Seeing Tsugikuni Yoriichi evade his attack so casually, then hearing Yoriichi's faintly mocking words, even Whitebeard could not help but furrow his brow. Then the corners of his mouth curled up as he laughed and cursed:
"You're really an irritating brat!"
With that, Whitebeard's expression turned solemn as he said to Tsugikuni Yoriichi:
"Tsugikuni Yoriichi, your objective should already have been achieved, right."
"Let's end this here."
Whitebeard spoke loudly, intending to stop Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kaido from continuing their fight.
He could see that Kaido was already in terrible condition. If they kept fighting like this, Kaido would definitely die at Tsugikuni Yoriichi's hands. When Kaido was young, he and Whitebeard had both been members of the Rocks Pirates.
Whitebeard had always longed for a family. Even after joining the "chaotic and lawless" Rocks Pirates, he still regarded those crewmates as his most precious family. Although the Rocks Pirates had later been declared destroyed after the battle of God Valley, and the crew had scattered in pursuit of their own dreams, each establishing their own pirate crews.
He and Kaido had, after all, once been companions aboard the same ship.
Whitebeard simply could not stand by and watch Kaido die at Tsugikuni Yoriichi's hands.
However, Whitebeard did not actually want to make his relationship with the Marines too hostile either. With the influence and strength possessed by the Whitebeard Pirates in the New World, he was not afraid of the Marines, who currently had only a few footholds in the New World.
But provoking the Marines would ultimately be troublesome.
He did not want to run into pursuing Marines while happily traveling with his children and end up clashing with them.
Whitebeard was not afraid that he could not defeat the Marines. He was merely afraid that someone would