Thatch cautiously examined the black box containing the Devil Fruit and its surroundings, fearing that there was a hidden danger.

This is not uncommon, and in order to prevent enemies or even their subordinates from stealing their treasures, many captains will place traps around the chests, vowing to make the thieves pay the price of blood.

Surprisingly, however, the black box was clean and there was nothing suspicious other than the crumpled adult magazine.

Thatch thought for a moment, his arm covered in pitch-black armed color, and he reached into the box and took out the strange-looking Devil Fruit. As the captain of the world's strongest pirate group, Thatch has seen and even handled Devil Fruits, these 'treasures' cursed by the sea are all strange, but none of them can be as full of foreboding as the Devil Fruit in his hand.

I don't want to think about it so much, anyway, I don't have any plans to eat this fruit, and when I get to the next island, I will sell it for money and go chic! Thinking of this, he stood up with the fruit in his hand, turned his head to look behind him: "Hey Teach, you see what I found ......"

The words came to an abrupt end, and Thatch was surprised to find that his best friend Titch had stood up at some point, staring at the Devil Fruit in his hand, and even ignoring the adult magazine he was holding in his hand fell to the ground.

"Titch? Titch? Feed! ”

Thatch snapped his fingers several times in front of Titch to wake him up, and the latter narrowed his eyes slightly, still staring at the Devil Fruit, and said slowly, "Thatch, my good brother, where did you find this Devil Fruit?" ”

"There's an inconspicuous black box in that corner, which I found when I threw out a magazine."

Thatch pointed behind him with his thumb and proudly held the Devil Fruit in his hand: "Pretty strange Devil Fruit, right?" It should sell for a good price! ”

“…… Sell? ”

Hearing Thatch's words, Titch's eyes, which were getting narrower and thinner, suddenly turned to look at Thatch: "Won't you eat it?" I remember you said before that if you found a Devil Fruit you liked, you would eat it. ”

Thatch smiled, and suddenly threw the Devil Fruit in his hand to Titch, who caught the pineapple with a dense purple spiral skin with a shocked expression, and his expression was stunned: "Thatch, you are ......"

"Originally, I wanted to eat an interesting Devil Fruit, but after seeing the miracle of the Murder Chain, I felt that no matter how much I developed the fruit, it was impossible to be stronger than that kid, so it was better to continue to maintain my usual fighting style. You kid, I can tell from the corns under my feet that you really want this Devil Fruit. ”

Thatch suddenly hooked Titch's shoulders and said with a grin, "Then I'll give it to you, anyway, we both searched this house at the same time, so you should find it first." You haven't eaten a Devil Fruit for so long, you must be waiting for your own eyes, it's cheaper for you. Gee...... When you go back to the city that never sleeps, you have to treat yourself! ”

“…… Did you know Thatch? From now on, all your expenses in the city that never sleeps will be invited by Lao Tzu! ”

After saying that, Titch bit the skin of this Devil Fruit, even if his eyes bulged out from the impact of the indescribable disgusting taste, he did not waste a single bite until he had eaten the entire Devil Fruit cleanly.

"Awesome! Titch, you're a ruthless person. ”

Looking at Titch's greedy eating, Thatch couldn't help but shudder. He had heard of the terrifying smell of Devil Fruit more than once, some said it was like socks and underwear that hadn't been washed for three months and then soaked in swill for a week, others said it was caviar chips similar to the Saumur brand, and some people directly described it as the taste of durian after eating durian for a week and persisting constipation.

Looking at Titch's gobbling up appearance, those who don't know probably think he's eating cherry lasagna.

Within half a minute of eating, a thick black mist began to emerge from Titch's hands, and a large amount of black smoke clouds also escaped from his body. After a few seconds, a large number of dark spots suddenly appeared on the floor beneath his feet and spread rapidly around him, only the place where Thatch was standing was deliberately avoided by Titch, and the rest of the room was shrouded in 'darkness'.

Thatch watched all this in amazement, he wasn't worried that Titch would make a move on him, the two of them had a lifelong friendship that lasted for more than twenty years, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were brothers. He was surprised that Tiqi actually ate this Devil Fruit before he could use his ability for a minute, and according to the Hunters Association, the 'synchronization rate' between Tiqi and this unknown Devil Fruit was quite high.

The tables, chairs, books, cabinets, and everything in the room slowly sank into darkness, leaving only the bare room and the two of them, and the darkness shrank back to Tick's feet like a spring.

"Thief hahahaha!! This power, that's it!! Get out of the way, Thatch! ”

With a violent laugh, Titch jerked his right hand towards the wall next to Thatch, a spiral of black mist pouring out of his palm, crushing everything that had disappeared into the darkness and blasting through the walls of the cabin with a frantic jet!

One side of the huge pirate ship, which had been undulating in the waves, was suddenly blasted by the huge force inside, and the entire ship shook violently. The members of the Whitebeard Pirates in the cabin let out a cry of surprise, and gold and silver treasures and boxes full of supplies were scattered to the ground.

This is known as the most dangerous ability in the history of Devil Fruits, Nature: Dark Fruit!

Marshall S. D. Titch, this man with an alien body, has been the goal of the Whitebeard Pirates since he joined the Whitebeard Pirates twenty-six years ago, and his goal has been this dark fruit from beginning to end!

In order to find the Devil Fruit of your dreams, you memorize the appearance of all the fruits on the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book and hide your strength. Because he calculated in detail that the Whitebeard Pirates are huge, and joining the Whitebeard Pirates has the best chance of getting the Devil Fruit he needs most.

But even then he didn't have much hope, after all, it was too difficult to find a specific Devil Fruit in such a vast world, and he even thought that if he couldn't find the Dark Fruit, he would stay in the Whitebeard Pirates for the rest of his life.

Eventually, Marshall M. The fate between D. Tiqi and the Dark Fruit is destined for their encounter.

According to the original plot, one day after the Whitebeard Pirates fought an unknown pirate, Thatch found the Dark Fruit while looting the loot. Titch is amazed to see the Dark Fruit in Thatch's hand, and in order to claim the coveted Devil Fruit, he commits the only intolerable crime in the Whitebeard Pirates - killing his companions!

On that dark and rainy night, Titch, who showed all his hidden strength, killed his best friend Thatch, who had been friends for 26 years, and escaped from the Whitebeard Pirates with the Dark Fruit, and called himself 'Blackbeard' to form the Blackbeard Pirates, causing a series of earth-shattering events. In the end, he replaced Whitebeard as the new [Four Emperors], and offered a bounty of 2,247.6 million Berry for the Blackbeard Pirates.

Fate, there was an inflection point.

Thatch was discouraged from eating the Devil Fruit because of Victor's relationship, and instead gave the Dark Fruit to Titch. Titch doesn't have to kill his best friends, and he doesn't need to break away from the Whitebeard Pirates.

In a short period of time, Marshall M. D. Titch will continue to be the loyal son of Whitebeard, under the protection of the strongest man in the world, to develop the Dark Fruit and achieve his ambitions in the safest way possible.

The sea, the wind is surging.