I'm in One Piece, and I'm Luffy's childhood friend.

Bai Yun glanced at him. "And I always feel something is strange about these portraits, but I can't quite put my finger on it."

Upon hearing Bai Yun's words, Ace turned his head left and right, looking at the portraits again. Although the people in them had changed as they moved, and the dates were getting closer to the present.

The first portrait at the entrance is also the oldest, dating back 700 years.

"Is it weird?"

"They're all ordinary people, and none of them look particularly strange."

Ace said.

“I know he’s a normal person, but I just feel there’s something strange about him.”

Bai Yun asked in confusion.

"What's strange?"

Bai Yun's actions piqued Ace's curiosity.

"Didn't I say, 'But I can't quite put my finger on what's strange about it'?"

Bai Yun rolled her eyes at him. "You didn't hear a thing I just said, did you?"

"Hey, Bai Yun, stop being so paranoid. Do you think these portraits are alive?"

Ace put his arm around Bai Yun's shoulder and said.

Unexpectedly, Bai Yun nodded slightly in affirmation, "You know, there are countless Devil Fruit abilities, maybe it's really possible."

Ace: "......."

"Stop talking, it's the end."

Ace didn't know how to get back, but he happened to reach the end of the corridor, where a commotion could be heard.

"Then let's go in first."

Bai Yun said.

Ace agreed and went in first.

........

Stepping out, everything suddenly became clear.

What comes into view is a concave, bowl-shaped venue.

The exit they were standing on was the highest one, below which were ten tiers of circular seating, from top to bottom, with the stage in the very center being the auction stage.

However, the exits at Baiyun and Ace stations are the highest, referring only to them and the tenth-floor circular seating area.

Above the exit, there are three more floors, each with nine single rooms, naturally reserved for VIP guests.

From the outside, this auction house is only four stories high, so the top floor is probably where the collectibles are kept.

The venue was not exactly packed, but it was certainly lively, with everyone chattering and talking amongst themselves, making quite a commotion.

Moreover, only those from the same faction would sit together, while those from different factions would always be separated by three seats, which may explain why the seats didn't appear to be completely full.

Below the fifth floor, the seating arrangement, with three seats separated by one side, was already full.

There are still some seats available on the 5th floor and above.

The tenth floor was almost empty.

Bai Yun patted Ace, indicating that he should sit in one of the two seats closest to the exit on the tenth floor.

Although these two positions are far from the stage, they are close to the exit, making it the easiest place to escape in case of an accident.

Moreover, facing the stage directly to view the auction items, seeing them from the front is the best option, but not enough.

.........

The two sat down.

Bai Yun sat inside, while Ace sat outside, with the aisle right next to them.

"They all look like a group of rich people."

Ace remarked with emotion.

"I wouldn't come here if I didn't have money."

"Unless they are like us."

"What, do you know them?"

Bai Yun asked.

"There are several pirates with bounties over 100 million. Do you want me to tell you about them one by one?"

Ace replied.

"Forget it, we're not bounty hunters, and we're not here to fight. I'm not interested."

Bai Yun thought about it and then declined.

"Oh."

Ace responded with an "oh".

"........"

"........"

The air fell silent.

"Why don't you tell me?"

Bai Yun changed his mind.

Ace smiled, about to speak, when the voices of those who disagreed with him rang out first.

"Oh my, isn't this Portgas D. Ace, the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates?"

"Someone as important as you is here to participate in the auction?"

Bai Yun and Ace looked in the direction the sound came from; it was down below, in the first row.

He was a guy with a pointed snout and monkey-like face, a slicked-back hairstyle, a fur coat, and a cigar in his mouth.

Bai Yun and Ace glanced at him.

Bai Yun spoke first.

"Do you know him?"

Ace shook his head.

"do not know."

"Then let's ignore it."

Bai Yun spoke very frankly.

Chapter 402 2

"Then leave it alone."

Bai Yun's straightforward answer also reached the ears of the monkey-faced fellow.

"Who do you think you are!"

"I'm talking to Fire Fist Ace, what right do you, a woman, have to interrupt?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yun gripped the flyer tightly, crumpling it in his hand.

I thought to myself, you better not be the one who's going to film Adam the Tree, or you'll regret it.

"Haha, Bai Yun got mocked, how pitiful."

Ace, that mischievous friend, directly mocked him, but mocking is one thing, mocking my brother, you don't even know your own worth.

"But what are you anyway?"

Ace said coldly.

He couldn't tolerate being offended by his family.

Seeing the tension escalate, the voices of the others gradually quieted down and disappeared, as everyone began to watch the show unfold.

After being told that by Ace, the monkey-faced man managed to hold back, but his face couldn't quite hide it, and his ferocious expression looked like it was about to deform.

"It's normal that you don't recognize me, after all, you're a member of the famous Whitebeard Pirates."

"I'm just a nobody in the Mafia."

"Haha, you're too kind. How could the second son of the Strathas family, the largest mafia gang in the Sabaody Archipelago, be a nobody?"

"Karma."

A burly man with one eye, sitting on the fifth floor, spoke up.

It's a bit of flattery towards Karma, but it also serves to inform Bai Yun and Ace about Karma's true identity.

That depends on whether this big man is a friend or foe of Karma.

"Why are you meddling in other people's business, Yak?"

Kama said, her tone displeased, "So, they're not friends?"

"Stethas?"

"Do you know him?"

Bai Yun still said the same thing: "You know me."

Ace thought for a moment, "I seem to remember. About half a year ago, our pirate crew went to Sabaody Archipelago for coating. There were human traffickers who tried to attack Kina, a member of the Third Division. Kina escaped back, but she was injured."

"In a fit of anger, my father shouted throughout the Sabaody Archipelago, telling those human traffickers to come out on their own."

"Since those people didn't come out, Dad simply decided to shatter the entire Sabaody Archipelago."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yun was quite certain that it was something Whitebeard would do.

All four emperors and the Pirate King have an untouchable taboo.

Pirate King Roger and Red-Haired Shanks were both crewmates.