Sword God Vista

In the four great seas and along the Grand Line, wherever human traffic converges, images of giant Den Den Mushi) are projected, revealing the brutal battlefield to the world.

"This is terrifying! The Whitebeard Pirates are absolutely terrifying! Is the Marine Headquarters really going to fight these monsters?"

"Yes, even the strongest pirate in our seas, the Butcher Sivess with a bounty of 23 million Beli, would probably just be cannon fodder in the Whitebeard Pirates!"

"Is that Whitebeard, who is known as the World's Strongest? Even though he is already old and frail, he can still shatter the sea with a single punch. Even Admiral Akainu, the highest-ranking officer in the Marine Headquarters, is no match for him. He truly deserves the World's Strongest!"

"Ahem... Don't talk nonsense. He's still Admiral Candidate! Think about it, a Marine Vice Admiral can fight Whitebeard to a standstill, so the navy's victory is inevitable!"

"Wow, is that the Pirate Empress? Ah, I really want to be trampled under her feet!"

"...abnormal!"

"Wait, isn't that the World's Greatest Swordsman Hawkeye? That's why I set sail to challenge him!"

"Your information is too outdated. Hawkeye's myth has been shattered, and the title of the World's Greatest Swordsman has been taken over by the Great Pirate Nightmare."

"Hiss... It's Nightmare? He's the pride of our North Blue! He had a bounty of 300 million Beli before even setting foot on the Grand Line, and now he's become a great pirate on par with legends like Whitebeard!"

"Wait, didn't you say Nightmare is the World's Greatest Swordsman? Then wouldn't that bearded man who's suppressing him Vice Admiral the projection be called Sword God?"

"Hiss... That's Flower Sword Vista, the Fifth Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates. I never expected him to be such a hidden powerhouse! The Whitebeard Pirates are truly full of hidden talents, they're terrifying!"

"Now that you mention it, it's true. Wasn't that Blackbeard, the Shichibukai who suddenly rose to prominence, just a small fry in the Shichibukai Whitebeard Pirates? Maybe Sword God Vista is a hidden force just like Blackbeard!"

On the battlefield at Marine Headquarters, the Marine Vice Admiral Admiral were all somewhat frustrated. What happened to the inevitable battle between Nightmare and Whitebeard?

Moreover, even if you don't fight Whitebeard, you can't hold back like this. Just three days ago, you showed a terrifying swordsmanship that could destroy the world, but now you are fighting on equal Flower Sword Vista with Whitebeard Pirates, the Fifth Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, and even being slightly suppressed. This is too much. Do you really think they are fools?

In order to give Nightmare and Whitebeard enough stage, and also for the perhaps more brutal battle to come, they mostly just coasted along. But the result was that the strong Whitebeard Pirates started to be confused. The Navy was all about fighting to the death before the battle, but now they all seemed to be sleepwalking. Could it be that they just wanted to go through the motions and put on a show for others?

Are these navy personnel just bored out of their minds? Why go through all this trouble just to wage a fake war against them?

Although they couldn't understand the White Sea's intentions, the Whitebeard Pirates wouldn't miss such an opportunity. They overwhelmed the enemy with their combined strength and pushed the battle line all the way to Ace's execution platform, causing the crowd watching the battle through the video to erupt in chaos, thinking that the Navy's defeat was imminent.

At this moment, the strongmen of the Marine Headquarters finally realized what was happening and temporarily forgot about instigating Nightmare to fight Whitebeard. If they were to carelessly allow Whitebeard to rescue Fire Fist Ace, it would undoubtedly be a devastating blow to the prestige of the Marines.

It was at this point that the battle truly began, and the war raged on.

According to the original timeline, the Marine Headquarters should have "difficultly" defeated the Whitebeard Pirates after experiencing a "hard-fought and arduous" war.

Just how difficult was that original war? Former Marine Admiral Black Arm Zephyr and two Admiral Candidate Momousagi Chaton never appeared on the battlefield. Fleet Admiral Buddha Sengoku acted as a mascot, only showing his presence when the Blackbeard Pirates appeared. As for the Marine Hero Garp, he suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Straw Hat Pirates, who didn't even know Haki.

The admirals fared slightly better, but in reality, it was only Akainu who fought with all his might. Although Kizaru and Aokiji severely injured Marco and Jozu in the end, this was only because Marco and Jozu were distracted by Whitebeard's serious injury. By the time the war ended, Akainu's head was almost blown off, while Aokiji and Kizaru were hardly injured at all.

As for the Shichibukai, some are just there for show, some are infatuated with girls, and some are traitors, so they basically don't play a significant role.

In short, Akainu is essentially the only one among the Navy's top combat forces fighting alone, which shows just how difficult this war is.

In Roy's view, the Marine Headquarters's low-key approach was mostly for the World Government's benefit. The Navy's power was so great that it surpassed the combined strength of all other agencies under the World Government. If the Marine Headquarters easily wipe out the World's Strongest Whitebeard Pirates, it was hard to guarantee that politicians wouldn't have some ulterior motives.

Even so, the Marine Headquarters was still deeply feared by the World Government after the war. It was the World Government that instigated the war between Akainu and Aokiji. If they truly supported Akainu's rise to power, they wouldn't have turned against him so quickly after he became Akainu Fleet Admiral, saying things like "your face is worthless."

It is evident that if the Marine Headquarters were to fully operate this war machine, it would require at least two to three Four Emperors pirate crews to join forces to rival it.

But things are different now. In the eyes of the Marine Headquarters, Nightmare is an enemy even more terrifying than Whitebeard, referring to both strength and influence. Although they failed to incite Nightmare to fight Whitebeard this time, at least Nightmare's most fearsome and massive force did not appear on the battlefield. Therefore, they no longer cared about concealing their strength, only seeking to annihilate the Whitebeard Pirates' fighting force as quickly as possible, and then mobilize all their top combat power to surround and kill Nightmare, completely eliminating this major threat.

Because of this, once the Navy began to exert its strength, the previously advantageous situation was reversed in an instant, and the entire Whitebeard Pirates were under heavy pressure, except for one person.

At this moment, Flower Sword Vista's mind went through a process from bewilderment to doubt to excitement. He initially suspected that Nightmare was holding back, but as time went on, as one of the main characters in the battle, he became more and more certain that his opponent was definitely not holding back and had used all his skills and gone all out, while he was holding back and playing with ease.

This made Vista sigh inwardly, "I never imagined that I would become this powerful without even realizing it? It seems that the changes these past few days have finally Awakening me, allowing me to make rapid progress in swordsmanship, even reaching the point where I can overpower monsters like Nightmare!"

"Old Man, you wait, let me, Vista, end this war today!"