"Ace, are you alright!" Whitebeard hesitated for a moment before turning his head and looking at Ace.
For the scene in front of him, with the result that had been given, Whitebeard understood that this report card was perfect with Laxus's age.
No!
It should be said that there were very few people who could reach this level in the entire sea.
At least, Whitebeard clearly knew that apart from him on the Moby Dick, probably even the First Division Commander Marco would have difficulty reaching it.
After all, Marco's strength was biased towards being all-rounded. It would be difficult for him to fight Kaido, who had honed his physical defense to the extreme.
At the very least, he would have to reach the level of Oden, the former Second Division Commander.
Otherwise, all of the attacks would be nonsense.
"Dad, don't worry. I'm fine!" Ace came back to his senses and took a deep breath and said.
"I'm just a bit tired and want to go back and rest for a while."
Tired?
The people present were stunned slightly and revealed faces full of astonishment.
However, watching Ace's lonely expression, they stopped themselves from saying anything and obediently closed their mouths.
They clearly knew that any words right now wouldn't be able to soothe Ace's weak heart.
"Rayleigh, I've made you laugh!" Whitebeard sighed heavily.
Originally, in Whitebeard's eyes, he had thought that getting Roger's son would allow him to break the deadlock that he couldn't break with his own ability.
He had never expected that it would instead make Ace encounter one Waterloo after another.
"Hehe, Whitebeard, you're laughing at me." Rayleigh chuckled and said.
"Life is like sailing on this sea. You have to encounter a lot of storms. If you can't even get through the storms safely, how can you become a strong person?" Rayleigh said with a smile.
"If Ace can't even figure this out, why not follow Captain Roger's wishes, retire to the countryside, and live a good life in peace."
Whitebeard was silent.
He didn't feel surprised about Rayleigh's answer.
After all, back then, he had drunk with Roger under the cherry blossom tree and had almost gotten drunk. They had even burned incense and become sworn brothers.
Therefore, he knew a bit about the philosophy that Roger had boasted about.
Right now, he couldn't refute Rayleigh's words.
At least, he had never expected that two young monsters would emerge one after another in the same era in a short period of time.
"Haha, Dad, I'm back from my mission."
A loud laugh suddenly came from the pirate ship that was slowly sailing over.
Following the sound, they could soon see Thatch, the commander of the Fourth Division, who was wearing a sailor suit and had a pompadour hairstyle, appear on the deck of the pirate ship.
Watching the wooden box in his hand, the people present were stunned slightly. Jozu took the lead and laughed loudly and said, "Thatch, it seems that you had a big harvest on this trip to sea."
"The wooden box in your hand isn't holding a Devil Fruit, is it?"
Everyone's gazes fell on Thatch's hand in unison. Even Rayleigh was no exception.
Feeling this feeling of being the center of attention, Thatch was stunned first and then laughed loudly and said, "Brother Jozu, you indeed have sharp eyes. The wooden box in my hand is indeed holding the Devil Fruit that I obtained in the Calm Belt just now."
"I specifically looked it up in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia. This thing is a Logia-type, the Dark-Dark Fruit!"
Logia-type Dark-Dark Fruit?
Rayleigh and Whitebeard's expressions changed slightly at once.
As the older generation of pirates, they clearly knew where exactly the value of this fruit was.
"Whitebeard, I didn't expect that I would be able to see this darkness fruit in my lifetime." Rayleigh's glasses flashed with light, and he revealed a trace of reminiscing expression.
Whitebeard also nodded and said, "I also didn't expect that this Devil Fruit would fall into our hands after so many years."
"Dad, it seems that this is a blessing from the heavens to our Whitebeard Pirates!" Marco couldn't help but say excitedly.
The sudden scene made the expressions of most of the commanders in the field change slightly.
As the head of the Four Emperors, occupying most of the territory in the New World, and also having such an important sea area as Hachinosu Island, the probability of Devil Fruits appearing was much greater than in ordinary places.
It could be said that the commanders on this ship hadn't seen rare Devil Fruits.
What's more, it was Whitebeard and Rayleigh, these legendary great pirates.
The Devil Fruits that they had seen probably numbered no less than ten fingers.
Right now, seeing a Dark-Dark Fruit, although it was a Logia-type, their reaction was too great.
"Dad, is this Dark-Dark Fruit really that important? How about I offer it up?" Thatch couldn't help but say.
As the commander of the Fourth Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, his strength was also one of the best on the ship.
At the same time, there were still very few people who had become Devil Fruit users in the Whitebeard Pirates.
It wasn't to say that they hadn't obtained Devil Fruits.
It was just that the power of most of the fruits was obviously slightly inferior compared to their status level.
Right now, it was rare to have a Logia-type Devil Fruit, and it was still something that even Whitebeard and Rayleigh praised.
Then having someone with the ability to reside in it was probably the best way to convince the crowd.
"Haha, Thatch, you don't need to care." Whitebeard laughed loudly and said, "There are indeed rules on this ship. Whoever obtains the most valuable thing has the priority to handle it. If you really don't want it, then take it out and exchange it for other things that you like."
Faced with Whitebeard's statement, the people present didn't have the slightest bit of opinion.
It could be said that among the Four Emperors, the Whitebeard Pirates should be the existence with the best relationship among the members.
It was even better than the Red Hair Pirates.
As for the Beast Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates, there were too many open and secret fights that existed inside.
"Then...Thatch will thank Dad first!" Thatch hesitated for a moment and then said.
"Thatch, you've picked up a good thing this time. I advise you to quickly take it so that you don't have any long nights and dreams!" Marco said with a smile.
As the most senior Marco in the Whitebeard Pirates and also the member who had joined the pirate group the earliest,
he clearly knew what this fruit meant.
Once the traces of this fruit spread out, even with the protection of the Whitebeard Pirates, it would probably attract a lot of storms.
"Haha, it seems that this Devil Fruit is indeed not simple. It made Brother Marco value it so much." Thatch laughed loudly and said.
"However, I promised the kid at home that if I got a Devil Fruit, I would bring it back and let him take a look. This is his birthday wish."
"It's rare for me to go to sea this time. I want to let the kid at home see this amazing thing that I got!"
Watching Thatch, who had a face full of reminiscence, Marco's expression couldn't help but stagnate. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but he stopped himself.
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