"Great! The medicinal herbs have finally been found. Pops's injuries can be cured."
This is truly a double celebration!
"Hahaha, no, I'm so excited I can't even drink anymore. All I can think about is the medicine Marco has."
"You can't argue with that! I can't wait to see what Pops looks like when he's fully recovered."
Whitebeard had been silently watching Kazu and Marco talk and act without interfering.
He had seen Marco and the others working tirelessly for his condition for so many years.
His sons are filial; he can't very well stop them from doing so.
However, he didn't want to speak up. Although he also longed for health, he knew in his heart that those medicinal herbs were too precious and difficult to find, and he didn't want to put any pressure on his sons.
Finding them would be ideal, but not finding them wouldn't matter. As long as his whole family could stay together, he felt like the happiest Pops.
"Hehehehe~"
"Ever since we met Kazu, the Whitebeard Pirates have had a string of good things happen to us, haven't you said that, Captain Thatch?"
A burly man wearing a black and red open-front shirt and green pants, with several missing teeth when he smiled, squeezed in from behind, spouting compliments that instantly caught Kazu's attention.
Holy crap!!!
Kazu came over for drinks after the fight, almost forgetting about this future traitor.
"Haha, Teach, why aren't you drinking in the back? What are you doing here?"
The squad leaders were surrounding the Pops, while the ordinary members were drinking and eating meat in the back.
Thatch laughed heartily, then sat down with Teach, their arms around each other's shoulders. The two even clinked glasses and took a sip together.
Seeing Blackbeard still drinking and laughing, Kazu slowly stood up and walked towards him.
" Marshall D. Teach!"
"Descendants of the Davy Clan!"
"No, shouldn't I call you Rocks ' son instead?"
Kazu's behavior puzzled everyone, but what he said next instantly sobered them up considerably.
Pops was a member of the Rocks Pirates, and all the veterans of the Whitebeard Pirates knew this.
" Rocks's son!!"
Whitebeard's eyes widened as he turned his head to examine Blackbeard more closely.
Indeed, after Kazu said that, it looks more and more like it.
Blackbeard, standing to the side, felt as if a million alpacas were stampeding through his mind, and he was extremely flustered.
Where did this bastard find out all this? Even in his Whitebeard Pirates, which had been lying low for decades, nobody knew.
He originally intended to get closer to the Blond Hair Pirates and take the opportunity to ask them if they had any information about the Dark-Dark Fruit.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he appeared, Her Kazi exposed his true colors, truly showing no martial ethics.
"Hahaha, ka... Kazu, don't joke like that, it's not funny at all."
"Come on, Kazu, let me toast you."
Blackbeard tried to play dumb and brush it off as a joke.
He was also gambling, gambling that Kazu had no substantial evidence, and gambling that the other party might just be bluffing him.
As for Kazu, does he need to produce evidence?
Kazu turned to look at Whitebeard and said, "Old man, I've already done some research on the members of your pirate ship."
"After all, they're coming here to fight, so it's only natural to do intelligence work in advance."
" Teach's identity is beyond doubt; he's hiding in the Whitebeard Pirates simply to make it easier to find that god-level Devil Fruit — the Dark-Dark Fruit."
"This person is insatiably greedy and wicked; he is a creature whose heart is filled only with desire and devoid of emotion."
"Should I handle this, or should you, old man, handle it yourself?"
Kazu's words sent a cold sweat pouring down Teach's forehead; he was already in a state of utter confusion.
He felt that under normal circumstances he wouldn't be able to escape, and he had to prepare a backup plan to save his life.
Blackbeard looked around, his gaze finally settling on Thatch beside him.
"Hey, Kazu, are you sure you're not mistaken? Teach is always humble and polite on the ship, we all like him. How could he be that kind of person?"
Thatch and Teach had a good relationship, and when he heard Kazu's description, he was somewhat incredulous and wanted to say something on Teach's behalf.
Kazu didn't speak, but continued to look at Whitebeard. As long as they could get rid of Blackbeard, this menace, it didn't matter whether he or the old man took action.
As for how much the future will change...
This wasn't something to be afraid of; on the contrary, Kazu felt it was powerful proof that he had survived in this pirate world.
" Kazu..."
The Whitebeard looked troubled; he didn't want to doubt what his own son had said.
However, Teach also knew that his Pops had been calling him "Pops" for decades, and they had always treated each other with brotherly respect on the ship, so he was quite popular.
For a moment, he didn't know who to believe. He, with his Whitebeard, would never abandon all his adopted sons just because he had a biological son; loyalty and righteousness were qualities ingrained in his bones.
This is precisely why he felt so conflicted, as both his son and daughter were equally dear to him.