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401 Roger Pirates Apprentice
🕑 Added 2025-12-18 06:10:00 +0000 UTCNot quite the same as imagined,
Originally... the Blackbeard Pirates should have appeared at the Summit War as the biggest winners, shocking the world at the very end.
But now...
"Ha... ha..."
Gasping heavily again and again, Teach was in an utterly miserable state,
If not for the Dark-Dark Fruit being able to restrain the creations of the Clank-Clank Fruit, they would have long since been sunk in the sea they came from.
But even after escaping to Marineford on a raft, the Blackbeard group still felt lingering fear, their eyes bloodshot,
"Those two monsters!!!"
The group at the port that everyone noticed was none other than the ones who were supposed to take seats among the Shichibukai,
The Blackbeard Pirates!!!
It was just that, for some unknown reason, their current condition seemed extremely bad,
"Those are the Shichibukai!!!"
"There are even great pirates from Impel Down!!!"
"What are they doing coming to Marineford now? And what's with all those wounds?"
"It looks like they ran into something truly terrifying."
Among the Blackbeard group, Hades was covered in blood, seeming already at the "end of his tether",
Yet he still turned back to look toward the sea,
"Just remnants of the old era—don't think you can defeat me so easily!!!"
His voice was loud, full of momentum,
The faces of the Blackbeard crew all turned green at once—this damned Hades still had such booming vitality?
And Teach just happened to appreciate this point about Hades: hard-headed, and strong enough.
If Hades were to immediately wilt when facing powerhouses of the old era, Teach would instead feel he had misjudged him.
Such a guy would not be worthy of becoming the King's right hand.
But even while admiring this kind of kingly bearing that would never submit, Teach still spoke up,
"Th- thahahahaha, Hades, now is not the time to clash with those old geezers at their peak. Marineford still has our opportunities!!!"
Blackbeard's thinking was sound.
Marineford at this moment could be said to be a massive crucible of war.
If they could use it to stall those two monsters, then plan for the Quake-Quake Fruit afterward, they could achieve both goals at once—killing two birds with one stone.
Teach was thinking beautifully, and even on his blood-smeared face, a sinister smile appeared,
But before he could smile for long, he realized the area around him was suddenly covered by a shadow.
His smile gradually stiffened,
And then, without warning, a massive crater was blasted open right behind him.
Billowing dust blocked the vision of everyone in the Blackbeard crew, and an irritated voice sounded from within,
"Orin, that bastard— I was just getting into the slaughter!!!"
A dragon tail swept lightly past, and the hurricane it carried instantly cleared away the dust,
The Blackbeard crew all stared in unison at the tall and terrifying creature before them,
"Th- this is..."
Even those imprisoned in Infinite Hell, known as ultimate prisoners whose existence was meant to be concealed, could not help but change color before the world's strongest creature,
"Yonko—[Beasts]Kaido!!!"
"I've never heard of someone like that coming to the Summit War!!!"
Even Teach, who had seen countless storms and was determined to become the king of the world, could not help but turn pale and break into a cold sweat when facing Kaido in his dragon-man form, his entire body wreathed in black-and-red lightning,
Damn it!!!
How did they run into a monster like this the moment they landed?!!!
The Blackbeard crew were frightened into a momentary daze, and only one person stepped forward,
"So you're the Yonko Kaido, huh???"
"Clang—!!!"
A burly man with a powerful build and shattered sunglasses held two axes, flowing Armament Haki coiling around the blades, Conqueror's Haki bursting forth from his entire body,
Standing just like that before Kaido.
"Hm?"
Kaido looked at the man before him, surprise flashing in his eyes for a moment,
Gaban?
No... but still a guy whose self-control was no less than Gaban's.
There was also a feeling of strength about him that felt inexplicably familiar.
Seeing such a newcomer, the recruitment-loving Teacher Kaido immediately burped with alcohol, his mood greatly improved,
"Hey!!! Kid, how about joining me!!!"
"Jack's position among the All-Stars will be yours to inherit!!!"
[Yonko]Kaido,
has sent you a party invitation.
"The one I follow... is only the King of the World!!!"
"Worororororo!!!"
"The King of the World, huh? What a huge mouth!!!"
The light in Kaido's eyes flickered,
That was the ultimate goal once pursued by his former captain, Rocks!!!
"Stop reaching so far ahead of yourself, kid!!!"
Kaido grabbed Hades by the collar and lifted him up,
"Take a good look—this is the scene of the world's top-tier combat power!!!"
After that, Kaido didn't even spare a glance for trash like Blackbeard and his crew, instead looking straight toward the distant sea,
"I can feel it... the aura of the strong and of slaughter!!!"
...
At this moment,
Accompanied by towering waves surging skyward, from the far end of the sea, a creation like a steel behemoth cleaved through the waves, charging straight toward Marineford,
Above that vessel, two figures could be seen—one standing, one sitting.
The one in front, standing, was abnormally tall and powerful, wearing a black military uniform of unknown origin, earmuffs on his head, his aura as terrifying as a demon from the abyss,
The other sat by the edge of the ship, his face aged, yet his temperament elegant and unfathomable.
"So this is why I say, guys like you and Orin, who've trained Observation Haki to the extreme, are really a headache..."
As someone who wanted to become the strongest in the world, Bullet had initially thought about making a move on Redfield, that former legend,
But his peerless Observation Haki gave Bullet that same stifling feeling he had when facing Orin.
If the other party didn't want to fight him,
Then there was nothing he could do about it.
"Don't be so impatient. Compared to me, the powerful old-era guys are now gathering at Marineford—including that monster from Roger's ship who is of the same kind as me."
Redfield's expression was calm,
Those aristocratic, vampire-like eyes were now fixed tightly on the distant island shrouded in smoke and flames.
"That's... Kaido, isn't it?"
Bullet's gaze locked onto the distance, onto that overwhelming dragon-transformed figure, instantly forgetting about the Blackbeard crew he had been chasing for so long.
"Let's just treat it as a small interlude before the war with Orin."
Bullet's Conqueror's Haki instantly expanded, that terrifying aura crashing toward Kaido's direction,
In his dragon-man form, Kaido faced this collision of Conqueror's Haki and killing intent, his draconic pupils instantly narrowing into vertical slits, followed by overwhelming excitement,
"You are... [Demon's Heir]Douglas Bullet?!!"
"Worororororo!!!!"
"Looks like this won't be boring after all!!!"
Quietly observing as the two incomparably massive figures collided, Redfield shifted his gaze into the distance,
"There really are many old friends..."
