Ace reunited with Deuce and sprinted toward the harbor.
Judging from their earlier fight, Ace felt that he was probably no match for that Marine.
His attacks could not hit Smoker, while Smoker could attack him.
That was completely unfair!
Although Ace was as reckless as Luffy, he was not brainless. Naturally, he knew when to avoid a disadvantage.
For now, he should run!
"Smoke... That Marine should be Smoker, the vice commander of the Loguetown base. I never expected to run into him here..." Deuce said as he ran. "By the way, aren't you a Logia too? Why could he hit you?"
Ace rubbed his still-aching cheek and said, "There's a kind of power on the sea. They call it Haki, and it can strike the real body of someone who has transformed into an element."
"Haki?" Deuce had only ever been in the East Blue and had limited experience. He had never known that such a power existed in this world. After pondering for a moment, he said, "So eating a Logia Devil Fruit doesn't make you invincible after all!"
After seeing Ace obtain the Mera Mera no Mi and unleash such terrifying strength, Deuce had been a little envious.
But now it seemed that eating a Logia Devil Fruit did not make someone invincible under heaven.
"Of course not," Ace said. "Becoming the strongest has never been easy!"
At this stage, Ace had set out to sea to become the Pirate King—to become someone who surpassed Roger!
He naturally knew that such a goal could not be achieved so easily.
Otherwise, Roger would not have been the only Pirate King in the world!
"Not good, Smoker caught up!" Deuce looked back, and his expression changed at once.
Smoker was pursuing them at incredible speed from behind and