On the streets of Mock Town, large patches of buildings had been damaged and had collapsed, and the passersby on the street had been quite perceptive, fleeing to the distance.

In the center of the street, Drake and Stella had been confronting a group of strangely shaped people.

Drake’s gaze had swept over the people before him one by one, and he had then revealed a strange expression.

What did it mean to have gotten something without any effort, and it turned out that there really had been good things of having the target jump out on their own.

Time had been rewound to ten minutes before this, and Drake and Stella had just left the tavern, arriving on the street, when they had seen a group of five people who had been quite unique blocking before them.

"Zehahaha! I didn’t expect that I would run into you here, it seems that you and I are destined to meet!"

The short and fat man had said while laughing loudly with his mouth that had been missing several teeth, and you could see that he had been in quite a good mood.

Drake couldn’t help but reveal a strange smile as well, and what was this guy so happy about! Running into him like this wasn’t a good thing for him at all, because he had been staying in Mock Town just to resolve him!

The group of people who had been blocking before Drake had been the newly formed Blackbeard Pirates, and the man who had been speaking had been Marshall D. Teach, who had killed his comrade.

Blackbeard had looked straight at Drake, saying, "I’ve been hearing your name all this time, and I only knew that you were indeed no simple guy after meeting you.

Let me introduce myself! My name is Marshall D. Teach, and I have an ambition...."

While saying this, Blackbeard had stretched out his palm, as if he had been holding something in his hand.

"And that is to turn this world upside down!

Whether it’s the marines, the World Government, or those high and mighty guys, the Celestial Dragons, I’m going to pull them down from above, stepping on them under my feet!

And you’re the talent that I’ve taken a liking to, how about it, come join us! You can get everything that you want at that time... as long as you become my right hand."

After betraying the Whitebeard Pirates, obtaining the Yami Yami no Mi that he had been looking for all along, Blackbeard had been looking for comrades who could help him fulfill his ambition all along. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

And he had indeed found several members who had met his requirements in terms of strength and ambition.

But he had known that this number of people was far from enough, and although he had known that he could get enough combat power from the very bottom of Impel Down as long as his plan had succeeded, he had also had to find strong people to join as much as possible before that.

Drake, who had suddenly appeared and had defeated Crocodile, had become his target.

And the next island on the route that Alabasta had been on had been Skypiea, and Blackbeard had been certain that Drake would appear here, so he had come here specifically.

In the original plot, Blackbeard, who had wanted to exchange Luffy and the World Government for the position of Shichibukai for the same reason, had rushed to Mock Town to wait for the Straw Hat Pirates.

And after truly meeting him, Blackbeard had been incomparably certain that coming here had been worth it.

Blackbeard had known that Drake’s strength had been stronger than he had imagined just by facing him, and his plan would definitely be even smoother as long as he had Drake’s help.

So he had directly said the words of "become my right hand," and he had truly wanted to recruit Drake under his command.

Drake’s expression had become even stranger. Back then, Shiki had been surrounded the Roger Pirates with an overwhelming fleet before daring to say those kinds of words, and Blackbeard didn’t even have a proper pirate ship right now, so where had his confidence come from?

Blackbeard had thought that he had expressed his courage and sincerity, but Drake hadn’t had even a trace of an emotional fluctuation.

Perhaps it was because he had sensed Drake’s indifference, and Blackbeard’s expression had changed.

"It seems that you’re going to refuse me! But you might not understand us just by me saying it, and I’ll let you know that you won’t lose out by joining us."

While saying this, Blackbeard had released malice that had been more obvious than it could be. It seemed that Blackbeard had been planning to use force to make Drake join!

Drake had finally opened his mouth, but there hadn’t been any special emotions in his words.

"That’s how it should be, and we’re going to take action anyway. I’m too lazy to say any reasoning, and you aren’t worthy of listening!"

Blackbeard had understood at this moment that there was no way that Drake could become his subordinate, and the two’s views had been completely opposite.

Not only that, but the hostility that Drake had had, which had almost been burning people, had shown that what would come next wouldn’t be a battle that would just be to determine the winner.

"Zehahaha! It seems that I’ve misunderstood something...!"

Blackbeard had suddenly slammed his hand on the ground just as he had been halfway through speaking, and a black substance had spread rapidly from the location of his palm, reaching below Drake’s feet in an instant.

"Dark Water!"

Using words to attract the other party’s attention, and then suddenly launching an attack, this had completely been a sneak attack.

After confirming that the other party had been an enemy, Blackbeard had taken action with this kind of incomparably decisive action.

Teach, who had been the ability user of the Yami Yami no Mi, could freely manipulate darkness, and what had been called darkness had been gravity that had been powerful to the point of even devouring light.

This kind of gravity could even absorb the devil fruit abilities of all kinds of systems, and even the concept of damage together.

But it had also been because of this that Blackbeard, who had been a darkness person, had also had his own entity attracted, and while he hadn’t been able to become elemental, his damage would be absorbed, but he would experience double the pain.

Everything on the ground that had been covered by darkness had been sucked in, and you could vaguely hear the sounds of those things being crushed.

Drake had also sensed the huge power that had been transmitted from below his feet, which had wanted to drag him into the pitch-black abyss.

But Drake had just raised his foot, and had then broken free of that powerful force, and along with his foot slamming down, the sea of fire had spread out, directly repelling the dark substance.

Blackbeard’s pupils had constricted, and he hadn’t thought that someone could use this kind of method to break his Dark Water.

"Liberation!"

The shock hadn’t affected Blackbeard’s actions, and he had directly released the objects that he had sucked into the darkness just now, slamming them towards Drake.

Drake’s fingers had closed one by one, and the flames around him had also converged along with it, charging towards the ruins that had been slamming over as Drake’s fist had blasted out.

Whether it had been rocks, or wood, or steel, all of the things had transformed into ashes after being swallowed by the flames.

But just at this time, Drake had heard the sound of the air being pierced through.

A lead bullet that had been covered with a black luster had pierced through the flames, blasting straight towards Drake’s forehead.

The Blackbeard Pirates had clearly not been the type to talk about rules with others, and after the captain’s sneak attack, the crew had also taken action together without any martial morality.

The sniper Van Augur had been holding his beloved gun [Senriku], launching a deadly attack at Drake.

He didn’t know if it had been because the performance of that rifle itself had been superior, or if it had been because Van Augur had attached Armament Haki, but the speed of the bullet had been quite astonishing, and an ordinary person might have been hit before they could even react.

But someone had been faster, and Stella had blocked before Drake, swinging the Hi Ryu Zoku Sword, slicing the lead bullet into two halves.

The flames that had still been burning had fluctuated, and a huge body had actually charged through the flames, pouncing over.

The man who had been wearing a wrestler’s mask and a gold belt had been the helmsman of the Blackbeard Pirates, the Champion Jesus Burgess.

Burgess had swung his fist, stirring up a shockwave with his punch, slamming it towards Drake.

But Stella, who had just sliced open the bullet, had raised her empty hand, blocking Burgess’s fist.

Stella, who had possessed the Dragon God’s possession, and even Drake in his normal state might not have been able to compare to her in terms of arm strength.

The Burgess who would obtain the power of the Riki Riki no Mi in the future might have been able to wrestle with her, but he only had the qualifications to be ravaged right now.

Stella’s expression had been calm, directly slamming the astonished Burgess heavily into the ground.

"Don’t even think about adding to Drake’s battle!" Stella had declared this.

Drake had felt that his girlfriend had been so cool so many times!

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