Chapter 40. Are you still afraid of a simple Shichibukai?

"It looks familiar, I think I've seen it somewhere..." 

Looking at the pirate flag above the large ship dragged by two giant green pythons in the distance, Blackbeard frowned, but he couldn't remember which pirate group logo it was... 

"That's... one of the Shishibukai, the Kuja Pirates led by the 'Pirate Empress' Boa Hancock!" 

Before waiting for Karl to express his opinion, Laffitte pointed to the name of the forces behind the pirate ship with a serious expression. 

As a professional sailor, Laffitte is well aware of the trends of the sea and the forces of all parties. 

"Oh, yes, yes, I was saying it was familiar to me... are you going to fight a Shichibukai now?" 

"Karl, what do you think!" 

With a sullen expression on his face, Blackbeard asked Karl next to him. 

In case of endless problems, ask the chief of staff perrón! 

With such a dire and sensitive situation at sea recently, and added to the fact that the ship on the other side is right next to theirs, this made Blackbeard think that Shichibukai under the World Government would come for them. 

(T/N: If you forget, Karl and Blackbeard kidnapped the world noble causing terrible world upheaval since according to this story no one has attacked the world nobles let alone kidnapped them.) 

"How do you see it? Look at it with your eyes, you don't have to think too much, Teach, you'll know when we get close." 

"Are you still afraid, of a mere Shichibukai?" 

Karl's performance exceeded Blackbeard's expectations. He was not aware of being the 'culprit' who started this wave, and he remained calm. 

"... Shichibukai, in fact, is not worth fearing..." 

After Karl verbally called out to her, Blackbeard immediately reacted. What they will do next is a huge impact! 

How can you be scared by a simple Shichibukai? 

Although Blackbeard's mentality is still somewhat shaky at the moment, or it may be because he has done too many things and looks like a bird in shock. 

Karl, on the other hand, is much calmer. 

The first time he saw this pirate ship, he knew it was the pirate queen, Boa Hancock's pirate ship. 

"Come on, let's get closer first..." 

"Hey, hey, two captains, wait for me!!" 

This time, Karl still didn't finish his words, and suddenly he was interrupted by a loud shout from behind. 

Karl's forehead was full of black lines. He said he was very puzzled. Are these two guys deliberately going against you? How brave! 

There's no need to look back, Karl and a few others have already heard it, and that's Burgess's exceptionally raspy voice... 

It seemed like this guy was the one who caught up and joined the group. 

But he interrupted Karl again! 

"I finally caught up with you, you two captains are going too fast, don't forget me..." 

Without the slightest conscience, Burgess got up laughing and approached Blackbeard and Karl. 

It wasn't until after a long time that no one answered him that this guy realized that the environment didn't seem right... 

"What's wrong?" 

Burgess touched the back of his neck and asked a few people with an 'innocent look on his face'. 

"Uh... you... you interrupted the vice-captain again..." 

Laffitte held back his smile and didn't dare to show it at all, for fear that Karl would get angry, and even he might suffer the consequences. 

"I was wrong, Vice Captain, Karl, Karl-sama!!" 

"I didn't do it on purpose, I'm convinced, and I definitely don't dare to repeat it!" 

"I know the vice captain is the best! Don't punish me, the two blows you gave me were too painful, if you continue, I won't bear it!" 

Why are there so many strange names? No one would have thought that Burgess, who has always been a bully and didn't look at anyone, woke up super fast this time and his attitude turned 180 degrees! 

After learning that she interrupted Karl once more, she quickly begged for mercy, stomping and hugging herself, almost kneeling before Karl! 

"... Forget it, from now on we are all in the same group, we are nakamas, there is nothing to worry about, let's go!" 

Seeing that this guy lowered his position to such a level, Karl instantly lost his temper, just looked at him, and didn't care anymore. 

No matter what, you can't kill him, can you? This was also not intentional. 

I also wasted a pome fruit, I almost made it! 

Blackbeard and Karl then walked beside the four members of the newly recruited crew and walked into the harbor... 

"What...?!" 

"What, how is it possible that something like this can happen!!" 

Just as he walked in front of the two big ships, Karl was silently looking at Blackbeard who was "face to face" with the giant python of the tugboat, thinking that the two guys were looking at each other with a gaze contest as if they were two ugly ones and met. 

At that moment, they suddenly heard an exclamation from their own boat! 

Evidently it belongs to a woman's voice and is quite pleasing to the ears. 

Even better than the voice of the actress Karl heard as a spectator. 

Most importantly, it looks like the Kuja Pirates boarded his ship without authorization! 

Right now, Blackbeard and Karl and their big ship, the Pirate Empress, Boa Hancock, with her two younger sisters and members of the Kuja Pirates are all here! 

Originally, the Empress took the crew, who were also citizens of her country, to put to sea for more than two months, and she did not return from the outside world until today. 

Amazon Lily, this is your country, Boa Hancock, the Queen, is the current queen of this generation there. 

And this country is on the edge of the Grand Line, in the terrifying Calm Belt! 

Coincidentally, the Calm Belt where his country is located and Saraka Island turned out to be in the same direction... 

It's that one is in and the other is out. 

By convention, the Kuja Pirates s would always come to Saraka for a walk before returning. Whether it was an exchange or a "forced exchange", they had to rob the high-value pirates here. 

Every time they take with them many very useful materials for their country, which are quite rare in their home country. 

It's just that on this trip to Saraka before returning to Amazon Lily, the Kuja Pirates discovered the great occasion here! 

After a brief understanding of the pirates rushing to the center of the island from the harbor, they realized that there seemed to be a scandal, and there was a rather rich 'fat and juicy' prey that brought several devil fruits here to recruit people... 

It aroused interest in the Kuja Pirates!, they decided to take advantage of the fuss! 

In simple terms, the pirate eats the pirate... 

As for thefts, you should always start with the easy ones, which is why the Kuja Pirates set their sights on the many pirate ships docked in the harbor. 

They first thought of looting the valuable things on the ship and then rushing to the island to continue looting. 

But when they searched Karl and Blackbeard's pirate ship, they found a scary "thing" in a cabin! 

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