Naruto: Releasing Chakra Limits at the Start

Chapter 384 Luffy and Ace's Showdown

As soon as Luffy arrived at the bandits' lair, he shouted, "Ace, I'm here!"

Ace, who was sparring with several bandits, turned around after hearing Luffy's voice.

He saw Luffy running towards him with a happy expression.

Ace frowned. "Where has this guy been all these days? Why is he only showing up now?"

Luffy used to come here almost every day, and Garp had originally asked Dadan to take care of Luffy as well.

Therefore, Luffy was only five years old when he could run around freely in Windmill Village and the surrounding mountains without any fear of danger.

Although the bandit Dadan wasn't particularly strong, she was still a skilled fighter with a bounty of 780 million Berries. In the East Blue, where the strength of the bandits was the weakest, this bounty was enough to make her a local tyrant. Her bounty was only 20 Berries less than that of the bandit king Higuma, the guy who was blasted into a bloody mist by Yoru's Conqueror's Haki.

This area is practically Dadan's territory. With her watching over things, Luffy won't be in any danger here.

Luffy ran over, grinning, and said, "Ace, I've come to play with you."

Ace deliberately put on a cold face and said, "Oh, I don't have time to play with you. I still need to train."

Luffy, completely oblivious, chuckled and said, "Then I'll train with you too. I'll definitely defeat Yoru in ten years, get on his ship, and become his captain."

Luffy had absolutely no sense of secrecy and directly revealed his agreement with Yoru.

However, Yoru didn't expect him to keep it a secret. When he said it, he didn't expect Luffy to keep it a secret.

Yoru didn't care whether Luffy said it or not.

After all, he didn't say he wanted to be a pirate.

However, this was the second time Ace had heard Luffy mention Yoru.

Ace became increasingly curious about Yoru.

"What agreement did you make with Ye Yu? Are you going to defeat him in ten years?"

Luffy nodded and said with a smile, "That's right. Yoru and I made a promise that if I defeat him in ten years, he will let me go to sea with him and make me the captain."

Ace frowned. "Does he want to be the Pirate King too?"

This was Ace's first thought.

Luffy shook his head. "No, Yoru won't be a pirate. He'll be an adventurer, and so will I."

"No, I want to be the King of Adventure."

Luffy said excitedly.

Ace was taken aback. "Didn't you always want to be the Pirate King?"

Luffy used to keep saying he wanted to become the Pirate King and even defeat himself.

How could he have changed so much in just a few days?

Could it be that guy named Yoru changed Luffy's mind?

Ace frowned. Although he had competed with Luffy to see who would become the Pirate King first, Ace actually hoped that Luffy would become the Pirate King.

But now Luffy has actually changed his dream.

This was something Ace hadn't expected, and what exactly was this "adventurer"?

Is there such a thing as the title "King of Adventure" in the world?

When Luffy heard Ace say that, he explained, "I don't want to be a pirate anymore. I want to be an adventurer. I want to go to the sea with Yoru to see all kinds of strange things in the world, to see mermaids, to see giants, to see dwarfs, and to see all sorts of interesting things."

Ace was completely dumbfounded.

What are all these?

Ace looked at Luffy and asked, "You really don't want to go to sea and become a pirate anymore?"

"You've always said you wanted to become the Pirate King."

Luffy shook his head and said, "I used to want to be a pirate because it was cool, but now I want to be an adventurer. Pirates aren't as cool as I imagined. Great pirates like Shanks are a minority."

Luffy mimicked Yoru's words. Although he didn't understand what Yoru meant, he still found it interesting to say those words.

Ace couldn't understand why Luffy had changed so quickly.

No matter how much Garp beat him up before, he never changed.

"It's all because of that guy named Ye Yu that you changed your mind, right? What did he do to make you change so much?"

Ace didn't understand.

But Luffy said, "Yoba is very interesting. Although he is not very strong, he is very smart and he is a very good person. I think he will definitely become a very strong person in the future."

Luffy always acts tough in front of Yoru, but when he's not with Yoru, he reveals his true feelings.

He believed that Ye Yu would definitely become stronger in the future.

He trusted Ye Yu a lot.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have changed his dream of becoming the Pirate King so quickly.

Ace watched Luffy's excited expression as he talked about Yoru, and he wondered what kind of person Yoru was that Luffy admired so much.

Indeed, Ace felt that Luffy's expression at that moment was as if he greatly admired Yoru.

Changing Luffy's mind is something even he couldn't do, not even his grandfather Garp could do, yet Yoru could do it, it's terrifying.

Ace thought for a moment and said, "Take me to meet that Ye Yu sometime. I want to see what kind of person could change your mind."

Luffy laughed and said, "Okay, but it's definitely not possible for the next couple of days. Yoru is going to Shimotsuki Village to learn swordsmanship these two days, otherwise I would definitely be helping out at Makino's tavern with him today."

Hearing Luffy's words, Ace was speechless. "So you came to me to play because he's gone and you can't find anyone to play with?"

Luffy didn't mince words at all, nodding directly and saying, "Yeah!"

Ace's lips twitched slightly.

He now finally understands just how annoying Luffy's bluntness can be.

"You're really honest, aren't you? But why did that Yoru go to Shimotsuki Village to learn swordsmanship?"

"Why doesn't he just learn from your grandfather?"

Ace knew that Garp would train Luffy every time he came back.

Ace didn't want to get involved with the Navy, which is why he didn't want to learn from Garp.

Otherwise, Garp originally wanted to bring Ace over to train together.

But doesn't Yoru want to get involved with the Navy either?

Wouldn't it be better to learn from Garp?

Although it's hard to admit, Garp is a naval hero, a vice admiral, and one of the strongest people in the world.

Even now that he's older, he's still much stronger than a lieutenant general.

Luffy shook his head and said, "But Makino personally took him to Shimotsuki Village to become an apprentice. I wonder if Shiro from Shimotsuki Village is very powerful, since Yoru really wants to learn swordsmanship from him."

"I wanted to go study together, but he wouldn't let me."

"Ace, Yoru said that Grandpa is much stronger than that Shiro, is that true?"

Because he has lived in Windmill Village since he was a child, Luffy doesn't know much about the outside world.

So he used to really enjoy hanging out with Shanks, because he could learn about the sea from him.

Ace thought for a moment and said, "Old man Garp is indeed very strong. He is a vice admiral in the Navy and a Navy hero. His strength must be extremely high."

Although Ace's attitude towards Garp wasn't very good, he still respected Garp in his heart.

After all, it was because of Garp that he grew so big, and he also had a powerful bandit taking care of him.