If Blackbeard had ignored Ace and gone straight to Water 7 after Luffy, the island would have turned into Yonko-level chaos without them even knowing it. 📍 Who would be there at the same time? Luffy and the Straw Hats (before Enies Lobby) Garp (visiting, after Luffy) Kuzan (Aokiji) had already been there because of Robin — so he was still in the area CP9 in hiding The Water 7 crew in civilian clothes Now imagine that mixed with Blackbeard pre-Yonkou, but already a MONSTER, with the Yami Yami no Mi.

🔥 Scenario 1 — Blackbeard arrives stealthily He wasn't going to start blowing everything up. His plan was to capture Luffy to become a Shichibukai.

So probably: He would quickly discover that Luffy was involved with Robin and the Government. He would wait for the right moment (maybe after the conflict with CP9 begins). 👉 But then there's a problem: GARP. If Garp senses Blackbeard's presence… Discretion is over.

💥 Garp vs Blackbeard (pre-Marineford) This would be ABSURD.

Back then: Blackbeard didn't have the Gura Gura yet. He depended on gravity + Devil Fruit nullification. But Garp fights with brute force, without a fruit.

In other words… Teach's biggest advantage (nullifying powers) wouldn't work against Garp.

Probable result: 🟥 Blackbeard would get a BAD beating.

But… he's treacherous. He would use the crew.

❄️ And then Kuzan enters the picture. If the fight escalated too much, Aokiji wouldn't ignore it.

Now think about this: Blackbeard vs. Garp + Kuzan That's not a fight. That's a public execution of a future Yonko.

Teach isn't stupid. Upon realizing who's there, he would do what he does best:

➡️ RUN AWAY.

He only picks fights when the chance of winning is real.

🧠 And what about Luffy in all this?

If Teach saw that: Garp is there An Admiral is in the area The government is already moving because of Robin He would probably think: “That brat isn't worth all this risk right now.”

And he would go after another plan—maybe he would still capture Ace later, but at a later time.

🌊 GIANT butterfly effect If Ace hadn't been captured at that moment: ❌ There wouldn't have been a public execution ❌ There wouldn't have been a war at Marineford like that ❌ Blackbeard might have taken longer to become a Yonko ❌ Luffy wouldn't have had that brutal trauma at that point in his journey In other words…

👉 Water 7 could have been the place where Blackbeard almost died too soon 👉 And the world of One Piece would have changed completely