"So quiet!"
"Too quiet. It's not normal!"
As Doflamingo's words fell, a thick fog suddenly rose over the waters in front of Crescent Bay at Marine Headquarters Marineford.
Then!
One pirate ship after another suddenly appeared in the sight of the Marines stationed in the watchtowers.
"They're here!"
"All personnel, prepare for battle!"
As the alarms of Marine Headquarters rang out, the war finally began.
"Where is he? Whitebeard?"
The pirate fleet gradually closed in on Marineford. Whitebeard's ship was nowhere in sight, and just as the Marines in the watchtowers focused on searching for him—
Blurp! Blurp!
Blurp blurp!
Huge spherical bubbles suddenly rose from the seabed within Crescent Bay.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
The enormous bubbles burst apart, releasing thick clouds of mist.
Apparently!
That was how the fog over the sea had formed earlier.
"This is bad. I didn't expect them to infiltrate this close!" Sengoku looked into the bay and frowned. At point-blank range, Whitebeard's power would be far too destructive and difficult to stop.
Splash!
Splash!
...!
Four Moby Dicks surfaced from the waters within the bay one after another, emerging onto the surface.
Marco and the other commanders stood on deck, but Whitebeard and Ann were nowhere to be seen.
Then...
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
Amid the sound of metal striking the deck, Whitebeard slowly walked up from the lower deck to the bow. Ann followed behind him, and the two arrived at the front deck together.
"Whitebeard has appeared..."
"Wait... there's someone else!"
"T-That's... Princess Ann of Eternal City!!!"
The trembling voices of the Marines made every Marine and Shichibukai tense.
"Are they really going to clash?!"
"Those people up in Mary Geoise are going to be dragged down from their pedestals too, aren't they?!"
Doflamingo, who yearned to take revenge on society, was inexplicably