Chapter 386: Speculation

Karl whistled loudly, and after a while, a "Caw!" sounded in the air.

"Caw caw! (I'm here, I'm here, stop rushing me!)"

Karl reached out to catch Raven and introduced him to Chopper: "His name is Raven, and he is also a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user. It's just that he's a bit different from you; he was originally a sword."

A sword? So objects can also eat Devil Fruits? Do they know how terrible Devil Fruits taste?

Chopper greeted Raven in a daze: "Hello, Mr. Raven, I am Tony Tony Chopper."

"Caw caw caw? (We're both animals, how can you talk?)"

"Eh, I couldn't speak human language at first either. In order to blend in with humans, I learned to speak like them, it's just..."

"Caw caw! Caw ahhh! (Damn it! Forget it, tell Karl to give me extra food; this master wants to eat roast pork today!)"

Chopper nodded: "Oh, oh, Mr. Karl, Raven says he wants to eat roast pork today."

"You'll get your share, stop talking nonsense, hurry up and turn into a sword!"

"Caw caw... (You clearly have two other swords, sigh~ who told this master to be the only one favored! There's really no helping you...)"

Chopper looked at Raven strangely and tactfully chose not to translate.

Then, in Chopper's shocked gaze, Raven gradually turned into a handsome long sword. The blade emitted an inexplicable aura that made people shudder.

Karl gripped Raven and swung it lightly at the door in front of him—at least, to Chopper, it was just a light swing.

"Chopper, Ain, step back a little."

Ain stepped back a few paces without hesitation. Seeing Chopper still stunned, she decisively grabbed his arm and pulled him further away.

*Creak... * With a teeth-grinding sound, the armory door slowly fell outward.

*Bang! * With a loud noise, it splashed up a sky full of snow mist.

Chopper was startled and quickly hid behind Ain's thigh, swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

"Mr. Karl, that's amazing."

Ain smiled: "That's for sure, he is a Marine Hero, one of the most powerful Marines in the world!"

"World... strongest! That's too amazing! Doesn't that mean Mr. Karl can defeat all the pirates?"

Ain was slightly stunned, then answered affirmatively: "That's right, as long as Karl wants to, no one in this world can defeat him, and there is no pirate he cannot beat."

"So amazing!"

Mr. Karl, who looks so gentle and refined, is actually this strong. I can only say he is worthy of being a Marine Hero!

"Phew~ Ain, Chopper, come over, it should be fine now."

Karl walked into the armory first and looked around. Cannons, firearms, swords—they were all ordinary weapons, and no one had used them for a long time; a thick layer of dust had accumulated on them.

"How is it? Any discoveries?"

Karl shook his head: "What they are looking for shouldn't be this stuff. Let's go check the treasure vault! Chopper, where is the treasure vault?"

"Uh, it should be over there, I'll take you."

"It's all been emptied out here. It seems the pile of gold and silver treasures Nelson found on Wapol's ship were all moved from here. That batch of money isn't anything special either."

Ain asked suspiciously: "Since neither the weapons nor the money are what the Blackbeard Pirates are looking for, why did they invade Drum Island? And according to Ms. Kureha's description, they didn't plunder any supplies either; they just came for a trip and then left in disappointment."

Karl rubbed his chin, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Do you think there's a possibility that they came here to find someone?"

"Find who?"

"Wapol."

Ain was even more confused now: "Wapol, why look for him? Besides being the King of Drum Island, is there anything special about him? Oh, I remember now, he is also a Devil Fruit user."

"According to intelligence from the Intelligence Department, Marshall D. Teach's hometown is very likely Drum Island. Is it possible he came to find Wapol for revenge?"

"After all, this guy doesn't look like a good person at all; it's possible he bullied Teach when he was a child."

Actually, although Karl said it this way, he had a vague speculation in his heart.

Otherwise, Teach would have absolutely no reason to invade Drum Island.

To promote his pirate crew, to make a name for himself?

Impossible. Pirates might indeed do some big things for fame, to increase their bounty and reputation, thereby attracting pirates to join. Blackbeard's move to invade Drum Island could increase his fame to a certain extent, but is this really what he needs right now?

Don't forget, he is still on the run; the Whitebeard Pirates are searching the entire sea for him. Wouldn't this just expose him?

Heard that Drum Island is a medical powerhouse, and he wants to find a ship doctor as a partner? That's even more impossible; having Doc Q is already enough, why would he need so many?

Deliberate entrapment to lure Ace over?

That's also unlikely. Perhaps Blackbeard does have a plan to make a name for himself by defeating powerful pirates. But Blackbeard doesn't even know who is chasing him, so how could he be fishing?

Moreover, Blackbeard's target from the beginning wasn't Ace, but Luffy. Why take the risk to fish for Ace?

Based on Karl's understanding of Teach, he is an out-and-out profit-driven person. Since he dared to risk exposure to invade the Drum Kingdom, then the Drum Kingdom must have a reason that made him have to come.

Just like how he knew that he might not give him the Dark-Dark Fruit, yet he still killed his companion according to Karl's request.

Then there is only one possibility, and that is that Teach came specifically to find Wapol or the Munch-Munch Fruit.

The reason why Teach can eat multiple Devil Fruits is very likely that he is not one person at all, but a fusion of multiple people.

Because Karl vaguely remembers that Blackbeard had two sisters, but he doesn't know why only he is left. And Wapol's Munch-Munch Factory just happens to have this ability to fuse people.

Thinking about it this way, the thread of the matter becomes clear.

Blackbeard's two sisters didn't die, but are living in his body in another way. One person can only eat one Devil Fruit, so couldn't three people eat three Devil Fruits?

And Teach very likely knows this, or has a guess he wants to verify, which is why he wanted to find Wapol to see if he could mass-produce "monsters" like himself.

But Wapol is a guy who is very afraid of death; upon hearing the news of the pirate invasion, he ran away without hesitation, leaving Teach empty-handed.

"Karl, your expression is a bit off. Did you find something?"

Karl shook his head: "No, just some speculation without evidence, not worth mentioning."

"Phew, since there are no clues, it seems we can only leave here." ===== CHAPTER 388 =====