One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

As the man spoke, he reached out and picked up four or five cleaned potatoes. With a pinch of his fingers, the potatoes burst open and spilled into the boiling oil.

Before they were fully dropped into the pot, the broken potato chunks underwent a strange transformation, puffing up and becoming crispy and crunchy. The carefully selected cooking oil bubbling in the pot made this crispy texture even more delicious.

The man was in a good mood as he watched the fried potatoes bubbling in the pot.

Just as he grabbed some cumin powder, intending to properly prepare the delicious fried potatoes that were about to come out of the pan, the kitchen door was suddenly pushed open. A burly pirate, panting heavily, shouted, "Lord Snack! Lord Snack! There's an emergency..."

Before the pirate could finish speaking, his neck tightened as the man he called Lord Snag grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off the ground.

"S...Lord Snag...I..." The pirate's eyes bulged out, bloodshot, and he felt as if his neck was about to be snapped. He wanted to speak, but he couldn't utter a word.

Snag lifted him above the bubbling oil, bringing his face close to the boiling water, and said in an icy voice, "Didn't I tell you not to bother me while I'm cooking something delicious? Do you see this? These fresh potato chips, which should have been perfectly crispy, were fried for more than nine seconds longer because of your interference. Even if you take them out now, they'll be hard and chewy from being fried for too long, losing the best texture of puffed snacks. This delicious treat was meant for my older brother and sister, but you've ruined it. Tell me, what am I supposed to do?"

As he spoke, he slowly pressed the pirate he was holding down into the boiling oil.

Because they were too close, the boiling oil from the fryer splashed onto the pirate's face, instantly scalding several large blisters. The pirate struggled and writhed in pain, letting out incoherent cries of agony.

After the pirate in his hand groaned a few more times, Snag casually tossed him aside, throwing him onto the kitchen floor with a thud, where he landed dazed and confused.

He slowly picked up the spoon, preparing to pour out all the boiling oil and potato slices from the pan and start frying his potato slices again, but asked coldly, "Speak, what happened?"

The pirate, whose face was severely scalded by boiling oil, wanted to cry out in pain, but upon hearing Snag's question, he shuddered and hurriedly stammered, "Lord Snag... it's an emergency! More than a dozen pirate ships have arrived at the port, carrying many unfamiliar pirates. They seem to be coming aggressively and with ill intentions."

"What did you say? You have ill intentions?"

Snag paused, his teeth clenched, and veins bulged on his forehead.

He gripped the large sword stuck in his back with his other hand, pulled it out with a whoosh, and strode away without even glancing at the pirate curled up on the ground.

"I want to see which reckless fools dare to run wild on my Charlotte family's territory. I'm going to capture them all, one by one, and then fry them into potato chips!"

At Potato Island Port, a dozen dilapidated pirate ships, under the tense gaze of hundreds of wary Beast Pirates, ignored their shouts to stop them and charged straight toward the port.

On the lead pirate ship, Bondiwald, with several blood-stained bandages on his head, stared grimly at the approaching Potato Island, which resembled a volcano about to erupt, radiating a violent aura.

A thin, short man, less than a meter tall, holding an IV drip in his hand, sat on his shoulder, coughing occasionally, looking at the island in front of him, and advising in a hoarse voice:

"Wald, there's no need for us to take risks here. This is Potato Island in the Totto Land Sea, now the territory of the Beasts Pirates. I've checked; the pirate guarding this island is named Charlotte Snag, one of the Four Sweet Commanders of the Beasts Pirates, and also one of the Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom Pirates. He has a bounty of 600 million Berries and is incredibly strong. Most importantly, going against him is going against Kaido of the Beasts. It's not time for us to clash with a Yonko yet."

"Four Emperors, Four Emperors, what bullshit Four Emperors! I don't care! Anyone who dares to stand in my way, whether it's the Navy, the World Government, or some Four Emperor, will die! Binjak! You're too cowardly. We failed because we were too cautious back then. This time, I'm going to slaughter everyone in sight and destroy this boring world!"

Wald's taut nerves seemed to be stimulated by the words "Four Emperors" spoken by his brother Binjak, and he reflexively gritted his teeth and spoke, his voice filled with resentment, unwillingness, and anger.

Bingjack noticed the anger on his brother's face and couldn't help but sigh.

Despite being imprisoned for thirty years, Wald remained as stubborn and self-willed as ever, refusing to listen to advice.

Just a few days ago, after hearing that Douglas Bullet, the devil's heir who had escaped from Impel Down with him, had established the Devil Pirates, been officially recognized by the pirates of the New World, become the third Emperor of the Sea in the New World, and incorporated a large area of ​​Whitebeard's territory, including Beehive Island, into the Devil Pirates' territory, Wald, with his newly formed Wald Pirates, confidently went to find Bullet, wanting to divide up Whitebeard's territory.

Then, his Ward Pirates were defeated without any doubt by the Devil Pirates.

The tens of thousands of pirates newly recruited in the New World lost 50% of their force in a single battle.

The remaining 40% surrendered and joined the Devil Pirates.

Even the twenty or so elites who came out with him from the Infinite Hell, seven of them died, a heavy loss indeed.

Wald himself almost had his head smashed by that madman Barrett.

This severely damaged Wald's self-esteem, who believed he possessed the world's strongest Devil Fruit ability, and twisted his personality, making him more irritable and easily angered than ever before.

Just like now, he completely ignores his own advice and insists on going his own way, venturing into the Tottoran Sea, which even the other four emperors of the New World dare not mess around with, in order to seize a few islands.

It's important to know that the Tottoland Sea has already been divided up by the three major powers in the New World.

They are the Beasts Pirates led by Kaido, the strongest creature; the NEO Marines led by Zephyr; and the G5 branch, overseen by Admiral Bluescale!

In today's new world, these three powers are undoubtedly behemoths.

Let alone the Ward Pirates, even the Devil Pirates formed by Barrett and Ryder would have to think twice about the consequences of offending these three major forces at the same time.

But Wald wouldn't listen to his advice and insisted on getting involved in this mess.

"Tiki, now is your time to show me what makes you qualified to join my pirate crew."

Wald looked at Snag, who appeared at the end of his line of sight, and turned his head to look at the man standing a body length behind him.

The man was tall and burly, with dark, rough skin. His wide grin revealed a mouthful of teeth missing a few front teeth.

What's truly unsettling is that this burly man, over three meters tall, has thick blush and lipstick on his face, dark eyeshadow on his eyelids, and his hair is tied into ponytails topped with pink bow wreaths.

The clothes she was wearing were also women's sailor attire.

Upon hearing Wald's order, Ticky turned and gave him a wink that nearly gave Wald a heart attack.

"Yes, Captain Wald~ I'll go and capture him for you right away. Oh, by the way, it seems this guy is a Devil Fruit user. Perfect, I can use him as a test subject to demonstrate my abilities. Soon, I'll make you realize what a brilliant decision it was to bring him into your pirate crew, mua~."

Just as Wald was about to throw a punch at him, Tikki, who had blew him a kiss, darted off the deck like a big black rat.

Even though the pirate ship beneath her was still hundreds of meters away from Potato Island, Teach jumped off the ship without hesitation.

Just as Wald was about to fall into the water, he saw Titchie facing the harbor ahead, stretching out her right hand far away.

Strands of pitch-black energy flew out from his palm, like ink lines, extending to the ground of Potato Island Port.

Then, Teach's body, as if being pulled along by the shortening black thread in her hand, suddenly darted in front of Snag, who had just rushed to the port.

Snag was startled when a dark shadow suddenly appeared in front of him.

When he saw what Tiki looked like, he was stunned for a moment.

"You are... Blackbeard Marshall D. Teach?"

"It's Teach! Ugh~."

While Tikki was in mid-air, her right hand, emitting black smoke, was already reaching for Snag's face.

Snag was furious at the sight. He didn't care why Blackbeard, who had been executed by the Navy, was still alive and had appeared on his territory. Dark Haki appeared on the long sword in his hand, and he slashed at Blackbeard, who was reaching out to grab him.

"I don't care if you're Teach or Teachie, if you dare to invade my Charlotte family's territory and ruin my culinary creations, you'll all die!"

"Unfortunately, you might be the one who dies, poor Snag."

"Dark water~!"

Chapter 708 Fruit Stealing

Wisps of black energy surged out from Teach's outstretched right palm, spinning and unleashing an invisible, immense suction force that extended to Snag's hands, which were gripping the greatsword.

Then, Teach pulled hard on the ground with her right hand.

"Snag, have you ever seen a black hole?"

As his words fell, Snag's longsword, wreathed in domineering energy, seemed to be suddenly pulled away by an invisible hand, deviating from its direction of slashing at Teach's face, and instead slammed heavily down onto the ground in front of him.

"boom!"

The ground shattered under the blows of his broadsword.

Amidst the flying debris, Teach's large, black-glowing hand changed direction and aimed at Snag's face.

As the black aura spread, the moment it touched Snag's face, his neck snapped with a crack, as if it had been nearly dislocated by a tremendous pulling force. He stumbled and crashed headfirst into Teach's hand, which was emitting a black vortex.

"Damn it! What kind of ability is this?" Snag was both shocked and furious.

But he was also a ruthless character. After struggling for a moment, he found that he could not break free from the other party's pull in a short time. He immediately covered his head and face with dark Armament Haki, and instead of retreating, he advanced and delivered a fierce headbutt to Teach's right hand.

However, in the face of his fierce fighting style, Tiki chuckled and opened her left hand at her waist. A black vortex also emerged from her palm, giving Snag's head a huge downward suction force, while the suction force in her right palm weakened.

In this way, Snag immediately changed his forward momentum to lean forward, lunging forward to stab at Titch's left hand.

To outsiders, Snag's actions at that moment resembled a dog begging for food from its master, lunging at Tichi's left hand.

Just as Snag's head was about to collide with Teach's left hand around her waist, the black aura emanating from his left hand vanished instantly, replaced by a burst of suction from his right hand.

Snag's body, which had suddenly lunged forward, was pulled up again, and the back of his head fell into Teach's right hand, where it was held by his five fingers. With a strange laugh, he slammed his head heavily against the ground.

"Hahaha~, it must be really uncomfortable, right? This feeling of being stuck in the middle."

Amidst his grating, eerie laughter, Snag's face was slammed into the harbor floor by Titch's right hand, striking the back of his slashing sword.

The pirates around, who hadn't yet reacted, suddenly heard a crisp cracking sound of bone breaking, followed by Snack's muffled groan.

"Enjoy it while you can. This is a new move that someone painstakingly devised after much thought and effort."

Tikki grabbed Snag's hair at the back of his head and pulled his head up, revealing a clear dent on Snag's face, spurting blood.

His nose was shattered by the back of the large knife embedded in the ground, and several of his front teeth were broken and sent flying.

Snag gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot and filled with rage. He roared in a mixture of shame and anger, released his right hand from the long sword, clenched it into a fist, and punched Teach in the face.

Although he no longer had a knife in his hand, his fist, wrapped in dark Armament Haki, was still full of powerful destructive force.

Not only that, the hundreds of pirates around them who had reacted also roared and opened fire on Teach's location.

Some rushed over with swords and knives, swinging them to slash at Titch's body.

Faced with Snack and hundreds of pirates attacking simultaneously, Teach remained calm and composed. With a stomp of her foot, black ripples spread rapidly outward from her body, instantly forming a huge, dark lake.

The pirates swore that this was the darkest darkness they had ever seen in their lives.

The lake surface beneath my feet, rippling with black waves, seemed capable of swallowing even the light falling from the sky. It was as black as the entrance to the deepest hell, ready to devour all living beings.

And this black lake is indeed devouring living beings.

The pirates watched as they and their companions were swallowed up by the darkness beneath their feet and vanished completely. This unknown fear instantly terrified them, causing them to scream in a state of mental breakdown.

Blackbeard's left hand emitted a black vortex, deflecting Snack's incoming fist by several centimeters, causing it to pass him by.

At the same time, his clenched right fist, wreathed in dark, domineering energy, slammed into Snag's left cheek.

With a muffled thud, Snag's body suddenly flipped to the side and crashed diagonally onto the black ground.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Snag spat out a few broken, bloody teeth, stood up from the knee-deep black mist, and looked warily at Teach, who was grinning strangely.

"My brother said that people should be polite and not swear casually~, hahaha, of course that's... a hidden pressure point!"

Tikki pressed her right hand down onto the black ground beneath her.

In an instant, the black energy beneath Snag's feet surged upwards like a fountain, engulfing his body.

"You bastard! Get out of my way!"

Snack roared, unleashing his Armament Haki to block some of the black energy that was swirling around him.