From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 3: Whitebeard offers a bounty to Bane, and Sengoku has a keen sense of smell.

In the New World, the flagship of the Whitebeard Pirates, the white whale Moby Dick.

After Thatch was killed and his devil fruit was stolen, Ace and Teach did not delay and took a speedboat overnight, bringing Thatch's body back to the Moby Dick to reunite with the Whitebeard Pirates.

After several days of travel, they finally arrived here today.

On the deck of the Moby Dick, Edward Newgate, the white-bearded man known as the strongest man, was standing under the mast, looking at Thatch's body placed in front of him with a gloomy expression.

Because several days had passed, and the climate at sea and other factors had an impact, even though Ace and Teach had tried their best to protect him, Thatch's body was still a bit unsightly.

However, there was no trace of disgust on Newgate's face. He squatted down with a slight tremor in his tall body, and stroked Thatch's stiff body with his hand. After a moment, he looked at Teach, who was kneeling beside Thatch's body, and asked in a gloomy tone: "Who is it? Who killed my son?"

Tiqi said angrily with a gloomy face, "Dad, I saw that guy's face clearly. He's a stranger. I have no impression of him. He suddenly appeared in the cabin."

In fact, on the way back, Ace and the others had already explained the relevant situation to Newgate in detail many times.

But at this moment, Newgate was still listening to these descriptions very seriously, his eyes fixed on Teach.

However, after a few days, Teach had already prepared himself mentally, and his speech was clear and logical, without any obvious loopholes or flaws. As for Ace, he had never doubted Teach, so naturally he didn't say much.

After Newgate finished listening to Teach's story, the strong sense of oppression on him gradually dissipated. The reason why he wanted to listen to Teach's story again in person was just to further confirm it. In fact, Newgate himself did not doubt Teach too much.

As I said, Teach has been on the ship for more than 20 years. During these 20 years, he has gotten along very well with all the members of the Whitebeard Pirates. They are as close as brothers, living and dying together, and have experienced countless crises and hardships.

If someone suddenly told Newgate that Teach had killed Thatch, Newgate would not believe it, let alone in the current situation?
After standing up, Newgate sighed softly, suppressed his sadness, and then said: "Marco, you go and see Thatch off for the last time, and let him return to the embrace of the mother sea."

Marco, who was also standing behind Newgate, wiped the tears from his eyes with a sad expression and said, "Yes, Dad."

Pirates are people who live by their heads hanging on their belts, and they are all used to life and death, so the aftermath is actually a simple matter.

After instructing the arrangements for Thatch's funeral, Newgate took the portrait from Ace's hand and examined it carefully for a while before saying, "It's indeed a new face."

You know what, the painter on the Whitebeard Pirates' ship is really amazing. Based on Teach's hasty description, he actually drew a pretty good picture of Bane.

"Dad, this bastard killed Thatch. We must avenge Thatch!" Ace said excitedly.

Newgate nodded and said coldly: "No one in this sea can harm my Whitebeard family without paying the price!"

Without waiting for Ace to say anything, Newgate quickly ordered, "Joz, let everyone who has given us the message know, pass this portrait to each captain, and have them look for it for me!"

The Whitebeard Pirates are not just this group of people. In addition to the members of their own group, they also have dozens of independent captains operating around. As the strongest group among the current pirate forces, their influence is certainly not to be underestimated.

Then, without waiting for Joz to reply, Newgate continued, "Spread the news in the dark world as well. Post this portrait all over the world. I'm offering a reward of five billion Baileys. Find this bastard, dead or alive!"

Of course, bounties are not exclusive to the navy. In fact, in the dark world, all kinds of strange bounties are everywhere, including those that take lives like Newgate, those that look for devil fruits, and also rewards for rare treasures, contraband, and intelligence.

It’s just that the navy’s reward can be openly announced to the whole world through newspapers, so it has the greatest influence and is also the most convincing.

After Newgate finished arranging all this, Ace stood up again and said, "Dad, Thatch and I went out together this time, but I'm the only one back. It's all my fault that Thatch was killed. Let me go find that bastard, right? I'll never forgive myself if I don't kill him!" As soon as Ace opened his mouth, Teach followed suit and said, "Dad, it's all my fault. If I hadn't insisted on getting Thatch to drink so much, Thatch wouldn't have been ambushed so easily. I must avenge this with my own hands!"

To Teach, Thatch and the like were not important at all. How could he not know what the truth was? He was the one who killed the people!

But the Dark-Dark Fruit is his favorite. In Teach's opinion, that bastard must be a special ability user, otherwise how could he open the door out of thin air?
And since the other party is a person with special abilities, it means that there is a certain probability that the Dark-Dark Fruit has not been eaten, so he still has hope.

So at this time, with the help of the Whitebeard Pirates, we can find that person, take back the Dark-Dark Fruit, and then cut him into pieces. This matter will be over. As long as we get the Dark-Dark Fruit back, we can still consider the rest.

Newgate thought about it for a moment, did not object, and agreed to their request.

It has to be said that the Whitebeard Pirates acted very quickly. As Whitebeard's orders were passed down, the more powerful forces on the sea soon learned of the situation first.

That afternoon, at the Navy Headquarters, Marineford.

On the top floor of the huge fortress of justice, in the marshal's office, the then navy marshal, Zhan Guo, received relevant information from the navy intelligence department.

Looking at the document in his hand, Marshal Sengoku said with a surprised expression, "The captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' Fourth Division was killed?"

Sitting on the sofa across from the desk, Vice Admiral Azuru, the Intelligence Department's chief of staff, held a teacup in his hand and said calmly, "I was surprised at first, but this news was released by the Whitebeard Pirates themselves, and they're searching the world for the murderer. It must be true."

Zhan Guo nodded first, then picked up the portrait of Bane on the table, took a look at it and asked, "Who is this guy?"

"I don't know." Chief of Staff Ahe shook his head and said, "There is no information about his name, age, past experience, etc. However, according to the information released by the Whitebeard Pirates, he may be a person with space-related abilities."

"Our intelligence can't find this person?" Zhan Guo was a little surprised.

You know, the Navy has the support of the World Government, and its forces are spread across the entire ocean. In terms of intelligence, it has always exchanged information with the CP agency. This intelligence capability is not comparable to that of the Whitebeard Pirates!

Upon hearing this, Chief of Staff Ah He explained, "This happened so suddenly. Even if we are very skilled, we won't be able to find any intelligence in such a short time. I've already asked our investigators to follow up, and I believe there will be results soon."

Zhan Guo thought about it and realized that this was the case, so he said, "Let's look for him carefully. This guy is really brave. If he has a clean past, let's see if we can recruit him into our navy."

"Then we have to unite with the Whitebeard pirates to take revenge on them." Chief of Staff Ahe said with a smile.

"We are the navy. Others are afraid of Whitebeard, but why should we be afraid?" Zhan Guo laughed and didn't care.

In the past few years, Zhan Guo has increasingly felt that he is getting older and his energy is not as good as in previous years, so occasionally, he would consider whether he should give way to younger people?
However, before retiring from the position of marshal, he felt that he had to pave the way for the navy.

For example, killing the Whitebeard Pirates?

Although he didn't have any mature ideas yet, Sengoku keenly realized that this incident might become an opportunity to pry open the Whitebeard Pirates?

But we still need to think about it in the long run.

(End of this chapter)