As soon as these words came out, the entire battlefield was shocked. Everyone looked at Akira in disbelief.
Even Luffy, who was involved, looked at Akira blankly, not knowing why Akira would suddenly say such words.
"What is Akira saying? Fully cover Ace's brother, that rookie?"
"What a joke, fully cover a rookie? Even if he's Ace's brother, can he rescue Ace?"
"What is the 'Death God' planning? How can he place his bet on a rookie pirate?"
"He's the person that Pops values the most. There must be a reason for him to say this. Just do as he says, cover Straw Hat Luffy."
"..."
The pirates who heard Akira's words couldn't hide the shock in their hearts. Most of them didn't know whether to believe Akira's words or not. After all, although they had seen Akira's strength before, and he had saved many of them, they weren't too familiar with Akira after all, and didn't have absolute trust. So, they didn't know whether they should listen to him or not.
Ace on the execution platform was also stunned. He looked at Akira in disbelief, and muttered to himself, "He, he actually trusts Luffy so much?"
Sengoku, however, snorted coldly, and said, "This Death God, he really has a lot of tricks. He wants us to focus our attention on Straw Hat Luffy, so as to create opportunities for others? There's no way I'll let you succeed."
To be honest, although Luffy's performance was good, Sengoku really didn't take him seriously. He didn't believe that Luffy could rush to the execution platform. So, he felt that this was Akira's trick, wanting to use Luffy to attract the Navy's attention, so as to create opportunities for himself or others.
Ace was stunned when he heard Sengoku's words, because what Sengoku said really made some sense, and he also didn't think that Luffy could really come to him from the Navy's encirclement.
But he quickly rejected it, because although he hadn't spent much time with Akira, he had heard many legends about him. Even Pops and Marco and the others trusted him so much. This kind of person could never be the kind of man who would achieve his goals by betraying his comrades, especially since Luffy was the one who had helped him escape from Impel Down.
"However, can Luffy really do it?"
"Death God, you're really crazy, actually placing your hopes on a rookie?"
Kizaru smiled and glanced at Luffy, and then said to Akira with contempt, feeling that Akira was just trying to attract attention.
Akira, however, sneered and said, "So what? Back then, I wasn't even a rookie, but I still snatched Uncle Roger's body from your hands. Although Luffy is a rookie, that doesn't mean he can't do it."
At this moment, Luffy had become the most eye-catching existence on the battlefield. Countless people's gazes were looking at him, wanting to see what abilities he had that made someone like Akira trust him.
Garp looked at Luffy with a complicated expression, and then looked at Akira. Luffy was his own grandson, while Akira was the most outstanding new generation of pirates in recent years. He didn't think like Sengoku. He felt that Akira didn't want to harm Luffy, but really trusted Luffy. However, he didn't understand why Akira would have confidence in Luffy, whom he had only spent a short time with.
Akainu, Aokiji, and the others were also very curious. On the contrary, the Navy soldiers who were blocking in front of Luffy became cautious.
At this time, Whitebeard, who had just been injured, also steadied his body. He suddenly swung his sword, knocking all the Navy soldiers who had rushed in front of him away, and then leaned the sword there.
"Pops, are you okay?" Marco asked nervously.
Whitebeard said, "You little bastards, what are you worrying about? This level is nothing to me at all. Don't forget, I'm Whitebeard!"
Whitebeard was the soul of the Whitebeard Pirates. As soon as he spoke, he immediately gave everyone confidence. Even though everyone could see that he had been injured, as long as Whitebeard was still alive, he would be able to give everyone confidence.
"Pops is fine, Pops is fine!"
"I knew Pops would definitely be okay."
"That's great, Pops is fine."
The pirates all shouted excitedly. Whitebeard was fine, their backbone had returned.
However, Marco, who was closest to Whitebeard, had a very serious look in his eyes. He had already seen that the injuries on Whitebeard's body weren't light, and more importantly, his stamina was very poor, far from being as good as everyone imagined.
Whitebeard took a deep breath, and then shouted, "Little ones, listen up, listen to what Akira said just now, fully cover Straw Hat Kid, rush towards the execution platform, and rescue Ace."
If Akira's shout just now had shocked many people, then Whitebeard's shout now made everyone horrified. This was Whitebeard. When had Whitebeard placed his hopes on others, and still a rookie pirate?
"Whitebeard!"
Sengoku's expression on the execution platform instantly became very ugly. He could not care about Akira's shout, but Whitebeard was different. His words were like a sacred decree to the pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates. Since he had said so, then the pirates would definitely obey. This made it completely impossible for him to tell whether it was true or false.
The pirates were also looking at Whitebeard in surprise. Although Akira's words had made some people obey, most of the people hadn't really listened, because they weren't familiar with Akira, so they didn't trust him. If they didn't trust him, they naturally wouldn't listen to him.
But Whitebeard had spoken, so the result was naturally different. All the pirates let out a loud shout, and then desperately headed towards the direction where Straw Hat Luffy was, preparing to clear a path for Luffy.
"Have these pirates gone crazy? Has Whitebeard gone crazy? Actually believing in a rookie?"
The Navy soldiers were stunned by Whitebeard and the pirates' actions. Any of the Whitebeard Pirates' division commanders seemed to be no worse than Straw Hat Luffy, right? Why place their treasure on Straw Hat Luffy? This made no sense at all.
"Pops!"
Ace on the execution platform was also looking at Whitebeard in disbelief. He might still have some doubts about Akira, but he had no doubts about Whitebeard at all. What Whitebeard said had never been false.
"You actually trust Luffy so much, why is that?"
Even Ace himself didn't have that much confidence in Luffy. He didn't understand why Whitebeard would make such a choice.
Hearing Ace's murmur, Sengoku said in a deep voice, "Whitebeard doesn't trust Straw Hat Kid, he trusts the Death God, that's why he issued such an order. You haven't been in the Whitebeard Pirates for very long, so you don't know the relationship between Whitebeard and the Death God. They are definitely closer than real father and son. Whitebeard has absolute trust in the Death God, that's why he made this decision."
"Pops."
Hearing Sengoku's words, Ace was even more shocked in his heart. At this moment, he truly knew that what Marco and the others had said was true. Whitebeard did indeed treat Akira differently.
Buggy and the others, who were holding the video Den Den Mushi, also took the opportunity to mix into the plaza. However, he only dared to hide in the back, not daring to get close. Even so, what was happening on the battlefield was still being filmed. Especially the words that Akira and Whitebeard had shouted together, were spread throughout the world through the video Den Den Mushi.
"Captain Buggy, how can this be good? That Straw Hat kid and the Death God are so arrogant on the battlefield. You can't let them outdo you." The annoying people who were following Buggy shouted at Buggy anxiously.
However, Buggy didn't have the mood to think so much at this time. Instead, he was looking at Whitebeard and Akira, and said in great surprise, "Have Whitebeard and that kid Akira gone crazy? Actually choosing to let Straw Hat Kid rescue Ace, and even giving him full cover. This script is completely wrong."
Although Buggy didn't have much ability, he had, after all, experienced many major events. He knew Whitebeard and Akira, and also knew that these two were the kind of very arrogant people. Although they weren't all-seeing, it was generally difficult for people to enter their eyes. But now they actually believed in Straw Hat Kid. This made it really difficult for him to react.
"Hmm, that's not right. Whitebeard said that because he believed in that kid Akira's judgment, but what does that kid Akira mean by doing this? Is it true trust, or does he want to use Straw Hat Kid as bait? But no matter what, this place is indeed too dangerous. I still need to hide carefully."
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