Chapter 265: Storm

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, what are you planning to do?"

Sengoku took a deep breath and said slowly: "Risk everything to turn Edward Newgate into dust in history, just Move Move Like Roger and Shiki."

Including himself; he had already decided that regardless of whether this attempt succeeded, he would step off the stage of history and hand the position of Fleet Admiral to someone suitable.

It was time for them, the remnants of the old era, to say goodbye to the new era.

"Tomorrow, I will announce to the world that Ace will be publicly executed in seven days. Counting it all up, we only have 8 days of preparation time."

Karl frowned: "Understood. How should I cooperate?"

"Supplies, a large amount of supplies. Holy Light Shells, Holy Healing Shells—give me as many as you have. I will spare no cost to achieve victory this time."

"No~"

Karl shook his head: "Fleet Admiral Sengoku, there's no need for that. With me here, the Marines will definitely win. Don't forget, my ability has long since awakened. I alone am enough."

*Slap!*

Sengoku slammed his hands on the table, looking at Karl with burning eyes: "Is that true?"

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, you know me. I never joke. Instead of doubting me, you might as well tell me how many Marine soldiers you want to assemble, so I have a number in mind."

"One hundred thousand!"

"I want to assemble one hundred thousand elite Marines to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates."

One hundred thousand, tsk...

Karl calculated silently. Elite Marines should at least be officers of the rank of Colonel. One hundred thousand people seemed a bit too many.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, I'll be honest. One hundred thousand is too many. We don't need that many people to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates. I think 30,000 is enough, as long as they are the elite of the elite!"

Hearing this, Sengoku frowned: "Thirty thousand? Can your ability cover every single one of them?"

Karl nodded: "Thirty thousand is about right. With the physical and recovery bonuses provided by the Holy Light, their combat power will reach a higher level."

"To deal with pirates Move Move Like Whitebeard, human-wave tactics are useless."

Sengoku took a deep breath, not answering for a long time, calculating silently in his heart.

After a long while, Sengoku looked at Karl: "Fine, I trust you. In that case, I will issue the military order later to assemble all Marines with the rank of Colonel and above to rush to Marine Headquarters to prepare for battle."

"At the same time, I will also apply to the World Government for the Pacifista and the mandatory summons for the Seven Warlords of the Sea."

Of course, these were just the main tasks; secondary preparations could be handled in a few days, such as finding moles or evacuating Marine families.

It was unknown how much time had passed before Karl walked out of the Fleet Admiral's office, looking at the sunny sky and sighing: "The storm is coming soon!"

The next day.

"What? Fire Fist Ace, Commander of the Second Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, was actually captured by the Marines! And he's going to be publicly executed? Is this aimed at Whitebeard?"

"Oh my god! The purpose of the Marines doing this, could it really be... *hiss*—it's terrifying to think about..."

"It's chaos, it's chaos! The sea is going to be in chaos!"

As expected, the news that Ace was to be publicly executed soon caused a shock across the sea. Anyone with even a little sensitivity could guess the Marines' purpose, let alone Whitebeard.

New World, Moby Dick.

"Pops! Pops, it's bad! Ace, Ace has been captured by the Marines!"

The pirate delivering the newspaper stumbled toward Whitebeard.

Whitebeard silently took the newspaper: "Commander of the Second Division of the Whitebeard Pirates encountered Blackbeard Pirates Captain Teach. After a great battle between the two, Ace was defeated. Teach delivered Ace to the World Government to obtain the position of one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea..."

Seeing the news that Ace would be publicly executed in seven days, Whitebeard couldn't help but feel a bit dizzy.

The thing he feared most had happened.

Recalling a few days ago, that kid Shanks had come to warn him to be careful of Teach, and now, today, something had happened...

"Pops! Ace has been captured, we must go save him! He's our family!"

That's right, Ace was captured, so what? At worst, they would just save him! He was Whitebeard!

*Rip~*

Whitebeard tore the newspaper to shreds, ripped off the IV drip on his body, and shouted loudly: "That's right! Ace is my son, our family. We cannot sit idly by! Since the Marines want war! Then we will give them war!!!"

"Marco!"

"Here! Pops, please give the order!!!"

"Go and notify all division commanders to prepare to assemble! Seven days from now, we will go together to bring Ace home!!!"

"Yes! Pops!!!"

Dressrosa.

"Fufufufu~ That's quite the news! It seems I'll have to go to Marine Headquarters again. This time it should be very lively, fufufufu!!!"

Red Force.

"I knew it..." Shanks looked at the newspaper with worry. The thing he feared most had happened.

He had said long ago that Teach wasn't that simple, but unfortunately...

"Shanks, Fire Fist Ace has been captured, and the Marines are preparing for a public execution. Sengoku is clearly trying to have a great war with the Whitebeard Pirates!"

"That's right. No matter what the outcome of this war is, it will cause unimaginable turmoil in the world. We must take action!"

When Beckman heard this, his cigar fell to the ground: "Shanks, have you gone crazy? This is a war between the Marines and Whitebeard. Why are we getting involved? You know that Garp and Karl, those two Marine Heroes, are not to be trifled with!"

"I know. It's precisely because of that that I must go!"

Beckman looked at Shanks' expression and was stunned. After a long while, he sighed and didn't say anything more.

It wasn't just Shanks; Kaido and Big Mom also had their own thoughts, especially Kaido, because he could already smell the scent of war.

Fleet Admiral's office.

"Sengoku, what do you mean? Don't you know that Ace is my grandson? Why are you doing this?"

Garp grabbed Sengoku by the collar, spitting everywhere. Sengoku remained calm and said: "Why?"

"Because he is the evil bloodline of the Pirate King Roger, because he is the successor carefully cultivated by Whitebeard!"

"Because he is a pirate, and because we are Marines!!!"

After saying the last sentence, Sengoku pushed Garp away.

Garp opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"I know, but Ace... he is also my grandson! I watched him grow up."

"Then why did he still become a pirate! And Straw Hat Luffy, he also became a pirate, why?"

"Becoming a pirate means you should be prepared for this!"

"I want to use this incident to tell the world! There is no good end to becoming a pirate! Whether it's Roger! Or Newgate! Or even Shiki!"

"There is only one end for them!"