All-Out War

"The Whitebeard Pirates and the Demon God Pirates have formed a temporary alliance to fight the Marines together!"

As the captains on both sides finished speaking,

the pirates and prisoners locked in battle immediately stopped fighting.

"Mururururu, what a pity I can't take Whitebeard's head here."

Devon licked her vivid lips. "But the captain's orders must be obeyed. You little brats got lucky."

"Crescent Moon Hunter, if you're not convinced, I can kill you right here." Izo held a flintlock pistol, his gaze as cold as a blade.

"Enough, Devon. You're just a stupid woman who talks big. Whitebeard may be old, but he could make your legs go weak with just a few hits, geh heh heh."

Beside them, Shot, who had somehow gotten hold of a huge barrel of liquor, let out a drunken belch. His face was as red as a monkey's butt.

"Shot! You bastard, whose side are you on?!" Furious, Devon raised her pistol and fired at Shot's back.

"Zehahahaha! We're fighting side by side again, Marco, Jozu. It's been a long time."

At the edge of the Marine Headquarters plaza, Teach, Crocodile, Shiryu, and the others stood facing Marco, Jozu, and Vista.

Hearing Teach's hypocritical laughter and words, Diamond Jozu, the most hot-tempered of them all, immediately turned his entire body into diamond and was about to charge forward, but Marco stopped him.

Marco held back the enraged Jozu and stared coldly at Teach. "Teach, the hatred between us can never be erased! I'm looking forward to meeting you again on the seas of the New World."

With that, he immediately turned and ran toward the execution platform.

Behind him, several commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates followed closely.

Vista the Flower Sword asked in confusion, "Marco, why would Teach join the Demon God Pirates?"

As they raced forward, they cleanly knocked aside the Marine soldiers who came to block their path.

"What other reason could there be?"

"With Teach's arrogant and conceited personality, if he hadn't been beaten into fear and submission, how could he willingly give up the Blackbeard Pirates he worked so hard to build?"

"Besides, haven't you noticed? Teach's former companions aren't by his side."

Hearing Marco's explanation, Jozu, Vista, and the others came to realize the truth.

Jozu rubbed his still agonizing chest and said in a deep voice, "Bullet's strength is unfathomable. Teach definitely suffered at his hands."

"Hahaha! What an unlucky idiot. Serves him right! Why didn't Bullet beat him to death?"

The commanders immediately burst into laughter.

"Stop the commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates!"

Up ahead, more than a dozen powerful Marine Headquarters officers charged forward fiercely.

"Kill!! Save Ace!" Marco roared. Blue flames surged around him as he leaped into the air, transforming into a phoenix wreathed in blue fire. Trailing a long tail of flame, he took the lead and flew toward the top of the execution platform.

"Kill!!"

Jozu and the others immediately roared, erupting with formidable fighting power.

Above the execution platform, Sengoku's expression was grave. "The worst-case scenario has appeared. I originally thought Bullet, who loved challenging the strong, would fight Whitebeard to the death. That way, we could sit back and watch the two sides tear each other apart before cleaning up the mess."

Garp said nothing more. He suddenly stomped his foot, and his burly body flashed forward, exploding the air beneath his feet as he dropped straight down from the towering execution platform like a meteor, crashing heavily in front of the three seats below.

BOOM!!

The tremendous sound drew everyone's attention.

The Marine soldiers' gazes converged on the upright white-haired old man as he swept aside the white Justice coat behind him and sat imposingly in the middle of the three seats that had originally belonged to the Marine Admirals.

The noisy battlefield seemed as though someone had suddenly pressed pause.

After that brief silence, the Marine soldiers, whose morale had fallen somewhat due to the alliance between the two pirate crews, immediately broke into excited cheers.

"It's Vice Admiral Garp!"

"Marineford's strongest guardian!"

In contrast, the pirates all showed fear and reverence.

Especially the prisoners who had escaped from Impel Down. The moment they saw Garp, it was as if they had seen the most terrifying demon in the world.

Even many thugs from Infinite Hell had deep fear in their eyes.

It was no wonder.

A full thirty percent of the prisoners in Impel Down had been sent there by the old man sitting beneath the execution platform.

"Marine hero Monkey D. Garp! The strongest Marine warrior! The terrifying man who chased Pirate King Roger all over the world!"

His mere high-profile appearance caused a powerful stir across the battlefield.

Separated by several hundred meters, Whitebeard and Garp's gazes met in midair, as if colliding in silence.

"Don't be afraid! He's just an old soldier from a bygone era! Everyone! Charge into the plaza!"

Garp's appearance was like an injection of adrenaline for the Marines.

The combined assault of the pirates and prisoners was immediately blocked by a continuous stream of fearless Marine soldiers, forcibly held back on the route from the inner bay to the plaza.

Watching the situation stabilize,

Vice Admiral Tsuru, standing among the crowd, took out a Transponder Snail and contacted Sengoku atop the execution platform.

"Sengoku, we can't hesitate any longer. Activate the Encircling Wall immediately!"

"The Encircling Wall... won't do anything against those powerful monsters. Still, activate it! First wipe out their main force and reduce our casualties!"

On the ice of the inner bay,

Bullet's advance was blocked by a sleazy man who appeared before him.

"Kizaru? You want to stop me?" The corner of his mouth rose slightly. "One Marine Admiral isn't enough."

Kizaru shrugged. "How truly terrifying, Devil's Heir..."

His body rapidly dispersed into countless golden particles of light, instantly crossing over a hundred meters as though teleporting to appear above Bullet.

His right leg turned into dazzling golden light as he kicked toward Bullet's face.

"Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?"

The instant his right leg shot out, Kizaru froze.

Because the burly man below neither dodged nor evaded. Instead, he spread his thick arms wide and used his solid chest to receive the light-speed kick!

"Oh? Is that so impressive? Let me experience it."

His right leg, transformed into brilliant golden light, was so fast that even ordinary powerful fighters could not track it with Observation Haki activated.

BANG!!

It was like a huge leather drum being struck with all its might.

Bullet bared his chest and took Kizaru's light-speed kick head-on.

The laser beam triggered a violent explosion across his body.

The ice within a radius of over a hundred meters cracked under the force of the massive blast.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

Bullet's massive body took three steps back before steadying itself. His clenched mouth slowly split into a grin.

"As expected of a Marine Admiral. That kick really packed a punch."