## One Piece Chapter 440, pages 16-17: Fire Fist vs. Blackbeard - Chapter: 440 - Pages: 16-17 - Characters: Portgas D. Ace, Marshall D. Teach, Thatch, Whitebeard ### Summary Page 16: Ace asks directly, "YOU WANT TO KILL ME, RIGHT?" Teach admits it without flinching: "YEAH, I KNOW, ACE. ... YOU'RE RIGHT... KILLING YOUR OWN NAKAMA IS A BIG CRIME." Ace names the murdered man: "COMMANDER SACCHI...!!" Teach says, "I ADMIT; I KILLED FOURTH DIVISION. I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE..." He explains why: "HE HAD OBTAINED THE DEVIL FRUIT THAT I WANTED!! OUR SHIP'S RULE WAS THAT ANYONE WHO FOUND A FRUIT COULD EAT IT. I MEMORIZED ALL OF THE FRUIT SHAPES LISTED IN THE ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE BOOK. SO I KNEW IT WAS THE FRUIT I'D BEEN LOOKING FOR RIGHT AWAY." Teach says he waited for decades on Whitebeard's ship because he thought that crew gave him the best chance to obtain it; if he never found it, he had decided to give up. "BUT THEN MY NAKAMA FOUND THE FRUIT...!!!" Ace asks, "IS THAT WHY YOU KILLED SACCHI... AND TOOK THE FRUIT?" Teach answers that the ability chose him: "WELL, IT WAS JUST A TWIST OF FATE, THIS ABILITY CHOSE ME, ACE. ZEHAHAHA!!! NOW I'VE BECOME THE STRONGEST WITH THIS, ACE!!!" A horrified onlooker realizes, "LOOK... THIS IS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF LOGIA...!!!" Page 17: Blackbeard unleashes the power he stole. Darkness pours from his body like black smoke as he laughs, "ZEHAHAHA!!! I AM..." and names it: "DARK-NESS"!!! Ace watches, tense, as the black mass spreads around Teach. Someone cries, "ACE!! YOUR BODY... IS FIRE, RIGHT?" Ace, seeing the unnatural power in front of him, answers only with a grim "...!" The chapter ends on Teach's monstrous grin and the reveal that the darkness he controls is unlike ordinary Logia fire or smoke.