In just a short moment, Ace figured everything out.
Why did Tikki, who used to laugh and act like a good old man, be the first to jump out and ask for a fight when someone was causing trouble in his father's territory; why did he find him in the middle of the night and persuade him to take the initiative; why did Tikki repeatedly ask to speed up and arrive as soon as possible along the way; and Why did he leave the frontal battlefield and appear in this corner.
It turns out that it’s all for the secret fruit! !
"Tikki..."
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure, Ace's fists were filled with flames and he hesitated.
He has already lost his companion once and doesn't want to lose him again...
but!
He has already lost Saab once, and he doesn't want to lose it a second time! !
fire punch!
Feeling the flames coming from behind, Teach's eyes widened in an instant: "Captain Ace, you actually want to attack me?!"
There aren't many rules on Whitebeard's ship. Everyone considers themselves family members, and there isn't much distinction between laughing and yelling.
But there is one kind of behavior that is expressly prohibited by Whitebeard.
"You actually attacked your companions?!!"
This was an action that Teach only thought about for the time being, but Ace did it first.
But this is not the time to dwell on this. Tiqi clearly knows how powerful the "Fire Fist" is.
Ace, who just joined the Whitebeard Pirates more than a year ago, can be considered a talented young man at best, but now he is fully worthy of the title of "Big Pirate"!
Armed color, hardened! !
After hesitating for a second, Teach made an instant decision.
Can't hide!
Once you evade the progress of picking a lock, you have to start over. Even a self-taught man with such a complicated cipher text lock feels a headache. Instead of avoiding it in order to protect himself and continue to cause uncertain problems, it is better to resist the attack and get the secret as soon as possible. fruit.
Teach was betting that Ace wouldn't dare or wouldn't kill him!
He... made the right bet.
"Are you so persistent?"
Seeing Tikki wrapped in flames, Ace was inevitably a little surprised, but more importantly, his heart dropped.
He even risked his own life for the secret fruit. This kind of madness reminded Ace of the guy who was unforgettable to him.
Gritting his teeth fiercely, Ace punched out and ignored Tikki. He quickly came not far from the burning Tikki, hugged the figure who fell to the ground and left.
The marks of three punches were left on Sabo's back, and bones and flesh were clearly visible!
As long as Ron didn't have the self-healing ability, even if Kaido was on the spot, this would still be considered a serious injury!
Fortunately, Saab is still breathing.
Sabo groaned as he was being moved and opened his eyes. Looking at the familiar face in front of him with a variety of emotions including grief, despair, and pain, Sabo smiled weakly.
"You're so strong, Ace... Is this the 59th time I've lost?"
"Stop talking, I'll find a doctor for you..."
Ace said something in a suppressed voice, and then smiled with tears in his eyes: "Long time no see, Sabo!"
"Yeah, long time no see..."
boom! ! !
At this moment, the flames suddenly exploded behind him, and a short and stocky figure stood up. Teach's back and exposed skin were burned to the point where a lot of blisters appeared. Scarlet red and burnt black appeared on his body at the same time, making him look like a ghost.
"Jie hahaha!!! Dark fruit!!"
He was holding a purple-black pineapple-shaped fruit in his hand, and it looked like it had been chewed. Everyone knows what Devil Fruit tastes like, but Tikki chewed it slowly as if he was tasting some delicious delicacy.
"Finally, I got you!!"
The unpalatable Devil Fruit gave him the pleasure of eating a full banquet. A crazy look appeared on his face, and Teach's eyes were filled with pleasure.
Not only did he get the Dark Fruit, but because of Ace's attack on him, he didn't even have to secretly betray the Whitebeard Pirates. He could return to the Moby-Dick in a big way and ask Whitebeard to make the final decision.
Because the biggest mistake he made was to attack Ace's old acquaintance, and that was before Ace spoke out.
On the other hand, Ace violated the most unforgivable felony on Whitebeard's ship because of an outsider!
"Captain Ace, where do you want to go?"
Tikki's eyes flashed fiercely, and he felt a new power growing in his body, the power of the Devil Fruit.
Following the guidance from the unknown, Tiqi raised his arm, as if he was born knowing how to use the power of the fruit, and activated the fruit's ability.
Teach swore to God that at this moment he just wanted to use that legendary power to catch Ace!
…
High in the sky, Fujitora used the Gravity Fruit to lure him to a rock.
Ron looked at the battlefield below with interest and praised: "I just wanted to find a fruit for him to eat, but I didn't expect that there is actually a Devil Fruit with the same appearance as the Dark Fruit in CP0's inventory!"
This was the first time Ron had personally seen the Dark Fruit that had been imitated under his instruction. If he hadn't known in advance that it was a fake, he would have even had the urge to take action just now to prevent Teach from eating the Dark Fruit.
Moreover, although the classification of devil fruits is not an accurate method of identification based on their appearance, the coincidence of growing into a pineapple shape and a purple-black spiral pattern was enough to make Ron amazed.
In response, Fujitora smiled and said: "There is a difference between a devil fruit and an ordinary fruit. Even if the appearance is similar, an experienced person can still tell the authenticity."
"This fruit has good power, but the side effects are even more terrifying... It's just right for this kind of murderous plan."
If they kill Teach, the consequences will definitely be a fight with Whitebeard.
The defensive old man doesn't care about right or wrong. He is Whitebeard, the strongest in the world, and will not accept any compromise.
"makes sense!"
Ron nodded in agreement, patted the phone bug next to him who was recording with his eyes wide open, and a smile appeared on his lips.
"Watch and study carefully! Take a clear picture for me!!"
The phone bug didn't make a sound, it just widened its eyes.
The first is to attack the enemy, then the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and then the second is to attack the city; the method of attacking the city is the last resort.
Why use fists when you can solve problems with your brain
…
Below, Tiqi smiled ferociously, waiting for the most vicious fruit power in the legend to appear. Ace, who was flying towards the distance, suddenly heard the alarm bell ringing and looked back.
call out! ! !
A fist suddenly enlarged in front of my eyes, and before I could react too much, the fist exploded with blood-colored light!
Bang! !
At this moment, the person who was stunned was not only Ace, but also Teach who launched the attack.
Looking at his fist disappearing in the explosion, Teach was a little dazed.
The Dark Fruit... doesn't seem to have the ability to shoot its fists like cannonballs, right
What the hell...
etc!
Suddenly, Teach thought of a possibility.
"No!!!"
He lay down and used his remaining left hand to squeeze his throat hard, trying to spit out the fruit he had eaten.
However, if you take a bite of Devil Fruit, it will have no effect if another person eats it, let alone spitting it out after eating it.
"vomit!!"
Tiqi almost vomited out last night's overnight meal, and there were indeed traces of fruit pulp in the food residue.
But that power still existed in his body, grinning like a real demon and sucking his life away.
This is a superhuman devil fruit, but it does not belong to superpowers, nor does it belong to superhuman physique, nor does it belong to local supernatural powers or creation abilities. Instead, like Katakuri's Nuonuo fruit, it is one of the superhuman fruits. alien!
Special superhuman sacrificial fruit!
"asshole!!!"
Teach's body erupted with an overlord-colored coercion visible to the naked eye, and black lightning appeared out of thin air.
When he thought that after twenty years of forbearance and countless efforts, he finally got a weird fruit with no clue of its heel, the hatred and resentment in Tiqi's heart would burst out.
"Who? Who did it!!!"