They were met with a slammed door.
Bluejam could only lead his crew back to the mouth of the bay. Looking at the ship already engulfed in flames, Bluejam recalled the words the King had spoken to him on the phone.
It turned out that everything was a trap set by the King.
"That bastard! You just wait!"
Rage surged in his heart, and Bluejam was still issuing threats.
However, the King was currently sitting on a sofa, sipping black tea, enjoying life to the fullest, while Bluejam himself was deep in the sea of fire, and it was uncertain if he could even escape.
Moreover, the bottomless pit of desire in a person's heart can never be filled.
Deep in the sea of fire, Bluejam wasn't thinking about how to escape with his life, but how to make a comeback.
Making a comeback requires money, and who has money?
Ace and their treasure is that money.
And fate is often like this: if he hadn't turned back to look for Ace and Luffy, he might have lived... "Hoo... hoo... The fire is huge. I wonder if the old guys on the Gray Terminal managed to escape safely."
Even though he was also in the sea of fire, Luffy was still worrying about others. He truly is... I could cry.
But Ace thought it was foolish. "Look at the situation! You still have the mind to care about others!"
"Damn it, I don't even know where we are anymore."
The flames had burned some things to ashes, and combined with the thick smoke, Ace couldn't distinguish the path.
To make matters worse, Bluejam appeared before them again, blocking their way.
"Hey! You brats, who gave you permission to run away!"
"Bluejam!"
"Why is an arsonist still here? Shouldn't you have run away already?"
Luffy was confused as to why Bluejam, the one who started the fire, was still in the blaze and not escaping.
"Shut up, you brat!"
Bluejam was already annoyed, and Luffy's words made him even more irritated.
"Capture them!"
"Aren't we partners who work together? If we're going to die, we die together..."
"You haven't told us where the treasure is hidden yet. Tell us before the fire destroys it, and we'll spare your lives."
Ace was stunned. "Your lives are at risk, and you're still thinking about treasure!"
"So, are you going to tell us?"
"Wouldn't it be a waste if you didn't go get it?"
Bluejam said.
Ace fell silent, but the treasure had already been moved to the mountain. Now, he felt that Bai Yun had been very foresightful.
However, Bluejam didn't know they had moved the treasure, which was something they could use.
"Fine, I'll tell you!"
Ace said with a grim face, telling Bluejam the location of the original hiding spot.
But as the saying goes, the path of virtue is a foot higher, but the devil is a yard taller—oh no, from their perspective, it should be the other way around... "What are you doing! Didn't I tell you the location?!"
Ace had revealed the treasure's location, but Bluejam's men not only didn't release Luffy, but they also grabbed Ace.
"Who knows if you're lying? You have to come with us too."
Bluejam replied.
Ace was furious. Go with them to die?!
"Don't be ridiculous! By the time you find it, there will be no escape! If you want to go, go yourselves!"
"Don't provoke me!!"
Bluejam pulled out his gun and aimed it at Ace, his face growing darker.
"Even if I have to rely on a brat's treasure, I swear I will make a comeback and take revenge on that damn King and those damn nobles."
"It's the same with that brother of yours. They see everyone else as trash."
"He only hangs out with you to feel superior. Otherwise, do you think someone with his wealth would come to the Gray Terminal to play with the likes of you!?"
"Sabo doesn't think that way!!"
Ace roared loudly, refusing to let their friendship with Sabo be slandered.
"Don't be naive!"
"He looks down on you in his heart and is secretly mocking you!!"
Bluejam shouted back just as loudly. Having been set up like this, in his eyes now, all nobles were the same trash.
Ace glared at Bluejam, veins throbbing on his forehead.
"You are not allowed to slander Sabo again!!!"
"Exactly! Sabo just wants freedom!!"
Luffy, behind him, couldn't listen anymore and bit the arm of the pirate who was restraining his throat.
The pirate cried out in pain and let go of Luffy, but angrily drew the long sword from his back.
Luffy used the pipe horizontally to defend, but a pipe without any reinforcement could not possibly block a blade.
The pipe was split in two, and the blade sliced across Luffy's right forehead, splattering blood.
Just as the next strike was about to hit Luffy's body, Ace unconsciously unleashed a burst of Conqueror's Haki.
"Stop!!!"
"Conqueror's Haki!"
Upon reaching the mouth of the bay, Bai Yun could only see swirling smoke from above. Just as he was about to use his replicated Observation Haki, he sensed this burst of Conqueror's Haki and immediately flew toward the direction of the power's explosion... As Roger's descendant, Ace's talent was certainly not weak; otherwise, he wouldn't have become one of the first generation of Supernovas.
Conqueror's Haki is a great ability for clearing out cannon fodder. Suddenly, only Bluejam was left standing on the field.
The scene was like something out of a nightmare. Bluejam watched his subordinates instantly drop to the ground, foaming at the mouth.
Thinking Ace was responsible for this trick, Bluejam rushed over and kicked Ace down, planting his foot on him and pointing the gun at his head.
On the other side, the heavily injured Luffy gritted his teeth but couldn't get up.
"Ace!!"
"Don't..."