"What an intense sense of oppression!"
"It's a general!!!"
With our three great generals together, we are sure to win!
"oh!!!"
The navy below raised their swords and guns, creating a huge roar.
Lida was so shocked by the sound that she took a step back and exclaimed, "That's too powerful!"
Kro adjusted his glasses. "We've mobilized almost all our forces. If we fail, the Navy's prestige will plummet to its lowest point in history. But that seems unlikely. See those Den Den Mushi (snail phone) nearby with live video feeds? That admiral, known as the 'Strategist,' is being so blatant; he must have something planned."
"Don't underestimate that man."
Kuro glanced at the enthusiastic crowd and said, "Numbers are meaningless to that person. Don't let your guard down, and I'll repeat myself: don't attract attention."
“Understood, Kuro,” Lida replied.
“I understand, Mr. Kuro. I will do as you suggest.” Kuro nodded firmly.
“Hey, Captain… no, Major Crowe.”
Suddenly, Zango moved closer and whispered, "Since you used to be the captain, could you save me if I'm in danger later?"
"Get out of here."
"yes."
Zango slunk back to Finbodi's side.
"Haha, Zango, you got rejected, but it's okay. Dude, let's dance! Dancing makes people happy!"
Finbodi laughed and began to sway from side to side.
"Yeah! Dance!" Zangoden was immediately energized by the dance and swayed along with Finbodi.
Bang!
Tina kicked the two men away, took a drag of her cigarette, and said, "Don't embarrass me, Zango, Finbodi, be serious and don't let Tina down."
"Yes, Miss Tina!"
The two were not angry at all after being kicked away; instead, they excitedly reached out to Tina together.
"Hey? That dance looks pretty interesting." Lida looked at them.
Kuro smacked her on the head and said irritably, "Stay away from idiots, you'll catch them."
Time continues to fly by.
It was six o'clock in the morning, and then it was nine o'clock in the morning.
The navy continued transporting ammunition; there were still three hours until the execution.
The atmosphere grew increasingly tense.
"They're here..."
Kuro suddenly looked toward the execution platform and saw two guards on the high walled street behind it leading a shirtless man wearing a string of red prayer beads to the platform, where he knelt down.
"Portgas D. Ace..."
Tina held a cigarette between her fingers and exhaled a puff of smoke. "Is it necessary to publicly execute this person? I don't understand."
A pirate with a bounty of 550 million Berries, the Navy has captured quite a few. Even the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, publicly executing him would mean a showdown with Whitebeard. But why now?
High walls in the distance; after Ace knelt down, Sengoku and Garp appeared one after the other.
"Garp, I'm going to tell you everything, is that okay?"
The Warring States period was speaking from the front.
Garp turned his head away, his face dark. "Whatever, I'm going down."
Garp went down the stairs and stood with Tsuru.
Meanwhile, Zhan Guo went straight to the execution platform and said to the two guards, "Get out of the way."
"yes."
The guards quickly moved their bayonets aside and stood to the side.
Sengoku pulled out a Den Den Mushi with a loudspeaker, straightened his expression, and amplified his voice.
"I have something to announce to everyone regarding the profound significance of Portgas D. Ace's execution today..."
These words caused the navy personnel below the square to raise their heads in unison.
Below the execution platform, Tsuru glanced back at Garp, whose face was dark, and said calmly, "The fault is not yours."
Garp was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Pfft, hahaha, women are gentler in times like this, Tsuru."
"Ace..."
Among the navy personnel, there was a female navy officer with orange-red hair and sunglasses on her forehead, looking at the camera with a complicated expression.
“Ace, tell me your father’s name,” Sengoku said.
"Huh? Isn't Ace's father Whitebeard?" Lida tilted her head. "Is it necessary to ask again at a time like this?"
Ace paused for a moment after being asked this question, then lowered his head and said, word by word, "My father is Whitebeard! That's right, it can only be Whitebeard, not anyone else!"
"No!" Sengoku shouted.
"We searched that island with great difficulty, just because we heard that there might be a man's child there. Based on the tiny bit of information we got from CP9, and that tiny possibility, we investigated all the newborn children and their mothers, but still found nothing."
"That's understandable, because your birth was something that woman risked her life for; you could say it was the product of her elaborate schemes. This deceived us, and it deceived the whole world..."
Sengoku said in a deep voice, “You were born on an island called Batleyra in the South China Sea, and your mother’s name was Portgas D. Rouge. That woman was far beyond what we could imagine. Her strong protective instincts led her to spend twenty months carrying the child in her womb. When she gave birth to you, she also died on the spot due to exhaustion.”
He looked at Ace, "One year and three months after your father's death, a child who inherited the most evil bloodline in the world was born. You couldn't possibly not know that..."
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