Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
The island fortress that symbolized the World Government's absolute justice was now shrouded in an unprecedented air of tension and menace.
The Execution Platform towered overhead. Across the plaza, a hundred thousand elite Marines stood in formation, awaiting orders like a silent torrent of steel.
Their faces showed the tension of facing a formidable enemy, and their resolve to defend justice.
Below the Execution Platform, nearly all of the Marines' strongest fighters had assembled.
Fleet Admiral "Buddha Sengoku," whose reputation as a brilliant strategist resounded across the seas, surveyed the entire battlefield with a solemn expression.
Beside him stood the equally renowned Marine hero, "Iron Fist" Monkey D. Garp. The legend who had driven Pirate King Roger into desperate straits several times was now silent, and no one knew of his inner struggle.
Below them, the Three Admirals sat in a triangular formation. Three utterly different yet equally terrifying auras turned all of Marineford into a forbidden zone.
Dozens of battle-hardened Marine Headquarters Vice Admirals also stood at the very front of the defensive line, like an unbreakable seawall.
Not only that, most members of the Shichibukai had been forcibly summoned to fight alongside them.
"Heavenly Yaksha" Donquixote Doflamingo, "Tyrant" Bartholomew Kuma, "Pirate Empress" Boa Hancock... each was a monster capable of making an entire stretch of sea tremble.
Even the World's Greatest Swordsman, "Hawkeye" Dracule Mihawk, who always acted alone and never obeyed Marine orders, had made a rare appearance.
Holding the Supreme Great Grade Sword Yoru in his arms, he gazed indifferently at the calm sea, seemingly unconcerned with everything before him.
This was a force vast enough to overturn the entire world order!
They had only one objective-
To publicly execute the Whitebeard Pirates' Second Division Commander, "Fire Fist" Portgas D. Ace!
And use