"Escaped?!"
"Whitebeard escaped?!"
The commotion beside the ruins of the execution platform drew everyone's attention. The Marines fighting on the battlefield noticed it and could not help looking toward Whitebeard. When they saw that Whitebeard was completely free of restraints, the Marines of Headquarters cried out in alarm.
Whitebeard.
The legendary great pirate known as the world's strongest man—most Marines did not actually have a clear, firsthand understanding of this man's strength.
But tales of Whitebeard were simply too widespread across these seas.
The very existence of Whitebeard had carved a sense of fear into people's hearts.
Everyone knew that Whitebeard was capable of truly determining the course of this war. No matter how enormous an advantage the Marines had built up beforehand, once Whitebeard broke free and launched a counterattack, all of that advantage would ultimately vanish into nothing.
Sakazuki, out on the battlefield, no longer had time to help his subordinates fend off the Whitebeard Pirates' commanders. Ignoring the opponent right before him, his lower body transformed into magma almost at the same instant Borsalino charged at Whitebeard. His body shot into the sky, then plummeted rapidly toward Whitebeard.
"How did things end up like this?!"
"Beasts Kaido, who vanished years ago, and Charlotte Linlin, who should have been killed by Tsugikuni Yoriichi—how did those two suddenly appear at Marineford?!"
Sakazuki was filled with countless doubts, but unfortunately, no one could answer the question in his heart.
"Ju—"
Borsalino, transformed into a Golden Streamer, streaked through the sky. A piercing shriek reached everyone's ears as he rushed before Whitebeard and delivered a Light Speed Kick straight at Whitebeard's chest.
Borsalino's stance had never been particularly firm. Between the World Government, the Marines, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi's New Marines, this Marine Admiral had often acted ambiguously.
But one thing was