upon hearing the system beep, Shiro smiled. He got the reward.

"Hahaha, I forgot about your relationship with Whitebeard. Give me the letter."

Shiro did not continue to invite Ace. It was just to complete the task. The current Fire Fist Ace really does not meet the conditions to become his cadre.

Taking the letter, Shiro opened it in front of Ace.

As expected, the first sentence of the letter was Whitebeard's: "Shiro, can't you really be my son and become family with us?"

Classic Whitebeard.

The content that followed was more normal. The Emperor Whitebeard expressed his determination that he would never break his promise. He also said that before Shiro entered the New World to take over the territories, he would do his best to keep them intact. But if he couldn't, there was nothing he could do.

Finally, Whitebeard asked Shiro to knock some sense into Ace for him, so that the latter could regain his fighting spirit as soon as possible.

"Ace, you just said you wanted Whitebeard to become a king. What kind of king?"

Putting away the letter, Shiro gripped the handle of the Destiny Sword with one hand and looked at Ace coldly.

"Of course, the Pirate King! Shiro, what do you mean?"

Faced with Shiro's sudden change in attitude, Fire Fist Ace's body visibly tensed, ready to fight back at any moment.

"Ugh!"

Boom—

A sigh, accompanied by a current of tens of millions of volts and the power of earth manipulation.

In an instant, before Fire Fist Ace could react, Shiro had him pinned down.

The supreme-grade sword "Destiny," emanating a powerful oppressive force, was placed against Fire Fist Ace's neck!

Under the absolute suppression of strength and the element of surprise, Fire Fist Ace had no chance to resist!

"Fire Fist Ace, open your eyes and take a good look. You can't even save your own life. How will you make him King."

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