Edward Weevil became Shichibukai eight to ten years later in the original work, after the Marineford War.
His actual strength... is somewhat difficult to measure, but as one of the "Shichibukai," he should be considered quite strong.
After all, in actual combat, Weevil, who flew the banner of "Whitebeard II.", killed a large number of the Captain of the Whitebeard Grand Fleet!
Indeed, after Whitebeard's death, Miss Buckingham finally dared to openly "hype" Weevil's background. However, Marco and the other "survivors" of the Whitebeard Pirates naturally did not acknowledge this, leading to a conflict between the two sides.
After the Battle of Marineford, Whitebeard, the Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, and his successor Ace died. The number of division commanders and subordinate captains who suffered casualties was actually not large. Among the main characters, Little Oz. was among the most severely injured...
The reason why the Whitebeard Pirates almost disappeared in two years was mainly because Blackbeard kept encroaching on their territory and power, while Whitebeard II. kept hunting down Whitebeard's old crew. In the end, Blackbeard fought a decisive battle with Marco and other captains and subordinate Captain, which ended with a great victory for Blackbeard.
During this period, Miss Buckingham can be described as both greedy and foolish, completely obsessed with money. She used the name of Whitebeard II only to "inherit Whitebeard's treasure" and fought against the old Whitebeard Pirates who did not recognize her Whitebeard II for this purpose.
With such "duty and responsibility," the World Government naturally bestowed upon him the title of "Shichibukai."
However, this also led to Zephyr's "darkening"...
Because the pirate who had killed a ship full of his recruits and seriously injured his arm was named Shichibukai, Zephyr in the "Justice" of the World Government and the Navy was greatly shaken, and he once wanted to destroy the world.
Although the original work doesn't explicitly state who it is, Sig considers the timeline and feels that Weevil is the most likely candidate.
Especially now, Weevil and Zephyr have truly had a fateful "chance encounter"...
Sig was a little puzzled. Could Weevil really be as strong as Hawk Eyes? Or was Zephyr just too old for Admiral?
Weevil's only fighting force on board was himself, yet this single Weevil wiped out an entire ship of new recruits and severely injured Zephyr...
Judging from his record, Weevil would need to be able to completely overwhelm Zephyr to achieve this.
Weevil's strength was never directly shown in the original story, and Sig was unaware of it.
The title of "Shichibukai" doesn't prove anything, after all, Hawk Eyes is Shichibukai, Moria is also Shichibukai...
As for "evaluations" and the like, they've never been reliable—on the high seas, everyone generally just makes commercial boasts, whether it's the navy or pirates.
According to Kizaru, who is destined to die, Weevil possesses "the same formidable strength as a young Whitebeard," but Sig simply cannot believe it; does he truly possess the strength of Four Emperors at his peak?
After all, Haki involves the mind; how strong can a fool be?
Furthermore, Kizaru's assessment is somewhat exaggerated—while Whitebeard's body wasn't weak, he wasn't the type with exceptionally powerful bodies like Kaido or Big Mom; his main fighting strength came from the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!
Does "powerful strength" refer to physical strength? Or does it include the strength that can be unleashed with Haki? Or does it include the "strength" that can be unleashed even with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?
The differences between the three should not be too great!
Not to mention, "reviews" and the like are inherently unreliable...
Just like Sengoku boasted that Redfield alone could rival the Four Emperors' pirate crews, his old friend Garp looked down on Redfield, feeling that the Red Earl didn't even deserve a name in the era of the One Piece... Judging from the Red Earl's performance, it's clear that Garp's honest assessment is more reliable.
Kizaru thinks that Sig and the like are just like Sengoku —all talk and no action!
To see for ourselves just how far Weevil can go, we'll have to wait and see.
"Ah! His... his slash is terrifying!"
"Is this... a slashing attack? Half of the warship's deck has been blown to pieces!"
"Admiral Zephyr is also very strong; he sent him flying with a single punch..."
"Oh no! He's started killing the new recruits!"
"Admiral Zephyr is enraged! Admiral Zephyr has thrown a punch! Admiral Zephyr... seems to be dying?"
Violet was giving Sig a dull live broadcast.
Sig barely understood anything; he had absolutely no visual association with it...
There's not much that can be done about it. After all, Violet's perspective isn't very broad to begin with, and she doesn't even have Observation Haki. In other words, she can't see Armament Haki at all. In her eyes, Zephyr is just swinging his own fleshy fist.
In addition, she wasn't very good at using words to describe the scene...
If they weren't already so close, Sig really wanted to hypnotize her and use Dream Infiltration approach to recreate what she had seen!
"Alright, I can see it now too." Sig's Observation Haki had already encompassed the entire battlefield.
Hmm? Judging from the damage to the warship, it really doesn't look like a slashing attack...
Could Whitey Bay possess some kind of Devil Fruit ability?
Wrong!
This method of destruction is somewhat similar to...
At this moment, the battle between Whitey Bay and Zephyr had reached its final stage.
Indeed, just as Violet said, Zephyr was... failing. With each clash between the "Black Arm" and the greatsword, Zephyr's strength rapidly declined, and he was clearly at a disadvantage.
Compared to Violet's straightforward explanation, Sig could see "special effects" —Zephyr's Armament Haki was almost tangible, seemingly already possessing thickness, and there were even shockwaves from Weevil's sword...
Shockwave?
Sig's expression turned strange...
Just now, Sig felt that the way the warship was damaged looked somewhat familiar.
At first glance, it does look like damage caused by a super large and super powerful blunt object, but upon closer inspection, it can't escape Sig's "eyes"—it was caused by a "shock"!
It's just that every vibration is so subtle that it looks like it's broken.
Sig instinctively licked his back teeth... Having personally experienced Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Devil Fruit ability, he was already making connections!
The Tremor-Tremor- Devil Fruit ability? Weevil has the Tremor-Tremor Fruit power? Could he really be Whitebeard's...?
No! Even if it's his own son, that doesn't make sense!
As everyone knows, Devil Fruit ability are not hereditary!
While rejecting this idea, Sig also thought of the Artificial Azure Dragon, or rather, the Artificial Kaido Fruit, currently in his collection...
Did Whitebeard also manage to get his Lineage Factor into Vegapunk? And did Vegapunk actually create a Whitebeard version of the artificial Tremor-Tremor Fruit? That's Paramecia!
Sig vaguely understood why this big idiot's beard and hair really did look somewhat like Whitebeard...
Dongdong: There will be a third update this afternoon.