stonecrandall Chapter 114 The Prelude to the Marineford War
Chapter 114 The Prelude to the Marineford War
Chapter 114 The Prelude to the Marineford War
Tina's long legs had barely stepped through the door when she showed a moment of surprise, but she quickly regained her composure and returned to normal.
She was stunned too—
The Navy heard that the Donquixote Family had extended their reach into this town, intending to develop underground businesses here, so they sent her to investigate and stop the Donquixote Family's overstepping of boundaries.
She knew that Mogu Town was a pirate town without any government, and she also knew that the town was full of pirates.
Wasn't it said that the pirates in town were all weaklings with bounties of ten or twenty million? Who are these people in front of me?!
On the bar, to the right, is the black-bearded man with a bounty of 540 million Berries and his first mate, Van Oka.
On the left is Fire Fist Ace, the 2nd Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, with a bounty of 550 million Berries.
As for Bucky, he was subconsciously ignored by her.
"6
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At this moment, she only had one ship's worth of troops, which posed no threat to the notorious pirates in front of her. She had a clear understanding of herself and did not think she was a match for the two of them.
However, at this moment she represented the face of the navy and could not back down!
Retreat would be a sign of the navy's cowardice.
After thinking for a while, Tina lifted her foot and continued walking towards the tavern.
Finally, he sat opposite the two members of the Don Quixote family in their booths.
Just don't do anything unnecessary...
The encounter between the two at the bar was rather complicated. Ace and Teach were enemies, which was the information she knew at the moment. Their battle was not something she could interfere with; as a Marine, she only needed to observe quietly.
Therefore, all she needed to do was continue her task and pretend to ignore her surroundings.
"Bapha and Jorah?" Tina looked up and met their gaze.
The two ignored Tina, leaning back on the sofa with smug expressions, chatting amongst themselves.
Seeing their expressions, Tina remained expressionless and continued, "According to the agreement between the Navy and Doflamingo, your business is not allowed to interfere in the first half of the Grand Line's Paradise. You've overstepped your bounds."
"Pfft, hehe, the Joker never said that to us~" Baffa looked at the naval captain in front of him with disdain, his tone mocking.
"Yes, yes—the young master said the entire dark world is his territory!" Jorah chimed in from the side.
"Snap—"
Tina slammed her hand on the table, leaned forward, and gave a sharp look.
"Doflamingo is the only one among the Seven Warlords of the Sea. If you use his name to commit crimes in Paradise, we can arrest you just the same way."
Tell me... what is the purpose of your trip?
The atmosphere in the room instantly became heavy.
Baffa and Jorah's smiles slowly faded, turning grim as they stared intently at Tina, their right hands reaching behind their backs to retrieve their weapons.
The subordinates trained by Doflamingo's training institute have become so lawless that they dared to make the first move against a naval captain!
Just when the atmosphere was tense and ready to explode.
A blazing tongue of fire swept through the tavern, instantly piercing the roof and shooting straight into the sky.
Bellamy and his gang of thugs were terrified and scattered in all directions.
It was Ace who attacked Teach in a fit of rage!!!
Bucky sat between the two, terrified that his head had separated from his body. He was pressing down on his head, which was flying alone, as flames grazed past his head.
"I'm going to die! I'm going to die!"
"Go fight outside! Can't you see there's someone in the middle?!"
Bucky and his henchmen were running frantically outside the tavern just before it collapsed, pitifully yelling, "I haven't eaten yet! Rumble rumble rumble—"
With a cloud of dust, the tavern collapsed completely.
Tina and the others also escaped from the tavern, and then looked towards the center of the arena.
A leaf drifted by in the wind, and everyone who hadn't left stopped what they were doing and stared intently at the center of the ruins.
There, Ace, the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, and Teach, a former member of the second division of the Whitebeard Pirates who killed his comrades and defected to form the Blackbeard Pirates, have been committing crimes everywhere ever since... are locked in a deadly standoff.
Due to the series of effects caused by the Phantom Troupe, Blackbeard was forced to retreat to Drum Island ahead of schedule, Ace did not stay in Alabasta for long, and Teach and Ace, who should have met on Banaro Island, met in Mock Town ahead of schedule!
"Why betray your father?"
Ace's expression was icy.
"Sashi bu ri na, Captain Ace~" Teach said with an ambitious smile.
"So, Ace, how about joining us, becoming my partner, and conquering the world together?"
"Shut up. The term 'captain' is used when addressing a comrade."
嚓—
Flames erupted from Ace's fists as he approached Teach step by step.
"Why did you betray Daddy?" Ace repeated.
Teach's smile widened. "Of course, it's because... the era of the Whitebeard is over."
He spread his arms wide, his expression wild: "The title of Pirate King... will ultimately be mine! Zehahahaha!"
"Fire Fist"
""
His response was a fiery fist that filled the entire field of vision with a deafening boom—
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The street was instantly plowed into a ditch tens of meters long, and the scorched earth caused houses to collapse wherever the fiery fist passed.
"It hurts so much—"
'
"It's so hot!"
Despite being hit and crying out in pain, Teach slowly stood up from the ground, and his expression suggested that he was not seriously injured.
"I know, Ace, you really want to kill me, don't you? There's a traitor in your crew who murdered his own comrade. That's a serious crime in the Whitebeard Pirates!"
Ace's expression was icy as he questioned, "Didn't you say you had no ambition?"
"Didn't you say you wouldn't mind even giving up the captain's position?"
"Why did you kill Sachi and steal the fruit...?"
"Why do you do this, Teach...?"
'
Teach lowered his head for a moment, then looked up, his eyes burning with desire.
"Of course it's because it's... the Dark Fruit—"
'
"With this, I will eventually become the strongest person in the world—hahahaha!"
Darkness surged from his body like ink, exuding pitch blackness and foreboding.
"Dark Water"
'
In a flash, Teach raised his arm, and an unimaginable gravitational force was generated in the darkness, dragging Ace's body towards him in the center of the darkness.
Nothing can escape the pull of darkness—
—
Immediately afterwards, he bent his right arm to its limit, a sinister smile spreading across his face, and threw a punch at Ace with a "thud."
A heavy, dull thud, like a blow to solid ground, rang out instantly. Ace's abdomen caved in, his face contorted in pain, and he was sent flying backward, crashing into the house behind him. "See?"
Teach looked smug. "While the Dark-Dark Fruit can't ignore attacks like a regular Logia-type fruit, and it inflicts pain many times greater than a normal person when injured..."
"But it granted me an unparalleled ability—the power to absorb fruit!" Teach's smile became increasingly distorted.
"In other words... when I touch your body, you will be completely unable to use your Devil Fruit abilities."
"Faced with darkness... everything is powerless."
"It's a pity. Since you won't choose to join me, I might as well hand you over to the World Government."
Teach turned to Tina, whose expression was one of shock and wariness, and said, "Crocodile has fallen, and the World Government is selecting a new Shichibukai, isn't it—hahahahaha."
"Lafayette is already on her way~"
"Miss Tina, please be my witness. How about I offer Ace to you in exchange for a position as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?"
"Thief hahaha"1