"Captain Ace." Titch said excitedly, a harmless smile on his face as if he were seeing an old friend. It's just that behind his smile, there is darkness as black as ink. The peaceful town at his feet was one of the few cities he had destroyed, and he did so only to make a name for himself, to attract the attention of the navy, but also to attract the attention of the Whitebeard Pirates.

The other Blackbeard Pirate crew members were not frightened, but rather looked at them with some interest when they faced the enemy in front of them, Fire Fist Ace, the Fruit Burning Ability, and the Captain of Whitebeard's second team, who was famous even in a cruel place like the New World.

The actions of his subordinates greatly increased Titch's face, and he laughed and said, "I didn't expect Captain Ace to chase after me, how about it?" My crew looks good, why don't you try to join me too? Ace! I'm looking forward to seeing you on board. ”

"Titch, do you think it's possible? You should know why I'm looking for you, I won't let you go no matter what, if you break the rules that we pirates shouldn't break the most! Ace lowered his hat, the expression on his face hidden under the brim, as oppressive as before the storm.

"You said Thatch, I'm friends with him, and I didn't want to kill him." Titch elaborated with a little pity, but his words suddenly changed, "It's just that who let him get something like that, the reason why I joined the Whitebeard Pirates is because there is the best chance to get that fruit, I thought that if I didn't find it, I would just stay like this, but just when I was about to give up, it appeared." If you've seen the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book, I can clearly tell that it's what I've been dreaming of, the Dark Fruit! The most sinister Devil Fruit ever! ”

"So you killed him?" Ace said incomprehensibly.

"Yes! It's not so much that I killed him, but that fate chose me and sent this ability to me! Titch looked maniac, but his tone eased immediately. He wanted to show Ace the power of the Dark Fruit, to make him understand why he killed Thatch, because it was worth it, and to satisfy his conceit, but before he did so, he thought of something, something that interested him.

"Ace, you know? Daddy's era is coming to an end. ”

"What did you say!"

"The era of the Whitebeard is coming to an end." Titch said again, this time he deliberately changed the original Daddy's title to Whitebeard, which was another manifestation of his departure from the Whitebeard Pirates - in fact, it also showed that he thought that the Whitebeard Pirates could not survive the tide of the times.

"The Navy is ready to strike at Whitebeard,... To be honest, Ace, I already knew that you were chasing behind me, and this time I stopped, in fact, I was waiting for you. I would like to invite you to join in the trend of this era and give him a ride in person. ”

"Titch! Stop talking nonsense! After defeating you, I will take your head back to help Daddy, there is only one name in this era, and that is Whitebeard! ”

Bang! During the period when Ace said this, Fan with the title of Yin Yue. Oka pulled the trigger, and the bullet was a special armor blast that passed through Ace's body at a speed exceeding the speed of sound, and also caused the rest of his body to explode, but at the point where Ace shot through his body, flames ignited. The flames exhibited spreading properties, refilling their hollow bodies.

"Stupid, don't attack indiscriminately!" Titch reproached. Judging by his values, Ace still has the possibility of being invited to join the army.

It's just that Ace has already attacked. Fierce flames burst out from his fingers and struck Tiki's body, and the side effects of the Dark Fruit's abilities were also manifested at this time, doubling the pain. The pain was so intense that Tiki screamed, and he slapped the flames on his body to fix the source of the pain, and after a moment of embarrassment, Tiki was able to resolve the flames on his body.

"It looks like there's only a second strategy." Titch said with a frown.

After saying this, it also hinted that a conflict between fire and darkness was about to erupt.

……

"Sengoku Marshal! Kaido's fleet has a new movement! "A Navy hurriedly reported.

Sengoku covered the processed document and handed it to the goat at the table to chew.

"It's finally action, is it contact with Whitebeard? Closely monitoring their contacts, if the two sides are not fighting, but cooperating, it is not a good thing for the navy. ”

"No!" The Navy hurriedly explained: "Kaido's fleet is approaching the side line guarded by the Navy, and the navy that has been in contact is constantly retreating, and it is almost forced out of the sea, and it seems that it is preparing to drive the Navy away from the second half of the great route!" ”

"What!" Sengoku slapped the table and shouted.

This sound startled the navy, as if he didn't expect that Sengoku, who had always kept calm, would lose his temper so much.

"Arrange a trip to Tsuru Naka now!" Sengoku commanded, "And immediately assemble all the generals and colonels above the rank of lieutenant general!" ”

"Lieutenant General Tsuru is not in the headquarters." The Navy asked hesitantly.

"Then let her come back!" Sengoku shouted again.

"It's... Be! ”

Sengoku realized his gaffe, rubbed his forehead, soothed his mind, and continued to explain: "Let Kapuna .. The lieutenant general also returned to the headquarters. Well, do as you are asked. ”

The Navy saluted and left the office.

Sengoku sat down, barely pausing at the moment, but he was in no mood to browse through the documents placed on the table. He closed his eyes and raised his head and took a deep breath, his performance just now was not consistent with his usual behavior, no wonder he was so excited, and when he remembered the events of the previous days, he understood how terrible things were.

A few days ago, the headquarters of the Navy.

Sengoku was still reviewing documents at that desk, but no one could break through the top room of the naval headquarters, which was known as a fortress, and an uninvited guest arrived.

It was a pale and intimidating face, a theatrical dress, with a crutch in his hand, a strange dress reminiscent of his name, Lafitte, who folded his wings behind his back, landed lightly, and made a respectful salute to Sengoku. This attitude made the Warring States, who was about to attack, stop, but in the palm of his hand, he handed the confidential document to the goat on the side and chewed it.

"Who are you?"

"Lafit, the crew of the contemptible Blackbeard Pirates, has brought news of the captain." Lafette gets straight to the point.

"When did the Navy Headquarters, which represents absolute justice, become a place for pirates to come and go with news?" Sengoku said coldly.

Anyone could hear the coldness in his words, and Lafitte was no exception, but he still maintained that expression, as if he was not worried, and his slender and straight body waved his crutch lightly, as if performing acrobatics.

"The captain wants to make a deal with your army."

"Deal?" Although Sengoku did not directly refuse, his words were full of prevarication and rejection.

Lafit ignored Sengoku's attitude and continued, "The captain is going to exchange Ace, the captain of Whitebeard's second team, for the identity of the Seven Martial Seas. ”

"Impossible!" Sengoku refused without even thinking about it.

"You don't need to answer right away, you can think about it, for example, the Chambord Islands are a good place to execute criminals." Lafit pointed out.

“.. What do you mean? Sengoku asked.

"Who knows? Then I'll take my leave. Lafit said.

"It's not a place you can come and go as you please." Warring States Dao, its whole body exudes might, and there is no doubt that as long as Lafitte shows the slightest retreating posture, he will be attacked by it instantly.

Lafitte spun his crutch and used hypnosis on Sengoku.

"This little trick won't work for me! I hope you tell me what you know. ”

"This is really troublesome, and I am not sure that I can overcome a big man like you." Lafitte sighed. "But even if you keep me, what will you do if this plan will bring down the entire navy?"

Sengoku reined in his momentum and slowly elaborated: "Blackbeard Pirates, a group of pirates that suddenly appeared in the field of vision in the intelligence, the strength of the entire fleet is unknown, the captain Blackbeard Tiki was originally a crew member of the Whitebeard Pirates, and he escaped from the Whitebeard fleet because he committed the murder of a member of his companionship, and was pursued by Fire Fist Ace. Brutal in action, often storming towns, and previously acting in concealment, he was suddenly exposed to the navy for unknown reasons, while fighting Ace of Fire Fist in the town of Hilliut. ”

"It's amazing, just a few days after it happened, can the Navy understand the situation? Then in the case that we have been exposed, you can have people monitor our whereabouts, you can also monitor it, and if it is not worth it in a few days, you can send someone to arrest our fleet. But if it's worth it, then please publish the news in the newspaper that the captain has become Nanatakekai. ”

After saying this, Lafit bowed and stretched out his wings from behind him again, flapping his wings and flying towards the sky, and the whole time Sengoku only remained silent and did not take any action.

Now that I think about it, Lafitte's statement that "the Chambord Islands are a good place to execute criminals" has been explained.

The word execution is used in the navy's verdict on criminals, and the meaning of that sentence is nothing more than to give the credit for Ace's execution to the navy. As for Sengoku, years of experience in fighting have given him a deep understanding of Whitebeard, a twilight old man who regards the pirate fleet as his home, and the crew that was supposed to be his subordinates is regarded as his family. However, this old man still adheres to the character of a pirate, and once his family is killed, he will take off his twilight coat and transform into a god of death who can only calm his anger with blood. He was sure of that.

Under Kaido's strange action, it actually implies that the other party is prompting Kaido and Whitebeard to attack the navy at the same time. Under the attack of the two Four Emperors, even if the navy can eat it, it will definitely break the bones.

For this reason, it is indeed worth using a vacant position in the Seven Martial Seas to obtain Ace and regain the initiative.

However, the Warring States could not make a decision immediately, and when the Great War broke out, could the Seven Martial Seas be spared? The answer is no, the Seven Martial Seas, which were originally used to check and balance, were lost in balance, and the unflattering roles of the two sides of the pirate navy were almost exposed to the focus. So come to think of it this way, what exactly is the purpose of the Blackbeard Pirates... What is the opportunity to choose to become the Seven Martial Seas.

This is the reason why he has been unable to make a decision for a long time.

……

The town of Hilliut

Fang Xing and his party arrived here, and entered the scene of chaos.

The burned, charred earth, and the bare ground that was pulled away. Around these two points, the traces that spread under them show that two powerful people fought a great battle here.

rushed to come, but it was such a situation, Fang Xing didn't need to think about it to know that he was a step too late. Based on the scene of the battle, and Ace chasing down the Blackbeard Titch who killed his companion at the moment, it can be imagined that this is the battle between Titch and Ace.

As for the result of the battle, although I don't want to admit it, if Blackbeard still eats the Dark Fruit as in the original book, then Ace has no chance of victory.

Fang Xingban made a face, and the others noticed it as well.

"How's it going?" Robin asked.

"It's bad." Fang Xing replied, "I can't tell which direction the situation is going right now, Ace thinks that he fought with Blackbeard Teach, and if the result of the battle was not wrong, he should have lost." ”

Because of the change of history, what should have happened more than half a year later happened at this moment. Obviously, at this time, the navy will not accept Ace to attract Whitebeard's firepower, and in the case that Whitebeard is about to engage Kaido, the navy is not stupid enough to be the first bird. In other words, the historical trajectory has a low reference value. This is precisely what Fang Xing is most worried about, if there is no purpose, it is difficult to know what to do. Just like in math problems, X+Y=Z, if you know the answer, you only need to get one clue to deduce the rest of the clues, but if you don't know the answer, even if you know one of the clues, then you are wandering in the same place blankly.

"Blackbeard Teach, who is that? Can you beat Whitebeard's second team captain? Sanji asked.

"A terrible man." Fang Xing said, "He uses the most vicious devil fruit in history, the Dark Fruit, which can neutralize the abilities of all capable people. ”

"Doesn't that mean you're too—" Sanji said in shock.

Fang Xing didn't explain that his ability was not a Devil Fruit ability, and he didn't know the specific situation yet.

"Anyway, I'll contact Tezzolona first to find out what is going on." Fang Xing said.

After finishing speaking, Fang Xing deliberately put on an unkind expression, and then lightly took out the golden phone bug and dialed it.

"Huh?" Tezzolo let out a strange muffled grunt.

"You should know what I want to ask." Square Street.

"I know, it's nothing more than the matter of Fire Fist Ace, but it seems that someone has fulfilled this request faster than you, and this time I don't need your help, maybe I can save this opportunity for next time." Tezzolo laughed, feeling heartfelt pleasure in trying to find a place in Fang Xing's body. And after he said this, he hung up the phone bug by himself, cutting off Fang Xing's way to continue to ask.