Chapter 243: The Brave Teach

"Nani?!" Blackbeard's face was utterly bewildered.

"That's wrong. I haven't done anything recently. Why would the Navy raise my bounty?"

Normally, the Navy only raises a bounty when the crimes are severe, yet Blackbeard has spent this time recruiting in the West Sea and committed almost no offenses.

How could the bounty possibly rise?

Lafitte handed the newspaper to Blackbeard.

"Captain, take a look yourself."

"Captain, that is far too low-key."

A bounty of one billion on the very first announcement is even higher than Saint Saint Saiwen Saint's bounty when he first set sail.

And to dare raid the Heavenly Gold, no wonder he is a big shot who graduated from the Whitebeard Pirates.

Truly brave enough.

Blackbeard took the newspaper and fixed his gaze on it.

【Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, Marshall D. Teach, former intern of the Whitebeard Pirates, for raiding the Heavenly Gold, bounty one billion, captured alive...】

"Nani?! I raided the Heavenly Gold?"

Blackbeard looked at Arlong in bewilderment.

"Arlong, when exactly did we raid the Heavenly Gold?"

Arlong was equally bewildered; the Blackbeard Pirates had been recruiting in the West Sea for these past few months, so how could they have had time to raid the Heavenly Gold?

As expected, the newspaper is full of fake news.

Humans simply cannot destroy Marineford.

This group of humans, in their efforts to create a stir, have spared no means, even resorting to fake news.

"Perhaps it is fake news."

Blackbeard paced back and forth in anxiety, wishing he could go to the Sabaody Archipelago in person to explain to the Navy.

I didn't do it. I didn't.

He is currently penniless, and with the Navy pinning such a crime on him, how can he continue to survive in the shadows?

Although a rising bounty would increase the Black Crew's fame and make recruitment easier, these are not what Blackbeard wants.

Blackbeard wanted to develop low-key for a while, then return to the New World with high profile when the time was ripe.

Yet this bounty notice has completely disrupted Blackbeard's plans.

A one-billion bounty and 'captured alive' mean: Blackbeard may have to face the Navy's Admirals directly.

Thinking of the terror of the current three Admirals and the even more terrifying old man Garp, Blackbeard's face turned deathly pale.

"Damn it! Who exactly is slandering me?"

"We cannot stay in the West Sea. We are going to the South Sea."

With the Navy and World Government's intelligence system, it is highly likely they already know: the Blackbeard Pirates are active in the West Sea.

If they continue to linger, they will only face endless Navy fleets; it is better to move to the South Sea as soon as possible to shake off pursuers while continuing recruitment.

Blackbeard cursed as he steered the ship.

"If I find out who is slandering me behind my back, ********"

As Blackbeard fled far away, in the waters of the New World.

The Moby Dick.

Whitebeard accompanied Whitey Bay during her pregnancy, while a group of division commanders gathered around Ma Ma Ma Erke, gazing at the latest issue of the newspaper with emotion.

"Is this really brother Teach?"

"Raiding the Heavenly Gold... truly brave. Only a few months since he left, and his bounty is higher than yours."

Ma Ma Ma Erke pressed his lips together.

No wonder Teach wanted to leave the Whitebeard Pirates and set sail; it turns out he possesses such ambition.

"Teach is a kind person," sighed Fourth Division Commander and chef, Squard.

"Teach must not want to drag us down, which is why he chose to leave the Whitebeard Pirates and set sail."

Jozu pondered: "So that is how it is."

Not far away, Whitebeard and the soon-to-be-delivering Whitey Bay exchanged a glance, both seeing deep helplessness in each other's eyes.

A bunch of foolish sons.

Teach's true identity, once confirmed by Saint Saint Saiwen, Whitebeard had only told Whitey Bay.

The other sons did not know.

Regarding Teach's raid on the Heavenly Gold, Whitebeard felt this scene was incredibly familiar: this is exactly how Rocks started.

Then he occupied Honeycomb Island, and relying on the gold mines on Honeycomb Island, the Rocks Pirates developed at lightning speed.

Teach is indeed Rocks' son; his style of action is so consistent with that guy Rocks.

Raiding the Heavenly Gold is indeed the fastest way to raise startup capital... but this will invite the furious retaliation of the World Government and the Navy.

Whitebeard believes: since Teach dared to do this, he must have prepared countermeasures.

This rascal has truly hidden his strength.

Ma Ma Ma Erke shook the newspaper in his hand: "Old Man, we have a ruthless person in the Whitebeard Pirates too."

"Even more ruthless than when Saint Saint Saiwen set sail."

When Saint Saint Saiwen first set sail, he only attacked CP agents and kidnapped World Government prisoners, whereas Teach raided the Heavenly Gold.

Truly incredibly brave.

Whitebeard grinned: "Gurararara."

"Squard, hurry and prepare a banquet to celebrate Teach's fame spreading across the four seas."

"Alright, Dad."

Not long after Sachie arrived in the kitchen, he suddenly received a call from Blackbeard and immediately winked and grinned.

"Brother Teach, I congratulate you on getting rich."

"Dad is very happy. The brothers are preparing a banquet to celebrate your feat."

This sentence directly blocked Blackbeard's mouth as he tried to argue back, leaving him only able to smile awkwardly.

"No big deal, Brother Sachie."

"I'm fine. I'm doing well."

"Thank everyone for me."

After hanging up the Den Den Mushi, Blackbeard's fake smile on his face was quickly replaced by gloom. He believed someone had set him up, yet he couldn't figure out who it was.

Little Bai Mao?

But why would Little Bai Mao do this?

Not long ago, they had just met in the West Sea. If Little Bai Mao wanted to kill him, why go to so much trouble?

If it wasn't Little Bai Mao, then who was it?

Whitebeard Dad?

As an officer of the Rocks Pirates, would Whitebeard have discovered something, such as Teach looking somewhat like his former big brother Rocks?

But Whitebeard's character would not do such a thing.

Then who went to so much trouble to slander Blackbeard for looting the Heavenly Gold?

Blackbeard could not figure it out no matter how hard he thought, so he could only steer the ship to maximum speed to get away from the West Sea as quickly as possible.

Because of Blackbeard's identity issue, he successfully attracted partial attention from the World Government and the Marines, while the other part of the Marines' energy was focused entirely on relocating headquarters.

Discovering the plan worked, Dragon deliberated repeatedly before finally agreeing to the plan to cause a major disturbance in Impel Down.

The Revolutionary Army distributed across the Four Seas began to rise up simultaneously in non-member nations and member nations.

They did not seek to liberate the entire nation's people, but only to spread the revolutionary ideology and the trend of liberating all slaves.

In an instant, the World Government was busy to the point of being at their wits' end.

The Five Elders had to deploy CP agents to assist the Marine branches in the Four Seas in suppressing the Revolutionary Army.

Holy Land Mary Geoise, between thrones.

"It's Garp's son again."

Saint Saturn said in a rage.

"Akainu will cooperate with Saint Garling to go to the West Sea to capture Blackbeard Teach. Aokiji will guard Punk Hazard. Let Kuzan go there."

"Agreed." X4

Thus, all three Marine Admirals were transferred away.

After receiving the news, Saint Saint Saiwen bid farewell to Dragon and Ivankov and officially began the plan to infiltrate Impel Down.