Whitebeard Makes His Move!

After months of deliberation, Sengoku finally issued a public declaration regarding Ace's execution once he had ensured everything was foolproof.

"This man's crimes are unforgivable, intolerable by Heaven and earth!"

"...In half a month, he will be publicly executed at Marine Headquarters, Marineford! Let all parties spread the word far and wide and take this as a warning!"

Poi...

The Den Den Mushi's switch was pressed. It let out a suspicious verbal tic and fell asleep.

The deck was silent, yet everyone clenched their fists, their eyes blazing as they gritted their teeth.

"Pops, I want to..."

"Don't think. Do it!"

"Gurararararara!"

Whitebeard, Edward Newgate, the legend of this era, rose while leaning on his bisento. The IV tubes connected to him snapped taut and broke with his movement, frightening the nurses at his sides into repeatedly trying to stop him.

But Whitebeard ignored them. His narrow, domineering eyes swept over his sons, and his voice thundered across the deck.

"The Whitebeard Pirates have never abandoned a comrade!"

"Ace did damn well. He even dared to enter Azure Dragon's territory to save his little brother... Tell me, are we going to be inferior to him?"

"No!!"

A furious roar erupted across the deck. This bond, forged from truly treating one another as family, was far tighter than the simple blood ties BIG MOM had once relied on.

"Gurararararara!"

"Good! As expected of my sons!"

Whitebeard threw back his head and laughed. Ring after ring of ripples spread across the Moby Dick with his laughter, stirring towering waves across the sea with overwhelming momentum.

"This old bag of bones seems to have been underestimated by Sengoku..."

"Isn't war what the Marines want?"

"They want war, then I'll give them war!!!"

At his command, pirate ships belonging to the Whitebeard Grand Fleet