Chapter 5: Strategic General Sengoku, Is This It?"

"Everything that happened on the Moby Dick was clearly observed by people from all around the world. Every word spoken by Whitebeard, Marco, Ace, and the mysterious man was heard distinctly by them.

The public execution of Whitebeard's second division captain by the Fleet Admiral?

This was no small matter!

Such an act could be considered a declaration of war by the Navy against the Yonko, Whitebeard.

Whitebeard was widely acknowledged as the strongest man in the world, and his pirate crew had the power to effortlessly annihilate an entire country.

Declaring war against a pirate crew of that caliber would undoubtedly have far-reaching consequences for the world.

It was no wonder that such heavyweight news left them shocked.

But what stunned them even more was what pineapple-haired Marco said: the public execution was a future event, not something that had already occurred...

This revelation caused astonishment among those who were already amazed by the appearance of the mysterious man and the inexplicable appearance of the scene.

"Could that man be a god?"

Suddenly, many people looked at the man in the shadowy face on the screen with a sense of reverence.

The common folk were in awe, but the high-ranking individuals were not easily intimidated.

Upon hearing this news, Fleet Admiral Sengoku furrowed his brows.

I executed Portgas D. Ace publicly, so how could I not know?"

Realizing that this could be a future event, Sengoku couldn't help but feel cautious. After all, having one's future controlled by someone else was not something to be happy about.

"Have you not found out how this footage was obtained?" Sengoku said somewhat angrily to his subordinates.

"I'm sorry, Fleet Admiral Sengoku. We've searched every corner nearby, even dispatching people to search the surrounding sea areas, but we haven't found any leads. We couldn't even find the Den Den Mushi used for the live broadcast.

This thing seems... like it appeared out of thin air.

And there's another thing!"

"What is it?" Sengoku looked at the person giving the report.

"Fleet Admiral, reports have come in from other branches. Similar footage has appeared in the Four Seas Branches and the Grand Line Branches, with the number possibly exceeding a thousand!"

A thousand, and that was just an estimate. The Marines had only a few hundred branches worldwide, but they couldn't be certain that this phenomenon was limited to Marine branches. What if it had occurred elsewhere?

A thousand of them?!

Sengoku's pupils contracted. If such a thing had happened only within their headquarters, one could say that someone had been clever and meticulously planned it to avoid detection.

But to simultaneously create such incidents all over the world, on such a large scale... there was only one force capable of doing such a thing in the entire world, and that was the Marines!

However, this incident was not the work of the Marines. Could it be that there was another immense force in this world, a massive force that spanned every corner of the globe?

This realization left Sengoku startled.

Yet he had never heard of such an organization existing.

If there was no such force... Sengoku suddenly lifted his head to look at the mysterious man on the screen.

Could this person truly be a deity?

Behind Sengoku, the Three Admirals of the Marines Akainu, Aokiji, and Borsalino, also wore serious expressions as they looked at the screen.

At first, they didn't take this farce seriously, but now, they had to start paying attention to it.

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When Whitebeard heard Marco say that this was an event from the future, his face immediately darkened.

If this was indeed a future event, then Whitebeard's pirate crew would have to go to war with the Marines.

Since Sengoku had captured Ace in the future and made such a big fuss about it, even arranging the execution to take place at Marine Headquarters, Whitebeard could only draw one conclusion...

"It's a trap," Marco said.

"Sengoku's goal is not just to save Ace, but to wipe out our Whitebeard pirate crew. If that's the case, then Sengoku will undoubtedly have heavy forces guarding Marine Headquarters. He wants to annihilate us completely!" Marco said with a solemn expression.

Eliminating one of the Four Emperors!

This was no small matter, and choosing Marine Headquarters as the location... they were going all out, willing to suffer losses themselves in order to destroy the Whitebeard pirate crew.

"Gurarara..." Whitebeard laughed upon hearing this. "Sengoku, this guy is still so cunning, using my son to threaten me."

As he spoke, Whitebeard emitted an overwhelming aura, the conqueror's Haki possessed by the world's strongest man.

"If you want a fight, then come and fight me face-to-face. I, Whitebeard, have never feared anyone. What's the point of playing behind-the-scenes tricks? Fleet Admiral, is that all you've got?" The world's strongest man exuded confidence and dominance as he spoke.

Upon hearing Whitebeard's words, the members of the Whitebeard pirate crew also expressed their disdain for Zhan Guo's tactics of using hostages.

"What a bunch of rubbish!"

"And this is a Fleet Admiral? Sengoku, the so-called strategic genius, is this all you've got?"

"The Marines are just a bunch of hypocritical scum who claim to be righteous, speak with great righteousness, and yet engage in dirty and despicable deeds. Disgusting!"

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The words of the Whitebeard pirate crew were broadcasted live to various parts of the world.

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