"Since the war is over..."
Sengoku shot him an unfriendly glance. "Why are you still here? Get the hell out of here already."
Whitebeard's fate had already been sealed. This war was simply waiting for the inevitable to arrive.
Once Sengoku had confirmed that Lina wasn't the real one, he'd lost all desire to fight, too.
But Lina still hadn't left. It was as if he was waiting for something.
The Marines already knew that Straw Hat Kid and Ace were connected. His crew had joined the war for no other reason than to rescue Ace.
Now that they'd achieved their goal, Sengoku couldn't think of any reason for them to stay.
"Could he be plotting something?"
"Nothing. I'm waiting to die."
Sengoku didn't want to fight him, and Lina didn't want to fight either. He was staying to wait for Blackbeard.
Lina sat down cross-legged. Below, Whitebeard and the three Admirals were locked in fierce combat.
Akainu was throwing everything he had into trading blows with Whitebeard. With Aokiji and Kizaru holding him back, Whitebeard was struggling alone, completely suppressed.
It was only a matter of time before he died...
Though Lina knew Whitebeard had stayed behind to cover the others' escape, he couldn't help thinking about other possibilities.
There was no doubt that Ace had top-tier potential. He was every bit as gifted as Luffy, if not more.
Even before eating his Devil Fruit, Luffy had never beaten him.
After setting out to sea, Ace had surged forward, making his entrance into the New World as a super rookie with a bounty of 550 million berries.
Until he met Whitebeard...
Ace wanted his old man to reach the top, but Whitebeard wanted the exact opposite.
Whitebeard had helped Ace overcome his inner turmoil and protected him, but at