Chapter 1816: War Ends

Black smoke soared into the sky. The giant crater blasted out by the Apollo gradually cooled down. The Navy and pirates at the port were in a standoff. The Navy side was of course led by Sengoku, and the pirate side was Marco.

The large ship with a red bow was moored in the U-shaped port. Ten figures leaped down from the ship. The arrivals were the Red Hair Pirates. The leader, Red Hair Shanks, had a very strong aura. In terms of Conqueror's Haki, perhaps no one in the pirate world was stronger than him.

Red Hair looked around at the situation at the port. The plaza could only be described as littered with corpses. The Navy Headquarters that had stood on the island was nowhere to be found, leaving only a giant crater billowing with thick smoke. Before arriving in the sea area near Marineford, the members of the Red Hair Pirates even thought they had come to the wrong place.

The sea breeze blew gently, the sky was gray, and a few seabirds flew past.

When Red Hair walked past Marco, he stopped.

"Marco, don't fight anymore. Whitebeard has already been buried here. Honestly, stop."

"..."

Marco's fists clenched, and Red Hair walked past him.

A wild wind blew, and the long cloak behind Red Hair fluttered, revealing the Western sword at his waist. He stopped in front of a group of Navy soldiers and looked at Sengoku.

"Members of the Navy, continuing the war will only increase the Navy's casualties in vain."

As Red Hair spoke, his crew members all came behind him, standing side by side with a step of distance.

"If there's anyone who hasn't had enough trouble, come, we'll accompany you."

Red Hair glanced at Sengoku and Blackbeard as he spoke, then turned his gaze toward Su Xiao, who was holding the Apollo.

"Zehahaha, getting more and more domineering. Let's go, my sons."

Blackbeard turned and left, the darkness on his hands twisting incessantly. His seizure of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability couldn't be considered successful, but it wasn't a complete failure either. Something called ambition had been completely released by Blackbeard.

"Bai Ye, Red Hair really came to mediate. This guy is really a warm-hearted person."

Doflamingo, on the pile of rubble on the edge of the battlefield, spoke in a low voice. Last time, Su Xiao + Doflamingo launched a war against the Big Mom Pirates, and in the end, it was Red Hair who came forward to mediate.

"Of course he would come forward."

Su Xiao stood up from the pile of rubble, his chest wrapped in bandages. The war had ended, and staying in Marineford any longer had no meaning.

"Go find the Revolutionary Army for the subsequent rewards. They won't refuse. If I remember correctly, your arms business with them is very close."

Su Xiao walked toward the port, heading straight for the Moby Dick. When he passed the many Navy soldiers in the plaza, Sengoku's expression didn't change. Although he really wanted to keep Su Xiao here forever, that was no longer realistic.

When Su Xiao walked past Red Hair, Red Hair suddenly spoke.

"Kuqulin Bai Ye, are you so keen on war?"

Hearing Red Hair's words, Su Xiao's footsteps paused.

"Of course, the technology I master exists for the sake of war. If you're interested, I can consider providing this thing to you in batches."

Su Xiao tossed the Apollo in his hand. Red Hair shook his head and turned his gaze toward Sengoku.

"Members of the Navy, the images of the war will spread throughout the world. Because of this, please let us handle Whitebeard's funeral. He has already died here. I don't allow anyone to tarnish his death anymore. I hope you can give me some face here!"

Red Hair pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword. No one could guess his purpose for coming here. One thing that could be certain was that Red Hair didn't want the era to have too drastic changes.

Hearing that Ace had gone to pursue Blackbeard, Red Hair immediately sought out Whitebeard, wanting to stop the Whitebeard Pirates' pursuit of Blackbeard through negotiation.

By the time the Dressrosa sea battle reached its later stages, Su Xiao and Doflamingo had almost completely torn apart with the Big Mom Pirates, to the point of dropping Apollos on Whole Cake Island. If they continued to fight, it would definitely involve more forces. Just then, Red Hair chose to muddy these waters and mediate from within.

And now, Red Hair had personally come to the Summit War to mediate the war between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Navy.

As soon as Red Hair's words came out, many Navy officers stood out. Although their speech was still polite, their expressions clearly meant: 'Who the hell are you? A Yonko is amazing? We fought to the death here and finally got rid of Whitebeard, and you want to take his corpse with one sentence?'

"It doesn't matter!"

Sengoku's shout made the many Navy soldiers quiet down.

"You can handle it, Red Hair."

"Thanks."

Red Hair tilted his head slightly to indicate. With his status, bowing to Sengoku to thank him was clearly not possible.

"The war..." Sengoku took a deep breath and continued to shout: "is over!"

"Roar!!"

The Navy soldiers all cheered. Some even sat on the ground, covering their faces and crying bitterly. Only those who had participated in the war knew that this was a giant meat grinder; the strong lived, the weak died.

Following Sengoku's roar, the sky above Marineford seemed to clear up a bit.

Boom— A surge of seawater erupted from the original site of the Marine Headquarters like a fountain. During the war, Whitebeard had nearly split Marineford in two, and later Su Xiao blasted out a massive crater; the battered Marineford seemed to have been beaten until it leaked.

"You bastard..."

Sengoku turned his gaze to Su Xiao, who was sitting on the Moby Dick. If it weren't for Sengoku personally announcing the end of the war, he might have already rushed up to fight Su Xiao to the death.

The members of the Whitebeard Pirates boarded the Moby Dick. They carried a simple stretcher with a clean white velvet cloth covering it. The large ship turned in the sea, its main sail full of wind, and sailed toward the outside of the U-shaped port.

The Red Hair Pirates' Red Force also sailed out, sailing toward the Gates of Justice together with the Moby Dick.

At the port, large groups of medical soldiers moved through the battlefield. If comparing casualties, both the Navy and pirates had paid a painful price, but the war was "won" by the Navy. They had the World Government behind them. As long as those newspaper offices didn't court death, tomorrow's newspaper headline would definitely be: Whitebeard Pirates have been completely wiped out, justice has been upheld.

Just after the war ended, Navy branches all over the world received the news: Whitebeard Pirates had been completely defeated, the great pirate Whitebeard Edward Newgate had been annihilated by the Navy, and the Whitebeard Pirates had completely routed.

As for the initiator of the event, Portgas D. Ace, whether he was dead or alive actually didn't have much impact on the World Government. Apart from being the 2nd Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates and Roger's son, he was at most a capable pirate, nothing more. There were many such pirates in the New World.

What the World Government was truly worried about was Whitebeard helping Ace ascend to that throne. And now, Whitebeard was dead. Without Whitebeard, the Whitebeard Pirates could only be considered a first-class pirate crew in the New World, falling from the position of Yonko.

The Moby Dick and the Red Force quickly passed through the Gates of Justice, sailing all the way. With the war developing to this extent, Sengoku also hoped to let the Red Hair Pirates leave the Grand Line as soon as possible.

Just as the Moby Dick passed through the Gates of Justice, Su Xiao stood up from the bow, and a pitch-black submarine surfaced from the sea.

"Kuqulin, are you not returning to the New World with us?"

Marco, leaning on the ship's rail, spoke. Whitebeard's corpse was lying in the cabin. Marco still didn't dare to look at it, fearing he wouldn't be able to control himself from seeking revenge on Blackbeard and the Navy.

"I have other things to do."

Su Xiao leaped down from the bow, Bubu Wang following closely behind. As for Amu, it was the one driving the submarine.

"Ace hasn't thanked you in person yet."

Marco's voice came from the Moby Dick.

"Not needed."

Su Xiao entered the submarine. His taking Ace away from Marineford had nothing to do with personal grudges, just for the Broken Soul Shadow Stone fragments. Counting the one rewarded by the mission, he already had three Broken Soul Shadow Stone fragments. Five were needed to synthesize a complete Broken Soul Shadow Stone, thereby obtaining the Broken Soul Shadow ability. ===== CHAPTER 1817 =====