Maximum Elements, Worsening Situation
News of Whitebeard's death was confirmed in the Summit War, and his corpse had already grown completely cold.
Now seeing Whitebeard appear once again, and even standing directly on the surface of the sea in his youthful prime appearance, Akainu's expression turned complicated.
It was not only Akainu who failed to understand; Kaido failed to understand it either.
Two years ago he was still lamenting that Whitebeard had found himself a grand exit, only for the man to turn around and show up again.
"Whitebeard? Didn't you old bastard die?"
"Hmph, yeah, I'm already dead, but I've just been dragged back out to do manual labor by some bastards. I never thought that after all these years, I'd still have a chance to team up with you, brat."
"Worororo! Old man, I'm not that brat from back then anymore!"
Seemingly to prove his words, Kaido's already thick arm muscles bulged further, pressing all his strength toward Akainu in front of him.
"Daikoku: Thunder Bagua!"
"Gurarara! In front of me, you'll always be just a brat! This world is far more complicated than we think, but now... Figarland, let's settle our old scores!"
Seeing Kaido resume his fight with Akainu, Whitebeard turned to look at Figarland standing aside. The Murakumogiri was held upright, and after spinning it through a couple of sword flourishes, the familiar white light that the world knew appeared once more upon the blade.
"Sky Breaker... Ha!"
Crack... Crack...
As the Murakumogiri swung, cracks appeared one after another in the atmosphere, and the surrounding seawater retreated uncontrollably into the distance.
Back at Marineford, even when temporarily recovering his full physical state, Whitebeard had to consider his sons when making a move, making it difficult for him to strike without restraint.
But now, Whitebeard could