Not Every Poisoned Apple Belongs to a Queen

Laffitte watched the four men standing there in contempt of the nobles, a keen interest flashing through his eyes.

"Zehahahaha! You actually dared to lay a hand on me. You've got some nerve! Fuckyou, leave these ants to you!" Teach looked mockingly at the nobleman, whose face had twisted with rage. The guards beside him drew their longswords one after another and charged at Teach's group.

"Captain Teach, these small fry really aren't worth getting excited about!" Fuckyou chuckled. The bottle in his right hand was instantly coated in pitch-black Armament Haki. He swung the bottle and charged into the crowd, and bloodcurdling screams rang out the next second.

"Y-You... Who exactly are you people?" The nobleman collapsed to the ground in terror, trembling as he questioned Teach and the others.

"Us? We're the people here to take your life!" Fuckyou took a gulp from his bloodstained bottle, then tossed the nobleman, who had wet himself in fright, before Teach.

"Captain, how should we deal with this guy?" Fuckyou asked Teach.

"Zehahahaha! Greetings, esteemed Viscount. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Marshall D. Teach! They all like to call me Blackbeard!" Teach gave an eerie laugh and gripped the nobleman's skull. The emotionless eyes staring at him made the nobleman shudder all over.

"I remember now! You're Blackbeard, one of the Shichibukai!" It was as if the nobleman had grasped a hope of survival. "Lord Blackbeard! Our Lendo Kingdom is one of the World Government's allied nations! Please spare me for the World Government's sake!"

Teach sneered. "So what? Is that your reason for openly attacking a Shichibukai? Besides, can you represent your kingdom? Let me tell you, even if I killed your king, there wouldn't be much the World Government could do to me!"

Upon hearing this, the nobleman fell to his knees and wept bitterly, endlessly wailing and begging Teach to spare his life. The surrounding civilians were dumbstruck. To them, nobles were absolutely not to be offended, yet those lofty nobles did not seem quite so noble after all.

"Shut up already! Fuckyou, make him shut up forever!" Teach looked at the viscount as if he were garbage. Fuckyou grinned, drew the pistol from his waist, and pulled the trigger without hesitation. The bullet pierced through the viscount's skull with a whoosh. Until the very second before his death, he was still kneeling on the ground and begging.

The surrounding civilians watched the corpse gradually turn cold, and a trace of fear could not help but rise in their hearts.

"Zehahahaha! What a fool who didn't know his place!" Teach raised his head and looked at Laffitte. "Will you obediently remain a sheriff, or will you sail the seas with me? Tell me your choice, Devil Sheriff Laffitte!"

Laffitte paused, looking at Teach in confusion. Then he smiled in relief. "I am honored by your esteem, sir. I am merely an insignificant man. However, these so-called nobles are truly revolting! In that case, I look forward to your guidance from now on, Captain Teach!"

Laffitte elegantly straightened his clothes and bent at the waist like a gentleman, offering his loyalty.

"Cough, cough! What an interesting captain! I wonder, could I sail with you as well?"

A voice that sounded terminally ill reached Teach's ears. He turned and saw a dying man riding a dying old horse. In his right hand was a basket of apples. Their color was exceptionally tempting; one could tell at a glance that they were good apples.

"My name is Doc Q, and I am a doctor! Honored captain, would you like an apple?" Doc Q laboriously lifted the corners of his mouth and offered the basket of apples to Teach with his right hand.

"Zehahahaha! A doctor, huh? These apples sure are tempting!" Teach naturally understood what the apples were for, but he still accepted one, opened his mouth wide, and ate it.

"Mmm, truly delicious!" Teach felt his body. It really was just an ordinary apple, and it tasted quite good.

"Oh? I never expected the only good apple in this basket to be eaten by Captain Teach! Fate is often used to measure a person's worth. It seems your value is quite high, Captain!" Doc Q smiled strangely, then broke into a violent coughing fit as if he had terminal cancer.

"This apple looks so delicious!" Fuckyou could not resist picking up an apple and opening his mouth to take a bite.

"Hey! Fuckyou!" Teach hurriedly stopped him. "What you're holding is a bomb! If you don't want to die, you'd better put it down!"

Frightened, Fuckyou dropped the apple to the ground. He stared blankly at Doc Q. "Why are there bombs in your basket?"

After struggling for a long while, Doc Q raised his head. "Because I want to see other people's worth! Don't worry. The one you picked up just now wasn't a bomb. It was only poison!"

Fuckyou's face turned deathly pale. Damn it, was it so hard to be a normal person?

"Zehahahaha! Since we've already found companions, then as pirates, of course we have to take a look around this kingdom's palace!" Teach strode toward the palace, with Fuckyou and the others hurriedly following behind him.

Lendo Kingdom Palace

The palace was easy to find. It was the most prosperous and tallest building in the kingdom, while the dilapidated houses around it seemed to mock the rulers' incompetence.

"Hahaha! Heaven has smiled upon me. I actually obtained a Devil Fruit! This is a treasure of the seas!" The king of the Lendo Kingdom sat in his luxurious chair, holding a white Devil Fruit in his hand and gazing greedily at it.

"I hope it is a powerful ability! That way, my throne will become even more secure! I might even invade other nations and expand my territory! Then everyone will praise me as a wise king!"

The king opened his mouth wide and bit toward the Devil Fruit, but a violent knocking suddenly sounded at the door.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Damn it, didn't I say no one was allowed to disturb me?!" The king's furious voice rang out, answered by an eerie laugh.

"Zehahahaha! Greetings, dear King!" The doors were kicked open with a bang, and a group of tall figures appeared in the king's sight.

"Nice to meet you. Allow me to introduce myself! I am Blackbeard, one of the Shichibukai!" Teach walked in and immediately spotted the Devil Fruit in the king's hand.

"What an unexpected gain..."