"The newspapers are just talking nonsense..."
"When we followed Captain Roger almost to Laugh Tale, Buggy suddenly got sick. I stayed behind to take care of Buggy, so we both never saw the Grand Treasure..."
Grand Line.
On a remote island.
A group of lazy-looking pirates were leisurely camping here.
A red-haired man was holding a wooden mug, laughing and jokingly recounting past stories to his companions.
Next to this man was a natural wooden table with the latest world news and two wanted orders on it, which made him laugh quite exaggeratedly.
"Shanks!"
A chubby pirate raised the meat leg in his hand and shouted loudly: "Let's have a toast for Luffy first! I didn't expect to receive news about Luffy here!"
"Hahahahaha…"
The red-haired man laughed, glanced at the two wanted orders beside him, and his smile grew bright: "It's also our good fortune to receive Luffy's wanted poster here, thanks to Buggy's connection! He even defeated Buggy!"
For the red-haired man, the people on these two wanted posters were both important. One was his companion from his younger days, the other someone he looked forward to in the future.
Unexpectedly...
Their fates intersected...
"However..."
A gentlemanly man smoking a cigarette suddenly spoke, bringing up another matter: "The newspaper mentioned Buggy assassinated Saint Mjosgard, the Heavenly Celestial Dragon..."
"There must be a mistake somewhere..."
Shanks shook his head, not believing his companion would have the guts: "Buggy would only be interested in treasure, how could he possibly go assassinate a Celestial Dragon..."
"Probably..."
Shanks thought for a moment and gave an answer: "The World Government must've pinned the blame on him!"
In comparison, Shanks was more focused on Luffy's growth. He glanced at the newspaper and chuckled, saying: "Couldn't it be that Buggy, being defeated by Luffy, wanted to regain face and thus created a big incident?"
New World.
Moby Dick.
The vessel of the Whitebeard Pirates.
The world's strongest man, Whitebeard, was here, and because of his presence, the Whitebeard Pirates were known as the most powerful pirate group in the world.
A more severe event happened on this ship than the murder of a Celestial Dragon.
A long-time member for over twenty years, Marshall D. Teach, killed the fourth division commander Saki, and stole a Devil Fruit from his room.
This matter severely violated the ship's ironclad rule, and every member of the Whitebeard Pirates was extremely furious and pained, especially Portgas D. Ace, the commander of Marshall D. Teach's division, who saw it as his responsibility.
"I'll go bring him back!"
The young man with freckles looked grim, feeling he had to bear the responsibility: "I'll capture Teach and punish him in front of Saki's grave!"
"Ace..."
A towering figure sat in a chair, with a crescent moon-like mustache and rows of tubes on his arms, precisely the world's strongest man, Whitebeard.
Old age and illness had always tormented him.
Even the world's strongest man could not resist the ravages of time.
Whitebeard's gaze fell on Ace, his expression grave as he spoke: "Listen to me, let this matter end here!"
"Dad, I'm Teach's commander!"
Portgas D. Ace's attitude was firm, directly steering his mini ship off the Moby Dick, and shouted loudly: "That bastard broke the ship's ironclad rules! Under no circumstances can he be forgiven!"
"..."
The cadre of the Whitebeard Pirates looked grim.
Even though the News Bird brought new newspapers and new wanted orders, no one was willing to look, all mourning the death of their comrade.
Whitebeard was inwardly grieving for the death of one of his sons, but he could not show his pain at this time. He reached out for a newspaper and wanted order from the News Bird, also seeing Buggy's wanted poster.
"The little brat from Roger's ship..."
Whitebeard immediately recognized the red-nosed brat he had once seen.
Back then the red-nosed brat Buggy and Red-haired Shanks, Shanks long since being on equal footing with him, but Buggy seemed to have disappeared...
Now...
Buggy reappeared.
Whitebeard looked at the newspaper's news, recalling Marshall D. Teach, who had hidden his true self on his ship for over twenty years.
"Another one who hid for twenty years?"
Whitebeard deeply felt an oppressive storm preparing to break.
In the era of rivalry with Roger, these kids masked their true natures, and now, over twenty years later, they began to surface.
On the sea.
A raft was sailing.
A man with black stubble looked at the newspaper and wanted order in his hand, also recognizing Buggy with a bounty of seven hundred and thirty million Belly, remembering their meeting over twenty years ago.
It was Marshall D. Teach, this man who hid on Whitebeard's ship for over twenty years, finally achieving his goal, finding the legendary most evil fruit!
Logia-type Dark-Dark Fruit!