Ace stood in the Square, his arms spread wide, an irrepressible smile on his face as he shouted.
The pirates who saw Ace return from the dead cheered even louder, their jubilant cries mingled with sobs of joy.
"Woooooo!"
"Ace is back!"
"Welcome back!"
"Ace!"
Jig and Marco, who had just been fighting Aokiji, turned toward the enormous flaming fist in shock. When they saw Ace standing there alive, stunned joy spread across their faces.
"Ace!"
Marco shouted excitedly, tears spilling from the corners of his eyes.
Hearing Marco's voice, Ace looked over and nodded at him with a smile.
"Long time no see, Marco!"
"Haha! It's so good to see you alive!"
Marco laughed at Ace's words.
With tears streaming down his face, Jig also smiled at Ace and shouted.
"I knew you wouldn't die that easily!"
Ace smiled back at Jig and teased him.
"Of course! How could I die before you? Haha!"
"You bastard! Haha!"
Despite Ace's teasing, Jig laughed as he cursed him. Nothing could have made him happier than seeing Ace before him again.
But Aokiji, who had been fighting Marco and Jig, frowned at the sight of the resurrected Ace. He immediately abandoned them and darted back to the navy's lines.
Seeing Ace return to life, Sengoku, who had seized Whitebeard, once again wore an expression of fury on his wrathful Buddha face.
"He actually brought him back?"
Sengoku glared furiously toward the spot where the green formation had been. Barn sat there, pale and aged into an old man, yet still smiling and waving at him.
Rayleigh also saw the resurrected Ace, but then his gaze settled on Barn, who sat weakly on the ground, smiling and waving.
"You look much better this way."
Rayleigh discreetly reached up to wipe his eyes beneath