Chapter 433: A Wedding Gift for Saint Saint Saiwen

"Captain, have you forgotten your dream?"

"You are a man destined to become the King of the World; how can you waste your energy on women?"

Blackbeard could only pull up his pants, open the door, and look at Lafitte with a helpless expression.

"Brother."

"I must leave an heir for the Davey clan!"

This sentence directly broke Lafitte's casting rhythm and made Lafitte instantly freeze in place: it seemed he really should leave an heir.

After all, in a sense, Blackbeard is the only remaining sprout of the Davey clan, not counting the Blackbeard cloned by the Scientific Defense Department.

Blackbeard sighed.

"Lafitte, under the guise of merchant trading, we have sailed the seas for a full eight years; eight years, even a pacifist would need to return to the factory for maintenance!"

"And after working so hard for so many years, shouldn't we enjoy ourselves a bit?"

Upon hearing this, Lafitte quickly changed the subject.

"Captain, Brother Arlong is about to be released from prison."

As long as Blackbeard doesn't give up on himself, it's fine; after a brief rest of a few days, he will come to urge Blackbeard to set sail again.

"Arlong?"

Blackbeard's memory was instantly pulled back many years, the scenes of Arlong holding him and jumping into the sea to escape seeming to have happened just yesterday.

Among the many crew members of the Black Crew, Arlong's loyalty was second only to Lafitte's.

"When exactly?"

"Saint Saint Saiwen days later." Lafitte explained:

"Originally, the sentence had two and a half years remaining; I bribed Vice-Warden Foxy Fo of Impel Down with five hundred million Berries to get Brother Arlong out early."

In reality, Lafitte did nothing.

He simply called Foxy Fo, inviting the other to cooperate in acting out a play, thereby motivating Blackbeard to regain his confidence.

Upon hearing this, Blackbeard indeed became interested.

"Foxy Fo? I seem to remember he is from the Morning Star Crew? Would he be short of money?"

"Heh." Lafitte chuckled lightly:

"Captain, who would ever dislike having too much money? Besides, Foxy Fo is merely a peripheral figure of the Morning Star Crew; otherwise, he wouldn't have been exiled to Impel Down."

Blackbeard's eyes lit up: "Tell me more?"

"It is said that around the time the United Kingdom was first established, Foxy Fo offended Saint Saint Saint Saiwen, and since then, he has been marginalized to Impel Down."

Hearing this, Blackbeard paused for a moment.

"Lafitte, prepare the ship immediately; I will go with you to Impel Down to pick up Brother Arlong. Additionally, try to arrange a meeting with Foxy Fo; I have some questions for him."

"Captain." Lafitte rubbed his hands together: "Foxy Fo's price is very high; could you support us with some funds?"

"Is twenty billion enough?"

"Enough, enough."

The reason for such a massive investment is that Blackbeard has too many doubts in his heart,

for instance, whether the person behind the Five Elders, the true ruler of the World Government, has been completely eliminated by Little Bai Mao.

During the God Valley War.

Young Blackbeard witnessed with his own eyes the overwhelming power displayed when Imu possessed Saint Saturn, and saw the entire process of Imu using his ability to dominate Rocks.

After this battle, Blackbeard already knew: that shadow figure is the true ruler of the World Government, a god standing above the Five Elders.

However, the United Kingdom merely executed the Five Elders, saying not a single word about the shadow figure behind them.

Blackbeard realized: this is his opportunity.

If the shadow figure is still alive, perhaps he can temporarily set aside his hatred to face their common enemy: the King of the World, Little Bai Mao.

After toppling the United Kingdom, he will find a way to kill the shadow figure and avenge the Davey clan.

Truly, nine years have passed; the rule of the United Kingdom is already deeply rooted, far beyond what a mere pirate crew can topple.

Looking across the entire sea, besides that mysterious shadow figure, who else can Blackbeard find to cooperate with?

The Marines? People of Little Bai Mao.

The Army? People of Little Bai Mao.

The Air Force? People of Little Bai Mao.

The Four Emperors? Blackbeard suddenly called out to Lafitte: "Contact Stussy immediately and inquire about the whereabouts of the Four Emperor Xia Luote Lingling."

Among the Four Emperors of the New World, Whitebeard and Shiki are people of Little Bai Mao, Kaido is about to become Little Bai Mao's father-in-law, and only Xia Luote Lingling is completely out of contact.

This made Blackbeard see the possibility of cooperation again.

"Understood, Captain."

The latter half of the Grand Line, the New World.

On the deck of the Red Force, with its dragon-head white sails, Shanks gazed from afar at the towering Red Line, with the rest of the Red Hair Crew behind him.

"Captain, you are already thirty-one years old; Saint Saint Saint Saiwen is getting married. When do you plan to marry Miss Makino?"

Facing the teasing of his crew members, Shanks laughed twice, hiding the faint blush that had quietly risen on his ears.

"Do not speak nonsense; Makino and I have always been pure and innocent. If Saint Saint Saiwen finds out, he will absolutely take Makino to the Holy Land."

Having said this, Shanks looked at Benn Beckman.

"You must keep a close eye on that thing to prevent it from slipping away again; this is the wedding gift our Red Hair Crew is giving to Saint Saint Saiwen."

Compared to Blackbeard's eight years of wandering without ever finding the Dark-Dark Fruit, the Red Hair Crew's group clearly had better luck, truly finding that mythical zoan fruit known as the Rubber Fruit but actually being the Nika form.

"Rest assured." Benn Beckman held a cigarette in his mouth.

"I am holding it and sleeping with it every day now."

Over the eight-plus years of traveling the four seas, Beckman had finally gained some insight: both the Rubber Fruit and the Dark-Dark Fruit possessed self-awareness and were extremely adept at avoiding risk.

The Red Hair Pirates had tracked down clues to both fruits multiple times, yet missed their chances every single time, only finally securing this Rubber Fruit recently.

As for the Dark-Dark Fruit, there is no need to mention it.

The Dark-Dark Fruit is even more cunning than the Rubber Fruit.

As they drew closer to Sky City, Shanks suddenly muttered quietly.

"I wonder if little Uta still recognizes me."

In eight years, Shanks and his crew had traversed every corner of the four seas, returning to visit Uta and her brother Shallock only a few times when passing Sky City.

Beckman took up the conversation: "I heard Mihawk say that Uta seems to particularly enjoy playing with Mr. Garp's grandson, Luffy."

This was one of the reasons Shanks was eager to return to the Holy Land; even without finding the Rubber Fruit, even if Saint Saint Saiwen was not married, Shanks still had to come back: mainly to worry about his beloved daughter falling in love too early.

Shanks did not understand.

There were many young girls around Uta; the older ones included Hancock, Robin, Yamato, and Perona, while the younger ones included Whitebeard's daughter Isataru, Golden Lion's adopted daughter Nami, and Nojiko.

That brat Monkey D. Luffy—what exactly is good about him?

He is not even half as good as the Captain's son, Ace.

But for some reason, Uta just liked playing with Luffy; to use Mihawk's words: the two little ones were childhood sweethearts, innocent and pure.

Shanks really could not accept it.

Even though Uta was only thirteen and Luffy was eleven, with some time still before they could talk of love, Shanks still guarded against Luffy as if he were a thief.

This return to the Holy Land Sky City, Shanks did not plan to leave for a short time.

His marriage to Makino was one aspect; the other was to prevent Luffy from stealing his home.