Teach's Invitation

Teach knew his presence had been exposed; in fact, he had been discovered long ago, but he hadn't made a move, instead watching their battle unfold.

Upon hearing Rediat's words, Teach lightly leaped down from the tree, landing steadily on the ground. His eyes were fixed on Rediat as he slowly walked towards him.

"It's Captain Teach! The captain has actually come!" The appearance of Teach greatly excited the crew of the Night Pirates. The fact that their powerful officers had been defeated one by one had left them feeling somewhat disheartened and had damaged their confidence.

You should know that they were invincible all the way here, and neither the Navy nor other pirates were their match.

Teach's appearance undoubtedly gave them some encouragement.

"You haven't shown up at all, aren't you afraid I'll kill them?" Rediat squinted and chuckled as he looked at Teach approaching.

"Hehe, you don't intend to kill me, do you?" Teach looked at Rediat and replied with a smile.

"However, fighting you would be too difficult for them. Almost everything is under their control." Teach's words surprised Wallace and the others. Indeed, when facing Rediat, everything was under their control, as if there were no secrets.

"Your Observation Haki is so powerful. If it's innate, you're only the second person I know with that ability." Looking at Rediat, Teach was somewhat surprised and impressed. He watched Rediat's figure gradually overlap with another person's figure, completely overlapping. They looked alike, very much so.

"The second one, who do you think it is?" Rediat's eyes widened, somewhat agitated, his emotions almost out of control. Teach knew his ability surprised him; the key word "innate" indicated that Teach knew what this ability was.

But he was immediately drawn to Teach's last sentence. He had a feeling that the person Teach knew was very likely the one he was looking for.

Teach shook his head, smiled, and didn't answer him. "I never imagined there would be someone like you on the vast ocean. How boundless the sea is."

Rediat calmed down, looked at Teach, and smiled slightly. "I've wanted to see you for a long time too."

"Oh! See? Even though it's only a small part, it's enough for you to understand me. How does it feel?" Teach couldn't help but smile.

"Hmm? You're the first person I can't see through." Rediat said, casually sheathing his knife, but his eyes remained fixed on Teach, a purple light flashing in them, as if he were looking at something. But there was a fog surrounding Teach, and he couldn't see through him no matter what.

"Haha! This is truly a joyful thing." Hearing Rediat's words, Teach patted his chest, breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled.

The two spoke as if they were old friends chatting, without the tense and confrontational atmosphere that had been expected.

This surprised everyone else, but those present were mostly intelligent people. During Teach and Rediat's conversation, an important piece of information was revealed: this mysterious man seemed to possess a magical ability, an innate ability, to see through them, and it seemed he had no secrets.

"You should already know me, but I'll still introduce myself. I'm Marshall D. Teach, captain of the Night Pirates." Teach said with a smile, looking at the man in front of him.

"Katroger von Rediat," Rediat said with a smile, stating his name.

"Rediat, join our Night Pirates! You'll be on par with me, no less than me." Teach extended his hand, smiling as he invited Rediat.

"That's a great idea. I didn't expect you to value me so much. Although I'm thinking of leaving my hometown, our goals are different." Rediat shook his head.

What is your goal?

"I've found a man, and I have some questions for him." As he spoke, Rediat gritted his teeth.

"Then I should know who he is. I'll take you to see him." Teach smiled. "He's currently in Impel Down, the lowest level of this Impel Down. Believe me, if we want to get him out, we have the guts and the ability."

"Impel Down!" Rediat's eyes flashed, somewhat incredulous that the person he was looking for was there. He was also surprised that the Night Pirates dared to venture into that Impel Down known as the "Bronze Walls and Iron Ramparts."

That World's Number One Prison, which has never been breached to this day.

"However, you must be from the Tiresfa Kingdom, right? You may not know it, but your family should. Why wouldn't they tell you? With your abilities, you should be able to get information about him, shouldn't you?" Teach was somewhat curious. The more he looked at Rediat, the more he felt that Rediat resembled that person.

"They don't want to tell me, but I won't use my abilities on my own family." Rediat shook his head, his words filled with determination; he knew he could never use his abilities on those close to him.

"Haha, I like people with principles. Pirates without principles and morality are nothing but butchers," Teach laughed heartily, his eyes shining.

"In that case, you should be able to board my ship, right?" Teach said with a smile, looking at Rediat.

"I'm sorry, I've been having some minor troubles lately. Even if I wanted to join you, it would take a long time, and if it's not resolved, it will never be possible." Compared to finding that man, the future of the kingdom is more important.

Rediat's words revealed his desire to join them, and Teach's personal invitation to join the Night Pirates, offering him a position equal to Teach's, demonstrated Teach's considerable sincerity.

Because he had seen enough, he was clear about Teach's enormous ambition and also saw the potential of the Night Pirates. Although he easily defeated the Night Pirates' officers who fought against him, they had not yet grown up. Once they grew up, their strength would become very powerful.

In the future, the Night Pirates will surely grow into a powerful pirate crew that is renowned throughout the world.

"Is it about the war between the Tiresfa Kingdom and the Kraken Kingdom? Perfect, my target is also the Kraken Kingdom. I'm going to get something. Since we've run into each other, let's destroy this country." Teach said in a deep voice, clenching his fists tightly, his eyes seemingly burning with fire. When he said "something," his tone was particularly heavy.

"The Dark-Dark Fruit? If it is, it is indeed in the treasure vault of the Kraken Kingdom." Rediat heard Teach's thoughts, looked at Teach, and his expression became serious. "The power of a kingdom is not so simple, especially a powerful country like the Kraken Kingdom. The power hidden within is extremely terrifying, not just a figure of speech."

"Don't let your life be wasted."

He was somewhat skeptical of Teach. How could a mere pirate crew possibly deal with the power of a kingdom? Destroying a country? It was too easy to say. In the world, what pirate crew had ever destroyed a country?

These are all small countries, small to medium-sized countries. In the end, most of them are just a city, with a population of at most a million.

"Haha, I won't die until we enter the New World," Teach laughed. "Besides, how could a single pirate crew like ours possibly destroy a country? I'm only responsible for dealing with the Kraken Kingdom's capital. You should be preparing for war now. Everything else is naturally up to your Tiresfa Kingdom."

"Okay." Rediat looked at Teach and nodded. Teach didn't seem like that kind of fool, nor did the memories he had received suggest otherwise.

"However, let's have a fight." With his eyes fixed on Teach, Rediat's fighting spirit erupted.

The powerful fighting spirit exerted immense pressure, which was clearly felt by the Night Pirates' officers around them; this was Rediat displaying his power.

"Let me see your strength, whether you have the ability to deal with the Kraken Kingdom."

Seemingly due to Rediat's influence, the wind in the surrounding air became much stronger, blowing Rediat's long purple hair and Teach's slightly wavy long black hair.

"Furthermore, if someone is weaker than me, joining your pirate crew will have to be abandoned. Without the strength to deal with the Kraken Kingdom, everything is meaningless."

Rediat became completely serious, staring at Teach and clenching his fists tightly. "Just so you know, I'm an ability user."

Suddenly, Rediat's left eye transformed into a dark purple vertical pupil, and black scales faintly appeared on his body surface, but quickly disappeared back into his skin.

There seems to be an astonishing power within Rediat's body.

In that brief moment, everyone felt as if they were being stared at by a ferocious beast, as if they were inherently suppressed by its aura.

"Of course." Teach said confidently to Rediat, then turned to his companions, "You all should leave first, run far away, and don't get caught in the crossfire. I'm going to go all out next."

In the center of the island, Teach and Rediat stared at each other. Teach was bursting with intense fighting spirit, somewhat excited. Finally, there was a strong opponent of the same level as him, someone he could fight.

Even though the previous battle with Bullet was very enjoyable, the difference in strength was too great, and he was completely overwhelmed. Relying on his strong physique and vitality, he could only endure being beaten for a longer period of time.

These days, he has been training diligently, day and night, and his combat strength has been constantly improving. He only has a rough guess about his own strength and is not entirely clear about where he is or how far he is from becoming Admiral.

After all, "Admiral- level" is just a general term for combat strength. In a real battle, even those Admiral- level powerhouses wouldn't be able to defeat him in a short time, unless they were monsters like Garp or Sengoku.

The area was deserted; all the cadres had gone far away, and Gari, who had been unconscious, had also woken up.

Standing on higher ground, I watched the battle that was about to begin.

"Teach is finally going all out!" Wallace was usually calm, was somewhat excited.

"Hmm? Did you go all out before?" Xiouyapufu asked, looking at Wallace with some doubt.

"It's normal that you don't know. The last time we went all out was on the Grand Line. There were only a few of us on our ship at the time. On an unnamed island, we encountered a former member of the Roger Pirates, 'The Heir of the Devil' Douglas Bullet." Wallace's expression turned somewhat somber as he thought of that terrifying monster.

"What? A member of the Roger Pirates, that legendary monster." Upon hearing this name, Xiouyapufu's expression changed. This was a monster capable of destroying a nation.

"Then a great battle took place, a battle that lasted two days and two nights," Kos replied.

"So what was the result?" Nelson, somewhat curious.

"We lost, we lost badly." Wallace said somewhat awkwardly, after all, this was their captain's defeat. "We were completely crushed and suppressed throughout. However, the captain said that Bullet was already a world-class powerhouse at that time."

"I'm kind of looking forward to it. The captain should be able to teach this guy a good lesson." Nelson touched his wound and couldn't help but hiss in pain.

"No, didn't you hear the captain invite Rediat to join our pirate crew?" Lafitte shook his head and smiled. "His status is equal to the captain's, which means Rediat's strength is no weaker than the captain's, before the captain obtains that Devil Fruit called the Dark-Dark Fruit."

"Yes, that man is terrifying. My luck tells me the fight between him and the captain is evenly matched." Baccarat spoke with a somber expression, "But I believe the captain will win."

"We already have a monster on board, the captain. If we add another one..." Lafitte said, licking his lips with excitement, his body trembling slightly. "This one should also be a monster with a kingly aura."

"No, there are three, and one more is in the New World." Pito unusually, "He is also a monster no weaker than the captain, and I don't know what level he has reached now." As he spoke, Pito shook his head.

"Huh? The captain has made arrangements in the New World?" Everyone was stunned by this question. They hadn't expected that the captain would have made arrangements in the New World.

"That's true. Given the captain's personality, he must have planted some spies in the New World."

"Who is that?" Everyone was curious.

His gaze turned to Pito, but Pito clearly didn't want to say anything. She had already revealed enough; he should let the captain say the rest himself.

Pito it wouldn't work with Teach, and since they had come from the New World with Teach, they couldn't do anything about Pito either.

They had no choice but to turn their attention to Gari, Gari was arguably the first person to board Teach's ship.

"I don't know, I only know that he has another subordinate in the New World." Gari was quite honest and a little embarrassed by all the stares.

"Who?" Nelson asked curiously.

"A man named Mostima is quite a big shot in the New World." Gari wasn't just someone who knew about training; he also paid some attention to things at sea.

While keeping an eye on things, he would remember everything about Mostima, because he knew that Mostima was Teach's man and that he had been present during the Sabaody Archipelago incident.

"Mostima? It's him! These days, the famous Great Pirate of the New World, 'The Archangel' Mostima, known for his wisdom and strength, is Great Pirate with a bounty of 584 million Beli." Xiouyapufu raised an eyebrow. "I didn't expect that."

Meanwhile, Teach's battle with Rediat is about to begin.