At the same time as the Straw Hat crew embarked on a road of no return, the standoff on the other side of Sabaody continued.
"If you refuse to talk, you'll make things very difficult for me." Blackbeard threatened him seemingly casually. "Rayleigh, you surely don't want someone like me constantly bothering you, do you?"
"Even the World Government doesn't know anything about God Valley, and you came to ask me?" Shakky looked at him as if he were mentally deficient.
"I didn't believe it at first either, but after seeing that face of yours, a face that looks as if it's been forgotten by time..." Blackbeard spread his arms and laughed. "I think it might not be impossible after all!"
The corner of Shakky's eye twitched wildly. She turned toward Kizaru, who was watching the show from the side. "The information about Rocks is strictly forbidden by the World Government, isn't it? As a Marine Admiral, aren't you going to do something?"
Before Kizaru could speak, Blackbeard burst into laughter. "Zehahaha! I just have a few screws loose and like to spout nonsense. Admiral Kizaru surely won't take the ravings of a madman seriously, will he?"
Kizaru helplessly shrugged at Shakky. Blackbeard had already mocked himself like that, so what else could he do?
Well, it definitely wasn't because he was afraid of trouble!
" You hid aboard Whitebeard's ship for so many years just for the Dark Fruit and information about Rocks? You really deceived everyone!" Shakky's expression grew solemn. An enemy who was powerful and shameless was indeed enough to make anyone wary!
"Not everyone. At the very least, Admiral Shirozou saw through my ambitions twenty years ago!" Blackbeard said with immense apprehension. "Among the people I care about, he's the one I most want to defeat.