Whitebeard naturally understood what Lott was implying.
His expression hardened, and his tone turned somewhat hostile. "What do you mean by that? Are you questioning my son?"
Lott tore off a large chunk of roast meat and replied, "It was just an observation. I wasn't saying Teach was a bad person."
He took a bite and said, "I just think that if a person has strengths, he must have flaws too. If all he ever shows is kindness, then there must be some purpose behind it."
And who was Whitebeard? He was a man who valued his family's and his sons' lives more than his own.
Naturally, he would not allow anyone to cast doubt on his son, not even the highest authority in the world!
So when he heard Lott suggest that Teach had ulterior motives, he became deeply suspicious of Lott's reason for coming.
Could Lott and Teach have had some past grudge?
Had he seen Teach aboard my ship and, finding revenge inconvenient, come up with this scheme to drive a wedge between father and son?
"Whether he's being kind or not, whatever his purpose might be, as long as he's on my ship, he's a son I've acknowledged. No one gets to slander him!"
Hearing this, Lott could only sigh inwardly.
Whitebeard was simply too attached to his family, and that was what had led to Thatch being killed by Teach later on.
And during the Paramount War, Squard had stabbed him clean through the chest too.
That personality could bring him genuine familial love, but it also left him vulnerable to being hurt by that same love.
So even if Lott told him now what would happen in the original story, not only would Whitebeard refuse to believe it, but no one else aboard the