"Akira."
Blackbeard's eyes were icy cold, and he said in a deep voice, "Back on the Moby Dick, the person I was most wary of was you. I don't know why, but when I saw you, I was convinced that in the future, you would definitely be my greatest opponent. The facts proved that I wasn't wrong. You saw through my ambition at a glance and made the others on the ship isolate me. From that moment on, I thought of countless ways to kill you, but unfortunately, I never had the chance."
"But you yourself courted death by leaving the Moby Dick, so I had a chance. Now I've finally obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit that I've always wanted, but there's one more thing I want to obtain even more, and that's your sword. Others don't know your ability, but I know very well that your strength comes entirely from your sword."
Akira laughed disdainfully, "You actually want my Death God Blade, Teach. You really don't know the immensity of heaven and earth."
Blackbeard sneered, "The one who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth is you. Akira, you're at your weakest right now, and your sword isn't by your side. In other words, if I wanted to kill you right now, you might not even have the strength to fight back."
Akira said, "It seems that way. But dare you try?"
Akira's words made Blackbeard's pupils shrink. On the Whitebeard Pirates' ship, the person he was most wary of was Akira. Although Whitebeard was the strongest, Whitebeard was already old, and he also had ways to deal with Whitebeard. But Akira was the only one. He originally thought that he was already dead, but he didn't expect Akira to actually appear at this time. When he saw Akira, what he wanted most was to kill him, but he didn't know if he should attack.
Just as Blackbeard was hesitating, suddenly, Luffy shouted loudly, "You're Blackbeard?"
Blackbeard turned his gaze to Luffy and said, "Oh, it's you. But what are you still doing here? Your brother's public execution is about to begin."
Luffy said angrily, "You're the one who captured Ace, Blackbeard?"
Blackbeard laughed, "Actually, I didn't want to fight Ace. But unfortunately, after he heard that I was going to kill you, he had a reason to fight with all his might. He couldn't even escape. So, he ended up in his current situation because of you."
"Blackbeard!"
Luffy roared angrily, and then shouted loudly, "Second Gear!"
They only saw a slight smoke rising from Luffy's body, and then he punched Blackbeard hard. Blackbeard didn't expect Luffy to actually attack as soon as he said so, and the speed was so fast that even he didn't react. So, he was hit by Luffy's punch.
"Bang!"
Blackbeard was slammed into the wall by Luffy's heavy blow. He cried out in pain, and even blood flowed from his face. He looked at Luffy painfully and said in a deep voice, "I didn't expect you to actually be so strong, but..."
Luffy didn't want to give Blackbeard a chance to speak and punched Blackbeard again. However, Blackbeard took action first before Luffy's fist could land. Black smoke rose from his left hand, and he shouted in Luffy's direction, "Dark Water!"
Caught off guard, Luffy was grabbed by Blackbeard all at once. A large black hand grabbed Luffy. No matter how Luffy struggled, he couldn't break free. And Blackbeard laughed loudly and slammed Luffy's body hard on the ground.
"Ah!"
A painful wail erupted from Luffy's mouth. The ground was smashed into a deep pit, and Luffy in the pit was covered in blood, rolling around on the ground and wailing miserably.
Seeing Luffy's appearance, Crocodile said with a face full of surprise, "What's going on? Isn't this kid rubber? How could he be injured so easily?"
He had fought Luffy before and knew that ordinary attacks were ineffective against Luffy. Just now, Blackbeard had only used external force attacks. In theory, Luffy wouldn't be injured at all. But the reality was completely different. Luffy was letting out painful wails and was covered in blood. It was clear that he was injured.
After Luffy cried out in pain for a while, he quickly retreated and then looked at Blackbeard warily.
Blackbeard laughed loudly, "Ze ha ha ha. Seeing your confused look, it's really exactly the same as Ace was at that time. It was precisely because he didn't know this that he was defeated by me. In front of me, all abilities are useless. You want to rely on abilities to fight me, ze ha ha ha."
Seeing Luffy still wanting to continue fighting, Akira said to Jinbe, "Jinbe, go stop him. Now is not the time to duel with Blackbeard. Don't waste time here. Magellan is about to catch up."
Jinbe nodded, and then quickly rushed to Luffy's front, blocking Luffy. Luffy roared angrily, "Let me go!"
Jinbe shouted, "Luffy, now is not the time to do these things. Don't forget that Ace's execution time is coming up soon. We can't waste time here. We must get to Navy Headquarters as soon as possible. Think about whether Ace is important, or fighting Blackbeard is important."
Luffy quickly calmed down. He stared at Blackbeard with a death stare, his face full of unwillingness. At this time, Akira slowly walked over, patted Luffy on the shoulder, and said, "Calm down. This guy won't be arrogant for much longer."
"Da da da da..."
Akira slowly walked to Blackbeard's front, looking at Blackbeard with icy cold eyes, and said, "Teach, no, it's better to call you Blackbeard."
Blackbeard's eyes flickered, and he asked, "What? Death God, do you also want to fight me?"
Akira looked at Blackbeard and said, "Blackbeard, from the moment you defected from the Moby Dick, your ending was destined. But you should still be grateful for your luck. You met me here. I have more important things to do now, so I don't have time to deal with you."
Blackbeard said disdainfully, "I see that you're powerless. Without your sword, you're just a toothless tiger, still pretending to be so imposing, ze ha ha ha. Akira, I know you very well. You're not taking action because you don't have the ability. I'm right, aren't I?"
Akira said faintly, "Say what you want. But now, you're blocking my path. Get out of my way."
The power of the Dark-Dark Fruit was indeed very powerful. However, he wasn't a Devil Fruit user, so he wasn't afraid of Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit. It's just that his injuries hadn't healed yet, and the Death God Blade wasn't in his hand. If he rashly started a war with Blackbeard, he wouldn't be able to gain any advantage at all.
More importantly, he now wanted to get to Navy Headquarters as quickly as possible. So, he wasn't fighting Blackbeard because he was afraid of Blackbeard, but because now wasn't the best time for him to deal with the traitor.
Blackbeard's eyes were gloomy, because he and Akira were standing on a straight line. If Akira wanted to pass, one of them had to get out of the way. However, Akira's words were very clear. He would never go around. So, he was now forcing him to choose. Either he got out of the way to let Akira pass, or he wouldn't let him pass, but he knew very well what would happen next.
Akira just looked at Blackbeard faintly. Blackbeard also stared at Akira. Many others had already passed them and were escaping to the upper level. But Luffy, Jinbe, Crocodile, and the others didn't move.
Although miserable screams were constantly ringing out from behind, indicating that Magellan was not far away, they still wanted to see who would be unable to hold on first and retreat, Akira or Blackbeard.
Jinbe looked at Akira and opened his mouth, but he still didn't say anything. He was relatively familiar with Akira. He understood Akira very well. Akira was a man who was proud to the extreme. Asking him to go around Blackbeard was absolutely impossible.
Even though his condition was very bad at this time, he had experienced a dead end that was several times more dangerous than this in his life, and it hadn't made him retreat half a step. Now, in front of the traitor Blackbeard, he would be even less likely to retreat.
Crocodile also narrowed his eyes. He had a deep impression of Akira. Whether it was the incident in Loguetown, or his later fight with Whitebeard, if it hadn't been for Akira, he might have died in Whitebeard's hands. So, he knew Akira's prowess. Especially after seeing Akira's Haki, how could a man with that kind of Haki retreat.
At this moment, the air seemed to freeze. Everyone's eyes were fixed on Blackbeard and Akira.
The more he confronted Akira, the more Blackbeard felt a huge pressure. He found that as time passed, Akira seemed to be getting taller and taller. Although he didn't emit a trace of aura, it made him extremely uncomfortable. He had never encountered this kind of feeling before. Even Whitebeard hadn't given him this kind of pressure.
Akira was still standing there calmly, but cold sweat appeared on Blackbeard's face, because Akira's thoughts were very simple. He was fearless, so he wouldn't retreat. But Blackbeard had too many thoughts, too many ambitions and goals. So, the more he thought, the more nervous he would become. In this confrontation, he was naturally no match for Akira.
"Drip!"
A drop of cold sweat slid from Blackbeard's face to the ground. Blackbeard suddenly laughed loudly: "Ze ha ha ha."
"Tch."
Seeing Blackbeard take the lead in breaking the silence, Crocodile sneered. He had seen through it. Blackbeard might be terrifying, but it was clear that Akira was more powerful than Blackbeard. In terms of spirit and calmness, Blackbeard was far from being comparable to Akira. And these two points were the most important factors in determining a person's success.
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