Despite Whitebeard's current state of old age, illness, and injury,
when facing two legendary Marine heroes, Garp and Sengoku, he still brought out his full strength.
Of course.
Faced with Whitebeard at full strength, Garp and Sengoku naturally did not dare to let their guard down.
At the very least,
Whitebeard's actions had indeed bought Marco and the others enough time to get close to Ace.
Unfortunately,
Borsalino, who had originally been held up by Katakuri and King, had also broken free and gone to stop Marco and the others.
"Oh my."
"Whitebeard Pirates' First Division Commander!"
"With this old man here, don't think you'll get close to Fire Fist Ace so easily!"
Borsalino stood in Marco's way.
There was no other choice.
In that case, Marco could only choose to fight Borsalino.
As for Big Mom and Kaido, the two Four Emperors became even more outrageous.
Despite each facing a Marine Admiral, they continued suppressing them while relentlessly slaughtering Marine soldiers.
But now, they had gone even further.
Whether it was the Warships docked along the shore or the smaller buildings around Marineford, Big Mom and Kaido had destroyed them all.
Combined with Whitebeard's Quake-Quake Fruit power ravaging the area several times earlier, Marineford was already at its limit.
If no one could forcefully restrain them, the complete destruction of Marineford would only be a matter of time.
That was precisely why Fleet Admiral Sengoku had decisively ordered the worldwide live broadcast to be cut off.
After all, with the battle looking like this, the Marines' worldwide broadcast had become utterly humiliating. And since the Marines represented the World Government, the World Government would lose face as well if this continued.
Once that happened,
after the war ended, the World Government would likely vent all its anger on Sengoku,