Sabaody Archipelago

Opposite Jinbe stood a shirtless man with "ASCE" tattooed on his left arm, the S crossed out.

He wore an orange cowboy hat with "smiling" and "sad" badges pinned to its brim and a skull tag tied to the end of its chin cord.

Around his neck hung a red necklace that resembled prayer beads.

The man pushed up the front of his cowboy hat with his index finger, raised his head, and grinned at Jinbe. "That guy's from my home sea, the East Blue, too. Nothing much has been happening in the New World lately, and I'm bored. I just want to see how someone from back home got such a high bounty."

"Ha ha ha ha ha!"

The man was Portgas D. Ace, commander of the Whitebeard Pirates' Second Division, known as "Fire Fist."

His bounty was 550 million Beli.

Watching Ace laugh, Jinbe shrugged helplessly. "I don't know why Silver Hair's bounty went up so much, but his crew must have done something that gave the World Government a headache. You should still be careful!"

"You might only be going to spar, but none of us knows what sort of people they really are."

"All right, I know."

Ace lowered his hand, slung an arm around Jinbe's shoulders, and tilted his head toward him. "Come on, Jinbe. Since when did you start fussing so much?"

"You call this fussing?"

Jinbe glanced at Ace. "I'm looking out for a friend. If anything happens to you in Paradise, the Whitebeard Pirates won't stand by and do nothing. You need to understand that."

At the mention of Whitebeard, Ace's expression immediately turned serious. He let go of Jinbe, a sober gleam entering his eyes.

"Don't worry! I'm just going to take a look and have a spar. Nothing will happen."