Luo Chen Is About to Reach the Battlefield

The Whitebeard Pirates all roared at the top of their lungs, "Marine Headquarters, prepare yourselves!!"

"Destroy the Marines and rescue Ace!"

"Occupy Marine Headquarters and wipe out the Marines!"

Their voices spread across all of Marine Headquarters, Marineford, and every Marine heard them loud and clear.

"So terrifying! The Whitebeard Pirates." Kizaru said in his lecherous tone from the admiral's chair.

At that moment, the Marine soldiers in Marineford Plaza heard a series of footsteps.

When the footsteps stopped, the figure of Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world, stood at the bow of the Moby Dick.

"Gurararara~~" Whitebeard stared at the execution platform and laughed. "Sengoku, it's been decades since we last met, hasn't it!!"

"My dear son, are you all right?"

Sengoku's face darkened as he said from the execution platform, "Whitebeard, I never expected you to invade this close."

A Marine officer pointed at the Moby Dick of the Whitebeard Pirates and said, "All fourteen division commanders are here as well."

Whitebeard planted the supreme-grade blade Murakumogiri into the deck with one hand.

His massive body crouched low, his fists clenched tightly as the fierce wind sent the cape around him billowing without pause.

Whitebeard suddenly swung both fists and slammed them into the air.

Boom—

In an instant, cracks appeared in the atmosphere on both sides, followed by violent tremors across the sea.

"What is that? The atmosphere cracked?" A Marine soldier stared at the monstrous Whitebeard in shock.

The intense vibrations caused the seawater around all of Marine Headquarters, Marineford, to surge up and down without stop.

The hundred thousand Marine soldiers in the plaza were all stunned dumbfounded.

"The sea? What's going on?" Every Marine soldier stared wide-eyed.

As the tremors gradually subsided,

some Marine soldiers saw the water level rapidly dropping. "The seawater level is falling?"

Once the water level had dropped to a certain point, everyone in the Whitebeard Pirates fell silent.

"What's going on? Why did the Whitebeard Pirates suddenly become so quiet? Are they waiting for Whitebeard's orders??"

Meanwhile, Luo Chen controlled the Thousand Sunny and a Marine warship as they flew toward Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

A powerful gust of wind rushed straight at them.

It blew so fiercely that neither ship could continue forward smoothly. If not for Luo Chen's Float-Float Fruit ability,

they had no idea how far back they would have been blown.

"Why did the wind suddenly get so strong?" Luffy asked in confusion, gripping a wooden plank with both hands.

Nami, Usopp, and Chopper nearly got blown away as well. Robin only saved them at the critical moment by using her Flower-Flower Fruit ability to grab everyone.

Jinbe stared meaningfully at the head-on gale and said, "This is..."

In truth, Jinbe already more or less knew the answer.

Luo Chen was not aboard the Thousand Sunny of the Straw Hat Pirates, but on the warship.

Ignoring the gale entirely, he stood firm at the bow.

Compared to everyone else, who had been blown into disarray, the contrast was stark.

After the gust passed, Shiryu of the Rain came to Luo Chen's side and asked, "Captain, what was that gale just now??"

"Normally, nothing like this has ever happened on the route from Impel Down to Marine Headquarters, Marineford."

"After all, the World Government's designated route is like the Calm Belt. There isn't a trace of wind all year round; ships can only travel by relying on the currents."

It was not just Shiryu of the Rain who was confused. Domino was even more perplexed.

The prisoners released from Impel Down were all completely baffled. How could they possibly know what was going on??

With his hands in his pockets, Luo Chen calmly explained, "That gale was caused after Whitebeard used his Devil Fruit ability."

"Whitebeard's ability?" Shiryu of the Rain's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

What kind of Devil Fruit ability could create such an outrageous phenomenon??

It was practically like a natural disaster, like the end of the world.

After hearing Luo Chen's explanation, the prisoners behind him all raised their hands in terror. "Whitebeard? You mean Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world??"

"That's too terrifying! Are we really going to Marine Headquarters, Marineford? It feels like that place is a living hell now! We only just escaped from Impel Down."

"Captain Buggy, let's leave!"

"Idiots, leave? Leave for where? Getting off the ship now means certain death." Buggy was practically speechless at these brainless subordinates. Couldn't they see that they were surrounded by the sea??

"Captain Buggy, what did you say?"

"You said we aren't going anywhere else—we're going to Marine Headquarters, Marineford, to give Whitebeard no way out?"

"Wow! As expected of a legendary crew member, we worship you so much, Captain Buggy."

These Pirate prisoners instantly admired their Captain Buggy beyond measure.

Buggy was instantly stunned and confused. Had he said anything like that? Give Whitebeard no way out? More like Whitebeard would give him no way out!!

These damn idiots were going to get the great Buggy killed!!

Mr. 3 shook his head speechlessly. "I really don't know how these guys' ears are wired."

Domino looked at Buggy and the others as if they were idiots as well. "Were these prisoners locked up until they became stupid??"

"Or can't they understand human speech? They could mishear something so obviously fearful? That's just absurd. What idiots."

Shiryu of the Rain smoked a cigarette and said, "Captain, should I go over and kill that eyesore now?"

"No need. Let him live." Luo Chen rejected Shiryu of the Rain's suggestion. In the original story, Buggy was said to possess Conqueror's Luck.

Luo Chen wanted to see whether this so-called Conqueror's Luck truly existed.

If Conqueror's Luck really existed, then Luo Chen would naturally accept it with a smile in the future.