Off the coast of Marineford, in the shadows of the Calm Belt.
Huang Zhong stood at the bow of the fast ship, the Sunset Bow in his hands already drawn to a full moon. A dense, pale-gold temporal glow coiled around the arrow on its string. Dialga's power of time had completely enveloped Marineford's harbor, allowing him to perceive Blackbeard's every movement and every word with perfect clarity.
His gaze was icy, fixed on Blackbeard at the Harbor Entrance like a hawk's. The bowstring beneath his fingertips was stretched to its limit. With the slightest release, this arrow imbued with the time law would pierce Blackbeard in an instant, traveling faster than light.
"Godfather, is that the bastard?" Jewelry Bonney stood beside him, her small hands clenched into fists. She looked at Blackbeard's frenzied face with disgust in her eyes. "He's the one who started this war?"
"Yes." Huang Zhong nodded slowly, his voice calm yet bone-chillingly cold. "Him. For his own ambition, he killed a crewmate, betrayed Whitebeard, and plotted Ace's capture, sparking this war between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Navy. Countless people have died because of his ambition, and his ultimate goal is to seize Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit and become the new World's Strongest."
"The central mission His Majesty gave us is to stop him. We must never let him take the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and we must never let this schemer continue wreaking havoc on these seas."
Bonney bit her lip and looked up at Huang Zhong. "Then why haven't you acted yet, Godfather? One arrow now could kill him!"
Huang Zhong shook his head slightly, his gaze still fixed on Blackbeard, and said slowly, "Not yet. This arrow of mine can't kill him either. I'm waiting for the moment he prepares to take the Tremor-Tremor Fruit."