Chapter 716: The Legend of the Beginning of the Top Appears
On the island of Marinford where the Navy Headquarters is located, there is a large city where mainly marines and their relatives live.
Now, these residents have already received the evacuation notice. Every street and every household in the big city on Marinford Island is now empty, without a single person in sight.
The evacuation site was the Chabaoti Archipelago, which was not far away.
In the legal areas of the Sabaody Archipelago, from islands 79 to 30, the hotel streets, government offices, shipbuilding and coating factory areas, tourist areas, entertainment venues, and even islands 29 to 1 where pirates are rampant, large and small Den Den Mushi broadcasting screens have been set up everywhere. Countless people gather in the open space in front of these screens, some are nervous, some are expectant, and some don't care, but they all look up and stare intently at the images on the screens.
Among them, the broadcast screen installed in the huge square where Chambord Park is located is the largest, with the largest number of people gathered. There are also journalists from all over the world who are preparing to convey the reports to all parts of the world as soon as possible. The reporters stared at the screen with their eyes, but their pens were constantly taking shorthand in the notebooks. They even anticipated many situations and wrote rough manuscripts under different possibilities in advance.
Will the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' Second Division, "Fire Fist" Portgas D. Ace, be successfully executed by the Navy?
Most importantly, will Whitebeard, the "strongest man in the world", show up?
There are less than two hours left before the execution. If Whitebeard really shows up, how will the navy respond?
Everyone stared at the three huge screens.
The two screens on the left and right showed a panoramic view of the Marine Headquarters from different angles. The crescent-shaped bay and the surrounding coast were lined with fifty warships. Each warship had its sails furled and its cannons set up. On the shore of the bay behind the warships, there were countless heavy cannons, alert to the Whitebeard Pirates who were very likely to appear in the distance...
The screen in the middle faces the headquarters building complex with the word "Navy" written in large letters on the outer wall.
A dense crowd of elite marines, totaling 100,000 men, who were summoned from all over the world, were all formed into military lines, with solemn expressions, ready for battle.
Behind these countless marines stood a row of six vice admirals from the headquarters who were born in the giant tribe. In front of these six giant vice admirals stood three tall and mighty beings who were capable of influencing the outcome of the battle - Hawkeye Mihawk, Tyrant Kuma, and Gekko Moriah.
The system of the Seven Warlords of the Sea has taken on an inexplicable and strange flavor since the Pirate Empress and the Devil's Child were removed from the list ten years ago. For a long time - in fact, almost a full ten years, except for the fish-man sea knight Jinbei, there were almost no new and powerful pirates willing to accept the invitation of the Navy. Not only did no newcomers join, but not long ago, an old Seven Warlord of the Sea, Crocodile, was found to have attempted to subvert the Kingdom of Alabasta and was removed from the list and imprisoned in the Undersea Prison. The number of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, which was already few, suddenly became few in number. It was only a while ago that a suddenly rising Blackbeard barely filled one of the vacancies of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
But even so, the deterrent power of the Seven Warlords of the Sea cannot be ignored. The gathering of three of them is particularly noteworthy. Especially Hawkeye, who is known as the greatest swordsman in the world. No one has seen him fight for many years. He has always been a loner and was considered the least likely to appear in this war. Unexpectedly, he was willing to show up and stand in the navy camp.
On the high platform behind these people, there were three chairs, on which sat the three most powerful fighters of the current Marine Headquarters.
The three admirals of the navy, Kizaru, Akainu, and Aokiji.
The three men, wearing coats of justice, just sat there, like three tall mountains standing there firmly, making the marines gathered there feel at ease, and also making all the pirates around the world who were watching this scene extremely afraid.
Looking at Ace the Fire Fist who was being escorted to the highest execution platform, and the Navy Admiral Buddha Sengoku walking towards him...
Many people are vaguely aware, somewhat nervously, that the calm before this huge storm will not last long.
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〖South China Sea--〗
"Only two hours left. Has Whitebeard appeared?"
“Who knows?”
"Who told us that our king is too poor to buy a large Den Den Mushi for broadcasting, hehe..."
…
〖East China Sea--〗
"I heard that Whitebeard has regained his youth and is even stronger than at his peak. Is that true?"
"Will the Navy Headquarters lose to him?"
"I hope that's just a rumor! If he's old, at most he'll die alone. If he's not old... then this war won't just be a matter of one or two people dying!"
"What will the world be like after today?"
…
[West Sea——]
"I heard something big happened again!"
The older village chief walked to the hillside in the suburbs. The wild flowers and grass that used to grow randomly were now well-arranged, especially around the small grave, where the fragrance of flowers was faint.
"That Whitebeard...if I remember correctly, he is also related to that little guy Lynch..."
"Haven't you always disliked and paid no attention to matters concerning pirates?" the woman sitting in front of the small grave said calmly without turning her head.
"When Lin Qi was often active in the newspapers, I, an old man, would occasionally read the newspapers!" The old village chief sat down tiredly, leaning against the side of the tombstone, looking at the distant and peaceful blue sky and white clouds, and murmured, "Time flies by without you noticing. In a blink of an eye, I haven't heard any news about that kid for ten years..."
Xianglian looked at the yellowed photo of the laughing woman on the tombstone and remembered what Ayu, who came specially yesterday, told her.
The sea is becoming more and more lively, Sister Lily...your son who can't bear to be lonely will definitely not miss it.
Xianglian's eyes were slightly red, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. The story of Yuxia Yuri is not over yet...
…
[North Sea, a certain country——]
The bustling crowd of residents, wearing patched clothes, gathered towards the main square.
"Do we have a big screen here for broadcasting as well?"
"Pah, isn't it just the money that was taken from us? The royal family is rich as hell, but we are living on chaff and dirt!"
People were whispering, and many were indignant, but they still looked up and looked at the big screens that were lighting up one after another in the square.
On the screen, Admiral Sengoku walked step by step to the side of Fire Fist Ace who was kneeling on the execution platform.
…
"Before the public execution begins, there is something I want to tell you."
Under the tense gaze of countless people around the world, Marshal Sengoku held a Den Den Mushi connected to the broadcast signal in his hand. His voice came out clearly from the broadcast screens everywhere, "That is the important meaning of this man, Portgas D. Ace, who must die here today!"
"Ace," Sengoku deadpanned, "Tell me your father's name."
His father? Not only the ordinary people and journalists watching the broadcast on the Sabaody Archipelago, but also the elite navy officers and soldiers on the scene were all very confused about Marshal Sengoku's sudden mention of this.
Why do we need to mention Fire Fist's father at this time? The pirates taken in by Whitebeard's ship were all homeless pirates. Fire Fist's father is Whitebeard, so is it important who his father is?
"..." Ace was silent, closed his eyes and said calmly, "I have a father and a dad. Which one do you want to ask?"
"......?!" Huo Quan's answer was somewhat beyond Zhan Guo's expectations.
He had thought that Ace was so rebellious as to join the Whitebeard Pirates and acknowledge Whitebeard, who was once Roger's rival, as his father, which clearly showed that he deeply hated the character of the bloodline he carried.
But what was unexpected was that the Fire Fist admitted that in addition to Whitebeard, he had another biological father.
Zhan Guo said coldly, "There is an island called 'Baterila' in the South China Sea. There lived a woman named Portgas D. Luju. In order to give birth to a man's child smoothly, she concealed it from the world and was pregnant for 20 months before giving birth to you. She used up all her energy and died on the spot!"
"One year and three months after my father's death, the child who inherited the world's most evil bloodline was born... that child is you!"
Sengoku looked down indifferently at Ace the Fire Fist, who was kneeling on the execution platform with his hands handcuffed and his head lowered.
"And your biological father... is the 'Pirate King' Gol Roger!"
The furious voice of the Admiral echoed in the sky above Marineford. All the marines and officers were stunned. In the crowd, Smoker and Hina looked stunned. Even Momosagi and Chaton, who were candidates for admiral, were shocked by such information... Fire Fist Ace is the son of the Pirate King? !
Sengoku's voice echoed in front of many people watching the broadcast in the Sabaody Archipelago, and everyone was shocked and speechless.
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[North Sea, a certain country——]
In the bustling crowd, a blond young man dressed in rustic clothes, who looked like an ordinary local fisherman, followed the crowd to the square. He was thinking about when to pass all the intelligence about this country that he had collected during this period of time to his comrades in the revolutionary army. This country only lacked a fuse... Suddenly, he heard a roar from the crowd around him, and a majestic roar came from the big screen:
"And your biological father... is the 'Pirate King' Gol Roger!"
Amid the shocked crowd, Sabo suddenly raised his head and looked carefully at the broadcast screen for the first time. His eyes immediately became bloodshot and his eyes were red with anger.
Next to Admiral Sengoku, the man kneeling on the execution platform covered in wounds was his brother, Ace...
Why? Why is Ace there? Didn't he join the Whitebeard Pirates and become the captain of the second team?
What exactly happened on the sea during the time I was on covert mission?
Ace... Ace! "If you were left alone, you would definitely stand at the pinnacle of the pirates of this era and exert your power." On the broadcast screen, Sengoku looked down coldly at Ace who was bowing his head, "So it is very important to publicly execute you here today! - Even if a full-scale war breaks out with the Whitebeard Pirates, our navy will not hesitate!"
Zhan Guo’s roar was like a formal declaration of war, and for a moment, everyone’s heart was lifted.
The Navy is really going to spare no expense this time!
Just to execute the second division of the Whitebeard Pirates... No, to eradicate the bloodline of the devilish "Pirate King"! Ace raised his head and sighed softly, looking at the old man Garp who was sitting there with his hands covering his forehead and silent, and then glanced at the Admiral who raised the morale of the 100,000 marines present to the highest level with a speech...
He looked at the endless sea ahead and asked, "Everyone just wants to kill 'The Pirate King's Son' Ace. No one wants to kill 'Fire Fist' Ace?"
Ace!
Wait for me! The crowd in the square was separated by brute force to form a passage. Sabo lowered his head, held back his tears, and ran all the way.
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[New World——]
"It's almost time to start... the public execution of Ace in Marinford."
"Captain, are you really not going to save that boy?"
Jesus Bu and Lachi Lu asked a little worriedly, looking at their red-haired captain.
"Ace...he's not my partner."
The unshaven Shanks lowered his head, sat on the stone, crossed his hands and rested his chin, and said slowly, "And I am no longer a member of the Roger Pirates. Ace has his own adventures and his own partners..."
"Stop pretending. It's not like you to do nothing!" Deputy Captain Ben Beckman said calmly, holding a cigarette in his mouth. "What should we do next? Captain, please explain it quickly."
"laugh……"
Shanks grinned, shook off his black coat, stood up, stepped on his slippers and raised a fist, "Then let's go help solve some things outside the battlefield! It seems that there are some guys who want to get involved!"
"A guy who can't bear to be lonely?"
"Are you referring to Kaido's stinky dragon?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Or is it the aunt's gang? I heard that they have been doing pretty badly these years, changing territories everywhere..."
"Are we qualified to criticize others? Aren't we drifting around just like them?"
"Hahaha, that's true!"
Jesus Bu and the others followed the captain in front with laughter. Shanks smiled and led the brothers to the seaside to their pirate ship. He looked back at the sea, and the wind blew his red hair. Mr. Rayleigh...
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[“Mr. Rayleigh, I encountered a lot of things in the East China Sea this time!”]
[About ten years ago, in the rip-off bar in the Sabaody Archipelago, Shanks excitedly told Rayleigh about the boy he entrusted his straw hat to who said the same thing as their former captain Roger.]
【as well as……】
[“Roger’s son?” Rayleigh paused as he poured the wine and spilled two drops.]
【Shanks took the wine glass and drank it all, "Yeah, his name is Ace."】
[“What a great name, isn’t it?” the redhead said with a bright smile.]
[“Yeah…” Rayleigh’s eyes turned red when he heard the name. He pushed up his glasses, rubbed his nose, and said with a smile, “Gol. D. Ace…”]
[“No!” Shanks crossed his arms, “His name is Portgas D. Ace.”]
[Rayleigh was stunned.]
[Shanks sat back in his chair, holding the back of his head and laughed: "Ace really hates the Captain!"]
[Rayleigh quickly felt relieved, drank a glass of wine, and laughed: "Being hated by your own son! Haha, Roger... I really want to see your expression! Hahaha..."]
[That day, Rayleigh and Shanks drank one cup after another until they were completely drunk.]
[The two talked about the past on the Oro Jackson. Where are the former companions except for the ship's doctor Kurokas? Where are you now? ]
[We will meet again someday, right? ]
…
【Three years ago, a young man knocked on the door of Xia Qi's rip-off bar. 】
[“Hello, I’m Portgas D. Ace.” The man pressed his hat on his head and grinned, “Nice to meet you. Thank you for your guidance.”]
[“The captain of the Spade Pirates,” Shaqi said with a smile, “is the latest supernova!”]
[Rayleigh stared at the young man for a long time, then smiled faintly and said, "You and your father when they were young are so much alike..."]
[“Really?” Ace just smiled and sat down at the bar. “What kind of person is he?”]
【“Didn’t Shanks tell you?” Rayleigh asked. 】
[“Yes.” Ace nodded, thanked Xia Qi who handed him a portion of fried rice, picked up the spoon and started eating, saying incoherently, “But it feels like you’ve only been saying good things about him! I want to hear something different.”]
[“The ‘devil’ who has committed so many evil things can’t possibly be a good person, right?” Ace shook the spoon and smiled slightly, “He made me so unlucky, and everyone scolds me. I have to find out what he is like.”]
[“So I can know whether I should hate him or not?” Rayleigh was curious.]
【“Now I know how to scold him!” Ace said. 】
【Rayleigh throws his head back and laughs.】
[“Thanks for the treat~” At the entrance of the bar, Ace, carrying his bag, bowed slightly to Shaqi and Rayleigh, “Also, I want to find out where Shanks might be. I want to visit him. I heard that he seems to be in the New World?”]
[Rayleigh looked at Ace's back as he waved and walked away, and saw him quickly playing with a few pirate companions not far away, and couldn't help but smile. ]
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【"Whitebeard's second squad captain "Fire Fist" was arrested"】
["The Navy announces that the "Fire Fist" will be publicly executed! The location is at the Marine Headquarters, Marineford!"]
[Not long ago, in the Sabaody Archipelago, Rayleigh grabbed a newspaper he had just picked up in the restaurant, and he was drunk, but he suddenly became completely sober.]
[He read the newspaper carefully with a blank expression.]
[“Blackbeard… Marshall D. Teach…” After returning to Xia Qi’s extortion bar, Rayleigh was still mumbling this name to himself. Xia Qi heard it and couldn’t help but say, “Isn’t this the person that Brother Lynch wanted to kill in the first place?”]
[“What did you say?” Rayleigh was stunned, then suddenly realized, “When Lynch asked Marco to kill someone, he was referring to this Marshall D. Teach?”]
[“There is such a rumor, it should be quite credible.” Xia Qi tapped off the ash from her cigarette.]
[That night, Rayleigh put on a coat and went out.]
[Shaqi asked: "Are you not waiting for the Straw Hats? According to estimates, they will soon arrive at the Sabaody Archipelago. Robin and 『BIB』 should also be on the Straw Hats' ship!"]
[Rayleigh said nothing, waved his hand, and disappeared into the night outside the door.]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Here we come! Everyone prepare to fight!"
"It's a large fleet of pirate ships - where is Whitebeard, find him quickly!"
"Ranger Doma, the Descartes brothers, the Great Whirlpool Spider Squard... What a terrifying lineup! They are all famous pirate captains in the 'New World'!"
"There are 43 pirate ships in total, all of which belong to Whitebeard's pirate group! But Whitebeard's White Whale is not found among these pirate ships! Nor are the captains of the Whitebeard Pirates seen!"
At the port of the crescent-shaped bay of Marinford, 100,000 navy men on high alert looked at the more than 40 giant pirate ships majestically sailing towards them on the sea, and instantly all entered combat readiness.
"It suddenly appeared... where did it come from?"
Zhan Guo's face looked grim, and suddenly his ears moved, and he heard the sound of a low ocean current.
On the three chairs under the execution platform, Kizaru, Akainu, and Aokiji all looked moved, "Could it be..."
A black shadow quickly emerged from the water of the crescent-shaped bay. Zhan Guo gritted his teeth and said, "So that's it! They coated all the ships with film and came from the bottom of the sea!"
Boom! ! Under the gaze of countless pairs of shocked eyes, four pirate ships with tops like giant white whales broke through the sea surface one after another and rushed out, setting off a huge wave.
The transparent films on the four Beluga ships burst as soon as they left the sea surface.
"The enemy has appeared! Whitebeard has appeared!!!" The navy on the shore was facing a great enemy, "The 14 captains are all here! The main force of the enemy has invaded the bay!!!"
"Gulala, Zhan Guo, haven't seen you for decades, right?"
On the larger main ship, the White Whale, a tall figure as majestic as a mountain, wearing a white coat, climbed the steps and walked step by step to the bow.
"Whitebeard..." On the execution platform, Zhan Guo's face was serious.
"My beloved son..."
Holding the supreme naginata Kusukimi-ki in one hand, Whitebeard stood at the bow of the White Whale.
Facing the howling sea breeze, he looked past the dense crowd of marines and looked at Ace who was kneeling at the feet of Zhan Guo on the high execution platform. He smiled and asked, "Are you okay?"
At this time, another white-haired figure leaped from the deck of the White Whale to the bow, sat casually on the ground next to Whitebeard, holding a bottle of wine in his hand and took a sip.
"It seems we have pissed off more than one 'legend'!"
Garp, who was standing with Crane, had shadows in his eyes and laughed, "What should we do now?"
He looked at the old man with long gray hair who was drinking next to Whitebeard, and his expression became more serious. "Originally, I was going to fight to the death this time...!!"
"The Pirate King's Right Hand", Pluto Rayleigh!
"The Strongest Man in the World", Whitebeard Newgate!
Looking at the two figures appearing on the bow of the White Whale on the broadcast screen, countless people around the world were stunned and shocked like never before!
(End of this chapter)