"Two years ago, after you put to sea as the captain of the Spade Pirates using your mother's surname, we already knew that the bloodline of the Pirate King had not been extinguished. However, before we could make a move to erase you, Whitebeard, who discovered you at the same time we did, took you aboard his ship and raised you as the future Pirate King."
After Sengoku said this, Ace, who had been silently enduring it all, finally could no longer suppress his emotions. He raised his head and loudly refuted Sengoku. "No, that's not how it was! I joined that ship so that Pops could become the Pirate King!"
"You're the only one who thinks that!" Sengoku rebuked him directly.
Meanwhile, on the road between Marineford Town and Marine Headquarters, the area had somehow become a complete mess. Dense craters covered every corner of the road.
The surrounding trees and buildings were all marked with clean, even cuts!
Bang—!
Amid the explosive roar, a figure shot backward. The instant he regained his footing, he threw a punch to his left. The impact transformed into a raging gale as two fists wrapped in Armament Haki collided, then separated.
The ground at the point of impact instantly split apart.
With his feet dug into the earth, carving a trench dozens of meters long, Wu Biao steadied himself. Hearing the words carried on the wind, he paused slightly and murmured softly.
"Twenty months? That scum they called the Pirate King really did find himself... a pretty good woman!"
"...That old geezer Garp is really too meddlesome!"
Grinning, Wu Biao raised his head and looked at the three grim-faced figures opposite him. "If I said, 'I'm in a hurry, please let me through,' you probably wouldn't obediently step aside, would you?"