They might not get hurt, but the pirates below would suffer heavy casualties, making the objective not only unattainable but even more serious.

That's how the battlefield works; once even the slightest sign of weakness is exploited, it can easily trigger a domino effect.

At this moment, the most threatening force on the battlefield is not Kuro, who can stir up the sea and has a wide-range attack power, but that strange group of naval soldiers. If they are not dealt with first, then there is no point in talking about any objective.

The captain's Conqueror's Haki is useless now. There are still a number of Marines and pirates lying on the battlefield, clearly stunned by Conqueror's Haki. Those who are still fighting are all people with extremely strong willpower.

"Abandon the fight with the vice admirals and deal with those weird marines first!"

Beckman shouted, abandoning his attempt to engage Kizaru, and rushed towards Cassius at top speed.

This might result in injuries, but once they eliminate that group of naval forces capable of disrupting the balance of power on the battlefield, even with some casualties, their objective will be achieved.

"learn!"

The blond man also ran in that direction, but judging from his running movements, he seemed to be wary of Kuro.

At the same time, these words were heard by the officers who were fighting the lieutenant generals, and they all rushed towards Cass and the others.

"That won't do!"

Onigumo, cigar in mouth, chased after them, roaring, "If you can deal with them so easily, what about the honor of the Navy!"

Onigumo greatly admired that group of passionate marines; that's how a navy should be—unyielding, fighting to the death without retreating.

It seems to be one of Kuro's subordinates...

Admiral Sakazuki admired that man, but Onigumo wasn't familiar with him and even had a vague feeling that something was off.

He wasn't as merciless towards pirates as Admiral Sakazuki claimed; on the contrary, his style of doing things was somewhat similar to that of Admirals Borsalino and Kuzan.

Now it seems he was wrong.

How could someone capable of training such a navy be like them? Indeed, Admiral Sakazuki had a better eye than them.

Given his personality, he wouldn't actually do anything to provide rescue. It's the Navy's responsibility to deal with casualties; as long as the pirates are killed, that's all that matters. He should take advantage of the moment when these high-ranking officers turn away to break into Admiral Sakazuki's battlefield and take down the Whitebeard Pirates' officers.

But these are the words of Kuro's subordinates, so we should at least do a good job of currying favor. As members of the same faction, this is something we should do.

Unfortunately, there were quite a few lieutenant generals who shared his views.

Strawberry also gave chase. The reason was simple: he was Kizaru's former subordinate, and Kuro was Kizaru's current subordinate. Given their relationship, he had to go and provide support no matter what.

As for moderate vice admirals like Huoshaoshan, it was out of a sense of basic responsibility that they couldn't allow pirates to kill marines.