"Since the war is already over."
Sengoku shot him an unfriendly glance. "Why are you still hanging around instead of getting the hell out?"
Whitebeard's fate had already been decided. This war was merely waiting for its predetermined outcome to arrive.
Once Sengoku had confirmed that Reiner was not the real body, he lost any desire to fight.
Yet the other side still had not left, as though he were waiting for something.
The Marines already knew about Straw Hat Boy's relationship with Ace. Their group had joined the war for no reason other than to rescue Ace.
Now that their goal had been achieved, Sengoku could not think of any reason they would remain.
"Could there be some kind of scheme?"
"Nothing. I'm waiting to die."
Sengoku did not want to fight, and neither did he. He had stayed behind to wait for Blackbeard.
Reiner sat down cross-legged. Below, Whitebeard and the Three Admirals were fighting fiercely.
Akainu desperately traded blows with Whitebeard. Restrained by Aokiji and Kizaru, Whitebeard was hard-pressed to stand alone and had been completely suppressed.
His death was only a matter of time.
Although Reiner knew Whitebeard had stayed behind to cover the others, he could not help thinking of something else.
Ace possessed the finest talent, without question. He was even more gifted than Luffy.
Even before eating his Devil Fruit, Luffy had never beaten him.
After setting sail, Ace had advanced triumphantly all the way, arriving in the New World as a super rookie with a bounty of 550 million Berries.
Until he met Whitebeard.
Ace wanted his old man to stand at the summit, but Whitebeard's thoughts were the exact opposite.
Whitebeard had untied the knot in Ace's heart. While protecting him, he had also invisibly held him back.
As long as