Chapter 128 – Who Do You Think I Am
"I surrender, please... please don't kill me!" Caesar Clown raised his hands in a gesture of surrender and said tremblingly.
"Very good!" Seeing Caesar surrender, Ace breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to Law on the side and said, "Law, do you have the Seastone handcuffs?"
When Law heard this, he immediately understood what Ace meant. He took out the Seastone handcuffs he had prepared beforehand, activated his ROOM ability, and instantly appeared beside Caesar to place the cuffs on him.
After seeing Caesar bound by Seastone, Ace finally relaxed. This guy wasn't weak—he was a Logia user, and with Smiley around, escaping was always an option.
"Luckily, he's a coward," Ace thought.
"Caesar!"
An angry voice rang out. Everyone turned and saw a towering figure approaching—it was Jack the Drought.
Jack looked battered. Deep, charred slashes ran across his chest. In his hand, he held a severed head—the head of Kin'emon, the Foxfire samurai and retainer of the Kozuki Clan.
"He's... dead?" Ace recognized Kin'emon's head instantly. "What about Momonosuke? Did Jack kill him too?"
"If he did, I won't let him live," Ace thought.
"Caesar!" Jack barked. "You're an important partner to the Beasts Pirates. Are you trying to betray Kaido-sama?"
"Kaido-sama!" Caesar cried, his nose running. "I didn't want to! But Joker's dead—I had no choice!"
"Doflamingo is dead?" Jack was momentarily stunned, then grunted, "If he's dead, then he was too weak. From now on, you'll work directly under us. Keep producing the SMILEs."
"Huh? Work directly with Kaido-sama?" Caesar blinked. He pictured himself with Kaido as his protector—unafraid of anyone.
He laughed, deluded, forgetting he was a prisoner.
"Let me go! I'm Kaido-sama's partner now! You don't want to make an enemy of the Yonko!" he said arrogantly to Law.
"Shut up, idiot!" Law smacked him in the head. "You're already a prisoner. Can't you read the room? Our captain just took out Doflamingo—do you think we're afraid of a Yonko?"
"A mere Yonko?!" Jack's face darkened. He stepped toward Law. "You children defeated a Warlord and now you think you can challenge a Yonko? Let me show you the power of the New World's kings!"
"Who do you think you are? Go to hell, brat!" Jack roared and swung his scythe at Law.
"ROOM—" Law began to react, but before he could move, Ace appeared in front of him.
"Hiken: Ryūsōken (Armed Flowing Flame Strike)!"
Ace unleashed his high-level Armament Haki, enhanced with his Flame-Flame Fruit, sending Jack flying.
Jack coughed blood. "That brat... he uses Ryūō?!"
In Wano, high-level Armament Haki was known as Ryūō—perfect for bypassing the defenses of Zoan users like Jack.
"Where's the boy that came with that samurai?" Ace pointed at the severed head.
"You knew this samurai?" Jack raised Kin'emon's head. "The boy—Kozuki Momonosuke—was taken to Wano. Kaido-sama wants to execute him personally."
"Still alive? Tch, what a pity," Ace muttered. "But without the Straw Hats, and with the Nine Red Scabbards scattered, that kid won't last."
He narrowed his eyes. "Maybe I should go to Wano. There's someone I care about there too."
Ace looked back at Jack. "If I kill you here, Kaido will go berserk, won't he?"
"Kill me?! Just because you beat a Warlord?! You think you're righteous now? Don't be arrogant! Do you know who I am?!"
Jack threw Kin'emon's head aside. "I'm Jack the Drought! Calamity of the Beasts Pirates!"
"Die, brat!"
Jack charged, slashing at Ace with all his might.
CLANG!
Ace blocked the attack easily with his Haki-covered arm.
"That's it?" Ace said, unimpressed.
He wasn't being cocky. After fighting Doflamingo, Ace had undergone explosive growth. His control over 100,000-degree purple flames had extended greatly.
One battle had done more than a year of training. That's how absurd strength worked in the world of pirates.
"If that's all you've got, then go to hell!"
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