"I wasn't too late, was I?"
Ace smiled and landed on the ground.
Right after that.
Marco, Jozu, Yamato, and several other commanders descended from above.
Luffy's eyes lit up. "Ace!"
"The Whitebeard Pirates."
Ryokugyu gritted his teeth, hatred flashing in his eyes as he looked down at Reiner and Luffy. "And the Straw Hat Crew!"
No wonder those above had suddenly changed their minds before the finals. Instead of secretly seizing the Float-Float Fruit, they had arranged for CP0 to trade with the Donquixote Family.
Did they intend to cooperate and wipe out both pirate crews in one fell swoop? Ryokugyu had a faint suspicion.
Rumble!!
A violent commotion shook the earth.
The ground and walls continuously writhed as the surrounding buildings twisted together, eventually gathering into a gigantic head that looked down from above.
One of the highest-ranking officers representing "Spades," Pica, wielder of the Stone-Stone Fruit.
Another man stepped forward. He was tall and solidly built, dressed in a white checkered coat, with what seemed to be food scraps still stuck to his cheeks.
A top officer of the First Generation Corazon, Demon Bamboo Vergo!
Vergo held a section of bamboo in his hand as he stepped out with a group of fierce-looking officers behind him, faintly forming an encirclement around Reiner and Luffy.
Other than Sugar, who remained in the palace, Trebol, who was responsible for protecting her, and Monet, who guarded the factory, nearly every officer was here.
Reiner could recognize some of them.
Gladius, the spiky-haired man in a trench coat and wielder of the Pop-Pop Fruit; Baby-5, wielder of the Weapon-Weapon Fruit; and Machvise, wielder of the Ton-Ton Fruit, were all among them.
Without exception, they all looked at Reiner with hatred in their eyes, as if they wanted to devour him alive.