Pirate: A Family Wiped Out, Every Celestial Dragon Slain!

Most of the pirates who had died belonged to the 43 pirate crews under Whitebeard's command!

Thud, thud, thud! Thud, thud, thud!

Just then, footsteps sounded on the deck of the Moby Dick, which had been empty moments before!

The sound caught the attention of Whitebeard, the World's Strongest Man, standing at the bow!

"Squard? Are you all right?"

The newcomer had a bounty of 210 million Beli.

He was Squard, known as the Maelstrom Spider!

Recognizing one of the captains under his command, Whitebeard relaxed his guard a little.

"Thanks to you, Pops, I'm still alive."

Squard came up beside Whitebeard. There was something hard to pin down in his voice.

It sounded almost like blame!

Whitebeard sensed the resentment in Squard's tone.

But he trusted his family, so he paid it no mind.

Rescuing someone from the strongest formation Marine Headquarters could muster was like flying into a fire.

It was only natural for one of his captains to have complaints. This war was a desperate gamble with their lives!

"I haven't been able to reach you. How are things on the battlefield?"

Perhaps to ease the tension, Whitebeard spoke first.

He had no idea that Squard had just encountered Marine Admiral Akainu and learned certain secrets from him!

This war was a dirty deal!

A deal between Whitebeard and Sengoku!

The bargain was the lives of the captains and crews aboard his 43 allied ships in exchange for Ace's life!

Why else had the Marines directed most of their cannon fire at those 43 pirate crews?!

"Squard? What's he doing up there with Pops?"

Meanwhile, Marco, the First Division Commander, had been moving between battlefields to cover the others.

He spotted Squard too!

Wasn't that guy supposed to be leading his crew against the Marines?

Why had