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Other side.
Ace, who was fighting with Shuzo, suddenly became a little distracted when he learned that he died two years later.
Although he had already made some guesses before, after it was confirmed, he still couldn't accept why he would die and under what circumstances he would die.
Ace doesn't care about his own death, what he really cares about is the Whitebeard Pirates.
He believed that his white-bearded father would never watch him die.
Although he was a little distracted during the battle, Ace's fighting instinct was still able to face Shuzo's attacks with ease, and there was Luffy next to him.
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"Ace, be careful..."
After fighting Shuzo again, Luffy found an alpaca spitting out cannonballs, and the target was Ace.
This alpaca is a bazooka that ate the Alpaca-Alpaca Fruit. It is an intelligent weapon. When Shuzo was fighting Luffy and Ace, it was always looking for opportunities for sneak attacks.
The bazooka was very fast, and when Ace noticed it, the cannonball had already exploded on him.
With a "boom" sound, Ace's body was blown to pieces.
Luffy's eyes suddenly turned red when he saw this scene, and then he prayed in his heart, hoping that Ace could enter the elemental form in time.
When the smoke dissipated, Ace's body was scattered on the ground in pieces.
Ace's tragic situation made Luffy's eyes suddenly lose their luster, and the previous joy of reunion suddenly turned into despair, and then anger.
In anger, Luffy bit his arm, trying to enter Gear Fourth directly.
But before he could take action, a mini version of Ace appeared on his shoulder and called softly, "Luffy, I'm okay..."
When Luffy heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then turned to look over his shoulder.
At this moment, there was an Ace several centimeters in size standing on his shoulder.
"You are the next one! Straw Hat!"
Just then, Shuzo rushed towards Luffy again.
After solving the troublesome Ace, Shuzo became more energetic. In his opinion, it was even easier to solve this straw hat boy who had just entered the New World.
Just as he rushed toward Luffy, Ace's body on the ground suddenly turned into blue viscous liquid and surrounded him.
This sudden change also caught Shuzo off guard, and he was directly covered in blue liquid.
After his sneak attack was successful, the mini version of Ace also turned into a slime and merged into the huge pool of blue slime.
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Red, who was not far away, saw this scene and thought to himself, "Did Ace develop some other ability?"
Just as Red finished thinking, the huge blue slime spit out Shuzo from his body.
At this time, everyone focused their attention on Shuzo, and found that Shuzo was not injured at all.
At this time, someone noticed that the blue slime transformed by Ace began to squirm, and soon, the slime turned into Shuzo's appearance.
This fake Shuzo smiled and said, "Haha...it really worked."
That's right, this is exactly the new ability developed by Ace: [Copy].
This copy can copy the enemy's physical abilities and physical skills.
It's just that with this ability, Ace can only copy people whose physical skills are not much different from his own. If the difference is too big, even if they are copied, they will not be able to exert the strength of the original owner.
There is not much difference in strength between Shuzo and Ace, so they can just test this copying ability.
Naturally, this copying ability also has shortcomings.
For example... after copying a person's body, Ace will not be able to use the Flame-Flame Fruit ability, and because the enemy is copied, it will be difficult for him to win... unless there are teammates nearby.
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"Hmph!" When Shuzo saw the person in front of him who looked exactly like him, he snorted coldly, "It's just an appearance, a small trick."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shuzo's arms hardened and he punched the Ace who had turned into Shuzo with his hardened fist. He wanted to directly smash this fake into meat patties.
But what surprised Shuzo was that the fake opponent actually used the same tortoise punch as his own.
After the two fists collided, Shuzo discovered that the opponent not only imitated his own boxing skills, but also had the same strength...
Shuzo, a strong martial arts fighter, knows very well that it is difficult for two strong martial artists with similar physical qualities and skills to decide the winner, not to mention the person in front of him who is exactly the same as him from beginning to end.
Luffy on the side saw Ace turned into Shuzo, and his eyes turned into little stars.
"That's awesome...Ace..."
Ace, who was fighting with Shuzo, was speechless when he saw that Luffy didn't take any action.
But since Luffy didn't take action, he planned to deal with the opponent himself.
Ace plans to use copying to consume the opponent's stamina and physical strength, then change back to his original appearance and use flashy ultimate moves to defeat the opponent.
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The battle between true and false Shuzo quickly became intense.
After Shuzo felt the pressure, his strength began to explode continuously, and the decline in physical strength naturally began to accelerate.
When the fake Shuzo felt that the real Shuzo was a little impatient, he turned into a blue slime again, and then returned to his original appearance.
Shuzo was also overjoyed when he found that the other party's expression had changed.
"Hahaha...it seems like your ability has a time limit too!"
After saying this, Shuzo used his signature punches again.
On Ace's side, his arms were burning with blazing flames and he raised them into the air. "I just feel like I've had enough fun and I just want to defeat you with one move!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the flames in Ace's arms suddenly surged, and a huge fireball suddenly appeared.
"The Emperor's Flame of the Fire Dragon..."
The instant Fire Dragon Emperor Flame hit Shuzo directly, causing a violent explosion, which directly blew Shuzo into the sky.
"This is just the first hit!"
As he spoke, Ace spurted flames from his feet, flying him up, and came to Shuzo with an upside-down golden hook.
"Armament Haki, Conqueror's Haki... Fire Dragon's Talon..."
This upside-down golden hook kicked Shuzo hard in the chest. After a sound of bone cracking, Shuzo's whole body hit the sea below...