The war ended abruptly.
The Marines at Marineford had not even recovered.
But if Sengoku said it was over, then it was over.
Victor cooperated as well, not contradicting Sengoku.
Under Victor's orders, the Marines naturally split apart and made way, allowing the Whitebeard Pirates to leave with Whitebeard's corpse.
As for Ace's corpse, the Whitebeard Pirates would naturally retrieve it.
Sabaody Archipelago, inside Victor's villa.
Akainu sat beside Victor, who handed him a cigarette.
"Why did you let them go?"
Akainu was seething with anger.
He was not blaming Victor.
He simply wanted to know the answer.
Unlike the Akainu in the original storyline,
the current Akainu acted more straightforwardly. He did not think about how to cater to the World Government.
He focused more on doing his own job.
After all, Victor would handle all those troublesome matters.
Victor took a drag of his cigarette and said, "The Gorosei wanted to let them go. I want to know the answer too."
"Could there be an agreement between Shanks and the Gorosei?" Akainu asked with a frown.
The World Government secretly cooperating with the monsters of the New World was no secret.
Take Seastone, for example.
Seastone originated in Wano Country, which was now Kaido's territory.
Without Kaido's permission, Seastone could not possibly be transported out in large quantities.
"Who knows?"
Victor smiled faintly.
Akainu took a drag of his cigarette and said seriously, "Looks like I guessed right."
Victor said, "We can't control what the higher-ups want to do. Eliminating Whitebeard is already a good enough result."
The implication was that they should be content.
"Mm." Akainu nodded. Since Victor had put it that way, he could not complain. It would be inappropriate to bring up his dissatisfaction again.
"All right, you should prepare as well."
Victor stubbed