One Piece: Who still has dreams?

Shanks, with his remaining right hand, also picked up a large bowl, clinked glasses, and took a sip of wine. "No, Brother Jabba. The one who ate the 'Gum-Gum Fruit' was another child..."

Jabba slapped his thigh and said, "Maybe that kid is dead, and this guy named Redio ate the Gum-Gum Fruit again?"

Shanks asked, "Brother Jabba, are you eager to see the 'White Warrior'?"

"Of course I'm anxious!"

Jabba laughed loudly, "Roger has already gone ahead of us, it's such a pity he didn't get to see it! Of course I want to see it with my own eyes before I die, to see what 'Nika' is really like!"

Shanks laughed and said, "Brother Jabba, I want it too, the 'One Piece' that's connected to the whole world! You don't think I have a chance?"

Jaba laughed heartily, "But will you be able to bring yourself to do it?"

"..." Shanks smiled slightly, "So Luffy and I made a promise that we wouldn't see each other again until then."

He picked up Redio's bounty poster, looked at the white hair, and wondered to himself: Luffy is so reckless, could he really be dead?

Whoosh, a gust of wind blew by, lifting Fire Fist Ace's bounty poster and sending it flying...

Chapter 99 I'm never afraid of others misjudging me

"That island ahead is Loguetown..."

A ship was heading towards the shore. The heavily dark-circled "Demon" Akin stared ahead, stroking the gauntlet of Chief Krieg on his right arm—a diamond-encrusted gauntlet—his heart filled with a bitter, indescribable emotion.

The once ambitious Krieg Pirates were suddenly reduced to just him. The white-haired man, as if he'd just happened to be passing by, annihilated their entire fleet with a single move!

Akin was lucky and survived, while Chief Creek was blasted to pieces by that attack, leaving him with only an arm and this arm armor.

I will carry the leader's will and head towards that great sea route!

Akin revealed a resolute look, and then saw a tall, white-haired man standing on the shore of the small island where Loguetown was located, with a bespectacled female swordsman standing next to him.

"Colonel Smoker, the 'White Hunter'?"

Akin's heart sank. "How did you know I was going to enter Rogge Town from here?"

"you?"

Smoker, with a cigar in his mouth, said coldly, "Who are you? Get out of my way, don't get in my way."

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Behind Akin's small boat, the shadowy figure of a warship dozens of times larger broke through the sea fog and slowly sailed toward them.

The sea breeze swept in, the waves surged and churned, and the small boat rocked violently. Akin looked back and showed a look of horror. Then, Smoker's hand, which appeared as smoke, grabbed him and pulled him back, slamming him heavily to the ground.

Ah Jin's eyes rolled back, and he lay on the ground spitting out a mouthful of blood.

“I told you not to get in my way,” Smoker said coldly.

He looked up, his eyes fixed on the large ship that had already docked. On the deck, the first figure to appear was a blonde female giant, followed by Redio, Zoro, Ace, and Nami. They were gazing at the town on the island, talking to each other.

"Reddio!!!"

Smoker shouted sharply. At the bow of the ship, fifty or sixty meters high, Redio finally glanced down and said, "It's Smoker..." He then leaped down.

"Why are you shouting so loudly? Is something wrong?" Redio walked towards Smoker.

Smoker removed the jitte from his back, pointed at Redio, and asked seriously, "Did you kill those two Marine Headquarters Vice Admirals?"

"Does it matter who killed him?" Redio laughed.

With a whoosh, Nami also lightly jumped off the ship and landed next to Redio.

"Nami!" Tashigi cried out, heartbroken, "Why, why did you all become pirates?"

Thump! Goltz landed heavily on the ground with Ace and Zoro in his arms.

"Whether it's important or not is up to the Navy to decide."

Smoker's arms materialized into billowing smoke, rushing towards Reddio and Nami, intending to arrest the two pirates on the spot.

With a whoosh, Nami appeared behind Smoker and Tashigi.

"So fast!" Tashigi's pupils contracted.

Redio, his hands wreathed in dark Armament Haki, directly and firmly grasped the thick smoke that Smoker was sending swirling towards him.

"..." Smoker said, biting his cigar, "You've learned to be domineering, huh?"

Reddio smiled slightly, grabbed the thick smoke, and threw Smoker over his shoulder with a "bang!" as he slammed him behind him.

In a moment of panic, Tashigi drew her sword and slashed at Redio.

Ding!

Zoro blocked her blade with his sword, and only then did he get a good look at the woman's face, exclaiming in surprise, "Your face..."

"What's wrong with me? Pirate!" Tashigi shouted angrily.

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At that moment, Redio pressed down on the bow of the Black Flash, and the huge pirate warship vanished into thin air, leaving only a huge whirlpool in the near sea with surging air currents.

"Colonel, oh Colonel!"

Reddio's black hair flew as he brushed past Smoker. "Perhaps you misjudged me yesterday, and you're misjudging me again today, but I am still me. I've never been afraid of being misjudged..."

"Alright, alright," Nami sighed, dragging Redio away and heading towards the island's town.

White Snake!

Smoker threw a punch, which transformed into a white snake, opening its mouth to bite at Redio and Nami's backs. At that moment, a wall of fire spread out horizontally, blocking the thick smoke snake.

Red fire, white smoke, surging heat waves, rolling and spreading in all directions.

Ace's form materialized from the flames, and he laughed at Smoker, "Don't bother. Fire and smoke fighting won't produce a winner."

"Goltz, let's go!" Zoro, not wanting to get entangled with the fake face, shouted and chased after Redio and Nami. Galtz quickly followed him.

Ace immediately increased the output of the flames, creating a huge heat wave and thick smoke that billowed out in all directions, obscuring all vision. Tashigi raised her arms to cover her head and face, and hid to the side, only vaguely hearing the conversation between the Fire Fist Ace and the Demon Swordsman Zoro:

"Why can't fire and smoke determine a winner? Are you afraid of that cigar-smoking man?"

"Are you an idiot? Only Armament Haki can deal with Logia-type attacks... No matter how hot the flames are, or how strong the 'spell penetration' is, it can't burn away the smoke. How can you fight like that? Of course, it's a stalemate..."

"I see……"

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Where are they?

Zoro and Ace stood on the street in Loguetown, like two guardian deities, arms crossed, observing the crowd.

"This is the consequence of letting you lead the way," Ace sighed as he walked.

"You talk too much nonsense!" Zoro said. "Hurry up and find someone."

During the past six months of intensive training, Zoro focused his main energy on Armament Haki. After successfully mastering Observation Haki and being able to control it at will, he didn't pay much attention to it anymore.

With so many people in this town, Zoro's Observation Haki could only sense a dense mass of people huddled together, all with similar auras; he couldn't distinguish one from another.

"We're already looking..."

Ace activated his Observation Haki, then suddenly broke out in a cold sweat in shock. What was this aura? It was too strong! Was I still half asleep?!

Zoro didn't notice his expression. As he walked, he noticed the passersby from Loguetown on the street, who seemed to be avoiding them like the plague. He couldn't help but wonder, "Why are all these people looking at us like that?"

"Is that why?"

Ace stopped and pointed to a notice board on the side of the road. At the top of the stacks of various notices, news briefs, and old bounty posters, there were five brand-new bounty posters.

Zoro laughed and said, "So we already have a bounty on our heads."

The five brand-new bounty posters were pasted in a row, with their ship's six-eyed, four-armed pirate flag affixed to the top, and marked in bold:

"The Cursed Pirates!"

A bounty of 5500 million Berries for "Fire Fist" Ace. The photo is taken from a low angle, showing him engulfed in flames, coldly looking down at something. Ace remembered that this must be from when he went to destroy those two despicable vice admirals' warships. Did someone take a picture of him back then?

Bounty of 1500 million Berries, "Demon Swordsman" Zoro! His photos are even more terrifying, with his muscular chest, abdomen and arms covered with dense, crisscrossing new and old slashes, making him look like a demon crawling out of some hell.

"Why is my bounty so much lower than yours?!"

Zoro was furious. "Just because you're a Logia-type?" He turned his head angrily, only to see Ace looking at the bench on the street with a serious expression.

A guy was sitting on the bench. He looked like an old man wearing a suit, a strange dog-head hat, and a messy white beard. He was lying there sprawled out, fast asleep.

With a "pop," a snot bubble burst, waking the old man in the dog-head hat and suit.

"Oops, I accidentally fell asleep!" He touched his head, saw Ace looking at him with a stern face, and said with a grin, "Haha, isn't this my lovely grandson?"

Ace said, "You old geezer, what are you doing here?"

boom! !

Ace flew out, bleeding profusely.

Garp raised his black fist and huffed, "You idiot grandson! How dare you talk to your grandpa like that?!"

So fast!!! Zoro was utterly shocked. He drew his two sharp swords. How could this strange old man have attacked Ace without him noticing at all!

Moreover, such a powerful aura... Zoro's expression was extremely solemn.

Ace was sent flying backwards and turned into flames halfway through his flight. He landed with a thud and came to a stop, wiping the blood off his face.