The story split into two sides.
On the wreckage of the harbor islands.
Boulders lay scattered everywhere, while great trees had snapped and collapsed.
Numerous deep craters were spread across the ground.
Smoke and dust drifted through the air, lingering for a long time.
Inside the craters of varying sizes lay numerous heavily damaged Pacifistas, sparks flashing wildly from their bodies.
Fate was a cruel thing.
This fleet of war machines, in which the Marines had placed such high hopes, had fallen before the Blackbeard Pirates before it could display its proper value.
Blackbeard, likewise toyed with by fate, had lost his chance to obtain the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit because of the Pacifistas.
Not far away.
Sentomaru, gravely wounded, lay motionless on the ground.
The giant double-bladed ax he carried had somehow been shattered into more than a dozen pieces and lay scattered nearby.
Surrounding him were the members of the Blackbeard Pirates.
"These robots, whose appearance is identical to Bartholomew Kuma's, seem to be a secret weapon of the Marines."
Van Augur put away his beloved gun, Thousand Lands, and calmly examined a nearby immobile Pacifista.
"What a lousy secret weapon. It wasted my time!"
Blackbeard glanced at the Pacifistas strewn across the ground, his expression gloomy.
Pointing toward the plaza, the champion fighter Jesus Burgess shouted, "Captain, that shadow carrying Whitebeard's corpse seems to have gone toward the plaza."
"I know."
A murderous glint filled Blackbeard's eyes as he snarled, "But the 'time limit' has passed."
"So that means..."
Everyone's gazes gathered on Blackbeard, each carrying a different meaning.
"That's right. I failed."
Blackbeard openly admitted his defeat.
The others fell silent upon hearing this.
A moment later.
Rain Shiryu suddenly said meaningfully, "Whitebeard's power, which can cause earthquakes, is indeed extremely destructive, but Akainu's ability