Chapter 250: You All Deserve to Die

West Sea, an unnamed desolate island.

Blackbeard fully exerted his subjective initiative, binding several logs together to build an extremely crude, simple wooden boat.

"Brother Arlong, make do with it."

"Once we reach the South Sea, we'll first plunder a few kingdoms, then build a large ship."

Lafitte has been silent to this day; Blackbeard and Arlong have relied on each other on the desolate island for many days, and their bond has grown ever deeper.

"Hahaha!"

Hearing this, the money-hungry Arlong immediately let out a strange laugh: "Captain, you're finally willing to do something proper!"

If being a pirate isn't for money, one might as well return to Fish-Man Island to be a thug.

If he weren't unable to defeat Blackbeard, Arlong would have already raised an objection: stop thinking about recruiting people and conquering territory day after day; those are all fake, only the money in hand is real.

Arlong loved money like his life, believing money was the best thing, the most reliable thing!

"Brother." Blackbeard patted Arlong's shoulder: "One day, I will help you become the richest man on the seas."

Arlong grinned.

"Captain, let's get a big ship first; it's inconvenient for us to even use the toilet like this."

Arlong hated humans, yet he cherished the companions he recognized in his heart; otherwise, he wouldn't have held Blackbeard and jumped into the sea to escape.

Hearing that using the toilet was inconvenient, Blackbeard let out a dry laugh to cover his embarrassment.

Indeed, it was quite awkward; two grown men on such a small boat, with almost no privacy at all.

"Brother Arlong, endure it a little longer."

Who else but Blackbeard, whose debut was unsuccessful, having been intercepted by Navy Admiral Akainu? If not for Arlong's extraordinary performance, perhaps by now they would have been imprisoned in Impel Down.

Carrying enough fruits and wild game, the Blackbeard Pirates set sail again toward the Reverse Mountain.

The waves across the Four Seas were not high; the simple boat, though crude, was sufficient to carry the two of them to the Reverse Mountain.

Spotting a News Coo flying by, Blackbeard hurriedly waved: "News Coo, two newspapers."

Trapped on this desolate island these days, the Blackbeard Pirates had been out of contact with the outside world; it was just right to see from the newspapers what had happened outside.

Blackbeard pulled a crumpled one-thousand-Berry bill from his pocket, forcibly restraining the urge to kill and eat the News Coo.

It was said that someone from the East Sea had once done this; for some reason, the other News Coos found out and immediately blacklisted him, never selling him a newspaper again.

The Blackbeard Pirates were in their initial founding stage, and with warrants issued by the World Government and the Navy, it was unwise to provoke too many enemies.

Once they became rich later, they could eat News Coos however they pleased; they could even have Bai Mao come cook the News Coos.

Blackbeard grinned, took the two newspapers, handed one to Arlong first, and then began to read.

【The Loner Red Count Escapes Prison】

【Super New Generation: San Gomahabai the Lord, sets sail with a bounty of 1.2 billion...】

"Nani?!" Blackbeard's eyes widened.

"The Red Count escaped prison?"

Arlong asked casually: "Captain, is this Loner: Red Count very strong?"

"Thief hahaha!"

With his emotional value fully maximized, Blackbeard explained: "Brother Arlong, the Red Count is a legendary powerhouse on par with the Pirate King Luo Jie and the Emperor of the Sea Whitebeard."

"Moreover, the Red Count did not form a pirate crew; he achieved all this with his own strength alone."

In terms of threat level, the Red Count was even higher than Whitebeard and Shiki, because such a lone-wolf expert had no weaknesses.

He was the type where one person eating full meant the whole family wouldn't starve.

Whitebeard's weakness was family affection.

Blackbeard had thought more than once that once he found the Dark-Dark Fruit, he would kidnap Whitebeard's son to obtain the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

Who else but the old man had weaknesses!

Shiki used to have many weaknesses, such as the ship's helm on his head and his broken legs.

Now he too had almost no flaws; if one had to mention a weakness, it was merely his advanced age, his stamina unable to keep up with his attack power and speed.

When Arlong folded the newspaper, he noticed Blackbeard was still staring at the Super New Generation on the paper.

"Do you know him from before?"

Blackbeard shook his head: "First time hearing of him, but I have a strange feeling of dislike toward him."

This feeling of extreme hatred, wishing to kill him, Blackbeard had only ever felt toward Bai Mao before.

Bai Mao? Blackbeard's eyes lit up; he felt he had discovered the truth behind the Red Count's prison break: San Gomahabai the Lord must be Bai Mao's subordinate.

He truly deserves to die!

With this disturbance, how could he go to the sixth floor of Impel Down to recruit crew members later?

And why? Why could Bai Mao find so many experts! While he, Blackbeard, could only rely on Brother Arlong?

One might as well say Brother Arlong was at fault; it was just that Arlong's strength was ultimately not powerful enough.

Bai Mao, you truly deserve to die!

"Hahaha!" Arlong grinned.

"I can understand; after all, your ten-billion bounty... was just surpassed by this kid."

Arlong felt somewhat sad; damn the Navy, they hadn't even announced his bounty! Could it be that the Red Count's prison break stole the spotlight?

It must be so!

Otherwise, simply for Arlong escaping with people from Navy Admiral Akainu's hands, he deserved a bounty of five... one hundred million Berry.

"Uh." Blackbeard was somewhat confused.

Was it for this reason?

For a moment, the only two remaining crew members of the Blackbeard Pirates fell silent together.

Blackbeard pondered whether there was any possibility of latching onto the Red Count's thigh.

Just like Luo Jie's son Buggy, who clung tightly to the thigh of his imperial father, the Golden Lion; not only did he have the final say in the Flying Pirate Crew, but everyone on the seas gave him face.

However, the moment he thought of Buggy's signature red nose, Blackbeard instantly felt his anger surge.

Damn that red nose; he is equally damned!

Clearly, the red nose was absurdly weak, yet he happened to have a brother like Little Bai Mao with god-defying strength, and at the same time enjoyed the protection of a senior like the Golden Lion.

Not to mention,

the remnants of the original Luo Jie Pirates, such as the Dark King Lei Li, Luo Jie's left arm Jabra... all these top-tier powerhouses were Buggy's imperial fathers!

Yet he, Blackbeard, had nothing.

The crewmates on Dad Rocks' ship happened to be the current four Emperors of the Sea.

But these four Emperors of the Sea would not treat Blackbeard the way Luo Jie's crew treated Buggy.

The Golden Lion already had Buggy by his side; Dad Whitebeard's biological son should have been born by now, and besides, he had left the Whitebeard Pirates to set sail.

Charlotte Lingling had dozens of children; having one more child like him would be of no use.

Kaido... I heard his temper is extremely violent; it is truly unsuitable to go and join him.

The small raft drifted and drifted, carrying two souls who relied on each other, drifting toward the direction where their dreams lay.

Though the road ahead was arduous, Blackbeard continued forward, never once having the thought of stopping.

Blackbeard always firmly believed: a person's dream never ends.

One day, he would step onto the peak of the world.

So what if it's Little Bai Mao?

So what if it's a Navy Admiral?

The enemy of the Davy clan is the master of the Wang Zuo in the World Government, Imu!!!

I am Blackbeard!

"Thief hahaha~"