Chapter 33 : Getting closer

As time goes by.

The relationship between them grown to the point of siblings and Makino as the eldest sister.

Blaze and Kuina sometimes suspend their swordsmanship training and go to the mountains with Ace , Luffy and Sabo to have a good time.

Diving.

Catching beasts.

Compete with a boxing monkey.

While Luffy struggled with many of them coming together , Blaze will help him by knocking down the entire monkey group alone gaining admiration from the three . Gradually Blaze become a big brother figure for them to rely on . And without realising it himself Blaze began to take care of them.

The old bears, giant tigers and other beasts on this mountain were defeated and tamed by them one after another during this time.

Sometimes they will even ride a giant tiger, walking among the mountains, laughing wantonly.

For the other three.

Surpassing strong and mature Blaze become their one of the future goals.

...

this day.

Heavy rain came up and down the mountain.

The five people hurriedly searched for a place to hide from the rain and finally found a tree hole.

Five people sat side by side, looking at the rain curtain in front of them.

They don't know who laughed first.

Then all five of them laughed.

Blaze, who had strained his heartstrings in order to become stronger is also rare to feel completely relaxed physically and mentally.

After being fully integrated into the body of this age.

The distance between him and the world seemed to be getting closer.

"Shishishi, I have decided."

Luffy smiled very cheerfully, "When I start my journey, I want you to be my partners like Ace and Sabo!"

"No"

Kuina directly rejected him.

"Why?"

Little Luffy looked at her puzzled.

"My goal is to become the world's number one swordsman, not a pirate."

Kuina said with a firm gaze.

"Shishishi okay than what about you, Blaze? Will you be my partner?"

Luffy looked at Blaze.

The eyes of Ace, Sabo and Kuina also gathered on him.

Looking at the rain curtain outside, Blaze turned his head and smiled at the four of them, "Neither can I."

Sabo asked curiously: "Blaze, you are strong, but you still practice so hard. Like Kuina, do you aim to be the strongest in the world?"

"No, I want to enjoy life better."

"..."

All four of them looked dumbfounded.

"You think, if you are not strong enough, you can eat good food, drink good wine, go wherever you want and do whatever you want to do?"

Blaze said solemnly to the four of them.

"So, my goal is to travel everywhere in the world and drink finest wines and if i'm strong enough you can also rely on me in the future."

"Is this... what is the difference from the Pirate?"

"Of course!" Blaze said without hesitation: "I'm not interested in that big secret treasure and I don't intend to snatch other people's things and I also don't have any plan to dominate the sea. How can I be considered a pirate?"

"...."

Ace, Sabo, Kuina were all speechless by him.

It turns out that this is the reason why you train so hard.

It's... a unique idea.

Luffy scratched his head and said, "So, you will go to different places in the future right. shishishi then i also take my crew to different places"

"Okay okay when you go out in the future we will talk about that."

Blaze raised his finger to snap at Luffy's forehead then smiled.

Little Luffy touched his forehead and smiled stupidly.

Ace looked at him indulgingly:

"Idiot Luffy."

All laughed for a while.

......

This happy and peaceful day did not last long.

What Sabo had always worried about still happened.

His father, noble Outlook III issued a tracing order which was posted around the Goa Kingdom to find his trace.

In the middle of the night, he looked at the missing person order in his hand then looked at Ace and Luffy who were still asleep and made up his mind secretly and made a decision.

this day.

After finishing the exercise.

Sabo called Blaze and said something to him alone.

Two days later, Sabo disappeared from Mount Colubo without saying goodbye.

When Ace and Luffy went crazy looking for him.

Blaze came to the bandit house.

Inside the bandit's house, Dadan was smoking a cigarette, looking at a missing person order in her hand slightly in a daze.

"Big sister, a little brat came outside and said he came for you."

"Huh? Kid?"

Dadan stood up, "I'll go and see."

She walked out of the house.

A black-haired boy with a long sword was standing in front of the house. There were a group of fierce and tall bandits in front of him but he didn't look nervous or afraid at all.

"Who are you kid?"

Dadan walked up to him and said. "What are you looking for?"

"Before Sabo left, he asked me to find an opportunity to give you this letter."

The words of the black-haired boy made Dadan's expression slightly change in an instant.

She took a letter handed over by him, did not rush to open it, but looked at him and said: "I heard from Ace Sabo and Luffy that they are practicing with a boy about their age. That boy should be you."

"Yeah".

"Sabo... did he tell you anything?"

Blaze glanced at the tracing order in her hand, looked at the old woman who was fierce in appearance but kind in heart and said, "He said he will go back and have a decision with that house. If everything goes well, soon will be back."

Dadan's hand holding the tracing order loosened slightly.

"Then why doesn't he talk to us in person?"

"I also asked him this question. He said that if he speaks to you face to face, he may not be able to make up his mind in the end."

Blaze whispered.

"That... stupid kid!"

Dadan wiped tears from the corners of his eyes. "It's just going home, is it necessary to be so sentimental?."

Blaze didn't say anything.

But he knew in his heart how much Sabo hated that home.

Choosing to go back and settle everything alone is prove how much courage he took.

"Then, I'll leave first."

Blaze nodded at her, turned around and planned to leave.

"Thank you for helping Sabo at that time."

Dadan's voice rang behind him, causing him to slow down a little.

"It's fine ,they are important to me too."

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