"Oh wow, Boss! You hardly ever read the paper. The sun must be rising in the west!"
Dogura looked at Dadan holding the newspaper and spoke in astonishment.
"Mount Colubo, Garbage Mountain, and Foosha Village are all part of the Goa Kingdom."
Behind her, Magura offered a perfectly serious explanation.
"Oh, I see..."
Dadan blew another smoke ring, then put on a look of sudden understanding.
"Boss, you don't even know where you live?"
Magura, who had been explaining so earnestly a moment ago, gave her a disdainful look...
"Quit yapping! Get to work!"
"Yes, Boss!"
Dogura and Magura scurried away in a panic, while Dadan returned to her newspaper, even though she couldn't read many of the words...
"This kingdom's getting visitors? Looks like big news, but what's all the fuss about? Are they really that impressive? These people called Celestial Dragons..."
Meanwhile, in the Central Forest, Ace, Jig, and the other two were still training...
"Gum-Gum..."
Luffy pressed one hand against his opposite shoulder while rapidly spinning his other arm, as though building up a tremendous amount of power.
"Pistol!"
But... things didn't seem to follow the script in Luffy's head. His fist didn't fly toward Ace, who stood in front of him. Instead, it struck the ground and, of all things, bounced back up, slamming straight into Luffy's own face...
"I mean... you..."
Ace's expression darkened as he stood opposite him. He felt as though his intelligence had just been gang-raped by a dozen burly men...
"What the hell are you doing?"
He drove a straight kick into Luffy's face!
"Bwagh!"
Sabo's voice came from the side right on cue...
"One point to Ace."
As he spoke, he marked it down on a wooden board with a charcoal pencil...
Ace stood with his arms folded, looking down