One Piece’S Scarlet Swordsman

New World, Kilf waters, 23:50 in the evening.

A round and a half moon hung in the sky, and the bright moonlight spilled down on the sea, covering the endless black sea with a thin veil.

The fourth division captain Saqi sat on the bow of the pirate ship, with two bottles of rum in front of him, holding one of them in his right hand, pressing the cap with his thumb, and bounced it into the air with a pop.

"Gurulu..."

He lifted the wine bottle and poured it directly into his mouth, rolling his throat.

"Da da……"

A slow sound of footsteps sounded from the deck behind Saatchi. Saatchi, who was drinking heavily, moved for a while, holding the remaining bottle of rum in his left hand, raising his arm and throwing it back.

"Snapped."

A big hand held the rum flying in the air, stepped to the side of Saqi, and sat beside him with a "bang".

"This is a classic rum from East Blue. It's my treasure."

"Usually, I don't use it to drink, only on special days I will take it out to share with others."

Saatchi put down the bottle, looked at Teach who was sitting next to him, patted his broad shoulder, and grinned.

"You have never asked me on the ship for twenty years. Today is the first time in twenty years."

Teach sat quietly next to Saatchi, with his left thumb pressed against the bottle cap, flicked open the bottle cap with the same technique as Saatchi, and poured his head up into a big mouthful.

The taste of rum rolled in the tongue and throat, and after a while, it was swallowed in the abdomen.

"boom!"

Teach smashed the rum heavily on the bow of the boat, attracting Saatchi's attention. He felt that tonight's Teach was a little different from usual.

"Saqi..."

Teach lowered his head, and the moonlight poured down on him, unable to see his face.

"I ask you, do you have a dream?"

Saqi was stunned for his inexplicable words, then closed his eyes and chuckled, looking up at the half moon hanging in the sky, with a smile on his face.

"It used to be..."

"When I was young, I wanted to be a just Marine, catching pirates, fighting criminals, and defending the town."

"When I grew up, I discovered that in this world, it's not that Marine is just, but pirates are evil."

"There are also some pirates, they just want to explore this endless ocean."

"They have their own pursuits and ideals, and they live for tomorrow every day. At that time, my dream was to be an explorer."

"I bid farewell to my friends and relatives, and left home to go to sea, but encountered a storm at sea. The merchant ship I was on sank to the bottom of the sea and hundreds of people were killed."

"Only I survived."

"Since then, for a long time, I have been wandering at sea, hungry every day, and survived by eating raw fish."

"At that time I thought, if I were a chef, it would be fine."

"Later, it was the old man who rescued me and took me in, allowing me to work on the boat until now."

When Saatchi said this, he couldn't help rubbing the corners of his eyes, looked at Teach, and smiled.

"As for now, what I think is that as long as it helps Dad protect the family, it will be enough."

"I don't need the others, as long as I can stay on the old man's boat."

Teach was speechless, and continued to lift the rum into his mouth, and there was a "grumbling" swallowing sound from his throat.

After a while, he put down the wine bottle, his face calmly looked at the sea ahead, said.

"I have always had a dream."

"That is to stand on top of this world."

Saatchi paused when he was about to hold up the rum, but he raised his head and took a big mouthful of rum, and then smiled.

"Then tell your father that you want to be the captain. Anyway, depending on your strength and qualifications, it is easy to be the captain."

"Captain? Tsk hahahaha..."

Hearing what Saatchi said, Teach couldn't help but raised his head and laughed, looking at Saatchi, his eyes lighted up.

"Saatchi, the pinnacle of the world, is more than just a small captain."

Saatchi put down the bottle, frowned and looked at Teach. He always felt something was wrong with Teach today.

"Saatchi, I have a request, can you give me the Devil Fruit you got today?"

Teach looked at him and said solemnly.

This is a request and his final concession. If Saatchi doesn't agree, don't blame him for taking extreme measures.

"That's it, your goal is that Devil Fruit."

Saqi chuckled, and walked directly to the cabin, turning his back to Teach, and said.

"Don't think about it, Teach."

"It's the ship's rule to assign Devil Fruit to daddy."

"Since you want it so much, then you can go and talk to the old man by yourself."

Teach listened to his words, his eyes darkened, and slowly stood up and said.

"Impossible, Saatchi."

"There are so many people on the ship, and besides, I'm just an ordinary crew member in the fourth division. How could Dad assign such an important Devil Fruit to me?"

Saqi, who was walking towards the cabin, paused. He heard the important words of Devil Fruit, which meant that Teach knew the origin of that Devil Fruit.

"I never said what Devil Fruit it was."

Saqi turned his back to him and said in a deep voice.

"Teach, you should know what kind of Devil Fruit it is?"

"Of course I know, so I want to get it."

"Give it to me, Captain Saatchi, as long as I have it, I can get one step closer to my dream."

"Even if it is, I have been on the ship for twenty years, the first and last request."

Teach opened his arms and said loudly to Saatchi, with a look of excitement. But Saatchi said coldly, completely indifferent.

"That Devil Fruit is called the most vicious ability in Devil Fruit history. You should know it well, Teach."

"This kind of Devil Fruit must be decided by the old man."

"Decide whether to sink it to the bottom of the sea or assign him to a crew member on the ship."

"The rules can't be broken, Teach."

Saatchi opened his legs again and walked towards his room.

What he didn't notice was that Teach behind him looked gloomy at the moment, and his eyes were full of blood.

"Teach, if you really want that Devil Fruit, go and dad..."

"puff!"

Before Saqi's words fell, his body trembled, feeling something penetrated his chest, very cold, very icy, slowly lowered his head, a dagger came out from his heart, and the blade was carrying his blood.

"Teach, you..."

Saatchi opened his mouth and was about to speak. Teach paused and drew his dagger abruptly.

"Puff chuff~"

Suddenly, blood spurted out like a water pipe exploded, splashing on the cabin wall, and Saatchi fell on the deck with a "bang", no more sound.

"Don't blame me, Saatchi."

"To blame, blame you for blocking my way."

Teach released the right hand holding the dagger, threw the dagger on Saatchi, pushed away Saatchi's room, and stepped into it.

After a while, Teach walked out of Saatchi's room, holding the treasure chest containing Devil Fruit in his arms, unhurriedly came to the edge of the ship's gunwale, got on the boat, and left the pirate group alone that had been there for twenty years.

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