"Spread the word. Tomorrow at noon, I will publicly execute these three damned Marines in Pirate Plaza!"
"Yeaaah!!!"
The captains roared with excitement.
A public execution of Marines!
Just thinking about it made their blood boil with excitement!
This was a warning to the Navy!
Marco frowned.
Killing Marines was one thing, but publicly executing them would drag the Navy's reputation through the mud. There was no way they would do nothing.
Good looked at Marco and broke into a smile.
"Scared?"
"Hmph, as if!"
Marco snorted.
He simply did not want more trouble. That did not mean he was afraid of angering the Navy. Over the years, their Whitebeard Pirates had sunk more warships than they could count.
This time, they really ought to teach the Navy a lesson!
The news quickly spread.
The next morning.
As the news spread, the pirates on Hachinosu erupted in celebration. The public execution of Marines had set their emotions ablaze, and they flocked to Pirate Plaza.
Meanwhile, in the southwestern waters.
Aboard a warship, in the war room.
"Those damned pirates!"
The officers' faces twisted with anger. Even Kizaru, who was usually unflappable, looked extremely grave.
All of Hachinosu was celebrating. How could they possibly fail to notice?
Only three hours remained until the execution.
Reinforcements from headquarters definitely would not arrive in time. If they wanted to rescue Drake and the other two, they could only rely on the troops aboard their three warships.
Their only consolation was that Whitebeard was not on the island.
Not long ago, the Moby Dick had left Hachinosu. They had initially thought Whitebeard intended to launch a surprise attack on them, but in the end, they had found no trace of the Moby Dick.
Whitebeard really had left.
The question now was whether to rescue