Super Card System

Not only Ian and the others but even Whitebeard was dumbfounded after hearing Bonney’s words.

He thought to himself, Ace actually has a sister!? How come I didn’t know? Could it be that old rascal Roger left behind an illegitimate daughter from his past affairs!?

I didn’t expect you to be such a person, Roger!

Even Ian and the others immediately conjured up a series of dramatic thoughts. But only for a moment, as they suddenly realized that what Bonney said was… it seemed to be “cousin”!?

Whitebeard looked at Jewelry Bonney with suspicion and asked, “You are…?”

“Yes! I’m from the Portgas family!” Bonney said energetically, hands on her hips. “Ace’s mother is my aunt!”

With her explanation, everyone finally understood. Indeed, the relationship was that of cousins.

“Ace’s mother… is Portgas D. Rouge?” Whitebeard’s face showed a hint of reminiscence as he said, “I did hear Roger mention that he met a woman on Baterilla Island in the South Blue and had a child with her. It was because I heard the surname ‘Portgas’ in Ace’s name that I recognized he was Roger’s child…”

“Yes, Rouge is my aunt!” As Bonney spoke, she suddenly bowed to Whitebeard and said, “Old man, thank you for taking care of Ace all these years!”

“Hold on!” Whitebeard waved his hand and said, “I still have many questions. This isn’t something you can just say and have it be true. You say you’re from the Portgas family, but why don’t you have the surname Portgas?”

“That’s simple!” Bonney replied. “Because I took my father’s surname, so of course, it’s not Portgas!”

“Then who is your father?” Whitebeard asked.

“Well…” Bonney hesitated and said, “I can’t say.”

“…” Whitebeard didn’t say anything, looking at Bonney. He found that her eyes were very frank, so he didn’t press further on this point. Instead, he asked, “Then why has Ace never mentioned that he has a cousin?”

“Because he doesn’t know and has never met me!” Bonney shook her head. “And I only saw him once when he was born. After he was born, he was taken away by Vice Admiral Garp, the Hero of the Marines…”

Hearing Bonney’s answer, Ian was suddenly moved. Bonney actually knew that Ace was taken away by Vice Admiral Garp, which added some credibility to her story.

So Ian also asked, “You were there when Ace was born?”

“Of course!” Bonney looked at Ian without the same respect she had for Whitebeard. This was because she knew that Ian and Ace were good brothers. By that logic, she could be considered something like Ian’s elder sister, so she didn’t feel any fear towards him, even knowing he was a Yonko.

However, she still answered Ian’s question seriously, “Aunt Rouge carried Ace for a full 20 months before giving birth to him. Without me, how could she have held on!?”

“What… what do you mean?” Everyone looked at her, puzzled.

“Hmph, really, a bunch of men…” Bonney said helplessly. “Is childbirth something you can hold back if you want? Even if Aunt Rouge had enough willpower to forcibly suppress giving birth, Ace inside her couldn’t possibly do that! If a fetus stays in the womb for too long, it would suffocate! And even if it didn’t, Ace would keep growing, eventually harming Aunt Rouge!”

“Is… is that so?” A group of men who had never experienced childbirth couldn’t possibly know this, so they looked at Bonney with a mix of confusion and awe.

Bonney held her forehead in frustration, feeling that discussing this with Ian and the others was utterly foolish. But she patiently explained, “At that time, the Marines had already found Baterilla Island where Aunt Rouge was. They suspected that Roger had left a descendant on this island, so they were rigorously checking all the pregnant women. Even though Aunt Rouge knew the situation was hopeless, she still persisted in not giving birth to Ace… But this is a normal physiological process for humans; it’s impossible to go against it. Aunt Rouge was just an ordinary person. Forcing herself like that could have killed both mother and child. Fortunately, when my mother and I went to visit her, we discovered that my ability could be used on the fetus in Aunt Rouge’s womb. Well, to be precise, when I used it on Aunt Rouge, it also affected the fetus in her womb… So I stayed on Baterilla Island.”

“Used it on the fetus?” Ian was shocked. He remembered that Bonney’s Devil Fruit ability could make people older or younger. So…

“Yes, my Devil Fruit can freely change the age of myself or others!” Bonney said. “I call it the Age-Age Fruit. To prevent Ace from growing too fast in Aunt Rouge’s womb, I would use my ability every so often to reverse Ace’s age, keeping him around eight months. It was because of this that Aunt Rouge was able to hold on until the Marines left…”

Ian suddenly understood and nodded. That made sense. As Bonney said, childbirth isn’t something you can hold back just because you want to. The fact that Ace’s mother, Rouge, carried him for 20 months before giving birth doesn’t make sense logically. Humans have never been known to carry a pregnancy that long; it’s not something that can be achieved by willpower alone.

Moreover, Bonney knew about this matter in such detail, making her story quite credible. It’s worth noting that even the members of the Whitebeard Pirates only learned about Ace being Roger’s son during the Battle of Marineford and gradually heard these things from Ace afterward.

In the end, Bonney said regretfully, “It’s just a pity that I was very young at the time and didn’t have good control over my Devil Fruit ability, so I still caused harm to Aunt Rouge. After she gave birth to Ace, she still passed away…”

“How old were you then?” Ian asked her. “Did you eat the Devil Fruit when you were very young?”

“Yes, I’ve always loved eating since I was little. One day, I somehow got a Devil Fruit and accidentally ate it, so I became a Devil Fruit user from a young age!” After answering, Bonney glared at Ian and said, “As for how old I was then… Hmph, don’t you know it’s impolite to ask a lady her age!?”

“Alright!” Ian raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, not wanting to argue with her over this. He continued to ask, “Since you’re from the Portgas family, why didn’t your family look for Ace afterward?”

“Hmph!” At the mention of this, Bonney became angry. “It’s because of those bastards from the World Government’s CP units! After Aunt Rouge died, they somehow found out and investigated the Portgas family, using this as an excuse to take action against us. It severely weakened our family, and I was captured by the World Government. After discovering my Devil Fruit ability, they didn’t kill me but took me back…”

Hearing this, Ian suddenly recalled that in the original history during the Marineford War, two people died: Whitebeard and Ace. Originally, Ian thought Bonney’s tears were for Whitebeard, and her desire for revenge was also for him. But now, hearing her explanation, Ian realized that Bonney was actually crying for Ace. The reason she sought out Blackbeard was because he had captured Ace and handed him over to the Marines, leading to the subsequent events. He was the real culprit.

Similarly, the one who killed Ace was Akainu. Bonney knew she couldn’t defeat him, but she still shouted at Akainu, “I won’t forgive you…”

For her cousin, whom she had seen born with her own eyes, Bonney undoubtedly had special feelings. Ian guessed that while she was with the World Government, she saw Ace’s wanted poster after he became a pirate and saw the name Portgas D. Ace. She realized that her cousin had grown up and become a pirate, so she escaped from the World Government at all costs, returned to the South Blue, formed a pirate crew, and entered the Grand Line—all just to meet Ace.

Unfortunately, in the original history, she didn’t get to meet Ace before he died…

But things are different now. Because of Ian’s presence, Ace is still alive and well, so Bonney finally tracked him down to the Whitebeard Pirates.

As a Supernova with a bounty as high as 140 million Berries, Bonney hadn’t shown particularly strong abilities, which seemed unworthy of such a high bounty. Thinking about it, the reason for her high bounty might be due to her being taken by the World Government! In the original history, after the Marineford War, Bonney went alone with her pirate crew to find Blackbeard, who had acquired the powers of two Devil Fruits, seeking revenge. It showed how enraged she was at the time. But because she was too weak, not only did she fail, but she was also captured by Blackbeard. Blackbeard seemed to know something about Bonney’s background and used her to negotiate with the Marines, planning to exchange her for a warship!

And the Marines agreed without hesitation! However, the one who went with the warship was Akainu, which caused the Blackbeard Pirates to flee in panic.

When Akainu saw Bonney, he had said that when he learned of her escape from the World Government, he broke out in a cold sweat.

This indicates that Bonney is extremely important to the World Government and the Marines!

So Ian curiously asked, “The World Government—what did they use your Devil Fruit ability for?”

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