"Looks like ending Whitebeard's era won't be so simple!"
Visluk and the others had shown these Marine officers the strength and depth of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Bringing down a Pirate Crew that powerful would clearly be no easy task.
And shaking the era it ruled would be harder still.
Vice Admiral Onigumo narrowed his eyes and suddenly said, "The man who can end Whitebeard's reign is in Blackwater Valley right now."
"Chris has more than enough power to rule a new era."
"And he'll be even harder to deal with than Whitebeard!"
Having fought Chris himself, Onigumo knew his abilities better than most.
Everything that had happened since only reinforced that view.
Vice Admiral Onigumo could not help believing that Chris was the man this era had chosen.
The era had descended into chaos because of Chris, and because of him, it would be remade!
Vice Admiral Onigumo murmured, "If we don't crush the Chris Pirates before Chris gains too much momentum..."
"Chris and his crew will become our greatest headache!"
Vice Admiral Doberman glanced at Onigumo, who was also lying on the ground, and fell into thought.
For some reason, he believed what Onigumo had said.
He, too, thought the new era would belong to Chris!
That was what made their mission so important: they had a chance to snuff out a new era before it began.
The impact on the entire age of pirates would be enormous!
The battle at the entrance to Blackwater Valley still raged.
But at last, the balance on the field began to shift.
Page One, whom Visluk and the others had held down, finally found his footing.
He gradually seized the initiative and began pushing them back!
No one found that surprising.
Page One was, after all, one of the Beasts Pirates' Tobi