"These are just nonsense spouted by bored people. A Fifth Emperor who has not even entered the New World is a joke. His only contribution is distracting the Navy. Any one of the Four Emperors possesses strength capable of contending with Navy Headquarters. How could a single person dare claim such a title, Lord Kaido?" Lafitte said with a bow. He was the only member of the Blackbeard Pirates who had escaped after Chen Fan destroyed them not long ago. From what he had said, the person speaking just now was actually Kaido, one of the Four Emperors. Lafitte had luckily escaped death at Chen Fan's hands because he had gone to the World Government to apply for Blackbeard to become a new Seven Warlords of the Sea, and had now come to serve under Kaido.
However, Lafitte was not wrong. There were countless strong people in the New World, and those possessing Conqueror's Haki were as common as grass. How many had been eliminated from the New World? Crocodile and Gecko Moria were examples. Anyone who encountered one of the Four Emperors would be made to understand that becoming Pirate King was nothing more than a dream.
"But the ability to steal and bestow Devil Fruit powers is truly surprising. And does that Darkness Fruit really possess that power?" Kaido asked.
"Of course it is true. My former captain, Blackbeard, told us all about his Devil Fruit ability and had even devised a meticulous plan. I just never expected him to be defeated by Chen Fan before his ambitions could be realized. What a disappointment." Lafitte shook his head with a disappointed expression.
"Zeh zeh zeh...!" Kaido's laughter echoed across the entire seafloor. A colossal Sea King that had been about to open its jaws and devour the ship