18. Thatch’s Improvement. Beasts Pirates Supplies.

│3rd Person POV│

[Grand Line, New World, Sphinx Island, Moby Dick…]

What he initially considered a seemingly useless fruit now appeared to be more valuable than he imagined, with potentially substantial benefits for his crew.

Thinking about this, Whitebeard commanded, "Marco, gather the remaining fruits! Except for the replica fruits, the rest will be treated as prizes at the end of the year as planned."

"Yes, Pops!" Marco responded. He promptly approached and without hesitation, he retrieved all the Devil Fruits from the ground.

Subsequently, Marco put the Devil Fruits back into the box they were retrieved from and headed toward the warehouse cabin with the box in his hands.

Ron observed the scene unfold but disapproved of Whitebeard's way of distributing the Devil Fruits in his heart.

Although rewarding in such a way was indeed a good way to stimulate the crew members to get stronger, and also make the members more loyal, such distribution wouldn't significantly enhance the overall strength of the Whitebeard Pirates.

On the contrary, if these Devil Fruits were consolidated to form a team, similar to Kaido's Beast Legion, it could elevate the strength of the entire Whitebeard Pirates to a new level.

As seen in the Canon World, the Beast Pirates had numerous subordinates, but their true strength lay in the Beast Legion.

As long as the Beast Legion persisted, the foundation of the Beast Pirates would exist and they could make a comeback from any situation.

Conversely, the current Whitebeard Pirates relied solely on Whitebeard's reputation as the Strongest Man in the World.

While this arrangement worked when Whitebeard was young and in his prime, in the event of his demise, the sixteen divisions would be reduced to a piece of loose sand.

"RAAAA~!"

At that moment, Thatch's low roar resounded, refocusing everyone's attention back towards him.

Looking back, Thatch's aura had significantly heightened, and everyone could feel that his strength had received a significant boost.

Consuming the Ancient Zoan-type Devil Fruit allowed Thatch to transform into a beast form and a human-beast hybrid form, and he could even have control over lightning to a certain degree.

As blue arcs of electricity emanated from his body, Thatch rose from the ground.

Within seconds, it was evident that his body had grown significantly by about twenty centimeters. His entire body emitted an aura of strength that Thatch normally didn't have.

The most important thing was that some characteristics of the Ancient Zoan-type, Snake-Snake Fruit; Model: Thunder Python had bled into his base forms as Thatch's eyes had turned into snake eyes, which now had a little coldness and arrogance in them.

"Thatch!"

"What a powerful aura!"

"Thatch has become considerably stronger after consuming the Devil Fruit."

The Whitebeard Pirates' Commanders engaged in discussions, their eyes filled with surprise and happiness.

"HAHahaha~! My strength has really improved. I can also feel the shackles of my potential breaking."

Thatch couldn't help but laugh heartily.

Just as Ace and Ron had said, eating a Devil Fruit did open a way for him to get stronger.

The limits that shackled him for years were instantly broken just after eating the Devil Fruit.

After a period of mastering the fruit's power, developing a fighting style to suit him better now and even possibly awakening the fruit, Thatch would become an existence second only to the Four Emperors of the Sea.

"Congratulations, Commander Thatch!"

"Congratulations, Thatch!"

"..."

In response, Ron, Ace, Teach, and the others swiftly extended their congratulations.

After all, with Thatch becoming stronger, the strength of Whitebeard Pirates also increased which was a good thing.

"Thank you, brothers!" Thatch said, smiling gratefully at everyone.

Before obtaining the fruit, the other Division Commanders had spoken for him, this made him feel very grateful towards them.

Thatch then looked at Whitebeard and expressed his gratitude, saying, "Thank you, Pops, for the Devil Fruit. Pops, I have this book on the Six Forms of World Government here.

"This is stronger than the Marine Six Styles practiced by the Marines; I will leave it up to you on how to use it."

Saying this, Thatch took out the secret book of the enhanced version of Marine Six Styles from within his chef uniform and handed it to Whitebeard.

"The Six Styles of World Government?"

Nodding, Whitebeard took the book and looked through it.

Immediately afterward, he threw it to Marco, saying, "Marco, these six forms of World Government are good; memorize them and practice them!

"Not only you, but also all the Commanders and Vice-Commanders of each division must practice it. If there are outstanding team members, they can also teach one and a half moves to enhance the combat power of the Whitebeard Pirates."

Although the consequences of learning this thing were great, Whitebeard didn't care.

If they didn't have it, then it was fine.

However, now that it's in their hands, there was no point in not learning them.

After all, the World Government's Six Styles have been strengthened based on Marine Six Styles, making them both more powerful and more practical.

"Yes, Pops!"

After responding affirmatively, Marco quickly took the secret book and started to read it on the spot.

"Let me take a look too!"

"Me too! I also want to see it."

...

At the same time, Jozu and other Division Commanders also stepped forward to check.

After all, it was a method that could improve the strength of themselves and their division. How could they not care about it?

Especially Vista. He was the one to get this thing from the hands of the World Government, but he didn't know what to do with it.

Even before he could come to a decision, he lost it to Thatch and Ace in a bet.

Now that Whitebeard has spoken, Vista was also determined to learn it and pass it on to his division members.

"Dad! Dad!"

At this moment, a cry came.

Looking around, one of the crew members could be seen hurriedly arriving on the deck.

After arriving at the venue area, he knelt down and said, "Dad, I just got the news that Marine has seized a batch of materials from Beasts Pirates.

"Now Kaido is furious and has dispatched Jack the Drought to lead some of the Beasts Pirates. They want to attack Marine's G5 base in the New World.

"It is said that the supplies taken away by the Marines contained more than a hundred Devil Fruits. I don't know where they were obtained. It has been confirmed that the Beasts Pirates attach great importance to them and want to retrieve them as soon as possible."

"What!? Over a hundred Devil Fruits!??"

Upon hearing this, the Division Commanders present exploded.

Devil Fruit is a rare treasure of the sea.

Even the Whitebeard Pirates only get at most twenty Devil Fruits in a year.

But now?

Somehow, the Beasts Pirates obtained a batch of a hundred Devil Fruits at once. If they could successfully retrieve it, then the implications were severe.

"Pops!"

Almost instantly, Marco and the others all looked at Whitebeard and said, "We must take action too!"

"Yeah, we absolutely cannot let the Beasts Pirates retrieve that batch of Devil Fruits!"

"Yes, if Kaido gets more than a hundred Devil Fruits, the strength of Beasts Pirates will become even more terrifying."

"It is said that the number of Kaido's Beasts Legion itself has reached more than 200. If they get this batch of materials, the number and combat power of the Hundred Beasts Legion will be difficult to contend with in the future."

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