40 Chapter 40

Ragna still had the sword in his hand, but only the hilt of the sword.

Ragna thought as he looked at the broken sword in his hand, 'I'll have to get a new sword. But it needs to be much stronger and more durable than that. Otherwise, it will break again.'

"Gurarara! You were much stronger this time! But unfortunately, your sword is not strong enough." Whitebeard said with a laugh and then continued with a serious tone, "But when I saw you, I understood why you felt different. You are not a human. I noticed the difference in your body when our weapons collided. You are just like him."

Whitebeard continued with a sigh, "Sigh* I'd want to have someone like you on my crew, but you're definitely going to refuse."

Ragna wasn't paying attention to his last words because his main focus was on what he had said earlier.

Ragna asked curiously, "I'm just like him? Who is him?"

Whitebeard said with a smile, "You're wondering, right? Do you want to know? But why would I tell you? What will you give in return?"

Ragda said, "What do you want in return?"

Whitebeard said with a laugh, "Gurarara! What can you give me? Do you think I need anything? But I'll give you a chance." He stabbed that naginata hard into the ground and then said while raising his hands, "Come! If you can beat me, I will tell you anything you want!"

Ragna threw the broken sword in his hand to the ground and started to run towards him with a smile.

A few hours passed. Many trees and rocks near them were shattered.

Ragna was sitting on the ground exhausted. Whitebeard was standing just ahead of him.

Ragna had many bruises on his body, while Whitebeard had no wounds on his body, he was just sweated. Though, Ragna's wounds would soon be healed anyway.

"Gurarara! I haven't fought like this in a long time. I felt like I had a massage. But I'm not going to tell you anything. After all, you couldn't beat me. Gurarara!" Whitebeard said with a laugh.

Ragna couldn't say anything, after all, he wasn't even close to beating him. He hadn't used his devil fruit, but even if he did, he still didn't think he could defeat him. Whitebeard was much stronger than him in all matters. That's why Ragna just accepted the result.

Whitebeard said with a smile, "But if you join my crew, I'll tell you what I know. What do you say, do you want to be my son?"

Ragna rolled his eyes at his offer. Could Whitebeard be a soncon?

"I am not interested in your offer. I'll find out in the future what's going on anyway." Ragna said.

Whitebeard said, "Well, I already knew you wouldn't agree."

Then they returned to the ship.

"Thank you for admitting my selfishness and fighting me. I will definitely beat you when we meet again." Ragna said.

Whitebeard said with a laugh, "Gurarara! Then I will wait for that day! It will be nice to use the quality sandbag again!"

Then, Ragna and his crew went to their ship and left there.

Ragna took a glance at someone before leaving. This person was as tall as Ragna and had several missing teeth. He also had long, woolly black hair.

Ragna thought as he looked at him, 'So that's Marshall D. Teach. I won't bother trying to warn Whitebeard of his treachery. After all, he trusts him a lot right now as he sees him as his son. But Whitebeard seemed to have seen someone like me before. Maybe that person could be Teach. After all, I saw in the canon that he used two devil fruits. According to Vegapunk, if I trained enough, I could eat a second devil fruit. Anyway, I'll think about it later, it doesn't make much sense to think about it right now.'

Ragna stopped thinking any further and helped them get the ship ready for departure.

After the ship was ready to leave, Ragna said, "Let's go to the next island!"

Jimbei glanced at the log pose, then turned the ship towards the target.

"Ragna, can you manage without a sword for a while?" Jimbei asked as he adjusted the sails to the wind.

"I can manage for a while. I'm thinking of getting a good sword if I can find it on the next island, or I'll have to buy a sword that can handle me for a while like the previous one." Ragna said.

He didn't want to be without a sword for a long time. Because he could do many different attacks with his sword. Also since he didn't want to use the devil fruit in public yet, his sword came in handy.

"How did it feel to fight against Whitebeard?" Law asked curiously.

Ragna told him about his experience with a smile, "He was the strongest person I've ever fought. Even if he didn't use his devil fruit's ability, it was quite a satisfying fight. Frankly, I look forward to fighting him next time, but I will beat him next time."

"I want to fight someone strong too." Law said.

"Don't worry, you'll be fighting a lot of powerful people in the future anyway. I'm very hungry after a long fight. Whose turn is it to prepare the food?" Ragna said and then sarcastically said while looking at Law, "Rock paper scissors?"

Law swallowed audibly and then suddenly mustered up his courage, "Okay, let's do it! This time I will win!"

Ragna and Jimbei walked up to him with a smile and then they said, "Stone! Paper! Scissors!"

"Damn it! How do you do this!? It is enough! I will not play again!" Law said angrily and then stamped his feet angrily and walked towards the kitchen.

Ragna and Jimbei started laughing directly as they watched him.