Akainu stared at Coby, magma gushing from his arm as he hurled it at Coby, shouting, "The Navy has no cowards!"

Bang!

Just as Akainu swung down, a knife was placed against his magma fist.

"Well done, Navy. This little bit of time is enough to save many lives."

The man forced Akainu back and smiled at Coby.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the boats reached the shore, and a group of men stood behind him, looking menacing.

That is...

Garp glanced at him and roared, "Red-Haired Shanks! The bastard who led Luffy down the path of piracy!"

"Red-haired, isn't that Kaido...?"

Sengoku narrowed his eyes. His arrival meant that Kaido had been stopped, but why was he here? What was his purpose?

Kaido and Shanks are no different; they are both pirates.

"Marco, stop fighting. This will only cause unnecessary casualties. Whitebeard is dead. You have more important things to do."

Shanks brandished his sword, facing the Marines, about to say something, when suddenly he frowned; something was wrong...

The naval casualties were not as great as he had imagined. Almost all the fallen naval personnel were injured while chasing pirates, while a large number of naval personnel, although some were wounded, were still able to fight.

On the contrary, the Whitebeard Pirates suffered heavy casualties; apart from the captains who were still alive, the rest were not in good condition.

Especially those captains from the New World, some of whom were on the verge of death due to delayed treatment, all of whom had cuts and lacerations on their bodies.

Including Joz...

He wasn't feeling so good at the moment either, lying there covered in blood, not from being hit by energy, but from pure physics.

How could that defense, if it weren't powered by energy, be breached to such an extent?!

"captain..."

Ben Beckman said to Shanks, "In this situation, it's not so easy to back down. We came to the right place."

Shanks gripped his blade tightly and shouted, "If you haven't had enough, we'll fight you. Otherwise, give me the honor of ending this war!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge shadow appeared in the sky behind him.

That was... a tsunami?!

Huge waves surged forward, and ahead of them, a person flew rapidly toward them.

"Oh~ you're back." Kizaru pouted and said.

"Giving you face?"

Kuro slashed two fingers toward Shusui, bringing out a golden light. Then, Shusui stabbed back into the tsunami. As Kuro's body rose, the giant wave turned into a seawater mass, enveloping the blade, and rose into the air with Kuro.

He gripped the knife with both hands, staring intently at Teach, then yelled at Red Hair, "Where does that leave my dignity?!"

"The Mysterious Art of the Unknown God's Style: Azure Dragon!"