Total War

"The Whitebeard Pirates and the Demon God Pirates have formed a temporary alliance to fight the Navy 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 I have to listen to the captain. 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 stupid woman who only knows how to talk big. Whitebeard may be old, but he could make your legs go weak with just a few moves, geh heh heh."

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

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

"Zehahaha, we're fighting together again, Marco, Jozu. It's been a long time."

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

Hearing Teach's hypocritical laughter and words, Diamond Jozu, who had the hottest temper, immediately turned his entire body to diamond and was about to charge forward, only for Marco to stop him.

Marco held back the furious Jozu and stared coldly at Teach. "Teach, the hatred between us can never be erased! I look 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 close behind.

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

As they ran, they cleanly sent flying the Navy soldiers who came to stop them.

"What other reason could there be?"

"With Teach's arrogant and conceited personality, if someone hadn't beaten him into submission, how could he possibly 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 finally understood.

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

"Hahaha, what an unlucky idiot. He deserved it! Why didn't Bullet beat him to death?"

The commanders immediately burst into laughter.

"Stop the commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates!"

Ahead, more than a dozen powerful Headquarters officers charged at them viciously.

"Kill!! Save Ace!" Marco roared. Blue flames surged up 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 roared at once, instantly erupting with formidable fighting power.

Above the execution platform, Sengoku's expression was grave. "The worst-case scenario has appeared after all. I originally thought Bullet, who loved challenging the strong, would fight Whitebeard to the death. That way, we could watch the two sides destroy each other, then clean up the aftermath."

Garp said nothing more. He suddenly stamped his foot, and his burly body flashed away, bursting the air beneath his feet as he plunged straight down from the towering execution platform like a meteor, crashing heavily before the three seats below.

BOOM!!

The tremendous noise drew everyone's attention.

The Navy soldiers looked over and saw the upright white-haired old man flick aside the white Justice coat behind him and sit boldly in the middle of the three seats that had originally belonged to the Navy Admirals.

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

After a brief silence, the Navy soldiers, whose morale had dipped because of the alliance between the two pirate crews, immediately erupted into excited cheers.

"Vice Admiral Garp!"

"Marineford's strongest guardian!"

In contrast, the pirates all revealed expressions of fear and awe.

Especially the prisoners who had come out of Impel Down. The instant they saw Garp, it was as though they had seen the most terrifying devil in the world.

Even many of the thugs from Infinite Hell showed deep fear in their eyes.

And they could hardly be blamed.

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

"Marine Hero Monkey D. Garp! The strongest Navy soldier! The terrifying man who chased Pirate King Roger across the world!"

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

From hundreds of meters apart, Whitebeard and Garp's gazes met in midair, seeming to clash without a sound.

"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 Navy.

The joint assault by the pirates and prisoners was immediately stopped by the endless stream of fearless Navy soldiers rushing forward, forcibly blocking them on the route from the inner bay to the plaza.

Watching the situation stabilize.

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... it won't do anything against those powerful monsters. Still, activate it! Wipe out their main force first and reduce our casualties!"

On the ice of the inner bay.

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

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

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

His body rapidly dissolved into countless golden points of light, instantly crossing more than a hundred meters as if teleporting, and appeared above Bullet.

His right leg turned into dazzling golden light and 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 avoided the attack. Instead, he spread his thick arms wide and used his solid chest to receive the Light-Speed Kick!

"Oh? Is it that impressive? Let me feel it."

His right leg, transformed into brilliant golden light, moved at an ultimate speed. Even ordinary strong fighters could not track it, even with Observation Haki activated.

BAM!!

It was like someone had struck a huge leather drum with all their 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 hundred meters cracked from the force of the blast.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Bullet's massive body retreated three steps before he steadied himself, then slowly bared his teeth in a grin.

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