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"Ace, are you alright?!"

Marco looked at Ace with concern, remembering when he had just witnessed Blackbeard's move.

I was almost scared to death just now.

Marco had considered the power of these two Devil Fruits before, and he was certain they wouldn't be particularly weak.

After all, Blackbeard was willing to give up so many years of friendship and even risk being hunted down by Whitebeard in order to obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit.

If you say there's nothing to it, Marco certainly won't believe you.

But as I said before...
I had thought of it myself, but I never imagined it would be this exaggerated.

Okay
When Marco saw Ace disappear, he almost thought that things were really over.

Fortunately, Ace was unharmed.

"fine."

Hearing Marco's concern, Ace shook his head and said...

He was indeed quite startled.

Fortunately, I managed to dodge quickly and use my Devil Fruit ability to leave the spot. Otherwise, I would probably have been swallowed up like that deep pit.

So in this respect, Ace did indeed learn a lesson.

He knew very well that he needed to tone down his earlier contempt.

Ace knew very well what awaited him if he didn't restrain himself.

"Gurarararararar, Ace, how about I do it?!"

Whitebeard's voice echoed across the battlefield.

He almost made a move just now.

Fortunately, Ace managed to dodge it.

Actually, through the battle just now, Whitebeard realized that the difference in strength between Ace and Blackbeard was quite significant!

It must be said that Blackbeard has indeed acquired extraordinary abilities.

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He had originally promised Ace that he wouldn't interfere in this matter.

After all, Ace had said that this was a traitor belonging to his squad, so naturally he should be handed over to Ace to deal with.

At first, Whitebeard was quite accepting of him, at least in his view, Blackbeard was indeed a traitor to Ace's squad, and as for Blackbeard, it was fine to hand him over to Ace.

It's mainly because of Ace's stubborn personality. If I don't hand it over to Ace now, there's a high probability that Ace will do the same thing later.

Therefore, to avoid this situation from happening, it's better to just hand it over to Ace.

However, the situation is now somewhat different.

Moreover, and most importantly, Whitebeard felt that by taking action, he had essentially brought the matter to a close.

The main reason lies with Blackbeard's father, Rocks.

In comparison, Whitebeard didn't think he had ever wronged Rocks or Blackbeard in the past.

In any case, Whitebeard didn't think he had anything to offer.

At this point, Teach clearly knew all of this, but he still chose to do it anyway.

You can call it your ambition.

However, he would never allow his own ambitions to harm his partners.

Therefore, for Teach, what this guy did was absolutely unforgivable by Whitebeard, in every respect.

Because of this incident, Whitebeard felt that it was perfectly reasonable for him to take action.

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Ace didn't want Whitebeard to make a move. In Ace's view, since he had already decided to take action, it was a matter for him to decide.

How could I possibly give up halfway through?!

Moreover, there is another crucial matter, which is what happens if Whitebeard has to take action.

Does this mean I can't handle Teach?

After all, given the situation just now, Teach only made one move, so he decided to have Whitebeard take over.

What about this?!

In any case, Ace would never allow such a thing.

So he refused without even thinking about it.

"You kid."

Whitebeard glanced at Ace with some distress, even though he had already thought of this beforehand.

Ace would definitely refuse him, but when the moment actually came, he didn't know what to say.

This guy.
That's really true!
However, since this kid has already made up his mind, I'll just have to wait and see for now.

Anyway, if anything unexpected happens later, I can just take action myself.

Moreover, the advantage is currently in my hands.

It's clear that the situation is gradually coming under control.

This was a combined effort of the elite Navy and the Whitebeard Pirates to wipe out pirates.

These pirates were practically powerless to resist. Whitebeard knew very well that once Teach was dealt with, the others wouldn't be of much use.

This is another reason why he is considering taking action.

But considering Ace's personality...

He had no choice; since the matter had already been rejected, he shouldn't bring it up again.

"Don't worry, Dad, I can handle this guy!!!"

Ace grinned, looking at Whitebeard with a relieved expression.

In Ace's opinion, dealing with Teach might not be a difficult task for him?!
Although I was indeed a little careless just now, I almost capsized in the gutter.

However, now that he's not so careless, Ace still feels he can give it a try.

Whitebeard was somewhat helpless about Ace's behavior, since it was obvious to everyone that the Dark-Dark Fruit actually had some counters to Devil Fruit users.

Moreover, it possesses the combined power of the Gluttony Fruit and the Dark-Dark Fruit; even just from the demonstrations so far, one can see just how formidable this fruit truly is.

So if I could really be at ease about this, then something would be fishy!

The most crucial point is that Ace doesn't possess Haki.

Although he did have it, Ace wasn't proficient at it at all. If he could use Haki, Whitebeard wouldn't have had to worry about so many things.

But he was also willing to believe in Ace!
Naturally, he wouldn't say anything to embarrass Ace again.

Ultimately, the reason he refused to yield for even a moment was simply because it wasn't just his own identity that was present.

More importantly, Ace simply didn't want things to turn out this way.

Ultimately, by taking action at this point, he was essentially implying that Ace was inferior to Teach.

Ace, being such a proud person, would absolutely not allow this to happen.

Moreover, the most crucial thing lies in one thing: the destiny between the two of them.

Roger and Rocks in the past, Ace and Teach now.

There is indeed some inexplicable destiny between the two of them.

So, even though Ace never acknowledged Roger, at least in Ace's view, if Roger wasn't afraid of Rocks, then naturally he certainly wouldn't be afraid of Blackbeard now.

So if that's the case...
"Then let's leave it to Ace," Whitebeard could only think.

same moment.

Blackbeard breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that Whitebeard wasn't going to make a move.

Before, he was really worried to death!
Good guy.
What I want is to buy time.

If Whitebeard had chosen to act at that moment, then things would have been completely ruined.

After all, Whitebeard made a move, and judging from Whitebeard's aura, he was also somewhat intimidated.

I don't know why, but I just felt that Whitebeard's situation was very complicated at this time.

It seems Whitebeard really is even more powerful than before!

Although it might just be my imagination.

But Teach didn't know why this happened either.

Why did Whitebeard suddenly become so powerful?!

And judging from his appearance, he seems to be in better health than before!
At this moment, the only thing Blackbeard could think of was that White Night would make a move!

Although Teach didn't know exactly what Bai Ye had done, he believed that no one but Bai Ye could have accomplished such a miraculous feat.

While Teach was deep in thought, Lafayette asked in a low voice, "Captain Teach, if this continues, it won't be good for us!"

Right now, the pirates are collapsing at an alarming rate.

We might not even be ready when we get here.

They originally had a backup plan, but they hadn't mentioned it before; only Blackbeard's original crew knew about it.

After all, Blackbeard didn't want anything to go wrong with this.

Although the people found by Impel Down are quite capable, Blackbeard can't possibly trust them completely.

Ultimately, everyone comes together because of interests, so they will inevitably separate because of those interests as well.

Therefore, there are many things that Blackbeard simply cannot tell them.

Tell them that this plan might be known to others in the next second.

Therefore, in order to avoid this happening, they naturally do not want to see it.

Moreover, the most crucial thing is that he was originally selecting members.

If these members ultimately can't hold on...

They don't deserve to know what their specific plans are.

So he didn't say anything on that point.

At this moment, after hearing what Lafayette said, Blackbeard's optimistic expression was no longer present.

In the end, how could I not know what Lafayette was saying?
Blackbeard certainly knew this.

Even if I knew this at this point, all I could do was wait.

Blackbeard cannot do anything until that time comes.

That's right!

Anything!!!
The time is not right yet; if we take action now, the plan is very likely to fail.

"Lafayette, just wait and see. If we can't even hold out for this long, then starting ahead of schedule, is that really a good thing for us?!"

Blackbeard spoke slowly.

This clearly struck a chord with Lafayette.

but
Even if Lafayette had thought about it, so what?
But if we don't act now, there will be no chance later, so it would be impossible for Lafayette not to be anxious at this time!
But at that moment, he really couldn't say a word.

Why?!
Blackbeard is absolutely right!

Ultimately, all he could do at this point was wait, just as Blackbeard had said: if he couldn't even hold out for this little bit of time...

Starting those plans ahead of time at this point would likely lead to failure.

So at this point, all we can do is wait.

He just felt that if he didn't do something at this point, the defeat might come a little too quickly.

At that point, the plan will be completely over.

But at this point, since there was no reason to refute it, and he himself genuinely felt the same way.

So Lafayette could only nod in agreement, saying, "Then let's hold on for now?! The pressure is quite high. Whether we can manage it depends on you, Captain Teach!!!"

Next, it mainly depends on what Teach plans to do.

For them, if they don't watch Teach, who else can they watch?!

We can only let Teach hold on for now; as for what happens next, no one can guarantee what will happen.

Teach grinned but didn't say anything more.

The rest is really up to you.

Sure enough, those guys are really unreliable!

He had already thought of this before.

After all, he had been a member of the Whitebeard Pirates; how could he not know just how vast the gap was between the two sides?!
However, one thing Blackbeard hadn't expected was that his points would drop so quickly.

But it's already like this, there's no point in complaining anymore.

"Hahaha, Lafayette, don't be so pessimistic! Although the situation may not look good right now, I think there's still a chance!!!"

Even Blackbeard felt that the hope was very slim.

But at this point, he still felt that he shouldn't be so pessimistic about the situation.

At least it's worth a try.

"I see, Captain. You're quite the optimist!"

Raphael nodded but didn't say anything more.

Now, we really can't afford to be pessimistic!
"Then you go and prepare, I'll take care of things here!!!"

As Blackbeard spoke, he turned to look at Ace.

He was already prepared for the next step.

Holy Land.

Shanks and the others who came up with Bai Ye were all filled with emotion when they saw the Holy Land.

I never expected to arrive at the holy site in this way.

This is a sacred place for attack.

They're doing something that will change the world this time.

Before coming here, I had actually thought that there was a high probability that they could accomplish this task.
"You really aren't going to come along?!"

Shanks glanced at Bai Ye with some surprise.

When we came up here, Bai Ye said that he wouldn't go with them.

There are bound to be some concerns about this one person. (End of Chapter)