Inside Marine Headquarters, Akainu watched this scene with a livid expression.
Tsuru looked at Kizaru strangely, "I thought you would be shouting how scared you are; I didn't expect you to be so unexpectedly calm this time."
"Those were just jokes, but this time it's for real," Kizaru said. "Being targeted by a Pirate Crew like this, one might as well retire on the spot."
"How did Clown Buggy recruit these people?" Akainu still couldn't quite figure it out.
"In this matter, the Marine and Blackbeard actually coordinated quite beautifully." Tsuru sighed helplessly. "I mentioned to you that the Shichibukai system indeed has its flaws, but we can't just apply a one-size-fits-all solution!"
Tsuru couldn't understand; while a villain like Doflamingo wasn't suitable to be a Shichibukai, what was the harm in keeping pirates like Hawkeye and Hancock?
"Of course, Blackbeard is even stupider. He seemed to be expanding his territory on a large scale, but he ended up with enemies all over the world. Now, the backlash has come."
In the live broadcast, Buggy led a group of people and landed on Whole Cake Island.
Blackbeard looked at the scale of the enemies opposite him, opened his mouth, but found himself unable to speak.
Wasn't the Buggy Pirates supposed to have only five Shichibukai?
Why are there so many more executives?
Phoenix Marco, Calamity King King, and what the hell is Katakuri doing here?
"Zehahahaha, isn't this Brother Buggy? Is there some misunderstanding between us..." Blackbeard forced a smile.
"No misunderstanding, I'm simply here to kill you," Buggy said.
"W-Why? There shouldn't be any grudge between us," Blackbeard said dryly.
"Of course there is. We fought when we were kids, did you forget?" Buggy pointed to his cheek. "You left a scar here. I'm a very petty person, and I decided back then that I'd kill you sooner or later."
"But you also knocked out my teeth," Blackbeard said, pointing at his uneven teeth. "Clearly, I was the one who was injured more heavily."
"What does it matter to me how badly you were hurt?" Buggy said strangely. "Anyway, since you hurt me, you deserve to die."
Blackbeard wanted to say more, but Laffitte sighed. "Captain, stop it. He's just making fun of you."
Blackbeard knew that, of course, but he couldn't think of any other way right now.
"Wait, I have an idea. Captain Buggy, my Blackbeard Pirates can merge into your Pirate Crew. With our combined strength, seizing the whole world would be a piece of cake..."
As long as he could survive, there were infinite possibilities. This was Blackbeard's way of life.
"My Pirate Crew doesn't take in scum, especially a guy like you who's rotten to the core," Buggy said disdainfully.
"Your only highlight was saying that 'A man's dream will never end.' But you bet your dream on a single Devil Fruit—how laughable!"
Buggy remembered that Blackbeard's purpose for joining the Whitebeard Pirates was to find the Dark-Dark Fruit; if he never found it, he planned to stay with the Whitebeard Pirates forever.
"What do you know? You don't understand the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit at all. It's the strongest Devil Fruit in the world!"
Blackbeard's hands turned black, and black smoke rose from his body. "I've tried so sincerely to join you. Why must you force me?"
"Only a fool would believe someone like you who's accustomed to betrayal," Buggy mocked.
"Then die! Black Vortex!" Just as Blackbeard was about to unleash his move, a voice sounded behind him.
"Awakening: Ice Age."
Endless cold swept in from behind Blackbeard, freezing the entire Whole Cake Island and the surrounding waters.
"Kuzan, what are you doing?" Blackbeard felt something was wrong.
"Arara... Blackbeard, I told you before that I only joined you to pursue power. I thought you were the strongest Pirate Crew, but it seems that's not the case anymore."
Aokiji's figure had already merged into the ice crystals on the island, and his voice could only be heard coming from all directions.
"In that case, I naturally choose to betray you. I learned this from you, Captain Blackbeard."
The plan was in disarray. There was no point in fighting the Buggy Pirates here. Aokiji's target had been Blackbeard from the very beginning.
"You damn bastard!" Blackbeard was furious.
Evil Governance King Pizarro and Crescent Moon Hunter Catarina looked at each other and said together, "We also..."
"Is there no end to the betrayals?" Crocodile pressed his hand to the ground. "Desert Arena!"
The areas Crocodile touched instantly turned to sand, and the range expanded rapidly, until the sand formed several arenas.
"Just as the Captain said, our Buggy Pirates don't take in scum. You guys should just rest in peace." Crocodile lit a cigar and began looking for his opponent.
"Is it a one-on-one duel?" Seeing the arena, Laffitte held a glimmer of hope.
"No, that would be so unfair," Crocodile blew a smoke ring.
"Why? Isn't a duel the fairest way?" Laffitte found it hard to understand.
"Look at us. If some don't even get a chance to act in the end, wouldn't that be very unfair?" Crocodile said. "We must consider everyone and ensure they all have a chance to strike."
Laffitte somewhat admired Crocodile; such shameless words were actually spoken by him with such dignity.
He calculated the chances of escape and found that even flying with wings would make it difficult to get away.
Marco and King, on the opposite side, botcanto fly.
"Let's fight for our lives. At least at the final moment, don't let the enemy look down on us." Laffitte drew the sword from his cane and pointed it at Crocodile. "Are you my opponent?"
"It's me, it's me. I chose you," Flower Sword Vista hurried forward.
"You're a swordsman too?" Smoothie's eyes lit up when she saw Laffitte pull out his cane sword. "A good opponent indeed."
"Miss Smoothie, the women's battlefield should be over there." Flower Sword Vista quickly pointed in the direction of Crescent Moon Hunter Catarina.
"There are too many people over there..." Smoothie was stunned when she looked over.
Nearly dozens of people surrounded Catarina and began placing a large amount of fruit around the arena.
Catarina watched this scene with a livid face, realizing what this group intended.
The Blackbeard Pirates had done the same thing: killing people to seize their Devil Fruit abilities.
She just didn't expect it would be her turn today.
But why was there fruit only on this side and not in the other arenas?
"Alright, this is the Mystique Fruit ability user personally designated by the Captain. We must do our best to seize this Devil Fruit," Mr. 3 said.
"I am a Zoan-type, Mythical Zoan, Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Nine-Tailed Fox ability user, not some Mystique Fruit user!" Catarina hadn't expected the enemy to know what her Devil Fruit was.
"Err... it doesn't matter what it is. Anyway, the Captain said we can't let you go. Let's do this."
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