Fairy Tail: Vector Manipulation

Marco landed beside Ace and checked his breathing. Ace's breathing was steady, and his life was not in danger. However, the Devil Fruit in Chen Fan's hand was clearly the Flame-Flame Fruit Ace had possessed.

Chen Fan glanced at Marco with a faint smile. "What? Do you want the Devil Fruit in my hand too? I already have two Logia Devil Fruits. One is the Darkness Fruit Blackbeard contributed, and the other is this Flame-Flame Fruit. I'm actually quite interested in your Mythical Zoan Fruit as well. How about making a bet with me like Ace did? If you defeat me, you can take these two Logia Devil Fruits. If I defeat you, I'll take your Devil Fruit. How about it?"

Marco looked at the smiling Chen Fan and took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. From Chen Fan's words, he could tell what had happened. Ace had tried to seize a Devil Fruit someone else had painstakingly obtained, only to lose his own Devil Fruit instead. Chen Fan had already been merciful by not killing Ace.

Marco shook his head at Chen Fan. "No. I'm only responsible for taking Ace back and preventing others from harboring ill intentions toward him. Since Ace lost the bet himself, the Devil Fruit naturally belongs to you. But this grudge has been set. We'll be awaiting your arrival in the New World." With that, his body transformed into a Phoenix, and he carried Ace away.

It was not that he had not wanted to snatch the Devil Fruits from Chen Fan, but when he saw that faint flash of greed in Chen Fan's eyes, he immediately forced himself to calm down. Whitebeard was not a fool. The fact that Blackbeard had managed to leave a wound on Red-Haired's face was nothing