One Piece: Three Fruits, Starting with the Dark-Dark Fruit

"elder brother......"

Shanks stared into Zigg's golden eyes, his lips trembling.

Jiger smiled and continued,

"Do what you want to do. Remember, you are a member of the Fegalando family. You have the freedom to choose your own path. To hell with that loser Joey Boy."

Shanks nodded silently. Zigg raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder. The next second, his body twisted and turned into a dark vortex and disappeared in front of Shanks.

Shortly after Zigg left, Beckman and others heard that there was no movement outside, so they slowly walked out of the cabin. Seeing Shanks still in a daze on the deck, Beckman breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before he could say anything, Shanks suddenly turned around and looked at him, saying,

"Beckman, we should get down to business."

......

Moby Dick,

Whitebeard was sitting on a huge chair with needles inserted into his body and stands with IV drips hanging around him.

However, even so, he still held the wine barrel in his hand and took a few big gulps from time to time, which caused complaints from several nurses nearby.

The nurses' complaints did not stop Whitebeard's behavior, but instead made him laugh and drink more and more.

On the deck in front of him, his sons were also drinking and having fun. This was the daily routine of their Whitebeard Pirates.

As one of the Four Emperors that has been famous for a long time, there will almost never be any short-sighted pirate groups that would bother them anymore. As they have nothing to do while guarding such a large territory, naturally they want to find something fun to do.

As for how they maintain this kind of life without engaging in production, it must be by collecting protection fees. Passing merchant ships and islands in this vast sea area must regularly pay them some protection fees or supplies.

Unlike the others who were immersed in the banquet, Marco was leaning against the side of the ship alone, looking at Whitebeard with a worried look on his face.

Tiqi walked over to Marco with a cherry pie in one hand and a wine barrel in the other, and said,

"Hey Marco, you seem to be in a bad mood these days, what are you thinking about?"

Marco turned his head and looked at Tiqi, then said,

"Teach, I don't know how long I can continue living like this. And my dad, his health is getting worse and worse. If I don't exercise restraint... Alas!"

At the end, Marco sighed heavily. Seeing this, Teach's eyes flashed. Then, his mouth suddenly opened wide and swallowed the cherry pie that was much bigger than his face.

Even after swallowing such a large piece of cherry pie, Teach didn't seem to be choked at all, and Marco didn't show any abnormality about this situation, as if he was used to it.

Tiqi said in a deep voice,

"Marco, I've actually been thinking about these things."

"Ok?"

Marco looked at Teach in surprise. In his opinion, Teach seemed heartless every day and didn't look like someone who would consider these things.

Tiqi laughed.

"Hahaha! Are you surprised? Actually, there's nothing to be surprised about. Not only me, but Thatch also thinks so."

By the way, since Ace did not join, Teach has now become the captain of the second team, while Thatch is still the captain of the fourth team.

Marco did not respond, but just looked at Tiqi's rough face quietly.

Teach continued,

"I know what you are worried about. That Black Dragon... no, we should call him Heavenly Dragon now. Since he reappeared, the Navy has been different. Even without him, Marineford still has six admirals! Not to mention those old guys like Sengoku. This is too terrifying! We must face up to a reality, that is, the Navy now has the power to end the Four Emperors era! The demise of the Beasts Pirates is proof of that!"

Hearing this, Marco nodded in agreement. What Teach said was exactly what he was thinking.

"Marco, I have a feeling that if we don't take some measures to protect ourselves, Tianlong's next target will definitely be us! If he suddenly comes with six admirals like he did to destroy the Beasts Pirates, even Dad in his prime will not be their opponent, not to mention Dad's current situation... As the ship's doctor, you must know much more about it than I do."

Marco frowned and asked,

"So what do you think we should do?"

Tiqi said in a deep voice,

"Alliance!"

Marco's eyes moved slightly. This was also the solution he had thought of. He nodded slightly and said,

"You mean an alliance with the Big Mom Pirates and the Red Hair Pirates?"

"That's right! We'd better find Red-Haired Shanks first and convey the meaning of the alliance to him. After all, he used to be a member of the Roger Pirates, and we had a pretty good relationship with the Roger Pirates before. Besides, Shanks is much easier to talk to than that crazy woman Big Mom."

Tiqi's words made sense, and Marco nodded repeatedly. Then he asked with some doubt,

"Teach, why don't you go and talk to daddy instead of telling me these things?"

Teach grinned, with the corners of his mouth forming an incredible arc, which looked very creepy.

"Marco, even though no one wants to admit it, everyone on the ship knows that you are Daddy's favorite son, right? You know Daddy's temper, and if I tell him this, he will definitely be very angry and will most likely refuse directly. Once Dad refuses something, it will be difficult to get him to agree again! That's why I want you to tell him!"

Marco narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, looked at Tiqi with a half-smile, and said,

"Teach, you really are not simple!"

"Hahahaha! I'm only thinking about dad and our pirate group! This is our home!"

When Tiqi said this, his face was sincere, and Marco was touched. He raised his hand and patted Tiqi's shoulder heavily, and said earnestly,

"You're right, Teach. We have to protect the Whitebeard Pirates family! I'll go talk to dad right away, but from what I know about him, even if he agrees, he won't go to Shanks in person. Shanks is still a junior in his eyes. He will definitely send someone to talk to Shanks first. You're so thoughtful, I'll recommend you to go when the time comes!"

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Tiqi immediately waved his hand and said,

"no!"

Marco's face froze, and he quickly asked,

"Why?"

Tiqi responded calmly, looking like an honest man.

"I have a little feud with Red-Haired Shanks since the time when Roger's pirate group came looking for us, so it's better not to let me go."