He crossed from before the execution platform to the front lines.
Maud made no attempt to hide his intentions.
Whitebeard, whom Maud had chosen as his target, could naturally feel the needle-like gaze directed at him from Maud at all times.
Before this.
Whitebeard had already personally experienced Maud's intense desire to attack him.
However, how could he possibly waste energy and time on a "brat"? That was why he had previously told his sons to drive Maud away.
On this battlefield, the only ones worth making him stop were fighters at an admiral's level.
But the situation was clearly different now.
Feeling Maud's powerful aura, which had become as scorching as the blazing sun in such a short time...
Whitebeard, who saw the entire battlefield clearly, immediately spoke up to stop his men from foolishly throwing away their lives against Maud.
He knew very well that Maud's target was him.
In other words, Maud would not obstruct his sons as they broke through to the execution platform, so there was no need to provoke him.
Besides, with Maud's current strength, if his sons insisted on stopping him, it would only affect the offensive they had finally managed to rally.
With fire breaking out behind the Marines, the sooner they broke through to the execution platform, the greater their chances of rescuing Ace.
Therefore, they absolutely could not let Maud delay their offensive.
"Don't mind me. Go do what you 'should' be doing."
Whitebeard swung his blade to force Akainu back, his arms streaming with boiling magma. He tilted his head slightly and shouted his order.
"Pops, but..."
Hearing Whitebeard's order, the pirates looked at him worriedly.
"Your body..."
"Shut up."
Jingudo, captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' 11th Division, sternly cut off his companions.
"Following Pops' orders is what we