Konoha: I have a clone in One Piece.

Damn it...

If I had known the Traveler was this strong, I wouldn't have come.

Blackbeard looked at the shadow clone that was about to approach him and thought to himself.

No… I haven’t obtained that fruit yet, and I haven’t fulfilled my dream of dominating the seas…

I cannot die here like this!

The black-bearded man glanced at the eerie, dark purple wall of flames that had trapped him, a ruthless glint in his eyes.

……

On the other side, in mid-air.

Morgans was still enthusiastically broadcasting and introducing the identity of the pirate killed by the shadow clone:

"Alright, we can see that the Traveler's clone has already taken care of almost all the pirates. The one who just died was Vesto Royas, the captain of the Iron Axe Pirates with a bounty of 830 million. And next up is... uh..."

Morgans gave the black-bearded man a serious look, then pulled out a document from his pocket and quickly flipped through it.

"Not this...not this either..."

"Who is this guy with the black beard? Why can't I find any bounty photos or information about him?"

After reviewing the documents, Morgans frowned, his mind filled with confusion.

It's important to know that as a top-tier news media outlet, the World News' intelligence is, in some ways, almost as good as that of the Navy and the World Government. Morgans himself can recognize almost all the pirates in the entire ocean with bounties exceeding 100 million.

Of course, there are indeed some powerful figures on the high seas who keep a low profile.

Even those powerful individuals, as long as they leave traces or do something seemingly insignificant but revealing their strength, will be immediately discovered and recorded by the reporters of the World News, to be published in the newspaper later.

To have survived the devastating tsunami, Blackbeard is undoubtedly a true powerhouse! If he were a pirate, he would certainly be a great pirate with a bounty exceeding one hundred million.

But even under these circumstances, Morgans made a surprising discovery:

Not only could he not recognize the burly man with the black beard, but even the information his subordinates had carefully prepared for so long could not find the black beard's identity!

"That's really strange..."

Morgans looked puzzled.

……

……

at the same time.

Although Morgans didn't recognize Blackbeard, the Whitebeard Pirates were quite familiar with this burly man who had inexplicably appeared in the Whole Cake Island.

"Hey... I'm not seeing things, am I? That's Teach, right?"

Thatch, the fourth division captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, pointed with a surprised expression at the image projected by the Den Den Mushi.

"That's right, it's Teach!"

"Yes, I haven't seen him for the past few days. I thought he went to help guard that island, but I didn't expect him to go to Wan Guo."

"Yes, I remember too. It was around two nights ago. I haven't seen him since then."

"Me too……"

The members of the Whitebeard Pirates' second division all expressed their surprise.

Standing nearby, after listening to the crew's account, First Division Captain Marco frowned and muttered to himself:

"Why did Teach go there? Didn't Dad say not to go?"

Marshall D. Teach, the Blackbeard, is a pirate with great ambitions.

For more than ten years since he infiltrated the Whitebeard Pirates, he has kept a low profile and worked diligently. Despite fighting enemies every time, he has never been wanted by the Navy!

His amazing patience and excellent disguise made him very popular in the Whitebeard Pirates, and even Marco was somewhat close to Blackbeard.

now.

Upon discovering that Blackbeard had secretly gone to the World of Warcraft and was about to face danger, Marco quickly put aside his doubts and hurried to Whitebeard Edward Newgate's side, pleading urgently:

"Dad, Teach didn't listen to you, he really deserves a good scolding!"

"But he's about to be killed by the traveler. After all, Teach is still a member of our Whitebeard Pirates!"

"Dad..."

After Marco made his plea to Whitebeard, some members of the Second Division also came to Whitebeard's side to plead, hoping that their father could save their comrade's life instead of letting them watch helplessly as a comrade died at the hands of the Traveler.

"Teach..."

Whitebeard sat on the stool, looking at Blackbeard, who was hanging by a thread in the video, and couldn't help but frown.

The pleas of his sons continued to ring in his ears, and the white-bearded man's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Blackbeard was a master of disguise, but Whitebeard had paid special attention to his son, who resembled him in some ways.

Of course, everyone has things they don't want to reveal, even their sons.

So after that brief moment of attention, Whitebeard put the matter out of his mind.

But now...

"Alright! Don't worry, Dad won't just stand by and watch his son die!"

Even knowing that this son named "Teach" was likely hiding something, the white-bearded man still readily agreed, and then solemnly instructed Marco:

"I remember I think I had Morgans' contact information."

"Go to the warehouse quickly and look for it. It's too late to get there now. We can only ask Morgans, who is currently on the battlefield, to try to stop the traveler imp."

"Okay, okay, Dad, I'll go right now... Huh???"

Just as Marco nodded with delight and was about to go to the warehouse to find the Den Den Mushi, something happened in the video that made the entire Whitebeard Pirates widen their eyes!

……

The World Ocean.

Upon recognizing the black-bearded man, the shadow clones briefly paused before gathering even more clones to prepare to take down this future big boss.

However, Blackbeard no longer chose to remain silent.

Even without consuming the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, given this future one of the Five Emperors' unique physique, which allows him to work tirelessly for decades, his strength has already reached a level close to that of a monster.

boom!!!

In an instant, several shadow clones were burst apart by the powerful force, turning into white mist and dissipating. The Four Purple Flame Formation was shattered by a single punch!

Marcel D. Teach, with his black beard, stood on a broken wooden plank, his face contorted with rage as he glared at the nearly ten shadow clones surrounding him.

"Hehehe..."

"Traveler, it's all your fault, it's all your fault!"

"All my hard work over the past decade has been wasted! I'm dead!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Blackbeard leaped up from the wooden plank, his eyes filled with resentment as he charged toward the nearest shadow clone.

next moment.

The skillful and masterful use of the three types of Haki was evident in this unknown member of the Whitebeard Second Division. It was a powerful Haki that even a group of pirates with bounties of over 100 million in the New World could not match!

……

On the Whitebeard Pirates' ship, the Moby Dick.

"So...so strong!"

"His domineering presence surpasses even that of Captain Sachi and Captain Jozu, doesn't it?"

"How can Teach be so strong???"

"What did this guy usually... no, what did he used to do?"

The Whitebeard Pirates were stunned to see their once unremarkable comrade, Blackbeard Teach, display his prowess in the Whole Cake Island, engaging in a fierce battle with nearly ten of Suzuki's shadow clones.

"This...Teach??"

Marco, standing to the side, stared blankly for a moment, then looked at the white-bearded man somewhat sullenly and said:

"Dad, it seems we don't need to rescue Teach."

"..."

Whitebeard Edward Newgate squinted at Blackbeard Teach's figure, and after a brief silence, suddenly burst into laughter:

"Gurala la la..."

"It seems... I still don't know my son very well!"

Upon hearing Whitebeard's words, Marco narrowed his eyes and looked at the figure of Blackbeard Teach in the image, his heart growing heavy: Teach... why have you been hiding for so long?

"Come on, come on, Teach! Defeat the traveler!"

"That's right, our Whitebeard Pirates are the strongest!"

"Hahaha, I didn't expect an ordinary crew member on the ship to be this strong. Hmm... By the way, are there any of you as low-key as Teach?"

"Are you kidding me???"

"come on……"

After discovering Marshall D. Teach's hidden strength, the members of the Whitebeard Pirates had differing opinions. Some cheered for Blackbeard, some began to doubt their companions, and others silently developed a sense of dread towards him...

……

Donghai, Windmill Village.

After seeing Blackbeard, Shanks maintained a serious expression.

After a long silence, Hawkeye Mihawk finally spoke up, asking in confusion:

"Do you know that guy?"

"Oh, of course!"

Red-haired Shanks nodded, raised his hand to touch the three claw marks near his left eye, and said with a wary look in his eyes:

"This guy is no ordinary person."

"This scar on my body was left by him!"

"…interesting."

Hawkeye Mihawk narrowed his eyes slightly, then looked at the figure of the black-bearded man in the video Den Den Mushi with an extremely serious expression.

……

Meanwhile, in the international waters.

After sustaining some injuries, Blackbeard Teach managed to defeat three of the dozen or so shadow clones.

Seeing this, the other shadow clones did not surround them any further. Instead, one of the shadow clones dispelled the spell and returned to its original body, bringing back the situation of the battlefield below.

Above the international waters.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

A silver-white streak of light collided continuously with a cyan streak of light and a golden streak of light.

The clouds in the sky were shattered by the terrifying aftershocks, and the horrific impact even whipped up gale-force winds of level 13!

A meteorite the size of an island that fell from high school, accompanied by raging fire and thunder, a vortex that suddenly appeared and devoured everything...

"Um?"

After dodging the sword strike from Shiki the Golden Lion, Suzuki glanced down out of the corner of his eye.

Blackbeard...

I didn't expect him to come too.

Suzuki glanced at the figure of the man with the black beard, but quickly dismissed the matter. The approaching monster and powerful enemy were what he should be most concerned about.

"Hehehe... Traveler!!"

Shiki the Golden Lion seemed to gradually descend into madness during the battle.

He floated in mid-air, his blood-stained blond hair dancing wildly, his body covered in numerous wounds, large and small. Even so, he still looked at Suzuki with unparalleled arrogance, and swiftly slashed down with the Sakuragi and Kuju swords in his hands!

After removing the rudder, Shiki the Golden Lion's slashing power suddenly increased several levels.

Sharp sword energies, thousands of meters long, flew in one after another, each capable of easily slicing an island in two!

Even Kaido of the Beasts, who was besieging Suzuki with him, had to keep a close eye on the terrifying sword energy of this senior pirate.

"As expected of a great pirate who could once rival Captain Roger..."

Suzuki looked at the terrifying sword energy coming at him, then narrowed his eyes and glanced at the wound on Shiki's head. He sighed and muttered:

"Unfortunately, he won't live much longer."

After saying that, Suzuki raised his silver-white blade with a serious expression and forcefully unleashed a sword aura imbued with the power of the Gluttony Fruit. The black curtain of light covered the sky and swallowed up dozens of thousand-meter-long slashes that flew towards him into the alternate dimension.

Beside him, Kaido of the Beasts, who had transformed into his human-beast form, wore a solemn expression.

He also knew very well that Shiki the Golden Lion couldn't maintain this peak state for long; it was more like a final burst of energy before death.

"But this is probably the only chance we have to help the travelers. Where can we find more help?"

Kaido of the Beasts frowned and glanced down.

That one glance was enough to surprise the four emperors, followed by excitement:

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"I didn't expect there to be such a decent guy among those losers!"

After briefly watching Blackbeard's fight, Kaido gave him a high evaluation in his mind—no weaker than King.

Yes.

Originally, or rather, Blackbeard, who had just begun fighting the shadow clone, was at a disadvantage, perhaps because he had rarely fought against strong opponents in recent years. However, the unique talent of the D clan was soon revealed.

As the most mysterious and peculiar race on the sea, the D race seems to have only the ethereal Will of D circulating among them. However, almost every one of these people with D in their name has an extraordinary physique and grows stronger at an unbelievable speed!

While Blackbeard isn't as monstrous as Luffy, learning and becoming stronger through battle is still a piece of cake for him.

At this moment, he had even turned the tide and begun to join forces with Edward Weevil to fight against all the remaining shadow clones of Suzuki.

"Hey kid, stop fighting those clones down there!"

"Come quickly, let's kill the traveler's true form together!"

Kaido of the Beasts shouted at Blackbeard and Edward Weevil.

The sea area below.

Upon hearing Kaido's voice, the shadow clones glanced at the empty sea surface where only two figures of themselves existed. They quickly made a decision, simultaneously dispelling the spell and preparing to return Suzuki to his peak form to completely eliminate the remaining few.

"Hehehe...Good!"

The black-bearded man laughed and agreed, then turned to look at Edward Weevil, who was going berserk and wildly slashing at the sea after Miss Barkin's death in the aftershocks, and shouted a warning:

"Stop hacking around, you big dummy!"

"You damned traveler, your true form is over there, hurry up!" (End of Chapter)