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"Huh~"

Ace and his crew members wore thick leather jackets and came to a hidden glacier, and successfully found the red-haired Shanks in a hidden cave.

"Oh~ Newcomer?"

When Shanks saw and felt someone coming, he trembled in his heart. He had already hid here. Could it be that Kaido still found him? After confirming the person with his eyes, he breathed a sigh of relief.

, and turned into the red-haired Shanks whose face is worth thousands of dollars.

"No, no, no! I have no intention of fighting with you, I came here specifically to visit you!"

Ace looked at the domineering man in front of him, who had already drawn his famous sword from his waist, and waved his hands quickly.

"Visit me?"

As the red-haired Shanks spoke, his face gradually darkened. He really didn't understand what kind of medicine the newcomer in front of him was selling in his gourd.

"Actually, I am Monkey D. Luffy's brother. I have always heard him mention you before, so I am also very curious. I want to see what the man Luffy talks about is like?!"

Ace smiled coquettishly at the red-haired Shanks, and then walked slowly to Shanks.

"Luffy's brother! Come! Come sit next to me and tell me how Luffy has been these past years? And how is everyone in Windmill Village?"

After Shanks heard Ace mention Luffy, his face instantly became cheerful. He was already sure that the newcomer in front of him had no ill intentions.

"Brothers are having a party!"

Shanks pulled Ace to his side, then turned back to address his crew members.

"Oh! There's another party!"

Suddenly, the originally cold cave seemed to warm up with the sounds of the crew's play.

"Hahaha... Luffy is still the same as before. Although he is a bit naughty and can eat and sleep, he has grown into a man who stands upright... As for everyone in Windmill Village..."

Ace sat on the stone pillar in front of Shanks and talked a lot with Shanks, including his acquaintance with Luffy, and his sworn friendship with Luffy and Sabo's three brothers. Of course, in Windmill Village

He told Shanks everything from the village chief to Maginot's situation in recent years.

"Ah...everyone! This is something I miss so much!"

Red-haired Shanks had been listening, and what he said was mostly echoing Ace's words.

"Sigh... Once you come to the new world, it's hard to go back."

Ace has deeply felt what red-haired Shanks said these days. He also misses everyone in Windmill Village and the silly brother he and Sabo share.

"By the way, what are your plans next?"

Shanks took a sip and looked at Ace curiously. He wanted to hear what Luffy's brother planned next.

"Me! First of all, I have to make my name in the new world!"

Ace didn't seem to expect that Shanks would suddenly ask him about it, but he still answered Shanks according to his inner thoughts.

"Oh...how to do it?"

Shanks' interest has greatly increased this time. You must know that it is not easy to make a name for yourself in the new world. The easiest thing among them is to challenge the Sea Emperor. I just don't know what the boy in front of me will choose.

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"Challenge the strongest creature in the world and break the opponent's undefeated legend!"

Ace expressed his thoughts very calmly and calmly.

"Defeat Kaido?"

Shanks' wrist trembled in confusion after hearing Ace's words.

"Then good luck to you!"

Shanks stabilized his hand that almost spilled the drink in the glass, raised his glass high, and drank the drink in one gulp.

"Well! Just wait for my good news!"

After Ace said this, he drank the wine in the glass. This sentence seemed to tell Shanks that after killing Kaido, he would be Shanks next.

After drinking the wine, Ace gradually moved away into the distance with Shanks' blessing while the sky was still bright and the snow was falling all over the sky.

"The gears are slowly starting to turn!"

Shanks sat alone in the cave, looking at the falling snow outside the cave, and watched Ace's retreating figure.

Another three months passed quietly. On this day, after a lot of hard work, Ace finally came to Zaun and met the man he had dreamed of killing, the beast known as the strongest creature in the world.
Chapter completed!