bioinnovel Chapter 116 The Whitebeard Pirates
Chapter 116 The Whitebeard Pirates
The familiar smell of medicine.
The tightness in my body... Has the wound been bandaged...?
The sound of waves can be heard; is it on a hospital ship?
It seems that Kari has found me and sent me to the naval base.
Allen slowly opened his eyes, his gaze gradually focusing.
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His battle with the Golden Lion lasted from the sea all the way to the floating island, and he was unsure of where he was.
Moreover, the floating islands are constantly moving, and they might not even be in the new world now.
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In his last moments before losing consciousness, Allen sent his coordinates to Kari through the bodily tissues left on him.
Allen didn't let Kari participate in the battle against Shiki because even with him, he wasn't absolutely certain he could kill Shiki, and he didn't want to expose this trump card.
The power of the Float-Float Fruit meant that if Shiki wanted to leave, Allen would have no way to stop him.
When the final measure took effect, Allen successfully controlled the Golden Lion for a moment, but by then he no longer had the energy to summon a hunter.
Unfortunately, the broken blade was a little too short and failed to pierce the golden lion's heart.
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I have a feeling...
Allen rubbed his eyes, feeling a strange, itchy sensation.
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"You're awake?"
"You're in great shape to wake up after just two days after such a serious injury."
A slightly flippant voice rang out, and Allen recognized Pineapple Head sitting by the hospital bed.
He was a man with a head of blond punk hair and a cross tattoo on his bare chest. The lower half of the cross had a crescent moon, which looked like two upturned mustaches.
This is……
The symbol of the Whitebeard Pirates!
Allen's pupils contracted sharply as he instantly realized who this guy was, and he quickly moved closer to the headboard to assume a defensive stance.
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"Don't be nervous, I'm not a bad person... haha, I'm not exactly a good person either, but you don't have anything to steal from me."
Marco, with one hand on his hip, laughed and said, "When we pulled you out of the water, your face was covered in wounds, and you had at least seventeen potentially fatal injuries all over your body."
"Who are you? Where did you escape from? Would you mind telling me?"
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Didn't you recognize me...?
Allen touched the bandage on his face and lowered his voice, saying, "My name is Belial. I'm a sea merchant who was attacked by pirates..."
"Thank you for saving me. May I ask who you are?"
Marco pointed to himself and said with a grin, "You don't recognize me? Looks like you rarely read the newspaper."
I feel like I've heard this line somewhere before...
"I am Marco the Phoenix, the first division commander and ship's doctor of the Whitebeard Pirates, with a bounty of 979 million!"
Allen feigned shock: "What?! It's that legendary Whitebeard Pirates!?"
"The Whitebeard Pirates are on the Grand Line, right? Isn't this the North Blue?!"
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Marco frowned slightly: "North Sea? You must be mistaken. This is the waters near Fudevia Island in the New World. We met you on our way back to our base."
"How could someone from Beihai have drifted here?"
Fudeweitian Island...
It's in the Whitebeard's territory in the New World, so does that mean I crashed somewhere around here...?
Whitebeard's territory is the largest among the Pirate Emperors of the New World, stretching from Fishman Island all the way to the sea area in front of Wano Country, with numerous islands flying the Whitebeard Pirates' flag.
The route to the nearest naval base from here should be...
Allen clutched his head, grimacing in apparent pain. "Sorry... my head hurts so much. Aside from my name and the pirate attack, I seem to have forgotten a lot of things."
"But I remember I'm from the North Sea. Could it be that I was attacked after entering the New World...?"
Marco stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't think about it. Post-traumatic amnesia is normal. You'll remember naturally once your body recovers."
"You should rest well. Remember to take your medicine by the bedside. Now that you're awake, I don't have to feed you."
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After Marco left, Allen realized the seriousness of the situation.
Looking at the ceiling of the cabin, even without using his Observation Haki, he could sense a terrifying mountain standing there through the wooden planks.
Marco was no ordinary crew member; he had followed Whitebeard since childhood, and as the ship's doctor, he couldn't possibly leave that man's side...
In other words...
I am currently aboard the Moby Dick, the headquarters of the Whitebeard Pirates, the Navy's number one enemy!
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Glug glug glug...
Stepping out of the cabin, Marco saw a figure chugging alcohol on the deck and said with dissatisfaction, "Dad! I told you you should drink less for your health!"
The massive, mountain-like figure let out a muffled, thunderous laugh, tilted his head back, and gulped down the liquor from the barrel, which poured into his mouth like a waterfall.
"Kid! Can you even be considered a man without alcohol?! Ugh—la la—la la—"
Peng——
Setting down the barrel, the white-bearded man turned around, his crescent-shaped mustache sticking up high with a smile.
"That kid's awake?"
Marco approached and began his daily check-up on his father: "Don't change the subject... he's awake."
"He said he was a sea merchant named Belial, who had been attacked by pirates and drifted here..."
"At first she said Beihai, then she said she didn't remember... It feels like she's lying."
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Marco attached the monitoring device to the white-bearded man and whispered, "An ordinary businessman wouldn't suffer such a serious injury, nor could he recover so quickly."
"His physical activity is very high, so he should be a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user or someone from a special race, and..."
"His first reaction upon seeing my tattoo was wariness. It's obvious he knows our pirate crew's symbol. We haven't been to the four seas for many years, how could he know..."
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"Don't worry about it. It's fate that we met on the high seas. Once he's healed, give him a boat to go."
The white-bearded man picked up a barrel of liquor as tall as himself, drank it all in one gulp, not spilling a drop: "Even if he's our enemy, do we really need to take advantage of him when he's off guard?"
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Marco carefully set up the equipment and chuckled, "You're right, we're the strongest... Hey! Dad! You've been drinking again when I wasn't looking!"
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That day, late at night.
A huge sea fish swam hundreds of meters below the Moby Dick and then followed the ship.
Allen stepped out of the cabin and leaned against the silent deck.
This distance is just right for Allen to talk to the hunter inside the fish's belly.
"What happened in Dressrosa that day? Did Zeffa and the others get back safely?"
He explained how Aokiji, along with secret agents of the World Government, defeated Kaido, and he also read about it in the newspapers, without mentioning Shanks.
Information about Zephyr's attack was covered up, and even the details were unknown to Gari.
"Can your body withstand high-speed movement? Do you need me to take you away?"
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"I'll figure out how to get out of this myself. It'll be trouble if something happens to you..."
Allen thought for a moment, then telepathically told Hunt, "Use my fingernails to have someone make a Vivre Card, and secretly give it to Smoker. He knows what to do."
"And... you should have arrived sooner!"
Allen couldn't help but complain.
Hunting's voice was flat: "I arrived at your location at the machine's maximum speed, but you weren't there."
"Next time, please provide a more precise location or activate the summoning formula more promptly to avoid high-risk situations."
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Forget it, why would I blame an object? That would be stupid.
Just then, Allen heard footsteps behind him.
"Ugh... There's no one else on watch tonight, right? Who are you?"
He was a burly man who looked to be around thirty years old, with thick black hair, a headscarf, a cherry pie in his hand, and a few missing teeth.
The moment their eyes met, they both sensed that the other possessed a certain shared quality.
Blackbearded Teach put down his cherry pie, lowered his eyes, and repeated the question: "Hey...who are you?"
Allen smiled, his eyes narrowing, concealing his murderous intent: "Hello, my name is Belial, and I am a merchant from the sea whom Captain Marco rescued."
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"Is that so..." Teach smiled as well. "Hello, my name is Teach, just an ordinary watchman from the Whitebeard Pirates."