"You wouldn't understand, Sorenson. He's different from us. Father already prepared everything in advance."
"For that thing, he'd give everything he had. The sooner he gets it, the better."
Faced with Sorenson's question, Lubbock shook his head slightly.
What he left unsaid, however, was that Hades had prepared the Dark-Dark Fruit in advance as well.
The fruit was there, but Teach had to work to obtain it himself.
Teach's longing for the Dark-Dark Fruit was instinctive.
That Devil Fruit was destined to belong to Teach.
At the same time, it was as though Devil Fruits could choose their own owners.
The Dark-Dark Fruit kept sending signals to Teach, drawing him to claim it and eat it.
Lubbock had barely noticed at first, but gradually, he began to sense that something was wrong.
Teach's desire for the Dark-Dark Fruit defied reason. He had even lost his rationality, which explained his frenzied behavior.
As Lubbock saw it, there was no need to rush. The fruit was right there, and no one was competing with him for it.
Judging by their points, no one could compete with Teach now, either.
Yet Teach still acted this way.
It made Lubbock believe that Devil Fruits truly could choose their owners.
Choosing a Devil Fruit and being chosen by one—that was how things worked within the Tartarus Family.
"Oh? What thing?"
At Lubbock's words, Sorenson guessed that it was one of the treasures in the Sky Arena's Treasure Vault.
But he quickly caught on and shook his head.
Besides Sorenson, Hallorant was also there.
Hallorant was the same age as Sorenson and a user of the Paramecia-type Bounce-Bounce Fruit.
Like Lubbock, Hallorant also felt an eager anticipation.
As long as Teach won this fight, he would accumulate enough points to redeem the Dark-Dark Fruit.
It was