portgas D. rouge

The fight against Kizaru was over and the prisoners were a little disappointed that Jason hadn't killed an admiral, as it would have been a fun scene to watch.

Soon after came the scene where Jason was talking to a gorosei and told his joke. All the prisoners were laughing at it, as they understood and admired the way Jason treated the goroseis.

To tell the truth, most of them had never seen a gorosei in their entire pirate career. They knew of their existence, but this was the first time they had heard their voices.

They then saw how Jason despised the celestial dragons and also how his conditions were outrageous and disrespectful to the goroseis. It was obvious that Jason didn't take the old people into consideration.

Soon after, a scene that left everyone stunned took place - Jason threw his magic spear in a certain direction and everyone followed its trajectory as if they were riding on it. The spear traveled dozens of kilometers, crossing mountains and animals in front of it, traveling at high speed until it reached an imposing, giant castle. Like a guided missile, the spear found a window and destroyed it, finally being stopped by an old man with a supreme grade sword. Before the spear exploded, the prisoners caught a glimpse of the five goroseis.

"... So that's what they're like."

A prisoner broke the silence on the top floor of the impel down.

"Hahaha"

"Jyahaha."

"That boy has my approval."

"Haha, he blew up in the goroseis' faces."

The prisoners started laughing uncontrollably - not just them, but the reactions in the world were similar. Only the top echelon of the Navy saw what the goroseis looked like and Jason not only revealed their faces, but also dared to attack all five of them at once and even went into their territory.

This guy is crazy and if he's not killed now, he'll become one of the world government's greatest enemies.

Everyone saw that Jason was moving and the image cut to a scene that made Ace's heart sink.

The tragic battle of the Straw Hats against Bartholomew Kuma.

"Luffy!"

Ace shouted in desperation, but his voice would never be heard by his brother. Ace's heart bled when he saw his beloved younger brother witnessing the destruction of his gang and being too weak to do anything about it.

"Help them."

Ace shouted and begged Jason to help his brother. It wasn't known whether Jason could hear his plea or not, but he didn't move a muscle as he saw the imminent destruction of the straw hats.

"No!"

"Ha-ha-ha" a happy, mocking laugh was heard from the cell next door. It was Crocodile, who was happily reveling in Luffy's despair.

"Hahaha, does this kid have something against Shichibukais?"

Crocodile asked sarcastically.

"You."

[I couldn't save them! None of them.]

Ace's words were swallowed when he heard his brother's broken, sad voice.

He knew that the pirate life is dangerous, but he didn't want his brother to go through something like this - the trauma of seeing his crew wiped out.

"I don't think kuma is eliminating them, ace."

Jimbei's calm voice came through, bringing a little calm to Ace's turbulent state of mind. That's right! Jimbei and kuma are both Shichibukai. He must know what kuma's skill is.

"As you've just seen, your brother is too weak to go to the new world. What Kuma did was save their lives by driving them out of Sabaody."

Jimbei came to this conclusion, but why Kuma was doing it, only he himself could answer.

"Really? Whew."

"Tsk"

Ace and Crocodile had different reactions when they heard Jimbei's explanation.

[Ace of the Fists of Fire... He's the son of the King of Pirates with a woman called Portgas D. Rouge].

"!"

Ace's eyes widened and his pupils became the size of needles. He looked at the screen, his skin turning pale, and saw an image of a woman he had never seen before in his life.

"Is that my mother?"

He asked in a trembling voice. Having never seen a picture of his mother before, he didn't know if the one Jason was showing him was really her. But seeing the similarities such as the freckles on her face, that smile and gentle expression, Ace felt a connection with her and knew right then and there that this beautiful woman was his mother.

A tear of emotion fell from Ace's eye and he looked as long as he could at his mother's face, trying to memorize as many of her features as possible.

Jimbei looked at his friend and didn't say anything, as he could feel the complex emotions Ace was now feeling at seeing his mother for the first time.

[... how do you know all this?]

Rayleigh asked. He wasn't suspicious of Jason this time as he could sense that he was telling the truth.

[I have my means.]

Jason smiled mysteriously and continued talking with a calm look on his face.

[You know... this little beauty here has my respect.]

"You bastard."

Ace tried to get up and approach the bars, but he was weak from the kairoseki chains. He didn't like the way Jason had spoken about his mother and wanted to complain to him. Seeing this, several prisoners looked at him with disdain and began to mock him. Most of them are despicable pirates who wouldn't hesitate to sell their own mother for benefits, so they despised Ace's feelings.

"Hahaha, he's right, ace. Your mother was quite pretty."

"Hahah, if she were alive, I could woo her."

"Hahaha, she was really cute."

The prisoners, who hadn't seen women in a long, long time, wasted no time in talking about ace's dead mother with lust in their eyes.

"You... Bastards!"

Faced with the insults and obscene words for his mother, Ace's eyes became bloodshot and an invisible force came out of his body, spreading throughout the entire sixth floor of the impel down.

Instantly, some of the prisoners stopped laughing and others fell unconscious to the floor with their eyes rolled back.

"O-what?"

"Haoshoku haki."

"H-he... the conqueror's haki."

"... Of course he has it."

A presence that had been sleeping in the last cell spoke for the first time. He looked for a few seconds at the son of his former captain with a disdainful expression and then turned his gaze to the screen, where Jason had gained his interest due to his strength.

Right away he realized that Ace wasn't worth his time, since he's a pirate dependent on his akuma no mi and hasn't mastered any kind of haki even though he was on Whitebeard's ship. Even now, he can crush these types of pirates with just one hand.

"Your son is a waste, Roger."

He sneered at ace.

[Why?]

Rayleigh frowned when he saw how Jason called his friend and former captain's wife, but he wasn't interested in fighting and saw that there was no lust in his eyes.

[Portgas D. Rouge. A woman who tricked the whole world into giving birth to her son].

When Jason began to speak, everyone present forgot about ace and paid attention to what the man was going to say. If that woman had earned the respect of such a man, she had done something incredible.

[A long time ago, the marines were desperately looking for Roger's son, who might be alive on an island somewhere].

[Cipher pol was only able to give a little information. So the Navy checked all the newborns born after Roger's death, as well as pregnant women to see if they could find the right baby].

As Jason spoke, the orb in his hand changed video and showed the first-hand cruelty of the world government and the Marines to the world.

The whole world was seeing how several marines, who were supposed to protect the population, were going from house to house, island to island, picking up newborn babies and pregnant women and coldly executing them.

Such a scene was enough to make even the toughest and proudest pirates on the sixth floor uncomfortable, let alone the ordinary citizens of the world. Many of them were already covering their children's eyes so as not to see such a scene, but even they themselves couldn't stand the brutality of the marines. What's the difference between them and the pirates who rob, massacre and rape?

"What monsters."

"How horrible."

"Oh, my God."

In Marineford

Sengoku no longer had the courage to break the table out of anger at Jason. He may be a hypocrite, but he's still human and has feelings. Even he knows that the marines have gone too far in trying to eliminate Roger's bloodline. How many newborns and unborn babies have been murdered because of them? The world was already full of pirates, and the King of Pirates was dead, what could Roger's newborn son do?

Tsuru, who was also a woman, couldn't look long at the brutality the marines were doing. Is that the kind of organization she served?

"... The new recruits will start to doubt justice."

Tsuru said, since she couldn't change what was in the past.

[It should have ended there, but Ace's mother gave her life for him to be born using sheer willpower to perform a trick].

[In south blue, on an island called baterilla, a woman, out of love for her son... managed to carry him for 20 months in her womb].

The orb then showed rouge walking calmly through the village while dozens of marines went from house to house and took pregnant women away for interrogation.

[When she finally gave birth, her strength ran out and she died right there.]

The orb then showed the scene of rouge on the bed and a newborn baby crying.

[If it's a girl, ann... If it's a boy... ace...

That's how he decided... This boy's name is gol D. Ace, the son I had with him... Hah... Hah]

Tears fell from Rouge's smiling face, but unfortunately she died shortly after giving birth.

"... Rouge! Rouge! Wait!"

Garp, who was holding little Ace in his arms, spoke up.

"..."

At impel down, all the prisoners were silent and staring at ace's cell.

They didn't want to say anything, as the boy was too pitiful even for them.

"..."

Jimbei, having seen his friend and battle brother's past, was saddened by such a fate and didn't know what to say at the moment.

Ace was crying silently at how his mother had suffered just to be able to give birth to him.

"I'm sorry, Mom."

Ace mumbled. He felt guilty for being born into this world and making his mother suffer so much. If he hadn't existed, his mother could have lived a long and happy life, even if she had been with that guy-

[Garp, I'm going to have a baby!]

Ace looked up again and saw one that should have been impossible.

It was a scene from a conversation between Garp and gol D. Roger.

[It's a shame I'll be gone by then].

Inside a cell, Roger spoke with a smile.

[I'm a marine, why are you telling me this, Roger? All the women who have a connection with you will be executed]. Garp was surprised to see Roger revealing such a secret.

[That's why I'm telling you. The government won't let me go for years.

If they find her, she'll be killed! But my unborn child is sinless, Garp!]

Despite the smile on his face, you could sense the worry Roger was feeling at that moment.

[We've faced each other dozens of times in battle! That makes us comrades, right?

I trust you as much as I trust my teammates.

Protect him]

[Don't be so self-centered!] Garp said.

[No... You're going to do this!

Take care of my son.]

Roger was sure that Garp would take care of his unborn child.

The video then switched to a family photo where Roger, rouge and a baby ace were smiling at the camera. Roger and rouge had a flower in their ear while the baby ace was holding Roger's hand.