One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 170 Little Bee Blackbeard
Snapped!
Teach's right hand, almost uncontrollably, reached out and grabbed the purple Devil Fruit, about to put it in his mouth.

pity.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

A hand gripped his wrist even faster, and no matter how hard Teach tried, he couldn't move it any further.

Who dares to stop me!

Teach suddenly looked up, his face contorted with rage, his eyes bloodshot!
But seeing Xia Nuo's bewildered expression, he suddenly jolted awake, as if doused with a bucket of cold water, and instantly sobered up, releasing his right hand.

No.

You can't just steal it.

What are you thinking about?

This guy in front of me is a terrifying monster who defeated Rayleigh, the Dark King, and repeatedly humiliated the Marine Admirals...

"Teach?!"

Marco's surprised voice came from behind him, "What's wrong? What are you doing?"

"Hahaha! Sorry, sorry!"

Cold sweat beaded on Teach's forehead, but he quickly forced a smile and scratched his head, saying:

"My apologies, Lord Shano, Captain. I... I don't know why, but when I see this fruit, I feel a resonance within my blood, and I really want to eat it. My heart is pounding wildly! Hehehe!"

His smile was as honest and simple as ever, with just the right amount of bewilderment and embarrassment...

He perfectly concealed the barely suppressed resentment in his eyes.

Damn!

Why, why did this fruit end up in this kid's hands?

Why did we have to run into each other on Fishman Island, thousands of meters below the surface of the ocean? Once things fall apart, it'll be hard to escape!

And there are those troublesome guys like Marco Namuel around too...

"resonance?"

Marco was taken aback, and pondered while rubbing his chin.

Neptune spoke thoughtfully:
"I've heard that Devil Fruits sometimes choose their destined owners? Could Mr. Teach be one of those people, a perfect match for this Devil Fruit?"

"How come I never noticed before that you, old man, have such good eyesight?" Teach glanced at Neptune.

"There are indeed such rumors, no wonder Teach suddenly lost his composure."

Little Ma suddenly realized and turned to look at Xia Nuo, "Hey bro, what's this Devil Fruit called again?"

"Oh, I don't know."

Xia Nuo shook his head and pointed to the cactus-like fruit on the table:

"I only wanted to bring out this: Crocodile's Sand-Sand Fruit. As for the other two, I seized them from the World Government a while ago. I haven't figured out what type they are yet. You Whitebeard Pirates are very knowledgeable, so I'd like to ask you about them."

He smiled and looked at Teach: "Teach, do you know her?"

“Hahaha…” Teach chuckled dryly, shaking his head like a rattle drum. “You overestimate me. I can’t even read all the words, how could I have such an ability?”

Marco and Namur racked their brains for a long time, but they also shook their heads; this was not their area of ​​expertise at all.

But it is not important.

The important thing is that Teach set his sights on this fruit; they were destined to meet, weren't they?

"I'm really a little embarrassed to ask, but... Brother Xia Nuo, I have a favor to ask..."

Marco adjusted his glasses and said gently, "I wonder if you could sell this Devil Fruit to Teach. You name your price, but I didn't bring much money with me this time, so I'll have to wait until I get back..."

"What! Talking about money is so vulgar."

Shano laughed and casually tossed the fruit to Marco, "Anyway, I don't need any of this stuff, so I'll give it to you guys. Catch it!"

Swish!
Teach resisted the urge to intercept it, his gaze fixed on the parabolic trajectory of the fruit as he turned to Marco.

Marco instinctively reached out and caught the fruit, then paused slightly in surprise.

"Dad was right about you. You really are a bold and straightforward person!"

Marco grinned. "I have no right to promise anything on behalf of Dad, but I can promise on behalf of myself. From now on, I owe you a favor. If you ever need any help in the future, just come to me!"

As he spoke, Marco had already handed the fruit directly to Teach.

"Here, Teach, keep this safe. If you can't wait, you can eat it now."

"However, I suggest that we wait until we get back to the ship and ask Dad what it is before we eat it. Dad will definitely recognize it!"

"Captain Marco..."

Tichy was moved to tears. He accepted the fruit with trembling hands, his voice choked with emotion:
"I'll eat now, there's no need to trouble Dad with this... Captain, you're so good to me! I... I don't know how to repay you!"

"What nonsense are you talking about, Teach!"

Marco patted him hard on the shoulder and laughed loudly, "We're partners, your business is my business!"

Xia Nuo watched all of this with amusement.

His words just now came from the bottom of his heart. He originally intended to use the fruit as a waste and give it away for fun. Being able to gain Marco's favor was an unexpected bonus.

Talk about it.

He had a problem that bothered him before.

That is, if Blackbeard wanted to steal a Devil Fruit, why did he have to kill Thatch?

Even though they've been partners for so many years, if Blackbeard had openly expressed his interest in the Devil Fruit, Thatch probably wouldn't have hesitated at all and would have handed it over immediately.

Now it seems.

"Tsk, in the end, it's still a matter of not being strong enough..."

Xia Nuo sighed inwardly, his gaze sweeping over Teach's seemingly honest face.

If, in another timeline, it was a powerful figure like Marco who found the Dark-Dark Fruit, would Blackbeard still dare to directly kill and steal it?

Of course not.

He will only continue to play dumb, just like now, using tears and acting skills to get what he wants, and he doesn't dare to break the ice at all.

Marco is strong enough that Blackbeard doesn't dare gamble on whether he can win the battle before alerting others, and even before eating the Devil Fruit, it's uncertain whether he can defeat Marco.

But Sachi... is too weak.

So weak that Blackbeard saw them as no different from ants, that's why he didn't even bother to act and chose the easiest method.

— They would kill and rob the goods, then escape.

……

now.

Teach had finally finished his preliminaries. He wiped away his tears with his sleeve, and with trembling hands, brought the purple fruit to his mouth.

Finally... finally got it!

Dark-Dark Fruit!

A fruit that can devour everything like a black hole, a fruit that can strip others of their abilities, a fruit that can fulfill his ambition for hegemony!
I've waited for over twenty years, over twenty years! I've finally waited for this moment!
Click!

Take one bite.

Instantly, his expression froze, and his face turned slightly green.

As expected...

Marco seemed to have expected this, resting his chin on his hand and watching the scene with a smile.

But unexpectedly, Teach's chewing motion only slowed down for a moment before he continued to eat heartily, his face full of enjoyment.

"Eh?"

Namur exclaimed in surprise, "Why does Teach seem to be enjoying his food so much? Aren't Devil Fruits supposed to taste terrible?"

"Yeah, that's strange."

Marco scratched his head in bewilderment, "When I ate the fruit, it felt like eating meat that had been rotting and smelling for days, or even like shit. It was disgusting."

"is it?"

Teach grinned, revealing his missing tooth, and laughed heartily. "Hahaha, is that so? I didn't even notice!"

He suddenly rubbed his hands together, then continued eating, eating faster and faster.

He quickly stuffed the entire Devil Fruit into his mouth, not even leaving the stem and leaves behind, and licked the crumbs from the corners of his mouth clean, as if afraid of missing a single one.

good to eat!

Delicious, so delicious!!!

Is there anything in this world more delicious than this? Teach rubbed his feet again.

It was surging up, that wonderful feeling, as if everything in the world was becoming clearer and slower in my eyes...

“Hey, Teach.”

Marco's urging voice rang out, "Hurry up and use your ability to test it out, so we can see what kind of fruit it is!"

"Okay, Captain!"

Teach grinned, spreading his arms wide, a barely perceptible glint of malice flashing in his eyes. "Then let everyone see for themselves, zehahaha!"

Although I have obtained the ability I've always dreamed of.

But it would be difficult to defeat all of them head-on at the same time, and he wasn't planning to take that risk.

However, if he were to volunteer to demonstrate it now, that would be a different story, and perhaps there really would be a chance...

Suddenly unleash your power!

Buzz!

Suddenly, a pair of enormous, transparent wings unfurled from Teach's back, vibrating at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye and emitting an annoying buzzing sound.

Everyone was stunned.

"Honey, bees?"

Marco muttered in confusion, "But it doesn't quite seem like it, it seems like..."

The words have not yet fallen.

Teach's body suddenly began to shrink rapidly, fine downy hair grew on its surface, and its back emitted a greasy blue-green sheen.

His head swelled into a spherical shape, and his red compound eyes multiplied and proliferated densely, instantly taking up most of his face. His mouth also turned into a pair of mouthparts that split open in the middle...

In just two or three seconds.

Teach then completely transformed into his beast form, becoming a giant, silky green fly about the size of a ball.

"Zei-ha...?!"

Teach's laughter stopped abruptly.

He first stiffly touched his mouthparts, then incredulously raised his hairy forelimbs and waved them in front of his eyes.

Then look at the reflection on the ground.

He finally realized what he had become.

……

The huge banquet hall fell silent for a moment.

Xia Nuo, the White Group members, Neptune, and the Dragon Palace guards at the entrance all had the same expression, staring dumbfounded at the comical and ugly giant fly.

then……

Someone couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing, and the others immediately followed suit, erupting into a roar of laughter.

"Pfft hahaha!!!"

Namur slammed his fist on the table, laughing so hard his eyes were almost closed. "Flies! So it was flies! What's going on, Teach? So what resonated with you was a fly fruit! There's actually such a fruit in this world!"

"Teach, you idiot!"

Marco was laughing so hard he was lying on the ground, clutching his stomach and rolling around.

"Didn't I tell you? It would be better to wait until we get back and ask Dad before we eat. Why do you have to be so impatient!"

Even the guards of the Dragon Palace were laughing and whispering among themselves.
"How disgusting, such a huge fly..."

"Do you think if you turned into a fly, you'd like to eat poop?"

"Shh! Be polite, don't talk about Whitebeard's subordinates like that... Pfft, hahahahahaha!!"

……

At the very top of the banquet table.

Xia Nuo was also laughing so hard she was doubled over, without caring about her image at all.

There's no way around it; anyone who can't laugh out loud in this scene or this picture is basically diagnosed with depression.

His fly whiskers, which are fat and large, and about the same size as Chopper's, are hilarious no matter how you look at them.

Perhaps the only thing even more scathing than this is the "Mei Luo Mei Luo" version of Sweet Mustache.

……

Teach stood there, listening to the bursts of laughter coming from all directions, and didn't move for a long time.

He stared blankly at his reflection on the ground, his breathing becoming heavier and heavier, only his wings vibrating mechanically.

It's not the Dark-Dark Fruit.

It's not the Dark-Dark Fruit...

how so!
More than 20 years of waiting...

More than 20 years of forbearance...

And all I got in return was this utterly ugly and disgusting appearance, these constantly buzzing fly wings?!
Looking around again, there was this bunch of bastards laughing happily.

Killing intent!
A chilling killing intent, accompanied by boundless rage, welled up from the depths of Teach's heart, almost swallowing his reason. He wanted nothing more than to take action and snap the necks of everyone who was laughing.

But in the end, the murderous intent quickly dissipated.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

Teach suddenly let out a howl that sounded inhuman, frantically scratching his back as if trying to tear his wings off. "This isn't real! Disappear, disappear!!!"

However, the more excited he became, the more joyfully his wings flapped, even spinning him around in the air.

This time, they really looked like headless flies sprayed with insecticide, bumping around aimlessly between the pillars, which was particularly comical and ridiculous.

"Teach! Get down first, calm down!"

Marco stopped laughing, looked up, and called out with concern.

He stood up, went into the air, and tried to grab the out-of-control Teach, but was forced back by the strong wind generated by the other's frantic flapping wings.

"Don't come near me!"

Teach yelled, his eyes red—or rather, his countless compound eyes were naturally red—"Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! Is it that funny? What are you pretending to comfort me for? I've turned into a fly! If you were in my shoes, could you stay calm?"

"What, is the phoenix from mythology about to show off its power in front of flies?!"

"Hahaha!! You, Neptune, and that Shano, you were all in cahoots, you were all deceiving me, trying to make me look like a fly, weren't you!"

"Tikki!"

Marco frowned. He could understand Teach's breakdown at that moment, but... "This is getting more and more absurd. Stop it."

"What does it matter? I'm just a fly. What else is there to care about? I'm just a fly!!!"

The large fly was still frantically bumping and flying around, causing numerous cracks in the ceiling and pillars of the banquet hall.

Marco sighed.

In a flash, he appeared behind him and kicked him hard.

"I'm sorry, Teach."

Teach's body stiffened, and he fell straight from the sky, landing unconscious on the ground.

Its body also transformed back into human form from a silky green fly, but it still retained some characteristics of its bestial transformation, such as its oily, shiny skin and its hands and feet curled up like tentacles...

Xia Nuo glanced at it and then looked away, afraid that he would burst out laughing again.

But, speaking of it...

This guy is quite the actor.

He was just kicked by Marco and he passed out?

how is this possible.

Even without relying on the power of the fruit, this guy's physical strength is close to the top level in the world.

His crazy, rambling behavior just now was mostly an act.

It was simply the immense sense of disappointment that came after his ambitions were about to be realized, only to be thwarted, that caused Blackbeard's emotions to collapse instantly, and he even harbored murderous intent towards everyone present.

But his deep cunning made him realize in an instant that he could not start his own business and pursue his dreams for the time being. He had to go back to Whitebeard's ship and continue to mingle. He couldn't really break off relations.

So he simply went with the flow and pretended to be unable to accept reality, just waiting for Marco to kick him unconscious.

In this way, one can vent their emotions without letting anger cloud their judgment, and also preserve their last shred of dignity.

　I stayed up all night writing 10,000 words yesterday, which messed up my biological clock. I'll adjust and my update schedule will be stable soon.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)