One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Teach raised his hand somewhat angrily and grumbled at Van Auger.

As his hands unconsciously rose, the girl, whose chin he was gripping and who was silently weeping with tears streaming down her face, was lifted into the air like a light rag doll.

"Crack!"

With a sharp crack, the girl's fragile neck twisted, and the light in her eyes quickly dimmed.

"Huh? Dead...dead?"

Teach looked at the rather attractive young girl he was holding in his hand and became even more furious.

He shook his raised left hand, and the girl in his hand swayed from side to side with his movement, without struggling at all.

"Damn it! I was hoping to play a bit more, what a pity."

Teach regretfully tossed the dead girl to the ground and picked up a piece of meat, then put it in his mouth.

"Sure enough, the most effective way to cheer up after a setback is to vent your frustrations. I feel much better now, but I still really want to get off the ship. I feel like there's no future with you."

Kelly Vancourt tossed aside the tattered corpse of the villager he was holding, walked to the opposite side of Teach, grabbed a bottle of liquor from the table, and tilted his head back to chug it down.

"Zhuangzhuang, hiccup... My Zhuangzhuang, cough cough, how could you die like this? Is this also fate that we must part here?"

Poison Q lay on the table, sobbing uncontrollably, occasionally stuffing two pieces of meat into his mouth.

Only then did Lafitte have time to ask the question that had been weighing on his mind for so long.

"Teach, what happened here? Why are you suddenly in such a sorry state? Didn't you say your Dark-Dark Fruit ability was invincible? Did Whitebeard come to Paradise?"

Before Teach could even speak after Lafitte uttered his question, Kelly Vancourt, who was drinking heavily, couldn't take it anymore.

His eyes still held lingering fear, his hand holding the bottle trembled slightly, and he looked at Teach's wretched face, saying with lingering fear:

"A meteorite! The so-called strongest rookie, Ikko, whom Teach was trying to capture, has such ridiculously powerful abilities that he summoned a meteorite from the sky! A meteorite!"

He took a few more gulps of wine, looked at Lafitte, and choked out, "We haven't done anything yet! We just exchanged a couple of harsh words across the sea, and a meteorite fell from the sky and hit us on the head! Waaah, what happened to the billion-Berry bounty that was supposed to be within our grasp? Who exactly did you choose as your prey?"

"Meteorite?"

Lafitte looked at Teach with a puzzled expression.

"What's going on, Teach? Meteorites should be a type of ability, right? With your abilities, you should be able to control them. Your Dark Cave Space..."

"Don't even mention it. There was no time to open the hidden acupoints at the time. Besides, the meteorite that bastard summoned with a smile was too big. Before it even fell, the wind it generated blew the ship apart. If I hadn't done everything in my power to stuff them into the logs at the last minute, we probably would have been wiped out by the enemy in one fell swoop."

Teach recalled the scene from that day, and cold sweat involuntarily broke out on his forehead.

Even someone as oblivious as him is now filled with lingering fear.

This guy calls himself a newbie?

This is a bounty of 1 billion Berries!

This guy is just the vice-captain of the Straw Hat Pirates?

The Navy and the World Government, who would set a bounty on Issho, must be idiots!

If this level were in the New World, what chance would someone like Doflamingo have of becoming the fourth Pirate Emperor?

Isn't this definitely Yonko-level combat power?

Teach felt like he had almost been killed by the Navy's bounty.

Although he was prepared for the opponent to be quite strong when he went there.

But what's the point of preparing for such a powerful monster?

Teach estimated that if he really wanted to defeat his opponent, he would have to do so at least after successfully obtaining Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit power.

However, after feeling a sense of lingering fear, Teach began to worry again.

More than four days have passed since the Navy gave us the ten-day deadline.

If he doesn't provide enough proof of his loyalty before the deadline, his chance at becoming a Shichibukai will be gone.

If he cannot successfully obtain a spot among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, then his subsequent plans will not be able to proceed smoothly.

At this point, Teach hadn't even considered capturing Ace to start the Marineford War.

His idea was simple.

That is to take advantage of his status as a Marine ally, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, to launch a surprise attack on Impel Down, releasing a group of powerful villains from the Infinite Hell to strengthen his pirate crew.

Then, using his Dark-Dark Fruit ability, he will strengthen his pirate crew until it is as powerful as the Whitebeard Pirates, at which point he will try to steal Whitebeard's abilities.

Of course, he might wait a few more years because of Whitebeard's strength, until Whitebeard weakens, or even until Whitebeard dies of old age before trying to steal the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power.

Teach wasn't worried about this at all.

He has plenty of patience.

For the sake of a Dark-Dark Fruit, he endured hardship and pretended to be stupid for decades while serving the Whitebeard Pirates.

Teach doesn't care at all about waiting several or even ten years for the Tremor-Tremor Fruit power.

But now, if he can't even become the last of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he'll have to run naked on the open sea to build up his pirate crew.

In that case, the difficulties would be many times greater than planned.

When Teach confided his troubles to Lafitte and the others, they all fell silent.

After a moment, Lafitte stood up and said, "There are two options now. One is to contact the Navy and ask them for more time. The other is to continue searching for the next target in the Paradise Sea."

Do you think the Navy will give us time?

"Teach asked."

Lafitte pondered for a moment, the image of the silver-haired lieutenant general's cold gaze flashing through his mind, and gently shook his head.

"I'm afraid not. They've already chosen the Golden Emperor Tesoro to fill one of the two vacant Shichibukai spots. They might have other candidates, and we might not have any."

After hearing this, Teach stood up, waved his hand, and walked out of the tavern first.

"Then there's no other way but to go all the way. Let's find the next target and see if we can capture the other Supernova pirates within the remaining time limit!"

Chapter 616 Ace? You're the one!

Two more days have passed in the blink of an eye.

On Tassan Island, Teach stood on the shore with a dark expression, looking at the undulating sea in the distance, his mood extremely bad.

To his surprise, there wasn't even a single wooden boat to be found on the island.

They had ideas and strength, but were trapped on this small island because they had no ships.

The idea of ​​leaving this place to search for other supernovae in the Paradise Ocean is now impossible.

Lafitte went out yesterday to look for boats.

But the sea is vast, and the nearest city, Queen's City of Spring, is hundreds of miles away.

It's impossible to get a boat across from the amusement park in this awful weather in a short time.

Even if they could manage it, the ten-day deadline was almost over, leaving them no time to search for prey elsewhere.

Unless, in these last few moments, a suitable person comes knocking on our door.

Just as Teach was thinking this, he saw a bright light appear on the dark sea in the distance.

The light grew closer, soon revealing a speedboat spewing flames and a young man standing on it, coldly observing their direction.

The moment they saw each other, the two people, one standing on the sea and the other on the shore, smiled almost simultaneously.

"Teach! I've finally found you, you bastard!"

Teach grinned broadly and opened his arms.

"Hehehehe, Captain Ace! Long time no see! It seems fate is indeed on my side, sending you to my doorstep at the last moment."

"I've made up my mind! Ace! You're the one!"

Ace sensed the hidden meaning in his words and frowned slightly. "You were waiting for me?"

Despite his doubts, Ace was extremely confident in his own strength, and his heart was filled with anger. No matter what schemes Teach might have, he would not retreat at this moment.

Ace stepped onto the speedboat, and his entire body transformed into a streak of fire, soaring into the air and drawing an arc on the sea before landing steadily in front of Blackbeard and his crew.

He glanced at Van Augur, Doc Q, and Kelly Van Cleef standing behind Teach, then fixed his gaze on Teach.

"It seems you have a lot of confidence in yourself, Teach."

"Zehahaha, Captain Ace, what are you saying? My strength is far inferior to yours. After all, you are someone even the old man values ​​highly and wants to groom you as the successor of the Whitebeard Pirates."

Teach grinned, revealing a smile that Ace absolutely hated.

Ace's gaze turned cold, and flames began to erupt from his bare upper body.

“Dad has always treated us all the same, Teach. Only a hypocrite like you would think that.”

Upon hearing this, Teach laughed even more heartily.

He took two steps closer, looked at Ace with a casual smile, and said, "Really? Ace, you really think so?"

Before Ace could answer, he continued, "Dad treats everyone the same, but that's only in terms of morality. Emotionally, it's not like that. Ace, how long have you been on the Moby Dick? Only two or three years. We've been on the Moby Dick for decades."

He pointed at Ace.

"Can't you feel it? We old guys on the Moby Dick don't hold as much weight in Old Man's heart as you, a newcomer who's only been here for two or three years."

"Ace, you, Marco, Vista, Jozu, and the others are the ones Daddy truly cherishes."

Ace was silent for a few seconds, then shook his head firmly.

“Teach, I don’t agree with you. What kind of person Dad is is none of your business as a traitor.”

Flames rose from his hands, engulfing his fist in raging flames, and the surrounding air began to heat up rapidly.

"I don't want to waste any more time talking to you here. If you have anything to say in your defense, go and talk to your father about it later."

"Zehahaha, it's fine if you don't agree! Captain Ace, I just want to ask you, because of your appearance, Old Man even shifted the candidate for the future successor of the Whitebeard Pirates from Marco to you. Why do you think that is?"

Tissot stared at the furious Ace with a strange smile, and said even louder, "Let me tell you! It's because... you're the biological son of the Pirate King Roger! Roger was my father's best friend, and he wanted to raise his best friend's son to be the next Pirate King, leading the Whitebeard Pirates to the bright future he envisioned!"

"Nonsense! I want to help my father become the Pirate King! In this era, only my father can become the Pirate King!"

Ace was furious and could no longer tolerate Teach's incessant chatter. He clenched his right fist and was about to unleash a powerful attack.