Marco and the others had been really annoyed lately. It was impossible for Whitebeard to personally deal with all those who came to challenge him, so they had to do it for him.
If it was a pirate with powerful strength, they would be a bit interested in fighting, but the problem was that most of the pirates who came to challenge were just hotheads.
They dared to challenge with just a little bit of strength, so after dealing with them a few times, Marco and the others felt very annoyed.
"That kid Akira is still comfortable. Dad doesn't let him do anything." Thatch said with a face full of envy.
Marco rolled his eyes at him and said, He's comfortable? You haven't seen it. He's being tortured enough.
You haven't seen Dad's methods either. Being trained by Dad, you can imagine what kind of situation he's in.
Hearing Whitebeard's words, the envy on Thatch's face instantly disappeared without a trace. He quickly nodded and said, That's right, that's right.
I don't know if that kid Akira is crazy. He actually let Dad personally train him. I really don't know how he got through it.
Don't look at how Whitebeard was very good to his 'sons', but he was also very strict.
They were all people who had been guided by Whitebeard, and they knew very well that once Whitebeard got serious, he would really be ruthless and train them to death.
So none of the people in the Whitebeard Pirates dared to ask Whitebeard to guide their training. Over the years, Akira was still the first one.
"Captain Marco, Captain Marco."
While Marco and the others were talking, someone suddenly ran in, shouting, with a face full of anxiety.
Marco raised an eyebrow and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong? Why are you so flustered?"
The person who came was a pirate who had newly joined the Whitebeard Pirates.
There were now more than a hundred pirates on the Moby Dick, and every pirate had a bounty of more than ten million Berries.
Their strength couldn't be underestimated. Ordinary things wouldn't be able to make them panic, but they were panicking now, so it was obvious that something big had happened.
The pirate who came to report said loudly, "Captain Marco, someone, someone has come to challenge Dad. Many brothers have already been injured by them. They're right ahead."
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The number of people in the Whitebeard Pirates had increased, so it was naturally impossible for them to be on just one ship.
So the Whitebeard Pirates' pirate ships had become two. When sailing, the ship in front would lead the way, and the Moby Dick would follow behind.
What the person who came said was naturally the pirate ship in front.
"Oh? There are still people who dare to come and challenge? These guys are more annoying than the last."
Marco said impatiently. Because the Whitebeard Pirates had a large number of people now, Whitebeard had divided his subordinates into squads for easy management.
Marco was the captain of the first division.
"Who is it? You can't even handle them?"
The person who came replied, Captain Marco, the other side is very powerful. The leader is a Logia-type Devil Fruit ability user.
It's the pirate who has been very famous recently, 'Sand Crocodile', Crocodile.
"Crocodile? Logia-type? It's him!"
As soon as Marco heard the name, he immediately remembered. Crocodile's name had been quite big in the New World these past two years.
The pirate group under his command was also very strong. He was called one of the strongest rookies; and more importantly, Marco had met him once before, and that was in Loguetown.
In Loguetown, there weren't many people who had left a deep impression on Marco, but Crocodile definitely counted as one.
Not for anything else, Crocodile had helped them back then, no matter what the reason was.
And Crocodile was also a very rare Logia-type Devil Fruit ability user, so it was difficult for Marco not to remember him.
However, Marco had never expected that Crocodile would actually come back to challenge their Whitebeard Pirates.
This made him a bit unacceptable. In his view, Crocodile was only a fledgling pirate, yet he dared to come and find trouble with the strongest Whitebeard Pirates in the New World.
Was he really tired of living like the others?
"We've also heard of this Crocodile's name. He's one of the more powerful rookies in the New World recently. What's wrong? Marco, do you know this Crocodile?" Thatch asked Marco.
Marco nodded, and then told the others about the events in Loguetown.
"So there was such a thing in it. Then how should we deal with this Crocodile?"
After hearing Marco's words, the people of the Whitebeard Pirates all nodded in understanding.
The people of the Whitebeard Pirates were all the kind of people who valued loyalty and repaid kindness.
Since Crocodile had helped Akira and Marco in Loguetown back then, they really couldn't bring themselves to kill him now.
As for whether they could kill Crocodile, everyone had the same opinion.
"Let's tell Dad. This Crocodile must be an interesting person. Let Dad handle it." Jozu suggested.
Jozu's words were immediately unanimously approved by everyone. Then, Marco said to the pirate who had come to report, Go tell Crocodile. Doesn't he want to see Dad?
Let him wait quietly for a while. He'll see him soon.
Afterwards, Marco went to the lower level of the Moby Dick. Whitebeard was training Akira there.
When he arrived at the lower level where Whitebeard and Akira were, he happened to see a scene that made him laugh and cry.
He only saw Akira lying in front of Whitebeard. As soon as he stood up, he was slapped down by Whitebeard.
As soon as he climbed up, he was slapped down. Where was this training? It was completely Akira being unilaterally abused.
"Dad, Akira, what are you playing?" Marco asked curiously.
Hearing Marco's words, Whitebeard stopped the movements in his hands, and asked, "Marco, why are you here?"
Without Whitebeard's control, Akira immediately flipped over and sat down. He only saw sweat all over his head.
That scene just now wasn't Whitebeard abusing him, but training his strength and will. Although it looked very funny, this was Whitebeard's training method.
No matter how Akira resisted, it was useless.
However, Marco's arrival did indeed make Akira curious, because since he had been training with Whitebeard, Marco and the others had never interrupted their training.
This was the first time.
Marco immediately replied, "Dad, there's a very interesting challenger outside."
"Oh? An interesting challenger?"
Whitebeard was also slightly surprised. He knew that if it was an ordinary person, Marco wouldn't disturb him.
Since even Marco said it was interesting, then it must be a not simple guy, so he opened his mouth and asked, "Who is it?"
Marco replied, "Sand Crocodile, Crocodile."
Whitebeard and Akira's eyes lit up at the same time. Whitebeard asked, "Is that the rookie brat who has been quite radical on the sea recently?"
Marco nodded and said, "Mm, that's right, it's him. He's here to challenge you, Dad, and his strength is not bad."
Whitebeard said, "Even if his strength is not bad, he's just a rookie after all. You should be able to handle him, right?"
Marco smiled and said, "We're naturally not afraid of him, but he has some relationship with us, so I came to ask Dad."
"What relationship does he have with us?" Whitebeard asked in confusion.
This time, without waiting for Marco to answer, Akira opened his mouth and said, "Dad, I know this Crocodile.
I saw him in Loguetown back then, and he also helped us block the Navy, so he can be considered to have some relationship with us."
Whitebeard said, "So that's how it is. What's wrong? Since he has some relationship with you, what do you want to do?"
Akira said, Dad, he's here to challenge you. That has nothing to do with us. It's just that I'm asking you for a favor, Dad.
After you defeat him, just don't kill him. That can be considered returning the favor to him.
Whitebeard thought for a moment, and then said, Alright, I haven't loosened my muscles and bones for a long time. It's rare that an interesting rookie has come.
It's good to test his strength. Don't worry, I won't hurt that brat.
Marco and Akira didn't doubt it. Since Whitebeard said he wouldn't, then he definitely wouldn't.
As the three of them walked out of the lower level, Akira was still thinking in his heart.
He remembered that there was a matter of Crocodile challenging Whitebeard in the original work, and Crocodile's left hand seemed to have been cut off by Whitebeard when he challenged Whitebeard, and his pirate group was also destroyed by Whitebeard.
Now that they had this relationship, Akira knew that Whitebeard definitely wouldn't be ruthless again, and Crocodile definitely wouldn't be like he was in the original work, so Akira was a bit worried about whether it would change the plot.
The Moby Dick quickly approached the pirate ship in front. He only saw that in front of the Whitebeard Pirates' other pirate ship, there was a 2.5 pirate ship that was just as big.
On it was a pirate flag, which was the Sand Crocodile Pirates, which was very famous in the New World.
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