The war between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marines was about to erupt.
An uneasy mood pervaded every corner of the world.
Countless eyes gazed toward Marine Headquarters, eagerly awaiting the outcome.
If the Marines won, it would naturally be a cause for universal celebration among the people.
If the Marines were defeated, the brutal and bloodthirsty pirates would run even more rampant.
No one wanted Whitebeard to win this war.
"Drop dead, pirates!"
That was the public's most genuine wish.
But apart from waiting for the result, there was nothing else they could do.
What would become of the world?
The waiting made them deeply uneasy.
Time flew by.
Only six days remained until Fire Fist Ace's public execution.
During this period,
powerful Marines from all over the world came from every direction in the name of justice, arriving at Marine Headquarters one after another.
While gathering their forces, the Marines continuously dispatched surveillance ships, intending to obtain real-time intelligence on the Whitebeard Pirates' movements.
However,
no matter how many surveillance ships the Marines sent out, every single one was sunk by the Whitebeard Pirates without exception.
To minimize their losses, the Marines could only grit their teeth and abandon their efforts to monitor the Whitebeard Pirates' movements.
This helpless outcome made the atmosphere at Marine Headquarters even tenser.
Large warships were moored around Impel Down, where Fire Fist Ace was imprisoned.
The Marines left no defensible space unguarded, using a large number of warships to seal off Impel Down in an ironclad formation and eliminate any possibility of the Whitebeard Pirates breaking in to rescue him.
The rows of frigid cannons mounted on the warships remained ready to fire at any moment.
From the day they announced Fire Fist Ace's public execution, the Marines had never relaxed...
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