Chapter 497: Black Beard with Love and Righteousness

"Tichi, you still need to be more active. In fact, Dad has put aside the matter of Mitian. In the past few years, he has been looking for a candidate for the captain of the second team. In fact, you are very suitable."

In the Whitebeard sea area, the fourth team of the Whitebeard Pirates battled against Sage and said to a pirate who looked a little out of breath beside him. Seeing that Tichi didn't know how to answer, Sage also sighed and said:

"You know about Dad's body. A few days ago, he suddenly talked about how great it would be if that Ace became a pirate, so that he could have another child, and the captain of the second team is also available.

But how is this possible, Tiqi, tell me, do you want to be the captain of the second team? "

Saqi patted Tiqi on the shoulder and asked sincerely. Tiqi lowered his head and said, "I will always be Daddy's son, but it is not up to me to decide whether I can be the captain or not."

"Isn't it because you haven't spoken to Dad, look at so many brothers, which one of them didn't agree to Dad's request and fulfill it?

I know that the position of captain of the second team is very special, but... I am optimistic about you. "

Sage said, showing a very hearty and sincere smile, Titch looked up at Sage's face, and there was a trace of struggle on his face.

No one has no dreams, but some people are not aware of their dreams, and some people dare not speak out their dreams, so it makes people feel that they are indifferent to the world.

But Tiqi is not such a person. He is not willing to be only a crew member of Whitebeard, not willing to be only "son" of Whitebeard. He is a man with dreams, and he also wants to do something big by himself!

But he has endured for that dream for twenty years. Twenty years have passed, and he still hasn't found a chance to realize his dream. It seems that his dream can only stay on top of a dream.

Moreover, Tichi also thought of the white beard who was getting older and even occasionally confused. He didn't know how long the white beard could live, but...

Maybe it's time to let go of your dreams temporarily. In fact, it's a very good thing to just be Whitebeard's son, because Whitebeard really treats them as his own sons.

Perhaps in the rest of Whitebeard's life, he should also be a good son. As for the dream, twenty years have passed, how many years are there? Thinking of this, Tiqi nodded and said, "I see, Captain Saatchi, I"

"Captain Saatchi! Captain Saatchi! Great harvest!"

Just when Tiqi was yelling, a crew member of the Whitebeard 4th division who was shaving another pirate ship yelled. Saqi looked up and asked, "What did you find?"

"Devil fruit! Devil fruit!"

Hearing the shouts from the crew, Sach smiled and said happily, "Devil Fruit?! That's at least 100 million Baileys. If you bring it back, Dad and Marco will be very happy!"

However, upon hearing the shout of the white bearded crew, the raided crew of the Pirates had a look of bewilderment on their faces. Since when are there such things as devil fruits on their ship?

For a while, the crew looked at the people around them suspiciously, always thinking that they had hidden the devil fruit. After all, devil fruits are not gold and silver treasures, and there is no way to share them equally.

Moreover, if they were themselves, they should also eat the devil fruit alone, right?

After hearing about the devil fruit, Tichi suddenly became refreshed, but he didn't feel much joy. After all, the Whitebeard Pirates had collected more than one devil fruit over the years.

But those devil fruits, Tiqi doesn't even like it, the only devil fruit he wants now is that one, secretly

"That is?!"

Although he felt that the probability of obtaining the dark fruit was very low, Tiqi subconsciously turned his head and looked at the crew member who made the sound. His eyes almost popped out when he saw the fruit in the hands of the crew member.

Looking at the appearance of that fruit, it was clearly the Anyin fruit he saw in the devil fruit illustration book when he was a child! ! ! Moreover, the moment he saw this devil fruit, Tiqi felt that he was salivating rapidly.

Moreover, he subconsciously licked the place where the missing teeth were, and the sudden sense of longing in his heart made Tiqi sure that the fruit in the hands of the crew member was indeed a real devil fruit.

At this moment, Tiqi put one hand on the guardrail, his nails were embedded in the paint, and his eyes were fixed on the fruit, unwilling to move away for a second.

It's just that he has been a transparent person in the Whitebeard Pirates for 20 years, and no one has noticed his abnormality. Sage beside him is also paying attention to the devil fruit at this time, and he has not noticed Tiki's appearance.

It took a long time for Tiki to suppress his inner longing, and regained his usual smiling expression, but it always gave people a feeling of inferiority.

At this time, the crew member also boarded Sage's ship, and handed the devil fruit to Sage. For the dark fruit that was close at hand, Tiqi almost couldn't hold back, and was about to pounce on it and take a bite.

But he has endured it for twenty years! Wait a second, Titch can still do it.

Saqi admired the fruit in his hand, but he didn't recognize what kind of fruit it was. After all, not everyone has the opportunity to learn the Devil Fruit Illustration, and not everyone can memorize the Devil Fruit Illustration.

What's more, Sachi is more concerned about the big family of the Whitebeard Pirates, the father of Whitebeard, and his own cooking skills. As for the devil fruit, how can a chef be interested in a devil fruit that has no positive flavor?

At this moment, what Saqi thought was, if this fruit could be brought back, if it could be auctioned for a good price, then...maybe Marco wouldn't need to spend all his time plucking his hair for Bailey?

In fact, the Whitebeard Pirates still had a lot of money in the past. It can even be said that Dad has set aside expenses for more than ten years, including those in the group and those in his hometown.

But Whitebeard gave Katakuri a total of two billion Baileys in cash, and his body needed a lot of medical treatment, which made the economy of the Whitebeard Pirates very bad.

A few years ago, White Beard didn't even want their "sons" to go out to earn money. After all, how could a father be willing to let his son support him?

Doesn't that mean that he no longer has the ability to run the family?

Father is a very special profession. He hopes that his children can grow up and live independently. On the other hand, he does not want his children to leave him.

Because only the shoulders of the father should carry the burden of the family. If you want your own children to maintain your own livelihood. What a powerless father would be?

Therefore, Whitebeard said again and again that when his health improved, he would get some money back, but his health did not get better.

He slept longer and longer, and even when he was awake, he was not fully awake.

But this also gave Marco an opportunity. Marco asked the doctor to treat Whitebeard, and borrowed these "outsiders" to "restrict" Dad, so that their sons could hide from Whitebeard's sight and work for the family. .

They have also done the same in the past year or so, but the money that Whitebeard accumulated took decades to accumulate.

The actions of these sons in turn can only maintain a balance of income and expenditure at most. After all, it is impossible for all the children to leave the sight of White Beard. If that is the case, White Beard will definitely find out.

Therefore, there are at most two squadrons going out every time. After the looting, they quickly return to the Moby Dick. If the old man asks, he will say that they have gone to the wind.

Whitebeard's mental state is not very good, so he didn't think carefully, and he trusted his children enough to not doubt them. Just like this, they barely managed to make ends meet for more than a year.

But Sachs looked at the devil fruit in his hand. If it was a better devil fruit and could sell for a good price, then they wouldn't need to run around.

Saqi held the fruit in one hand, touched his chin with the other, and asked Tiqi, "Tichi, how much do you think this fruit can sell for?"

As soon as the question came out, Tiqi shivered, his smile froze, and his murderous aura was almost uncontrollable. However, after twenty years of nourishing Qi, he adjusted himself before Saqi realized the abnormality, and then smiled silly said:

"How much does it cost? I don't know, after all, there is no standard price for Devil Fruits."

Showing two rows of missing teeth, Tiki scratched his head, with a naive and straight smile on his face, Sage nodded and said, "That's right, but at least it's 100 million Baileys."

Saying that, Saqi suddenly looked at Tiqi and asked, "Do you want it?"

This fruit could bring financial relief to the Whitebeard Pirates, but... if someone on board wants this fruit, if that person is Tiki... maybe it's better than selling it.

After all, Tiqi's physical skills are very good, but he has never been able to make people shine. If he becomes a devil fruit capable person, Dad should be very happy to make him the captain of the second team, right?

Hearing Saqi's question, Tiqi almost agreed subconsciously, but in the next moment, an idea suddenly appeared in his heart.

'Is he testing me? ! Does Thatch see my desire for this fruit? ! '

It is always easy for people to look at things with their own eyes. There is a saying that it is not a good thing to judge a gentleman with a villain's heart, but it cannot be avoided at will.

The same glass of water, in the eyes of an optimistic person, is a glass half full, and in the eyes of a pessimist, it is a glass half empty.

Some people think that if you add a little more, the glass will be full; some people will think that if you drink a little more, the glass will be completely empty.

What kind of person, what kind of world he sees.

As a person who hides great ambitions and is used to interacting with people wearing a mask, other people in Tiqi's eyes should also look like this.

He has no selfless heart to be kind to others, so in his eyes, such a person does not exist.

Sachs was thinking about selling this fruit one second, and asked him if he wanted this fruit the next second. Thinking about it, he knew something was wrong!

"Captain Saatchi, stop joking, this devil fruit is so important, how could I be so selfish that I ate it myself?"

Titch showed a simple and honest smile, and Sage was a little moved after hearing Titch's answer, thought about it, and said: "If you change your mind, you must say it as soon as possible.

After all, devil fruits are very rare, even for us, it is impossible to get them easily. "

"I see, Captain Thatch."

Tiqi nodded with a simple smile, but his eyes continued to observe Saqi, and he was relieved to see that he no longer showed doubts.

Saqi didn't ask Tiqi anymore, after all, Tiqi said no, how can a big man have so many twitchy things, if you don't want it, you don't want it, is it possible that you still force him to eat it?

Sachs brought the Devil Fruit back to his cabin, but he didn't notice that when he walked into the cabin, Titch kept staring at his back, and the strength of the claw knife continued to increase .

When Sage put the devil fruit back in his cabin and walked back to the deck, the white group's scraping work has been completed, leaving enough supplies for the unlucky pirate group to leave the sea area of ​​​​the white beard pirate group , followed by:

"Brothers!!! It's back!!!!"

"Captain Saatchi, do you have a big meal tonight?"

A crew member asked happily, and Sach smiled, nodded affirmatively, and said: "The harvest is so big today, even if we eat more meat and drink more wine, Marco will not say anything."

"Yeah!!! There's meat to eat! There's wine to drink!!!"

The crew cheered, not only the fourth team, but even the second team shouted happily. The second team has no captain until now, and this time it was also led by Saqi by the way.

They are all brothers in the same regiment, and Sachi will not treat them differently. Since there is meat to eat and wine to drink, then everyone eats and drinks together. Happiness needs to be shared.

When everyone started to sing and dance happily, the expression on Tiki's face was the ugliest. Even those pirates who had been robbed had a much prettier expression than Tiki for the rest of his life. .

Tiki looked at Sage, the hand holding the claw knife was already trembling slightly, and now he is returning to the voyage, even if there is a party tonight, it will delay some time, then at most tomorrow afternoon, he will return to the Moby Dick .

Once the fruit returned to the Moby Dick, he would never have the chance to get the fruit that could fulfill his ambition.

'We must do it! And tonight. Captain Saatchi, when I achieve my great cause, I will never forget your contribution, but tonight... I can only ask you to die first. '

Tiqi made up his mind, and, as always, was like a transparent person, nestling in the corner of the ship, with a straightforward smile on his face, but his eyes were full of danger.

'After that, it will be Dad. I thought to wait for you to die before taking your fruit, but now it seems that it can't be done, and you probably won't give me a chance to get close to you.

The next time we meet, I can only kill you and inherit your fruits. '

Thinking about it, there was some mist in Tiqi's eyes, and he was immersed in his "soft heart". Sure enough, Tiqi is also a man of love and righteousness.

Leaving behind a group of unlucky people who were suspicious of each other, Saqi led two teams and headed towards the sea area where the Moby Dick was located. As the team leader and chef, Saatchi had already entered the cabin and started to work.

On the main ship of the Whitebeard Pirates, there are not many people in the sixteen teams, and each team has only one hundred people. After all, these people live on the Moby Dick and the four sub-ships all year round.

If there are too many people, the Moby Dick will not be able to hold it, but there is one very important reason why the Whitebeard Pirates are outstanding, and that is that they have dozens of fleets that are ready to call.

The strength of these fleets may not be considered strong, but the efficiency of responding to calls and their loyalty to Whitebeard are no less than that of the Navy's detachment branch.

Of course, no matter how few people are on the main ship, there are more than 1,000 people, and the two detachments here also have 200 people, so Sachs was so busy that he finally finished the preliminary preparations when the sun started to set. .

Exquisite feasts are not suitable for this kind of gathering, or in other words, pirates don't like exquisite feasts at all. Barbecue and spirits are their favorites.

That's how Sage prepared it too. He marinated bucket after bucket of meat, each with different ingredients so that the crew would not get tired of eating it.

After he prepared the seasoning and marinated the meat, he asked the other crew members to start skewering the meat, and he took another part of the crew to prepare the grill on the deck.

Due to the different types of meat, the seasoning and marinating methods are also different, and naturally different roasting methods are required to perfectly present the flavor of these meats.

Low-temperature fumigation, high-fire charcoal grilling, or frying over an iron plate, and the combination of these techniques, only Saqi knows, so he has been busy for a long time before all the work is ready.

The people from the second team also completed the temporary dining tables and distributed all the collected wines to each table.

Following Saqi's demonstration, he put the kebabs as thick as arms on the grill. People on the shore disliked it being too rough, but people on the sea felt that the extremely delicate banquet had finally begun.

Some people ate meat, some drank alcohol, some chatted, and some sang and danced.

Of course, there were also some people who complained about some irresponsible person on board who used the whetstone and whetstone and put them back without leveling and maintenance, causing his knives to be worn out.

Some people, after a few glasses of wine, began to inquire about women of the right age in their partner's family, "brother" for a while, "brother" for a while, and so on.

Everyone was talking about trifles. If you ignore the part of their conversation that is about fighting and killing, it is actually no different from a family dinner.

As one of the oldest members of the second team and a friend in Saatchi's eyes, Tiche was pulled to his side by Saatchi and personally enjoyed the barbecue that Saatchi cooked for him.

Tiki naturally reciprocated, and he poured glasses of fine wine into Sach's mouth. Sach didn't think it was wrong for Titch's extraordinarily enthusiastic today.

It's just that Titch is grateful to himself because of the words that he said to encourage him today. For the wine that Titch poured for him, Sage never refuses, and drinks as much as he wants.

Until late at night, Saqi was already drunk and passed out, and the others were not much better. Even the pirates who were supposed to watch the night tonight were allowed to drink, and they all passed out naturally.

Because they don't feel that they will encounter any risks in the Whitebeard Sea Area. This is their experience after joining the Whitebeard Pirates. As long as their father is there, they are safe.

Tiki half-resisted Sage, and walked towards his room. The journey was very smooth, and no one stopped him.

After entering Saqi's cabin, Tiqi saw the dark fruit placed directly on the table without any protection.

At this moment, Tiqi no longer concealed his desire for the dark fruit, and directly threw Saqi onto his boat.

"Well~"

Although it had already entered the state of fragmentation, the impact was quite heavy, and Sachs still groaned slightly, but Titch seemed to be unable to hear it at all, and his attention was all on the fruit.

Reaching out to pick up the fruit, Tiqi subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his eyes widened, and the corners of his mouth on both sides could not help but rise, revealing his mouth that lacked several teeth.

An Anan Fruit, unexpectedly. It was so easy to get it, now he only needs to bite it down, and he can begin to realize his ambition!

"Um~cough cough~"

Saqi suddenly coughed twice, sat up, staggered up, rubbed his neck, even though he was drunk, he still felt some pain, he suddenly saw Tiqi holding the fruit, he was puzzled, Then he smiled and asked:

"Changed my mind"

"呵呵~"

Just as Sage was questioning, Tiqi's left claw knife stabbed into Sage's body suddenly, and the left hand holding the handle bar of the claw knife did not waver in the slightest.

Sach's whole body froze, the strong drunkenness and the rapid secretion of adrenaline and dopamine made him unable to feel the pain in his body, and the drunkenness faded away quickly.

He looked at Tikki in disbelief, not understanding why Tikki would do this to him suddenly. You know, the Whitebeard Pirates have an iron law, which is not to hurt the partners who have joined the group.

Sach's throat kept rolling, and his lips trembled, as if he wanted to ask a question.

"呵呵~"

But before he could ask a question, Tikki pulled out the claw knife, then stabbed it in fiercely, and then pulled it out again. When he pulled it out, Sage also leaned forward and lay on Tikki's body.

Tiki hugged Sach firmly with his blood-stained left hand. A tear fell from the corner of Titch's eye. He caught the tear with the back of his right hand holding the fruit, and then slowly let Sach Qi fell to the ground.

Looking at the teardrop on the back of his right hand, sure enough. He, Marshall D. Teach with a black beard, is a man of flesh and blood, affection and righteousness, and he would cry for such a thing.

He looked at Sachi, who was lying on the ground, subconsciously twitching once or twice, and said, "Brother, people's dreams will never stop. For my dream, please die."