"If you have nothing else to do, get lost."
Whitebeard's smile faded as he drove Charlotte Linlin and Kaido away.
Charlotte Linlin and Kaido's appearance had indeed lifted Whitebeard's spirits for a brief moment. But once that joy passed, he had no desire to say much to these former crewmates.
The Marines were terrifyingly powerful, and Big Mom and Kaido were both wildly ambitious people. Whitebeard could more or less guess what the two of them intended by coming to Marineford at a time like this.
At this point, the Whitebeard Pirates' losses were already unavoidable. All Whitebeard wanted was for his sons to leave this place as soon as possible. He did not want their lives to become pieces and bargaining chips in the struggles between various factions.
"MAMA—"
"Newgate, who do you think you're ordering around?"
Standing atop the dragon's head, Big Mom did not get angry at Whitebeard's indifferent attempt to drive her and Kaido away. Instead, she burst into laughter.
As she spoke, Big Mom leaped down, plummeting rapidly from the sky toward the ground.
Boom!
As Charlotte Linlin landed, a dull boom suddenly rang out across the earth, and the ground began to shake violently.
A short distance away, the smoke and dust dispersed. Big Mom stepped onto the battlefield, raised her head toward Whitebeard, Garp, and the others, and smiled even more brightly.
Big Mom had lived in comfort for far too long after establishing Whole Cake Island. Until the day Marine Headquarters led an assault on Whole Cake Island, she had been defeated in battle by Tsugikuni Yoriichi and knocked into the sea.
And aside from the Marines, the New Marines, and Whole Cake Island, Hachinosu Island had also closely watched what happened there.
That was precisely why Big Mom had been able