044 Bounty

In the following time, Blackbeard successfully formed a Crew Link with Avalo Pizarro and fully integrated him into the crew.

He has acquired a new Devil Fruit ability—it's not a Logia, but a Paramecia called the Island-Island Fruit. This power allows him to control the entire island he is on.

With Avalo Pizarro's complete surrender, the Blackbeard Pirates have become more united as a whole, now heading toward Beehive Island at full speed.

At this moment, Blackbeard was laying on a couch, examining the data and information about himself in his mind.

"Role: Marshall·D·Teach"

"Character points: 35.600 points"

"Number of souls: 3 (available: 0)"

"Crew Link: Laffitte, Avalo Pizarro"

"Possessing fruits: Dark Fruit, Thunder Fruit, Tremor-Tremor Fruit"

Following the Summit War of Marineford, the character points skyrocket from over 8,000 to more than 30,000.

He discovered that whenever he accomplished a remarkable event in One Piece, his character points would soar.

Furthermore, there exists another method to significantly boost his character points: by reigniting the original desire of pirates.

By engaging in activities such as looting treasures, destruction, and displaying cruelty, his character points will increase significantly.

In the end, he spent 10,000 character points to acquire two crew links directly. With the remaining 20,000 character points, he could exchange them for soul after discovering the fruit ability he wanted.

...

"Captain Blackbeard, do you want to read the latest newspaper?" 

Laffitte approached with a newspaper in hand, interrupting Blackbeard's thoughts.

"Oh?" 

Blackbeard switched off the data and became intrigued by the new newspaper.

"What does the newspaper say?" 

Burgess asked curiously, approaching.

All the Blackbeard Pirates looked like they were gossiping. Judging by their roles in the Summit War, they anticipated that this news had a lot to do with them. Seeing everyone's curious expressions, Blackbeard opened the newspaper.

The first thing he noticed was the bounty list featuring him!

"Marshall D. Teach, with a bounty of 1.5 billion!"

There was also text below: "The first pirate in history to escalate from a bounty of 0 to 1.5 billion. He stands as the representative of pirates in the new era!"

"Weihahaha!! Captain Blackbeard, you finally have a bounty—going from zero to 1.5 billion! You're the first pirate in history to make such a leap!" 

Burgess laughed.

"Our captain is finally a famous pirate" 

Laffitte smiled lightly. In their view, once the bounty surpasses 1 billion, he becomes a respected figure on the seas.

"From 0 to 1.5 billion, the World Government really holds me in high regard" 

Blackbeard said with a smile upon seeing his bounty.

The wide range of the bounty indicates that he is a significant threat in the eyes of the World Government

"Incredible!" 

Gion exclaimed in shock.

"It's extremely rare for a pirate to get a bounty over 100 million for the first time, let alone a straight 1.5 billion. It clearly shows how much the world government highly values you head, captain" 

Shiryu remarked, taking a deep breath from his cigar and exhaling the smoke.

As his bounty spread, people all over the world began talking about it.

After all, the number of people who actually witnessed the Summit War was small compared to the global population.

...

Beehive Island.

Looking from a distance, there is a huge skull on the island.

This is the territory of the Witch Pirates.

Inside a casino on the island.

"Captain, Blackbeard's who create chaos in the Summit War is is out!" 

A pirate hurriedly approached a woman, handing her the newspaper.

The beautiful woman set aside the sieve cup and picked up the newspaper.

Her eyes widened in astonishment.

Then she burst into wild laughter. Her hoarse laughter sharply contrasted with her beautiful face.

"It's just a new pirate, and the Marines gave him a bounty of 1.5 billion, even though he's been hiding for so many years. This is truly the biggest joke I've ever seen in my life."

"I bet Sengoku is in a state of confusion. He should quickly give up his position as Fleet Admiral!" 

A fat man sneered at the situation.

"My witch's current bounty is only 1.4 billion, so Blackbeard's first bounty exceeded 1.5 billion? What a big joke."

The stunning beauty spoke, and then her body underwent a drastic transformation. Her tight skin gradually loosened, and her posture changed, transforming into a white-haired old woman.

She was known as the Witch, a person who eats the Mythical Zoan fruit, Fox-Fox Fruit Model: Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. 

She also happens to be the captain of the Witch Pirates.

"Baabababa, why are you getting angry about this? With his ambition, he'll surely attack Whitebeard's territory. We can take him down later then."

The plump man smiled once more. He is a user of the Turtle Fruit ability, a Mythical Zoan Species. Known as the Old Turtle, he serves as the vice-captain of the Witch Pirates.

"Indeed"

The witch nodded and then continued.

"Without Whitebeard's suppression, the Whitebeard remnants led by Marco alone are not enough to inherit Whitebeard's throne. Too many strong men in this sea are staring at this piece of cake he left behind! We have to make the first move!"

"Our Witch Pirates will surely become the next Yonko crew!" 

Old Turtle declared with confidence.

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TO BE CONTINUE

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