After some communication with Morgans, Dusty put down the phone bug and continued to deal with the various affairs on the table in front of her.

Don't look at the G-5 base, it doesn't seem to be very big, but because of its special geographical location and deep in the New World, there are no brother branches around it that can support it.

Because of this, the G-5 branch has more things to manage.

Although many of the things that Dusty deals with are not too important, in order to avoid mistakes, even trivial things Dusty will go through them roughly to make sure that no information is missed.

This habit had been cultivated when she was still in the East China Sea, when she followed William, and even the conflicts between neighbors would be kept in mind, making sure that the next time she dealt with these problems, she would not be confused.

"Huh?"

Dusty pulled out a document, studied it carefully, and tossed it aside.

The document is marked with the keyword Whitebeard, but in fact it is the message that Blackbeard Tiki led a team out on patrol and destroyed a small group of pirates.

This kind of information was of no use at all, and Dusty put it in his head and left it alone.

"I don't know what Lieutenant General William values about that Marshall D. Titch, and he has to choose him as the object of support for the infighting of the Whitebeard Pirates."

When discussing the issue of the Whitebeard Pirates, Dusty and the others actually valued the other captains more, after all, many captains had bad deeds before joining the Whitebeard Pirates, and it was reasonable to choose them as the targets of infighting.

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Or choose those pirate captains who are not too good brains, so that they can not only weaken the power of the Whitebeard Pirates, but also hit Whitebeard's prestige, which is a double win.

For example, Skuyad, who had been with Whitebeard since more than a decade ago, thought that this man could do things at the first sight of Dusty and Guyina.

Even Bartolomeo felt that he was a wise man compared to this man.

In the end, however, William chose the little-known Blackbeard, Marshall D. Titch.

This made Dusty and the three of them depressed for several days and didn't taste what was so special about this Marshall D. Titch, a man who didn't even have a bounty, and William was quite "jealous" and "recognized" of him.

You know, even admirals, there aren't too many who can get William's approval.

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New World, Vortex Seas.

A pirate ship flying the flag of a pitch-black skull is riding the waves.

At the bow of the ship stood a man in a black cloak, his chest hair open to reveal a messy look, and some of the rum in his hand was dripping from his swallows.

"Captain Titch, we've reached the waters of Hex."

Titch was leisurely sipping rum when his younger brother hurriedly handed over a chart.

"Well, has it arrived?"

Hearing the little brother's return, Titch immediately cheered up.

Two days ago, the outside of the Whitebeard Pirates received a message that a pirate captain wanted to challenge Blackbeard Tiki in order to make his bounty even higher.

Titch casually "dispatched" the sea thief with a reward of more than 100 million, and then while searching for the loot, Titch found a treasure map.

It's normal to find a treasure map on a pirate ship, and I don't know how many real or fake treasure maps are circulating on the sea, and if you go to check the treasure hunt for each one, you won't find a few treasures in your life.

Originally, Titch planned to give the treasure map to any of the younger brothers and send them on a treasure hunt, but when he saw the captain's log, Titch suddenly became interested.

In that captain's journal, the story of the pirate captain arriving in a mysterious sea and finally seeing the legendary treasure of Hex.

The Treasure of Hex, a very old legend in the New World.

More than 400 years ago, there was a powerful treasure hunter in the New World, who used his unique sense of smell to scavenge a huge amount of treasure in the New World, and hid it all in a place called Hex's Palace.

After the death of the treasure hunter, countless people wanted to know about the Hex Palace, but found nothing.

Everyone believed that the so-called Hex's palace was nothing more than fiction, and that the treasure hunter had squandered the treasure or thrown it into the sea.

After all, what treasure hunter can accept the feeling of being taken away by someone who has searched for a treasure all his life.

Titch also thought this way, the Hex Treasure is an even more illusory existence than Ralph Drew, after all, Ralph Drew has been there anyway, but Hex's Palace has never appeared on this sea.

If it weren't for the pirate captain's log, Titch would have only thought the legend was a rumor.

"In that guy's journal, it is written that when the moon is full, the phantom of the Hex Palace will appear in the whirlpool, and at that time, as long as you can dive into the deep sea for a thousand meters, you can find the legendary Hex Palace."

Titch's eyes were full of greed, and he was extremely glad that he was not capable yet, otherwise he would not be blessed with this Hex Palace in front of him.

"I just hope that there really is a dark fruit in it, or related clues."

The reason why Titch cares so much about Hex's treasure is that the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book he looked at back then was left behind by the treasure hunter Hex.

Unlike other Devil Fruit Illustrated Books on the sea, it contains a detailed description of the power of the Dark Fruit. Other Devil Fruit Illustrated Books don't even have a record of this Devil Fruit, as if it didn't exist.

In order to pursue the power he dreamed of, Titch chose to bring people to the waters of Hex.

Of course, what he claims to be to find Hex's treasure so that Whitebeard can be king.

For this reason, he was named the most filial son in the new world.

Hex's treasure may not be as good as Ralph Drew, or even the Land of Gold, but it can definitely make a man rich.

If Titch really gave this treasure to Whitebeard, then he would indeed be worthy of the name of a dutiful son.

There was still one day before the night of the full moon, so Tiqi had his ship drop anchor and set up camp on the sea.

A day later, Tichy, who had rested properly during the day, waited impatiently on deck.

As the light of the moon shone on the sea, a huge whirlpool appeared in front of Titch's pirate ship.

Strangely, this vortex is huge, but it is not attractive.

Titch's pirate ship was parked not far from the whirlpool, and it didn't move.

"I'll go down and have a look."

Titch disembarked with a dozen or so younger brothers, and they rowed their lifeboats into the whirlpool.

I didn't really see it when I was on the ship before, in fact, this whirlpool was just a shadow, like a mirage.

However, this is projecting the situation on the ocean floor above the surface of the sea, and below Titch's lifeboat, there is an inverted whirlpool.

"This is it!"

Titch's eyes lit up, it was this inverted whirlpool, in the midst of which was an island floating in the middle of the sea, and the famous Hex's palace was on top of it.

Thinking of the dark fruit he had been waiting for for decades, Titch jumped straight down without hesitation, and then he felt a pull in the sea.

He didn't resist, but held his breath, and easily entered the whirlpool with the force of the pull.

The younger brothers couldn't follow, they didn't have the courage and strength of Titch.

Titch didn't want them to follow, after all, if he found the Dark Fruit, would he expose it or not.

The speed of the whirlpool was not intense, and Titch closed his eyes and held his breath, feeling like he was about to reach his limit when he suddenly felt like he had hit something.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a magnificent palace made entirely of white jade!

"There's air at the bottom of the sea?"

Titch found himself standing on a large island rock, with a whirlpool of water above him that scattered the moonlight.

Perhaps because of the horror of this whirlpool, there is no water on the island, not even air.

The island has not been visited for a long time, and the humidity is heavy and the roads are covered with moss.

Titch walked in the direction of the palace with one foot deep and one foot shallow, according to the pirate captain's account, at the entrance to the Hex Palace, there were two powerful puppets guarding it.

He couldn't defeat the puppet, so he had to leave with a piece of jewelry.

He thought that he would be strong in the future and break into the Hex Palace again, but what he didn't expect was that one day in order to fight, he had to eat a superhuman Devil Fruit, and he would never be able to enter the Hex Palace again.

Once the Devil Fruit Capable enters the deep sea, it is certain death.

Even if he found the Dark Fruit in Hex's Palace, it would be impossible for Tiki to eat it on the spot, as he didn't want to die.

I followed the path to the gate of the palace, where two white jade armors were stationed at the gate like guards.

"Is the power of the Soul Fruit?"

The pirate captain's journal wasn't clear, he only knew that the armor was a moving puppet, but Titch could feel powerful soul fluctuations when he approached the armor.

He had never spoken to anyone else about his uniqueness, and he was more familiar with the soul than anyone else.

"Thief hahahaha, it looks like we're still going to fight."

Titch pulled out a pair of iron claws, the most customary item he used.

The white jade puppets at the door also woke up, and they raised their knight's spears in their hands and attacked Titch.

After a battle of swords and swords, Titch was poked with two bloody holes in his arm, and a huge cut was made in his stomach.

However, under this tragic battle was the total destruction of the two white jade puppets.

"Siha!"

Titch roared in pain, he himself was not very tolerant of pain, the attack of this white jade puppet was still heading towards the soul, if it weren't for his soul being different from ordinary people, he really couldn't take these two puppets.

After defeating the Jade Golem, Titch pushed open the door to the vault, and then he felt his scalp tingle.

I saw that in the hall of the palace, there were more than fifty white jade armor warriors, if each of them was about the same strength as the guards outside, then even if Whitebeard came, I am afraid they would have to drink hatred here.

"Dongha! Invaders, if you want to get your hands on Hex's treasure, defeat the Hex Warriors! ”

Just when Titch was a little at a loss, a puppet that looked like a strategist suddenly came out of the white jade armor warriors, shaking its feather fan with a rather comfortable expression.

"There are fifty treasure vaults in the Hex Palace, and if you defeat a Hex warrior, you can choose a treasure from one of the treasure vaults to leave."

"The more Hex warriors you defeat, the more you can take."

"If you defeat two Hex warriors, you'll be able to take four treasures in two treasure vaults."

"If you defeat all the Hex warriors, then this Hex Island is yours."

The White Jade Strategist smiled, and Tiki could sense a mockery in his smile.

"Thief hahaha, it seems that it is very difficult to get the treasure! Let's start with two! ”

Titch was very cautious in his fighting posture, he knew that these white jade puppets in front of him were all created by the treasure hunter four hundred years ago with the help of the power of the soul fruit, and they were much more powerful than ordinary sea thieves.

With his current ability, dealing with two more white jade puppets is already considered the limit.

"Okay, then take my Hex Wind's orders, let's fight, Hex Yan, Hex Monkey!"

With a wave of his hand, the white jade strategist named Wind appeared in front of Titch, one wrapped in flames and the other with ape-like hair.

Titch was stunned when he saw this scene.

Good guy, white jade puppet, can you still use the power of the Devil Fruit, this is too outrageous!

"No, if you can add the power of the Devil Fruit to the life created by the Soul Fruit, is that treasure hunter still a scientist?"

Titch only felt his scalp tingle, if he could master this ability, then there would be no need for him to focus on Whitebeard's Shock Fruit in the future.

One person into an army, this is one person into an army!

"Come, fight!"

With a roar from the white jade ape, the three figures fought together.

Titch was too wrong, the guards at the door were not strong at all, at least compared to the two white jade puppets in front of him.

The white jade puppet named Yan uses the ability to burn fruits, and the white jade puppet named Monkey is an animal-based monkey fruit ability.

Ten minutes later, the wounded Titch was thrown out of Hex Island, where he followed the current back above the surface and was eventually recovered by the crew.

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