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

After some persuasion from Teach, Marco walked straight towards Whitebeard.

When Marco came to Whitebeard, Whitebeard had just finished a barrel of wine. He burped, looked at Marco in front of him and smiled,

"Kulala! Marco, it's just right that you're here, go get me another bucket of wine."

If it were in the past, Marco would definitely ask about Whitebeard's health first, and then obediently bring the wine to Whitebeard.

But now, Marco did not move at all. He tilted his head and stared at Whitebeard with his eyes.

Whitebeard also noticed Marco's abnormality. He frowned slightly and subconsciously raised his hand to press on the distorted right half of his face.

Ever since the battle with Jiger, Whitebeard didn't like people staring at his face, but Marco was his favorite son after all, so he just said in a deep voice,

"What's wrong, Marco? What are you daydreaming about?"

Marco was silent for a moment and said,

"Dad, Kaido is dead, and the Beasts Pirates have been destroyed."

Whitebeard naturally knew about this a long time ago. He looked at Marco quietly and said,

"Marco, have you been worried that the navy will come knocking on your door these days?"

Marco was slightly startled, then he nodded and said,

"Yes, Dad. I have a feeling that if the Navy is determined to end the Four Emperors, then their next target will definitely be us. If..."

Whitebeard interrupted directly with a wave of his hand.

"Don't say anything, just tell me what you think, Marco."

No one knew when the noise on the deck had gradually died down. Everyone was looking at Whitebeard and Marco. Teach stood in the front with a flickering look in his eyes.

Whitebeard glanced at the people behind Marco, then looked down at Marco's golden pineapple hair.

Under Whitebeard's gaze, Marco took a deep breath and said,

"Dad, with Kaido's death, the relatively balanced situation on the sea has been broken. The navy is too strong now. I think we must consider forming an alliance with Big Mom and Red-Haired Shanks. Only by uniting and absorbing some powerful pirate groups to join us can we compete with the current navy. Otherwise, we can only sit and wait for death!"

After speaking out his thoughts in one breath, Marco was ready to face Whitebeard's wrath, and Teach and others also looked nervous.

Put yourself in his shoes. As a maritime overlord who has dominated the world for many years, being advised to unite with others in order to protect himself is tantamount to saying to Whitebeard in the face, "You can't do it anymore."

At this time, Whitebeard's face was shrouded in shadow. Then he slowly stood up from the chair, and the needles on his body fell off one by one.

Whitebeard just stood in front of Marco like a mountain without saying a word.

The entire deck was shrouded in a depressing atmosphere.

Finally, Marco couldn't help but speak out.

"Dad..."

"You're right, Marco."

Marco was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he looked up at Whitebeard with an incredible expression.

Whitebeard leaned forward slightly and placed a big hand on Marco's pineapple head. He looked up at his sons and spoke slowly,

"My dear sons, you think so too, don't you?"

Teach and the others looked at each other, then nodded slowly.

Whitebeard smiled and said,

"So why didn't you tell me earlier? Were you afraid I would be angry?"

No one responded. The deck was completely silent, with only the sea breeze with a slight fishy smell blowing gently by.

Whitebeard looked around at everyone on the deck, and he slowly straightened up, but for some reason, his usually upright figure now looked a little hunched.

He opened his mouth and said,

"My sons, nothing in this world is more important to me than you."

As soon as these words were spoken, tears welled up in the eyes of Marco and others, and even Teach's heart was touched, but that was all.

Whitebeard rubbed Marco's head. At this moment, there was no emperor of the sea, only a kind father.

"So Marco, do you understand?"

Whitebeard didn't say it explicitly but he was just retaining his last bit of dignity. His meaning was already known to everyone, which was that he agreed to the alliance.

Marco wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, nodded vigorously, and said,

"I understand, dad! I'll set off to find Redhead now!"

Upon hearing this, Whitebeard said no more. He nodded slightly, turned around and walked into the cabin with unusually heavy steps.

Tiqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene, then he raised his hand and shouted to Marco,

"Marco, I'll get you a ship!"

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Red Foss,

(That’s the English name of the Red Force…)

Rockstar pushed open the hatch and shouted to Shanks inside,

"Boss! Marco, the captain of the first division of the Whitebeard Pirates, is here!"

Shanks was discussing something with Beckman. Upon hearing the news, a meaningful look appeared on Shanks' face. He glanced at Beckman in front of him and smiled.

"Beckman, what do you think Marco wants to do this time?"

Beckman said solemnly,

"I guess he is looking for us to 'cooperate'."

Shanks chuckled and said,

"I didn't expect that even Whitebeard couldn't sit still. In fact, I thought the first people to come would be Charlotte Linlin's people. I heard that she has a close relationship with Kaido."

Beckman crossed his arms, lowered his head slightly and said,

"No matter who comes, you won't agree, right?"

Shanks smiled without comment, he stood up, and he was obviously much taller than the last time he met Zigg. His height, which was less than two meters, was now close to three meters.

This was naturally due to the mythical beast-type Shenlong fruit, which allowed the 37-year-old Shanks to undergo "secondary development" of his body.

He waved his hands twice casually and said,

"Well, let's go check on our guests."

Beckman immediately stood up and followed Shanks out of the cabin. Rockstar raised his hand to close the cabin door, turned around and followed the two bosses.

Shanks came to the deck and sat on a red chair. Only a few crew members were waiting at the side of the ship for Marco's ship to approach.

Although Shanks usually behaves very easy-going, but in this situation, he has to show his status as the captain. Even though Marco is the second-in-command of the Whitebeard Pirates, he is not qualified for Shanks to greet him.

What's more, Marco doesn't even have the title of vice captain.