Pirates: How Many Divisions Do the Five Elders Have? The New World

Blackbeard never considered the possibility that his teammates were throwing the match.

Logically speaking, the person who should most want to keep this group of sailors is Ma Qiao.

He is now a new media tycoon with close personal ties to high-ranking naval officials, and also a regional governor in Alabasta.

Logically and emotionally, Ma Qiao cannot get too involved with pirates, and at the very least, he cannot take action against the Navy.

So it wasn't that the teammates were throwing the game, but rather that the enemy was simply too cunning.

That naval rookie was able to find the right escape route in such dense smoke, and his skills far exceeded his rank!

Teach could only sigh: he had endured so much for so many years, and all that endurance had been for nothing!

"Brother Ma Qiao, please come and save me!"

"I knew it was your idea all along! I deliberately didn't call your name when the navy was around!"

At this moment, Jack, who was left behind at the scene, pulled on the net and shouted loudly.

I have to say, Jack is really tight-lipped.

Even in such a critical moment, they still remembered to protect the person involved.

Compared to his toughness when facing Blackbeard, a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, Jack was much more frank when facing Ma Qiao.

After all, who would want to be locked up in a hellish place like Impel Down...?

His survival instinct led him to ask his older brother for help.

Seeing Jack's Exhaust appearance, and especially noticing the valuable ivory tusks on the back of his head, Ma Qiao felt a surge of desire.

A billion-dollar bounty, nine hundred million worth of ivory—I wonder if Jack's teeth are really worth that much.

However, poaching wild animals is wrong; without buying and selling, there would be no killing.

Ma Qiao himself firmly opposes dental products.

Graves and his team went through a lot of trouble to get Jack out of the water.

He's over eight meters tall, which immediately dwarfs Teach's over three meters tall.

Fortunately, this ship belongs to the Whitebeard Pirates, and its design standards are at least high enough that Whitebeard himself could board it.

The Whitebeard was over six meters tall.

By this standard, Jack could probably squeeze into the cabin by simply shrinking his neck.

"We really owe you a lot this time, Brother Ma Qiao!"

Jack boarded the ship and thanked Ma Qiao repeatedly.

He had been in the water for almost half a month, but since he was of Fish-Man blood, he was still in relatively good condition.

I was just incredibly hungry.

As soon as he boarded the ship, he devoured all the desserts on the deck like a vacuum cleaner sweeping away fallen leaves.

"Wait, there's Teach's ear in there..." Ma Qiao tried to stop him, but it was too late.

"What's wrong?"

Jack scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.

In his memory, Brother Ma Qiao was not a stingy person; a few hundred Ma Qiao ears were nothing to him.

"Never mind, it's alright now." Ma Qiao felt nauseous.

Some people, however, were not happy about it.

"Damn it, they ate all my desserts!"

Teach was furious.

Even during the time he played the good guy, Teach would fly into a rage if someone stole his cherry pie.

Moreover, he has now torn off half of his disguise, and the honey pig's ears and sausage cream pudding are far more delicious than the cherry pie.

The two were about to fight again, and the older Ma Qiao, was about to add fuel to the fire, but Teach chickened out first.

There's nothing I can do; he looks really pathetic right now.

Having lost his left leg and left ear, and also taken a hit by a large sword, he certainly wouldn't gain any advantage in a fight against Jack.

Brother Teach is definitely more rational than reckless brutes like King Luffy.

He suppressed his anger and went into the cabin to rest.

During the rest of the trip, the relationship between Teach and Jack improved slightly.

In particular, when Jack learned that Teach's left leg had been broken by Akainu, he felt a sense of kinship with him.

More importantly, Jack was even happier when the News Coo brought him the latest newspaper and the bounty poster.

Because Teach's bounty is only 560 million Beli, far less than his 1 billion bounty.

Of course, as the amount involved in the first arrest warrant, 560 million Beli is already quite staggering.

Moreover, this number seems to be deliberately designed to humiliate a certain person with the surname Ai; Beli's exactly 10 million more than 550 million.

Teach saw his bounty, he was naturally devastated.

It's not because there's too little, but because there's too much.

He had endured for thirty years, striving to become an insignificant figure in the eyes of the Navy, only to have everything destroyed in just half a month!

"This is all the fault of the cunning and treacherous Revolutionary Army and the morally ambiguous Akainu traitors!"

"Once I find the Dark-Dark Fruit, I'll kill them all!"

"In comparison, the Ma Qiao brothers, these true media warriors, are the ones we can really rely on!"

Hiding in the dark cabin, Teach gritted his teeth and made a difficult decision.

His physical injuries, the exposure of his true strength, and the World Government's attention all meant that Teach could no longer sit idly by; he had to take a gamble.

"Oh? Brother Teach, you mean you want me to help you find out about a Devil Fruit that's crucial to you?"

Inside the restaurant, Ma Qiao elegantly ate the fried eggs, still carrying Vivi's scent, which had been delivered via Teleport, while listening to Teach brother Teach's request.

"It's not exactly a crucial Devil Fruit..."

Teach tried to conceal his inner desire, "I just prefer black things, Brother Ma Qiao. If you get any information about the Dark-Dark Fruit, please let me know. Thanks!"

"Don't worry, I'm very reliable!"

Ma Qiao nodded, flashing a bright smile that revealed eight teeth.

With supplies Teleport along the way, the Goubuli never lacked food.

However, to avoid arousing suspicion from his two brothers, Ma Qiao would occasionally stop at some islands.

Ma Qiao was already starting to regret not bringing Nami or Vivi along. A group of grown men going out to sea together for a long voyage was incredibly boring.

Finally, when Ma Qiao was carrying food, he asked Jax to bring three helmet-style game Den Den Den Mushi.

"Our side is Akatsuki. We already have a choice for Uchiha Itachi, I'll choose Orochimaru, the rest are up to you!"

And so, by playing games, Ma Qiao and his companions were finally able to pass the time during the long and boring voyage.

And it wasn't just a matter of not being bored anymore; Teach and Jack were even somewhat addicted to the game "Infinite Tsukuyomi".

They chose the characters Kakuzu and Kisame Hoshigaki respectively.

Unlike the mainstream training methods in the One Piece world, the concept of ninjas and ninjutsu offered a refreshing experience for these two veteran powerhouses.

"This is so interesting, it feels like a second life."

"Haha, yeah! There are so many things I wouldn't dare do in real life, but I can do them without any restraint!"

That's why they say video games are the best lubricant between men.

The relationship between Jack and Teach, catalyzed by the game, quickly warmed up, and they became familiar with each other.

Of course, as their guide in the game and the provider of various equipment, strategies, and information, Orochimaru Joe undoubtedly became their leader.

There's really nothing to do on the high seas.

Aside from eating and sleeping, the three of them spent almost all their time playing games.

Even when they were eating together, they still talked mostly about games.

Jack was the worst off of the three; he was even solo killed by Sakura Haruno, whom he encountered by chance, in a dungeon.

When Ma Qiao and Teach arrived, Sakura Haruno clapped her Riot Games and swaggered away.

The Kisame Hoshigaki that Jack used had been smashed into a pile of fish paste.

Therefore, Jack was ridiculed for a long time.

"Teach, you're cheating too much! You stay up all night and grind 24 hours a day. Who can match your level?"

During dinner, Jack couldn't help but complain, "You're a monster!"

"Hahaha!"

Because he couldn't sleep, Teach was disliked and ostracized by his peers from a young age. However, after being exposed to online games, he discovered that it was like a god-like talent in leveling up in a game.

Thanks to this talent, he has become the number one contributor of points in the Akatsuki organization.

That guy named Uchiha Itachi, although he joined the army much earlier, has long been surpassed.

For the first time, Teach was not distressed by her inability to sleep and was not ostracized by her friends.

On the contrary, the inability to sleep brought him joy and honor.

Even Ma Qiao had to give him a thumbs up. "Teach, you're a fucking genius at grinding games!"

Ma Qiao silently added in his mind, "If all my players were like you, grinding hard but refusing to spend money, I'd really be so broke I'd have to take the bus..."

"Hahaha!"

"If I don't work hard, when will our Akatsuki be able to defeat those terrifying Konoha genin?!"

"You don't need to thank me. After all, with great power comes great responsibility!"

The game added a lot of fun to the journey.

When passing through the Sabaody Archipelago, Ma Qiao suggested visiting the Sabaody Archipelago, but surprisingly, no one responded.

Jack is a saddle-banded grouper Fish-Man. In his memory, Sabaody Paradise is a place that is far away and the closest place to those disgusting Celestial Dragons.

Arlong and his friends dreamed of landing at Sabaody Paradise, but Jack just wanted to stay far away from that awful place.

Blackbeard instinctively said, "I don't like that place. If I could, I'd destroy it all..."

"Hey, hey, I've been playing too many games lately, I'm getting a little too into it. Don't take it to heart, Brother Ma Qiao, I was just talking nonsense..."

Ma Qiao knew that Teach wasn't just making things up.

He was, after all, a D. Clan, the natural enemy of the so-called descendants of gods.

Perhaps having him destroy the World Government and the Dragonkin system was one of the original possible scenarios for this world.

However, if King Luffy is chaotic good, then Blackbeard is chaotic evil.

In Ma Qiao's mind, chaotic evil was probably worse than the lawful evil of the Celestial Dragons, at least for ordinary people.

Since neither of his two brothers had any intention of visiting the Sabaody Archipelago, Ma Qiao didn't plan to linger there any longer.

Ma Qiao really wanted to visit Ryugu Palace, not for Princess Shirahoshi or the Mermaid Islands, but mainly to see the magnificent scenery more than 10,000 meters underwater.

However, coating the ship before it passes under the seabed makes such a route very complicated.

Only wanted pirates would choose to travel this way.

To this day, Ma Qiao remains a model citizen with a good relationship with the Navy.

The incident that Teach feared—that Garen reported to Marine Headquarters— did not happen at all.

Therefore, there was no need for Ma Qiao to go the long way around and make a special detour to Fish-Man Island.

As for the question of whether Jack and Blackbeard would be exposed if they went through official channels, there's even less to worry about.

As a transportation hub connecting the two halves of the Grand Line, countless legal merchant ships pass through the Sabaody Archipelago every day.

If the navy had to board and inspect every ship, they would be overwhelmed with work.

Therefore, the so-called verification was actually quite perfunctory.

After showing the stationed navy personnel the necessary documents, Ma Qiao hid two wanted criminals with a total bounty of 1.56 billion in the ship's cabin and was allowed to pass.

It's worth mentioning that at the border crossing in Sabaody, Ma Qiao also spotted a familiar figure.

Kaiser Caitlyn, the Piltover Caitlyn, is here as an intern at the naval academy, learning and gaining practical experience.

In fact, the Sabaody Archipelago is very close to the Marine Headquarters; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a neighbor.

However, right where the banner of justice flies high, just inches from the emperor's feet, lies a chaotic and turbulent lawless land.

The Sabaody Archipelago is composed of the aerial roots of giant banyan trees.

There are a total of eighty islands, of which only ten have naval bases, while the other seventy are the domain of pirates, merchants, nobles, and even Human Traffickers.

The navy and outlaws share the archipelago, yet they maintain clear boundaries and coexist harmoniously.

Countless pirates come and go here, Human Traffickers openly conduct transactions, completely ignoring the banner of justice that flies high in the air.

Marineford have never seemed to find anything wrong with this.

However, every year a large number of new recruits and interns are assigned here.

To become a qualified naval officer, one must accept the fact that the world itself is dark.

This is a lesson that our navy must learn.

Of course, the instructors wouldn't send a seemingly innocent girl like Caitlyn to a truly sinful place.

The Sabaody Pass is considered a relatively safe location.

Meanwhile, students like Darius and Sett, who seem to have stronger mental fortitude, will be assigned to other places where they might have close contact with the Celestial Dragons.

This is also a form of screening.

If they cannot endure such darkness, they will face significant difficulties in their future promotions.

After all, the World Government would not allow the existence of a top-tier naval force that harbors extreme hostility towards the Celestial Dragons, or even dares to lay a hand on them.

One variable like Garp is enough...

Following the ocean currents cascading down from the Red Line, the Goubuli finally arrived at the New World.

Before him stretched the boundless sea. Ma Qiao turned to look at the towering Yarukiman Mangrove reaching into the clouds:

"One day I will end all of this, not in the way of the D. Clan, but in my own way..."