Letting Kaido escape from his grasp so smoothly was something Tsugikuni Yoriichi had never anticipated.
He remained quietly in that stretch of airspace for a long while. Only after Kaido and that unfamiliar presence had completely vanished did Tsugikuni Yoriichi prepare to leave.
There were far too many Devil Fruits in this world with bizarre abilities. Judging solely from the form that black hole had taken earlier, Tsugikuni Yoriichi had no way of identifying what kind of power it was.
His knowledge of Devil Fruits had all come from the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia. The only abilities he knew of that resembled it were things like the Door-Door Fruit.
But what Devil Fruit the other party had used to escape was clearly not the most important matter. What mattered was who exactly had helped Kaido and Big Mom.
The force lurking behind Kaido and Big Mom was what Tsugikuni Yoriichi truly needed to watch out for.
"Could it have been the Gorosei?"
"Or perhaps some other pirate force?"
"Even with Whitebeard gone and the Whitebeard Pirates dismantled, bringing peace to these seas won't be easy."
Tsugikuni Yoriichi vanished above the clouds, and a soft sigh echoed through the sky.
"We won! We won!"
Marineford.
The Marines stationed at headquarters, having successfully driven off the Whitebeard Pirates, erupted in cheers. Although Marine Headquarters, now turned into a battlefield, was filled with ruins, the Marines who had survived the war could not suppress their excitement and shouted in celebration.
The soldiers pursuing the Whitebeard Pirates returned to Marine Headquarters under Sengoku's orders and began assisting with the rescue of the wounded. At the same time, pirates who had surrendered also needed to be handled and imprisoned in Impel Down.
Postwar Marineford quickly became bustling with activity.
Yet as the cleanup work began, the