"Ahhhhhhh, what a bright light!!!!"
"What happened? What on earth happened?!"
In front of the Plaza No. 4 at Sabaody Archipelago, the civilians who had been dispersed and fled were nearly blinded by the dazzling light from the visual Den Den Mushi.
No one knew what had happened or what was going on.
Just after Sengoku announced the shocking news, this blinding light appeared.
The visual Den Den Mushi seemed to have lost its function, the screen was just black.
While everyone was bewildered, the image reappeared.
"It's back, communication restored!"
"What happened just now? What... what is this?"
Everyone stared dumbfounded at the visual Den Den Mushi screen.
What was in the light screen... was a ruin.
Only half of the battleships that had filled the Marineford harbor remained.
The other half was just broken planks floating on the sea.
The top of the main building of Marineford was completely blown off.
Below the shattered remains were groups of marines lying on the ground, wailing everywhere.
And even more were corpses that were no longer moving.
What happened? What on earth happened? The war hasn't even started, and the Marine is already crippled?!
"Oh my, Mr. Sabo. Didn't he even say hello before making a move?"
A cheerful voice spread across the world through the live broadcast Den Den Mushi.
The camera turned, and it was Poltorto holding a visual Den Den Mushi, broadcasting the Summit War from another perspective.
He had hijacked the Marine's live broadcast signal network!
The Golden Buddha firmly covered the entire execution platform.
The aftermath of the miniature tactical nuclear bomb explosion was firmly blocked by his Devil Fruit ability.
"Cough, cough, Garp! Zephyr! Are you okay!"
Sengoku, who transformed into his Great Buddha form almost instantly at the moment of the explosion, immediately used his body to protect the execution platform-don't misunderstand, it was just that these two criminals could only die by the Marine's execution.
"I'm fine, Sengoku. What happened!"
Zephyr and Garp were unharmed.
The explosion just now mainly occurred in the airspace above the harbor.
Besides the shockwave destroying part of Marineford's architecture, it did not affect the execution ground.
"Poltorto, you betrayed us!!!!!"
Sengoku instantly figured out the cause.
It didn't matter who made the move, only Poltorto had this kind of weapon!
The Golden Buddha glared fiercely in the direction of the Warlords.
Shin had already boarded the Barbatos.
The giant steel mech ascended into the air, and a gentle yet exceptionally cheerful voice echoed throughout Marineford.
"Oh my, Fleet Admiral Sengoku. I just sold the weapons to those in urgent need. It wasn't even a sale, just a friendly 'international aid.'"
"This isn't betrayal. I just did what an arms dealer should do-and speaking of betrayal, I don't think I'm the real traitor among these seven guys."
"Not good-"
Sengoku's eyes slightly narrowed.
Bartholomew Kuma's figure flashed like a phantom beside Hancock.
He raised his palm, and before the Empress could react, the Paw-Paw Fruit hand slammed down.
"What are you trying to do..."
Hancock didn't even finish her sentence before she was sent flying out of the Marineford battlefield by Kuma's ability.
Immediately after, Doflamingo and Blackbeard were also individually swatted away by him.
These two feigned a look of confusion, but if these two guys were that slow to react, they would have died countless times before.
Poltorto inside the Barbatos pouted.
These two cunning guys, they apparently had some agreement with Kuma and the Revolutionary Army.
They took advantage of this opportunity to escape openly, avoiding getting involved in the upcoming Summit War. "Kuma!!!!!"
Sengoku's voice could not be described as just furious.
In an instant, the Marine lost a large number of troops, and even a large portion of the Warlords directly defected.
"Oh my, oh my. Did Dr. Vegapunk's modifications fail to suppress your consciousness, Bartholomew Kuma?"
A beam of golden light instantly flashed beside Kuma.
Kizaru, holding his ability-transformed light sword, Ama no Murakumo, still spoke casually, but his attack was extremely ruthless.
Kuma seemed to have anticipated it, and a streak of golden light surged from his open mouth.
"It's useless, that attack-"
The confident and lazy Kizaru stopped mid-sentence.
His body broke out in a cold sweat.
His Observation Haki sensed a life-threatening danger.
Without hesitation, Kizaru abandoned his attack and fled from Kuma's front at the fastest speed.
The next moment, the beam of light sprayed from Kuma's mouth struck the marines behind Kizaru, causing an explosion and a mushroom cloud several hundred meters in diameter!!!
The blast wave sent countless marines flying.
Kizaru looked at the miniature mushroom cloud with lingering fear.
If that shot had hit him, he might have truly died on the spot!
"Dr. Vegapunk really installed a Minovsky Reactor in your body."
Poltorto exclaimed, looking at Kuma whose mouth was smoking.
This guy accepted Vegapunk's modification and implanted part of Kizaru's Glint-Glint Fruit factor in his body, but this part of the factor could at most be used as a small-caliber laser cannon.
However, the laser just now had such a large output power, it was clear that Kuma's body was linked to some exaggerated energy source.
It seems Vegapunk truly managed to completely understand Minovsky physics in just a few months and even created practical products.
"This is far enough, Fleet Admiral Sengoku."
Kuma had no intention of continuing the destruction.
He just held the Bible in his hand and said calmly, "Release Ace and Luffy, let us end this war peacefully and honorably..."
"Shut up, pirate!!!" Sengoku furiously interrupted Kuma, roaring, "Don't think that using such despicable schemes and tricks will work. Our Marine is still the unparalleled representative of justice..."
Almost at the same time Sengoku spoke, at the crescent-shaped harbor in front of Marineford, accompanied by a surge of water bubbles, a giant battleship resembling a white whale broke through the surface.
Behind it were four massive battleships, almost filling the emptied harbor.
"Fish-Man Island coating? Jinbe, did you betray us too?!"
Under Sengoku's angry roar, Jinbe sat silently cross-legged.
He couldn't attack Whitebeard, nor could he calmly tolerate Ace being executed.
He originally intended to directly refuse the Marine and be sent to Impel Down.
But before he made his decision, Ace's brother found him.
Sabo advised Jinbe not to refuse the Marine's invitation for the time being, just to stay among the Warlords and wait for the response to the war.
Jinbe was a person who valued loyalty and chivalry above life, but even such a person would not refuse a strategy to save his friend.
"Sengoku!!!!"
Whitebeard's dominant voice echoed throughout the harbor, accompanied by his highly recognizable laughter.
"I've come to pick up my son!!!"
Kong, who had been observing the battle, could no longer maintain his calm expression.
With this situation and Whitebeard's intrusion, they might actually manage to turn the tide.
"CP0 gentlemen, we urgently need your help now."
Sengoku calmly raised the watch Den Den Mushi on his right hand.
He intended to contact the CP0 masters wandering near Marineford, asking them to intervene in this war.
They needed to quickly eliminate the Whitebeard Pirates and then clean up these rebellious guys one by one.
However, on the other end of the Den Den Mushi-there was no sound.
"Don't bother, Fleet Admiral Sengoku. CP0 doesn't have time to help you right now." Poltorto looked at Sengoku, laughing even more maliciously.
"Playing a game according to someone else's rhythm is the stupidest thing to do. Do you want to guess where the main force of the Revolutionary Army is right now?"
"Are you saying..." Sengoku's eyes slightly narrowed, filled with horror.
Poltorto happily changed the biological signal linked to the visual Den Den Mushi.
On the giant projection screen in Marineford Plaza, and relayed to the entire world, was a burning Sky City!
"That place, could it be-Mary Geoise!!!!"
"The Revolutionary Army attacked Mary Geoise?!"
Among the crowd, those who recognized the Holy Land of Mary Geoise exclaimed.
That domain on the clouds, like a city of gods, was now burning under a mushroom cloud!
The sound of virtual points entering Shin's ears was constant.
Just by severely damaging the Marineford Marine and detonating a small-yield tactical nuclear bomb over Mary Geoise, he immediately gained one hundred and thirty thousand virtual points!!!
"Bastards, do you know what you are doing? We are gods, descendants of the creators of the world!"
"Scum, get out of here, this is not a place for trash like you!!"
The Celestial Dragons screamed in terror at the blind swordsman slowly walking toward them.
Beside them were slaves who had died instantly trying to block the falling debris for them.
"If this trash is the gods who rule the world, then today, this old man will drag you down from the throne."
On the screen, a blind swordsman walked calmly in front of several Celestial Dragons.
He looked at the slaves who were being tortured to death on meat racks nearby and said nothing more.
The flash of his blade, and those noble Celestial Dragons were instantly crushed into meat pies by gravity.
"Hahahaha, good, well killed!!!!"
Tesoro laughed until tears came out.
He gripped his chest and laughed wildly, laughing and crying, crying and laughing.
The insane hatred did not dissipate at all because of the death of the Celestial Dragons.
Tesoro's hatred was like a venomous snake consuming his sanity.
He would not stop until all Celestial Dragons were killed!
"Lord Tesoro, according to your instructions, we have dispersed all the civilians in Gran Tesoro." Baccarat said softly.
"According to your instructions, those people were given a substantial severance payment and settled on various islands. As for those pirates-they have all been taken care of."
"Well done. We are about to invest in new forces and support the legitimate merchants of the new World Government. How can we let these blemishes tarnish our image?"
Tesoro grinned, full of cunning.
As a merchant, he had done countless types of business, but there was one kind he had never done.
Small merchants seek profit, big merchants... seek power!
Sabaody Archipelago was silent.
No one dared to believe what they were seeing.
Celestial Dragons, dead, slaughtered like pigs in front of the entire world.
A warm current flowed through the bodies of those who had been oppressed by the Celestial Dragons, like a flame!
"You Marine are just the watchdogs of the World Government, and the Celestial Dragons are the masters who hold the leash around your necks at all times. CP0 agents are a bunch of lackeys. When the master and the watchdog are both hit, who do the lackeys save? It's obvious."
Poltorto looked at the darkening face of Sengoku, laughing even more wildly.
No CP0 masters would intervene in Marineford.
They had to immediately return to defend Mary Geoise, which meant this war could only be fought by the Marine themselves!
"Pops!!!!"
Seeing Whitebeard coming to rescue him, Ace finally couldn't hold back and shouted loudly.
"Oh! Ace, wait a little longer! Sengoku, thanks for taking care of my son.It's time to return him to me!"
Whitebeard laughed loudly.
"Don't joke, Whitebeard! Even if you used such despicable tricks to scheme against us, the Marine's justice will never retreat!"
Sengoku's face was almost twisted with anger, because this battle was essentially already lost.
Mary Geoise was attacked, and the Celestial Dragons were killed.
Even if this incident could be overlooked, the Five Elders and the World Government would never let it go.
Even if they managed to keep Whitebeard here forever, the Marine and the World Government's reputation on the sea was completely ruined.
Coupled with the irreparable damage caused to the Marine's elite by Poltorto's counterattack, it was foreseeable that the Marine would face a huge gap in the future!
"Despicable tricks? I am a pirate, Sengoku." Whitebeard revealed a menacing smile.
"Besides, it wasn't me who schemed against you, but Ace's brother, the Revolutionary Army that you have always wanted to eliminate!"
Beside Whitebeard, Sabo, dressed in a Marine uniform, took off his disguise.
Poltorto timely directed the camera to him.
Sabo's determined face was broadcast over Marineford.
"It's Sabo, Sabo is still alive!!!"
Luffy and Ace were first surprised, then shouted in joyful surprise.
Their brother, whom they thought had died, was actually still alive!
"Revolutionary Army? What despicable and cruel methods. You are indeed the pests of the sea!" Sengoku raged.
"Pests? Fleet Admiral Sengoku, shouldn't you know better than anyone who the real pests of the sea are?"
Sabo fearlessly faced the Fleet Admiral's anger and said calmly, "If it weren't for the Celestial Dragons, where would such immense oppression come from? Such a huge Heavenly Tribute? Our Revolutionary Army exists to end oppression and overthrow the Celestial Dragons! We are the Revolutionary Army. We exist to overthrow oppression and revolutionize the world! Our only justice is our malice towards the Celestial Dragons. I stand here, not only to rescue my brother in a personal capacity, but also as the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army-"
"We officially declare war on the World Government!!!"
Sabo's voice echoed in Marineford, and then, in every corner of the world.
Sabaody Archipelago was silent, and even other nations watching this scene were silent.
Declaring war on the World Government? What arrogant words.
Even the Four Emperors, even the Pirate King, and even Rocks, had never made such a crazy declaration.
But no one thought the golden-haired young man on the screen was joking.
He had already done it, hadn't he? He proved with the deaths of the Celestial Dragons and the blood of false gods that the so-called legitimate rulers of the world were just a joke!
Countless ambitious people began to calculate in their minds.
The Revolutionary Army was now completely different from the scattered idealists they once were.
Everything existed to overthrow the World Government and the rule of the Celestial Dragons, even resorting to unscrupulous means.
Now this felt right.
Revolution and war.
Neither of these words could be achieved with innocence and kindness.
Those who have vested interests are unwilling to give up their benefits, and if the challengers always concern themselves with 'justice,' they will find it difficult to defeat those who have vested interests.
"It seems the 'evils' of the sea have gathered together today."
Admiral Akainu stepped forward, his hands covered in magma.
The intense heat generated thick black smoke.
His face was obscured by the shadow of his cap as he said in a deep voice, "Today, all of you will die at Marineford!"
The three Admirals stepped forward together.
Sengoku, Zephyr, Garp, and Sengoku also took a step forward.
Sixteen Vice Admirals followed closely, along with the remaining tens of thousands of marines.
The damage did not extinguish their will.
Even now, the Marine still held the advantage in combat power.
Poltorto was aware of this.
Even if he had done this much, the Marine's chances of winning were still enormous.
Aokiji's ability could hold him and Kuma back.
Akainu would fight Whitebeard.
Kizaru would clash with Marco and the other division commanders.
Even so, the other side still had Garp, Zephyr, and Sengoku.
And the tens of thousands of marines and a large amount of remaining heavy weaponry.
Even a simple exchange would result in the Marine winning, albeit with huge losses.
Furthermore, the Marine held the lives of Luffy and Ace.
Never underestimate the Marine's bottom line.
The hawk-like Sengoku, and even more so Sengoku, would do anything to achieve victory.
It would take a long time for the Red Hair Pirates' ship to bypass the Gates of Justice.
During this time, the Revolutionary Army causing trouble in Mary Geoise would likely retreat or be dealt with.
If the Five Elders were not fools, they would immediately send CP0 back to Marineford for reinforcement.
Therefore, more bargaining chips were needed.
Poltorto slowly opened his closed eyes, a brilliant smile on his face.
"Reinforcements are coming."
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