Marine Headquarters, Marineford
Senga was sitting idly in her office, flipping through the documents on her desk.
There was a knock on the door, Kalifa came in carrying a newspaper.
She placed the newspaper in front of Senga and said,
"Boss, the Whitebeard Pirates in trouble!"
"Um?"
Senga picked up the newspaper and started reading. The first thing she noticed was the prominent words at the top of the newspaper.
Shocking news! Internal strife within the Whitebeard Pirates!
Upon seeing these words, Senga an eyebrow, and the image of Blackbeard immediately flashed into his mind.
Following the title, the content unfolded exactly as he expected; the protagonist was indeed Blackbeard.
The newspaper mainly reported that Marshall D. Teach, a former member of the Whitebeard Pirates' second division, killed all the members of the fourth division because of a Devil Fruit, and has since defected and formed his own pirate crew, calling himself Blackbeard.
Aside from all that, the newspaper also devoted a large section to praising the Devil Fruit Blackbeard acquired, even claiming that Blackbeard could now rival the Four Emperors after obtaining the fruit.
However, the newspapers didn't explain the power of that Devil Fruit.
Upon seeing this news, Senga smiled. In his opinion, this Devil Fruit must be the Dark-Dark Fruit; otherwise, Blackbeard wouldn't have defected from the Whitebeard Pirates for a Devil Fruit.
Although the timing was brought forward a little, the result remained the same: Blackbeard finally obtained the Devil Fruit he had longed for.
This time he's really ruthless. In the anime, he only killed Thatch by sneak attack, but now he's wiped out the entire Fourth Division. It seems that something subtle has happened.
Kalifa, seeing Senga smiling silently while reading the newspaper, couldn't help but ask,
"Boss, don't you think there's something strange about the newspaper?"
Senga looked up at Kalifa, slowly put down the newspaper, and asked,
"Oh? What's strange about it?"
"Isn't this newspaper's description of that Devil Fruit a bit excessive?"
Kalifa's question is not without merit. As we all know, no matter how powerful or valuable a Devil Fruit is, it becomes meaningless once it is eaten.
Even if the Ability User is killed, this Devil Fruit will only reappear somewhere in the world; finding it again would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
As far as Kalifa knows, only Senga has the ability to kill a Devil Fruit Ability User and obtain their Devil Fruit ability.
Therefore, she always felt that this newspaper was specifically designed to seduce Senga.
Senga also saw through the scheme, but he didn't care whether it was some kind of conspiracy against him, because all his fear stemmed from insufficient firepower.
With his current strength, aside from that unknown Imu, he really didn't think he could fail.
Furthermore, Senga wanted to thank the person who wrote this newspaper; if it weren't for him, how would Senga have known that Blackbeard had already obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit?
You have to understand, the Dark-Dark Fruit was already on Senga's list of Devil Fruit, how could he possibly let go of such a top-tier fruit?
Thinking of this, Senga said with a smile,
"Heh, whatever the purpose of the person who leaked this information, I want this Devil Fruit!"
After saying that, Senga stood up from her chair and said to Kalifa,
"Kalifa, you'll handle my official duties for now. I'm going to meet this Blackbeard."
Kalifa pushed up her glasses in exasperation, thinking to herself, "Even if you didn't say anything, boss, I still have to do these jobs!"
Kalifa mentally scoffed for a moment before immediately getting into character. She nodded and said,
"Boss, you go ahead, I'll handle these things."
Looking at his capable little secretary, Senga smiled, reached out and pulled Kalifa into his arms, gave her a gentle kiss, and then vanished in a flash.
In a small country in the West Blue,
On the dilapidated street, a group of soldiers were surrounding a tall, thin man wearing a black top hat.
Although surrounded by a group of people, the man showed no sign of panic. On the contrary, the soldiers were all sweating profusely and dared not step forward.
After a brief stalemate, one of the soldiers couldn't help but shout,
"Lafitte! Your abuse of violence has caused widespread discontent. The King has ordered you to be expelled from the country!"
The man surrounded by soldiers was Lafitte, one of the earliest members to join the Blackbeard Pirates, known as "Devil Detective".
Facing the agitated soldiers, Lafitte maintained a mocking smile. He adjusted his top hat and said,
"Did His Majesty become displeased with just a slightly heavy hand? This is truly a headache."
Lafitte's nonchalant attitude directly angered the soldiers present, and one of them shouted sternly,
"Was your attack a bit too heavy? You've destroyed an entire street! Do you know how many innocent people have died?!"
"I didn't want to either, but they were just too weak!"
Lafitte fiddled with his burgundy cane, ignoring the soldiers in front of him.
"You bastard! I'm going to take you back to jail and put you in there!"
Several soldiers could no longer contain themselves; they raised their weapons and charged toward Lafitte.
Then, Lafitte moved as well. A flash of cold light appeared in the arena, and Lafitte returned to his original position.
The soldiers who had been charging at him suddenly stopped, as if their advance had been paused. Only when Lafitte slowly sheathed his staff-sword did blood spurt from their bodies, and they collapsed to the ground.
This sight terrified the remaining soldiers, and for a moment no one dared to approach Lafitte, let alone attack him.
Looking at the group of soldiers who were too terrified to move, Lafitte's eyes flashed with disdain, and he spoke in a strange tone,
"It seems this country can't accept me. I guess I'll just have to leave."
As he spoke, Lafitte turned to leave, but the soldiers behind him dared not stop him; all they wanted now was for this scourge to disappear from the country as quickly as possible.
But someone didn't want Lafitte to leave just like that; a voice suddenly rang out.
"Hahaha! What an interesting person. Aren't you going to do something before you leave?"
Lafitte, who was about to leave, paused and turned to look at the end of the street. There, several figures had appeared, led by a somewhat slovenly and obese man.
This person is none other than Blackbeard Teach, who has been a defector from the Whitebeard Pirates for some time. He has now formed his own pirate crew and recruited members.
They are helmsman Gizzas Jesus Burgess, sniper Van Oka, and ship's doctor Doc Q.