Whitebeard Has Arrived

"What?"

Countless Marines were filled with confusion. They couldn't understand why Ace's mother would make such a move.

"She died on the spot from exhaustion after giving birth to you!"

Sengoku continued speaking. Ace's body trembled nonstop, and the Sea Stone chains binding him rattled. "One year and three months after your father's death, a baby carrying the world's most evil bloodline was born."

Ace gritted his teeth, his face twisted with struggle and his heart wracked by unbearable pain.

"There's no way you didn't know!"

After a pause, Sengoku continued. Beneath the Execution Platform, Garp recalled his final conversation with Roger. He slowly closed his eyes and apologized inwardly. "Your father was... the Pirate King! Gol D. Roger!!!"

Silence. Absolute, deathly silence!!!

More than a hundred thousand people had gathered in Marineford Square. At that moment, aside from Ace's pained grunts as he bit down, not a single other sound could be heard.

Every person who learned the truth—the hundred thousand Marines, countless Marine officers, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Three Admirals—all fell silent.

"Fire Fist Ace... is Gol D. Roger's son!!!"

Outside the Live Screens on the Sabaody Archipelago, one person's shout caused the entire archipelago to erupt. The frenzy seemed contagious, and every Live Screen became the center of a commotion.

The World Government's most wanted criminal of all time, the most evil man in the world, the Pirate King Gol D. Roger, who had ushered in the Great Pirate Era—despite being suppressed and hunted by the World Government, he had actually left behind a son, Fire Fist Ace.

"This is huge news!"

"Notify headquarters at once! Publish an extra edition immediately!"

The reporters sprang into action. After all, the Live Screens were limited, and not everyone could receive the news firsthand. Most