His purpose in coming to the Summit War had been simple: to teach Ace. Whitebeard had already prepared himself to die, and he had even felt that there was no longer a ship in the New World capable of carrying him.
That was why he had decided to hold the Summit War.
But who could have imagined that Yuu would be so powerful?
He had directly held off the Three Admirals and Garp, rescuing Ace. Now, this battle could indeed be brought to an end.
Otherwise, the number of casualties among both the Marines and pirates would only continue to rise. That was not Whitebeard's intention either.
If that was the case, it would be better to retreat while the time was right. "Retreat!"
At Whitebeard's command, all members of his Pirate Crew and its allied pirate crews immediately withdrew. Though a few battle-hungry pirates were unwilling, Whitebeard had given the order, so how could they disobey? Everyone retreated at once. Several Marine vice admirals wanted to intercept them, but Sengoku stopped them. "Forget it!" Sengoku had no intention of sending the vice admirals after them. Otherwise, it would only lead to needless casualties.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, are we really just letting them go?"
Vice Admiral Chaton could not understand.
"Then should we keep increasing the death toll?"
Sengoku roared back.
"We lost this Summit War! We Marines lost! I will take full responsibility!"
Sengoku was furious beyond measure.
No one wanted more than Sengoku to keep Yuu and the others here, but there was no way.
They could not do it.
Setting aside the Whitebeard Pirates, Yuu alone was already beyond their ability to handle. If such a powerful man were allowed to enter the New World, it would inevitably cause upheaval there. But if they tried to forcefully