After docking the ship, Ace stepped onto Island Six. Without even sweeping the area with Observation Haki, he had already spotted Kizaru, and his heart skipped a beat. "Kizaru?"
Ace's mouth twitched. Why was Kizaru here?
"Fire Fist Ace, commander of Whitebeard's Second Division. What is your purpose in coming here?" Kizaru treated Ace somewhat more seriously than he did those Supernovas.
Though he had never fought Ace before, anyone chosen by Whitebeard to become the commander of his Second Division was definitely no simple opponent!
Ace looked at Kizaru and said evenly, "Kizaru, I came here to find Whitebeard Jr. I don't want to fight the Marines."
He had come here to find Whitebeard Jr., not to clash with the Marines.
But while Ace thought so, Kizaru did not.
Fire Fist Ace was the kind of target the Marines had marked for certain death. In the past, with Whitebeard's protection in the New World, the Marines had not dared venture too deeply into the New World.
But now that Ace had appeared before him, there was no way Kizaru would let him off so easily!
"That won't do. If I let a criminal like you go, Aokiji will have something to say about it." Kizaru curled his lips and attacked without further nonsense.
Golden light flickered between his fingers as a laser shot toward Ace.
"Fire Fist!" Ace's expression darkened. Flames coiled around his fist as he threw a punch, colliding with the laser in an explosion that sent dust flying.
"See you later, Kizaru. I don't want to fight you here." Ace grinned as his body burst apart like flames and shot in one direction.
As he had said, he did not want to fight the Marines here. There was no need.
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