Whitebeard suddenly swung his blade in attack, and Shanks drew his own sword.
Whitebeard's Murakumogiri clashed with the Gryphon in Shanks's hand.
As the two men struck at each other, red light flashed in their eyes, and Conqueror's Haki erupted.
The fierce clash of Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki sent the surrounding seawater surging away. The calm sea was soon as turbulent as a storm.
"Look at the sky!"
Someone shouted at that moment.
The members of the Whitebeard Pirates and the Red Hair Pirates all looked up at the sky.
The sky had been clear just moments ago, but now it was covered in dark clouds—and it was splitting apart!
The dark clouds above parted, as though the sky had been cleaved in two.
"Hmph!"
A cold snort rang out.
Whitebeard and Shanks sheathed their swords in tacit understanding.
Fight on the Moby Dick?
Whitebeard was too "stingy" to do something so wasteful.
Shanks had come to mediate, not fight. After demonstrating that he had the strength to mediate, he had no desire to let the conflict escalate.
"What are you here for?"
Whitebeard asked.
Shanks replied, "To persuade you not to go to Marineford."
"If that's all, then you can go back."
Whitebeard had no intention of considering it.
Shanks said, "Stay as far away from the Marines as possible. Don't clash with them. Roger had always warned us about that, and I believe you understand it deeply as well."
"They captured my people."
Whitebeard spoke fiercely.
"Not everything needs to be resolved through war."
Shanks was talking nonsense.
With Shanks's ability, he could meet the Gorosei and speak with them face-to-face.
Perhaps there were other ways to resolve the matter.
Whitebeard did not understand Shanks's methods. He sneered and said, "Are you asking me to beg the