The Villain Who Intended to Rule the World!

The black blade pierced through his chest, its bloodstained tip bursting out from Blackbeard's back. Golden Flames clung to the blade, burning Blackbeard's internal organs the instant the sword pierced his chest.

Struggling to stay conscious, Blackbeard only felt his head grow heavy. A fierce wave of dizziness left him helpless, and his body involuntarily went limp.

For some reason, Blackbeard was completely unable to focus and draw upon the power of the Flicker-Flicker Fruit. The agonizing pain in his chest blanked his mind, while the suffocating sensation left him dazed. Blackbeard could feel his consciousness growing increasingly blurred.

"How could... this happen?"

Blackbeard lowered his head slightly, his mouth parting as blood already filled his throat. An incredulous murmur escaped his lips. He simply could not imagine that, having only just obtained two Devil Fruits and before he could make his grand ambitions a reality, he was about to die at Tsugikuni Yoriichi's hands.

He could not accept the reality before him.

Although Blackbeard's body was different from that of an ordinary person, possessing two more hearts than normal, once the two normal-sized hearts in his body had been pierced by Tsugikuni Yoriichi, the small heart in his chest cavity could not sustain his bodily functions at all.

Such severe injuries were enough to leave Blackbeard completely incapable of fighting.

The fact that Blackbeard had not yet died even now was already a result of his extraordinary natural constitution.

"This is reality, Blackbeard."

"The moment you chose to set sail, you were destined for such a fate."

"Everyone who roams the seas has their head hanging by a thread."

"Whether it's you or me, all of us will face this day eventually."

The burning ambition that once filled Blackbeard's eyes had vanished. As his body grew weaker and weaker,