I Deserve Some Respect Too

That's right!

It was Marco and the other division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates!

They had been covering the Straw Hat Kid and his companions as they retreated, and they saw that Luffy had reached a safe distance.

More importantly...

When they saw Blackbeard Teach gravely wounded, they all had the same reaction: their chance for revenge had come!

At that moment...

Every division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates had the same thought!

Kill Blackbeard Teach and avenge Whitebeard!

But...

Along the way...

Plenty of marines tried to stop them.

Marco and the others were pirates, after all. As navy soldiers, the marines had a duty to stop them.

Marco could fly in his Phoenix form.

But some Vice Admirals had mastered Geppo, one of the Six Powers, and they took to the air to intercept him.

However...

To the Whitebeard Remnants, who had only revenge on their minds, anyone who stood in their way—marine or pirate—could simply be taken down!

They launched indiscriminate attacks. Anyone who tried to stop them was killed or gravely wounded in their fury.

It seemed...

Anger really could drive a person's strength to new heights.

But the main reason was that they understood something all too well.

Blackbeard Teach had just displayed such overwhelming power that his clash with Kaido of the Beasts, one of the Four Emperors, had left them both badly wounded.

They knew...

Marco and the others weren't foolish enough to think they could match a member of the Four Emperors in battle.

If they didn't strike while Blackbeard Teach was gravely wounded, they would never get another chance.

That was why they were so desperate to reach him and kill him.

On giant screens across the world...

People had been watching the battle at Marineford unfold.

When they saw