Of course, Blackbeard's death caused little stir on the battlefield.
At this point, he was merely a newly appointed Shichibukai who had only just made a name for himself on the Grand Line.
He was not yet the Emperor who would shake the Grand Line in the original story.
The only people paying attention to Blackbeard were the handful of men in his crew.
"Captain Teach is dead!!!"
Van Augur's voice cracked with a trace of fear he could not quite hide.
Doc Q, Laffitte, Jesus Burgess, and the others looked just as grim.
"I'm going to kill that lunatic! I'll avenge the captain!!"
Jesus Burgess was the first to roar. A trace of Haki wrapped around his massive fists as he prepared to charge Hidan.
His thinking was simple. Someone had killed their captain, so he wanted revenge.
The quicker-witted Van Augur and Laffitte had already quietly put away their weapons and were preparing to leave.
They had come to this dangerous battlefield because of Blackbeard's plan. Now Blackbeard had died before he could even show his strength. There was no reason for them to stay.
Before leaving, they glanced at the Uchiha clan members and the Akatsuki.
Laffitte and the other two wanted nothing more than to get out. This battlefield was terrifying, far beyond what people of their strength could handle.
They had thought Blackbeard was strong enough already, with his legendary bloodline and the Dark-Dark Fruit he had eaten.
Yet someone that powerful had died at the hands of an unremarkable lunatic.
If an ordinary member could do that, how strong were the two leaders?
They could hardly imagine it!
"Hey, you lot over there! Making such a racket at someone else's art exhibition and then trying to run away—isn't that a little rude?"
A voice