Chapter 265

"How can you also be a person of status!"

"Beheading you in the Forbidden City!"

"Doesn't count as insulting your lifelong reputation!"

Ace struggled hard, his eyes full of anger.

He didn't care about his own life or death at all.

But now because of him, everyone he cherished was dragged into this.

The foster father who was like a mountain, the companions he spent day and night with, and his most beloved younger brother.

The ending of these people could probably be predicted.

There was a high probability they would die.

First, Whitebeard led his subordinates to war with the imperial court in the Forbidden City.

It could only be said to be like an egg hitting a stone.

And next, his younger brother probably didn't have much hope of living either.

Ace was truly desperate at this moment.

He finally regretted his carelessness.

It wasn't just himself that he affected.

Looking at the mighty escort army ahead, Ace's eyes were a bit confused.

Recalling the last time he met Luffy, it was still in the Alabasta Kingdom.

"Take this!"

"It records my direction and my life!"

"Although you are roaming the jianghu, you don't need to make things too difficult for yourself!"

"If you encounter trouble, come find me! Do you remember!"

Recalling when he gave his life lamp to Luffy, his original intention was to let this younger brother come to him for help when he encountered trouble.

But he never expected that the original life lamp would become Luffy's death warrant.

Following the perspective of the life lamp.

The line of sight returned to the underground prison again.

"The direction of the flame has changed!"

"It's no longer vertical!"

"Ace has been taken away!"

Relying on the direction of the flame, Luffy had already deduced all of this.

The escort handover had already been completed.

He had failed after all.

Ivan didn't know what to say on the side.

He still thought Ace was his boss's son.

"The Forbidden City?"

"It's truly despairing!"

Ivan, who came from the Revolutionary Army, knew more about the imperial court's troop deployment than jianghu people like Luffy.

The Forbidden City could be said to be the absolute core of the Dragon Dynasty.

And the troops gathered this time were also unprecedented; it could be seen that the imperial court's determination was to completely crush the jianghu forces.

"Luffy, although I don't want to admit it, give up!"

"With people like us, we can't make any waves on the battlefield of the Forbidden City!"

"But don't worry, after all, there's still Whitebeard!"

"You've already done your best, leave the rest to Whitebeard!"

Although he guessed this was his boss's son.

Ivan still expressed dissatisfaction with Ace's way of recognizing a thief as his father.

Of course, that's from his perspective.

Now looking at Luffy, the more he looked, the more pleasing he was.

This kid had a bit of the young master's style.

Luffy naturally understood all this, but still clenched his fists tightly.

He put away the life lamp; he didn't need this kind of thing anymore.

Next, his destination was only one! The Forbidden City!

"Luffy, you'd better listen to me!"

"You are that lord's son, you must not take risks!"

"Besides, even if you get to the Forbidden City, what can you do!"

Ivan was instantly anxious.

This was the young master, he must not have any accidents.

But Luffy shook his head very stubbornly.

Showing an attitude of "I will go even if there are thousands of people."

Ivan's eyes were a bit dazed, as if the youth before him overlapped with that figure again.

He could now definitely be sure that Luffy was the young master; such an aura of looking down on the world, ordinary bloodline definitely couldn't achieve it.

"No, you can't go!"

Although he was extremely moved, Ivan still refused Luffy's request.

In any case, this young master must be protected.

"Hehehe, who said the Forbidden City can't be entered!"

"Let me out, there might not be no chance of winning!"

And just when the two were arguing, a cold voice came from the prison next to them.

The voice carried a strange laugh.

Hearing this voice, Luffy was instantly stunned in place.

Because he was too familiar with this voice.

"Straw Hat boy, long time no see!"

Looking at Luffy's dumbfounded face, Crocodile finally smiled satisfactorily.

【Sob, dream collaboration of my two favorite characters!】

【What, you like Crocodile too? I thought this XP was very niche?】

【Crocodile is so cool, I think he's a pretty good villain!】

【Exactly, although he was killed by the plot, his style was definitely enough!】

【Crocodile controlled a kingdom by himself; I'll be honest, the gold content of this can't be matched by the bosses that followed!】

【Finally, finally, is it going to be a dream collaboration! Does that mean the bosses Luffy defeated before still have a chance to appear!】

【Enel went to the moon, maybe one day he will come back. Lucci doesn't know if his injuries are healed yet, and I don't know if he returned to the imperial court. Moria has already gone to the Forbidden City; his ability is very interesting, I feel he can add buffs to Luffy later!】

Everyone listed them like family treasures, and finally discovered that many characters actually still had a chance to appear.

Looking at Crocodile, Luffy's expression was very complex.

This person was the first powerful opponent he faced since his debut.

And he almost died in the other's hands several times.

He never dreamed that the two would have a day of cooperation.

"How about it? You know my strength best."

"I know you can't trust me, but you don't have much choice now!"

"I'll be straight with you, I have another purpose in going to the Forbidden City, I definitely won't help you!"

"My goal is to take Whitebeard's head!"

"But on the way to the Forbidden City, we are at least on the same front!"

Crocodile seemed to be a cunning character by nature.

No matter what he said, Luffy still didn't trust him.

This guy fooled a whole country back then.