"Captain Silver Axe! Captain Ochoku is here too!"
Shakky froze beside them.
Those two were every bit as strong as Rayleigh and Bullet!
Cold sweat broke out on Miss Bakkin's brow.
As a former member of the Rocks Pirates, she knew exactly how strong those two Division Commanders were!
"They're true legendary pirates, Great Pirates on the same level as Dark King Rayleigh and the Red Count!"
"In fact, they're not far behind today's Four Emperors in strength!"
Gild Tesoro, Doflamingo, Crocodile, Moria, and the others stood rooted to the spot when they saw Ochoku and Silver Axe!
These were living pirate legends!
Powerhouses who had roamed the seas for decades!
And now even they had appeared at Marineford!
"Whitebeard, what an embarrassment! If Vice Captain Rono hadn't stepped in, one of your own men would've run you through!"
The moment Ochoku and Silver Axe arrived, they started mocking Whitebeard!
"Gurararara! If you two bastards came all this way just to make fun of me—"
"I'll throw you into the sea myself!"
Whitebeard burst out laughing too. This was no quarrel.
It was the easy understanding between warriors who respected each other!
"Rayleigh... Bullet, the Red Count, Byrnndi World. All those old-timers are here too!"
Ochoku and Silver Axe swept their gazes over the powerhouses gathered there.
Then their eyes landed on Rono!
What happened next took everyone by surprise!
The two men were over seventy, yet the moment they saw Rono, their noses stung, their eyes reddened, and tears gathered at their corners!
They hurried over to him!
Then they wiped away their tears, collected themselves, and began complaining to Rono:
"Vice Captain Rono, you treated us like strangers! You formed your own Pirate Crew and didn't even tell us old fellows!"
"Did you think we were too old