What is a fire?
It is a chemical reaction called combustion, where a fuel source reacts with an oxidizer, usually oxygen, and releases heat and light.
In other words, to create a fire, one needs oxygen, and without oxygen, a fire can't exist.
So, for Shinra, who had eaten the Gas Gas no Mi, and could control the oxygen, never thought of Ace, who had eaten the Mera Mera no Mi, and could control a fire as his enemy.
No, frankly, no sane person would eat the Mera Mera no Mi!
Even if Shinra was given this Devil Fruit, he wouldn't eat it either, as he felt that this Devil Fruit had a certain jinx.
At the same time, Ace wasn't smart. This guy was stupid, emotional, and reckless. If it wasn't because of him, the Whitebeard Pirates wouldn't have been destroyed.
Facing this guy, Shinra knew that instead of talking, it was better to beat the shit out of this guy thoroughly!
'Well, it is a bit too much to say that the Mera Mera no Mi is bad.'
The problem was that the two people who ate this Devil Fruit in the story... were just too reckless, so they brought trouble to their families.
"....."
Only when the dangerous fire that was about to swallow everything was erased by Shinra did everyone go silly.
"...I feel like I am pregnant somehow," Carina said softly as she rubbed her belly.
"..."
Robin was speechless, yet she also understood Carina's feelings, as when they were with Shinra, they felt that he was magical, knowing many things and full of mystery, which made them unable to get away from him, and wished to be impregnated by him since having his children meant that their children would obtain his trait, which was just too irresistible~!
"...did you see what he did?"
"No."
"Is it a Devil Fruit?"
"According to the data, he hadn't eaten the Devil Fruit."
"Then, he might have eaten it as he arrived on this island."
"Well... let's talk to him later."
"That's true."
Yet, for Shinra, who could stop the power of fire just like that, what kind of Devil Fruit did he eat?
"..."
Still, among everyone, Ace had the strongest shock as it was his first time for his fire to be stopped like that!
However, it wasn't his character to give up as he swore that he wouldn't lose to anyone except for his father, Whitebeard, Edward Newgate!
"You bastard! Take this! Cross Fire!"
Ace placed his index fingers together in a cross shape before launching a cross-shaped column of fire directly at Shinra!
However, like his previous attack, before even that attack hit Shinra, it disappeared.
"...."
While everyone was at a loss, Ace was even more so, yet Shinra's attitude, which never looked at him as if he were a weaker being, made her angry and annoyed.
"YOU FORCE ME, BOY!"
At this moment, Ace didn't care about anything!
All he thought of was defeating Shinra and probably even killing him!
Still, wasn't this the world of pirates?
It was a place where the strong devoured the weak, and the weak could only succumb.
As for Shinra, who had overestimated himself, Ace would teach him a lesson!
In that moment, the world became bright and hot.
Ace transformed into a gigantic fireball resembling the sun as he continued to amass spiraling flames at his location, growing brighter and hotter, causing all the people to feel a sense of impending doom.
"...should we stop it?"
The man with a white suit asked the woman by his side nervously. "No, should we run away?"
"No, let's wait for a bit."
While saying those words, the woman looked at the two women, who wore hijabs and hid most of their features except for their beautiful eyes. Despite only showing their eyes, she could see that it wasn't fear, anxiety, or nervousness that was reflected in those eyes. Instead, it was confidence and belief that their man could truly defeat Portgas Ace, the 2nd commander of the Whitebeard Pirates and the user of the Mera Mera no Mi.
"Now, will you look at me?"
Ace looked at Shinra, waiting for the fear to be shown on Shinra's face, yet Shinra still ignored him and didn't even glance in his direction.
"..."
Taking a deep breath, Ace turned fierce. "Then, go to hell. Dai Enkai: Entei!"
As his voice fell, a gigantic fireball that resembled the sun was hurled in Shinra's direction, yet—
Poof!
The fire disappeared, and Ace turned into his human form once again, unable to create a fire.
"..." Everyone.
"You are weaker than I thought you would be."
Shinra thought that Ace would be able to give him a surprise, but it seemed that he was thinking too much.
Yet before Ace could say anything, Shinra's body suddenly appeared in front of him as if he had teleported before—
Stab!
"Guwah!"
Like Cavendish, Ace's chest and lungs were pierced by Shinra's Devil Lance!
"...how?"
Ace widened his eyes, wondering how he, who had eaten the Logia type of Devil Fruit, could be stabbed. Since he had eaten this Devil Fruit, he had relied fully on it, and never thought to grow stronger, as everyone that he faced, all had been defeated by his fire, yet when he looked at Shinra's bluish dark arm, his expression was ugly.
"...Armament Haki?"
Yet, it was too late, and soon, Ace lost his consciousness and entered the world of darkness.
Shinra then used the Eye of Usurp on Ace, but he didn't take Ace's Mera Mera no Mi's ability, but the unique talents Ace gained from his father, the King of Pirates, Gol D. Roger.
The talent of Haki.
While in the original story, Ace was very over reliant on the power of Mera Mera no Mi, and he lacked the training in the power of Haki, in the original novel, it was described that he was one of the very few people in the world who could use all three types of Haki and his Haki had a fiery nature that his presence could stop blizzards on an island for as long as he was there.
Yet, this guy was a weakling, Shinra thought.
Still, that ability was Shinra's now, and as he threw away Ace to the ground, and used the blood to recover his stamina, he looked in a certain direction as he said softly, "Do you want to come out by yourselves or..."
"Excuse us." 2x
Two figures, dressed in white suits and masks that concealed their appearance, stepped out from their hiding place.
"You two..."
Shinra frowned, looking at the two with doubt.
"Let me introduce myself." The man with a white suit bowed lightly. "My name is Guernika, and she is my partner."
"Nice to meet you, Uchiha Shinra."
While the man was polite, the woman was playful, despite having a mask covering half of her face. She used her tongue to lightly lick her fleshy, tender lips, which were covered in the charming red lipstick.
"....." Shinra.
"So, what are you?"
"We're the Cipher Phol 0," Guernika said. "We're also the strongest intelligence agency among Cipher Pol, working directly under the World Nobles." As he was afraid that Shinra didn't know about the CP0, he decided to introduce him.
While it might not be necessary for others, it might be required for someone who could defeat Cavendish and Ace so easily that Shin-Ra didn't even seem to be exhausted, making him realise how much potential he held.
"So..." Shinra appeared even more confused. "What does the CP0 need from me?"
"Let me take it from here."
The man and the woman quickly bowed down as the man held the Den Den Mushi respectfully, as if they were worshiping the very existence of the man who talked on the Den Den Mushi.
"Uchiha Shinra. Be a member of the CP0."
"...." Shinra.
Well, being invited as an agent was nice and all, but could they do this invitation in a more... discreet place?