Garp sat down on the execution platform, but he didn't look at Ace. Instead, he raised his head and looked into the distance, where there was nothing but nothing.
But looking down, Garp saw the seamen and countless naval officers who were waiting in full formation. Farther away, fifty fortress-like warships surrounded the crescent-shaped central pier.
He should be proud of the majesty of the navy, but...
But they are the "enemies" who want to ensure that Ace can be successfully executed and attack the Whitebeard Pirates who rescued Ace.
At this moment, Garp became slightly sober.
In other words, he was always awake.
Youyouzi's words were just to get him to come over, but he couldn't refuse, because her words not only had a purpose, but also had feelings.
When Yuyouzi provoked him and asked him to leave, he understood that Yuyouzi was also an "enemy", an enemy of the navy.
Her purpose was not to use some bullshit Shichibukai identity to defend against Whitebeard, but to rescue Ace.
That is persuasion and challenge. @*~~
As for the opportunity Yuyouzi mentioned...
There is a chance. As long as Ace is willing, Garp will risk his old face, and it's not like he can't save Ace. But the premise and price is that Ace must become a marine, and Garp must also give up the honor of a naval hero.
He can do this, but look at the soldiers standing on the pier, looking at the elite forces from all over the world that have been assembled to deal with Whitebeard. He can really speak out about himself in such a big situation with a clear conscience. An inner request?
On one side is the naval justice that he has been fighting for all his life, but on the other side is his family!
"Ace..." Garp asked in a low voice, "Even now, do you still have no regrets?"
Ace, who was kneeling on the execution platform with his eyes closed as pale as ashes, finally woke up, and the light returned to his eyes.
"Old man?! How did you..."
"Let me ask you! Even now...do you still have no regrets?!" "Is this the ending you want?" "Falling on such an execution platform, dying as a criminal pirate, being killed by countless people Scorned and reviled by countless people.”
Ace listened to Garp's words and looked at the side face next to him, looking down and staring ahead.
His heart trembled, but he shook his head, "Regret? I was already mentally prepared for this the moment I went to sea." "Old man, this ending is actually quite suitable for me, isn't it?"
His fist hit the wooden board of the execution platform, and the wood made a muffled sound. Ace looked to the side in shock, and then froze in surprise, his eyes full of disbelief and guilt.
"Old man..."
Garp, who had been resolute and optimistic all his life and was either serious or solemn, had a distorted face and tears streaming down his face at this moment.
"Asshole!!! Ace...why...why don't you follow the route planned by me!"
"As long as I become a navy..."
"If you become a navy."
"No one can stop me from saving you!"
Choking, Garp closed his eyes in pain.
"You're like this...how can I protect you?"
Opening his eyes again, Garp suppressed his roar into his mouth, and his voice suddenly became hoarse.
"Just like Feng Yatou said, I can't even protect my own family, so I..."
"What a naval hero you are!"
Ace was completely dumbfounded, tears welling up in his eyes.
Others might not understand what Garp muttered, but he did.
Almost everyone in the Navy has their own justice, and Garp's justice... is
guard!
And he is the one that the other party cannot protect now no matter what. To protect him, Garp will betray his own justice and chill the millions of civilians he is determined to protect. If he does not protect him, he will still betray his own. justice.
After all, how can a naval hero who can't protect his family protect those who are looking forward to him? Can he really do it?
Even if others don't say anything, there is still a gap in the justice that Garp insists on...
And that gap is.
Own.
family……
Own……
Ace was moved in his heart and murmured guiltily, "Old man..."
This time, Garp turned his head and said, "Aren't you still willing to call me grandpa after all?"
When Ace heard this, his emotions almost collapsed. He opened his mouth. Just as he was about to shout out, the face of Whitebeard suddenly appeared in his mind. When it came to his lips, he swallowed the words with difficulty and silence.
Ace grabbed the ground with his head "Compared to..."
"Just...just pretend that you've never been a bastard like me! I...don't deserve it."
Garp stood up slowly, grabbing his face with one hand and holding it tightly with the other.
"Is this your final answer..."
"Ace..."
"You bastard boy!!!!"
After saying that, Garp walked away leisurely with his face buried in his head.
The pace that was originally staggering gradually became stronger.
Because Garp knows
it's over.
Ace understood what he meant and the determination behind his words, and he handed the selector to the other party.
As long as he is willing, there will be no more heroes!
As long as he is willing, the hero remains!
And he... chose to refuse.
He rejected his determination and refused to live in that way.
What he chooses is ultimately the path he chooses.
"Asshole!"
Warring States witnessed everything, and his iron face softened a bit.
How long had it been since the last time Garp cried?
Or maybe he had never seen Garp cry.
Looking at Ace, Sengoku sighed silently.
"Is it really worth it? Pursuing the way of being a pirate..."
While sighing, the messenger suddenly answered.
"Marshal Warring States! A large number of ship images appeared on the distant sea!" "That, that, that, that... that is... the fleet attached to the Whitebeard Pirates! The Whitebeard Pirates... are here!!"
Warring States eyes widened and he got out of his emotions instantly, picked up the phone and gave the order.
"The whole army is ready for war, level one war order! Pay attention to the location of the main ship of the Whitebeard Pirates!"
As soon as the words fell, the entire Marine Fando started to move. Countless senior officers received the order, and the combatants quickly entered the battle state. At this moment, countless artillery pieces were stuffed into the barrels, and they would spray when the war started. And out.
As the war preparations and dispatch orders began, countless navies gradually saw the vague figures of pirate ships in the thick fog, as well as the pirate flags flying on those pirate ships.
Everyone's hearts were in their throats at this moment.
Many naval officers who had done a lot of work beforehand were already looking at what kind of pirates were on those pirate ships.
"The ice witch Huidibe... the knight Doma... the whirlpool spider Skuad... the thunder lord Makugai... the man-eating face Delakxi... and..."
As the names were read out one by one, the hearts of the navy became tense step by step.
These names all refer to great pirates who are famous on the sea. At the same time, they all belong to that man, Whitebeard, Edward Newgate!
On the high platform under the execution platform, Doflamingo laughed "..." "Come on, come on, the show is about to begin... Fu Fu Fu Fu..."
With a bandage wrapped around his neck, Moria also took a few steps forward excitedly.
"It's started, this time I'm going to make up for all the losses I've lost before!"
Mihawk, who stood with his sword on his back, remained expressionless, but there was a hint of fighting intent in his eyes.
Bear, no movement.
Hancock, who was standing behind the others, frowned and his mind was not on the battlefield at all.
She was worried about two people, one was Monkey D. Luffy who was still in Impel Down, and the other was Shikami Yuyuko who was left alone in the dike. As for the battlefield, she already had a clear plan, she was here to paddle.
"Wait! I didn't see the Whitebeard Pirates' main ship "Mobydick"!"
Didn't Whitebeard come? !
Countless sailors were confused.
But the guns were aimed firmly at these pirate ships. This is theirs.
The mission is to consume the opponent's ships as far away as possible in the first wave, so that the opponent cannot dock and pick up ships, and it is also necessary to make it impossible for the opponent to land as much as possible!
They were just waiting for an order, an order to fire, and then let out the repression in their hearts.
Sengoku frowned as he watched the pirate ship getting closer.
Because...Whitebeard's main ship is not here.
However, this distance no longer gave him time to think about where Whitebeard would be. The thick fog made Marinevando's soldiers not realize until they got closer that the peripheral guerrilla ships had lost their job of containing the enemy within the range of land cannons. Now they are also forts, but it is no longer the original plan.
Damn it! We can no longer let these pirate ships get closer!
Sengoku raised his hand and was about to give the shooting order.
At this moment, ripples suddenly appeared in the center of the Crescent Wharf harbor inside the naval encirclement.
Warring States immediately noticed something was wrong and reacted instantly.
"Peripheral bombardment is ready to fire at any time, and land forts are aimed at the inner harbor!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge whale in the inner harbor broke through the heavy water and came to the surface.
Then, behind the big whale, a smaller whale followed closely behind, the second one! The third head! The fourth head! The fifth head!
No, these are not whales at all, they are ships. The huge whale-like thing is Whitebeard’s main ship "Moby Dick"! The remaining ones are small foreign ships of the same style as the "Moby Dick".
Seng Guo's face was ashen.
Coating...
Whitebeard used the submarine coating to directly enter the Navy's inner harbor from the bottom of the sea.
In this way, the first defensive circle on the outside was directly flanked by both sides.
Sengoku roared in a low voice, "Edward!!!"
Standing on the head of a huge whale, a tall man wearing a cloak marked with a white beard met the eyes of Sengoku on the execution platform in the distance.
"Gu la la la la, long time no see! Warring States!!"
At this moment, Ace, who was being kneeled on the execution platform, could no longer hold back.
He struggled to stand up, but was pulled by the chains. He looked at these familiar faces with a complicated expression. _o_m
"Why...you just ignored me, why did you come to save me! Oh Aji!!!"
The man known as Whitebeard took two steps forward with his weapon in hand. The corners of his mouth raised, revealing a smile that was exactly the same as the Whitebeard Pirates' logo.
"Gu la la la, do you need to talk about that kind of thing? Your child was intercepted outside. Of course it's impossible for a father to do nothing!" "Don't be afraid, just wait there, wait. Dad, I will save you."
"It's better for your stupid son to be educated by your stupid father, Warring States!"
As he spoke, Whitebeard pushed Cong Yunqie aside, and his hands violently flew to both sides of his body.
"Haha!!~~~"
Along with Whitebeard's roar, the air near his fist made a sound like broken glass, and the sound spread all the way into the distance.
At this moment, the earth trembled.
All the navy felt a sense of imbalance, and the next moment, they saw a scene that would be unforgettable in their lifetime.
The sea is divided!
The sea in front of them seemed to be cut into pieces of paper, divided layer by layer. There were navy warships on each divided sea. However, they did not have much time to observe this landscape, and countless people were attracted by the earth. The gravitational pull tilts in one direction.
At this moment, people with quick minds reacted instantly to what happened to them, and then immediately reacted immediately.
Malevando is tilted! ! ! ! !
Is this something a human can do? ! !
This was not over yet. Violent vibrations followed, and the entire sea seemed to tremble. The land under their feet seemed to want to throw off all the navies standing on it.
Youyouzi hid in a corner and watched all this silently, sighing in a low voice, "I haven't seen this scene for a long time."
"Hey, yeah, yeah, I can't let you keep doing this, or you'll already lose before you even fight~"
I was sitting leisurely on the right side of the bench of the three generals, trimming my fingers.
A's Kizaru suddenly started to rub up, turned into a beam of light and jumped into the sky. As soon as he stretched out his hand, a thick beam of light hit Whitebeard.
However, a figure rushed in front of Whitebeard, and the beam of light was blocked by him.
But what Whitebeard wanted to do has been completed.
The sudden end of the shock made the navy, who were still in the midst of the stormy waves and the trembling earth, feel like they were surviving. However, they soon discovered that something was wrong. The water level in the inner harbor had dropped several meters, and there seemed to be some kind of roaring sound coming from the horizon.
Looking up, the sailors who had just recovered were dumbfounded.
A layer of waves hundreds of meters high, covering the sky and the sun, rolled towards Malinfando.
Warring States was also watching with eyes wide open, and his heart was in chaos at this moment.
If they are washed over by these waves, the captains of the Whitebeard Pirates will be able to ride the waves and ride on them. All the arrangements designed by the Navy in the square will be useless. Moreover, the waves will wash away countless naval forces, and the navy's defenses will be completely destroyed.
Whitebeard looked at Warring States with a smile.
"It depends on what you do"
The next moment, a figure rushed into the sky on moon steps. He stretched out his hands and threw out two ice ridges that extended infinitely. The ice ridges spread rapidly and inserted themselves into the rolling ocean current.
Then, the huge current instantly condensed into icebergs. @
The iceberg remained unabated and continued to fall towards the subordinate fleets of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Kuzan
"Frozen for thousands of miles!"
Whitebeard frowned slightly in displeasure and waved his hand.
"Kid, you are really in the way!"
The air shattered again, and vibrations were transmitted. Kuzan, who was still in the air, was instantly pulled by the twisted vibrations. His brain was pulled in confusion at this moment. Finally, as the white beard pulled down, Kuzan suddenly fell heavily from the sky. Headlong towards the inner harbor.
However, the sound of "plop" entering the water did not sound, but it was like a heavy object hitting the ground.
I saw that the water where Kuzan was hit began to condense at the moment he hit it. The water that had just splashed was condensed. The ice vines spread quickly, spreading outward from Kuzan's position. In just a few breaths, it had spread to the entire inner harbor. , and then the momentum continued to spread like a broken bamboo, and the ships that were still churning in the aftermath of the waves were instantly frozen in the water, twisting and turning among the layers of waves.
Finally, the ice spread under the iceberg.
In an instant, the water under the iceberg was frozen into pieces like the iceberg, stopping the falling iceberg in place. .
