Naruto's Trash Station

Ace felt a chill. Everyone in the Whitebeard Pirates who was still conscious was staring intently at Ren, as though he were a beautiful woman.

Ace shuddered. "What are you trying to do?"

Marco grinned. "Nothing, nothing... We're brothers from now on!"

Jozu chimed in. "That's right... We fought before we got to know each other. We're all brothers!"

Ace swallowed hard, suddenly afraid. "Are you all perverts?"

He struggled against Whitebeard's hold, but he couldn't break free.

Ace roared, then glared at Indigo, who was watching the show. "Damn it, Indigo! Didn't you say I'd be able to stand alongside the Five Emperors once I reached the New World?"

Indigo gave a bitter smile. "If we'd entered the New World the way we planned, then with your talent and my strategy, you absolutely could have stood alongside the Five Emperors. We were supposed to hone your skills against Doflamingo in the North Blue, then put you through a fight to the death with the head of the Vinsmoke Family. On the Grand Line, you would have faced the storms of Snowstorm Island, clashed with the Destruction Cult on Destruction Island, and fought on Potter Island... Each step would have drawn out your potential and made you stronger. By the time you reached the New World, you could have stood alongside the Five Emperors. But you were too impatient. You came straight here, so of course you can't match them yet!"

Indigo was at a loss for words. He'd mapped everything out for Ace, down to the opponents who would force him to grow through life-or-death battles. But Ace had crossed the Grand Line straight for the New World to watch a fight. The battle had already ended by the time they arrived, and then they'd run into Whitebeard, who