In the Pirate World, Watching Roger's Execution at the Start

"Marines..."

"Only represent the Marines?"

"What do you mean by that, sir?"

"Exactly what I said."

In the Pleasure District, a burly, broad-bodied man cursed as he walked through a gloomy alley. His face was impossible to make out.

"Damn it, I actually got tricked!!"

Blackbeard thought back to what had happened at the auction and wished he could strangle the newspaper that had advertised it.

Am I really this broke?

What about buying a camera that can take color photos?

He had arrived at the auction full of anticipation.

Of course, it was anticipation, not treasure.

As a pirate, wouldn't it have been better to just steal the fruit?

Peaceful negotiations and the like were completely unbecoming of a pirate!!

As long as he obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit, he could proceed with the next step of his plan. As for exposing his true strength, that was no longer important.

But.

The moment he arrived, he was utterly dumbfounded.

Although the Devil Fruit's patterns were not too different from those of the Dark-Dark Fruit, its color was worlds apart!!

Yellow!!

The Paramecia-type Shit-Shit Fruit!!

When the auctioneer lifted the curtain and a shit-yellow fruit appeared before him, Blackbeard's face became as ugly as if he had eaten ten pounds of shit.

He had carefully fabricated his lies, painstakingly located the Pleasure District, and traveled thousands of miles to get here.

He had thought the foundation stone of his future position as a sea霸主 awaited him.

He had never expected fate to play such a gigantic joke on him.

The Shit-Shit Fruit!!

And it was a Paramecia!!

If he had not needed to keep hiding his identity, Blackbeard would have flipped over the entire auction on the spot.

The Pleasure District was different from other places.

It was a mixed