You Don't Have to Be Like Ace

Nobody took him away.

Boa Hancock stood in front of the soft net, Kuja warriors did not continue to close the distance between the ships.

The voice from beneath the White Ship asked again, "Who is taking my child?"

Zixuan to open the mouth from Boa Hancock's palm.

"First, tell me who you are."

"I am the mother."

"What's your name?"

"Mother."

What's your child's name?

There was a moment of silence beneath the boat.

"Child."

A Sha cursed, "Here we go again. They're still not awake, and the system is using the same answer for them."

Blank knelt on the island, his palms pressed against the hull of the ship.

"More than one person inside was saying that all the unconscious people were being twisted together."

Lin Qi pulled up the list of those who had not yet been transferred.

1,325 Blank spaces share the same mother permission.

The Throne presents a proposal for handling the matter.

[Illegal removal of the coffin has been detected. The Experimental Mother has the right to verify whether the recipient meets the characteristics of an offspring.]

Ace's name reappeared in the verification section.

The child's arm in the coffin was pulled back a bit by a red thread.

They want me to be like Ace.

Little Patch asked, "How was it tested before?"

"Let me listen to his recordings, let me cry like him, let me remember Garp."

Garp pulled over the Den Den Mushi.

Why are you remembering me?

You will come and take me away.

Who said that?

"Them."

"I never said that."

That's why I've never been able to imitate it well.

Ace approaches the offline portal.

Have you seen me before?

"I've seen paper."

What did they write about me on the paper?

"Roger's son, Rouge's child, the person Garp took away."

"Anything else?"

"A person who will die in the future."

Luffy turned his Straw Hat back up.

He's not dead.

"I've heard that."

That was the future of the past.

"Can the future be written incorrectly?"

"It can be changed."

How to change it?

"I saved him."

Ace turned his head to the side.

"And Pops and the others."

"I went there first."

Whitebeard didn't participate in the argument; he only asked about the child in the coffin.

Do you want to learn from Ace?

"Learn it and you can go out."

"You don't need to learn now."

They will verify it.

"Let them examine this old man."

"Who are you?"

"Whitebeard."

It was written on the paper that you would die.

"It's been changed too."

The hand inside the coffin stopped beside the red line.

"You can all change it?"

"Whether it can be changed or not, let's do it first and then talk about it."

Ace took over the conversation.

Don't follow my example.

"If I don't study, I won't have a name."

"They didn't give me my name either."

Who gave it to you?

"Roger goes first, Rouge stays, and I've decided to continue using it myself."

"How do you like it?"

I didn't like it before.

"And now?"

Ace touched the beaded necklace.

"Now it's mine."

The child in the coffin asked, "Can I like a name later?"

"Able."

What about the body?

"What?"

"This body was made according to your birth record, how could I not like it?"

Chopper looked at Vegapunk.

Can you examine the body structure?

"We can only obtain data from the outer layer of the coffin. The child is still inside the coffin; an internal examination requires the child's consent."

I agree.

The White Ship immediately displayed another message.

[The participants in the experiment did not have the right to independent medical consent]

Boa Hancock drew her short blade from her waist, the tip of which hooked onto one of the locks in the Seastone net.

Say it again.

The page did not respond to her.

Akainu retrieved the old medical decree from the Navy Seat.

"This authority derives from the World Government's Special Experiment Regulations, and applies to those registered as anthropomorphic samples."

"Destroy it."

"The Navy has no right to unilaterally abolish..."

"Then let's vote."

Lin Qi did not let the Throne make an option first.

[Can the survivor in coffin number 1968 consent to a medical examination and refuse to undergo a physical examination based on Ace's standards?]

The Throne attempted to insert itself into the Experimental Mother as a substitute.

[Mother refused]

Zixuan shouted on the Kuja' medical record page, "Who gave you the right to refuse on our behalf?"

A Sha then confirmed.

I agree that he can choose for himself.

The Nan Zhi inquires about the bottom of the boat.

"Can you hear me? Nobody's going to take your child away, and the one in the coffin isn't your child either."

A series of knocks came from the empty coffin.

There was no rhythm at first.

After a while, one of the coffin lids was knocked on three times.

Someone heard it.

Mo'er helped A Hui sit back down in her chair.

"Don't rush her, she's finding her own way of expressing herself."

The coffin was knocked on twice more.

The question asked in the Zixuan was, "If you agree that the child can check it themselves, tap once; if you disagree, tap twice; if you don't know, you don't have to tap."

A sound.

The coffin next door made a sound.

More knocking came from the bottom of the White Ship, mingling together and impossible to count, but no longer repeating the mother's answer.

The Throne retracted the line of refusal.

Lin Qi completed option D.

[D: I have independent medical consent rights and do not need to comply with Ace's or anyone else's birth records. Neither the Experimental Mother nor the system may answer on my behalf.]

The Navy Seat passed.

The Revolutionary Army Seat.

The Civilian Witness Seat and Pirate Seats were sealed one after another.

The Medical Seat was confirmed for the final stage.

The word "S" on the arm of the child in the coffin fell off the surface of the skin and turned into a red line leading to the Nine Snakes' soft net.

Chopper examines the outer layer data.

"The body has a heartbeat, but breathing is weak. The right leg has been immobilized for a long time, and the person cannot stand when removed from the coffin."

"I can climb."

Boa Hancock said, "No need to climb, the net will catch you."

"Is the Receipt online?"

"No."

Does the boat count?

"No."

"The doctor touched me?"

"You can tell him to stop at any time if he only makes rescue contact."

The hand inside the coffin grasped the red thread.

Will Garp come?

"I can't get through now."

What about later?

"I'll go when you're willing to see me."

Will you take Ace with you?

He owns his own boat.

Ace said, "I don't have to go."

The child thought for a while inside the coffin.

"Don't come yet."

"OK."

I don't want to see if I look like you.

"You don't need to look after you get out."

Boa Hancock raised her hand.

The Kuja Warriors simultaneously loosened the outer cables, leaving only the soft net to bear the weight.

The lid of coffin number 1968 was opened outwards.

The first thing that appeared was a bundle of red cloth wrapped in multiple layers, followed by the child's shoulder.

He was thinner than most people expected, his hair plastered to his forehead, and his chest covered with markings used to compare birth records.

His right leg was still secured with a wooden brace.

The child did not look up.

I let go.

Boa Hancock said, "Pine."

Five fingers left the edge of the coffin.

The soft net sank a short distance, holding him between the two boats.

Chopper kept a close eye on the breathing data.

"Don't turn him over immediately. Let him lie on his side and first wipe the water away from his mouth and nose."

Dr. Kuja extended a long pole from the side of the boat, the tip of which was wrapped in a dry cloth.

"May I touch your face?"

The child nodded.

A dry cloth was wiped across his mouth and nose, and his first full breath entered the system from the White Ship.

Little Patch called out as he circled the spool, "You're out!"

The child on the soft net looked up.

"Where are you?"

"Foosha Village"

"So far away?"

"The Paper Thread can pass through."

Are you coming back?

"I can come see you."

"Don't go into the coffin."

"I'm not going in."

The soft net was slowly pulled toward the Kuja Ship.

The Throne did not stop them any longer, but at that moment, the coffins at the bottom of the White Ship all closed up.

Blank bent over in pain.

"They've closed the road."

Vegapunk stated, "The Experimental Mother authority is shifting; after losing their shared child, they must choose a new core to carry."

Who will you choose?

The pointer on the screen passed Ace, passed Little Patch, and landed on the child who had just left the coffin.

[A gap in the Experimental Mother core has been detected]

[Number 1968 meets the substitution criteria]

The markings on the child's chest lit up one by one.

Boa Hancock grabbed the edge of the soft net.

He has been removed from his coffin.

The Throne replied.

[Body separated, but Experimental Mother identity not yet relinquished]

Suddenly, the Little Patch of Paper Thread passed through the screen and wrapped around the child's wrist.

That identity is with me.

Chopper looked down at the spool.

When did you come in?

"I took it with me when I ran away."

Why didn't you say so?

"I didn't know it was this."

A crack appeared on the inside of the Red Knot, revealing a small piece of paper that had been rolled up for twenty-two years.

[Experimental Mother Backup Core: 1968]

Two destinations are listed below.

[Body left in coffin]

[Consciousness enters the Straw Hat]

The child looked at the two lines of text on the paper.

You stole my consciousness.

Little Patch did not let go of his hand.

"So who is talking to you now?"