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Jimbei, having grown to like Luffy, refuses to hand him over, and Ivankov, Inazuma, and a few of the Whitebeard Pirates arrive to assist him as Hancock holds off the Pacifistas. Meanwhile, Blackbeard throws a cloth over himself and Whitebeard's body, and emerges with the ability to use both his and Whitebeard's Devil Fruit powers.
The power of the Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit (ヒトヒトの実, Hito Hito no Mi) provides him with the ability to transform into a full-sized reindeer or a reindeer-human hybrid. [ ch. 140 ] A self-developed drug he calls Rumble Ball ( ランブル・ボール , Ranburu Bōru ) enables him to perform even more transformations for three minutes.
In this chapter Van Augur, Third Ship Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, tells Elder Saturn what the end goal is: “The world.” The first time in One Piece such a threat has felt credible ...
Shanks then explains his reason to see Whitebeard is to make a request for him to stop Portgas D. Ace chasing after Blackbeard. Laughing his request off, Whitebeard explains he intends to make Blackbeard pay for the crew member he killed. Their differences in opinion over the matter causes a clash between them that causes the heavens above to part.
Upon arriving in Alabasta, Luffy briefly reunites with his brother Portgas D. Ace, a commander in the Whitebeard Pirates, who is hunting the traitor Blackbeard. Luffy defeats Crocodile, though the World Government censors his involvement. Luffy then accepts Crocodile's mysterious partner Nico Robin as the archeologist of his crew.
Crocodile questions why Blackbeard would attack the prison when doing so would mean giving up his Warlord title, but Blackbeard reveals that it is part of a larger plan. As Magellan approaches the prisoners, Luffy easily defeats the revived Minotaurus, while Ivankov defeats Sadie and ties her up with her whip.
Hitetsu explains a year ago, X Drake, working under Kaido, ransacked their village and how the capital is the only place in Wano that is not desolate land. He also explains that four years ago, Ace, from before he joined Whitebeard's crew, wrecked on the island and helped them during a famine, having grown particularly close with Tama.
Blackbeard makes an appearance in Neal Stephenson's The System of the World. A younger Blackbeard appears in Wayne Thomas Batson's Isle of Fire as the new quartermaster of notorious pirate captain Bartholomew Thorne. Blackbeard is a member of the jury in the short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benét.