Sea of Peace

The Red Line and the Grand Line intersected and divided the vast ocean into four sections: the East Blue, West Blue, South Blue, and North Blue. The Grand Line by the East Blue and South Blue was known as Paradise, the first half, while the Grand Line by the West Blue and North Blue was called the New World, the latter half!

The East Blue, known as the Sea of Peace.

A pirate ship sailed slowly onward.

"Lord Teach! The food aboard our ship is about to run out!" After checking the ship's supplies, Shit spoke to Teach with a bitter expression.

"Oh? Then let's stop at a nearby island to restock!" Teach and his group had been sailing at sea for a long time and had only just entered the East Blue. If there had been more than three of them, perhaps they could have traveled faster. However, Teach spent every day training himself, while Shit remained at his side, constantly honing himself and striving to grow stronger. So poor Fuckyou alone handled every task aboard the ship...

"Great! After drifting around for so many days, we can finally go ashore!" Fuckyou said through tears. Heaven knew what kind of life he had lived these past few days!

"Shit, which island is closest to us?" Teach looked at Shit, who pondered for a moment before answering, "It should be Loguetown! But there are a lot of Marines there, led by someone called Smoker. He seems to be a Logia user with the Moku Moku no Mi!"

"Loguetown?" Teach fell into thought. Of course he knew that Loguetown was called the "Town of Beginnings and Endings." It was located near the entrance to the Grand Line from the East Blue. The previous Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, had been born in Loguetown and was executed there as well!

"Good, then we'll go to Loguetown!" Teach's answer excited Shit and Fuckyou immensely. That was the hometown of the Pirate King Roger! It was also where he had been executed! With a single sentence, he had opened the Great Age of Pirates, sending countless dream-filled people out to sea. Naturally, Shit and Fuckyou were among them!

How could they not visit such a meaningful place?

"Ring, ring!" A Den Den Mushi began to ring. Teach reached into his coat and pulled out a Den Den Mushi missing several teeth.

"Hello, Teach! It's me, Ace!" Ace's voice came from the Den Den Mushi. Teach laughed heartily. "Captain Ace! What can I do for you?" "Where are you right now? And what exactly did you do? Why is your bounty so high?"

Teach was slightly stunned by Ace's question. Just then, a News Coo flew overhead. Teach pulled the pistol from his waist, and a free newspaper was soon in his hands.

"Zehahaha! What a stupid bird!" Teach mocked it mercilessly, not noticing the resentment in the News Coo's eyes. Your ship is so huge, yet you won't even pay for a newspaper? People like you need to be blacklisted!

"My wanted poster? How exciting!" Teach searched through the pile of wanted posters in the newspaper. Suddenly, a laughing face appeared before his eyes.

"Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach. Bounty: 700 million Beli?" Teach smiled in satisfaction. Not bad. The photo had turned out pretty well!

"I can't believe your very first bounty is already 700 million Beli! You're making me, the captain of the 2nd Division, look bad!" A resentful voice came from the other end of the call.

"Zehahaha! Maybe it's because I accidentally destroyed the ship of Marine HQ Vice Admiral Onigumo! Still, 700 million Beli... Marine HQ is really generous!"

"You ran into an elite vice admiral from Marine HQ? And destroyed his ship? That's so like you, Teach!"

"Of course! But I'm in the East Blue now. Those vice admirals probably won't be able to catch me!"

"What? You're in the East Blue! Great, I have a younger brother named Monkey D. Luffy! He was just issued a bounty too, 30 million Beli! If you see him, say hello for me!"

"Don't worry. Your little brother is my little brother!"

"Oh, right! You need to watch out for Vice Admiral Garp! That old man often returns to the East Blue! With your strength, you probably can't beat him!"

"The Hero of the Marines? He really is a dangerous man!"

The two chatted for quite a while longer. After hanging up, Teach and his group headed to Loguetown to purchase supplies.

"Boss, do you have Cherry Pie?" "Sorry, we don't have Cherry Pie!" "Boss, do you have any Cherry Pie?" "Who would make something like that?" "Bastard, this garbage restaurant doesn't even have Cherry Pie! I'll destroy you!"...

"Bastard restaurant! You don't even have Cherry Pie!" Teach had just beaten up a restaurant owner before arriving at another restaurant. "Boss, bring me a Cherry Pie!" "Certainly, sir!"

Teach sat beside a table, with Shit and Fuckyou seated to his right. Several people were eating to his left, and one of them was eating at an astonishing speed!

"Boss, this Cherry Pie is insanely delicious!" "Boss, this Cherry Pie tastes awful!"

The two voices rang out at the same time!

Teach froze slightly. This scene felt so familiar! He silently turned his head, and a familiar face entered his sight!

There was a scar beneath his eye. He had a small, thin build, a red vest, blue shorts, and sandals! Most importantly, he wore a straw hat on his head!

"Straw Hat"! Monkey D. Luffy!

Teach tremblingly raised the drink in his hand, intending to take a sip and calm himself down. But...

"Why does this drink taste so awful?" "Why does this drink taste so good?"

This time, their eyes met. For some reason, Teach blurted out, "Is there something wrong with your tongue?"

Luffy replied without the slightest politeness, "I think there's something wrong with your brain!"

"Hey, old man, I want fifty portions of meat to take back as gifts!"

"Boss, I want fifty-one Cherry Pies!"

"Wait, make mine fifty-two portions of meat!"

"Sorry, make mine fifty-three pies!"

"No, fifty-four portions of meat!"

"Fifty-five pies!"

"Sixty portions of meat!"

"Seventy pies!"

"Eighty portions!"

"One hundred portions!"

Then...

"Are you doing this on purpose just to go against me?! X2"

But Nami's expression suddenly changed drastically beside Luffy. "Wait, Luffy, he's..."

Teach stared wide-eyed at Luffy, who fearlessly met his gaze. The two seemed ready to fight at the slightest disagreement.

"Hey, hey! How did you two even manage to start arguing over this?" Zoro said helplessly from the side.

"Kid, are you a pirate?" Teach asked, suppressing his laughter.

"Yeah!" "What's your bounty?" "Thirty million!"

Seeing Luffy's utterly serious face, Teach could not help bursting into laughter. Shit and Fuckyou beside him also began to laugh.

"Bastard, what are you laughing at?!" Luffy shouted.

"Luffy!" Nami's face turned pale. "He's Blackbeard Teach! A great pirate with a bounty as high as 700 million!"

The expressions on Zoro and Sanji's faces instantly became tense, while Usopp's legs began to tremble nonstop.

"A bounty of 700 million? Is that really you?" Luffy looked at Teach with complete indifference.

Teach truly could not hold it in any longer. With a bang, a huge lump rose on Luffy's head.

"That hurts! You bastard!" Luffy clutched his head, while Zoro and Sanji immediately assumed fighting stances.

But Teach's words left them all stunned.

"You bastard Straw Hat brat! Is that how you talk to your older brother?!"

"Huh?"