Chapter 192- Ann Joins In
Finally, after half an hour of shoving food into her mouth, Ann finished eating. To my surprise, after the meal, she seemed to have recovered some of her injuries.
'The recovery speed of the women in this world of One Piece is truly astonishing.'
If this had been my old world, recovering even some of those injuries would have taken her days, if not weeks. But here, eat food and get stronger. Truly a strange world.
Anyway, after the plates were cleared from the dining table, I, Queen Titi, and Ann were sitting face to face with each other. So I asked her.
"By the way, why are you in Alabasta, and how did you get so injured? After all, you are a pirate with a 500 million berry bounty. I don't think there is anyone strong enough to defeat you, let alone injure you to this extent in the first half of the Grand Line."
Although I already knew she had gotten her ass kicked by Blackbeard, I asked just in case. After all, I had quite a plan for her, and to make that plan successful, I needed to convince her through words.
Ann seemed to think for a moment and finally told her story.
"Actually, this is another secret reason why I am in Alabasta. A fellow member of the Whitebeard Pirates, Teach, murdered the 4th Division Commander to steal his Devil Fruit and escape. Teach, also known as Blackbeard, had run away to the first half of the Grand Line."
"Because he was a member of the 4th Division, which was under me, I felt like I was responsible for it. Moreover, committing murder or killing a crew member is the most sinful thing in the Whitebeard Pirates, because we are a family rather then typical pirates."
"After that, I chased him all the way from the New World to the Grand Line. Finally, I caught him in Alabasta. We had quite an intense fight. But it seemed as if my Devil Fruit power was suppressed by him. He used the power of his stolen Devil Fruit and not only defeated me, but also intended to capture me."
"But at the final moment, I somehow used the power of my Conqueror's Haki and made him lapse for a moment. And when I was finally free, for a moment I used my Flame-Flame Devil Fruit power to run away. But it seems that my injuries were quite serious, so on the way, although I escaped from him, I was quietly injured and fainted on the desert."
"As for the rest of the details, you know. You found me here, and here we are."
She seemed quite dejected when she told the story of how Teach had betrayed and killed a Whitebeard Pirate member. And when she began to tell about how Blackbeard had kicked her ass and she had to run away, she seemed really, really sad.
I then looked at her and asked as if I was thinking. "By the way, what type of Devil Fruit did Blackbeard use to defeat you?"
"I don't know the name of the Devil Fruit, but he used some type of darkness. His fruit seemed to make my Devil Fruit power null and weak, like a seastone or like I was submerged in seawater. Moreover, it also acts like gravity, as if it were pulling my power."
"Also, Blackbeard has said that it was a Logia fruit. But he can't seem to be elementalized like other Devil Fruit users. So although I know some of the properties, I am not sure which Devil Fruit it is."
Then I pretended to be thinking for a moment and said.
"If all you said is correct, then I can guess it. Blackbeard probably has the most evil Devil Fruit in history. It is the Yami Yami no Mi (Dark-Dark Fruit)."
"The most evil Devil Fruit in history? No matter what, next time I meet him I'm going to be cautious and kick his ass."
I looked at her then said with a low voice, "I really don't think you are really capable of defeating him. And not only can he nullify a Devil's power, but I heard that his Devil Fruit is capable of stealing other Devil Fruits."
"What? Stealing another person's Devil Fruit? How is this possible?"
And this time it was the queen who was shocked. Ann also looked at me as if she did not believe me. After all, it was a well-known fact that the Devil Fruit spawned randomly after the user died. If someone could indeed steal the Devil Fruit, then the balance of this world could be changed.
And if the person who had such a powerful devil fruit were the evil pirate like Blackbeard, then it would certainly not be a good thing for anyone.
"Like I said, the Dark-Dark Devil Fruit is the most evil Devil Fruit in history. I don't know the full details, but I have even heard that the one who eats it is capable of defeating the Sun God Nika himself."
Ann looked at me for a moment and said, "No matter what the Devil Fruit is, Blackbeard has violated the code by killing a pirate member of the Whitebeard family. He must be killed. There is no other option."
She looked really determined to kill Blackbeard. But I knew that if she really went after him, she would definitely be defeated once again, and this time Blackbeard would use his plan to exchange Ann for the position of Shichibukai. Then, as usual, he would start the Marineford arc war.
Even though I had arrived in this world of One Piece and affected the world with the butterfly effect, I was not sure that this time I could save Ann. So, there was a need for another plan.
The best-case scenario would be ganging up on Blackbeard and killing him in Alabasta once and for all. This way there would not only be no war, but also the future rival of Lily would be eliminated early on. This could really save us all the problems for the future.
So I needed to not only stop Ann from going after Blackbeard, but also come up with a plan to kill him effectively.
I looked at her and said, "Don't be so reckless. What if you lose again? This time Blackbeard wouldn't show mercy and might even give you to the Marines to gain their protection from the Whitebeard Pirates. If that happens, then not only would you be in trouble, but the whole Whitebeard crew will be in trouble because of your recklessness."
Ann seemed to think for a moment. She really wanted to go after Blackbeard, but thinking that she might fail and the consequences might be borne by the whole Whitebeard Pirates made her hesitate.
"Then do you have any plan?"
"First of all, we need to find out about all the properties of the Dark-Dark Devil Fruit. It is called the most evil fruit for a reason. Then we can make the plan according to that. We could even use the army and the spy network of the Alabasta Kingdom to find Blackbeard. Then we can ambush him and kill him and his pirate crew in one fell swoop."
"So how do we find out about the information about the Dark-Dark Devil Fruit?"
"As far as I know, there are some ancient texts that mention this Dark-Dark Devil Fruit. We have to return to the capital of Alabasta, Alubarna, and search the library. Also, you may not know, but Nico Robin is one of our crew members, and she is the most knowledgeable historian and archeologist in this world. She must know about some ancient historical texts."
"Also, don't you also want to meet your sister Lily? You could have a really nice family reunion. After all, she also misses you."
So finally I not only played the logical card of killing Blackbeard but also the emotional card of meeting her little sister. And so finally Ann agreed to go with us to Alubarna.
"So then let's go to Alubarna. After all, I also miss Lily."
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Meanwhile Nami was really enjoying wearing bikini and roaming the royal place in the middle of night.