New World, on the boundless sea.
A simple raft made of huge logs tied together was riding the wind, breaking the waves, and sailing at high speed.
"Hahahaha! Did you see it? This is our era!"
In the center of the raft, a tall and burly man, Marshall D.Teach, opened his arms and laughed boldly.
The laughter was full of ambition and desire, as if he had already seen his future of ruling the world.
But just when he was laughing most triumphantly, a chill suddenly shot up from the end of his spine without any warning, and spread to all his limbs in an instant.
"... Huh?"
Teach's laughter stopped abruptly, and the arrogance on his face was instantly replaced by a look of surprise. His pupils shrank suddenly, and then he raised his head, scanning the empty sky with his sharp eyes.
"What's wrong? Captain?" Standing next to him, Gizas Jesus Burgess, with bulging muscles and a championship belt, asked angrily.
Teach did not answer immediately. The expression on his dark face was changing.
That feeling of being spied on, like a gleam on my back, lingers.
"I feel like there's a pair of eyes watching us."
"Eyes?" Lafitte, holding a civilized staff and wearing a top hat, walked over. He stretched out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips. A strange light flashed in his eyes, "Which pirate is he without eyes? Do you need me to deal with it, Captain?"
As he spoke, the white wings behind him began to unfold.
"No." Teach raised his hand to stop him, "It feels very far, very far, not nearby."
"Far?" Jesus Burgess scratched his head with a puzzled look on his face, "Captain, are you hallucinating? Apart from seagulls, who else on the sea can have eyes that can see from such a distance?"
Hallucination?
Teach frowned and felt carefully again, but the feeling of being spied on disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.
Could it be that he was really hallucinating?
He thought for a while, then returned to his bold and uninhibited look, grinning widely and said, "Hahahaha! Maybe it's because dad misses me as a son who strives for success!"
Hearing this, everyone on the boat had different expressions.
Jesus Burgess started laughing, obviously not taking it seriously.
The sniper Van Oka, who was always taciturn and wore a strange mask, just silently wiped his favorite gun "Senriku" in his hand.
The sickly "God of Death" Doc Q was leaning on the mast, coughing feebly, as if he might die at any moment.
Teach no longer dwelled on the fleeting feeling of strangeness. He turned his gaze to the distant horizon, waved his hand, and said with great enthusiasm, "Next stop Black Soil Island! Let's go!"
"Oh!!"
Jesus Burgess and other crew members shouted in unison, full of enthusiasm.
Under their control, the raft changed direction and accelerated towards Black Soil Island.
At the same time.
Black Soil Island, inside the coffee shop.
Akira slowly opened his eyes. He had just passed through Observation Haki, which covered thousands of miles. Not only had he accurately located the position of Blackbeard Pirates, but he had also "seen" their every move, word and word clearly.
"Black Soil Island?"
The corners of Akira's mouth were slightly raised, and the smile was a bit playful, but also a bit cold.
New World There are so many islands. You don't want to go anywhere but come to Black Soil Island where I am.
What a "fate" this is.
"Since you are so anxious to die, I will help you."
"Lord Marshal, have you found their traces?" Morgan next to them immediately came up to them.
Akira nodded, picked up the newspaper on the table, and handed it to Morgan without looking at it, "Take the soldiers to the city for shopping!"
"Ah? Shopping?" Morgan was stunned.
The enemy is currently facing us. Marshal doesn't want to plan for combat, but instead lets them go shopping?
But when he looked at Akira's unquestionable eyes, he immediately stood at attention and saluted. "Yes! Lord Marshal!"
After saying that, Morgan turned around and left quickly.
As soon as Morgan left, Hancock immediately leaned on Akira's arms, exhaling softly to Akira: "Akira. I seem to be feeling a little uncomfortable. Can you accompany me back to the hotel?"
Hancock's voice had a peculiar nasal sound, her beautiful face was flushed, and her big watery eyes were full of expectation.
Akira glanced down at her. After this period of time, how could he not know what Hancock was thinking.
He directly picked up the empress by the waist, and strode out the door under the astonished eyes of the coffee shop owner and other customers.
Back in the hotel suite, as soon as the door was closed, Hancock came to pester me.
Akira's response was direct and brutal.
The curtains were drawn, and the light in the room dimmed instantly.
A storm with only two people quietly unfolded in the room.
From the gurgling sound of water in the bathroom, to the slight shaking of the big bed in the bedroom, and finally to the two intertwined figures in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the sea.
It was already evening when everything was calm.
As night falls, the lanterns come on.
The tired interns had already returned to the hotel and fell asleep.
The port of Black Soil Island ushered in a group of uninvited guests.
Teach The huge raft that the group of people was riding on landed quietly on the shore.
"Hahaha, we're finally here!" Teach jumped off the raft with a relaxed look on his face.
However, Lafitte frowned as soon as he landed on the beach.
His unusual eyes swept across the port. Although there were densely packed ships of all kinds docked here, he still saw at a glance the particularly conspicuous naval training ship parked at the pier not far away.
The huge seagull logo on the ship is still clear in the night.
"Captain," Lafitte's voice was very low, "It seems we arrived at the wrong time."
Teach followed his gaze, and the moment he saw the internship ship, the smile on his face suddenly froze.
The first thought in his mind was - run!
"Navy training ship? Damn it!!"
"Go, get out of here quickly!"
"No, Captain!" Gizas Jesus Burgess grabbed him and said nonchalantly, "Isn't it just a training ship of the navy? There is nothing to be afraid of! Besides, this training ship is not necessarily the training ship led by Navy Marshal Akira!"
Jesus Burgess's voice was still loud. He patted his chest and looked confident. "Even if it is really him, so what! I have found out clearly that the ship is full of a group of unweaned brats! I can kill them all by myself!"
"Carelessness will lead to death." Lafitte shook his head and said in a serious tone, "Navy Marshal is far more powerful than you imagine."
"What are you afraid of! With the captain's current strength, we may not be able to compete with him!" Jesus Burgess was obviously not convinced, "If we can defeat Akira here, our name Blackbeard Pirates will be resounding throughout the world! Even if we can't defeat him, with our strength, it is not difficult to escape from him!"
Jesus Burgess's words seemed to speak to Teach's heart.
He stopped, and the fear in his eyes was replaced by consistent ambition.
I have already obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit I dreamed of, but my strength is not what it used to be, so why should I be afraid?
"Hahahaha!" Teach laughed wildly again, dispelling the last trace of hesitation in his heart, "You're right! You've already come, how can you leave in despair!"
"However," he changed the topic, "For safety reasons, we will only stay for two days and leave after purchasing supplies. Try not to have a head-on conflict with the navy, as long as they don't come to us!"
With that said, Teach took long strides and walked towards the steps above the port.
But as soon as he stepped onto the first step, his steps suddenly stopped.
At the end of the steps, two figures appeared at some point.
A man and a woman were looking down at them.
The man Haki is mighty, and the woman is stunningly beautiful.
It is Akira and Hancock.
Akira stood on the steps, looking down at the astonished Teach below, and said with a smile, "If you travel, where do you most want to go? Teach!"
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