"Oh..." A-Luo nodded, then said, "No wonder you have so much faith in the old man."
"But however much you refuse to accept it, time will prove me right. And it won't take long."
"You..."
Ace stared at A-Luo, flames gradually rising in his eyes.
As though sensing Ace's anger, A-Luo shrugged without hesitation and sneered, "What? Want a fight?"
"If Kuina hadn't held back, you would've lost ages ago. Now you want to fight us? Have you thought this through?"
"Heh heh!"
Just then, Ahua and A-Tao turned to look at Ace too. "Once you've made up your mind, you can fight the three of us, or the three of us can fight you."
"Fine, let's fight! You think I'm scared of you?"
Ace stepped forward, his flaming eyes fixed on the Ahua Trio.
He accepted that he couldn't beat Kuta. He accepted that he couldn't beat Kuina... too.
After all, Kuina had already fought Kizaru for an entire day and night. He knew his own limits.
Kuina really hadn't used her full strength when she fought him yesterday.
He was strong enough to fight an Admiral, but only for a short time. He wasn't so arrogant that he thought he had truly reached an Admiral's level.
But what gave these three the right to provoke him? Did they really think Whitebeard's Second Division commander, with a bounty of 500 million
on his head, was a pushover?
"Enough." Rayleigh glanced at the Ahua Trio, then turned to Ace. "Wait until their battle is over. Then you can fight however you like. For now, just watch!"
"Mm!" The Ahua Trio nodded. "Fine. We'll do Old Man Rayleigh a favor."
Ace still wanted to advance, but Rayleigh grabbed him.
"Hmph! Then let's wait and see who loses."
Ace looked away, the