The pinnacle of the navy! It all started when Garp captured him Chapter 044

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Naval Headquarters·Roy’s Residence·The night is as dark as water, and the warm yellow light in the house makes the living room warm and peaceful.

Bell-mère sat in the middle of the living room with a storybook spread out on her lap. Luffy and Nami squeezed beside her on the left and right, staring at the pages with shining eyes and exclaiming from time to time.

Nuoqi sat high on the sofa, knitting a light blue sweater. She occasionally looked up with a gentle smile on her lips.

Luo was picked up by Rosinante, who was said to be taking him to familiarize himself with various places in the Marine Headquarters, and to allow this pair of “relatives” who were also rescued from Doflamingo to spend more time together.

On the roof, the night breeze was slightly cool, blowing the tiles gently, making them rustle.

Ace put his hands behind his head and looked up at the starry sky, his eyes revealing a hint of complicated emotions.

“Swish!”

A breeze passed by, and Roy appeared beside him silently. He also lay down on his back, with his hands behind his head. He looked at Ace nonchalantly: “Kid, what’s wrong? You look so depressed. This is not like you.”

Ace curled his lips and said nothing, his ears slightly red.

Roy narrowed his eyes, like a smirking fox, and rubbed his head with his hand: “What’s wrong? Were you hit by that kid Luo?”

Ace was silent for a moment before he said glumly, “The power of the fruit is really great… You can become so strong just by eating it, more powerful than I could be after training for years.”

There was a hint of unwillingness in his voice, as well as a desire for the unknown.

Roy laughed softly and flicked Ace’s forehead with his finger: “Idiot.”

“It hurts!” Ace covered his forehead with one hand and glared at him fiercely, but there was a hint of coquettishness in his eyes.

Roy withdrew his hand, looked at the night sky, and said in a rare serious tone: “The ability of the fruit is not all good.”

The night breeze blew by, carrying a faint smell of sea salt.

“People who eat devil fruits will never be able to swim for the rest of their lives. Once they fall into the sea, they will become useless. Not to mention that they will be restrained by seastone.”

He slowly turned his head and looked at Ace, his eyes deep and firm: “And domineering, that is the only truth in this world!”

Ace was silent, his eyes flickered: “But…”

Roy smiled slightly and changed the subject: “But then again, if one can develop the power of the fruit to its full potential, it can indeed make a person incredibly powerful.”

He stretched out his hand and gestured in the night sky, his fingers glowing slightly under the starlight: “For example, Law’s surgery fruit, if it can really be fully developed, it can even allow people to achieve immortality – ‘Immortality Surgery’.”

“The Tremor-Tremor Fruit of the great pirate Whitebeard can destroy an island with one punch!”

Ace’s eyes suddenly widened: “Destroy an island with one punch?! Immortality surgery?! Is this true?!”

“Um.”

Roy nodded gently, his eyes gentle but with a hint of depth, “But that is a matter for the future. Even if he has potential, it will take a long time to develop.”

“There are no shortcuts, only accumulation step by step, and I don’t want him to use that.”

Ace stared at the night sky in silence for a moment, a glimmer of understanding in his eyes.

He turned his head and looked at Roy, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised: “Roy, I will definitely be able to become stronger by my own strength in the future, right?”

Roy looked at him quietly, the night wind blowing through his hair. “Of course, I believe you.”

“Besides, I’ve been watching you guys…”

The night wind blew by, and the two were speechless for a moment.

After a while, the night deepened, the sea breeze blew gently across the roof, and the starlight fell on the shoulders of the two.

Roy suddenly turned his head and called out casually, “Ace.”

“Um?”

Ace held the back of his head and looked up at the starry sky, chewing the jerky that Roy had just given him, and his voice was unclear.

Roy squinted at him, his mouth curled up in a familiar arc: “Do you want to eat the devil fruit?”

“Cough cough cough!”

Ace nearly choked on a mouthful of jerky, sat up abruptly, and stared at him in shock: “What did you say?!”

Roy smiled mysteriously, slowly stretched out his right hand and opened his palm.

A fiery red fruit with spiral flame patterns all over its surface, like a solidified flame, was lying there quietly, emitting a faint eerie glow.

“This, this is…?” Ace’s throat was a little dry.

“Natural Flame-Flame Fruit.”

Roy spoke calmly, his voice deep and powerful, “Eat it, and you will gain the power to control fire.”

He subconsciously looked at Roy’s face, but only saw a pair of eyes that were smiling but could not hide his seriousness and tenderness.

Ace’s hands were shaking, really shaking.

He is a navy soldier, a genius kid who was raised by Roy and grew up in the Navy Headquarters.

He knew too well what devil fruits meant, not to mention the nature type, which was recognized as a “humanoid mobile disaster-level existence”.

Many branch lieutenant generals may not have even seen a superhuman fruit. At his age, even people with special abilities are considered rare. But before his eyes… someone handed such a precious devil fruit to him without reservation.

Ace’s hands trembled slightly. He slowly stretched out his hand, but stopped in mid-air. His eyes were complicated, as if he was afraid that everything in front of him was just an illusion.

“I…can I really?”

Ace’s voice was slightly hoarse, his Adam’s apple rolled, his hand was suspended in the air, but he didn’t dare to reach out.

Roy didn’t answer, but just smiled and gently put the fruit into Ace’s hand, his eyes gentle but firm.

At this moment, many things suddenly flashed through Ace’s mind – Luffy’s heartless smile, Bell-mère’s warm back when she was cooking, Zephyr’s roar when he scolded him for “not practicing Haki well”, and Roy’s tolerant and firm gaze all the time.

He looked down at the fruit, the flame pattern on his palm beating like a heartbeat, illuminating his trembling fingertips.

“This is… a power that can protect them.”

“Thank you, Roy.” He didn’t say it, but the clear light in his eyes was more sincere than any words.

“I won’t let you down!” Ace grinned, and the familiar confidence finally returned.

Roy smiled and rubbed his head with his hand: “Eat it. I’ll depend on you from now on.”

Ace’s mouth curled up and he clenched his fists: “Yeah!”

However, the moment he opened his mouth and bit down——

Roy suddenly turned around, quietly took out a Den Den Mushi from his sleeve, quietly pressed the record button, and a sly smile flashed in his eyes: “Hehe… I have to keep a souvenir of my first experience with the fruit.”

Ace didn’t notice and took a bite without hesitation.

“vomit!!!”

The taste of the fruit is like the soles of feet stewed with fish, mixed with cabbage soaked in sock washing water.

Ace’s facial features instantly twisted, veins popped out of his forehead, and tears welled up in his eyes: “W-What kind of hell food is this?!”

In the Den Den Mushi shot, Roy couldn’t hold back his laughter. His shoulders shook like reeds in the wind, and his laughter almost rolled out of his stomach: “Hahahaha~ I forgot to remind you, Devil Fruits are one of the most unpalatable things in the world!”

“You bastard!! You knew it long ago, right?!” Ace roared while retching, tears still hanging from the corners of his eyes.

Roy was so happy that he rolled on the roof with laughter. He almost flipped the camera of Den Den Mushi off. “Of course I know~ But you were eating so seriously. It would be a pity to miss it.”

“You, you wait! I will definitely take revenge on you later!!”

Ace was so angry that he was about to cry and his nose and nose were about to come out, but he still gritted his teeth and swallowed the fruit in his hand bite by bite.

“Oh, I forgot to tell you, just take the first bite~”

Hearing this, Ace was about to open his mouth and curse, but suddenly –

“boom!”

A burst of hot energy exploded from the chest, and the heat spread to every part of the body.

He was stunned, and the next second, a ball of dazzling flame suddenly ignited in the palm of his hand. It was so hot and bright that it illuminated half of the roof.

The wind blew the fire, and the boy’s shocked face looked like a sculpture in the firelight.

Roy steadily put away the Den Den Mushi, made a victory gesture to the camera, then retracted his gaze and whispered to Ace:

“Welcome to the world of… ‘Flame’.”

On the roof, two young men smiled at each other, surrounded by firelight and starlight.

This is the mark of growth, the trust of loved ones, and the starting point of Ace, the Flame of the Sun.

————

At this time, in the dim hall of the meeting hall in the Don Quixote family’s territory, the flickering candlelight illuminated the tall figure on the throne.

Doflamingo crossed his legs, tapping the armrest with his fingers, his pink feather coat hanging to the ground, his eyes behind his sunglasses icy cold.

In the middle of the hall, Bellamy was kneeling on the ground, his body covered with wounds, his clothes were tattered, the blood on his forehead had dried, and he looked as miserable as a wild dog.

“咈咈咈…”

Doflamingo’s laughter was low and dangerous, echoing in the silent hall.

“Bellamy…”

He stood up slowly, looking down at the man kneeling on the ground, his voice filled with undisguised sarcasm.

“How dare you… come back alive?”

Bellamy shuddered and looked up suddenly, his eyes full of disbelief.

“Do, Doflamingo-sama! I…”

He wanted to explain eagerly, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly remembered what the navy boy said before leaving three days ago –

“scapegoat……”

“So… is this really the case…”

Bellamy’s face turned pale instantly, his lips trembled, and he seemed to want to make some excuses.

But Doflamingo had lost his patience.

“waste.”

He raised his fingertips, and the almost transparent silk thread instantly wrapped around Bellamy’s neck!

“No…Dover…I…”

Bellamy struggled in fear, but the thread had already cut deeply into his flesh, and blood oozed along the thread marks.

Doflamingo’s eyes were cold and ruthless, and he lightly hooked his finger –

“Swish!”

Blood splattered as Bellamy’s head rolled to the ground, his eyes still wide open, as if he died with his eyes open.

There was a dead silence in the hall. The family cadres stood silently on both sides, and no one dared to speak.

Doflamingo slowly sat back on the throne, blood dripping from the threads on his fingertips, his face terribly gloomy.

“Roy…”

He whispered the name, his tone filled with suppressed rage.