CHAPTER 5

Minutes before the flaming screen announced the end of the fishing contest, on the Moby Dick Whitebeard's crew scurried like ants in a hot cauldron.

A few moments ago, Teach seized his opportunity. The fishing contest was drawing to a close, and many of Whitebeard's crew were tired, having not eaten, drunk, or slept much in little more than a day.

Although Thatch is the commander of the fourth division and is not weak, he is far from being one of the most powerful "Sons" of Whitebeard and the fishing championship has drained his strength.

At that moment, Teach attacked. With a cowardly attack, he backstabbed Thatch and stole the devil fruit of darkness. Teach fled when he achieved his goal immediately since he still did not have enough strength to face Whitebeard.

Shortly after Teach's escape, Ace found Thatch on the ground bathed in his own blood and with a dagger stuck in his back, so he alerted everyone while trying to help his partner, who with great difficulty said who was the culprit and fell unconscious.

Marco and the entire ship's medical team began treating Thatch, but they weren't on a friendly face. Whitebeard who watched as one of his "Sons" ​​approached death was angry to the level that the ship trembled thanks to his devil fruit.

It was at that moment that the screen in the sky turned on and began to display the quest winners and their rewards.

[Congratulations to Hachi for getting ranked 10th and receiving a dose of the power serum that will allow him to double his current strength instantly]

[Congratulations to Buggy for placing 9th and receiving two doses of the power serum that will allow him to double his current strength instantly]

[Congratulations to Foxy for placing 8th and receiving three doses of power serum that will allow him to double his current strength instantly]

[Congratulations to Indigo for placing 7th and receiving the blueprint for an advanced weapon]

[Congratulations to Usopp for placing 6th and receiving the blueprint for a special weapon]

[Congratulations to Queen for placing fifth and receiving the blueprint for an ultimate weapon]

[Congratulations to Marco for getting fourth place and receiving a card to awaken Basic Observation Haki]

[Congratulations to Tsuru for getting third place and receiving a card to acquire Intermediate Observation Haki]

[Congratulations to Whitebeard for taking second place and receiving a card to acquire Advanced Observation Haki]

[Congratulations to Alex for taking first place and receiving a Senzu seed]

The fact that Alex won first place surprised a lot of people because they didn't know him well, they only knew that he explained to them what the world chat was and received a reward, but nothing more.

Alex on the other hand had made a bet. Alex had an ability called "Lucky Fisherman", which he had gained from the system years ago and since this ability was passive, Alex thought that the god of rewards would allow it since he couldn't deactivate it and luckily he won the bet.

Everyone who received rewards was surprised, but not everyone was happy. Hachi, Buggy, and Foxy were naturally laughing and jumping with excitement, because they had managed to win a reward and it was to improve their strength, without forgetting that, unlike the power serums from last time, these could be given away, exchanged, or sold.

Although Indigo, Usopp, and Queen had no idea that it was an advanced, special, or ultimate-level weapon when they received the blueprints their eyes couldn't help but sparkle with excitement.

Alex knew about this categorization of weapons. From lowest to highest they would be: normal, advanced, special, supreme, legendary, mythical, celestial, and divine. For comparison, ancient weapons like Pluton are considered legendary at best, so these three rewards were amazing, especially for Usopp who was still a weak rookie.

Unlike them, out of the next three on the list, Tsuru was calm as usual and since she didn't need intermediate Observation Haki, she offered the card to Sengoku to find a promising marine to give it to.

On the other hand, Marco and Whitebeard were with complicated expressions. First of all, they were not interested in these rewards, since they had no use for them and second, but more important, Thatch was about to die.

Whitebeard was sad and angry because he couldn't do anything to save his "Son" and he also wanted to find Teach and cut him to pieces. Suddenly, Whitebeard saw Marco stop healing Thatch and shed tears and thought the worst.

Marco? (Whitebeard)

Oyaji, I can't save him. (Marco)

When Whitebeard heard Marco say that, his heart fell into the abyss causing the sea to tremble and the rest of the crew also boiled with rage, so they started ranting in the world chat.

[Ace: Damn Teach you better hide well]

[Vista: Teach I'll cut you to pieces motherfucker]

[Jozu: Teach bastard don't think you can leave after what you did]

Many other messages were posted by Whitebeard's crew members scolding Teach and then everyone began to find out what had happened, but only one person dared to ask.

[Shanks: Whitebeard, what happened?]

[Whitebeard: Teach committed the unforgivable sin for our crew]

He didn't clarify what had happened, but anyone who knows Whitebeard can understand what had happened and Shanks was one of those people. Shanks had always been very wary of Teach and so when he found out about this, he was a bit uneasy.

[Alex: Whitebeard, do you want to do a trade?]

Alex's sudden message confused everyone, especially Whitebeard, because he didn't understand anything about trading, but he knew that Alex was the one chosen to communicate the introduction of the god of rewards so he thought Alex knew more so he asked.

[Whitebeard: I don't understand, trade on what?]

[Alex: It seemed strange to me that no transaction had been notified to date in the world chat, I guess nobody knows, what a waste of resources]

[Sengoku: What are you talking about? You haven't explained all the functions of the world chat. How do you expect us to know?]

Sengoku scolded not because he was upset, but to divert Whitebeard's attention, as he did not want someone unknown like Alex, but who had valuable information to help the pirates.

[Alex: It's not my obligation. Whitebeard, I have an idea of what happened. Is your son still alive?]

Whitebeard and everyone else reading the world chat were surprised by Alex's question. Many thought Whitebeard would be angry for asking for this information, but to everyone's surprise, a comment was posted in the world chat.

[Whitebeard: Still breathing]

[The user Alex has started an exchange with the user Barbablanca, do you want to accept? (Yes/No)]

The strange message caused a stir, but Whitebeard wasted no time in accepting. He didn't understand what was happening, but he felt in his gut that he had to accept and as soon as he did, a small screen appeared in front of him that no one else could see.

[Alex: Whitebeard, you won an advanced observation Haki card, I know that won't help you, exchange it with me for the senzu seed, if you give this seed to your son I assure you that he will be saved]

Despite his surprise, Whitebeard did not delay and asked.

[Whitebeard: How do I do that?]

[Alex: Just take the card and place it on the screen you're looking at and think about exchanging]

Wasting no time, he followed the steps that Alex had taught him, and the next second the screen he was looking at disappeared, and in front of him was a small green seed floating, while on the flaming screen of the sky, it could be seen.

[User Alex and user Whitebeard made a successful exchange]

Whitebeard gave Marco the seed and the latter did not delay and forced the dying Thatch to eat it, so they waited. They were nervous because they didn't know if this would work, but they had no other option, however, the wait was short, because instantly, Thatch got up as if nothing had happened to him, fully recovered.

Everyone present was incredulous to see Thatch recovered and Whitebeard sighed with relief, as he would not lose his son.

[Whitebeard: Alex, I owe you one]

[Alex: That's not necessary, it was an exchange]

[Whitebeard: It wasn't. You definitely lost out, I will still repay you this favor]

[Alex: Hahaha, well I'll be waiting then]

[Whitebeard: Teach I better not see you]

Everyone was curious about the conversation but didn't know what it was about. The exchanges were the only thing that was private to the god of rewards, that's why no one knew what was happening, but many had speculated many things.