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Smoke billowed in the wall of fire Ace had as he looked at his next opponent.
The man was finally there, standing right in front of them, and while he always knew they would never be able to defeat him, that’s when it finally hit him. That man was huge by human standards, and if fighting against Jinbe had tired Ace so much…
He couldn’t see how Ace would manage to ever win, especially so after having barely enough time to breathe before Whitebeard came along.
Ace set a wall of fire and told them to run away. Deuce didn’t want to run, or more like didn’t want to leave Ace to fight him while the rest of them escaped, but Ace was stubborn, so he didn’t even try to reason with him. All he hoped was that after his inevitable defeat, his life would be spared and they could traverse the seas some more, with the only thing hurt being Ace’s pride and nothing more.