One Piece : Roger Is My Vice Captain

Yes, atonement.

Ever since the Battle of Marineford, Squard had been consumed by a deep, unrelenting guilt.

The weight of his betrayal pressed heavily on him—he had stabbed his dearest father in the back, an unforgivable crime. The sin was too great, too irredeemable to undo.

Nothing could make up for the harm he had caused to his father, to the crew, to the legacy.

But, at least...

At least, in his final moments, he could live for the Whitebeard Pirates. One last time, he could honor them.

The ground was stained with blood.

Boom!!

Next, in the eyes of countless people who were about to burst open,

Squard's body suddenly exploded, turning into countless pieces of flesh and blood that scattered on the ground, like a huge blood-red lotus blooming luxuriantly.

"Squad!!!"

The members of the Whitebeard Pirates roared in pain, tears streaming down their faces.

"Kill!!"

At this time, roars came from the port.

Squard's sacrifice bought precious landing time for the many fleets under the Whitebeard Pirates!

They have successfully landed and are attacking the Blackbeard Pirates! !

The brutal hand-to-hand combat has officially begun!

"What a bunch of boring guys."

Blackbeard sneered.

"Little ones!! Kill them all for me!!"

Roar!!

Countless members of the Blackbeard Pirates suddenly burst into earth-shaking shouts of killing.

A cruel smile appeared on all of their faces, and they rushed towards the Whitebeard Pirates with bloodshot eyes.

War was almost an overwhelming trend.

After two years of crazy expansion, the Blackbeard Pirates' power has skyrocketed to the level of the true Four Emperors.

In addition, there were many people with special abilities that were plundered by Blackbeard.

Their fighting power was simply not comparable to that of the Whitebeard Pirates' struggling remnants.

Especially in terms of high-end combat power, Marco and others were even worse than the Blackbeard Pirates.

With the threatening power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, many of them who have special abilities were unable to use their abilities as they wished.

The death toll continues to rise.

Blood dyed the earth red.

"JiHahahaha!! That's right, that's it!!!"

"You are just like my father, remnants of the old era. You are simply incapable of bearing the might of this new era!!"

"Let's end it like this."

"And I, Blackbeard Teach, will completely dominate this ocean and become the Pirate King!!"

Blackbeard stood with his arms wide open, a grin stretched across his face as he basked in the chaos and destruction around him.

The Whitebeard Pirates—they were his beginning. His origin.

Once, he had lived under that man's command, hidden beneath his protection, driven by a singular, desperate hope—the hope of obtaining the Dark-Dark Fruit.

Even in his darkest moments, when the years were growing short, Blackbeard had convinced himself that it didn't matter if he never obtained that power.

He had been willing to spend the rest of his life under Whitebeard's banner.

Because to him, that man—the one who had protected him, guided him—was the strongest in the world. And Blackbeard... Blackbeard worshipped power above all else.

But now it's different.

He got the ability he had always dreamed of.

He became the leader of one of the most powerful forces in the ocean and possessed two of the "strongest" devil fruits.

And so, Blackbeard made his decision—to sever all ties with the humble, weak version of himself that had once lived in the shadow of Whitebeard.

The way he chose to say goodbye was ruthless.

He would destroy everything connected to his past, wipe it all away, leaving nothing but the cold, unrelenting hunger for power that now consumed him.

That man was dead.

The rest was the remnant of the Whitebeard Pirates in front of him.

And there was an island under his feet!!

People's dreams will never disappear!!

He, Blackbeard Fleet Admirall D. Teach, will definitely become the Pirate King!!!

"Want to be the Pirate King?"

At the moment he finished speaking,

A voice filled with anger came from far away in the sky.

"Have you asked me?!"

The next moment an extremely huge ball of scorching fire shot through the clouds above and landed with a bang.

"Fire Fist!!"

The air grew thick with intensity as hot flames erupted, casting a fiery red glow that bathed the entire battlefield.

The light surged, illuminating the chaos and destruction in every corner, turning the once-darkened horizon into a hellish blaze.

Everyone present was suddenly stunned.

Especially all the members of the Whitebeard Pirates, their eyes suddenly became dazed.

This move and the determination to burn everything

"Who is it!?"

The smile on Blackbeard's lips suddenly froze.

The terrifying high temperature hit him.

But his movements were not slow at all.

One hand quickly raised up endless darkness and pushed it towards the flames that were rushing towards him! !

"Dark Water!!"

A strange scene appeared.

A fireball that was big enough to blow a huge hole in the ground.

I In that moment of darkness, it was as if a shadow had quickly dissolved into the vast ocean, melting away and vanishing without a trace.

But then, the sky itself seemed to tear apart, breaking through the clouds like an unstoppable force.

Above the battlefield, a massive floating island appeared, casting a foreboding shadow over all beneath it.

Atop this island, the black flag of justice fluttered proudly in the wind.

Majestic figures stood tall, commanding attention.

Countless black-clad soldiers descended, their overwhelming presence filling the air with suffocating power.

The NEO New Navy had arrived!