Bad News Arrives

Today is the 7th day since Teach and his group arrived at Thousand Trees Island. Logically, Momonosuke should have left the forest today to reunite with Teach. However, it is already noon, and there is still no movement in the jungle.

"Captain, is your nephew in any danger? Should I go look for him?" Although Domi disliked that lecherous Momonosuke, he was, after all, his captain's nephew!

But when Domi looked at Teach, there was no sign of worry on the other's face. Teach was lying on a wooden deck chair, holding Cherry Pie, wearing sunglasses and sunbathing.

"Hahaha! Don't worry! If he's still not alive by this evening, then it proves his fate is just like that! The sea is cruel, and the weak like him have no right to survive! Perhaps dying painlessly here is his best end!" Teach's ruthlessness shocked Domi. In the past few days, she had clearly felt that Teach was a person who valued his companions and family extremely much. How could someone like that say such a thing? There was only one possibility!

Momonosuke is neither his partner nor his family!

"His father, Kozuki Oden, was once the Second Division Commander of our Whitebeard Pirates! Although I don't particularly admire Oden, we're all on the same ship, all Pops! But after returning to his hometown, he encountered such a huge crisis and refused to notify us to help. We're family! His actions have truly enraged me!"

"But it's also possible that he doesn't want to bother you and thinks he can handle these things on his own!"

"Trouble us? As the son of a general, he naturally has a responsibility to drive away the enemy in the disaster that struck his hometown! But his enemy is too powerful, and at this point he should seek help from his family! After all that has happened, I've only come to one conclusion! Deep down, we will always be outsiders!"

Domi fell silent. Indeed, Teach's words made some sense, but as a former Marine, she couldn't yet accept this cruel reality...

"Domi, you are now a pirate! You can retain the last shred of justice deep in your heart, but you must discard all the naive thoughts you had when you were a Marine! You can't trust anyone except your family and comrades!" Recalling his dark childhood, Teach couldn't help but clench his fists. Everything was a lesson learned from the experiences this body had suffered!

Just then

"Uncle Teach!"

A weak voice came from the forest. Teach and Domi turned to look and saw Momonosuke crawling out of the forest in a disheveled state, covered in blood! His once clean and tidy clothes were now torn to shreds, one of his wooden clogs was missing, and his once samurai-style hairstyle was gone. Now Momonosuke looked like a young old man with a receding hairline.

"Hahaha! Very good! Congratulations, my dear nephew! You've passed the first training exercise! How was it? How many ferocious beasts did you kill in the jungle?" Teach was extremely surprised; he never expected Momonosuke to escape from such a treacherous forest!

It seems that Momonosuke does have some redeeming qualities!

At this moment, Teach's prejudices dimmed considerably. If Momonosuke could truly withstand his training, his strength would increase rapidly! It wouldn't even be impossible for him to defeat Kaido!

But

"Why?!" Momonosuke's expression turned ferocious as he looked at the leisurely Teach.

"Why? Uncle, with your strength, why don't you just kill Kaido for me? I'm just a child, why do I have to suffer so much?!" Momonosuke roared hoarsely, as if he wanted to vent all the suffering he had endured over the past few days.

"Oh? So how have you been these past few days?" Teach's expression darkened. When did a little brat dare to talk to him like that?

"I found a tree hollow and stayed inside for seven days!" Momonosuke said very naturally, without feeling anything amiss.

"And what do you think I, as your uncle, should do to help you?" Teach slowly stood up and asked again.

"I think you should rally the entire Whitebeard Pirates to attack Beast Kaido's Beast Pirates! Aren't you the strongest pirate crew? Defeating Kaido should be a piece of cake, right?" Momonosuke said matter-of-factly, but even Domi, who was usually calm, looked at him with increasing disgust after hearing his words.

"Hehehe! After we defeat the Beast Pirates, you can easily become the Shogun of Wano, right?" Teach's aura grew increasingly dangerous, his eyes fixed on Momonosuke, seemingly waiting for his next answer.

"Of course! Wano belongs to our Kozuki Family! And Father was your former captain, Uncle! But please rest assured, I will definitely make the lives of the people of Wano better!" At this moment, Momonosuke was already fantasizing about becoming the Shogun of Wano and living a life surrounded by beautiful women, but Teach, who was already exuding black aura, interrupted his beautiful fantasy.

"Hehehehe! Hehehehe! How interesting! Let me ask you, do you know just how strong the Beast Pirates are? I can tell you, they're incredibly strong! Even if our Whitebeard Pirates declare war on them, we'll have to pay a huge price to defeat them! Many of our former comrades will die. What, you think you can make so many of your comrades lose their lives just because of your words?" Teach took out the pistol from his waist and walked towards Momonosuke with extreme disappointment.

"Uncle, what are you doing!" Momonosuke suddenly found strength and frantically backed away.

"I thought that throwing you into the forest for training would awaken the manly spirit deep within you, but you ran away like a coward! Are you really Oden's son? How are you like him at all!" Teach roared furiously.

"And even if your father is Kozuki Oden, one of our former comrades, you should at least show some respect if you want our help! What the hell do you think I owe you?!" Teach raised his arm and shot Momonosuke in the thigh.

"Ah! My leg!" The intense pain made Momonosuke.

"It seems the loss of your parents hasn't ignited your spirit. Fine, there's no point in talking to someone like you! Don't worry, the bloodline of your Kozuki Family will not be broken. I know you have a younger sister! I believe that even if she lacks talent, after experiencing the ugliness of this world, she will become a moderate person! Besides, I don't believe that you two siblings can't even inherit one of Oden's good qualities!"

Teach raised his gun and pointed it at Momonosuke's head.

"Go on your journey, this is the last bit of mercy I can show you as your uncle!"

"No! Domi- neechan, save me! I don't want to die!" Momonosuke's pleas did not elicit any pity from Teach. As a transmigrator who already wanted to kill him, and after experiencing all the disappointment and anger Momonosuke had brought him, how could Teach possibly let him live?

"Bang!"

Gunshots rang out, blood splattered everywhere, like Momonosuke's clothes...

"Congratulations, host, for fulfilling the wishes of countless One Piece fans! You have received the reward: the pinnacle of Three Types of Haki!"

"Hahaha! Commander, I thought you were dead..."