Happy Gathering

A new storm seemed to be gathering on the high seas. All members of the Beast Pirates had assembled on Onigashima, as if preparing for something. A Big Mom Pirates's territory, but they didn't attract much attention from Big Mom. At Crescent Moon Island, the headquarters of the Whitebeard Pirates, countless pirates were sharpening their weapons, preparing for the upcoming battle!

"Hey! Teach!" Ace arrived at Teach's room and pushed the door open.

"Holy crap! Ah, it's Ace! Could you at least knock next time?!" Teach put away the little blue pill bottle. Seriously, Teach was just conducting a study that could benefit men all over the world, and he was just getting some inspiration when Ace burst in and interrupted him!

"I know, I know!" Ace waved his hand, then sat down naturally on the edge of Teach's bed. "According to the message just sent by the Beast Pirates, they've decided to head to Marine HQ in a week to rescue Kaido!"

Teach's face darkened. Ace always readily admitted his mistakes but never changed! But perhaps this was Ace's true nature!

"That's normal, what's wrong?" Teach lay on the bed, his huge belly contracting and expanding with his breathing, looking very bouncy!

"Normal?" Ace suddenly moved closer to Teach, his face full of disgust. "Teach, you're usually so smart, where did your intelligence go? That's not the point! Have you ever thought about why the Navy would go to so much trouble to capture that fat pig Queen? Don't you think all of this is a bit too strange?"

Ace's words jolted Teach awake; he sat bolt upright in bed, his mind racing.

Queen, one of the All-Stars of the Beast Pirates, codename... Plague! Plague? Ice Oni!

Teach's pupils contracted sharply; it seemed the Navy's motives for capturing Queen were not so simple!

"However, given Queen's temper, he won't give in so easily! What we need to do is take their money and do their bidding!" Clearly, Ace has some intelligence, but not much!

"Hehehe! That's true! By the way, Ace, go and call Thatch over! I'll show you something good!" Teach chuckled, his sinister smile making one's thoughts wander...

Ace nodded, then excitedly ran to the kitchen to find Thatch. A moment later, Ace dragged a bewildered Thatch into Teach's room, where indescribable moans began to emanate...

"Ah! That feels so good!"

"Teach! Don't just think about your own pleasure, what about me!"

"Teach! Hurry up, I can't wait any longer!"

"Huh? Where's Thatch? It's lunchtime, why can't I find him in the kitchen?" Marco muttered to himself as he walked out of the kitchen, annoyed. It was outrageous! As a chef, how could he forget his important responsibilities!

"Teach! I want more..."

Thatch's intoxicated voice came from Teach's room, and Marco, who happened to be passing by, suddenly changed his expression!

"That bastard! No wonder I couldn't find him in the kitchen! Turns out he was having a good time with Teach!" Marco pushed open the door to Teach's room with a resentful look, and the scene before him truly shattered his expectations!

There sat Teach, Essach, and the other two on the bed, shirtless, their faces flushed. Good heavens!

"Hey, you three are going too far! You didn't even call me for such good stuff, how disloyal!" Marco swallowed hard like a hungry wolf, then pounced on the expensive bottle of wine between the three of them! (Hey, hey, hey! Anyone thinking dirty thoughts, stand in the corner!)

"Marco?" The three drunkards sobered up considerably when they saw someone trying to touch their drinks!

"If I'm not mistaken, this is one of Pops's treasures, right? You bastards! Such a good thing, and you didn't even think of me!" Marco directly resorted to a shameless tactic. Regardless of the three people exchanging bewildered glances, his meaning was clear: I'm definitely drinking this wine today, because I'm shameless.

Half an hour later

"Huh? There's no more wine?" Teach shook the bottle vigorously, as if it really was empty!

"Sigh! There's no other way, maybe we should just break up... Hey, why are you looking at me like that? What do you want? I really don't have anything!" Teach looked at the three people who resembled wolves and couldn't help but shiver.

"Who are you kidding! Knowing you as I do, there's definitely a lot of good stuff under your bed! Hurry up! I was just getting into a bad mood!" Thatch hiccuped as he ran under Teach's bed and rummaged around.

"Exactly! I finally got into a sustained combat state! Teach, don't be stingy!" Ace, still half asleep, picked up Teach's coat, fumbled around for a moment, and pulled out a bottle of familiar-looking pills!

"Don't worry, I won't drink your wine for nothing! I packed a lot of snacks from the cafeteria to go with the drinks!" Marco patted his head and quickly took out the dinner he had prepared to take back to eat with his Pops.

What kind of snacks would you like to go with your drinks?

Spicy balut!

Finally, under the coercion and enticement of the three, Teach reluctantly handed over two bottles of his treasured collection. That very night, everyone discovered something very important!

"Hey, aren't Deputy Captain Teach and Captain Ace having a big eating contest tonight? Seriously, I even prepared 1 million Beli! I was hoping to make a fortune tonight!"

"Yeah, the host Marco is gone too! Where did these guys go?"

"Where's Captain Thatch? Wasn't chicken sandwiches Captain Thatch prepared for us supposed to be on today's menu? He's nowhere to be found! I've been looking forward to this for so long!"

Clearly, the disappearance of the four team captains has greatly disappointed many people! No more entertainment, no more sumptuous dinner!

"Knock knock knock!"

"Who is it? Who is it?" Teach called out towards the door, her eyes still blurry.

"Teach, it's me! Haruta! Have you seen Ace and the others?" Haruta pushed open the door, and then he found his answer.

"Hey, it's Haruta! How about it? Want to come over for a drink?" Ace was clearly a bit tipsy. He held out the small blue pill to Haruta, whose eyes lit up at first, but he quickly refused!

"Sorry! My wife is waiting for me at home! I have to go back now!" Haruta stuffed the medicine bottle into his clothes, then said goodbye to Ace and the others and hurriedly left!

Haruta gripped the medicine bottle hidden in his clothes tightly, and his pace quickened several times over!

Looks like tonight is going to be a sleepless night...

At the same time

Whitebeard's room

"Hey? Where did that brat Marco go? He actually let his Pops go hungry, what an unfilial son!"