Chapter 259

The person Tyrant Bear mentioned really is this guy!

How on earth did he manage it?

He naturally had no idea that Luo En's Rinne Sharingan possessed the power to alter others' consciousness. Before the Summit War began, Luo En found Tyrant Bear, used the Rinne Sharingan's power to awaken the hidden consciousness within the modified Tyrant Bear, and then gave him a choice: continue staying within the Marines, or reclaim his identity as a Revolutionary and join in overthrowing the World Government.

The reason Luo En had never been in a hurry to rescue Ace during the Summit War was that he was waiting for that decision.

In short, everything was within his grasp.

Luo En looked toward Jinbe: "I've already rescued Ace as promised. What have you decided?"

Jinbe hesitated for a few seconds, then raised his head to look at Luo En, his gaze firm: "Since it was a promise, there's no reason to go back on it."

He also walked over to Luo En's side.

"Even the Sea Knight Jinbe too…"

The fishmen before the video Den Den Mushi muttered blankly.

Luo En looked again at the grieving Ace, Ma Erke, and the others: "Are you all coming too?"

Ace, Ma Erke, Jozu, and the other commanders exchanged glances and nodded together.

"If it's something Luo En wants to do, how could we possibly not help?"

"You killed Teach, avenged Pops, so you're a benefactor of the Whitebeard Pirates. Whatever you want us to do, we'll do it!"

"Those World Government bastards, I've had it up to here with them for ages. Let's smash them!!"

……

The Whitebeard Pirates turned grief into strength. Led by Ace, Ma Erke, and the others, they joined Luo En's crew in a surge of furious enthusiasm.

What was somewhat beyond Luo En's expectations was—

Trafalgar Law, shouldering Kiri, walked up before him.

He asked Luo En only one question.

"Was Doflamingo killed by your hand?"

Luo En nodded.

Then Trafalgar Law stepped behind him.

The Calamity Travelers, the Revolutionary Army, the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, Pirate Empress Hancock, Sea Knight Jinbe, Tyrant Bear, Trafalgar Law…

Gazing at the sudden convergence of an enormous force ahead, the Marines on this side stared blankly.

Tina was shocked, Tashigi stood dumbstruck, and Smoker's expression grew incomparably grave.

"Overthrowing the world… you truly intend to do this… Luo En."

Standing behind Luo En, beside Kuina and the others, surrounded by Sabo, Whitebeard, and the rest, Nami, Usopp, Chopper, Brook, and the rest of the Straw Hats gaped, completely unable to process what was happening.

Wh-wh-what's going on?!

How did it suddenly turn into a declaration of war against the World Government?

This is bad!

If we're standing here, won't we be considered— sssshhh!!

Wh-what do we do?!!

All of them panicked.

"Wahahahaha, a war against the World Government… looks like it'll be the most top-tier war of all, won't it?"

Kaido, shouldering his kanabo, walked up before Luo En, staring hard at him: "What about adding the Beasts Pirates?"

The moment those words fell.

Sengoku and the Five Elder Stars of Mariejois instantly changed color.

224, the war… is coming!

"The Beasts Pirates, huh…"

Hearing Kaido's words, Luo En narrowed his eyes, stared at the Kaido ahead, and said: "Seems like there's still a grudge between us, right? Are you sure you want to lead the Beasts Pirates into an alliance with me?"

"Beast Kaido…"

Ma Erke and the other remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates also fixed fierce, vicious stares on Kaido.

The scene of Kaido and Blackbeard ambushing and killing Whitebeard moments ago was still fresh in their minds; facing Kaido, they still harbored deep resentment.

Kaido stared straight at Luo En and said: "Traveler, I acknowledge your strength and ability. What you want is to overthrow the World Government, while I want to lead the Beasts Pirates into the most top-tier world war of all! Since that's the case, why not set aside the grudges between us for now?! Once this war is over, we can settle life and death between us. How about it?!"

Kaido turned his head again to look at Ma Erke and the others: "Whitebeard was already a dying man. Even if I hadn't struck, he couldn't have left Marineford alive. I just wanted to cross swords with Whitebeard one last time in what time he had left. If you think I'm the one who caused his death and want to come find me for revenge afterward, I'll welcome you anytime."

Ma Erke and the others listened to his words, clenched their fists, grief outweighing anger in their eyes.

Amid Sengoku and the others' utterly grim expressions, Luo En, in a black coat, stepped forward and walked up before Kaido.

The two differed vastly in height and build, yet at this moment, not a single person among the entire audience or the world watching this war through the video Den Den Mushi felt that Luo En was any weaker than Kaido, who was known as the "Strongest Creature."

The shock that the sea-severing sword strike had delivered to the world earlier was simply too immense.

"Fine."

Luo En's azure, clear Rinne Sharingan gazed at Kaido, utterly calm: "But I have two conditions."

After hearing his two conditions.

Kaido bared his teeth in a great laugh: "As long as I can take part in a war like this, what are two conditions? I agree!"

Watching Beast Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, take his place at Luo En's side.

More than a few Marine officers turned pale with fright.

"N-no way?! Even the Beasts Pirates too…"

"This can't be real… how are we supposed to fight this?"

"Traveler Luo En, Beast Kaido, and the Revolutionary Army's Dragon along with the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates… th-this…"

A Marine rear admiral couldn't help but gulp, his heart shaken and trembling before this opposing force, his whole body quivering.

Many Marine Vice Admirals who had fought countless battles, such as the Flying Squirrel and the Ghost Spider, also wore extremely grave expressions, their gazes filled with utter wariness as they looked toward that side.

Sengoku, Garp, Aokiji, Kizaru, and Tsuru — the high-ranking combat power of the Marines — also had unsightly expressions.

The fighting force that had gathered here because of the Traveler Luo En was truly somewhat beyond imagination.

"This fighting force is probably no inferior to the Rocks Pirates of old."

Garp clenched his fist, his gaze fixed tightly on Luo En in the distance: "Luo En boy, are you going to overturn this world?"

…………

At this very moment.

Several thick beams of sunlight pierced through the heavy dark clouds above Marineford, falling upon the battlefield that was shattered everywhere and strewn with corpses.

The broken plaza had been split clean in two by the straight chasm Luo En had cleaved with that single sword strike earlier. On the side near the execution platform stood the Marine officers and elite soldiers led by Sengoku, Garp, Aokiji, and Fujitora.

And on the half of the execution platform near the encircling wall stood the allied force led by the Traveler Luo En and Kaidou of the Beasts, joined by the Revolutionary Army, Empress Hancock, the Seven Warlords, and various other parties.

The two sides faced off across a long, wide, bottomless chasm!

Ordinary people, government officials, Marines, and pirates all across the world watching through the Den Den Mushi stared at this scene on the screen, utterly shocked and speechless.

"This force… is enough to destroy the entire Marines, isn't it?"

"Those guys really aren't joking — they're truly going to declare war on the World Government?!"

Someone said blankly.

Within the World Government, the Five Elder Stars wore exceptionally unsightly expressions.

Hawkeyes Mihawk, alone with one sword, stood in the distance with his arms crossed.

He watched this scene, with no intention of joining either side.

As a solitary, proud swordsman with nothing to tie him down, his only interest was competing in swordsmanship with powerful swordsmen.

Gecko Moria stood in the distance, his face blank with stupor.

"Th-this… what in the world… what exactly is going on?! That Kaidou of the Beasts actually teamed up with that Traveler Luo En to declare war on the World Government?!!!! Aren't they enemies?"

At this moment, Moria felt as if the world itself were about to collapse, completely beyond his ability to imagine.

Red-Haired Shanks and his crew members stood at a third party's position, their expressions grave as they watched the standoff between the Marines' side and Luo En's side.

"I never expected things would actually turn out like this…"

Lucky Roux remarked with feeling.

"For it to turn out like this, it doesn't look like an accident." The Vice-Captain of the Red-Hair Pirates, Beckman, exhaled a puff of smoke, staring intently at that figure in the distance as he said gravely: "He planned this from the very start."

"That Traveler Luo En… from the very beginning of this war, he had been planning to declare war on the World Government."

His words caused the rest of the Red-Hair Pirates to subtly change color.

"Can a twenty-year-old young man really achieve this much?"