One Piece: Surrounded at Marineford? Just kidding!

Chapter 102 The Belated King of Face!

Chapter 102: The Belated King of Face!

After uttering those words, it was as if all the strength in his body had been drained away.

This once-powerful naval admiral, who had dominated the battlefield for decades, now had a hunched back, and his once black hair was turning white at a visible rate.

The faces of Kong, Akainu, and the others beside him instantly turned extremely ugly.

The tens of thousands of surviving naval soldiers were struck dumb, their weapons clattering to the ground, their eyes completely losing their light.

We lost...

They represented the world government's highest fighting force and absolute justice, yet they were defeated.

Ignoring the commotion behind him, Sengoku simply raised his bloodshot eyes and stared intently at the white-bearded man opposite him.

He took a deep breath, mustered his last strength, and said in a pleading tone:

"Whitebeard!"

"You can have my head; use it as your spoils!"

"But I only beg you, spare the remaining naval soldiers! They were simply doing their duty!"

These words shocked everyone present.

"Master Sengoku!"

"marshal!"

"Don't plead with the pirates!"

World Government Commander-in-Chief Steelbone Kong roared, his veins bulging.

"In the Navy's dictionary, there are no defeated generals begging for mercy from pirates! Kill me or torture me, it's all up to you!"

"That's right!"

Admiral Akainu's face, covered with magma patterns, was filled with ferocity and defiance.

"Justice will never bow to evil!"

"Kill me if you want! There isn't a single coward in our navy who's afraid to die!"

"Hohoho! That's right! We'll die standing!" "Fight to the last man!!"

"That's right! Kill me or torture me! It's up to you!"

"There are no cowards in the Navy!"

The surviving naval soldiers, ignited by Sengoku's words and Akainu's roar, gripped their swords and spears tightly, unleashing a deafening howl. They would rather die in battle than accept the Fleet Admiral's sacrifice of his life for a life of ignominy!

"Guralalalalala!"

"Gurarararara!"

In response, they were met with two identical, thunderous bursts of hearty laughter.

The old man with a white beard held the Murakumogiri sword and looked at the Sengoku period. A hint of regret appeared on his weathered face.

"We've been fighting for decades, from our youth until now. Don't you understand me?"

"I have absolutely no interest in your head."

Peak Whitebeard, carrying a knife, grinned, revealing a set of big white teeth.

"All I've ever wanted is Ace!"

"We have now rescued the person."

The two white-bearded men said in unison!

"As long as your navy stops blocking our departure, this war will end here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure descended from the sky and landed in front of the two white-bearded men.

It was Chen Ye who had regained his normal human appearance.

"You're right, Dad."

"We have achieved our objective; there is no need to exterminate them all."

"As long as you don't stop us from leaving, this war will end here."

After glancing around at the ashen-faced naval high-ranking officers, Chen Ye suddenly changed the subject.

"However, before I leave, I need to take someone with me. I hope you won't make things difficult for me."

Upon hearing this, Zhan Guo frowned.

"Who?"

Chen Ye did not answer, but instead cast his gaze into the depths of the distant ruins.

There, a figure was struggling to crawl out of the pile of rubble. It was Blackbeard Teach, who had been severely injured by a punch from the peak Whitebeard and the combined efforts of the old Whitebeard, but was not quite dead yet thanks to the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit!

Come here.

Chen Ye curled his lips into a smile and snapped his fingers lightly.

"Binding of Light"

Swish!

One by one, ropes made of pure golden light appeared out of thin air on Teach's body, binding him tightly in an instant!

"What?!"

Teach was horrified. He could feel that these light ropes not only imprisoned his body, but even the Devil Fruit power within him was suppressed by an incomprehensible force!

Before he could react, a tremendous force came from the light cable!

Whoosh!

Teach was pulled out of the ruins like a cannonball, tracing a perfect parabola before crashing heavily in front of the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Teach!!!"

"That traitor!"

The moment they saw Teach, Marco, Jozu, Vista, and all the other members of the Whitebeard Pirates had their eyes turn blood red, and a murderous aura surged into the sky!

This is the man who killed their brother Sachi!

This is the man who handed Ace over to the Navy! This is the man who started this damned war!

"Don't lay a hand on me!"

Chen Ye's voice rang out just in time, stopping the crowd who were about to tear Teach to pieces.

"Go back and try him again."

"I see!"

Marco's eyes were cold as he nodded and took out the Seastone shackles from the cabin.

"So it was him..."

The Warring States period did not hesitate at all!

"No problem, you can take them."

There's no use keeping a traitor like him who dares to betray even his own "father".

Thus, this epic battle, later known as the "Marineford War," came to an end in a way that no one could have predicted.

The two sides ceased their standoff.

The navy began searching for the wounded and assessing the damage in the ruins.

The Whitebeard Pirates and their allies also began to heal their companions and take away the bodies of their dead comrades as they evacuated.

There was neither cheering nor cursing.

The Whitebeard Pirates' fleet, along with their New World pirates, began to slowly turn their ships around and retreat towards the mouth of the bay.

No one stopped them.

All the navy personnel simply watched them leave in silence.

……

Just as the battlefield was in chaos and both sides were regrouping their troops.

The remaining officers of the newly formed Blackbeard Pirates were thrown into a panic as they watched their captain being captured and the Navy and Whitebeard Pirates reaching a ceasefire agreement.

"The captain's been arrested! What do we do?"

"Run! Run now!"

"Staying here means certain death!"

San Juan Wolf, Avalo Pizarro, and the others exchanged a glance, then turned and fled without hesitation.

However, they didn't run more than a few steps.

Two figures blocked their path.

"Excuse me, everyone, where are you in such a hurry to go?"

The lazy tone, tinged with a hint of mockery, belonged to Admiral Kizaru.

Beside him, Aokiji stood with his hands in his pockets, exhaling white, cold breath.

"Oh dear... we can't let you get away like this!"

"Naval traitors must be put on trial."

Upon seeing these two menacing figures, the Blackbeard Pirates' officers instantly turned ashen-faced.

next second.

Countless lasers and ice spears completely engulfed them. Heartbreaking screams echoed throughout Marineford.

. . . . .

Just after the Whitebeard Pirates' fleet sailed away from the bay.

A massive pirate ship, its prow carved with a dragon's head and its hull painted red, emerged from the distant sea mist like a ghost.

The pirate flag on the ship is a skull with three scars piercing through its left eye.

The Red-Haired Pirates have arrived.

The man at the head of the group, with his signature red hair and three scars on his face, is none other than Shanks, one of the Four Emperors who reign over the New World.

He stood at the bow of the ship, looking at Marineford, which had been almost completely leveled and whose island outline had been utterly altered, and fell into a long silence.

Everything silently tells the story of a war that has just taken place here, a war that was both incredibly brutal and beyond imagination.

Ben Beckman, the first mate beside him, puffed out a thick cloud of smoke from a cigar, his face more somber than ever before.

"It seems... we're too late."

Shanks slowly raised his head, his gaze sweeping over the retreating Whitebeard fleet and the navy cleaning up the mess in the distance.

A complex, bitter smile appeared on his face.

"No." "The war is over."