Chapter 1792: War Begins
Su Xiao did not know if other Qiyuezhe also received four main quests at the same time. This might be the benefit of joining the Revolutionary Army faction.
It could be said that the most special faction on the Summit War battlefield was the Revolutionary Army side. Originally, they had nothing to do with the Summit War, but if the plot developed without surprises, Emporio Ivankov was rushing over with Luffy, and they represented the Revolutionary Army forces, although without Dragon's permission.
Now Su Xiao was participating in the Summit War as part of the Revolutionary Army faction. He could hardly get any reinforcements in terms of military force, but it wasn't without benefits. Being able to activate four main quests simultaneously was very likely the reason.
Inside the submarine, Su Xiao was watching the battle situation through the images transmitted back by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang. In the plaza in front of the Marine Headquarters, marines were standing everywhere. Sengoku on the execution platform was announcing a piece of news to the whole world: Portgas D. Ace was Luo Jie's son, the son of the Pirate King.
Sengoku's voice echoed in the plaza. A slightly salty sea breeze blew past, and the plaza became deathly silent. All the marine soldiers looked up at Sengoku in astonishment.
With a gulp, a marine soldier swallowed his saliva. He had never heard that Portgas D. Ace was Luo Jie's son. If these words came from an outsider, he would only listen to it as gossip, but now, their Fleet Admiral was announcing this news to the world.
Ace on the execution platform bowed his head. If one observed carefully, one would find that his body was trembling slightly, and he was whispering: "I only have one father, and that is Whitebeard."
"Wrong!"
Seeming to hear Ace's whisper, Sengoku roared and said: "Your father is Luo Jie!"
Ace's teeth gnashed together. Of course, he knew his biological father was Luo Jie, but he was unwilling to admit it due to his childhood experiences.
Ace bowed his head and said nothing more, but Sengoku's shout just now gave Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang nearby quite a scare. He raised his dog paw and gave Sengoku the 'middle finger', meaning: "Wrong is wrong, why are you shouting so loudly? You scared this dog so much he almost jumped off the execution platform."
"Xiang Bubu, stay away from Sengoku; the audio signal is too strong."
Su Xiao inside the submarine took off his headphones and rubbed the front of his ear canal. Just at this moment, he felt the submarine begin to shake. One must know that this was dozens of meters underwater.
Below the submarine, three large ships were surfacing rapidly. These three ships looked similar, and one of them was the Moby Dick. The Whitebeard Pirates had arrived.
On a ship the same size as the Moby Dick, with a slightly different bow, the ship was wrapped in a thin film. It was the coating technology unique to the Sabaody Archipelago.
"That is..."
A pirate on the ship looked puzzled, peering into the sea outside the coating.
"That seems to be... Kukulin's submarine?"
Marco was not too surprised. Before this, he had thought that Su Xiao would participate in the war between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marines, though whether as friend or foe was unknown.
Although Marco wanted to greet Su Xiao and test Su Xiao's purpose for being here, time did not allow it. He had to surface to Marineford's U-shaped inner port as soon as possible. According to the previously laid-out tactics, the subordinate pirate groups under Whitebeard had already begun to approach the outer port, totaling 43 ships. These ships approached Marineford from the open sea, working from the inside and outside with the three ships of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Swoosh~
A blue afterimage streaked through the seawater. This figure penetrated the coating and boarded the Moby Dick.
Seawater soaked the deck of the Moby Dick. The pirates on the ship looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.
"Doctor Bai Ye, hello."
A pirate who looked a bit dull scratched his head and smiled. Another pirate behind him slapped him on the back of the head.
"Hello."
Su Xiao looked around. At least hundreds of pirates surrounded him, their expressions conflicted.
In fact, it was no wonder these pirates were so conflicted. They were about to surface and arrive at Marineford's inner port, which was almost voluntarily letting the Marines surround them. Although the risk of doing so was high, they didn't have to endure the Marines' cannon fire. If it came to a contest of thermal weapons, fifty Whitebeard Pirate groups combined wouldn't be enough for the Marines to bombard. Therefore, they had to engage in boarding combat from the very beginning, which was what pirates were best at.
At such a critical moment, an outsider arrived on the ship. If it were a completely unfamiliar outsider, they would have been hacked to death by these pirates long ago, but they were all familiar with this outsider, and the other party was very strong, rumored to be able to fight a Marine Admiral to a draw.
"Kid, are you here to kill me?"
Whitebeard sat on the steps of the deck, one hand supporting his knee, and in the other hand was his long-handled naginata.
"I had that intention before."
Su Xiao's hand pressed on the hilt of his blade, which made the surrounding pirates even more conflicted. Should they hack him or not? If they hacked him, it would be ungrateful; if they didn't, the other party was currently an enemy.
"Gurararara."
Whitebeard laughed and stood up, walking towards Su Xiao. Because the Moby Dick was surfacing, light appeared from above, shining on the faces of Su Xiao and Whitebeard.
Whitebeard brushed past Su Xiao without much defense. If Su Xiao wanted to kill him, he would have done it already, when he was seriously ill and anesthetized.
With a splash, the Moby Dick surfaced. The surrounding U-shaped port was full of marines. All five Seven Warlords were at the edge of the port, only dozens of meters away from the Moby Dick in the sea. Some looked slightly surprised, while others were laughing.
On the distant towering execution platform, Sengoku gripped the Den Den Mushi in his hand. He had thought that Whitebeard might appear from underwater, and someone had even sent him intelligence, marking the Whitebeard Pirates' attack route. But Sengoku still deployed his defense line according to Whitebeard attacking from the outer port, or rather, he wanted Whitebeard to kill his way into the inner port; only then could the subsequent plan be unfolded.
The marines at the port were a bit panicked, but the three Admirals in the rear, as well as Sengoku on the execution platform, gave them the courage to face the Whitebeard Pirates directly.
Ding, ding, ding...
Footsteps and knocking sounds came from the Moby Dick. Whitebeard was walking slowly toward the bow of the ship, his steps steady and powerful. Su Xiao looked at Whitebeard's back and then went to sit by the ship's mast. He had to wait until the battle situation was chaotic enough before appearing; otherwise, he would likely be besieged by the Marines.
If Sengoku's hatred for the Whitebeard Pirates was 10, then his hatred for Su Xiao would reach over 90. Because of Su Xiao's prison break and assassination of the Celestial Dragons, the Marines' military budget this year had been cut by 10%, the main reason being the harm to the Celestial Dragons.
Whitebeard stood on the bow of the ship, looking at Sengoku on the execution platform from afar.
"Sengoku, we haven't seen each other for decades, have we? Is my dear son okay?"
Whitebeard's voice spread through half the port. Sengoku on the execution platform was a bit puzzled; Whitebeard's feeling to him was very wrong, very wrong. ===== CHAPTER 1793 =====
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