One Piece : Roger Is My Vice Captain-Chapter 376 - 430 - People’s dreams will never end.

Blood slowly seeped from Blackbeard's eyes, nostrils, and ears.

A gaping, gruesome hole lay in the center of his chest, exposing pulsating blood vessels. Some onlookers, peering into the bloody pit, could see straight through his body to the other side.

Behind him—his tails were gone.

Liu Feng tilted his head slightly, a smirk playing at the corner of his lips.

His body had returned to normal, though his face was pale. The overwhelming power he had unleashed moments ago had drained nearly all of his strength.

Blackbeard, trembling with disbelief, let out a low, guttural growl.

"But I had the strongest ability... There's no way I could lose!"

Liu Feng's voice remained calm.

"So what?"

He took a step forward, his gaze locked onto Blackbeard.

"Weren't you the one who believed in power above all else?"

"You lost to me. That only proves one thing."

"I'm stronger than you."

"And the strong always win. Isn't that how it works?"

Blackbeard was stunned and seemed to be quiet.

Then, gradually, the corners of Blackbeard's mouth curled into a mocking smile.

A dry chuckle escaped his lips.

"That makes sense" he muttered.

Liu Feng didn't say anything but just raised his head quietly and looked at the sky above his head.

The dark clouds have completely dissipated at this moment.

The members of the Blackbeard Pirates were also completely defeated.

The bright sunlight gradually tore through the clouds and shone onto the vast battlefield.

What comes into view was was the complete ruin.

Everyone subconsciously stopped talking as if enjoying this rare tranquility after the war.

"You're not the last."

Liu Feng said calmly.

"Is Kaido next?" asked Blackbeard.

Liu Feng smiled and nodded, and the wide black cloak behind him fluttered in the wind.

Blackbeard noticed the black cloak of justice with the symbol of a sword piercing a skull.

He laughed mockingly again.

"So, you are fighting for the so-called "justice"?"

Liu Feng said softly:

"Justice? Maybe??."

"Sometimes I don't even know what I'm fighting for."

Blackbeard seemed to be getting angry.

"So you don't have dreams!?"

Liu Feng's eyes were dazed for a moment.

"Dream?"

"Maybe... maybe not."

"For many people, just surviving is already quite difficult."

"Talking about dreams is a bit extravagant."

"Rather than a dream, I hope to change something."

Blackbeard's eyes suddenly turned red, and he roared in frustration:

"I don't believe it!!"

"If you didn't have a dream, how could you have gotten to where you are today!?"

"People's dreams will never end!!"

"I have worked so hard for so long; how could I possibly lose to someone as mediocre as you!?"

Yes...he was unwilling to accept it.

Covering the wound on his chest with one hand, he stepped back step by step, staggering.

Blood continued to flow from Blackbeard's mouth and nose.

He knew in his heart that death was inevitable, but he couldn't bring himself to give up.

He had been with the Whitebeard Pirates for years, patiently enduring under the protection of that man. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

He had passed on several chances to become a captain, all to bet on obtaining that Devil Fruit. And now, he had won that bet.

He had gone so far as to kill his own comrades and been hunted by the world's strongest pirate group.

Yet, despite it all, Blackbeard never regretted it.

Even now, on the brink of death, he knew he wouldn't change a thing. He believed in his choices.

To him, only power was eternal.

He had dreamed of becoming the Pirate King, and for that dream, he'd betrayed those closest to him, killed the man he once admired, and committed unspeakable horrors. Nothing else mattered.

But Liu Feng, the one who had defeated him, claimed to have no dreams. He couldn't accept it. No, this wasn't how it should be. The very idea tore at him.

A desperate scream ripped from his throat, his words coming out like a haunting wail, his voice cracking with disbelief and anger.

"Liu Feng!!"

"You're no different from me! Once you have power, you want to destroy everything in your way!"

"The Navy is like that."

"So am I."

"Kaido is the same!!"

"You and I... We're no different! Pirates through and through!!"

Liu Feng looked at him slowly.

"No, we are different, Blackbeard."

"I have killed countless people in my life, but I have never bullied others."

"Maybe I don't believe in justice."

"Even wearing the cloak of the Admiral of the Navy was out of helplessness."

"—But I believe that good deeds will be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished."

"If I had to say that I had to have a dream"

He laughed, smiling gently.

"Then I guess it was not a wasted trip here."

"At least, I don't want to do evil."

Blackbeard heard Liu Feng's words and opened his mouth subconsciously, but he couldn't utter a word anymore.

He was dead.