Naruto: I am Ninja World Ghost Story, who are you?

Facing the massive fireball hurtling towards him, Roger responded with a smile, and visible black and red lightning crackled around his left hand.

"Son, let me show you the power of the true strong in this world!!"

The moment the fist was thrown, the sweltering air surrounding the sandy area seemed to freeze completely.

The air pressure continued to drop, and the enormous fireball, which seemed to want to blot out the sky, came to a complete stop halfway through its journey.

In an instant, a gust of wind suddenly rose, and thick, dark clouds appeared in the sky because of Roger's move.

The next instant, a heavy clap of thunder roared from the dark clouds ten thousand meters above the ground, activating the still air around them.

Rumbling--

In an instant, Ace only saw the enormous fireball that had been unleashed in front of him turn to ashes and disappear into the air.

At the same time, an endless, whirlwind-like fist of air appeared in front of him and slammed into his entire body, while countless grains of sand accompanied the black-haired boy as he flew through the air.

boom! ! !

*Sizzle, crackle*

This time, Ace flew an unknown distance, his entire body covered in sand. The spot where he had just stood was also carved out by Roger's punch, creating a large, semi-circular sand path that was over fifty meters wide.

The onlookers, the bounty hunters: "..."

Could it be that One Piece has been resurrected?! This is incredible!!

Even Ace, with a bounty of 500 million Berries, was instantly killed, let alone bounty hunters like them who usually only catch low-bounty hunters: less than 5 million Berries is a low bounty.

After the storm passed, a torrential downpour began, shocking many residents of Nahana.

"It's raining! It's raining!!!"

"Quick, get a basin to catch the water!!!"

The chaos among the city's residents also hampered the navy's capture efforts, leaving them only able to watch helplessly as Hancock, who had appeared ahead to block the navy for the others, turned and left.

"Damn it!" Smoker, soaked to the bone from the rain, punched the wall. He was no match for Hancock, and going straight for her would only send his men to their deaths.

"Colonel! What do we do next?"

The report from the naval crew brought Smoker to his senses. He glanced down at the Den Den Mushi in his pocket and made a decision:

"First, head to Rain Country to find Crocodile, then go to the capital of the Alabasta Kingdom to meet up with another Shichibukai."

"This time."

"We must keep the Justice Pirates and the Straw Hat Pirates here!"

"Yes!"xN

Smoker's gaze was fixed ahead. At this moment, he was unaware that Crocodile and Uchiha Bufan had fallen out, so, having no other choice, he followed the Marine Headquarters' plan: to use the power of the two former Shichibukai to wear down the members of the Justice Pirates and the Straw Hat Pirates, before the Marines would finally make their move and capture them.

— This is the tactic of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

But none of the Seven Warlords of the Sea are so easy to scheme against.

On the Merry and the Circus Pond, everyone prepared to run away. Wiba was left on the deck of the Circus Pond, lying in a corner.

"time to go."

“Let’s go to Katrea first, so you can meet with Koza,” Mei Terumi said. “If the misunderstanding can be cleared up, then we only need to work together to deal with Baroque Works.”

"Okay!" Vivi nodded.

The ships on both sides lowered their heavy anchors, turned their rudders around, and began to turn around.

"Speaking of which, it seems Uncle Roger hasn't come back yet!" Nawaki said.

"Damn it, he's probably been caught by the Navy. That guy calls himself the Pirate King, but he's just a drunken old man who drinks all day long, and he doesn't look imposing at all," Nami complained from the side.

"They've arrived. They're behind me."

Hancock leaped from the sandy shore and landed on the bow of the Circus Pond.

"Hancock/Miss Hancock/Sister Hancock!" xN

"Ah."

Immediately afterward, a black-haired boy in a white robe, carrying a white-souled figure on his back and holding the boy's bag, came running up quickly: "Wait, wait for me!!!"

"It's Ace!!" Luffy exclaimed, gesturing with his hand like a megaphone as he saw Roger carrying Ace.

"I'll help you, Uncle Roger!!"

"Rubber, rubber..."

A hand suddenly reached out, and Roger felt a sense of foreboding.

"Rubber rocket!!!"

"Aaaaaahhhhhh—you little brat, hahaha~~~" Roger ate the strong air that swept across his cheeks, laughing wildly. Ace next to him was almost foaming at the mouth, feeling like he was riding a roller coaster in a dream, and his whole body was in pain.

Zoro, who was yawning on the ship's railing, suddenly had a bad feeling. After finishing his yawn and looking to his side, his eyes widened in shock: "Luffy!!!"

boom! ! !

"I'll kill you sooner or later!!"

call out--

thump!

Everyone: "..."

"Quickly, pull Zoro up!!" Usopp frantically took off his clothes and jumped in.

Sanji, cigarette dangling from his lips, silently covered his face. The group on the next ship felt a sense of déjà vu about this scene, as if they had witnessed it somewhere before...

After an unknown amount of time, Ace suddenly woke up on a hardwood bed in the Going Merry's restaurant. Looking down, he realized that he was covered in bandages: the burning abrasions were still incredibly painful even after applying medicine.

"That damn uncle is so strong!"

"Luffy! Luffy!!"

"Yo Ace, you're finally awake."

Ace looked at Luffy, who was eating at the restaurant table. Luffy had rice balls and meat in his mouth and looked up to respond.

"Hey, can you please change your eating manners?! It's so unseemly! Putting that aside, do you even know a middle-aged man who can use a knife?!"

Ace's face was grave. This was the first time he had faced such a powerful figure, who seemed to be similar to his father in his prime: "That person actually defeated me without any mercy, and beat me up like this."

Luffy: "......"

Sanji placed a plate of cooked food on the table, a cigarette dangling from his mouth: "The person you're talking about, shouldn't it be the Pirate King Roger?"

"He seems to be your father."

boom!

Luffy got a big bump on his head from Sanji's punch:

"And you, Luffy! You ate all the food I made for Nami and the others!"

"But I'm hungry~~" Luffy said, clutching his stomach with a pitiful expression.

"The Pirate King? Roger?!" Ace's voice was filled with disbelief. "How is this possible?!"

Chapter 176 That's right! Eat my Susanoo!

No matter how unbelievable reality may be, when a living 'father' stood before Ace, he still didn't say as cruelly as in the original story: "I only have Whitebeard as my father."

In the sky, the sun sets, dusk appears, the pitch-black curtain is about to descend, and there is also that deep, bright moon.

On the bow of the Going Merry, Ace still asked his father the question that had been on his mind:

"Father."

Hearing Ace's voice, Roger, holding a bottle of liquor, leaned against the railing, took a sip, and replied, "Hmm? What's up?"

"why."

"Why did you have to become the Pirate King? If you hadn't become the Pirate King, perhaps my mother wouldn't have died, and our family would have lived happily ever after!!"

"I will not become the one who is despised and scorned by everyone..."

Being the son of the Pirate King is indeed prestigious, but it also makes you a thorn in the side of many.

Whether it's the navy or pirates, they'll want to get that legendary news from you, or sacrifice your life to demonstrate the prestige and power of their respective factions.

Whew~ Whew~~~

The sea breeze was noisy, and the desert night was slightly chilly. Roger looked deeply at the empty green bottle in his hand, as if recalling the appearance of Portgas D. Lush.

After a while, the cold sea breeze blew against Roger's face, and Roger finally spoke: "Whether you can understand your father or not, everything your father did was just to let the people of the world know the truth."

"That's all."

Ace turned to Roger and asked, "What exactly is Onepiece?! Is it worth going to such lengths for?!"

Roger's mind conjured up the vision he saw on the final island—Water Star Island: "The future world will be destroyed by the ever-rising sea. And the only chance of survival is the appearance of a sun god."

"The Sun God? What's that?"

"Nika."

"Nika? Wait a minute!! You mean Nika?!" Ace, his body wrapped in bandages, looked at Roger in disbelief. Roger, however, calmly nodded, picked up the empty bottle, licked the last drop of liquor from the rim, poured it out, and finding it was all gone, threw it into the sea.

thump--

This sound completely woke Ace up, and he immediately thought of the Nika Fruit, the Devil Fruit that Luffy ate—the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Nika form.

"Nine hundred years ago, there was a man named Joy Boy. The historical inscriptions are almost entirely left by him, and the chosen one who can resolve the crisis will appear in a new era."

"that person."

"It's probably that Straw Hat kid. Hahaha—" Roger glanced at the Straw Hat Pirates who were having a banquet on the Circus Pavilion and waved.

"Uncle! Ace! Come and eat!" Luffy waved.

"It's Luffy? The sea will drown the world, what a ridiculous prophecy." Ace waved his hand and whispered to Roger.

"That's what I've seen. As for Onepiece," Roger said wistfully, leaning against the railing, "it's about specific information about the three ancient weapons."

Ace's pupils contracted slightly in surprise, but at this moment their next stop was to go to Caterinae to cooperate with the rebels of the Alabasta Kingdom and defeat those two Shichibukai enemies first.

The night passed quickly, and around midnight, the group found a good spot to dock. They hurriedly disembarked and headed to Catrea to meet up with Samui. Meanwhile, the Marines arrived at Crocodile's Rain City, informing him that the Justice Pirates and the Straw Hat Pirates had appeared together and requesting Crocodile's cooperation in a capture operation.

Crocodile's face darkened. Even if he wanted to break things off, now wasn't the time, so he nodded and agreed to Smoker's request.

Meanwhile, reconstruction work was underway in Mary Geoise. Im learned of the Pirate King Roger's resurrection and that the Navy had dispatched two of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, along with the Straw Hat Pirates, to deal with him. Im still felt it wasn't enough.

"Where is Lieutenant General Garp currently?"

The Knights of God hurriedly went to inquire about the news, and soon ran back to the makeshift garden room: "Lieutenant General Garp has now arrived in the territory of Water Seven."

"Have him send Orochimaru to the Holy Land. I will appoint him as the God of Scientific Defense."

"Furthermore, send the remaining combat-ready members back to the Kingdom of Alabasta."

Im's face was grim as he glanced at the young member of the Knights of God. The young man trembled, his back hunched, his head bowed slightly, not daring to look up. Im continued:

"Other people don't matter."

"The important thing is that person who has the Gum-Gum Fruit ability. Go tell Garp to capture Luffy and bring him to me."

"Yes!"

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So, early the next morning, a naval warship turned back from the direction of Water 7, with "Momosasagi" Gion in charge of surveillance, along with Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Obito, Zetsu, the Sound Four, and even Kisame Hoshigaki, who had recovered from his injuries.

"This time, it's been a tough battle. I never thought I'd have to fight that guy again," Kisame Hoshigaki sneered.

"What is our main objective this time?" Itachi Uchiha asked, looking at Gion, whose expression was displeased.

Gion glanced at the group of delinquents and sighed, "They're here to capture the Straw Hat Pirates' captain, Monkey D. Luffy."

"I see. If the other party is dead, will it have any impact?" Obito Uchiha nodded slightly, immediately drawing curious glances from the surrounding Marine members and even Gion.

"What? Did I say something wrong?" Obito scratched his cheek in confusion.

“No. What you said makes sense, but do you know who Luffy is?” Gion’s lips twitched twice. “He’s Vice Admiral Garp’s grandson. His own flesh and blood.”

"..." Obito was silent for a moment, thinking to himself, "How can the grandson of a naval hero be a pirate?!"