One Piece: My Infinity Gauntlet!
Chapter 141 - 141 - The Arrival Of The Redhead Shanks!

Why...?

Thatch, lying in a pool of blood, looked at Teach-in disbelief as he was laughing silently, his gaze fixed on the devil's fruit in his hand.

He looked at the devil's fruit with such fervour... 

Was it because of this?

If it's just the devil's fruit, why did he do it? Aren't they friends?

If he asks for it, the most he'll do is tease him a bit and give it to him....

So what is it for! What! Why!

In the end, Thatch, who was unprepared for his friend, couldn't understand why Teach suddenly attacked him, and Teach, who had suddenly become a stranger, never looked at him again.

Only when he was sure that Thatch, who had been staring at him with rage and deep bewilderment, had completely lost his life and could not be saved, did Teach take a disdainful look at the ground and say, "It's you who should be blamed, you shouldn't have gotten it." 

"With it, I'm one step closer to my goal of world domination!"

It was not in vain that he spent more than twenty decades undercover in the White Beard Pirates, and in terms of tolerance, he, Marshall D. Teach, was enough to rank among the top three in the world!

And now, it's finally time to get out of here and make my dreams come true!

Goodbye, Oyaji...

When we meet again your devil fruit will be mine!

Farewell, Whitebeard Pirates...

Maybe one day I'll destroy you with my own hands!

Goodbye, Thatch...

We'll never see each other again!

.....

An hour later, waves of terror were rising around the Whitebeard Pirates!

That's the endless rage that Whitebeard unleashed when he learned that Thatch had been killed by Teach who fled!

And Ace, who was the first to replace Thatch's dead body, was in deep agony!

He didn't want to believe that Teach had done all this, but it was true that Thatch had died in the Teach room, it was also true that the Devil Fruit was missing, and it was true that Teach had been seen leaving alone in a boat an hour before ...

"Pops, I'm going to replace Teach and replace out what happened!"

"Teach is a member of the second division, and I, the captain, have a unshirkable responsibility when something like this happens!"

"If Teach really did it, I'll bring him back myself to pay for Thatch's death!"

Ace's sad eyes revealed an unshakable determination and made it impossible for Whitebeard to say no.

"Teach committed the greatest crime here - the murder of his companions! There has to be an explanation in this matter!"

"Send the order to the Whitebeard Pirates to search for Teach from now on, and I will personally press him to apologize in front of Thatch grave!"

"Thank you!"

Everyone is roaring with grief and anger!

The grief of one of their own 'family members' killing another 'family member' made it impossible for them to turn a blind eye to what Teach had done!

Everyone is holding their breath to catch Teach and ask him personally why he did it!

As for Ace's request, Whitebeard neither agreed nor refused, and everyone who was familiar with Whitebeard knew that this was a tacit understanding.

After the funeral of Thatch, Ace, who was in a very complicated mood, took a small boat with his backpack and left without even saying goodbye.

At this time he had already made up his mind, if he couldn't catch Teach, he wouldn't come back!

Whitebeard who watched Ace leave was still so tall, but somehow there was a sense of loneliness in his back.

Perhaps the one who showed the strongest reaction to Thatch's death was Ace, but the one who suffered the most was his father.

Teach defection had almost opened a hole in his heart that couldn't heal!

And for Ace, he had a bad feeling about Ace going after Teach on his own, but he couldn't refuse the request.

This series of unmanageable situations has made Whitebeard, who has lived for more than 70 years now, feel that he has no control over his own strength.

Is it finally time for him to retire from this great age?

Whitebeard with his scarred body and naginata in hand looked into the distance.

Just standing there makes those people who saw him have their heart sway as if looking up at the top of an unreachable mountain!

It was as if he was waiting for his curtain call, or asking God if the stage was set for me!

Who is he?

He is the invincible Whitebeard!

....

Soon the news that Marshall D. Teach, of the Whitebeard Pirates, who had killed Captain Thatch of the Fourth Divisions, and defected from the group, spread throughout the New World!

The power of the Four Emperors in the New World is an existence that even the Navy can't match!

Numerous pirates loyal to Whitebeard or those who had received Whitebeard's favours began to search for Teach with great effort, and under such a net, Teach could not get a foothold in the New World at all.

But in the face of the increasingly precise pursuit of the whitebeard pirates, it seemed only a matter of time before he was caught!

As a last resort, Blackbeard Teach took his new recruits and headed for the first half of the Grandline, where he would have a chance to recuperate! It is the only place to minimize the impact of Whitebeard!

And while the Whitebeard Pirates were chasing after Teach, an unexpected character also came to their door, and it was the same redheaded one of the Four Emperor's - Shanks!

Whitebeard had known the red-haired kid since Roger's time, when Shanks was still a trainee crew member on Roger's ship, following Roger every day with another kid that had a red nose.

Who would have thought that many years later, this red-haired brat would have grown to the point where he was his equal!

So for the arrival of Shanks, Whitebeard is still quite happy, and the atmosphere that has been dull for many days because of Teach has gradually improved.

But when the redhead explained his intentions, the Whitebeard suddenly stopped smiling and put down the huge red wine bowl in his hand.

"Teach strength isn't as harmless as he usually appears, including the scars on my left eye from our earlier encounter. And it takes a certain amount of strength to kill a captain without making a sound, even if it's a sneak attack."

Add to that the devil fruit with unknown effects...

How could Whitebeard not know how dangerous it would be for Ace to go alone to capture Teach.

But there are some things and responsibilities that a man cannot avoid!

Even if Ace did lose to Teach, Whitebeard would not regret his choice that day, he wanted to witness Ace's growth, not kill his nature and dictate his future path!

Each of his 'children' has the right to choose the path they want to take, and as the eldest of them all, all he can do is stand behind them and shield his 'sons' from the rain!

So in response to Shanks' request, Whitebeard refused without hesitation and didn't want to hear him mention it again.

The two even exchanged blows over this!

After the redhead left, he took a worried glance back at the Whitebeard Pirates who were having a party.

Let's hope Ace is safe!