Naruto: Copy System

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“We’re making our move.”

Blackbeard stared at Whitebeard battling the Admirals and spoke in a low, determined voice.

“Are we attacking the Marines or Whitebeard?” one of his crew members asked. If they were going to act, they needed a clear target. They couldn’t just attack everyone.

Both the Marines and Whitebeard were his enemies, but for now, Blackbeard decided to deal with Whitebeard first.

“Hopefully, the Marines will stay out of this. We’re taking on Whitebeard. I want to see how much longer he can last.”

Blackbeard’s target was Whitebeard. Even now, he hadn’t given up on the idea of obtaining the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. He had to get that power, and Whitebeard had to die. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

If Whitebeard survived, he would undoubtedly hunt Blackbeard to the ends of the earth. Just staying alive would become a struggle.

As for the Marines, Blackbeard wasn’t too worried. Although he had released countless criminals from Impel Down, those same criminals were now drawing the Marines’ attention.

As long as he didn’t go out of his way to provoke the Marines, he should be fine for now. But Whitebeard was the greatest threat.

“Don’t be afraid. I know what state that old man is in. He’s at the end of his rope.”

Blackbeard tried to rally his crew, afraid their fear would get the better of them.

In the original story, they’d waited until Whitebeard was practically a corpse before striking. But now, though Whitebeard was injured, his wounds were far from fatal.

Blackbeard felt fear twisting in his gut—and if he was scared, his crew was terrified.

Still, Blackbeard charged forward, his men following close behind. Besides himself, only six others remained. Originally there’d been nine, but Hancock had killed Shiryu and Shin had taken down Catarina Devon, thinning their ranks considerably.

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“The Blackbeard Pirates are on the move. Their target must be Whitebeard,” Robin, with her excellent eyesight, noticed Blackbeard’s actions.

“I think Blackbeard’s lost his mind, choosing to make a move now,” Shin commented, watching the scene unfold.

Blackbeard was indeed being foolish. If Shin were in his shoes, he would have cut his losses and left.

‘Greed is a deadly sin. Whitebeard is much stronger than you think.’

In the canon, a dying Whitebeard still had the strength to beat Blackbeard to a pulp. In his current state, he would utterly demolish him. Moreover, the hatred the Whitebeard Pirates felt for Blackbeard probably surpassed their hatred for the Marines.

The Marines were their natural enemies, but a traitor like Blackbeard was the one they despised the most.

Given the chance, they would ignore the Marines and focus all their fury on him.

“TEACH.” Whitebeard spotted Blackbeard, his furious roar echoing across Marineford.

Kizaru was forced back by the sheer force of his presence. Nobody was foolish enough to face the full wrath of an enraged Whitebeard.

Whitebeard didn’t forget Ace’s body. He grabbed it and handed it to Marco.

Marco understood his father’s meaning, immediately transformed, and flew into the sky, heading into the distance. He had to get Ace’s body away from here. Ace was already gone, they couldn’t let the Marines take his body.

“That bastard Blackbeard.”

Sengoku’s eyes burned with a deep-seated killing intent. After so many years, this was the first time he had been so thoroughly outsmarted.

To be played by a man like Blackbeard… it was humiliating.

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“Zehahaha! Pops, long time no see.” Blackbeard ignored Sengoku’s glare and greeted Whitebeard.

“Teach, you broke the rules of my ship. You deserve to die.”

Whitebeard threw a ferocious punch at Blackbeard. In terms of size, Blackbeard only came up to Whitebeard’s waist. The sight was like an adult fighting a child.

Blackbeard’s expression changed, but he didn’t dodge. He wanted to see just how much strength Whitebeard had left.

“<Dark Water!>”

This move could pull enemies towards him, and anyone touched by the darkness would have their Devil Fruit abilities sealed. It could also absorb the attacks of Devil Fruit users.

The two attacks collided, and Blackbeard was sent flying, along with the rest of his crew. With a single punch, Whitebeard displayed his near-invincible power.

“Hmm?”

Whitebeard suddenly felt something was wrong. His power had been sealed. The ability of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was temporarily unusable.

‘So this is the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit…’ Whitebeard realized. This ability was truly the bane of every Devil Fruit user on the sea.

Sealing Devil Fruit powers with a touch—anyone who relied on their fruit would be helpless the moment Blackbeard grabbed them.

“Zehahaha! Pops, you can’t use the Tremor-Tremor Fruit now, can you?” Blackbeard said, getting up, his face covered in blood.

Whitebeard’s punch had hit him hard. Fortunately, Blackbeard was durable, and the Dark-Dark Fruit could absorb some of the damage. If it had been anyone else, they would have been killed on the spot.

“For this Devil Fruit, you would kill your own brother? Answer me, Teach.”

Whitebeard’s face was as cold as ice as he questioned Blackbeard.

“Brother? Pops, you don’t really think I saw them as brothers, do you?” Blackbeard said, his face twisting into a vicious sneer as he pointed at the Whitebeard Pirates.

Whitebeard’s brow furrowed. “Were the men on this ship not good to you? Teach, you disappoint me more than I can say. You’ve committed the most unforgivable sin of the Whitebeard Pirates.”

Whitebeard could forgive any crime his sons committed, but killing a brother was something he would never tolerate.

Blackbeard hesitated at those words, a memory surfacing.

Honestly, everyone on the ship had treated him well. There was a time he’d even imagined spending his entire life aboard that vessel.

But everything changed when he saw the Dark-Dark Fruit.

The ambition he’d buried deep inside roared back to life. The crew had a simple rule: whoever found a Devil Fruit got to eat it.

Thatch had discovered the Dark-Dark Fruit, so it was his call.

Unless he decided not to eat it himself, it might go to someone else—but there was no guarantee Blackbeard would ever get his hands on it. So in that moment, Blackbeard made his choice.

He murdered Thatch and abandoned the Whitebeard Pirates.

“Pops, you were good to me, but you can’t give me what I want. I’m going to become the Pirate King. From now on, this will be the Era of Blackbeard.”

At this point, Blackbeard stopped hiding. He let his ambition show—dark, oppressive energy radiating from him like a physical force.

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