"Dad!!!"
"Ahhh... Dad..."
"Waaaah!!!"
Everyone wept bitterly. Even Ace, who had been immersed in the emotions of recognizing his father, was drawn away and wanted to rush back regardless of everything.
"No, Uncle Austin!!!"
But before he could run very far, a hand pressed down on him.
"Let me go, Sabo!!!"
Ace struggled frantically. As he looked at the miserable, aged old man, tears and snot streamed down his face.
"I know you're in pain, Ace, but have you forgotten what Uncle Whitebeard did this for?!!!"
Ace struggled wildly, his entire body turning into flames.
A trace of hesitation flashed across Sabo's face, but he still brought his fingers together and formed a dragon claw gesture.
"Clang—"
"Dragon Claw Fist!!!"
Dense, pitch-black Armament Haki instantly wrapped around his hand. He pressed down on Ace's head just as he was about to turn into an element, smashing him straight into the ground and stopping him.
"Don't blame me, Ace."
"This isn't just for brotherhood. It's also the hope Uncle Whitebeard paid for with his life!!!"
Perhaps Sabo's words had worked. Ace stopped moving, his head buried in the ground.
Only muffled sobs could faintly be heard.
"My sons..."
Whitebeard stood there with his body forcibly held upright. Looking at his sons, who were weeping bitterly in utmost grief, an indescribable expression filled his eyes.
"Thank you. You are my Great Treasure...
Farewell, my sons."
"Bang—"
A bullet from the World's Strongest added the final gunshot wound to Whitebeard's chest, already riddled with bullet holes and blade wounds.
Even without that shot, Whitebeard would have died soon.
Rather than die at the hands of a traitor,
he might as well die at the hands of the strongest.
Roger grinned broadly, though his eyes were full of tears.
"Are you gone, Newgate?"
He