"It seems... Gern has already dealt with Whitebeard, our greatest threat."
On the Execution Platform, Fleet Admiral Sengoku withdrew his gaze and turned slightly toward Garp, who sat silently beside Ace. His tone was flat.
"Garp... even now, you still don't intend to act?"
The question carried two meanings.
He was asking where the Navy Hero stood, but he was also demanding to know how a grandfather felt as his grandson's execution approached.
Garp kept his head lowered, his teeth clenched and his body rigid.
He gave no answer.
Justice and family were still pulling him in opposite directions.
As Sengoku looked at Garp, his brow furrowed, and he prepared to press him again...
Boom!!!
An enormous crash, accompanied by an outrageously brazen shout, suddenly rang out from the sky, tearing through Sengoku's thoughts!
"Waaaaah!! That's a huge piece of gold!!!!"
Countless gazes across the battlefield were instantly drawn upward, all turning toward the source of the sound!
A battered warship that looked ready to fall apart at any moment was plunging straight down from the sky, looking utterly bedraggled yet charging in with fierce momentum.
It was headed straight for the center of Marineford Square!
Among those aboard, a certain figure wearing a straw hat stood out!
"Ace!!!!"
Luffy's shout, powered by every ounce of strength he had, instantly sent towering waves of shock through the battlefield!
"Straw Hat Boy?!!"
"What's he doing here?!"
"And... 'Crocodile'?!
'Knight of the Sea' Jinbe?!
These people are all... escaped prisoners from Impel Down!!!"
Under countless wide-eyed stares, this surprise force of escaped convicts descended from the heavens and slammed fearlessly into the center of the chaotic battlefield!
Boom!!
The warship struck the ground hard, throwing up billowing clouds of dust!
Straw Hat Luffy, former Shichibukai Crocodile, the Fish-Man hero Jinbe...
The Revolutionary