Hawk-Eye Mihawk Challenges Rono!

"Did I hear that right? Pops actually... agreed to join someone else's Pirate Crew!"

"And he's bringing the entire Whitebeard Pirates with him!"

"This... this is the last thing I expected!"

The members of the Whitebeard Pirates stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with shock!

Not even his sons, who knew him so well, had expected Pops to make such a decision!

Of course, even if they didn't understand, none of them would leave on the spot!

Whatever Pops decided, they would support him with everything they had. They would never defy him!

Because they believed with all their hearts that Whitebeard would never lead them astray!

"Pops...!"

Ace, up on the Execution Platform, stared with wide eyes too!

He could hardly believe those words had come from Pops!

"Hahaha! We should've seen this coming!"

"Pops has always cared deeply about Rono! It would've been stranger if he hadn't joined!"

Only Marco smiled in understanding!

As he remembered it, whenever someone brought up the Most Evil Criminal, Pops could talk for days on end!

That alone showed how deeply Pops cared about Rono!

Marco was deeply moved as well!

Pops had spent all these years worrying himself sick over everyone in the Whitebeard Pirates!

Now he could finally do something simply because he wanted to!

It had been a long time since Marco had seen that!

"Just what I'd expect from Captain Rono!"

"My blood's boiling too!"

"Marines, World Government—get ready to die!"

Seeing Whitebeard join them, Rayleigh, Bullet, the Red Count, and the others were fired up!

Jinbe and Crocodile, the two Shichibukai with ties to Whitebeard, stood stunned!

They had never imagined the Pirate Crew they had joined would grow into such a colossal force!

It was terrifying!

"Damn it! Whitebeard joined the Godslayer Pirates too!"

The Whitebeard Pirates