Chapter 96 Whitebeard's Death
[Wan Guo·Totto Land Castle]
The sweet aroma of cream and frosting filled the cake castle. Big Mom Charlotte Linlin was devouring a mountain of desserts, licking her cream-covered fingertips with her scarlet tongue.
When Whitebeard was headshot by Sakazuki and fell to one knee, and the deserter Coby was crushed, she finally stopped chewing, licked the cream-stained corner of her mouth, and giggled:
"Mmmmmm…!"
"Executing deserters? That's more like it!"
She licked her lips, her eyes gleaming with sick excitement.
"This kid Rogge is much more interesting than Sakazuki!"
"If it weren't for the Marineford drama, I would have wanted to have another child to see if I could have such an interesting little monster~ hehehe!"
Perospero, who was standing by, was sweating profusely and muttered quietly:
"Mom... our family's bloodline is already terrifying enough..."
Big Mom glanced at him and suddenly grinned:
"Perospero, tell me...if I have a child with Rogge, will it be stronger?"
Perospero: "...?!!"
Katakuri silently held his forehead and decided to pretend he didn't hear it.
[Wanokuni·Ghost Island]
The Beasts Pirates who were stopped by Red Hair from returning to Onigashima also gathered together to watch the live broadcast.
"Gudong—Gudong—Gudong!!"
Kaido tilted his head back and drank a whole bucket of liquor, then smashed the jar with a "bang" and laughed wildly:
"Wahahaha!! So satisfying!!"
"This is what a strong person is!!"
He pointed at Rogge's figure on the live broadcast screen and shouted to the Flying Six and the Three Disasters:
"Did you see that?! The weak deserve to die!!"
"What kind of overlord is he if he can't even kill a coward who's retreating?!"
Jin stood with his arms folded and said coldly:
"Finally, a decent guy has emerged from the Marines."
Quinn held a cigar in his mouth and grinned:
"But...it's still far behind us Beasts Pirates!"
Jack groaned, his eyes flashing with fighting spirit:
"Next time I see him I'll definitely pull the boat over!"
Kaido laughed wildly: "I guess I can't catch up now. After they finish fighting, Laozi will meet him in person, hahahaha!!"
[Holy Land · Mariejois]
The Five Elders stood quietly beneath the Void Throne, staring at the live broadcast.
The blond Five Elders slowly spoke:
"Rogge's 'purge plan' is more radical than we expected."
The knife-wielding Five Elders sneered:
"But it works pretty well, doesn't it?"
"Deserters, cowards, traitors... He spared none."
Curly-haired Five Elders squinted their eyes:
"He's cleaning up the garbage in this ocean for us."
The bald Five Elders said calmly:
"Let him go for now, and wait until both the Marines and the Pirates are defeated..."
"The order of the Celestial Dragons will eventually return."
[New World·An Unnamed Island]
"Hahaha! Well done!!"
"That's how a Marine should be!!"
Inside the tavern, countless pirate hunters and civilians slammed their hands on the table and laughed wildly.
"That loser named Coby should have died long ago!"
"Long live Lord Rogge!!"
In the corner, a hooded man sneered:
"Heh...internal strife within the Marines is actually a good thing for our revolutionary army."
He pressed the brim of his hat and left quietly.
[Marine Branch]
The Marines who were not selected to participate in the war stared at the live broadcast in complete silence.
After a long while, a young soldier trembled and said:
"Rogge Vice Admiral...isn't that too cruel?"
The veteran next to him sneered:
"Cruel? Deserters deserve to die!"
"On the battlefield, cowardice is the original sin!"
Another officer said in a deep voice:
"Master Rogge is telling us—Marine, we don't need deserters!"
The soldiers were silent, but their eyes gradually became firm.
On the blood-stained battlefield, Whitebeard, with only half of his head left, managed to stand up, his sword deeply embedded in the ground, supporting his broken body.
Blood gushed out from the penetrating wound in his chest, and blood foam splattered with every breath.
"Gulala…"
He suddenly laughed, his laughter was hoarse but still heroic.
"Rogge... goblin..."
Whitebeard slowly raised his head, his cloudy eyes fixed on the figure in the sky.
"Do you think... this will end the era of 'Whitebeard'?!"
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly jumped up!
The muscles in his arms were knotted, the power of the Shock Fruit was madly gathering, and the atmosphere was cracking like glass!
"The End - Heaven Collapses and Earth Shatters!!!"
boom--!!!
The entire Marineford shook violently, and the shock wave swept across the battlefield like a tsunami, even shattering the clouds in the sky!
Facing this devastating blow, Rogge just smiled coldly.
"sucker Punch."
Veins suddenly popped out of Rogge's right arm, and the airflow on the entire battlefield froze instantly.
The Marine generals' cloaks hung strangely still, even the drifting smoke seemed frozen in mid-air.
"Sky Dragon·Tianming——"
As his five fingers closed, the air within a radius of one kilometer was violently sucked out and collapsed into a walnut-sized ball of incandescent white light in Rogge's palm.
The space cracks caused by the Whitebeard Shock Fruit were actually pulled back to their original state by this suction force!
"roar--!!!"
The ball of light compressed to the Ultimate level suddenly expanded, taking on the shape of a transparent dragon over three hundred meters in length!
Each dragon scale is a thin film of air twisted to the ultimate level, and the dragon's whiskers are composed of spiral vacuum belts, which even refract and distort light wherever they pass.
"boom--------!!!"
The moment the two forces collided, heaven and earth lost their color!
The shock wave exploded in a circular shape, and the ground within a radius of one kilometer collapsed instantly. The building of Naval Headquarters was torn into pieces like paper!
Whitebeard's shock force was forcibly pushed back. He groaned, bleeding from all five orifices, and his legs sank deeply into the ground!
"cough...!!"
Blood gushed out of his mouth, and the "strongest man in the world" finally ran out of strength and fell to his knees!
When the air dragon completely dissipated, Marineford experienced a brief "windless period" and all sounds disappeared for three seconds as if they were swallowed up.
The silence was gradually broken only when Rogge finished his attack, and Marine's cloak of justice began to flutter again.
"Dad——!!!"
Marco struggled to get up, but was chopped down by Luo who was passing by and pinned to the ground.
As Ian Binz came to support Rhett in the battle after executing his opponent, Joz's diamond body was covered with cracks and he fell to his knees, only able to look in the direction of Whitebeard and roar like a beast.
Izo's two guns had already been broken, and he could only watch Whitebeard's figure gradually become hunched.
The entire Whitebeard Pirates group fell into unprecedented despair!
Whitebeard's body was shaky, but his eyes were still as bright as ever.
"ONE PIECE...!!!"
His voice exploded like thunder, echoing across the entire ocean!
"yes...!!!"
At the moment when this declaration that would shake the world was about to be completed—
"Whoosh!"
A transparent air blade passed by silently!
Whitebeard's voice died abruptly.
A hair-thin line of blood appeared on his neck, and then—
"Puff!"
Blood spurted out like a fountain!
Rogge slowly withdrew his hand and looked down at the fallen giant with indifference.
"I wanted to give you a decent farewell..."
"It seems that you are unworthy."
On the blood-stained battlefield, Whitebeard's giant body collapsed like a mountain collapsing, taking away the last rays of light of an era.
The Kurogane-kiri sword that once terrified countless strong men was lonely and slanted in the pool of blood, reflecting the last rays of the setting sun, as if mourning for the old era.
The whole of Marineford was dead silent.
The sea breeze blew, carrying the smell of blood from the battlefield, and even the sound of the waves seemed particularly heavy.
The elite marines stood in silence, even their cries of victory were suppressed by the solemnity of the moment.
Sengoku slowly closed his eyes, his face full of complexity and fatigue.
Even though he had anticipated the ending, he still found it difficult to calm the shock and excitement in his heart.
Kizaru stood on the platform, took off his sunglasses with a rare serious expression, and sighed softly, "What a terrifying young man..."
Marco held on to the ground with both hands, blood dripping from his wings, his eyes filled with confusion and unwillingness: "Dad...how could this be..."
The entire Whitebeard Pirates group... has collapsed.
Only Rogge still stood high in the sky, his cloak fluttering in the strong wind.
"The old era is over."
Sakazuki's body was swirling with magma, but his fighting spirit remained high: "Rogge, this battle... you did a great job!"
Rogge nodded lightly, his eyes as cold as frost:
"The end of Whitebeard is only the beginning."
He turned around and looked down at the messy remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, then slowly raised his right hand.
"Rectify the troops and prepare for liquidation."
The Marine elite drew their swords and responded in unison!
The flash of a sword illuminates the sea of blood. At this moment, the iron hoof of justice is about to completely crush the last remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates!
Rogge ordered coldly:
"Total annihilation, no mercy!"