Upcoming Storms

"Captain, what are you doing?"

"What do you mean, what am I doing? Take off your coat! Let me see!"

"No!"

"Be good, let me see!"

"Captain, no, don't!"

Just as the Blackbeard pirates returned to the ship, Teach eagerly tried to strip off Shiryu's coat!

And just how formidable was Teach's physical combat? After struggling for a moment, Shiryu fell into a disadvantage, and finally, Teach seized the opportunity to tear his coat clean off!

"Ah! My clothes!" Faced with such a situation, even the formidable and cold Shiryu could not face it with composure! Amid Shiryu's wails, his coat was ultimately stripped off by Teach...

"Shiryu, you bastard!" Looking at the several intact cigars tucked into the inside pocket of Shiryu's coat, the veins on Teach's forehead slowly gathered into a tic-tac-toe sign...

At that moment, Shiryu finally understood his captain's intention!

"Um, Captain, things aren't what you think..." Shiryu's tone contained a hint of a guilty conscience, and finally, Teach could no longer suppress the anger in his heart...

"Shiryu! Prepare to die!" Teach raised his right fist high, the fist covered in Armament Haki tinged with black and red, and regardless of how Shiryu tried to explain, Teach's punch landed with undiminished force!

Seeing this, Shiryu hurriedly drew Raiu to block. Teach's fist smashed against Raiu's blade, and the sound of clashing metal instantly rang out!

"Captain, let me explain!" Shiryu barely managed to withstand Teach's attack. Looking at Teach's angry expression, Shiryu's heart could not help but shudder.

"Hmph! What else is there to explain? Outside, I'm giving you face, but back on the ship, with just the few of us left, I'm going to beat you to a pulp today!" Teach exerted strength in his right arm, executed a backflip to put distance between them, and then his slender right leg was once again covered in Armament Haki as he delivered a Spartan Kick straight at Shiryu!

The rest of the Blackbeard crew stood to the side, and a black question mark seemed to appear above each of their heads.

"Hey, Big Brother, what do you suppose that guy Shiryu did to make the captain this angry?" Fuckyou asked Shit in confusion.

"Hmm, maybe Shiryu's physique doesn't suit the captain's tastes..." If Teach had heard Shit's remark, there is no doubt he would have treated him to a one-year package of devilish special training!

"What? The captain actually swings that way? No wonder there isn't a single female crew member on our ship!" Fuckyou could not help shivering, then looked at Teach with a terrified expression:

Finished! Could a handsome, dashing, romantic, strong, and charismatic young fellow like me end up being... No! Don't! Could it be that the captain took me in as a crew member just for this very day? No way, I have to fight back! But the captain's strength is just too terrifying!!!

Except for Fuckyou, who was frantically letting his imagination run wild, everyone else stared intently at Shiryu being beaten to a pulp! There was no other reason than the fact that during devilish training, Shiryu suffered far less hardship than they did! After all, on this ship, aside from Teach, the strongest combat power was Shiryu! He was a genuine Great Master Swordsman!

But

"Captain, I was wrong! I shouldn't have been so stingy! How about this, I'll give you a third of my prized cigars, how's that?" Shiryu wailed while looking as though it pained him to his core.

Shiryu had only two hobbies: cutting people and smoking cigars! Back when he was the chief jailer of Impel Down, aside from daily necessities and maintaining his Raiu, all the money he earned went toward purchasing top-grade cigars! And every single one of those cigars he treasured was of the absolute finest quality! He could not even bear to smoke them himself, yet just to appease Teach's anger, he was about to give away a third of them...

"Only a third? Do you have any idea how much effort I put into finding a suitable Devil Fruit for you?" Teach said unhappily. "Although your Silent Swordsmanship is very strong, it still has a weakness! That is, it's hard to get close to people! Do you know how many Devil Fruits I rejected because of this?!"

"Huh?" Shiryu was completely dumbfounded. His initial purpose in joining this pirate crew was simply to hack people up! But after spending a long time together, he found that he had actually grown somewhat fond of this pirate crew! Yet even so, deep down in his heart he always held a thought: if they let him down, he would definitely leave this place!

Looking at Teach, who still wore a trace of anger on his face, a glimmer of guilt inevitably rose in Shiryu's heart...

"Then, to thank the captain, I'll give you half!"

"Hmph! That's more like it! Right, your fruit will be delivered in a few days! The Paramecia Suke Suke no Mi—even though this fruit has already been eaten, I have a way to extract it from that person's body!"

"Captain..."

"What is it with you now? Don't tell me you're heartbroken over your collection!"

"You're really good to me..."

Author: I'll manually play BGM for you guys!

Ah Zhen fell in love with Ah Qiang! On a night without stars...

Time drifted by slowly. Three days later, a powerful bounty hunter organization used a honey trap to capture Absalom, who was in the Florian Triangle. After Teach paid a hefty sum of Beli, both sides obtained what they were satisfied with!

Just like that, Shiryu acquired the Suke Suke no Mi that suited him best! His strength received a significant boost! What? You're asking about Absalom? See that Sea King? It's inside its belly!

Three more days passed.

On this day, the Blackbeard pirates were doing the same as usual: training those who needed to train, fishing for those who wanted to fish, sleeping for those who needed sleep, and checking in for those who checked in.

"System check-in!"

"Congratulations to the host for a successful check-in. Obtained one Senzu Bean! (Can restore physical injuries to a great extent!)"

Hm?

Teach abruptly sat up from the bed, staring in astonishment at the green-glowing Senzu Bean inside his system space, and then nervously asked the system, "System, can this bean heal internal hidden injuries?"

"Of course! As long as the person isn't dead, it can restore stamina and all injuries in the shortest possible time, readjusting the body to its optimal state!"

Having received the system's affirmation, Teach laughed excitedly!

In other words, with this Senzu Bean, Whitebeard could return to his peak condition. Once the hidden injuries left by the side effects of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit were cleared away, that old man who held an extremely important place in Teach's heart could stand once again at the pinnacle of this ocean! His strength might even ascend to an even higher level! Most importantly, without internal hidden injuries, with his old man's bodily fortitude, living to the age of 100 would be completely unproblematic!

"It seems I really have changed something!" Teach excitedly lit a cigar given to him by Shiryu, but suddenly, the Den Den Mushi used to contact Marine HQ rang out!

"Moshi moshi! This is Blackbeard!"

Teach, in high spirits, adopted a rather relaxed attitude, but the next words and contents transmitted from the Den Den Mushi caused Teach's expression to turn visibly gloomy!

After hanging up the Den Den Mushi, a startling murderous intent erupted from within his room!

"Idiot Thatch! Damn Marines!!!"