Dewey and his four companions were obviously unaware of Blackbeard's existence. This time, they came to the Sabaody Archipelago in a swaggering manner. Except for Robin who wore a veil, the others did not have any disguise.
If we were to ask which island the "Bounty Three" is most threatening on during the entire Grand Line, it would undoubtedly be the "Sabaody Archipelago".
Aside from the Celestial Dragons, all the lawless elements kept their distance from the "Bounty Big Three," fearing that they would suffer disaster if they accidentally glanced at them.
Because of the year 1517 of the Haiyuan calendar and several hunting trips back to the first half of the Grand Line, these people were frightened.
When the Flask stopped at the coast of a small island, the criminals on that island fled here one after another, even if they were just some small minions with no bounty.
Therefore, Dewey and his four companions didn't see many people along the way.
only...
"Boss, someone is coming our way."
Nami suddenly came to Dewey's side and reported softly, "He is holding two unconscious pirates. Their auras are stronger than Zoro's. They look like pirates, and they are very likely to be this year's "supernovas."
"Wow… He was able to kill two supernovas, and he was heading towards us. This island is in the opposite direction of the navy base. He can't be passing by!"
Kalina, who was standing on the other side of Dewey, said with a playful smile.
In response to this, Dewey's eyes also revealed a hint of curiosity.
Next year is the time when the child of destiny will go to sea, and it will also be a year of turbulent times. Almost all the invisible and intangible fortunes will gather in that year, waiting to explode.
As the price of accumulating strength for a sudden breakthrough, there were no major events in the year 1519 of the Haiyuan calendar. The only person worthy of Dewey's attention and memory was the captain of the future "Straw Hat Grand Fleet" No. 1 ship in the original work, Captain Cavendish of the "Handsome Pirates" who had titles such as "Pirate Nobleman", "Rommel's Kamaitachi", and "White Horse Cavendish".
But Cavendish was a pirate, and tomorrow was only March of 1519. This newcomer had not yet become world-famous.
Excluding Cavendish, who else has the ability and dares to come and see me?
As if for that little bit of expectation, Dewey did not release his observation Haki, but waited for the other party to appear.
Perhaps it was the lucky influence of "Bakara" that remained. A "big shot" that Dewey never expected and even shocked his heart suddenly appeared in front of him, carrying two "corpses" and walking towards them.
He is a burly man nearly three meters tall, with thick hair, brown skin, and fluffy black hair. He looks honest and simple, with an excited smile on his face. He looks at Dewey, Kalina, and Nami with eyes that do not conceal his strong admiration.
The moment he saw him, Dewey stopped and raised his hand to gesture for the four women to step back.
But when Kalina took a few steps back and saw Dewey's ring finger bending repeatedly, sending a signal that only she knew and even Nami was unaware of, Kalina's pupils shrank slightly, and then she returned to normal and came to Perona's side, stretched out her hand and snatched the burgundy parasol from her hand, causing Perona to pout and look at her. Just as she was about to speak in dissatisfaction, she saw Kalina with a smile on her face. Her beautiful purple eyes revealed a strong seriousness, and they turned slightly a few times, and she was actually communicating with Perona with her eyes.
Perona was slightly stunned, and subconsciously recalled the sneak attack signal that Karina had prepared for her two days ago after she learned how unfair the power of the "Ghost Fruit" was.
And now is one of the signals of preparing for a sneak attack.
Could it be that… the guy in front is our enemy, and a very powerful one, who cannot be suppressed by force?
Thinking of this, Perona deliberately glared at Karina, then turned around and looked at the simple and honest guy again.
And the little movements of Kalina and Perona naturally did not escape Teach, who was keeping an eye on Kalina and Dewey.
However, Observation Haki is not an all-round camera. He only saw Karina's profile with a bright smile, and the scene where Perona surrendered and transferred her anger to himself.
Perhaps because he was very confident in his acting skills, Tikki didn't know that Dewey, a real overlord, was actually an old bastard, and had a great teammate like Kalina by his side.
So after a quick glance at Kalina, Teach's eyes immediately turned back to Dewey. When he was a distance in front of the five people, he stopped and threw the two unconscious pirates in front of him. He laughed at Dewey and said, "Thieves, hahahaha… "The Strongest Hunter" Dewey, "Electric Girl" Nami, "Dark Girl" Kalina, the famous "Bounty Big Three", I finally meet you."
"Who are you?"
Dewey asked calmly.
After seeing that he really didn't know him, Tiqi was suddenly delighted, and then shouted loudly: "My name is Tiqi, and I have always hoped to join your admirers!"
"You are too ugly and do not meet our fleet's recruitment criteria."
"Puff…"
Dewey shook his head to refuse. The reason he gave and the disgust on his face made Teach's smile pause slightly, and also made Nami and the other girls laugh with their hands covering their lips.
Although he knew that it would be very difficult to join Dewey and the others.
But Teach never expected that Dewey's reason for refusal would be so hurtful to his self-esteem.
hateful!
Tiqi cursed inwardly, but at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief.
It's good to be difficult, which means that he really doesn't know himself, and Nami doesn't know herself either.
So, Tiqi took a deep breath, then knelt on the ground and shouted sincerely: "Please, please let me join you, even if it's just as an ordinary member!"
Looking at Teach who had no self-respect, the smiles on the four girls' faces disappeared, and their reactions varied.
Nami's eyes became confused, as if she didn't understand why this person wanted to join them.
Robin pinched his chin and looked at Teach carefully.
Kalina and Perona stared at Tikki warily.
This was not intentional on their part, but such real emotional expression was undoubtedly more necessary at this time.
The disgust on Dewey's face also subsided, and he finally looked Tikki in the face and said seriously: "Why do you want to join us? Give me a reason!"
"Because…only by joining you can I fulfill my dream."
Teach looked up at Dewey and said with a fanatical look on his face: "Others may think that you are just lucky, but only I know that sooner or later you will become the most powerful fleet in the world!"
"What dream?"
Dewey simply ignored the second half of his sentence and asked with a slight frown.
"I want to get a devil fruit, but that devil fruit has already been eaten by someone. Only you can help me get it." Teach said frankly. He looked honest and there was indeed nothing to hide.
"You want us to help you kill someone?" Dewey frowned and asked again, and finally Nami and Robin beside him reacted.
Nami and Robin glanced at Kalina who was staring at Teach without changing her expression, then looked at each other, with horror flashing in each other's eyes.
This person… does he know the secret of the "Dark-Dark Fruit"?
After calming down their emotions, Nami and Robin continued to watch, but Nami was ready to attack at any time.
Sure enough, Teach said something that shocked Dewey and the other three the next second: "No, I want you to help me take away his ability, using the power of the "Dark-Dark Fruit", which is known as the most vicious devil fruit in history!"
"What do you mean by this?" Dewey stared at Teach with sharp eyes and asked in a deep voice.
Karina looked even more incredulous and said, "The Dark-Dark Fruit has this ability. Is this true? How come I, a power user, don't know about it?!"
"Could this be the reason why you can't transform into an element, Kalina?" Nami said to Kalina as if she had thought of something.
"…"
Watching the one man and two women acting out, Robin and Perona, who had not yet integrated into their performance, looked at them in silence and confusion.
The former is silent, while the latter is confused.
Perona is confused. Why hasn't she given the signal to launch an attack? What are they talking about? I don't understand anything.
Damn it, I'm only the second oldest, why do I feel like an idiot?
Perona, who had no self-awareness at all, was starting to get a little crazy.
"Of course it's true!"
Teach assured him seriously, "Only a few people know the secret of the Dark-Dark Fruit, and maybe I'm the only one who knows it!"
"How do you want me to trust you?" The suspicion in Dewey's eyes had not yet dissipated, but his expression had become extremely solemn.
"It's very simple."
Teach pointed at the two unconscious pirates in front of him and said, "This is my gift. They are both capable people. We will know after we do an experiment."
"Interesting…"
After taking a deep look at the sincere Teach, Dewey suddenly laughed, saying intriguingly, "We just met for the first time, and you told me such an important secret. Aren't you afraid that I will kill you after I confirm it?"
"Of course I'm afraid!"
Teach nodded first, then stared at Dewey fanatically, and said with a unique laugh: "But that devil fruit is my dream, and people's dreams will never stop! Boss Dewey, you are a true tyrant, and you are all natural type. You are my only hope. I am willing to bet everything, even if I lose everything!"
"…"
Looking at Teach, who was "broad-minded" and had no self-esteem just now, Dewey and the other four fell silent.
Even Kalina, who had superb acting skills, was surprised at this moment, and couldn't help but wonder if she had misread the boss's gesture just now.
With that declaration, Teach successfully created the persona of a 'dream chaser', and even the four girls who were wary of him had their emotions played up.
"Oh..."
Dewey's mouth corners slightly raised, and his gaze towards Teach became a little gentler. He chuckled and said, "You are… interesting! Bring these two guys and come with us."
After saying this, Dewey turned and walked towards the direction of the Flask.
Kalina and the other four girls followed closely behind.
Looking at their backs, Teach's face was filled with excitement. He didn't know whether he was excited about Dewey's recognition or Dewey's indirect agreement to let him join.
Anyway, Teach carried the two pirates and followed with a silly smile on his face.
To be honest, he was indeed afraid that Dewey would kill him after learning the secret of the "Dark-Dark Fruit", but at the same time he was not afraid at all.
The reason for this contradiction is that Teach witnessed Dewey's transformation into a "true overlord" and then faced his own defeat calmly, possessing a personality that he envied greatly.
And Teach has seen more than one person with this kind of personality.
The father he admires most is "Pirate King" Roger, and "Red Hair" Shanks, who was left with three scars by him.
People like this have a heart as broad as the sea and would never harm their own crew members.
Even if Dewey is a special case, Teach still has ways to save his life.
That is to reveal the huge secret of the "Dual Fruit Ability User"!
If Dewey was the kind of guy who hid his health very well, Teach would tell him the secret of his special physique, and then take them there under the pretext that the "medical superpower, Drum Island" had the technology to prove it, and then find a chance to escape along the way.
Like Dewey, Teach is gambling big, but he is not betting casually.
After all, he is a very afraid of death guy.
Unfortunately, Teach didn't know that Dewey in front of him was someone who knew him very well.
It is undeniable that Teach is a pirate with great charisma. His dream is no less than that of the protagonist Luffy, and he can even be called a real pirate.
But precisely because he is a true pirate, and because of his ambition and dream, he is born with a rebellious nature that can kill his father who has protected him for more than 20 years, making him only suitable to be a captain, and not a crew member.
Therefore, from the moment he appeared in front of Dewey, he was targeted by Dewey.
"What a beautiful ship! The shipbuilder who built this sailboat must be a very powerful master, right?"
When Teach followed Dewey and the other four people onto the "Flask", he was immediately attracted by the lawn-style deck, the trees and swings on both sides of the ship, and a glimmer of longing flashed in his eyes.
When will he be able to own a sailboat like this as a captain?
"Its 'father' is a disciple of the legendary shipbuilder Master Tom." Nami said with a smile: "And the wood used for the sailboat is all the 'treasure tree Adam'."
"He's actually the disciple of Master Tom, who built the Oro Jackson?" Teach widened his eyes, looking extremely surprised.
"...arrive."
At this moment, Dewey and his four companions had already taken Teach on the elevator to the secret base on the sixth floor.
There were a lot of cola, fruit, and——"Seastone Handcuffs" stored there.
"Detain them first, and then tell us the secrets you know."
Dewey put on special gloves, took out two seastone handcuffs, threw one to Teach, and said so.
"Yes, Captain."
Teach got into the role quickly. After taking the "Seastone Handcuffs", he squatted down and prepared to arrest a pirate.
Just then, Perona and Nami, who were standing next to him, moved.
"————"
"Sizzle…"
Without any warning, Perona slapped Teach's broad bear-like back, and several transparent white negative ghosts immediately passed through his body, constantly circling and shuttling back and forth on Teach's body.
At the same time, the blazing electric current almost turned into a pale blue color, and dazzling light burst out through the windows. Even in the daytime, the lightning of the "Flask" could be seen.
"..."
Extremely negative emotions filled his heart and made Teach fall to his knees. Then, the tens of millions of volts of electricity made his whole body tremble violently. Before the pain came, it was immediately replaced by numbness, and then his heart was filled with negativity again.
Both physically and mentally, Teach suffered severe blows, so that he couldn't even scream, let alone use Armament Haki to defend himself.
Click!
Dewey, on the other hand, ignored Nami's electric current and put the "Seastone Handcuffs" on Teach's hands. He even picked up another pair and put them on his feet just in case.
"Karina, go to the warehouse and get the "Light Float Fruit"."
After doing all this, Dewey gave instructions to Kalina, who was hesitant to speak and couldn't help asking several times.
"I see."
Karina once again suppressed her doubts and quickly went to the warehouse next door. She took out the extremely low-value "Paradox-Type Lightness Fruit" from the box full of devil fruits and brought it to Dewey.
"Stop it, Nami."
After taking the "Light-Floating Fruit", Dewey looked at Teach's body shaking from violent to weak, and said to Nami.
"call..."
Nami immediately retracted the electricity and exhaled heavily.
Perona continued to control the negative ghosts, lining them up to pass through Teach's body, not giving him any chance to struggle.
Dewey pushed Teach, whose eyes rolled back and mouth moved but who was not unconscious. Then he took the dagger handed to him by Kalina, cut a piece of fruit pulp, covered his fingers with armed color domineering, stuffed the fruit pulp directly into Teach's mouth, and flicked it hard.
"Wuwuwu…"
After the fruit pulp went down his throat, Teach lost the strength to shake the last bit of his body. The restraint of the seastone, the lingering numbness, and the negative heart made him too lazy to move or speak even though he hadn't lost consciousness yet.
Now Teach is in a state of extreme world-weariness. I believe that even if someone stabs him, he will not only be too lazy to resist, but will even be too lazy to scream.
After prying his mouth open and checking that the fruit flesh had disappeared, Dewey nodded with satisfaction, stood up and said to Kalina: "Tie him up. From now on, he is the second-generation user of the Float-Float Fruit!"