text: Ace didn't really like the new Striker. It was an improvement in some ways, he supposed, over the one Blackbeard had smashed to bits, but he kind of missed fire spitting everywhere as he sailed across the seas.
  
  True, stealth was more important for him now than ever, but that didn't mean sacrificing style surely?
  
  At least the directions had been correct. Ace slowed Striker down a bit as he approached the cluster of ships.
  
  There weren't enough here for fifty-six hundred people by any means, so Luffy was probably being Luffy and being utterly free range with his subordinates or something. There were only three flags besides the Straw Hats' and while Ace didn't recognize two, he knew the third was the Heart Pirates'.
  
  That flag was attached to the submarine Ace had very vague memories of from after Marinford, which was being towed behind the back of the Straw Hats' new ship.
  
  Might as well let people know he was here. He tossed a massive plume of fire into the air to make it obvious he wasn't trying to sneak up on anyone.