Hawkeye, brimming with killing intent, barged straight into the high-level battlefield between Whitebeard and the other two. Buggy, watching from behind, nearly had his heart burst from fear.
This was fucking ridiculous!
He had only come to keep Dazhen from rushing up to his death and, while he was at it, take a look at the battlefield. But Dazhen had kept dragging him along under the pretext of protecting him.
And Dazhen had been following Hawkeye the whole time, leading to the scene before them.
Faced with Hawkeye's inexplicable words and fierce attack, Sakazuki hurriedly transformed into magma to evade, then retreated. He was wary of Whitebeard ambushing him.
This lunatic! What motorboat? I don't understand a damn thing you're saying! Akainu cursed inwardly, feeling thoroughly frustrated.
Yet he showed none of it on the surface, merely staring at his opponent with a grim expression.
Whitebeard and Zephyr stopped their movements in perfect unspoken agreement.
Zephyr felt that the situation was unclear. With Hawkeye joining in, they obviously could no longer suppress Whitebeard as easily as before.
Whitebeard, meanwhile, simply wanted a moment to catch his breath. Even for him, fighting two opponents at once for too long was more than he could endure.
A battle like this could not afford even the slightest lapse. One moment of carelessness could easily result in severe injury.
"If you want to fight, then fight. Why make excuses?" Sakazuki mocked. He had never even heard of any motorboat.
"Heh heh!"
Hawkeye sneered twice, the contempt on his face impossible to miss.
He believed the Marines had their eyes on his Solar-Powered Motorboat. Before coming here, he had gone to check the entrance, only to find that the Solar-Powered Motorboat he had docked at the pier had long since vanished.
If the Marines had