Whitebeard's Confession!

From this perspective, Whitebeard's situation was really a bit ridiculous!

Who could have possibly imagined it?!

Both Roger and Rocks's sons had been taken in by that old bastard Whitebeard.

Could that old bastard have done it deliberately, or did he have some twisted hobby?!

Otherwise, how could he possibly have come up with such an idea?!

Golden Lion was not overthinking it. The main thing was that anyone who was not an idiot could sense it—without some ulterior motive, this would have been impossible.

Seeing the strange look in Golden Lion's eyes, Whitebeard instantly could not hold it together anymore. He immediately said, "At most, I only knew Ace was Roger's son. How could I possibly have known Teach was Captain Rocks's son?!"

When it came to this matter, Whitebeard truly felt wronged.

First of all, he had indeed known that Ace was Roger's son.

But back then, Whitebeard genuinely had not intended to do anything.

Yet who could have expected Ace to come straight to challenge him? Normally, if a pirate challenged him and he did not make them pay some price...

Wouldn't that make him look like a complete pushover?!

Whitebeard himself had been well aware of that.

In the end, if he did nothing about it...

There was no way he could justify it.

If other pirates saw that they could challenge him without paying any price...

Wouldn't every pirate come to challenge him?!

If that happened, it would not have been good news for Whitebeard!

Whitebeard knew deep down that once such a precedent was set, countless pirates would come challenge him afterward.

Whitebeard was not afraid of them; he merely found them annoying.

So at that point, should he not have taught Ace a lesson?!

Either take his life, or cut off one of