Nobody Gets to Interfere

"Kuzan!"

"It's your turn!"

"Don't let all of Marineford go under!"

"And Sakazuki, Borsalino, you two get in there and stop Whitebeard!"

Fleet Admiral Sengoku issued the orders directly to the Three Admirals.

With those towering tsunamis bearing down on them, Kuzan's Ice-Ice Fruit was the only thing that could stop them.

And if they wanted to keep Whitebeard from causing more destruction, Sakazuki and Borsalino would have to step in as well.

"Yes, Fleet Admiral Sengoku!" Kuzan answered at once.

Then he leaped into the air.

"Ice Age!"

The tsunamis were almost upon them. Kuzan roared, and a biting cold burst from his body.

Whoosh!

The cold swept outward. Just as before, it froze every tsunami solid in the blink of an eye, averting a catastrophe.

Kuzan also froze the split ground, sealing the cracks left by the tremors so no more Navy soldiers would fall into the depths.

In an instant, his fruit power had turned all of Marineford into a frozen battlefield.

That was exactly what Fleet Admiral Sengoku wanted.

Meanwhile, Sakazuki and Borsalino acknowledged his orders and prepared to act.

But then came an unexpected surprise.

Before either of them could make a move, Dracule Mihawk of the Shichibukai charged toward Whitebeard, Black Blade: Night gripped tightly in his hands.

"Let me see the strength of the World's Strongest Man!"

Mihawk spoke coldly. He tightened his grip and brought his blade down, sending a lightning-like slash toward Whitebeard and Roya.

"What?!"

"The World's Greatest Swordsman, Dracule Mihawk, attacked Whitebeard first?"

"A slash from the World's Greatest Swordsman could probably cut a mountain in half!"

Everyone was stunned to see Mihawk make his move.

Even Sengoku was taken aback. He had never expected Mihawk to help the Navy of his own accord.

"What a strange man. He