This thread was stupid in 2021, and it's even stupider now
what happens when a stupid person creates the thread,,
I'm pretty sure that was a reference to the Ace light novel
There's a scene at the end of the first volume where Ace is approached by his friend in the Marines who offers him a position in the Warlords, but he turns them down.
you are correct, it was offered to him by Isuka which is Ace's "Smoker" to Luffy before he did anything substantial like that he was just a super rookie and the 5 Elders offered it to him when he reached Saboady where he declined the offer then defeated VA Draw where he unlocked his CoA for the first time then received a bounty of 100,000,000
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& Ace novels are considered Canon as it was not only directly checked and commented on as a supervisor but it was/is Odas own original concept that was greenlit for Sho Hinata to turn into a light Novel and then Boichi to adapt into a Manga, although he has removed or skipped over the whole Isuka and Draw portion of the story Oda has drwn original artwork and sketches for the Manga: