In front of everyone.
Demon Shadow effortlessly erased Whitebeard's existence for the time being.
Then, as if it possessed thoughts of its own, Demon Shadow revealed a pair of hollow, pumpkin-like features on its face.
That wide, toothy grin seemed to mock Blackbeard, who had charged in like a sharp blade.
Seeing Maud use an ability similar to the Dark-Dark Fruit's Black Hole to store Whitebeard's corpse, Blackbeard felt terrible.
This bastard had been practically screaming "I'm going to kill Doflamingo" with his murderous aura.
Yet now, he had suddenly taken Whitebeard's corpse away.
What was the meaning of this?
Blackbeard felt terrible.
The other members of the Blackbeard Pirates, on the other hand, also wore strange expressions.
Especially the powerful prisoners who had just joined them, along with Impel Down's former chief jailer Shiryu of the Rain, who had betrayed Magellan.
The looks on their faces were indescribably wonderful.
Maud had hidden Whitebeard's corpse. If they couldn't seize it within the time limit, that meant...
The plan Blackbeard had previously explained to them—a plan capable of breaking common sense and shocking the entire world—would be declared a failure.
Avalo Pizarro, the Moonfang Hunter Catarina Devon, the giant battleship San Juan Wolf, and the Big Barrel Joz—these vicious prisoners whose very existence had been erased by the World Government—each felt turbulent emotions in their hearts.
Only Shiryu of the Rain remained as calm as ever.
Having only recently eaten the Venom-Venom Fruit, he would follow Blackbeard to the end regardless of whether Blackbeard ultimately obtained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
"Hey, hey, you aren't planning to turn Pops' corpse into a zombie, are you?"
Blackbeard's face darkened slightly as he stared at Maud with widened eyes. In a righteous tone, he said, "That's my beloved Pops! No matter what, I should be