Chapter 278: Karl Makes a Move

"Just... a little more, A, Ace..."

"Oars!!!"

*Boom~~~*

With a deafening sound, Little Oars collapsed straight onto the Marineford plaza.

Under the attacks of the Giant Vice Admirals and the Warlords, the living target—no, Little Oars—was soon defeated.

Ace was in great pain, tears streaming down his face.

Why, why did everyone have to come to save him? It should have been enough for him to die alone!

Ace actually knew why, but he didn't want to admit it. The self-blame in his heart had already swallowed him up.

On the Moby Dick.

Whitebeard looked at Oars' corpse and remained silent...

After a long while, he shouted loudly: "Step over Oars' corpse and charge into Marineford plaza! Never let Oars die in vain!!!"

"Ohhhhh! Ace!!! We're coming to save you!!!"

It seemed Oars was quite popular in the Whitebeard Pirates. Because of his death, the Whitebeard Pirates not only didn't feel sad, but became even more furious, their fighting spirit soaring.

The war continued...

On the execution platform.

Garp had come up at some point.

Ace turned his head to look and muttered: "Old man..."

Sengoku turned his head to see it was Garp, and a bad premonition arose in his heart. He quickly said: "What are you doing here?"

"Do you have any objections to the operation?"

Garp shook his head: "No, the opponents are pirates; they don't deserve sympathy."

"Then..."

"Shut up!" After roaring, Garp sat down slowly beside Ace: "What's wrong with letting me stay here?"

"Although bad guys don't deserve sympathy, family is different. What should I do..."

"Ace, you bastard, why didn't you do as I said! Why did you have to become a pirate?"

For a time, Garp was in tears.

Seeing this, Sengoku took a deep breath and said calmly: "At this point, if you want to pull any tricks, I will never forgive you, Garp!"

"If I wanted to do something, I would have done it already!"

"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!"

A scream came from the sky. A battered warship fell from the sky, and more than a dozen figures in prison uniforms could be seen.

*Splash*~

The warship shattered the ice, making a deafening sound. Almost everyone on the warship fell into the sea. Fortunately, Jinbe was there. It would have been too pathetic for the future Four Emperors, Buggy and Luffy, to die Move Move Like that.

Not long after, Luffy woke up first, looked around the entire battlefield, and after finding Ace on the execution platform ahead, Luffy was stunned.

Then he took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "A~~~ce!!!"

On the execution platform, Ace looked up abruptly, looked at the familiar figure in the distance, and responded loudly: "Luffy!!!"

"Ace!!! Finally saw you! Ace, wait there, I'm coming to save you right now!!!"

Karl, who was chatting with Hancock, also noticed this scene and couldn't help but chuckle: "Tsk tsk tsk, to be able to come even Move Move Like this, that's really..."

Hancock asked suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

"Ace's brother is here. It's that pirate crew that came to Sky Island last time. He's the captain. I have to report to Fleet Admiral Sengoku. You just go through the motions; stay safe."

"Mm-hmm, I know. You too!"

On the execution platform.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, yo, Vice Admiral Garp is here too!"

Garp glanced at Karl faintly and didn't speak. Karl knew Garp was in a bad mood, so he bypassed Garp and came to Sengoku's side.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, the Straw Hat kid escaped from Impel Down and brought quite a few prisoners. It seems Teach's crew will be here before long. We must speed up the progress!"

Sengoku nodded: "Correct, it is time to speed up. Go notify Huang Yuan, Aokiji, and the others later, and have them join forces to deal with Whitebeard. Have you rested enough?"

Karl patted his chest: "Almost there."

"That's fine. Leave the other members of the Whitebeard Pirates to you! Don't show any mercy!"

"Rest assured, from today on, the Whitebeard Pirates will become history."

After speaking, Karl left the execution platform.

"Admiral Akainu, we need to speed up."

Akainu took one last look at Straw Hat Luffy and said calmly: "Understood."

Karl then left. The next one was Aokiji.

"Admiral Admiral Admiral Admiral Admiral Kuzan, your chance has come. Whitebeard's head is worth a lot! He can die at anyone's hands, but he must not die at Admiral Akainu's hands, otherwise it will be very troublesome."

Aokiji looked at Whitebeard in the distance and nodded seriously. The surrounding temperature dropped significantly.

"Understood."

The next one, Huang Yuan.

"Old man, stop slacking off. We'll have to go fight Whitebeard together later. You don't have to worry too much; just help guard the flanks."

"And you, kid?"

Karl smiled slightly: "Me? I'm naturally going to kill those leaders of the Whitebeard Pirates one by one!"

"Look! Navy Hero Vice Admiral Karl, is he finally going to make a move?"

"Great! With Vice Admiral Karl here, it'll be much easier for us!"

Karl's first target was... "Flower Sword" Vista. There was no other reason; it was purely because he was too flashy—flowers, dazzling light, and so on. It was hard not to notice him.

"'Flower Sword' Vista, 5th Division Commander, are you ready to die?"

Vista crossed his swords, his mouth curling up slightly: "Don't look down on us, Navy. I heard you defeated Hawk-Eye a while ago and became the World's Greatest Swordsman. Hmph! I want to see if you have the ability!"

"Rose Rondo!!!"

Vista jumped into the air, waving his swords simultaneously, looking down and scattering a large number of red rose petals. Gorgeous and lethal.

Karl twisted his neck, and his body emitted dazzling golden light—Holy Light Arbiter form, reporting for duty.

"Sorry, I'm very busy and don't have time to play house with you, so please go die!"

"One-Sword Style: Instant Brilliance!!!"

*Swish*~

Karl’s body bloomed with dazzling golden radiance, Move Move Like a flashbang, making Vista unable to open his eyes.

The next instant, Karl appeared behind Vista, slowly wiping the blood off his Raven blade with his hand.

"Commander Vista!!!"

No response, because Vista had become a headless knight.

The Whitebeard Pirates were devastated. Vista's strength was among the best of the Whitebeard commanders, so how could he die so quickly! Was the Navy Hero really that strong?

"Ohhhhh! Long live Vice Admiral Karl!!!"

The Navy was the complete opposite of the pirates, lively as if it were New Year's, and everyone was very excited.

"Hmm, who's next... hmm, you'll do!"

Whitebeard Pirates 6th Division Commander, Blamenco, user of the Pocket-Pocket Fruit.