The Beast Pirates, the Red Hair Pirates, and the BIG MOM Pirates, the three Emperors of the New World, all sent their people to keep an eye on the battlefield. In addition to the pirate forces, the Navy Headquarters also sent people, but they were further away.
Marco stood on the bow of the Moby Dick, his eyes scanning the entire battle situation. While Akira and Blackbeard were fighting, he was the commander-in-chief of the Whitebeard Pirates, so he didn't participate in the battle, but instead observed the situation. It was precisely because of his command that the Whitebeard Pirates were able to gain a slight advantage.
Before coming to the Sapporo Strait, Akira had told Marco that in this war, because he was going to have a decisive battle with Blackbeard, his role was crucial. He could not directly participate in the battle, but he must do a good job of commanding the battle.
Akira had experienced two lives after all, especially before he transmigrated, it was an era of information explosion. He was very clear about the huge difference between a war of this scale with someone in command and without someone in command.
Marco was experienced, and everyone would listen to him. With him in command, the Whitebeard Pirates could fight according to tactics and formations.
Therefore, although the Whitebeard Pirates were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, when they really fought, they suppressed the Blackbeard Pirates instead.
Especially the formation, it was more than twice as strong as the Blackbeard Pirates, who had no formation and were in a chaotic mess.
While Marco was commanding the battle, there were still several people on the Moby Dick, a few guards guarding around Marco, and Aokiji.
This war was crucial to the Whitebeard Pirates. Akira had asked Aokiji before to participate in the battle, and Aokiji had agreed.
However, from the start of the war until now, Aokiji had not taken action.
However, this was not because Aokiji didn't want to take action, but because Marco had not let him take action yet.
Aokiji was also looking at the battlefield with a serious face. Speaking of which, although this war was not as grand and spectacular as the Battle of Marineford, the degree of danger was even greater, because one side wanted revenge, and the other side was full of villains, so they were all extremely murderous.
Compared to the Battle of Marineford, which still had some scruples, this war was much more tragic.
In the past, Aokiji had always led the Navy to fight against pirates, with only coldness in his heart. But now, seeing the pirates fighting each other so tragically, he was very shocked in his heart.
As a former Navy Admiral, he actually looked down on pirates in his heart. But as he joined the Whitebeard Pirates, he discovered too many things that he couldn't see in the past.
Especially now, the performance of these pirates in the Whitebeard Pirates during the battle, the kind of determination to protect their comrades, fighting side by side, and the Blackbeard Pirates using any means to kill the enemy, he was only shocked in his heart.
"Do you find it incredible?" While Aokiji was shocked, Marco suddenly asked.
Aokiji's face didn't change, and he said slowly, "It's very shocking, and also very intense. I didn't expect the battle between pirate crews to be like this."
Marco said, "Although you are a former Navy Admiral, you haven't seen the real battle between pirates. We started fighting long ago. Roger, Shiki, we have encountered too many powerful enemies, but we also have to admit that, except for the last Battle of Marineford, this battle is the most tragic."
Marco had followed Whitebeard to fight in the New World for decades, and had experienced countless battles, and had fought against all kinds of powerful enemies.
But in the past, with Whitebeard's existence, plus the pirates' mutual killings had not completely torn their faces, and fighting with big figures like Roger and Shiki was only a struggle, not a battle to the death.
But this war with the Blackbeard Pirates was definitely the most tragic, because from the moment this war broke out, it meant that there was no turning back. Only one side could survive, there was no second choice.
"Is that so?"
Aokiji said, "Then what do you want to say?"
Marco said, "What I want to say is, it's time for you to move out. Although I don't believe you, Akira believes you. He said that you are the key point that can determine this battle, so I didn't let you participate in the battle from the beginning."
The light in Aokiji's eyes flickered. He didn't expect Akira to value him so much. Although his own strength was very strong, in this huge battle, his strength, no matter how strong, was not enough to turn the tide, but Akira still said so, more or less indicating that Akira had a lot of confidence in him.
"I know what to do."
Aokiji replied to Marco, and then walked to the front, looking at the tragic killing, and the sea water dyed red with blood.
Although these people were all pirates, looking at the lives disappearing in front of him, his heart was still very touched.
"Although embarking on the path of pirates is not what I wanted, at least I can still choose what to do."
Although he had become a pirate, Akira had never restricted Aokiji. Aokiji was also very clear about this, so he had no second thoughts. Now that the Whitebeard Pirates needed his power, he would naturally not hesitate.
"Shua!"
Aokiji suddenly rushed out from the Moby Dick.
Marco clenched his fists. He was also very nervous in his heart. This battle was too important for the Whitebeard Pirates, and even he, a person who had experienced hundreds of battles, was uneasy.
Aokiji's speed was very fast. After rushing out from the Moby Dick, his whole body flew into the air, and then quickly fell onto the sea surface. Many of the pirates fighting on the surrounding pirate ships saw Aokiji.
"It's Aokiji, former Navy Admiral Aokiji."
Seeing Aokiji, whether it was the Blackbeard Pirates or the Whitebeard Pirates, all exclaimed. The people of the Whitebeard Pirates were a little better.
They all knew that Aokiji was their man now, but the people of the Blackbeard Pirates were shocked, because Aokiji's name was too big. Such a figure had actually participated in the war.
"Ice Age!"
Landing on the sea surface, ice shards had already appeared on Aokiji's feet. With him as the center, the entire sea surface quickly froze, and the range became larger and larger. In just a few seconds, the entire sea surface of the Sapporo Strait had all turned into ice.
"Not good, Aokiji used his ability, the pirate ships can't be used."
The people of the two pirate crews all cried out, because no matter which side it was, the sea surface was frozen, and they couldn't use the ships.
"But that's even better, fighting on the ice is more convenient than on the ship."
After being surprised, the people on both sides quickly reacted. Many gave up driving the pirate ships, jumped down from the pirate ships, and then rushed towards each other, the shouts of killing getting louder and louder.
"Aokiji is our Captain's man, he's one of us, everyone don't be afraid, quickly kill these bastards from the Blackbeard Pirates."
Although the pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates didn't have any good feelings for Aokiji, the former Navy Admiral, they were also very clear about how important he was to them now, so now they had all let go of their opinions about Aokiji, accepted Aokiji's help, and followed the ice surface created by Aokiji, and quickly killed towards the people of the Blackbeard Pirates.
With the addition of a strongman at the Admiral level like Aokiji, the morale of the Whitebeard Pirates suddenly increased by a large margin, and although Aokiji didn't directly kill people, the pirates of the Blackbeard Pirates were not able to resist his freezing ability. All those who were targeted by him turned into ice sculptures, so the pirates of the Blackbeard Pirates, seeing him, were scared and ran around.
However, this was, after all, a large war of tens of thousands of people. Although Aokiji's ability was strong, he couldn't change the battle situation with his own strength. Moreover, in addition to the captains directly under Blackbeard, there were also some masters in the Blackbeard Pirates.
Many of them were criminals brought out by Blackbeard from Impel Down, and their strength was not ordinary. One couldn't beat Aokiji, but ten, dozens were different. In short, Aokiji was quickly surrounded by many people.
"Captain Marco, that Aokiji guy has been blocked, what do we do next?"
The only ones left on the Moby Dick were Marco and a few pirates guarding him. They were all people who followed Marco in the First Division. At this time, seeing that Aokiji had been blocked, they all asked Marco.
Marco said in a deep voice, "Aokiji's strength is definitely not just this. He hasn't used his full strength, otherwise, even those people would definitely not be able to stop him."
Aokiji was a former Navy Admiral, Marco knew his strength very well, and he was definitely only stronger than himself, and he was also a Logia Devil Fruit ability user, so fighting would have a great advantage.
Although the pirates who were besieging him were not weak, if Aokiji used his full strength, he would definitely be able to win. But the current situation was that they were fighting evenly, so it could only be said that Aokiji had not used his full strength.
Hearing Marco's words, the few people around him immediately spoke up: "I knew that this guy was definitely not sincerely surrendering to us. This war is crucial to us, and everyone is desperately, but he is still not using his full strength."
"That's right, if it wasn't for the Captain ordering us not to embarrass him, he wouldn't even be qualified to stay in our Whitebeard Pirates."
"He's just a former Admiral abandoned by the Navy. Now he's just a pirate. If it wasn't for the Captain's kindness in taking him in, he wouldn't be able to survive in the New World at all."
Marco frowned as he listened to his subordinates' complaints. Before, he did have similar thoughts as these people, and felt that Aokiji had joined the Whitebeard Pirates, but he was not doing his best, which was very annoying.
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