The people gathered before Visual Den Den Mushi around the world finally came back to their senses:
"Is it finally starting..."
"This all-out war that will decide the world's fate..."
People on islands everywhere watched the enormous screens.
They clenched their fists and swallowed instinctively, trying to contain their emotions.
They felt blood rush to their heads, their mouths going dry as excitement gathered in their eyes. They waited for that man to speak...
At the summit of Reverse Mountain.
It stood at the opposite extreme from the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.
On the barren Red Line, far from the entrance.
At some point, a simple house had been built there. It was fully stocked with enough supplies for an ordinary person to live on for a while.
The fire burning inside drove away some of the cold at this height above the clouds.
Whoosh-
Carol teleported there with Robin.
The Visual Den Den Mushi inside showed Sakazuki just stepping onto the Execution Platform.
Carol smiled at Sakazuki's image on the screen, then said to Robin:
"Stay here for a while."
"Wait until I contact you."
Robin looked at Carol and fell silent for a moment.
"Is it dangerous?"
Carol smiled.
"A little, but nothing I can't handle."
He raised a hand and gently patted Robin's shoulder.
"Wait for me to come back for you."
Whoosh-
He vanished.
Robin drew a deep breath and forced down the unease in her heart.
She shook her head, stopped dwelling on it, and turned toward the Visual Den Den Mushi. On the screen, Sakazuki had already picked up the communicator and was about to speak...
New Marineford, in the New World.
On the Execution Platform.
His coat of justice fluttered slightly. The figure who seemed capable of holding heaven and