Werther glanced around and noticed the Marines behind him suddenly beginning to retreat.
"Lord Werther, Fleet Admiral Sengoku asked me to tell you to withdraw to the plaza at once."
A Marine ran up to Werther, delivered the message in a hurry, and ran off.
So you're about to put your plan into motion, Sengoku? I've prepared a gift for you in advance. If I let you end the war that easily, all my plans afterward will fall apart.
After muttering to himself, Werther searched the plaza for Tuski. He soon found her hovering above the battlefield, watching the spectacle without a hint of tension.
The fighting on the ice before Harbor had reached its bloodiest point. With their retreat cut off, the pirates were growing desperate, while the Marines fought to the death to hold Harbor and keep them out of the plaza.
Werther used Geppo to reach Tuski, grabbed her while she was still watching, and headed toward the Marine plaza.
Werther was currently on the Marines' side, and Tuski had not attacked them, so they reached the plaza without trouble. There, they waited in silence.
On the ice before Harbor, large numbers of Marines began retreating under cover of cannon fire. Before long, the pirates had pushed right up to the plaza.
Once they reached it, the pirates came under a furious Marine assault, blunting some of their unstoppable momentum.
Ace looked across the battlefield at the people who had been like family to him, at his younger brother Luffy, and at Pops standing on the deck of the Moby Dick. His heart suddenly grew calm.
Garp, sitting beside Ace, noticed the change and could not help asking sadly,
"What's wrong?"
Ace straightened his back.
"Whatever future awaits me, I can accept it. Whether it's a helping