"Zehahaha! I really am the Pirate King chosen by heaven!" When Blackbeard Teach received the newspaper in his hands, he could not help but throw back his head and laugh.
Sure enough, after he left the Whitebeard Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates were immediately attacked by the Big Mom Pirates. It perfectly served his interests.
It was as if he were heaven's chosen protagonist. The moment he left the Whitebeard Pirates, he encountered such an opportunity. It was practically a gift from heaven.
Anyone could see that if he had remained with the Whitebeard Pirates, then even if the battle between the two Four Emperors crews ended with Father Whitebeard's death, he would never be the one to inherit the Whitebeard Pirates' legacy and assets.
Marco and Jozu were above him. No matter who it was, they had more prestige, ability, and strength than he did.
At most, staying with the Whitebeard Pirates would have let him move up according to seniority. It could not even really be called moving up. In theory, the Whitebeard Pirates' Division Captains differed only in seniority, not status. Whichever division he commanded, he would ultimately still be on the same level as the others.
He would have remained inconspicuous, with little fame throughout the world.
How could that compare to now? He had directly started out as the captain of a crew on the level of the Eleven Supernovas. With two or three Whitebeard division captains at his side, he could immediately rise to become someone on the level of the Three Calamities or Four Disasters.
Others might not know how strong he truly was, but the name of a Whitebeard division captain carried weight. Four of Whitebeard's captains gathered together were a force no one could be too cautious against.
Blackbeard Teach's only regret