With Whitebeard held back by Admirals Akainu and Aokiji, and Marco blocked by Kizaru, the deployment of the three Admirals immediately created a gap in the Whitebeard Pirates' strongest fighting force.
Moreover, this was because Kizaru didn't try his best and was only thinking about stalling Marco.
Otherwise, Kizaru would have been capable of defeating "Phoenix" Marco head-on.
That was when the Whitebeard Pirates were truly in dire straits!
However, things aren't much better right now. All the division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates and the captains of their respective pirate crews have mobilized, but they still can't get close to the execution platform.
Even the Whitebeard Pirates, hailed as the "world's strongest pirate crew," would have to admit defeat in terms of the Navy's power.
The Seven Warlords of the Sea rarely made a move, though there were occasional exceptions.
"Pirate Empress" Boa Hancock instead attacked the Navy, petrifying a group of them. When questioned by the Navy, the Empress remained arrogant, and if she hadn't had some reservations, she probably wouldn't have answered at all.
Who told these stinky men to lay a hand on her beloved Luffy?
Donquixote Doflamingo also acted indiscriminately, using the power of the String-String Fruit to manipulate both pirates and the Navy, acting as the mastermind behind the scenes.
All that was left was "Gecko" Moria sneaking around picking up the corpses, while the other Shichibukai watched the war with indifference.
Hawkeye, the world's greatest swordsman, drew his sword twice and then stood by and watched.
If he didn't think the title of Shichibukai still held any value, he probably wouldn't have bothered to come at all and wouldn't have paid any attention to the Navy's summons.
Blackbeard, who had just become a Shichibukai—and did so by capturing "Fire Fist" Ace—did not come because he looked down on the Shichibukai position and coveted the Four Emperors.
They will appear later, but they will not be on the Navy's side.
Of course, it wasn't on the Whitebeard Pirates' side either. Ever since killing Thatch, the fourth division commander, Blackbeard had severed ties with the Whitebeard Pirates.
He appears as a separate faction.
Blackbeard has now acquired the Dark-Dark Fruit and recruited a large number of vicious criminals from Impel Down as crew members, thus strengthening the Blackbeard Pirates.
If Blackbeard obtains Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, his plan will be complete, allowing him to enter the New World and strive for the position of one of the Four Emperors.
In fact, Blackbeard is very powerful and has already obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit, so there is no need for him to covet the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
There are so many overpowered Devil Fruits in the world, some that can manipulate time and space. Isn't this even more overpowered than the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?
The reason why the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is famous and has the title of the strongest Paramecia-type Devil Fruit is entirely because of Whitebeard, the "strongest in the world".
Of course, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is also quite powerful.
The World Government's decision to use the Seven Warlords of the Sea to restrain the Four Emperors was doomed to failure.
Pirates are either vicious, ambitious, or solely driven by adventure; few pirates would agree with the Navy's ideology or be willing to truly stand on its side.
In particular, from a certain perspective, the Navy is merely a henchman of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.
Pirates despise this even more.
"Ace, I will definitely save you!" Luffy shouted, but he was powerless, his muscles ached, and he almost collapsed.
If it weren't for Ivankov's timely rescue, Luffy would probably be finished.
With over 100,000 marines and pirates gathered at Marineford, even Garp, with his immense strength, could not always keep an eye on Luffy.
Moreover, Luffy's choice deviated from his expectations, leaving him deeply disappointed.
Due to their differing stances, Garp would never rescue Luffy in front of everyone, just as he would never have rescued Ace.
If Ace were a Marine, then even if his identity as the Pirate King's bloodline were revealed, Garp would definitely argue his case, even at the cost of breaking with the World Government and engaging in a major battle.
Garp has always recognized the Navy, not the World Government, and there will never be any Celestial Dragons.
Because Luffy is Dragon's son, Ivankov, as a Revolutionary Army officer, the commander of the Grand Line Army, and a user of the Hormone-Hormone Fruit, injected Luffy with "excitement hormones" at Luffy's request, restoring Luffy's vitality.
The price is that Luffy will be weak for a long time after the battle.
But Luffy couldn't care less about that at all.
He would never allow...Ace to die in front of him! Sabo is already dead, Ace cannot...cannot die too!
"Aaaaaah!!!" Luffy roared, going completely mad, firing his Gum-Gum Machine Gun wildly. Under the cover of the Whitebeard Pirates, he got closer and closer to the execution platform.
The pirates' spirits lifted; were they about to rescue Ace?
"Don't even think about it!"
Sengoku, as majestic as Buddha, swept away a large group of pirates, ordered the live broadcast of the Den Den Mushi to be shut down, and executed "Fire Fist" Ace ahead of schedule.
This action enraged the pirates, who cursed the Navy for being shameless.
Some sailors blushed, while others sneered. To talk about propriety and shame with the enemy is truly brainless.
However, Sengoku overlooked one thing: the Marineford battlefield had the presence of Buggy the Great.
The Conqueror's Haki's power worked once again.
Just as people around the world were in an uproar over the cut-off of live broadcasts of the Marineford War, the signal suddenly came back on.
But what appeared on the screen was a red nose.
It also includes a voice-over.
"Ah~~ Who's that in the smoke? Who can be so calm on the battlefield of Marineford... Ah~~ That's Captain Buggy! Captain Buggy, a crew member of the Pirate King Roger, the brother of the Four Emperors Shanks, and an ally of 'the strongest in the world' Whitebeard!"
The prisoner's voice, accompanied by a voice-over, trembled with excitement.
Good heavens, Pirate King Roger, Yonko Shanks, "World's Strongest" Whitebeard... these are all legendary pirates!
Captain Bucky, you're awesome!
He's definitely a hidden master!
We've chosen the right person to follow!
The prisoners were moved to tears, their imaginations running wild.
It's not their fault. Bucky was really too awesome in the past, and now he's fallen to this state... You can only say that Bucky is Bucky, and ordinary people can't figure him out.
A figure slowly appeared in the Den Den Mushi's live stream, its red nose incredibly eye-catching.
Bucky pointed to himself with his thumb and raised his head slightly:
“That’s right, it’s me, your captain—‘The Joker’ Bucky!”
Audiences around the world were dumbfounded.
Bucky the Joker?
Who is this person?
Brother of Shanks, one of the Four Emperors? Crew member of the Pirate King? Ally of Whitebeard?
How come I've never heard of such an amazing person?
Then, through the live-streamed Den Den Mushi that had fallen into the hands of Bucky and the others, they witnessed the premature execution.
The whole world was immediately in an uproar.
Sengoku, Tsuru, and the others discovered the actions of Buggy and his group of prisoners, and were so angry that their livers ached on the spot.
Sengoku flew into a rage and rushed over to capture Buggy and shut down the Den Den Mushi.
Bucky was startled. "Damn it, what are you, a Marine Admiral, doing coming after a nobody like me? Go after Whitebeard!"
You bully the weak and fear the strong, huh?
Before Buggy could decide whether to retreat or lead Sengoku to Whitebeard's side, suddenly, an unexpected change occurred!
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