Worthy of Whitebeard!

"Roya!"

"Your strength really is formidable!"

"I don't care whether you have some scheme behind leaving the Marines!"

"But you just said you wouldn't let pirates off the hook, and I only have one goal today: rescue Ace!"

"I hope you don't interfere! That was only a warning. If you try to stop me, I definitely won't let you off!"

Whitebeard spoke, revealing why he had attacked Roya.

It turned out Whitebeard was worried that Roya would make a move later. If Roya did intervene, their plan to rescue Ace would become extremely difficult, perhaps even impossible.

That was why Whitebeard had taken that opportunity to attack Roya. First, to test Roya's strength; second, to warn him.

But Whitebeard's actions had actually been unnecessary.

Roya had returned not to stop them from rescuing Fire Fist Ace, but simply to resign from his position as an Admiral. As for Fire Fist Ace, Roya had not wanted anything to do with him.

In the end,

Whitebeard had worried over nothing and even attacked Roya first.

Given Roya's temperament, although he had originally not intended to meddle, he had truly decided to get involved today!

"Whitebeard!"

"I wasn't planning to meddle in your mess!"

"But you suddenly attacked me. That's where you went wrong."

"Still, since we've started, don't stop now. I'd like to see just how strong the world's strongest man really is!"

Roya responded directly to Whitebeard.

The instant his words fell,

Roya gripped the sword in his hand tightly and unleashed the top-level Marine Six Powers technique, Soru. In the blink of an eye, he had appeared before Whitebeard, slashing his sword at him.

Faced with Roya's overwhelming attack, Whitebeard reacted immediately. He raised his naginata once more and blocked Roya's strike.

"Roya!"

"So you're determined to stop me, are