180 The Whitebeard Pirates Are Here
Chapter 180: The Whitebeard Pirates Are Here!
The news announced by Sengoku, like a super bomb, detonated in Marineford, swept, and spread to the whole world. Everyone who heard the truth felt turbulent waves in their hearts.
No one thought that Roger, the Pirate King, would leave a son. On the contrary, Solo was not surprised by the news at all.
"Solo, you don't seem surprised at all."
Robin noticed Solo's reaction. The man in front of her is always calm.
"Did you know the truth a long time ago?"
Robin whispered beside Solo.
"Well, I guessed a little bit." Solo nodded slightly, indicating he heard something when he captured the Straw Hats.
The declaration of Sengoku did not stop there.
"...Two years ago, it was…choosing to take your mother's surname…you had risen with frightening speed and remarkable power to notability as a captain of the Spade Pirates. It was then that we finally realised…that Roger's blood still lived on!!"
Sengoku paused for a while.
"...But Whitebeard, who came to the realisation just as we did chose to take in the son of his old rival onto his own ship…that he might raise him to be the next Pirate King!!."
When Sengoku came to this point, Ace couldn't listen to it at all. He shook his head vigorously in denial.
"No!! I joined his crew so that I could make him the Pirate King—"
Seeing this, Sengoku directly interrupted Ace's defense, "You are the only one who believes that. We were unable to lay a finger on you from the moment forth."
No matter how one says it, the New World is the domain of the Four Emperors. If they enter the New World rashly and start a war with Whitebeard, no one can be sure whether the other Emperors will take advantage of the fire to loot them.
Based on this, the Marines have been slow to act. Unexpectedly, in order to capture Blackbeard, Ace came to the first half of the Grand Line instead. He lost to Blackbeard and thus fell into the hands of the Marines.
When hearing the news, Sengoku can be said to be both surprised and delighted. The good news is that he can finally eradicate Roger's accursed blood. He already expected that Whitebeard would not let it go. After some mental struggle, Sengoku designed the overall situation.
"And if we were to allow you to roam free for long enough, you would be sure, slowly but surely…to obtain the necessary calibre to stand at the summit of the new pirate era!! That is why it is absolutely imperative that we take your head here today!! Even if that means going to war with Whitebeard himself!!"
His remarks inspired every marine present.
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In the square of Marineford, there was a wave of turbulence.
Just when Sengoku mobilized the emotions of all the marines to the highest level, suddenly, a shadow appeared on the calm sea. The marines stationed at Marineford hurriedly looked towards the sea ahead.
A huge fleet of pirate ships suddenly appeared in their sight. Observing through the telescope, it can be clearly seen that a large number of pirates have gathered on the deck of each pirate ship.
"These pirates are all people in the New World."
"Whitebeard Pirates, they are here!"
Although they had long been mentally prepared for the battle with the Whitebeard Pirates, they were still shocked when they saw such a posture suddenly. The number of pirate ships is as many as forty-three.
It's not much worse than the warships prepared by the Marine Headquarters. The pirate ship here has no intention of stopping. It maintained the fastest speed as they rushed towards the square of Marineford.
On the execution platform, Ace also noticed the scene. His eyes were wide open, and tears welled up in the corners of his eyes. The pirate ships, as well as the pirates on them, are his very familiar family members.
Now they, for his sake, would not hesitate to fight the Marines. For a moment, Ace's heart was both moved and blamed himself. If he hadn't fallen into the hands of Blackbeard, he would not be caught by the Marines and become a bait to lure Whitebeard.
His companions didn't need to take such a huge risk to come. It's all his fault.
Garp beside Ace, after witnessing the scene, was also in an extremely complicated mood. While it is true that Ace is Roger's son, he is also his grandson. For so many years, Garp has always regarded Ace as his own.
More than once, he wanted to guide Ace to become a marine. As long as Ace becomes a marine, even if his identity is exposed, he can protect him. But now, Ace's identity is not only exposed, he was also the son of Whitebeard.
Even if he has no position to save Ace because he knew in his heart that he was not only Ace's grandfather but also a Vice Admiral of the Marines. If he turns out of the Marines and joins the team of pirates and rescues Ace together.
Then the marine gathered in Marineford will suffer an extremely huge blow. Morale may even be so low that they can't fight anymore. By that time, the entire Marinford will fall.
The whole world will be plunged into a huge crisis. This is also something Garp doesn't want to see. It was also because of this that he had no choice but to see his grandson suffer.
Someone soon noticed that although the pirate ship had come to Marineford in the form of a fleet. Whitebeard and his Moby Dick did not appear in everyone's sight. Such a weird scene made many marines feel uneasy.
"Where is Whitebeard…where is Whitebeard?"
Suddenly, just as everyone was curious about where Whitebeard was, there was a huge wave in the sea Square of the Marine Headquarters. Three huge pirate ships rushed out of the calm sea.
Among them, the pirate ship at the forefront is the famous Moby Dick. Not only that, holding Murakumogiri, the man known as the strongest man in the world, Whitebeard, is standing at the bow of the ship, looking down on everyone.
