Chapter 218: Tekas
Just as the Dragon Flame Pirates were heading inside, a figure suddenly darted out and blocked Jiang Qize's path.
"Wow… how does he dare…"
"It's over, it's over—won't he die horribly?"
"If he dares to stand in the Dragon Flame Pirates' way, is he an idiot?"
The surrounding pirates were instantly thrown into an uproar. One by one, they looked at that figure with pity in their eyes.
Although they desperately wanted to join this pirate crew worth tens of billions, they at least had some self-awareness. They only dared to talk about it, never to actually do it.
Now that someone had really rushed out, of course they thought that person was going to die.
Jiang Qize and the others stopped.
They looked at the young man in front of them—about 1.8 meters tall, very ordinary-looking, with red hair and an earring on his ear.
"I… I want to join you!"
Tekas's body trembled, his lips quivering nonstop as he looked at him nervously and shouted.
"What's your name?"
Jiang Qize looked at him, the corner of his mouth curling into a wicked smile as he spoke softly.
"My name is Edgar Tekas."
Tekas lowered his head, not daring to meet his gaze.
"Tekas, why do you want to join us?"
"I… I want to become the world's number one powerhouse."
The moment his words fell, bursts of laughter erupted.
"Hahahaha…"
"Hahahaha…"
"Kid, not even talking about our captain—just standing in front of us… what makes you think you can become the world's number one powerhouse?"
Buck laughed as he looked at him.
Camon and the others also watched him with smiles on their faces.
"Tch, the world's number one powerhouse—Whitebeard wouldn't even dare say something like that."
"Exactly, exactly. Is he daydreaming?"
"Hahaha! If he can become the world's number one powerhouse, then I'm the number one powerhouse's dad."
The surrounding pirates all burst into ridicule, each of them looking at Tekas as if he were a fool.
Hearing these voices, Tekas's face flushed red. His hands clenched tightly with cracking sounds, his teeth grinding together—it was hard to tell whether he felt humiliated or angry.
"Just like they said, why do you have the confidence to become the world's number one powerhouse?"
Jiang Qize looked at him and asked with a smile.
Tekas raised his head and shouted loudly, "I'm a Devil Fruit user!"
Hearing that, the corners of everyone's mouths lifted a bit more.
In their pirate crew, who wasn't an ability user? Even the few who hadn't eaten Devil Fruits were still Dinosaur Fruit users.
"And then?"
Jiang Qize continued.
He wasn't looking down on Tekas. Indeed, there were many unknown Devil Fruit abilities in this world that could become extremely terrifying once they grew.
"I… my ability is this…"
For the sake of joining the Dragon Flame Pirates, Tekas no longer cared about guarding the secrecy of his Devil Fruit ability.
He half-crouched down and suddenly pressed his right hand against the ground.
Buzz!!
A small pit abruptly appeared in the ground—a pit about the size of a basketball.
When everyone saw this scene, the original quiet anticipation of witnessing a miracle instantly shattered.
"Pfft… hahaha…"
"I'm dying laughing. This is a Devil Fruit user?"
"The crater I make with one punch is bigger than that—hahaha…"
"And you want to join the Dragon Flame Pirates with this? Keep dreaming."
The surrounding pirates burst into loud laughter, the mocking voices extremely grating.
The other members of the Dragon Flame Pirates all shook their heads slightly. They didn't laugh, but they also felt it wouldn't work.
However, Jiang Qize's pupils suddenly contracted, a hint of surprise rising in his heart.
Although this basketball-sized pit was weaker than even a casual air bullet he could fire off, this pit hadn't been smashed out by force.
If he wasn't mistaken, the material inside that pit had been melted away in that instant, turning into nothingness.
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