Reiner turned toward the source of the voice. Besides the three familiar figures, there was also a tall man sitting cross-legged opposite them.
His black curly hair was wild and fluffy, his rugged body covered in thick hair. He grinned broadly, revealing a mouthful of teeth with several missing. His somewhat sleazy face nonetheless carried a bold, heroic air.
Blackbeard Teach had endured in obscurity aboard Whitebeard's ship, even thinking that if he never found the Dark-Dark Fruit he had dreamed of, he would simply spend the rest of his life following Whitebeard. Yet...
The gears of fate had ultimately allowed that Devil Fruit to fall into this man's hands.
"Let's go."
Luffy watched expressionlessly as Blackbeard pushed himself to his feet. Without saying another word, he lowered the straw hat on his head and turned away on his own. Blackbeard silently turned and left as well.
Reiner calmly watched Teach depart without reacting. He wondered what Teach would think when he returned and saw his crippled subordinates. For now, he had no intention of fighting Blackbeard, though he was not afraid of Blackbeard coming to trouble him.
It was true that he was wary of the Dark-Dark Fruit's power. Its principles differed from seawater, Seastone, and the like. Seastone could only drain a Devil Fruit user's strength, preventing them from actively using their powers, but it did not directly take those powers away. For instance, even after falling into the sea, Luffy still retained his rubber body.
But Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit was the opposite. Being touched by him would not leave someone weak all over, but it would completely prevent them from using their abilities.
As far as Reiner knew, this was the only method capable of directly targeting Devil Fruit powers themselves.
But Reiner knew Blackbeard would be