Blackbeard: I Want a Quarter of the World

The enormous plaza fell silent for a moment. Then all kinds of uproar and shouting erupted at once.

"Did I hear that right? He said... Pirate King?"

"You've got to be kidding! The man who became Pirate King is a bastard like Blackbeard?"

"Don't underestimate him. His reputation may not be very good, but his strength is absolutely formidable!"

"In a sense, someone who keeps failing yet keeps causing trouble really is quite impressive!"

At such a critical moment, for a Pirate King to suddenly appear out of nowhere without a word was something no one could easily accept.

"Pirate King? There's no need to worry too much. Wasn't the previous Pirate King executed by our Marines?" Longinus said with a smile. His calm and composed bearing settled the agitated soldiers. "Come on, let's go meet this newly crowned Pirate King!"

As he passed by Kaki, he stopped, whispered something softly, and then continued toward the harbor.

On Red-Haired's side, Lucky Roux still couldn't accept it. "A scumbag like Blackbeard can become Pirate King? Could it be that he just wandered around the edge of that sea and came back claiming to be Pirate King?"

Red-Haired shook his head. "He's crazy, but he isn't stupid! He wouldn't tell a lie that could be exposed so easily!"

Yasopp let out a long sigh. "Who could have expected something like this?"

"Actually, it doesn't matter who gets the title of Pirate King!" Red-Haired said grimly. "What I'm really worried about is what he obtained at Laugh Tale."

Yasopp was startled. "You mean the giant warship that Marine just mentioned?"

Red-Haired sighed deeply. "I hope I'm just overthinking it!"

At Crescent Harbor, pirates, Marines, and even the Revolutionary Army stood there stupidly, gazing up at the incomparably sinister super-giant warship.

The crowd had