Chapter 136 Goodbye Ace.

"Marine Admiral Sengoku has stepped down and former Admiral Akainu has assumed the position of Grand Admiral."

The content in today's newspaper is shocking. The change of the Navy Admiral is already a major event that is enough to shock the sea, but Akainu's next move will completely detonate this already unpeaceful sea!

"The Navy has declared war on the Whitebeard Pirates?"

Looking at the news in the newspaper, Zhang Shan was shocked.

"No, how dare Akainu?" Zhang Shan didn't understand: "Given the current situation of their navy, how can they fight Whitebeard with an admiral, a marshal, and a few incompetent vice admirals?"

Because just after Akainu came to power, the old man Garp also retired and now concentrates on training the new navy members and cleaning out the new pirates in the paradise.

As a result, there are no supernovas in Pirates this year, as they were all cleaned up by the old man Garp.

Obviously, if Akainu and Whitebeard went to war, Garp would definitely not come to participate.

It is possible that Zhan Guo could follow, but it might be a bit difficult to get this old man to contribute. After all, he has already retired!
I looked at other news and saw news about the Straw Hat Pirates, saying that they would reunite in the Sabaody Archipelago soon, and were even recruiting soldiers to defeat the Four Emperors.

Zhang Shan and the others didn't believe this. After all, with Luffy's personality, he might still be drifting on the sea. How could he recruit troops in the Sabaody Archipelago?

"The Navy will have a decisive battle with the Whitebeard Pirates in ten days. Do you want to go and watch the fun?"

"No! I want to go to Egghead Island to find my dad!" said Bonnie.

Zhang Shan was too lazy to care about what was happening with Whitebeard. Since Bonnie was going to Egghead Island, he might as well go to Wano Country to see what Pluto was.

"Okay! Let's go! Wano Country!"

"Why Wano Country?"

"Because I want to go!"

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The climate in the New World is even more chaotic, so it is still somewhat difficult to reach Wano Country safely.

They are still near Dressrosa, and the closest Four Emperors to them is Big Mom, and they are still quite far away from Wano Country.

At the same time, on Luffy's side.

He came to a small town under the Red Earth Continent carrying a bag bigger than himself. After learning that he had to dive into the sea on a bubble to go to the Sabaody Archipelago, Luffy decisively chose another path.

"Hey hey hey! You have to pay extra for the elevator with this big bag!"

"Hehehe! Got it!"

While chatting and laughing, Luffy took out a piece of gold from his bag.

This was the travel expenses Bonnie gave him. He didn't expect it would come in handy so soon.

Taking the official elevator, Luffy successfully crossed the Red Earth Continent and took a sightseeing boat to the Sabaody Archipelago.

At this time, Zoro had already arrived at Rayleigh's place first. After knowing that he was the first person to arrive, Zoro was speechless.

"Really~Are these guys lost?"

"Forget it, I'm going to go find some fun first and wait for these guys."

Rayleigh and Aunt Xia both had their faces filled with trying not to laugh.

As soon as Zoro went out, he saw Luffy carrying a small schoolbag. The two smiled at each other and went fishing together for fun.

A few days later, the navy officially set out!

Legend has it that Marshal Akainu led Admiral Kizaru and 100,000 elite naval troops and headed straight for Whitebeard's territory.

There was no live broadcast of this war and no one knew what exactly happened until three days later, when the outcome of the war was spread around the world through newspapers.

"The Four Emperors Whitebeard was killed on the spot by the navy. More than a dozen captains of the divisions suffered heavy casualties. Among the few captains who survived, the one led by Fire Fist Ace is now determined to seek revenge on the navy."

Looking at the content on the newspaper, Zhang Shan smiled and said, "The news must have added the vow of revenge." "No matter who said it, I think Ace must hate the navy now." Hill pushed his glasses without prescription on his face and said, "Do you want to go find Ace? After all, we have met once."

They had met Ace before when they killed Blackbeard, and Ace left a good impression on Hill. Now that Ace has encountered major changes in his life, it is reasonable for them to visit him.

Taking out the life paper that Ace had given them before, and amid Bonnie's dissatisfaction, the group found Ace and his group after a week of difficult sailing.

At this time, only two or three big cats and small cats were left of the original Four Emperors Pirate Group.

Ace, Marco, Flower Sword, and Diamond Joe.

The Four Emperors group, which originally had more than a dozen captains, now only has these four captains left.

Oh, now Ace is the captain of the second generation Whitebeard Pirates, which means they only have three captains left, and some younger brothers with little fighting power.

Zhang Shan's arrival made Ace very nervous.

After all, even if they are almost wiped out now, they are still one of the Four Emperors in name. As long as they are killed, coupled with Zhang Shan's current reputation, becoming the new Four Emperors is a foregone conclusion.

Zhang Shan, who was walking in the front, sat cross-legged on the ground and smiled at Ace: "Long time no see, Luffy's big brother."

"Luffy?" Ace was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't suppress his smile: "Have you seen Luffy?!"

"Well, I have been teaching him this whole year." Zhang Shan nodded and said with a smile.

"I see. Thank you so much for protecting Luffy!" Ace thanked him sincerely. During the year that Luffy disappeared, Ace was very worried. He even practiced hard for a while and planned to cause trouble for Kizaru.

Unfortunately, Kizaru's strength is also among the best among the admirals. Ace doesn't even have the ability to foresee the future, and is no match for Kizaru at all.

If Marco hadn't taken him away to escape, Ace would probably have followed Whitebeard.

Now knowing that Luffy has been taken care of by Zhang Shan for the past year, coupled with what happened with Blackbeard before, Ace's gratitude towards Zhang Shan has reached a new level.

Moreover, looking at Zhang Shan's appearance, it seemed that he was not here to cause trouble, so Ace felt relieved.

After a conversation, Ace suddenly fell silent for a few seconds, and said to Zhang Shan sincerely: "Zhang Shan, can you... teach me how to practice?"

"No."

Zhang Shan decisively refused.

After beating Luffy for a year, he was tired of being a teacher.

Ace was a little disappointed, but he quickly adjusted his attitude and said with a smile: "It seems that I am not as lucky as Luffy."

"What are you going to do next? There are many people out there who are eyeing you covetously."

Ace nodded bitterly: "I plan to practice for a year first, and then go out after I master the Conqueror's Haki Entanglement."

But Marco behind Ace said: "I don't plan to be a pirate anymore. In the future, I just want to protect my father's hometown."

Unexpectedly, Marco still chose this path, but after thinking about it carefully, Zhang Shan felt that it was reasonable for the other party to make such a decision.

After all, Marco and Whitebeard are the same. What they pursued was never the title of Pirate King. What they pursued was just a stable home.

This is also the difference between Ace and Whitebeard.

Ace kept shouting that he wanted Whitebeard to become the Pirate King, but he never knew what Whitebeard was really pursuing.

For example, now, Ace is still thinking about waiting until he becomes powerful enough to go out and win the title of Pirate King in one fell swoop.

Considering the heavy mood of Ace and the others, Zhang Shan did not drag them to a party. After asking for the permanent pointer of Wano Country, the group set sail again.

This time, with the guidance of the permanent pointer, they finally didn't have to run around on the sea anymore and could head straight towards Wano Country.

But they had only been separated from Ace for half a day when they received a call from Luffy and the others.

"Zhang Shan! We found the news of pure gold!"

(End of this chapter)