The Battle Begins! Three Women Join the Fight / The Fierce Battle Begins, Doflamingo Trembles

An explosion tore through the spot where the group had stood moments before, leaving a crater dozens of meters deep. The dozen or so people who had dodged it paled. If they had been any slower, they would have died on the spot.

"Wait!! Who are they?"

The startled cry came from one of the ten people dressed as Marines.

Akainu's face darkened again. Through his Observation Haki, he had sensed three more people in the mist.

At this critical moment, the Whitebeard Pirates had gained powerful reinforcements.

"Damn it..."

On the Execution Platform, Sengoku and Garp's expressions shifted when they saw the three newcomers. Each of those three slashes had reached Emperor-Class power.

Sengoku clenched his fists. "Garp!! Looks like we'll both have to fight this time!!"

Garp rose, his expression complicated. He had not expected the Whitebeard Pirates to summon so many allies in the end.

But in the next instant, a chill ran across his scalp.

Sengoku felt it too.

"If you both go fight, who's going to watch Ace?"

The voice rang right beside their ears, filling them with alarm.

Both men had their Observation Haki active. Even if they had not looked to the side, nothing should have escaped their senses. Yet that voice had spoken right beside them.

Ace shuddered too. He turned with difficulty and found that, at some point, another person had appeared beside him.

A man, with a striking, heroic face.

He was dressed casually, his dark hair tied back in a ponytail.

His gaze remained fixed on the battlefield. He seemed to pay no mind to the Navy's two strongest fighters.

Garp and Sengoku exchanged a glance. Their Haki and Devil Fruit powers were ready; if anything went wrong, they would strike at once.

Then they slowly turned toward the