Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Hahaha... Only two captains? It seems Reina is very confident! Are they all ready?" T asked with a strange laugh.

“Yes, everything is in place!” Raphael nodded and said.

“Very good! Tell them to wait for my instructions, and to retreat immediately once they have succeeded!” Blackbeard said with a slight smirk.

"Yes!" Raphael nodded, and a pair of wings sprouted from his back as he flew away.

Soon, it was 3:55 PM.

"Hey~ What brings you two here? Who do I want to trade with?" Captain Hansen of the guard, with an ordinary longsword hanging at his waist, walked towards Joz and Sachi.

“It’s me!” Joz came out and said to Hansen, who had come to take over the shift.

"Thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to me!" Hansen said with a smile.

"Okay! I'll head back now!" Joz nodded and turned to leave.

So far, none of the team leaders have encountered any problems. They even believe that if ordinary people were to come here, it would be at night. If they were to raise an alarm, the other team leaders would be able to quickly provide support.

So at this moment, both Joz and Sachi were somewhat relaxed.

Half an hour later, Sachi and Hansen were chatting casually.

Suddenly, thick smoke began to rise from a place far away from them.

"Hey~ what's that?" Hansen suddenly said, pointing to the thick smoke in the distance.

Hearing this, Sachi looked over and said with a smile, "That's the direction of the racetrack. There must have been another major car accident!"

"Tsk tsk tsk... Those guys are really going all out! It's just for fun, why go to such lengths?" Hansen shrugged and chuckled.

"Boom boom boom..."

Just then, explosions suddenly occurred from all directions within the Golden City.

"What's going on?" Hansen and Sachi's expressions changed, and they shouted at the same time.

"Everyone, do not leave your posts! Be careful, it could be a diversionary tactic by the enemy! Satchi, you stay here, I'll go up to a higher place to take a look!" Hansen shouted to the guards around him not to panic, while he ran towards the upper floors of the building, shouting to Satchi as he went.

"Alright! Be careful!" Sachi nodded, already drawing his twin swords from his lower back.

“I didn’t expect you to actually choose Sachi…Teach…This time you can’t escape!” Reina, who was sitting in the room, suddenly opened his eyes, looked in the direction of the vault, and said softly.

At the same time, the captains of the Whitebeard Pirates immediately thought of the treasure vault and set off in that direction.

At this moment, several people dressed in black cloaks, whose faces were completely covered, had completely surrounded Sachi.

“Teach…you’re meeting an old friend, aren’t you going to show yourself?” Sachi looked calmly at the group in front of him, showing no fear, and spoke indifferently.

"Zehahaha... Captain Sachi, long time no see!" The leader lifted the hood on his head, revealing himself to be Blackbeard Teach.

“You betrayed your father… why are you still here? You should know that your father and Reina are both here!” Sachi sighed and said.

Back when Teach was still with the Whitebeard Pirates, Thatch had a good relationship with him. Although he was constantly targeted by Reina, Reina only warned him and didn't take any action. The captains and other crew members had a pretty good relationship with Teach, especially the members of the second division, who had a very good relationship with Teach before that incident.

"Hahaha... Times have changed! Neither the old man nor Reina belong to this new era. The new era belongs to us! Captain Thatch... want to join my Blackbeard Pirates?" Teach said with a crazy expression.

"Captain! Business is more important!" Lafayette whispered beside Blackbeard.

"Lafayette, you and Gamenho go get the fruit, we'll take care of this!" Teach nodded and said softly.

Teach's eyes narrowed. Hansen was still up there. With Hansen's current strength, he was probably no match for the members of the Blackbeard Pirates. So, Thatch decided to stop him.

"What's going on? It's you? Teach!" At this moment, Hansen suddenly came down from above. When he saw Blackbeard Teach, his expression changed drastically, and he glared at him fiercely and roared.

"Hahaha... It's Hansen! You're still alive!" Teach laughed.

"Damn it...you actually dare to show up again!" Hansen drew his weapon from his waist and was about to step forward, but Sachi grabbed him and shook his head, indicating that he should not do anything rash.

While they were locked in a standoff, Lafayette and Gamenho had already left and broken into the treasure vault.

"What do you want? Stay here!" Seeing this, Sachi brandished his twin swords and attacked Lafayette and Gamenho.

"I can't let you disturb them!" Demon hunter Idar blocked Sachi's path, preventing him from stopping the two.

"Hansen, give the signal!"

"Pfft!"

"Uh...you..."

Sachi had just turned around to signal Hansen to notify everyone when Hansen, who had come up behind him, stabbed him in the stomach with a sword.

“Captain Sachi…farewell!” Hansen said softly with a strange smile.

Sachi, who had grabbed Hansen's shoulder with one hand, slowly fell to the ground.

"fire punch!"

Just then, a flame shot towards Hansen.

"Sachi... how are you?" After forcing Hansen back, he immediately picked up Sachi and called out in slight anxiety.

He was just passing through; his defensive duty was scheduled for the morning, a move specifically arranged by Reina to prevent Teach from killing two birds with one stone—stealing the Dark-Dark Fruit while simultaneously attacking Ace. Unexpectedly, Ace still managed to witness it.

"Oh~~ Captain Ace! Looks like I'm in luck today! Hehehe..." Sure enough, Teach's eyes lit up the moment he saw Ace.

"Captain Hansen! Why... why did you betray Dad? You should be the one who hates Teach the most... shouldn't you?" Ace ignored Teach and stared at Hansen, asking in confusion.

"Quick...go!" Sachi, clutching his stomach, said with difficulty to Ace.

"Sachi!" Upon seeing Sachi's condition, Ace knew that he needed immediate medical attention, or his life might be in danger.

"Roar~~"

Just then, a huge ice dragon appeared in the sky not far away, its blood-red eyes staring directly in their direction.

“It’s Reina!” Hidal said to Teach beside him.

"They're here so fast! Enough talk, take Ace away!" Upon seeing this, Teach gave the order, and everyone immediately launched an attack on Ace.

"Dream on! Flame Emperor - Great Flame Ring!" After Ace put Sachi down, flames continuously surged from his body, eventually forming a huge fireball.

"Hmph! Flames, huh? Come and try the flames from hell! Demon Blade - Demon Descent!" Suddenly, green flames erupted from the twin blades in Idar's hands, and the flames slowly spread, soon covering his entire body.

"what!!!"

After a few painful screams, Idar, his body engulfed in green flames, charged directly towards Ace's location. The two scimitars in his hands formed two rings of flame, engulfing all of Ace's red flames wherever they passed.

Chapter 324 On the Verge of Eruption

"How...is this possible..." Seeing his flames being consumed by the other party, Ace collapsed to the ground in disbelief.

Idar, who was kneeling behind Ace, was panting heavily as he withdrew the green flames from his body.

"Captain, the rest is up to you! I can't do anything for at least half a month!" Hidal said, seemingly enduring intense pain as he looked at Ace who had collapsed and fallen unconscious.

"Barthus, take Ace with you, let's go!" Teach nodded and said, "Show Doc Q to Idar!"

"No need, this is just a backlash from my abilities, it'll be fine after a while! Just give me some painkillers!" Hidal shook his head, refusing the ship's doctor, Doc Q's, treatment.

"Captain, aren't we waiting for Lafayette?" Zishas Bazars asked, carrying Ace on his back, puzzled.

“Let’s go first, he’ll meet up with us later!” Blackbeard Teach said as they walked.

"Go? Teach...where do you think you're going?" In the distance, Reina, with a pair of icy wings on his back, was already rushing towards them.

"Damn it, it's Reina! Captain, you guys go first!" Sniper Van Oka raised his rifle and began aiming at Reina.

"boom!"

A gunshot rang out, hitting Reina in mid-air, but Reina, who had spotted it beforehand, blocked the bullet with ice.

"What's going on? I should have hit him!" Van Augur looked at Reina, who was completely unaffected, with a puzzled expression.

“If he were so easy to deal with, we wouldn’t have been chased all this way. Let’s get out of here first!” Kadlec, who was running away, glanced at Van Auger and said softly.

"Idiot, hit the one on the ground, don't kill him!" Idar, who was also being carried by Zishas Bashas, ​​pointed at Sachi on the ground and said weakly.

Van Augur reacted immediately, retreating while aiming at Sachi who was lying on the ground.

"You dare!" Reina roared, increasing his speed even further.

"boom!"

A gunshot rang out, and blood spurted from Sachi's body as he lay on the ground, forcing Reina, who was in pursuit, to descend and protect the wounded Sachi.

"Well done!" The Blackbeard Pirates praised Reina when they saw him give up the chase.

"Captain! We got the stuff!" At that moment, Gamenho suddenly emerged from underground, carrying a small box, and said to Blackbeard Teach.

"Zehahaha... Is that so? That's great!" Teach took the small box from Gamenio's hand, opened it, and sure enough, it contained the Dark-Dark Fruit.

Shortly after Blackbeard Teach left, Marco was the first to arrive at the scene. Seeing Sachi lying next to Reina, he asked in surprise, "What happened?"

"It's Teach and his group. The traitor is Hansen. I'm going after them now. Sachi is yours!" Upon seeing Marco, Reina took a step and rushed directly towards Teach and the others.

Seeing Reina leave, Marco was confused, but he still immediately bandaged Sachi's wounds.

On the other side, Teach, having obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit, couldn't wait to take a bite.

"Hmm...this taste...it's just like the legends!" Teach frowned and reluctantly swallowed the flesh of the Dark-Dark Fruit. Then he clenched his fist, and a black aura appeared on his hand.

"Zehahaha... Dark-Dark Fruit... I finally got it! Zehahahaha..." Teach said with a maniacal laugh.

"Even if you get the Dark-Dark Fruit... Teach... you will die today!" Reina, who had caught up with them, saw that Teach had eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit, but he was not afraid. Instead, he said with hatred.

"Hehehe... First mate... do you want to test my abilities? I'm not the same as before!" Teach slowly stopped and turned to Reina.

As he moved, the crew members of the Blackbeard Pirates also gradually stopped, including Laffitte, who flew over from the air to join them.

"Die!" Seeing that Teach dared to stop and wait for him, Reina didn't say a word. He swung his longsword, and a sword aura carrying the chill of ice slashed towards Teach.

"Hehehe... Well then, let's give it a try! Dark Water!" As Teach finished speaking, his hands turned black, and some black energy appeared on his body.

"Hmph! Idiot!" Seeing this, Reina remained unmoved and continued charging towards Blackbeard.

"Ah~~~ Ah~~~ Ah~~~"

When Reina's slash came into contact with the black energy, it was completely absorbed, but Teach was rolling on the ground in pain, seemingly in great agony.

"Why...why?" After the pain subsided, Teach slowly got up, panting heavily as he looked at Reina approaching and asked, "So you really aren't an ability user?"

"The Dark-Dark Fruit, known as the most dangerous ability in the history of Devil Fruits, possesses the gravitational pull of darkness. It is also an extremely unique existence among Logia-type fruits. It cannot turn the user's body into an element, but it can absorb damage through darkness, only doubling the pain. It also has the property of nullifying the user's abilities!"

After Reina arrived in front of Teach, he did not make a move immediately, but instead described the characteristics of the Dark-Dark Fruit as if he knew them by heart.