Whitebeard had never doubted the unity of the sons aboard his ship.
"Boys, if Ace really has been captured by the Marines and is going to be executed at Marineford, your Pops certainly won't abandon him."
Then he turned to Marco and said, "Marco, go confirm whether this report is true."
Marco nodded, left, and went into the cabin.
Whitebeard slowly raised his head and looked at the sky. "Sengoku, what are you trying to do?"
In truth, even he did not know whether this report was true or false.
The current Fleet Admiral was Buddha Sengoku, whom the world called the Wise General.
As his longtime adversary, Whitebeard was always wary of Sengoku.
After all, as things stood, Lott's arrival had made the pirate forces as a whole look extremely powerful.
At the same time, Lott's arrival had dealt the Marines several humiliating blows.
As the World Government's representative on the seas, they had lost all face.
The Marines were bound to find an opportunity to recover their lost face and reestablish the World Government's authority at sea.
There was no more direct way to reestablish their authority than crushing one of the Four Emperors' pirate crews.
But at present, Lott was the undisputed strongest man in the pirate world, and the Lott Pirates were also the strongest in the world. Naturally, the Marines would not move against them lightly.
Red-Hair was in his prime, and his strength was unfathomable. Moreover, the Red Hair Pirates were known as the Iron Wall Pirates and favored an elite crew. Unless the Marines were fools, they would naturally avoid provoking him.
Big Mom, reputedly the weakest of the Four Emperors, had allied with Kaido, forming a force second only to the Lott Pirates.
Only the remaining Whitebeard Pirates looked a little weaker.