The Going Merry sailed slowly across the sea as a hawk swept overhead, dropping a lifeless figure.
"Oh, he's here."
Reiner leaped up and caught Whitebeard's corpse, then laid him flat on the grassy deck after landing.
His entire body was covered in bullet holes and blade wounds. Akainu had even punched two holes through his chest, and nearly all his blood had drained away.
Even the man known as the world's strongest, the one closest to the throne of Pirate King, could die in battle.
Reiner placed a hand on his shoulder, and Azure Flame slowly spread across his entire body.
After quite a while, the icy flames withdrew into Reiner's palm and became a flickering cluster of fire.
Facing Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru alone, Whitebeard had died a glorious death.
After all, aside from Luffy, there was probably no one else who could survive a head-on fight against all three.
Reiner silently stared at the flame in his hand, sensing the information contained within.
A moment later, a trace of disappointment appeared in Reiner's eyes.
"What a pity. He can't fuse with Warrior Demon."
Despite being so enormous, Whitebeard did not have a trace of giant bloodline.
If Warrior Demon's strength could be used to unleash the Tremor-Tremor Fruit Ability, one punch would probably shatter Marineford and sink it into the sea.
Then Reiner would have to venture into the New World ahead of schedule.
Still, Whitebeard himself was incredibly strong. It was just a pity that he was too old.
"Reiner!"
A shout came from afar.
The Whitebeard Pirates had already broken through the warships' blockade. Luffy stood at the bow, waving at him.
Looking farther behind them, Akainu was using Geppo to run through the air as he pursued them from a great distance away.
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