With Kaido gone.
The remnants of the Beasts Pirates had lost all hope of breaking through. Led by several officers of "Headliner" rank, the hundreds of desperate pirates made one final, cornered stand.
But like drops of water falling into the sea, they failed to stir so much as a ripple.
Their deaths were particularly gruesome, and few survived. After all, they were facing Akainu.
The commander of the G-1 Branch clearly shared Noah's disinclination to ship large batches of prisoners off to Impel Down.
Noah did not take part. After fighting fiercely for days, he rested aboard a warship for a while, replenishing his strength with food and drinking water.
He also politely declined the medical staff's requests to dress and bandage his wounds, telling them to prioritize treating the ordinary soldiers scattered across the battlefield.
Only after Akainu had finished cleaning up at the harbor did he return to the Poneglyphs with Aokiji and the others.
After days and nights of war, almost all of Har Island had been destroyed. The cliff was shattered beyond recognition, yet the three stone tablets that had fallen into the valley remained completely intact.
All the World Government agents had been rescued.
Their captain, Shumi—the man who had called for reinforcements earlier—was terribly weak, but he still forced himself to stand and led his subordinates over to Noah, where they all bowed respectfully.
Getting the proud, arrogant CP-0 to bow their heads was no easy feat.
They did so not only because Noah had saved their lives, but also because the strength he had displayed had utterly won over these agents who served the Celestial Dragons directly.
That much.
Was clear from the awed looks the CP-0 agents on either side gave Noah as he passed.
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