And this is not over!
Accompanied by several booming sounds,
three more whale-headed ships rushed out from beneath the waters in the bay.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Boom boom!!"
"Again... three more Whitebeard Pirates ships!"
"Invasion into the bay!"
The Marines screamed in horror.
Soon, figures could be seen clearly standing on the decks of the ships.
"That... that's the first division captain, Marco!"
"All 14 captains are here!"
Looking at the suddenly appeared Whitebeard Pirates,
Ace's eyes widened on the execution platform, his face full of complicated emotions.
At this time, the Whitebeard Pirates' main ship, the Moby Dick,
echoed with dull footsteps.
"Da da da..."
Four Emperors' leader Whitebeard, Edward Newgate, climbed step by step up the bow's wooden stairs!
"Boom!"
One of his twelve giant bisento (long pole weapons), named Murakumogiri, was thrust steeply into the bow by Whitebeard.
A booming laugh followed.
"Old man Sengoku..."
"We haven't seen each other in decades, have we?"
Looking at the execution platform, Whitebeard said in a low voice.
Seeing Whitebeard's appearance, Sengoku frowned, his expression extremely solemn.
"Whitebeard..."
Glancing at Ace beside Sengoku, Whitebeard spoke softly,
"Is my dear son all right?"
"Old man..."
Hearing this, Sengoku's face suddenly became very ugly.
He never expected Whitebeard to appear like this—invading directly here!
"Wait for me, Ace!"
Looking at Ace on the execution platform, Whitebeard said with a loving smile.
Immediately afterwards, he saw his bisento firmly planted in the ship's bow.
He clenched both fists and unleashed his power violently.
"Boom!!"
In an instant, the air seemed to shatter.
All of Marineford and the surrounding sea shook violently.
"Boom rumble!!!"
Meanwhile, on the other side,
on a Marine warship that had just passed through the Gate of Justice,
the Straw Hat Pirates' captain with a bounty of 300 million berries, Monkey D. Luffy,
was telling the Okama King Ivankov that he and Ace do not share the same father!
He revealed that Ace's biological father was actually Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King.
Everyone present was stunned.
"What?!"
"Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King?!"
Luffy smiled and nodded.
"Yeah! He was obviously so powerful, but he's not..."
Before Luffy could finish, a sharp sound of something breaking through the air suddenly resounded behind them.
This caused Luffy and Ivankov to quickly turn their heads.
Immediately, a huge, dark green figure appeared speeding toward them.
Luffy and the others caught sight of a strange bird rapidly approaching.
Seeing this strange bird, Luffy froze for a moment.
Then he quickly reacted, eyes shining with excitement.
"So fast!"
"Hey! If we ride it, we'll get to Marineford soon, right?!"
With that, Luffy eagerly waved his hands.
But at this moment, Ivankov, standing beside him, suddenly noticed something on the back of the strange bird.
A man stood alone there—short brown hair, long black trench coat.
He was also a member of the Kamui Pirates who had rushed to Marineford.
Beast Dow Payne.
Feeling the gaze on the warship, Beast Dow Payne lowered his head and glanced indifferently at the situation.
He already knew the number and status of the people aboard the warship.
Below, on the warship's deck,
Ivankov also looked closely at Beast Dow Payne.
But when Ivankov met those Rinnegan-like eyes of Payne,
he immediately looked away, his heart filled with alarm.
An uneasy feeling surged inside him—a strong instinctive warning.
It was not easy for Ivankov to feel this way.
If Beast Dow Payne took action, there would be extremely serious consequences!
Sensing this, Ivankov quickly pulled Luffy aside, who was about to shoot at the dark green creature.
"Wait! Luffy!" Ivankov shouted.
"You can't shoot at that strange bird!"
Luffy looked confused.
"Why?"
Ivankov said solemnly,
"There's someone on the back of that strange bird!"
He glanced toward Beast Dow Payne.
Those piercing purple eyes with the black pattern kept flashing in Ivankov's mind.
No matter what—
But Luffy still didn't understand what Ivankov meant.
Hearing that someone was on the bird's back, Luffy became even more excited.
"What?! Really?! That'd be great! Let her take us for a ride!"
Before Ivankov could stop him, Luffy had already shouted and waved at Beast Dow Payne flying above.
"Hey!!!"
"Yo!!"
But Beast Dow Payne ignored Luffy completely.
With a whooshing sound, the beast flew over Luffy and the others while riding the strange bird.
Luffy froze, disappointed.
In contrast, Ivankov breathed a quiet sigh of relief.
For some reason, he had always felt uneasy about that man in the sky.
Above the sky, after flying for a while on the Yatagarasu,
a crescent-shaped island came into Beast Dow Payne's view.
Just a glance was enough for Payne to know their destination was near.
There, that's what the captain called Marineford!
Beast Dow Payne slowly squatted down.
He lightly placed his hand on Yatagarasu's back and whispered in a low voice,
"Quick!"
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