Hachinosu Island, There is an Inn.
'There is an Inn' is the most luxurious hotel on the island. It was once the venue where the former island lord, Wang Zhi, held parties, but was later renamed by Seven to 'There is an Inn.'
Because the members of the Whitebeard Pirates took the initiative to bear injuries for Whitebeard, most of them entered a wounded state, forcing the Whitebeard Pirates to recuperate on the island for a few days.
Hotel room 302.
Teach was standing in front of the window, his bright eyes looking out at Hachinosu Island through the floor-to-ceiling window.
What he saw today once again refreshed Teach's perception of Little White Hair and the Morning Star Pirates. No matter how much news he had read in the past, it wasn't as shocking as witnessing it with his own eyes.
The legendary great pirate Golden Lion Shiki's severed legs had regrown, which was already surprising enough,
but what was even more unbelievable was Golden Lion's attitude toward Beelzebul: recognition, obedience... and then there was the fact that in Teach's heart, the nearly invincible Pops Whitebeard had actually lost to an eighteen-year-old Little White Hair.
Little White Hair was even unscathed.
It was simply like a dream.
Calculating carefully, besides Little White Hair and Golden Lion who could rival Whitebeard, the Morning Star Pirates also had two Great Swordsmen, Mihawk and Fujitora.
That Shiliew of the Rain, who loved wearing a military overcoat, also held a famous blade. Although he hadn't become a Great Swordsman yet, he still possessed decent strength.
Kuma, whose medical ability rivaled Marco's!
Kuma, the Paw-Paw Fruit user who maxed out mobility, and Ginny, the Gate-Gate Fruit user.
Even the three apprentice brats would surely become capable executives in time.
The Morning Star Pirates, with such a configuration, were simply too overpowered. They had already left the Whitebeard Pirates far behind, and the gap was now difficult to bridge.
So—
If he continued to stay with the Whitebeard Pirates, the probability of obtaining the Dark-Dark Fruit would be greatly reduced due to the powerful rise of the Morning Star Pirates.
Teach felt a bit frustrated.
What should he do!?
Should he join the Morning Star Pirates, just like the former Second Division Commander Oden joined the Roger Pirates?
It was hard, truly too hard.
Judging from Little White Hair's attitude this afternoon, the other party had long since forgotten the unpleasantness of those years, and hadn't even spared him a second glance.
This made Teach feel lucky, yet also left him feeling inexplicably annoyed.
Am I so unworthy of you remembering me?
Even though he was injured from sharing Whitebeard's damage, Teach didn't care at all; he was mainly troubled by the whereabouts of the Dark-Dark Fruit.
Teach had already predicted that there was a high probability the Dark-Dark Fruit would be obtained by Beelzebul first.
And his dream might end up coming to nothing.
Teach simply couldn't understand how a person could change so much in five years and become so strong.
The Little White Hair who could have been wiped out with a wave of a hand five years ago had grown to the point of being able to defeat Golden Lion and Whitebeard in just five years.
How was this possible?!
Even his biological father, Rocks, couldn't have done that back then.
The only possibility Teach could think of was: the Mythical Zoan, Thunder God Form that Little White Hair consumed—this Devil Fruit he had never heard of must be extremely powerful.
He had heard of the Sun God.
But what kind of god was the Thunder God?!
Teach didn't dare make any sound, not even talking to himself. According to Golden Lion, Little White Hair's Observation Haki coverage was extremely wide, and the entire Hachinosu Island might be within the other party's surveillance range.
He thought for a long time but still couldn't sort out his thoughts.
Teach actually began to fantasize: if he first ate the Dark-Dark Fruit and then consumed the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu, wouldn't he just take off?
Logia Dark-Dark Fruit.
Zoan Thunder God Form.
Paramecia Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
With the three most powerful Devil Fruits gathered, he could directly recruit a group of subordinates like the Morning Star Pirates and attack the Holy Land Mary Geoise!
To avenge the blood feud of the David Family.
Because of his unique body structure, Teach didn't need to sleep, which was why he often let his mind wander.
Meanwhile, on the east blue emperor.
Seven stared at the Paramecia Ship-Ship Fruit on the table. After thinking for a moment, he chose to list it.
The Ship-Ship Fruit was undoubtedly more suitable for a high-tech outer space world; it wouldn't be affected by seawater, and its abilities could be developed using high-tech spaceships as a reference.
It wasn't like the One Piece World, where the tech tree was skewed and most of the areas were the sea.
In that case, it would be better to sell it at a high price.
[Ship-Ship Fruit: 100,000 points. Want to become a living Star Destroyer? You can do it! Seller's Note: Also selling Paramecia Teleportation Fruit, Love-Love Fruit, and Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit; highest bidder wins.]
"I hope those guys with dreams will buy it."
Once he entered the dual-fruit stage, Seven would no longer worry about Imu's 'Black Turn' control as he did before. Next, he needed to consider his subordinate forces.
After Kaido physically purged the entire ruling class of Wano Country, with the Morning Star Pirates' current configuration, taking over Wano Country would be no problem at all.
The only thing needed was a large number of talents to govern it.
Occupying it without managing it would be worse than living freely on the sea as a pirate crew.
In fact, Seven couldn't say for sure why he was so intent on overthrowing the World Government. Perhaps the World Government's act of creating the Void Century was very similar to certain 'Boar Skins' (Manchus).
Before, he had no way.
Now, he wanted to leave none of them behind.
Switching back to the mall's direct sales interface, Seven's eyes flickered as he stared at the newly refreshed items.
[Fruit Awakening: 100,000 points]
[Observation Haki Future Sight: 50,000 points]
[Observation Haki Telepathy: 20,000 points]
[Give You a Chance: 200,000 points]
[Second Fruit Awakening: 200,000 points]
[Voice of All Things: 50,000 points]
Among the current refreshed options for the Three Types of Haki, Seven had already cleared out the Haoshoku and Armament Haki options through his own awakening and purchases.
As for Fruit Awakening, he planned to go to Raijin Island to try and awaken it himself after returning from Elbaf and obtaining the Pure Gold.
So only the two Observation Haki options and the newly refreshed Voice of All Things remained.
With Observation Kill, Seven's Observation Haki was perfectly sufficient, and he wasn't that urgent for Future Sight.
As for whether the Voice of All Things was a form of Observation Haki, there was no conclusion before he transmigrated. Since it had appeared, whether it was or wasn't didn't seem that important.
He would consider whether to buy the Voice of All Things when he tried to recruit Zunesha.
The Lightning Squirrel Iron Thunder should be able to talk, right?
Three days later, after Marco's careful care, the division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates had recovered from their injuries, and Whitebeard proposed to leave.
"Prepare more wine for this old man every month from now on."
Seven was about to complain when he saw Whitebeard take a box handed over by Marco.
"Here, a birthday present for you."
"Hehe." Seven rubbed his hands.
"Then I'll accept it."
Taking the box from Whitebeard, Seven suddenly remembered that he had been so busy looking at the Devil Fruits that he hadn't had time to look at the gifts sent by the Gorosei.
Whitebeard boarded the Moby Dick, not forgetting to call out from the deck.
"Don't forget the Dandelion Wine every month."
Seven waved his hand: "Don't worry, I won't forget."
He had to admit, that blockhead in Teyvat, besides being a blockhead, had a very good business mind, actually thinking of selling Mondstadt's Dandelion Wine.
"Little Brother Seven, goodbye."
"Goodbye, Little Brother Marco."
Watching the Moby Dick set sail and gradually disappear from sight, Seven was about to say they should set sail for Elbaf.
But he saw Mihawk say faintly: "Didn't we agree not to use the Captain's privilege?"
Seven was silent for a long time before saying.
"Old Mi, once we get to Elbaf, I definitely won't exercise the Captain's privilege again."
Mihawk nodded in satisfaction: "When do we set off?"
Seven smiled slightly.
"We set off right now, immediately."