Fairy Tail: Vector Manipulation Chapter 725

Marco looked at the smiling Chen Fan and took a deep breath to calm himself down. From Chen Fan's words, he could tell what had happened earlier. Ace had tried to snatch the Devil Fruit Chen Fan had obtained with great difficulty, only to lose his own Devil Fruit in the process. Chen Fan had already been merciful by not killing Ace.

Marco shook his head at Chen Fan. "No, I'm only here to bring Ace back. To prevent others from plotting against him, since Ace lost the bet himself, the Devil Fruit naturally belongs to you. But this grudge has been set. We'll be waiting for you in the New World." With that, his body transformed into a Phoenix, and he left with Ace.

It wasn't that he hadn't wanted to seize the Devil Fruit from Chen Fan earlier. But when he saw that faint flash of greed in Chen Fan's eyes, he immediately forced himself to calm down. Whitebeard was no fool. The fact that Blackbeard had managed to leave a wound on Red-Haired's face was nothing extraordinary. Since Chen Fan had been able to take down Blackbeard, his strength had to be formidable. No matter how a clash between Ace and Chen Fan ended, Ace would definitely be injured. If the Navy caught him, that would be troublesome. That was why they had sent Marco the Phoenix to retrieve him.

Unfortunately, he had arrived too late. Chen Fan had already extracted the Devil Fruit. For Ace's safety, he decided it would be best to take Ace back to the Whitebeard Pirates first.

The news that Chen Fan had defeated Fire Fist Ace and extracted Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit spread across the entire world in an instant. The world was shocked once more—and alongside that shock came greed.

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