Chapter 95 Pink Hair Death
[Marineford Justice Square]
The situation on the battlefield has completely tilted.
As Whitebeard fell to the ground after suffering heavy injuries, the fighting spirit of the Whitebeard Pirates seemed to be swept away by the tide.
The remaining pirates in the fleet looked panicked, and many of them had quietly retreated, trying to escape from this hopeless battlefield.
——Right now!
"Raise the wall!"
Rogge stood in the center of the battlefield and gave orders coldly.
Rumble——!
Accompanied by violent vibrations, the giant walls surrounding Marineford Square slowly rose up. The thick alloy walls rose from the ground, sealing off the entire battlefield tightly.
All escape routes were completely cut off at this moment!
"All forces, completely annihilate the Whitebeard Pirates!"
Rogge's tone was calm, but his gaze was as cold as a blade that pierced the bones.
The word "annihilation" is destiny.
White mist rose from the scorched earth, and the smoke of war filled the air, dyeing the sky red.
The iron wall blocked all the retreat routes, 60,000 elite marines were lined up like a mountain, and a murderous atmosphere rose to the sky.
Rogge stood in the center, his cloak fluttering, like the absolute judge between heaven and earth.
Whitebeard was seriously injured and half-knelt, his eyes cloudy but still staring at Rogge's figure. His proud character swayed in the wind, but he could no longer support the majesty of the past.
He collapsed on the broken floor, and stabbed the Kusugawa Kris in his hand heavily into the ground.
His eyes were dazed as he watched his once proud "sons" retreat in despair, but he was no longer able to stand up and stop them.
"Ace..."
The magnificent voice sounded in a low voice, as if he was talking to himself, or as if he was bidding his final farewell to this old era.
In a corner of the battlefield, Rogge slowly walked towards the seriously injured and unconscious Luffy, and every step made people's heart stop.
"Still want to struggle?"
His tone was calm, but it sounded like the bell of doom.
And amidst this heavy feeling of oppression—
"Rye!!!"
That roar was like a volcano that had been suppressed for a long time finally erupting!
Garp's whole body was burning with Haki, and he staggered but did not retreat. He suddenly broke free from the suppression of Sengoku Golden Buddha, tore the air barrier apart in the golden palm, stepped on the broken stones, and rushed towards Rogge with a roar!
"Even you can't trample on my beliefs like this!!!"
At this moment, even though his temples were already gray, Garp's aura seemed to have returned to the era when he swept the sea!
Sengoku frowned, and the entire Marineford felt the air tremble at this moment.
The golden Buddha's palm descended from the sky, suppressing him with a bang: "Garp!! Calm down!!!"
But Garp ignored it, his eyes were only on Rogge!
Faced with the overwhelming rage, Rogge simply glanced sideways, his gaze as cold as the abyss of winter.
"The justice of this world should not be interpreted by the warm old man."
Rogge slowly raised his right hand, and the air collapsed instantly. The invisible aura pressed down like a steel cage!
boom--!!
Before Garp's fist landed, he was pinned down in mid-air by the weight of the air. His muscles cracked, his bones creaked, and the gravel beneath his feet collapsed several feet!
At this moment, the whole audience was silent!
The Marines held their weapons tightly, but no one dared to step forward.
Kizaru narrowed his eyes slightly and remained silent;
Sakazuki watched coldly, his body churning with magma as if a volcano was about to erupt.
Sengoku looked at Garp struggling in pain, his heart aching, but he was powerless to do anything.
And Rogge, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, slowly walked towards the unconscious and seriously injured Luffy.
His steps were firm and cold, and every step seemed to be walking on the hearts of all the Marines.
"Is this... the so-called 'inheritance of will'?"
He stood in front of Luffy, looking down at the "future" that the world had once placed high hopes on.
"Struggling so far, nothing more than this."
He walked towards the dying Straw Hat Pirates step by step, slowly raised his right hand, and the air began to distort violently.
At this moment——
On the smoke-filled battlefield, Coby huddled behind a broken turret, his body covered in his companions' Bloodline.
His legs were shaking uncontrollably and his face was covered in snot and tears.
"No...don't go on..."
His lips trembled and his voice was as thin as a mosquito.
In the distance, Admiral Sakazuki was leading the Marines in pursuit of the victory. Wherever the red lava passed, the stubbornly resisting Pirates let out shrill screams.
Coby covered his ears tightly, but he couldn't stop the wailing sounds from entering his mind.
"Stop... Stop it now..."
He suddenly screamed hysterically and rushed to the center of the battlefield, crawling and rolling.
The coward nearly fell flat on his face as his army boots slipped in the sticky pool of blood.
"Sakazuki Admiral!"
Coby fell to his knees, tears streaming down his face as he hugged Akainu's boots. "Please... stop hitting me... I'm so scared..."
Akainu looked down at the shivering waste, his magma fist dripping with hot lava.
He sobbed, "We...we've already won, haven't we..."
"Win?" Akainu kicked the weakling away. "Justice must completely eradicate evil!"
He turned around and continued to pursue.
"No!" Coby suddenly hugged Akainu's thighs like crazy.
This ugly behavior made the surrounding Marines show disgusted expressions.
Rogge paused slightly, his eyes slightly cold, and turned to look.
"I...I don't understand!! Why do we have to keep fighting!!!"
Coby shouted, "There's no need... there's no need to continue this senseless killing!!!"
"Those people have lost their ability to fight! If they continue, more innocent people will be sacrificed in vain!!!"
"This war... is over!!!"
The entire place was silent. Even the remaining Marine soldiers and Whitebeard's remnants who were still fighting desperately were stunned.
"This guy... when Marine has an absolute advantage, he said... said something like that?!"
Even Garp, who was briefly suppressed by Rogge, was completely stunned. He was dumbfounded when he saw Coby standing in front of Sakazuki with an expression of heroic death.
"This...Isn't this what I brought out?"
The remaining members of the Whitebeard Pirates were also bewildered, watching this small Marine soldier standing in front of Sakazuki and saying meaningless words like "ceasefire" and "stop the unnecessary killing". Besides being shocked, they felt an inexplicable sense of absurdity.
Rogge, however, just quietly looked down at Coby kneeling in front of Sakazuki, and slowly approached with a cold and piercing look in his eyes:
"Soldier..."
"Why are you—there's not a speck of dirt on you?"
For a moment, the air seemed to freeze.
Rogge moved forward slowly, and a powerful aura swept over him, causing Coby to sweat profusely and his body to tremble.
"You haven't even shed a drop of blood, yet you dare to stand here and question the meaning of war?"
"You stand on this battlefield paved with blood, yet you lack even a trace of the composure of a warrior!"
"Who are you to talk about 'justice' here?"
Rogge's words were like thunder!
Coby's eyes were filled with fear, and he trembled and shouted loudly:
"That's why... I don't want to see any more senseless sacrifices!! I don't want anyone else to die!!!"
Rogge's eyes turned completely cold, and the cold murderous intent that looked down on everything swept across the battlefield like a tide at this moment.
The air seemed to be filled with lead, making it hard to breathe.
He clenched his five fingers slightly, and the space emitted a clear vibrating sound, as if even time was forcibly squeezed and distorted at this moment!
Coby still knelt in front of Sakazuki, covered in cold sweat, like an ant caught in the center of a storm.
"Your so-called 'justice'...is this endless killing?!"
His voice was tearful, his tone high and broken, as if he would be torn apart by fear at any moment.
——And what responded to him was the cold judgment in Rogge's eyes, as cold as death.
"justice?"
Rogge approached step by step. With every step, the ground in front of Coby was torn apart by invisible air waves and cracked inch by inch!
"You stand here, never holding a knife, never shedding blood, not even a drop of the enemy's blood has been stained on you."
"You're just shouting 'truce' behind the scenes, and persuading your own people to lay down their weapons when victory is imminent..."
"Tell me, soldier, are you here to persuade us to fight, or to claim the glory?"
Coby couldn't control his tears, which mixed with his snot. His whole body was shaking like a sieve, but he still gritted his teeth and struggled to shout:
"I'm not trying to take credit for it... I, I just... I don't want to see my comrades sacrifice in vain anymore!!!"
A hint of sarcasm finally appeared between Rogge's brows.
"Companions? Sacrificed?"
He suddenly raised his hand, clenched his five fingers, and the air suddenly collapsed, forming an invisible cage that pinned Coby to the spot, making him kneel motionless!
"Then why have you never been to the front lines?"
"Why don't you have even a single scar on your body?"
"Why haven't you even carried the body of a companion?"
Rogge's voice grew colder and colder, like a death sentence: "You haven't given anything, yet you stand here and shout 'peace'. This is cowardice, not kindness. It's the last ditch effort of a coward!"
After these words were spoken, no one on the entire battlefield dared to speak anymore.
Even the remaining captains of the Whitebeard Pirates were unable to refute and could only watch this ignorant young man kneeling in a pool of blood.
Even Garp could only close his eyes and sigh at this moment.
Rogge clenched his fingers, and the Deserter King Coby burst like an inflated balloon, turning around to look back at the entire battlefield:
"Today, no Pirates will leave Marineford alive!"