Chapter 372: Chapter 372: Blackbeard: Dammit! My Home’s Been Robbed!
Chapter 372: Blackbeard: Dammit! My Home’s Been Robbed!
On the boundless azure sea, a warship composed of round logs, like a raft, pushed through the waves, sailing slowly under a clear, cloudless sky.
Buru-buru-buru~
Buru—Clack.
"Zehahaha! What is it, Pizarro? We’re almost back to Hachinosu."
In a dark room in the ship’s cabin, the Den Den Mushi was picked up. Teach leaned back on the sofa, stretching one arm over the backrest, laughing loudly as he spoke.
As soon as his voice fell, he saw the expression on the Den Den Mushi change, as if it had changed faces, turning to glare at him.
Teach frowned. Pizarro would naturally not look at him with such eyes.
What’s going on? Wrong person?
It was precisely at this moment that an angry voice came from the phone.
"Hey, Teach! Hancock is with you, right? Let her go immediately!"
"Who are you? Wait, that voice...!"
Teach was stunned for a moment and immediately sat up. A figure wearing a straw hat flashed in his mind.
He suddenly remembered their chance encounter in a tavern on Jaya two years ago. Upon careful distinction, the voice on the other end of the Den Den Mushi matched the memory in his mind.
Teach slowly grinned, revealing a row of gap-toothed, stark white teeth.
"Zehahaha, so it’s you, Straw Hat."
"I see. You know this woman."
Teach’s tone was teasing. He turned his head and looked at the ice sculpture in the corner.
It had been several days since she was frozen by Aokiji. If it had been an ordinary person, they would have already died in this state.
However, Hancock was indeed the rare Pirate Empress. Relying on her powerful life force and Haki, she was still able to resist, requiring Aokiji to activate his ability from time to time to maintain the ice.
"Speaking of which, that woman hasn’t made a sound for a good while today. Don’t tell me she’s about to freeze to death, zehahaha."
A fierce glint flashed in Teach’s eyes, his smile carrying a hint of ruthlessness. He deliberately spoke loudly towards the Den Den Mushi:
"That won’t do! This old me got so many subordinates petrified just to capture this damn woman! If she’s tortured to death, I won’t even be able to get her ability! Zehahaha!!"
"Hey! What the hell are you saying! What did you do to Hancock!!"
The Den Den Mushi glared at him, its tone becoming even angrier.
"You’re pretty worked up. Let me take over, Luffy. Let me show you that talking is also an art."
Before Teach could be smug for another two seconds, another voice suddenly came from the Den Den Mushi.
"Yo. Long time no see, Blackbeard."
"Black! Snake! Rei! Ner—!"
Teach’s face instantly darkened. He forcefully squeezed out a few words from between his teeth. He hadn’t even started the conversation, but just hearing Reiner’s voice was enough to make him extremely angry.
"Hachinosu is pretty nice. Pleasant weather, and so many entertainment venues on the island. You really picked a nice place for a main base."
Hearing these words, Teach frowned, a vague sense of foreboding in his heart. Then he heard the Den Den Mushi continue:
"Ah, by the way. Why don’t you guess where I am right now?"
"Mmph—! Mmph—!!"
On the war-torn Hachinosu, in an empty square, Reiner spoke as he moved the Den Den Mushi to the mouth of the gagged Pizarro, who was struggling fiercely. He ripped off the tape.
"Ugh, ha... ha..."
After taking two breaths of fresh air, Pizarro took a deep breath and roared at the Den Den Mushi:
"Teach! Come back and save me!!"
"What?!"
Hearing Pizarro’s voice, Teach reacted abruptly, his pupils instantly constricting in shock!
Bang!
"What’s wrong, Pizarro! Are they on Hachinosu right now? What’s the situation there? Where’s Shiryu! Where are the others!!"
Teach slammed both palms on the table and fired off a series of urgent questions, his tone and expression filled with incomparable anger and panic.
Are you kidding me!
We had just entered the Elbaf sea area and were blocked by the Red Hair Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates! Our crew was almost wiped out there!
Hearing the news from Wano, he had turned his attention to Law and Kid, wanting to intervene, but in the end, he had been blasted by Kaido and had fled in disgrace!
Just when he ran into the abolition of the Warlord system, he had thought it was a godsend. But in the end, the world had come up with the Seraphim. Plus, Rayleigh had arrived at Kuja Island, and he had almost capsized in a sewer!
He had finally managed to capture the Empress, but at the cost of several of his subordinates being petrified! He had gained no benefit at all from this trip!
And now his home had been robbed!!
And by the man he hated the most!!
"Black Snake Reiner!!"
Teach was so angry his fists trembled, his eyes bloodshot, his back teeth almost crushed.
If it weren’t for him, how would he have lost several subordinates like Burgess and Doc Q during the Summit War!
And Pops’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit!!
This damned bastard!!
In the corner, Aokiji, who had been silent all this time, did not speak. Van Augur didn’t even dare to breathe.
Teach’s eyes were bloodshot. The redness made him look as if he were about to cry from anger.
"Why? What exactly do you want? That’s right... Boa Hancock..."
"I know. You’re here for this woman."
Teach’s face was grim. Having reached the peak of his anger, he gradually calmed down. He turned to look at Hancock in the corner.
"Since you’re doing this, aren’t you afraid I’ll kill her?"
Turning back, Teach threatened the Den Den Mushi coldly.
However, his words might have made others anxious, but they were useless against Reiner.
"I’m terrified. That’s why I came over and grabbed a few of your subordinates. Avalo Pizarro, Shiryu of the Rain, Jäger the Frost Giant, Sas the Rabid Dog..."
"This place is really full of talent. You don’t want to lose so many lovable subordinates... do you, Teach?"
"I! Damn it!"
Teach gritted his teeth. Reiner’s sarcasm had angered him again, but he did not erupt as before.
Having offended almost everyone on the seas, Blackbeard had managed to survive until now and become one of the new rulers of the New World. Besides his great strength and sinister methods, there was another point:
He was patient enough!
Lose face?
It didn’t matter. Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages was his way of survival.
"So what do you want? A hostage exchange?"
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Teach asked coldly. He was truly checkmated this time. Before the Straw Hat crew could speak, he had taken the initiative to bring it up.
He couldn’t help it. If he lost Shiryu and the others again, he would only be left with Aokiji and Van Augur. This pirate crew would exist in name only. At that time, he might not even be able to keep Aokiji and Van Augur.
His current situation could be described as ’pitiful’.
"Well... it looks like you’ve offended too many people. The feeling of hitting a wall everywhere you go really isn’t good."
Aokiji spoke lightly from the side.
If the Blackbeard Pirates really...
Well, what a pain. Aokiji sighed inwardly. At that time, I’ll probably have to go back to wandering around.
Or...
His gaze inadvertently glanced at the Den Den Mushi in Blackbeard’s hand. On second thought, he had interacted with the Straw Hat crew several times and hadn’t made any enemies of them. He had even let them go a few times...
Oh well. I’ll deal with it when the time comes.
Aokiji pulled down his eye mask and leaned back, his entire person sinking into the soft sofa, showing no sense of crisis at all about the situation the pirate crew was facing.
Sunlight shone through the half-drawn curtains, warmly illuminating Aokiji’s face.
In the entire dim room, only the spot where he was lying was left with the only trace of out-of-place brightness.
(End of Chapter)
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