Hancock pouted, but she still nodded and said, "Alright, I understand, Akira-sama. I know that the pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates are all your comrades. I'll try not to hurt them, but you also have to be careful."
"Okay, thank you, Hancock."
Akira said gratefully. He was indeed very grateful to Hancock. Back then, he had only incidentally saved Hancock from Mary Geoise, but Hancock had always treated him as a benefactor, and showed that she was so close. Even now, after ten years had passed, she was still like this, so he was naturally very happy and grateful in his heart.
"Akira-sama, this is for you. This is the key to unlock 'Fire Fist' Ace's handcuffs. I stole it."
Hancock mysteriously handed a key to Akira, and then said softly.
Akira smiled and took the key, and then said to Hancock, "Let's separate first, this is a battlefield, be careful."
After saying goodbye to Hancock, Akira's gaze turned, but he turned around and headed towards Luffy's location. The key to the seastone handcuffs wasn't important to him. His Death God Blade had enough sharpness to cut through seastone, but Luffy didn't have this ability, so he prepared to hand the key over to Luffy.
On the execution platform, Sengoku watched one person after another helping Akira, and his expression became very ugly. Especially when he saw Hancock talking to Akira, he was even more angry in his heart, saying, "These Shichibukai, as expected, none of them are reliable."
Among the Shichibukai, Jinbe and Rambo had already rebelled, Hancock also wouldn't listen to orders at all, Doflamingo naturally didn't need to be said, before he wanted to attack Akira, it was mostly because Akira had harmed him in the past; and Mihawk was only because he wanted to have a decisive battle with Akira. Plus Blackbeard, who had completely disappeared, so now among the Shichibukai, there was only Bartholomew Kuma left.
Garp heard Sengoku's words and snorted, "None of those people were reliable to begin with. You wanted to use them to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates, now you see the result, right?"
Garp's sarcastic words made Sengoku even more angry. He shouted, "Isn't it because of your family that the current situation has arisen? If it wasn't for your grandson, how could that guy have escaped?"
Although he hadn't obtained the specific details of the Impel Down breakout, Sengoku could also guess a few things. The reason why these people were able to escape was definitely largely because of Straw Hat Luffy, because it was he who had entered Impel Down, which led to so many people breaking out.
Among the escaped prisoners from Impel Down, a portion of Ivankov's subordinates, the Newkama, were all following Ivankov, pursuing Luffy from behind. The rest were only those prisoners who had temporarily decided to follow Buggy.
These people followed behind Buggy, although they hadn't participated in the war yet, they had been staring at the situation on the battlefield. Especially after seeing Straw Hat Luffy and Akira display their great power, each of them was very angry, and said to Buggy unhappily, "Captain Buggy, that Straw Hat Luffy and Death God guy are too arrogant. You're a big shot who's no less than them, you can't let them outshine you. Now there's no one around Whitebeard, it's a good opportunity to take Whitebeard's head."
If it wasn't because there were so many prisoners around him, Buggy would have already been frightened and ran away. But now, in order to maintain his aura, he absolutely couldn't show any timidity at this time. So, after hearing these follower prisoners' words, he had no choice but to say loudly and forcefully, "Of course, then let's all go together."
Although he said these words, he was frightened in his heart and didn't know what to do. The chaos of this battlefield completely exceeded his imagination. The only thing he wanted to do now was to think of what reason to use to avoid taking action on this battlefield, and also protect his own life.
"Hey, Red Nose!"
Just as Buggy was frightened and trembling, suddenly a steady voice entered his ears. That phrase "Red Nose" made him jump up as if he had been stepped on his tail, and shouted loudly, "Who's Red Nose? Bastard, who's calling me that?"
But when Buggy turned his head, his angry shout suddenly stopped, and he looked at the man who was talking to him with a face full of horror. This man was Whitebeard, standing on the Moby Dick.
"Whitebeard!" Buggy's face was full of horror, so nervous that he couldn't speak.
Whitebeard looked at Buggy and said, "I thought it was someone else, aren't you the kid on Roger's ship, the one who was knocked down by Akira? It's really nostalgic, you're still alive."
Seeing that Whitebeard was actually talking to Buggy, those followers of Buggy were all extremely excited. Although they were also some pirates with good bounties, Whitebeard was a legendary great pirate, an existence that was out of their reach. In the past, they wouldn't have even been qualified to stand in front of Whitebeard, let alone talk to him.
Different from the excitement of these prisoners, Buggy was frightened and trembling. He was very clear about what kind of person Whitebeard was. If he was targeted by Whitebeard, a hundred of him would only have one path, death.
But Whitebeard didn't have any intention of targeting Buggy. Instead, he asked, "You're leading so many prisoners, are you planning to take my head?"
Those follower prisoners immediately shouted, "That's right, Captain Buggy is here to take your head."
Buggy was also forced onto the rack. At this time, he could only grit his teeth and shout to Whitebeard, "That's right, I'm here to take your head, Whitebeard, be prepared."
Whitebeard, after hearing this, didn't get as angry as expected. Instead, he said "Oh" and then said, "Taking my head is fine, but what are you going to do after taking my head? So many Navy soldiers, you can't deal with them alone, right? Actually, even I feel that it's a bit difficult, how about this, since we're both pirates, why don't we join forces to deal with the Navy first, how does that sound?"
As soon as these words came out, Buggy revealed an incredulous expression. What kind of person was Whitebeard? He was a man who stood at the pinnacle of the world. For such a man to actually take the initiative to say that they should join forces, this was simply a fantasy for Buggy. Especially since Buggy was the kind of person with a very strong sense of vanity, he was naturally even more excited.
"What? Whitebeard actually wants to join forces with Captain Buggy?"
Buggy's followers were almost going crazy with excitement, they were all shouting excitedly at Buggy. They wanted Buggy to take Whitebeard's head, naturally also for fame. Now that Whitebeard wanted to join forces, this made them very excited as well. Whitebeard saying this meant that he acknowledged them.
Buggy was so excited that he had forgotten everything. He said loudly, "Okay, no problem, Whitebeard, I agree to join forces with you."
Buggy thought excitedly, "Anyway, I'm already an enemy of the Navy. On this battlefield, if I can join forces with Whitebeard, putting everything else aside, at least my life can be greatly guaranteed. After all, if Whitebeard is defeated, we will definitely be purged by the Navy, so it's better to join forces with Whitebeard, yes, that's it."
Seeing that Buggy had agreed to join forces, Whitebeard smiled faintly. Marco, behind him, said with a smile, "This guy is unexpectedly easy to deal with, he was persuaded so easily."
Whitebeard smiled and said, "Akira is right, that Red Nose isn't much, but the prisoners he brought have some strength. With them joining, our side's strength can also be enhanced."
Marco said, "Akira is now breaking through towards the front, and our rear forces are slowly coming up. The Navy should be about to implement their plan, the next step is the key."
They saw that on the battlefield, the Navy's forces were slowly preparing their formation, slowly retreating, forming a clear contrast with the advancing pirate crews. However, Whitebeard saw the unfavorable point, because the surrounding Navy warships had slowly surrounded them from both sides. Although the pirates had rushed to the front, their rear was blocked.
The pirates all thought that as long as they broke into the plaza and rescued Ace, that would be considered a victory. However, Whitebeard, who was leading the battle, naturally saw further. He knew that rescuing Ace was only the first step, how to leave next was the key. So, he absolutely couldn't let the Navy completely seal off their retreat. Therefore, he ordered the pirate crews under his command to launch attacks on the warships in the rear.
Although the pirates didn't understand Whitebeard's purpose, they firmly followed Whitebeard's orders, separating a portion of their people to launch attacks on the warships in the bay head in the rear.
Luffy, who was advancing quickly, encountered trouble. He encountered his old opponent, Navy Captain Smoker. As a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, Smoker was relatively restraining to Luffy, because Luffy's attacks were ineffective against him, but he had a seastone jitte that could defeat Luffy. So naturally, Luffy was completely suppressed by him.
Smoker held Luffy down with his jitte, and said slowly, "Straw Hat Kid, I finally know why Dragon saved you in Loguetown. So you're actually his son. But this time, no one can save you."
Saying that, Smoker was preparing to strike a heavy blow, but just as he was about to take action, suddenly a hand grabbed his jitte, actually making him unable to move at all.
"I don't think so!"
Smoker's expression instantly changed. He looked at the person behind him in surprise and asked, "Death God, it's you. Why are you saving Straw Hat Kid?"
The one who had stopped Smoker was naturally Akira. He said with a smile, "Straw Hat Kid is a comrade who escaped from prison with me, and he's also the younger brother of our pirate crew's 2nd Division Commander, Ace. I naturally have to save him."
Smoker wanted to resist, but he discovered that a terrifying force was coming from Akira's hand, actually making him unable to move at all. Not only that, but Akira's sharp gaze made him feel fear in his heart. He also knew something about the name Death God, and he also knew that he was definitely not Akira's opponent.
"You bastard!" Smoker looked at Akira angrily, but in front of Akira, he had no way to resist.
Akira said with a smile, "Unfortunately, I'm really not used to being cursed to my face, so..."
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly used force, actually lifting Smoker directly from Luffy's body, and then throwing him into the air, kicking him, sending Smoker flying more than ten meters away before landing in a sorry state.
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