Boom!
Golden Lion and Garp clashed once again. A terrifying roar rang out like thunder in every direction.
Rowan glanced at the battle in the distance, then withdrew his gaze and said to the people beside him, "It's time for you to act."
Jinbe nodded and said to Whitebeard, "Pops, I'm going."
"Be careful," Whitebeard replied.
Jinbe charged forward without hesitation and threw a punch.
Fish-Man Karate: Five Thousand Brick Fist!
A surging force instantly pierced through the air, creating a straight vacuum path. Every Marine standing along that path was blasted away.
"Ace, I'm coming to save you."
Ace's tears streamed down his face. For his sake, today's situation had truly become far too big.
Immediately after, Shiliew of the Rain also made his move. With a casual slash, he released a sword aura over a hundred meters long, blasting away the nearby Marines and displaying the strength of a great swordsman.
Demon Heir Douglas Bullet laughed wildly a few times, then unleashed his violent Conqueror's Haki. Many nearby Marines were knocked unconscious before they even realized what was happening.
He himself charged straight at Akainu without hesitation.
"Come here and die!!!"
Powerful, dense Armament Haki wrapped around his fist as he threw a blow that seemed to make heaven and earth change color.
This man was currently in his prime, and his strength was astonishing. Aside from not knowing Conqueror's coating, both his strength and physique were already infinitely close to that of an Emperor.
Facing such a ferocious punch, Akainu flew into a rage.
One after another, they all dared to attack him. Did they really think he was that easy to deal with?
"All pirates deserve to die! Great Eruption!"
"Phoenix Brand!!!"
Seeing the opportunity, Marco teamed up with Douglas Bullet and attacked Akainu from front and back.
While Akainu was dealing with Bullet, Marco kicked him in the chest. With a muffled bang, Akainu was sent flying.
Unfortunately, Douglas Bullet did not appreciate it.
"Don't get in my way, Marco."
He shot Marco a ferocious glance, then chased after Akainu, who had been blasted away.
Today, he was going to use his own strength to tear through the three Admirals and make everyone understand that he had already surpassed Roger.
Seeing this, Marco cursed him for not knowing what was good for him, but he did not keep entangling himself with Bullet.
Because he knew he had not come here to fight Akainu to the death.
He had come to save Ace.
Since Douglas wanted to defeat Akainu, then let that guy go mad.
Right now, the most important thing was rescuing Ace.
World Destroyer Byrnndi World fixed his gaze firmly on Sengoku. If not for those Marines back then, he would not have been imprisoned in Impel Down for so many years.
Old hatred and new grudges surged up together. Byrnndi World grabbed a rock and threw it forcefully at Sengoku.
The instant the rock flew out, it transformed into a gigantic boulder, moving as fast as lightning.
Whoosh!
Seeing this, Sengoku couldn't help cursing inwardly. He once again transformed into the Great Buddha and struck out with his palm.
Buddha Shockwave!!!
The terrifying shockwave slammed into the enormous rock, instantly blasting it into dust.
But it did not end there. Seeing this, Byrnndi World simply changed targets and began crazily throwing rocks toward the Marine formation.
With the help of the More-More Fruit, each stone transformed into a gigantic boulder the instant it left his hand.
They fell toward the Marine ranks like meteors descending from the sky.
If they landed, the Marine formation would suffer a devastating blow in an instant.
However, at that moment—
"Yasakani no Magatama!!!"
Countless light bullets fell from the sky. Before the stones could hit the ground, the bullets struck them accurately and shattered them, saving the Marine formation.
It was Kizaru, Borsalino.
Byrnndi World snorted coldly. He simply changed targets again and asked the Whitebeard Pirates for a sniper rifle, aiming it at Kizaru.
Bang!
A bullet wrapped in Armament Haki shot from the barrel, its speed increasing a hundredfold the instant it was fired.
Kizaru immediately turned into photons and avoided the shot.
But King the Wildfire, who had been fighting him all along, saw the opening and slashed out.
Flame Dragon Emperor!!
Patrick Redfield glanced at this Admiral but did not take him to heart.
He had only one target.
Sengoku.
At the same time, Sengoku looked at the chaotic battlefield, his brow twitching wildly.
After the prisoners who had escaped from Impel Down joined the battlefield, the advantage had clearly tilted toward the pirates.
Especially since several pirate experts had been freed up, such as Marco and Cracker. They had almost reached the execution platform.
If not for the Vice Admirals stopping them in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
And up until now, Whitebeard still had not acted.
Kaido and Charlotte Linlin still had not appeared.
The situation was extremely unfavorable for the Marines.
Now he could only hope that the World Government would react soon and send a wave of experts to support the Marines. Otherwise, if this continued, the Marines would truly suffer a devastating blow.
At the same time, his gaze turned toward Rowan.
Who exactly was that guy who had brought prisoners out of Impel Down?
Sengoku's intuition told him that the changes in the Whitebeard Pirates, the appearance of Golden Lion, and the participation of the Beast Pirates and Big Mom Pirates were all inseparable from this man.
But he truly did not know this young man.
Who exactly was he?
Rowan sensed Sengoku's puzzled gaze and smiled faintly at him.
"Boss."
At that moment, Nico Robin walked over and said to Rowan with a smile, "Morgans called. He said everything is ready. Our plan can begin at any time."
Rowan nodded. "Then let's begin."
Nico Robin took out a Visual Den Den Mushi and aimed it at Rowan.
As a result, everyone in the world who was watching the Summit War suddenly discovered that the Den Den Mushi broadcast had split into two.
One half showed the Summit War.
The other half showed Rowan's face.
"Ahem, testing, testing."
Rowan smiled at the camera and slowly said, "This face of mine should be unfamiliar to all of you. You've probably never seen me before."
"But whether you've seen me or not doesn't matter, because I'm not important at all."
"What I'm about to say is what matters."
"Now, I want to use this opportunity to discuss something with everyone."
"Is this era right?"
"As everyone knows, this era is the Great Pirate Era created by Pirate King Roger."
"Countless pirates, driven by the so-called great treasure, rushed into the seas one after another and became pirates."
"Because of that, places all over the world have suffered from pirate attacks, and people have lived in misery."
"Many people's homes have even been destroyed by pirates."
"But I have a question for all of you. Among the people around you, how many went to sea because of the treasure Pirate King Roger spoke of? And how many went to sea because they simply could no longer survive?"
At this point, Rowan paused slightly and took a sheet of paper from Nico Robin.
"Previously, I asked Morgans to conduct a survey."
"The results showed that in the first few years after Roger's death, there were indeed many pirates who set out to sea because of Roger's treasure."
"But as time passed and the treasure was never found, many people came to believe that Roger had no treasure at all."
"What is interesting, however, is that the number of people going to sea and becoming pirates did not decrease because of this."
"Instead, it grew larger and larger."
"Especially in recent years, fewer and fewer people have gone to sea for the Pirate King's treasure. They can almost be counted on one hand. The vast majority went to sea because they could not survive, because they offended someone, or because they were naturally restless."
"And among them, those who could no longer survive made up the overwhelming majority."
"Of course, I'm not saying this to whitewash pirates."
"In truth, the vast majority of pirates are not good people. They burn, kill, loot, murder, commit arson, violate others' wives and daughters, and commit every evil imaginable. Their crimes are too numerous to record."
"So they deserve to be despised, even hated."
"Because they truly do not act like human beings."
"But at this point, I discovered something else that completely overturned my worldview."
"There is another group of people who also burn, kill, loot, murder, commit arson, violate others' wives and daughters, and even treat human beings as prey, trampling and hunting them as they please."
"And yet this group of people can stand high above everyone else, receive everyone's awe and worship, be enshrined by nations all over the world, and be treated like gods."
"Isn't there something wrong here?"
"Am I right, Celestial Dragons, Five Elders, God's Knights, and the so-called hidden ruler behind the World Government—Imu?"
Hearing this, Sengoku's face twitched nonstop.
This guy really dared to speak.
He had actually turned his spear toward the Celestial Dragons.
Did he know what he was doing?
"Shut your mouth, you damned pirate!"
Sengoku could no longer hold back. He could not let this man continue speaking, or the entire world would be shaken.
The next second, he transformed into the golden Great Buddha once more and unleashed the strongest attack he had ever launched toward Rowan.
Great Buddha: Super Shockwave!
Whitebeard laughed loudly.
"Gurararara! I can't let you disturb my lord."
He took a step forward, clenched his fist, and smashed it viciously toward the rapidly approaching super shockwave.
Air Quake!
At that moment, space itself seemed to crack. An invisible force swept outward and collided with the super shockwave, creating visible ripples.
The ripples spread outward at astonishing speed, wave after wave, blasting away all the nearby pirates and Marines.
Rowan smiled slightly at the camera.
"Alright, let's ignore that little interruption just now and continue our topic."
"Where was I? Oh, right. The Celestial Dragons."
"When pirates burn, kill, and loot, they are wanted, executed, and despised."
"But when Celestial Dragons burn, kill, and loot, they are not wanted, not despised, and if they are offended, a Marine Admiral will even personally take action."
"This has continued for eight hundred years."
"For eight hundred years, it has never changed. So much so that you have already grown used to this unequal treatment."
"Because this matter has always been this way."
"Then I want to ask all of you one question…"
"Just because it has always been this way, does that make it right?"
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