259 This isn't over

After the Ice Spear hit the skeletal ribs of Susano of Ken, it stopped. Everyone now looked at Ken with awe, wondering what kind of moves the remaining monster brother had up his sleeve.

"Punisher Kenny... You are too much of a threat to the Navy, and so is your brother," Aokiji said.

"Thank your lucky stars that I didn't go after you. It's only because Saul is still alive; otherwise, you would have been at the top of my hate list right now. A man who could kill his own friend isn't worth much. At least Akainu has the decency to own up to his actions. You don't," Ken said, making sure to speak in a very low voice. He didn't want others to hear what he said. He wanted to see if his butterfly effect would allow Aokiji to sit at the top instead of Akainu. Aokiji was dumbfounded when he heard that. The fact that Saul was alive and well made him happy but also terrified that this guy here even had connections to the people in the New World.

Aokiji stalled for a moment, and in the next second, the Susanoo of Ken got covered in scales while an arm extended from the shoulder and hit Aokiji right in the face. This time Aokiji wasn't paying attention and was in a trance for a moment. Just like Kizaru, Aokiji was swatted away like some kind of fly and flew across the battlefield.

With that, three admirals were down for a few seconds. Ken didn't care to follow up and ran while taking back his Susanoo. But of course, how could it be that easy? After Akainu was thrown away, the Navy seemed to have gone into some kind of trance state.

Every single one seemed to be out for the blood of the pirates. The Navy came like a surging tide, refusing to let the pirates go as they ran. The brothers and the Commanders were fine, but the other pirates were suffering. The saving grace among this was the presence of the Straw Hats.

Seeing that the Navy had gone wild, Nami used water bending to break the ice on the sea and let the marines drift apart. But that still didn't stop the able marines from swimming or using Moonwalk to get to them. This was very odd.

Both sides had suffered a lot, but the marines and the pirates weren't just letting it go. Ken, looking at the situation and running, couldn't help but sigh. Though he had changed the outcome by a nice margin, some things still continued.

But Ken didn't care. Until Ace was on the ship, he didn't dare to move his eyes away. But as expected, something did happen at the end. Sengoku appeared out of nowhere, near Sabo and Ace, and that too in Zoan mode.

He used his full force to hit the two brothers, and Ken, who was a little far, was horrified seeing this. Without any pause, he used his Kamui to take the two into his dimension. He had made a mistake. He should have taken away the three brothers into his Kamui dimension. He didn't expect Sengoku to actually show up.

"Shit," Ken hissed under his breath, hoping that Sabo would use Izanagi when required. But then something amazing happened. The attack of Sengoku stopped, and it was done so by a man who had come between the brothers and Sengoku.

And it was stopped by a sword.

"Shanks."

"Red-haired."

Ken sighed in relief when he saw Shanks blocking Sengoku's attack.

"Red-haired?! Why are you here?"

"Much blood has been spilled on the battlefield. It is time to end the war."

"They are criminals. They shouldn't be let go," Sengoku roared.

"Sengoku-san, admit that it is not because of the criminals; it is because your ego has been bruised by someone half your age. You should back off."

"I refuse," Sengoku roared and made his body bigger, ready to fight.

"Do you really want to go to war with another Yonko at the moment? You can do so, and we'll happily go along if you want," Shanks said, and in the next moment, he was surrounded by his loyal crewmates. "We are ready to take on everyone who wants to continue," Shanks announced, and his voice was heard by everyone.

Sengoku was ready to take on Shanks, took a few steps back, and looked around. The battlefield was a mess, with soldiers and pirates lying around, including Oz Jr. and Whitebeard, who was still standing despite being dead.

Shanks' arrival brought everyone back from their trance state. Coby, who had been trying to stop the battle for a long time now, had lost consciousness, and Helmeppo had to come and take him away.

Meanwhile, the backing off of Sengoku was all Ken needed, and he ran to Sabo and Ace. Without a second thought, he took both of them into his Kamui dimension and vanished inside. In the next moment, he appeared on the Sunny and 'vomited' them out.

"I will bring the others," Ken said after putting them down.

Vivi and Robin were already waiting for them, as they had watched everything from their ship. Ken vanished away again, and this time he appeared near Chopper. He took him in and then proceeded to take others in too after running around a bit.

The marines could only look at him as Ken took away his friends, unable to stop him. Shanks, seeing this, could only smile and shake his head. He had gone to take away the body of Whitebeard and bury it in the New World.

But in all of this, Ken wasn't done. He wanted to deliver the final blow to Marineford and essentially break their spine. After he took the crew in and sent them to the ship, he appeared again, this time floating high above the sky.

Shanks, who was busy covering Whitebeard's body, suddenly looked up, and his eyes went wide.

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