Chapter 352

The next day, on the Moby Dick.

"Ma Erke, where are the bodies of Sachi and the others?"

Ma Erke whispered softly, "They have been laid to rest."

Bai Huzi paused, then said silently, "Sigh~ Very well. Notify everyone to assemble."

"Yes, Old Man."

Ten minutes later, the Whitebeard Pirates assembled once more on the deck, waiting for the Old Man's arrival.

Boom, boom, boom.

Bai Huzi, his body pierced with IV drips and oxygen tubes, walked slowly out of the cabin, followed by a crowd of doctors and nurses, heading toward his exclusive seat.

His sons silently paid their respects; the deck, which had been noisy just moments before, was suddenly filled only with the sound of breathing.

"Thirty-eight years ago, I founded the Whitebeard Pirates with my own hands, taking in those homeless upon the seas as crew. Many of you I raised from childhood and have followed me for nearly thirty years, haven't you?"

"Back then, Luo Jie once wanted to tell me the location of Laugh Tale, but I refused, because I, the old man, had absolutely no interest in that damn Laugh Tale. All I wanted was a great family upon the sea."

"As family, I have only one requirement of you: do not kill your comrades!"

"But Sachi, Rakuyo, and Wadatsumi are all dead, killed by the blades of their own comrades."

Bai Huzi closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Hiss~ Ha...."

"Ma Xieer D. Teach boarded my ship twenty-eight years ago. Unremarkable, well-liked, he knew the ship's rules better than anyone, yet why did he still commit such an act?"

"For money? For fame? Or for some other thing?"

Ace, standing in the crowd, felt terrible seeing the Old Man like this. Finally, he could hold back no longer; he pushed aside the people beside him and hurried to Bai Huzi's side.

"Old Man!!! Teach is a member of the Second Division. Since he committed such an act, as captain of the Second Division, it is my responsibility to bring him back!!!"

Bai Huzi gazed silently at Ace. After a long while, he shook his head: "Let it be, Ace. This time, I have a bad feeling. That fellow Teach is not so simple."

Since learning that Teach was the true culprit behind the killing of a comrade, Bai Huzi discovered for the first time that he could not understand Teach at all, that man whose name also bore a D.

Teach, who had hidden for nearly thirty years, suddenly chose to act at this moment; his purpose was absolutely not so simple.

"That fellow killed a comrade and fled! Now the entire sea knows that Teach of the Whitebeard Pirates killed a comrade and escaped. If we ignore him, where will your face, Old Man, stand?"

"Therefore, I absolutely cannot stand idly by regarding this matter..."