Pirates: There is no prohibition of fishing in Marijoa.

Before long, all the bounty hunters were defeated.

Ace looked at the many enemies lying on the ground, wailing from time to time, and shouted:

"You bastards! Take your accomplices and get out of here!"

“Garuru…”

A nearby feline growled threateningly in agreement.

It is Kodaz. Although it is a wild beast, it is very smart and human.

I don’t know if it was the threat from the big cat that worked, but the conscious enemies scrambled to carry their unconscious accomplices and crawled back to their ship.

Kodaz was not idle during this process. He was running around like crazy, driving away the enemies who rolled slowly.

"Milalalalal... meow~"

After driving away the last enemy, Jerry just came over. Kodaz turned over, lay down on the ground, rubbed against Jerry's feet, and made a cat's meow.

In fact, apart from the growl, all other sounds made by Kodaz are cute. It is basically just a slightly larger cat.

But it usually only sticks to Jerry, the mobile cafeteria, and Ace, the mobile heater.

Watching the bounty hunter's ship moving away, the crew members were quiet for a while, and then cheered at the same time. After all, this was another resounding victory.

"Haha! Brothers, let's have a party!" Ace shouted excitedly.

"Wuhu! Let's have a party!"

Everyone cheered, you went to move the wine barrels, I went to take out the meat, and soon the originally monotonous and empty deck became lively.

With food in his mouth and a wine glass in his hand, he played to his heart's content.

Singing, dancing, fighting or resting, perhaps this is the happiest moment for the pirates.

"They say they love you, and they don't let men go either. You're really something!"

Holding a fishing rod in his right hand and petting a cat with his left hand, Jerry teased Ace beside him.

Ace took a sip of wine and said helplessly:

"It's because my head is valuable. Recently, there have been many people like this."

As the pirate group gets closer to Sabaody, the end point of the first half of the Grand Line, the enemies are becoming more and more powerful.

But apart from defeating some powerful and notorious pirates along the way, Ace did not deliberately attack the navy or do anything major to shock the world.

Even so, Ace's bounty is already higher than other pirates of the same level.

In addition, the popularity of Gunnas Island has passed, and for other pirates and bounty hunters who regard the Paradise Pirates as losers, most people think that he was just lucky to defeat the Seven Warlords of the Sea, so it would be strange if he was not regarded as the primary target.

Ace's bounty has basically not increased in recent times. Although there is indeed no enemy with a higher bounty than Ace that has been defeated by him, he has encountered several waves of similar enemies, but his bounty has remained completely unchanged.

Jerry felt that maybe it was old man Garp or Sengoku who was behind this. If he remembered correctly, Ace would be invited to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea in the near future.

"Hey~ Just be content. It's better to have someone love you than no one."

"Someone takes care of my shit, but no one takes care of my hand..."

Skarl, who appeared next to him at some point, looked a little drunk and leaned over to talk to him.

"You're fucked."

Jerry pushed his Afro away.

Everyone was happily chatting with each other, when suddenly...

"Meow!"

Kodaz gave a warning cry.

It was like pressing the pause button on a movie, and you could hear a pin drop on the boat.

Everyone followed Kodaz's gaze and saw a ship appearing in the thick fog ahead.

"Are those guys striking back?" someone asked.

But then, the number of ships continued to increase, and it seemed that a fleet was heading towards them quickly.

In addition to the huge seagull logo painted on the raised sail, there is also the word [MARINE], which shows that this is a fleet belonging to the navy.

"This is [Nailman's] ship. It looks like she's targeting us."

Scarr had access to all kinds of information and recognized the owner of the opposing warship at a glance.

"[Nailman]? What kind of nickname is that? Were you a carpenter before? Or a professional beater?"

Jerry slowly put away his fishing gear, a little surprised.

Seeing the enemy fleet lined up in a row, it was obvious that they wanted to surround us and catch us in a trap.

Deuce immediately reminded the helmsman to pull away, and at the same time shouted to the teacher for confirmation:

"Teacher! If I remember correctly, there is a reef nearby, right? Please bring the nautical chart over here! We need to adjust our direction and head over there!"

Deus gave orders while keeping an eye on the movements of the enemy fleet.

"Don't even think about rushing out! Your journey ends here!"

An unfamiliar female voice sounded from behind.

A young woman with short orange hair, a slender sword hanging from her waist, and wearing a naval officer's coat, was standing on the deck, with the word "Justice" swaying in the wind behind her.

As she spoke, the woman stretched out her hand to grasp the sword, and it was clearly visible that there were some hideous burn scars on the back of her hand.

"Bang bang bang!"

The teacher was a ruthless man who didn't talk much. He pulled the trigger from somewhere and several bullets came flying at him from tricky angles.

"Ding Ding Ding!"

Without saying a word, the woman sneered and quickly drew her sword, accurately deflecting all the bullets.

"Oh? Good swordsmanship!"

Teacher Mihael's voice came out vaguely, but that was all. After he realized that his attack was ineffective, he didn't say anything more.

Hearing the noise, Scarr turned his head and was shocked. He hurriedly shouted to the two people beside him:

"Boss Ace, Boss Jerry! She, she, she...she is [Nailhand]!"

"Isn't she just a normal navy girl? I thought she was a ship repair carpenter or something like that."

Jerry was touched by the messy characters and nicknames in this world. He had no idea what some people were like just by their nicknames.

"No, [Nail Hand] means that it is said that she is very good at swordsmanship and can easily poke the enemy into a honeycomb like hammering a nail." Scarr explained helplessly.

"That sounds really scary."

Ace spoke, and walked slowly towards the female officer with a calm expression.

"Oh? Has the real boss come out? I'm Lieutenant Iska, and you must be Ace the Fire Fist, right?"

Iska said calmly with a determined look in her eyes.

Then, she pointed her sword at Ace and announced with a serious face:

"Give it up! You are under arrest!"

"Iska? Are you sure your sword can cut me?"

Ace smiled crookedly, as if the Dragon King had arrived, and then his body and the air around him began to twist and shake.

Obviously, he was already prepared for elementalization, which was the basic ability of the nature-type devil fruit.

"Really? You can try it!"

Before he could finish his words, Iska moved quickly and took the lead in attacking.

She had a determined look in her eyes and swung her sword at Ace with great momentum. The sword light was cold, like a crescent moon.