"Should we bombard them? They're already very close..."
On the port side, an artilleryman swallowed hard as he watched the pirate fleet getting closer and closer, and asked the commander beside him.
"Wait a bit longer. We haven't seen Whitebeard's ship yet. They might be hiding inside. Our target is Whitebeard, not these captains!!"
The commander behind him looked somewhat nervous as he watched the approaching fleet, but he still insisted.
On the Shichibukai side...
"Hee hee hee, come quick, Whitebeard, I can't contain myself any longer..."
Doflamingo and the others, watching the approaching fleet, were also filled with anticipation. They licked their lips and said excitedly.
On Sengoku's side, the Three Admirals looked at Whitebeard's ships, which had not yet appeared, with somber expressions and did not utter a single word.
Splash...
Splash...
"..."
Suddenly, at that moment, they seemed to sense something. Their ears twitched sharply, and their gaze turned to the interior of Crescent Bay directly in front of them. Bubbles slowly rose above, and the seawater gradually began to surge.
"Hmm, no way, they wouldn't have come from there..."
Sengoku's expression changed, and he looked somewhat flustered. Sweat beaded on his face as he gritted his teeth and said...
"What is that sound? Where is it coming from?"
The navy below heard the sound of churning seawater ahead at the same moment, and immediately panicked.
"It seems we've deployed the wrong forces; that Whitebeard guy has unexpectedly appeared from somewhere else..."
As for Tsuru and Garp, the highly intelligent Tsuru knew immediately upon hearing the voice that they had made a mistake in their formation; he had not appeared in the way they had expected.
"They really came out of nowhere..."
Even Garp was somewhat incredulous when he heard this.
A huge shadow has appeared in the harbor!!!
Before long, four huge shadows appeared in the harbor, visible to everyone standing in front. They panicked and shouted warnings to the others.
"No way, could it be...?"
"So that's how it is. All their ships were covered with membranes and dived from the seabed to get here."
At this moment, without needing any prompting from others, everyone present quickly understood the situation and realized the intentions of Whitebeard and his men.
Bang...
Just then, four Giant ships under Whitebeard's command surged up from the seabed. The moment they emerged, the hull coverings shattered, revealing their dazzling brilliance under the sunlight. At that moment, everyone learned of Whitebeard and his crew's arrival.
"The Moby Dick has appeared!!"
"Three other Whitebeard Pirates ships appeared on the sea, and all fourteen division commanders were present in the harbor..."
The loud-voiced commanding officer announced the arrival of Whitebeard to the entire island.
" Whitebeard!!"
Sengoku looked at the pirate ship at the front, and a tall, strong man stepped out. Upon closer inspection, he confirmed that it was Whitebeard himself, and immediately gritted his teeth.
Ta-da-ta-da...
"Gurarararar, it's been decades since we last met, Sengoku!!"
Whitebeard walked with heavy, firm steps to the bow of the ship, exchanged a glance with Sengoku on the Execution Platform, and then laughed heartily.
"My beloved children, are you taking good care of them?!"
Whitebeard saw the figure kneeling on the Execution Platform ahead and thought to himself.
"Just bear with it a little longer, Ace, Pops will be there to save you soon!!"
" Pops!!"
The moment Whitebeard appeared, Ace saw him and roared excitedly.
"Gurarararara, here's a little gift for you, Navy..."
After the Whitebeard finished speaking, he bowed slightly and swung his hands forcefully to the side.
Crack crack... Boom!!
As he swung his fist, the surrounding air shattered, breaking apart like a mirror and falling to the ground at Extreme Speed.
"What was that? The atmosphere was shattered by the impact..."
A navy officer looked at the scene Whitebeard had created and asked, puzzled.
" Seaquake!!"
Only Sengoku had spent half his life dealing with Whitebeard, truly understood what he had just been doing, he thought to himself in a deep voice.
Splash...
Shortly after Whitebeard threw that punch, to everyone's astonishment, the sea in the distance began to surge and roll upwards. In no time, Marineford was completely covered by towering waves, and the seawater almost poured down to submerge the entire Marine Headquarters.
"No, this is terrible! We're going to be submerged by the sea! What are we going to do?! What a terrifying force that is!!"
Faced with countless massive waves, almost all the marines on the naval side collapsed to the ground, looking up at the impending onslaught and letting out Despair howls.
" Pops, everyone, I was the one who ignored everyone's advice and jumped out on my own. Why won't you let me fend for myself? It's because I acted on my own that things have come to this..."
Ace watched as all his companions, including his Pops, risked their lives to rescue him. He felt a mixture of joy and resentment. He was happy that everyone had put aside their past grievances to come and save him, but he also hated himself for his decision that had led them all into the trap the Navy had set for them.
"No, I was the one who told you to go after Teach, Ace!!"
Faced with Ace's self-hatred and self-blame, Whitebeard took all the burdens upon himself to prevent Ace from feeling so guilty.
"You're lying, you're lying to your Pops! It was clearly me who didn't listen to your advice and made this decision on my own!!"
Ace refused to agree to his Pops's attempt to take the blame upon himself.
"I asked Ace to go, didn't I, Marco?"
"Yeah, I heard it. You suffered a lot. Don't worry Ace, we're on our way to rescue you!"
Whitebeard and Marco answered each other as they unloaded the heavy burden from Ace, taking the weight off him as his father.
"Everyone on this sea knows the consequences of going against our partners."
Don't worry, Ace, anyone who hurts you will not live.
Just wait there, we're coming to rescue you!
Behind Whitebeard, Ace's closest friends loudly expressed their support for the rescue mission, adding confidence and courage to Ace on the Execution Platform.
[Prepare to die, Navy!!]
On the side of the Three Admirals.
"Oh dear, what a troublesome bunch!"
"It's no use saying anything now!!"
"This is really annoying!!"
Below Ace's Execution Platform, the three Admiral listened to Whitebeard's men's declaration of war against their side, and each reacted differently.
Splash...
As they finished talking, a towering wave, hundreds of meters high, finally swept down towards headquarters, and the entire island of Marineford could feel the violent tremors from below.
" The Seaquake Edward just unleashed has finally turned into a tsunami and is sweeping in. Edward Newgate, the Earthquake Man who ate the Tremor-Tremor Fruit..."
Garp, with a cold and stern face, explained the situation to the soldiers below.
"Everyone, be on high alert! Don't assume that just because we outnumber each other, we're guaranteed victory. We might be the ones facing defeat. That man possesses the power to destroy the world!!"
Sengoku, holding a microphone, warned all the soldiers.
The war horn has sounded, and the enemy facing them is the forty-seven pirate fleets in the New World led by Whitebeard.
They will be met by the two major powers under the World Government: the Navy and the Shichibukai. Regardless of who wins or loses this battle, the era will be changed.