Chapter 237 Smoker’s Pursuit (Ch 237)

“Hey, what kind of person is your brother?”
Perona was lying on a sun lounger, drinking juice comfortably. When she saw Ace ended the call, she asked curiously.
When talking about his younger brother, Ace’s face was filled with a warm smile.
“He’s just a stupid fool with a one-track mind!”
“Hmm? That’s how you say your brother?”
“That’s why we became brothers!”
………..
After several days of sailing, Ace and Perona’s ship successfully docked at the port of Alabasta.
“It’s so hot here! Luckily I brought a parasol.”
As soon as she got off the boat, Perona shivered at the heat of the yellow sand through her shoes, and she pursed her lips and started to complain.
Ace glanced at the woman in confusion.
“It’s okay. I don’t feel hot either.”
“Nonsense, you are fire, how can you feel hot?”
“Well, what you said makes sense. Maybe it is indeed a bit hot!”
Ace looked at Perona, who was already sweating profusely, and nodded sincerely.
“Stop talking nonsense and find a cool place to stay.”
Ace touched his shriveled stomach and took Perona to find a restaurant. After ordering food, he called Den Den Mushi again to contact Sabo and told him his whereabouts.
After the boss brought the food to the table, Ace immediately began to eat it with relish. His embarrassing eating habits made Perona cover her face, fearing that others would think they knew each other.
Suddenly, Ace, who was eating, was patted on the back. Ace choked on the food and only recovered after drinking a glass of wine.
When he looked back, he found Sabo showing him two rows of big white teeth.
Ace’s eyes lit up and a bone of meat was stuffed into his mouth.
“Long time no see, Sabo!”
Sabo was choked by the meat that was suddenly stuffed into his mouth and rolled his eyes. He came over to sit next to him in a bad mood and poured himself a glass of wine.
“Long time no see, Ms. Perona!”
“Hello!”
Since Sabo recovered his memory, he has been traveling to Twilight City more frequently and has become familiar with Perona.
After taking a sip of his drink, Sabo turned his gaze towards Ace.
“Where’s Luffy? Hasn’t he arrived yet?”
Ace’s mouth was full of food, and he spoke incoherently:
“It should be these few days. Let’s eat first. Aren’t you hungry?”
After thinking about it, Sabo also joined the journey of eating. What is meant to come will come.
Perona looked at the two people eating in the same way and sighed helplessly.
“I finally understand why you two are brothers.”
Just as the three were eating, a man with a cigar in his mouth and a seastone on his back walked into the restaurant. It was Smoker who came from Rogue Town to chase Luffy.
After Smoker glanced around the restaurant, his gaze stopped on Ace and his eyes darkened.
Then he walked forward slowly.
“Dusk Pirates leader, Explosive Swordsman Portgas D. Ace, what is your purpose in coming to Alabasta?”
Smoker’s words attracted the attention of other diners in the restaurant. After glancing at Ace, cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.
Many people have quietly left the restaurant, apparently recognizing Ace’s identity and fearing that innocent people would be implicated in the fight between the gods.
Those who thought they had some strength looked at the two of them excitedly, intending to take a bite of the melon.
As early as when Smoker walked into the restaurant, Ace’s Observation Haki discovered him, but he didn’t care.
Hearing the other party’s tone that seemed to indicate he was going to cause trouble for him, Ace finally stopped eating, turned around and leaned lazily on the dining table, with a scornful smile on his face.
“Where am I going and what is my purpose that I need to report to you?”
Smoker’s face darkened, and his right hand reached for the Ten Hands of Seastone behind him without making a sound.
Just when the battle between the two sides was about to break out, a figure was fiercely ejected into the restaurant.
“I want to eat meat!!!!”
The figure hit Smoker squarely with such force that Smoker’s eyeballs popped out, and Ace’s expression changed from amusement to panic.
Because Smoker, who was knocked away, flew towards where he was.
Sabo, who had just finished his meal, turned around and wanted to ask what happened when he was knocked out by the Smoking Man and Ace, smashing the wall of the restaurant to pieces.
Perona looked at the straw hat boy who was sitting at the table to eat instead of Ace with a confused look on her face, and didn’t know what to say for a moment.
Ace, who was knocked away, stood up and dusted himself off. He looked into the restaurant with an angry face, wanting to see which bastard did it. As soon as he turned around, he saw the familiar figure, and the anger on his face instantly turned into excitement.
Sabo also happened to catch a glimpse of the figure that he had not seen for nearly 10 years.
“road……”
Before the two of them could even shout, Smoker stood up, held their heads and slammed them back into the ground.
“Straw Hat Boy, you bastard, you can’t get away this time!”
As he said that, he took out his ten hands and smashed them towards Luffy, and for a moment he didn’t even care about Ace.
Luffy, who was eating, sensed the danger, looked up and saw Smoker’s haunting face.
“Ah! Why are you here, you smokin’ man?”
Knowing that he couldn’t hit the Smoking Man, Luffy picked up a piece of meat in each hand and ran out of the restaurant.
Perona watched the whole farce and chuckled. From Smoker’s address, she understood that this was the stubborn brother that Ace mentioned, and it seemed that he was not wrong at all.
Ace and Sabo stood up again, not caring about the dust on their bodies, and chased after the two people who flew out.
“Perona, I’m going to find Luffy!”
“Hey, I haven’t even sat down to cool off yet!”
Perona felt helpless and could only pick up her parasol and follow.
The Straw Hat Pirates slowly walked into the town and wiped the sweat from their foreheads.
“Where did Luffy go?”
“He’s where the meat is, go find him!”
As he was speaking, there was suddenly a cloud of dust in the distance, and then he heard a familiar shouting voice.
“Everybody, run! The Smoky Man is coming!”
“Um.”
The Straw Hat Pirates were immediately horrified and got into fighting stances, but from a distance away, Luffy was caught by the floating Smoker, who knocked him to the ground with a single punch and swung his ten hands towards him.
“Damn it.”
Seeing that his captain was about to be in great danger, Zoro quickly drew out three swords and rushed forward, but the distance was still too far and he was definitely too late.
Just as Luffy watched the Toudas getting closer and closer to his neck, a figure stood in front of Luffy.
With a “clang” sound, the big sword Ace collided with the ten hands.
“Hey, I can’t let you attack my dear brother. Let me be your opponent!”
“Um?”
A cold sweat broke out on Smoker’s head, and he looked at Ace in front of him with horror.
“Hey, Ace!”
Luffy recognized his brother and was overjoyed, and wanted to pounce on Ace.
Fortunately, Sabo appeared and grabbed Luffy.
“Luffy, let’s go first. I’ll leave this to Ace.”
“Hmm! Who are you?”
Luffy just felt that the blond man in front of him looked familiar, but he couldn’t remember who he was for a moment.