From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

Why the hell don't you play by the rules?

After a moment's thought, Crocodile snorted in displeasure, "Hmph, I wasn't expecting you, a jerk, to come..." He could only say this in a tsundere way. What else could he do? Should he call Den Den Mushi again to beg Doflamingo for help?

Don’t I, Crocodile, have any respect for myself?

Love and hate each other...

Right

Chapter 343: Teach: Is it finally my turn?

After hanging up the Den Den Mushi, Doflamingo turned to Monet and asked, "Tell me in detail, where is the Dark-Dark Fruit?"

It has been three or two years since Diarmait specifically asked to find the Dark-Dark Fruit. Doflamingo has also been privately investigating what the Dark-Dark Fruit is and what abilities and effects it has.

He also discovered that the Dark-Dark Fruit was a natural-type Devil Fruit, but according to the information, this natural-type Devil Fruit could not transform into an element, which was a bit outrageous. He didn't know why it was classified as a natural-type Devil Fruit. In Doflamingo's opinion, this was more like a superhuman ability.

The effect of the Dark-Dark Fruit is similar to that of the natural system. It can release a large amount of dark elements. These dark elements can even lock the abilities of other ability users.

To put it simply, if a person with powerful abilities is caught by the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, his abilities will be instantly rendered ineffective.

There wasn't much else to it, but there was one strange thing: the Dark-Dark Fruit was called the 'most vicious devil fruit in history.' Yet, Doflamingo couldn't figure out why it was so vicious. …

Perhaps Diarmait knew this secret, otherwise why would he specifically ask to find the Dark-Dark Fruit?

However, Doflamingo did not intend to ask Diarmait about these secret intentions. After all, it would seem a bit tactless.

"Franks Island, one of the dark exchanges in the New World, a caravan accepted our bounty and said they found the Dark-Dark Fruit and are sending it to Franks. Diamandi is already waiting there. He asked me to tell you, the young master, the good news." Monet said with a smile.

"Franks?" Doflamingo murmured, then nodded. "Very good. I need to see the Dark-Dark Fruit as quickly as possible..."

However, he felt uneasy halfway through his words, so he continued to add: "Prepare the boat, we will go to Franks as well, so as to avoid any more trouble!" "Okay, young master." Monet responded with a smile, turned around and left to prepare the boat.

After all, Doflamingo was not in a hurry to pass the news to Diarmait. He planned to wait until he got the Dark-Dark Fruit himself before notifying Diarmait. This way, he would appear more sincere and more capable.

"A promise from the 'strongest admiral in history'? That's really exciting." Doflamingo said with an evil smile.

For Doflamingo, although he knew that the Dark-Dark Fruit must have some great secrets, he was already a power user, so he did not covet it much. In his opinion, no matter what secrets the Dark-Dark Fruit had, its value to him could not compare to the promise of Diarmait, the "strongest admiral in history", so he had no intention of keeping it for himself.

At the same time, in the Roland Sea of ​​the New World, on the Whitebeard Pirates' flagship, the white whale, Moby Dick.

Newgate's injury has healed, but everyone in the Whitebeard Pirates knows that their father's physical condition is not as good as before, and his strength has declined. Although he is still among the top masters, he is no longer as dominant and overwhelming as before.

What's more, Dad lost to that damn admiral before.

It may not have been a fair fight, but a loss is a loss.

Without the overwhelming strength they once had, the Whitebeard Pirates could no longer suppress the other major pirate groups in the New World, and thus the so-called Four Emperors pattern emerged.

The sphere of influence currently controlled by the Whitebeard Pirates is still the largest among all the Four Emperors, and the Roland Sea is their base area.

A veteran of the Second Division, Teach was currently busy on the deck of the Moby Dick.

There was a table in front of him, and Teach was holding a kitchen knife, gutting a sea fish and removing the offal.

Not far away, some other members were busy as if they were preparing for a banquet.

Just when Teach cleaned the sea fish and was about to cut it into sashimi to show everyone his knife skills, a figure who could be regarded as the representative of the Whitebeard Pirates' handsomeness walked behind him.

Rob Lucci.

"Teach, something's happening." Lucci glanced at Teach's back and said.

Tiqi didn't react to what Lucci was saying at first. While cutting the fish, he said, "What's wrong? No mustard? Or something?"

"I'm talking about the devil fruit you're looking for..." Lucci responded calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Tiqi suddenly exerted force with the knife in his hand, directly cutting a hole in the chopping board. It was obvious that this guy was excited.

If you saw Teach's expression from the front at this moment, you would find that he was completely different from the good guy he had shown on the boat before.

There was a ferocious glint in his eyes, and the smile on his lips was extremely evil. If you really wanted to know what this meant, it was undoubtedly... a manifestation of his ambition!

Putting down the work in his hands, Teach turned to Lucci and asked, "What's going on? Where's the Dark-Dark Fruit?"

"It is expected to appear on Franks Island. I was in the dark world, keeping an eye on the bounty of the Dark-Dark Fruit. Someone took it, and then I followed the clues to find it. To be honest, it's not a difficult thing. Maybe in the eyes of those people, this is just an ordinary devil fruit transaction?" Lucci said with a smile.

In fact, if it weren't for the ambitious Teach, this would just be a very ordinary devil fruit transaction. In the entire devil fruit dark market, similar bounties and transactions happen countless times every year. The only difference is that the price is a little higher this time.

The Don Quixote family has increased the bounty for the Dark-Dark Fruit to 7 billion berries.

But this huge reward is not an attractive figure for the powerful businessmen in the dark world.

They often make transactions that are ten times larger than this number, so it is not the case that they would resort to robbing others out of jealousy, especially since many people know that the bounty for the Dark-Dark Fruit was offered by the Don Quixote family.

If you try to steal the Dark-Dark Fruit, you will be offending the Donquixote Family, and the Donquixote Family has very good relations with various forces such as the Happy Street forces, the Amway Group, the Four Emperors, and Smoker.

In other words, if you don't have enough strength and you offend Doflamingo, and he wants to mess with you, you basically won't be able to survive in the New World.

"Franks Island?" Teach was stunned for a moment, then said, "Isn't it still more than a month's voyage from here?"

"If we travel quickly day and night, we may be able to get there in half a month. However, the Don Quixote family is involved there. This bounty was originally offered by the Don Quixote family, so if we can't make it, it will be very troublesome. Who knows what Doflamingo is going to do by offering a bounty for the Dark-Dark Fruit? What if one of his subordinates wants to eat it?" Lucci analyzed.

Tiqi nodded and said seriously, "Indeed, by the way, are there any of our people near Franks Island?"

Lucci was obviously prepared as well, and he quickly said, "Yes, the people from the Fourth Division are right over there."

"What are we waiting for? Let's set off now and contact Thatch to ask him to help me rob the caravan first. We must not let this thing fall into Doflamingo's hands!" Teach said quickly.

After saying that, Teach put down the knife in his hand, took off the bib stained with fish blood, threw it on the table, and shouted to Whitebeard in the distance: "Dad, you guys eat, Lucci and I have to go out for something!"

Newgate turned his head and looked over when he heard this, then said, "Well, be careful on the road."

Since the Battle of Jam Island, the relationship between Newgate and Teach has become closer.

There is no doubt that Teach's performance at that time was that of a very good son in Newgate's eyes.

During this period, it was mentioned again that Teach should be the captain of the second team.

But Teach still refused.

Newgate did not understand his mentality and thoughts, but since he had refused, Newgate did not force him to do anything.

At this moment, Newgate had no intention of asking what Teach was going to do or what he was doing. He just reminded him to "be careful on the road" and that was it. It can be seen that Newgate now trusts Teach very much.

"Don't worry, Dad!" Teach said with a simple smile.

Soon, after packing up, Teach boarded the small boat prepared by Lucci and left the Moby Dick.

On the other hand, while Teach was packing up, Lucci had already contacted the people from the Fourth Division and asked them to help rob a caravan.

This kind of thing is very common in the eyes of pirates. Lucci just said that there was intelligence that the caravan was loaded with a large amount of gold, and the Fourth Division agreed without hesitation.

After all, the Whitebeard Pirates are very poor...

In the cabin, Lucci suddenly said, "I heard that Thatch also wants to become a superpower user. What if he snatches the Dark-Dark Fruit and uses up the power? After all, according to the rules of the ship, whoever grabs it gets it. He has every right to do so."

Teach's face twitched slightly, and then he said, "Then he should at least know what kind of devil fruit it is. He won't eat it without knowing why, right? And the devil fruit encyclopedia on our ship has always been kept in my hands, so it is impossible for him to eat it before seeing me..."

"That Dark-Dark Fruit has a bounty on it. You don't even need to look at the illustrated guide to know what its power is," Lucci interrupted. Teach glared at Lucci fiercely and said, "Can't you just say something nice to me? Why do you have to make things difficult for me?"

"I just hope you don't deceive yourself. How about you just tell Thatch and say that you really want to get that devil fruit. Given your relationship with Thatch, there's no reason for him to steal it away." Lucci added.

However, just as Lucci finished speaking, Teach suddenly lost his composure and said, "I once spoke out of turn after drinking, so Thatch knows that I haven't become an ability user in all these years because I wanted to find a powerful devil fruit. If I tell him, he will immediately understand. The Dark-Dark Fruit is a very powerful ability. People have selfish motives. If he knows all this, (Wang Qianhao) might really eat it first. Then, he can find any excuse to fool me. I can't tell him this..."

Lucci looked at Tiki in surprise. "What kind of bullshit are you talking about? Are you losing your mind?"

It's totally illogical, right?

It's no wonder that Teach's IQ is pretty high most of the time, but when it comes to the Dark-Dark Fruit, he becomes extremely radical.

In the original story, he actually didn't have to kill Thatch to take the Dark-Dark Fruit. As long as he asked, the matter could be negotiated, and Thatch might not necessarily give him the Dark-Dark Fruit directly.

Even if he didn't choose to speak, Teach could have stolen the Dark-Dark Fruit secretly, or when attacking Thatch, he could have been less aggressive and just knocked him unconscious. There was no need to stab Thatch to death...

Although Lucci was a little surprised by Teach's sudden change of mind, he thought about it and felt that it was a relatively normal situation.

After all, Teach has been guarding the Dark-Dark Fruit for half his life. In this situation, it is normal for him to be a little possessed. He is like this, so why don't you allow him to be a little abnormal?

So Lu Qi was too lazy to give any more advice...

Meanwhile, Teach seemed to be lost in his longing for the future, imagining himself obtaining the Dark-Dark Fruit, then finding a way to kill Diarmait, take away his gravity ability, and dominate the world...

"Is it finally my turn? Hahahahahahaha..." Teach suddenly burst into laughter.

This made Lucci's eyes look even weirder. Could this guy be crazy? Neighbor.

Chapter 344: Sorry, Senior Teach, I’m actually a navy!

In the New World, near the waters of Franks Island, a fierce naval battle has just ended.

The fleet of the Whitebeard Pirates' Fourth Division has destroyed the escort ships of a merchant fleet consisting of more than ten ships and captured the remaining merchant ships.

Thatch, the captain of the Fourth Division, is dressed like a cook.

In fact, he is really the official chef of the Whitebeard Pirates, and it is said that his cooking skills are very good.

At the same time, he is also a swordsman with good strength. Perhaps it is because swordsmen and cooks both use knives, so they can more or less share what they have with each other?

Kicking open the cargo hold of the merchant ship, Thatch took a look inside and pierced a sack inside with the blade in his hand. Then, some cargo as fine as sand flowed out of the sack.

Sachi frowned, stepped forward, touched a handful of the 'Shashuo', put it to his nose and sniffed it, his expression somewhat surprised. He then licked it and confirmed, "It's a top-grade spice!"

As a chef, this is his profession!

Being a pirate doesn't mean you can only make a living by robbing gold, jewelry, and cash.

In most cases, pirates rob goods, and there is no doubt that this kind of high-quality spices are very expensive and are high-quality goods. Looking at the ship now, it seems that the entire cabin is filled with them.

If you just send it to the black market, even if the value is cut in half, you will still earn billions of Baileys.

This is just a boat!

"This caravan must be extremely rich. Haha, go and ask, have you found the entire ship of gold mentioned in the intelligence provided by the Second Division? Don't let it be sunk in the naval battle just now. Whoever sank it, must go down and salvage the ship for me!" Sachi cursed and directed his men to do their work.

Soon, a large amount of gold was discovered on another ship.

It seems that the information provided by Lucci is not completely misleading.

After opening a treasure chest, Thatch took out a handful of gold coins, examined them, and then said with a smile: "Superb quality, with a high gold content. Are these counterfeiters so attentive nowadays? Hahahaha..."

That's right, as a professional robber, Sachi can tell at a glance that these golden berries are all privately minted. Maybe some lucky guy discovered a gold mine on some mysterious island.

You can’t trade the mined gold directly with gold bars, right?

Therefore, most privately-run black gold mines generally have a counterfeit currency production line, which directly casts gold into gold berries and circulates them into the market.