[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]
Third Person POV
Marineford, First Half of Grandline.
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The seagull cut through the air with the breeze blowing below it as it traversed the sky, its companions also flapping their wings beside it. They would usually descend to the sea at this moment to catch fish, but for a significant reason, it did not.
After all, there were thousands of people below it as it flew over Marineford, able to see that entire army together, not knowing who those humans were or why they were doing that, but they just started to move away from there, abandoning the “island.”
As the seagulls flew away, a tension seemed to affect the minds of 100,000 marines at that moment, while at the same time, as silence took over the square, the hearts of some could be heard due to nervousness. There were hours before the official execution while Sengoku stood on the execution platform with the prisoner, two men to execute him, and Garp sitting on the edge of it. Despite not being able to see Garp in tears, they calmly awaited the time for the execution to arrive.
Discipline and order filled the place with everyone in silence, but what the marines did not imagine was that Sengoku would soon break the silence, and everyone noticed when the fleet admiral simply raised the microphone and brought it close to his mouth.
“I have an announcement to make to the world before the execution.” Sengoku’s voice echoed throughout the square with the loudspeakers, capturing not only the people in the square but also the reporters in Sabaody, who looked surprised at this and stopped what they were doing. After all, it was not the time for the execution, so they did not expect any announcement hours before.
Sengoku, without wasting much time after his first words, continued. “Portgas D. Ace… The death of this man holds great significance today…” He spoke while Garp had a somber face after wiping his tears.
“…” Ace remained silent at this.
“Ace… Tell us your father’s name.” Sengoku asked, leaving everyone stunned, as they did not expect something like this at that moment.
“Your father?”
“Why is that important now?”
People watching the broadcast in Sabaody wondered, confused. The marines, though confused, also remained silent, waiting for the fleet admiral to continue.
“My father is Whitebeard…” Ace murmured.
“Wrong.” Sengoku replied.
“Yes, it is him!” Ace growled. “Whitebeard is my only father!”
“A long time ago, we used all our resources to look for you, after all, there was a chance that man had a child… And we investigated through Cypher Pol reports, who were investigating the whole case, and we reached a remote island.” He continued talking about Ace’s strange birth, that Portgas D. Rouge carried him for 20 months to protect the child while everyone continued listening to this in all places Sengoku’s voice reached.
While this was happening, in Impel Down, the bloodbath that started on the sixth floor finally ended, with only a few prisoners standing.
“Ziahahahaha! Finally!” Teach was happy; he could finally complete his crew with members who would help him shape his era.
However, his laughter ended when a sound of metal emerged from a distance with someone breaking the chains, but this was not the only one. A second sound echoed from another side, with Teach realizing that a few more were left inside their cells but did not come to fight for their freedom.
“Hm?” Teach looked confused, but what he saw next froze him. A huge man breaking what was left of his cell with the cut Luffy had created, and the other did the same, walking calmly.
“New challenges, captain?” Burgess asked, seeing these figures.
Teach and Shiryu of the Rain frowned at that moment, for they knew that if they tried anything with those two, they would die right there with their current strength.
“I’m leaving…” Bullet commented while no one interrupted his passage.
“That brat, he talked about a Devil Fruit… Let’s see if he’s serious, I’ll find it and intend to meet him in a year.” Redfield also commented, not caring about Whitebeard and the bodies scattered on the ground.
“One year… let’s see if he truly lives up to his words… let’s see if that hat really fits him…” Bullet commented, and the two continued walking, leaving Teach and the others behind, which elicited a sigh from the former Warlord.
“Why did we let him go, captain?” Burgess asked, confused.
“Listen, it’s better not to mess with those guys… just let them go and hope they die somewhere in the world in the coming years with their old age… anyway, let’s now talk to our new comrades.” Teach turned his attention to the new members; they would be the key to the next steps of his plan.
“Your father is…” Sengoku continued his speech, reaching its climax while everyone was still confused after hearing all that. Then he finally revealed, “Gold Roger!”
“…” A silence took over all places as soon as they heard that name, with civilians, pirates, and marines digesting for seconds what they had really heard.
Ace was frustrated with that, clenching his teeth, with nothing more to do, since that blood was considered his own curse.
A notebook fell to the ground in the next moment in Sabaody.
“That guy…”
“Fire Fist Ace…”
“I can’t believe that…”
“ACE IS GOLD ROGER’S SON!?” The crowd exploded with surprised and frightened voices.
“He is the Pirate King’s son,” repeated a pirate in a trance, his voice trembling. His eyes were wide, and his face was as pale as death. “Ace… the son of Gol D. Roger?!”
A low-ranking marine, holding his weapon tightly, felt sweat dripping down his forehead. “It can’t be… We’re seeing the Pirate King’s son…!” His hands trembled as he tried to maintain his composure.
Another pirate in Sabaody looked with a mix of awe and horror. “So that’s why the world government is so determined to execute him…!”
A marine clenched his jaw at this. “If he really is that man’s son, then we must eliminate him at all costs. We cannot allow another Pirate King to rise!”
“Come on, take this information to the headquarters; we need to publish this tomorrow!” A reporter shouted.
“Let’s try to sell this to Morgans!” Another exclaimed, running to find his Den Den Mushi.
Around, the murmurs of surprise and fear spread like wildfire. Some pirates saw Ace as a symbol of hope, a chance to reclaim Roger’s legacy. Others, both marines and pirates, feared the chaos that could come from such a revelation. Meanwhile, for the reporters and civilians, the future seemed uncertain, seeing that Ace’s execution was much more than a war against Whitebeard.
“…” Garp remained silent, remembering everything he had done to protect Ace from death when he was just a child and took him after Rouge died in childbirth to the East Blue, placing the child under the care of Dadan after spending some time in Foosha Village.
“When we realized that Roger’s blood was at sea…” Sengoku continued to speak. “But at the same time, Whitebeard also realized it and took him under his flag to make him the next Pirate King…”
“WRONG!!!” Ace immediately shouted. “I WILL MAKE WHITEBEARD THE PIRATE KING!” He exclaimed.
“Everyone believes that, except you. You were actually protected by Whitebeard. And with your abilities, make him the next man who would dominate the sea.” Sengoku said while Ace was in shock.
His gaze returned to the marines. “That’s why the execution of this man is so important.” He said, with everyone absorbing all the information they heard.
“Even if we have to engage in combat with Whitebeard!” He exclaimed, finishing the speech.
“AAAAAA!!!” The marines began shouting immediately, raising their weapons as the crowd started to gain morale and understand the importance of the day.
“Admiral Sengoku!!” As Sengoku heard the sound of people shouting throughout the square, he heard someone calling behind him, turning his gaze to a marine running in desperation.
“Has something happened?” He asked.
“The two Gates of Justice… we don’t know what happened, but we lost control of them!” He exclaimed.
“What?!” Sengoku immediately growled, not knowing that the two gates had been destroyed.
Meanwhile, at the gate leading to Marineford, there was nothing left of it after launching another combined attack, with Black Pearl leading the way, followed by a ship full of prisoners.
Marineford fell into silence at this moment, awaiting Ace’s execution, even though there were still hours to the official point. But now, knowing who Ace was and why it was important for him to die, everything seemed calm until something changed on the horizon. A fog covered the area with numerous shadows emerging in the form of ships. One became three, seven, twelve, twenty, until 43 pirate crews emerged from the fog for everyone in Marineford to see.
“They are all Whitebeard’s allies from the New World!!!” the marine announced on the Den Den Mushi.
“So they are finally here… where is the Moby Dick?” Sengoku asked immediately, but the marines did not find Whitebeard’s ship among the fleet.
“It doesn’t seem to be with them…” the marine said.
“Prepare the cannons, bring down the ships!” Another officer ordered as the cannons began to aim at the fleet.
However, something emerged from the sea between the crescent-shaped square… A shadow emerged, agitating the sea.
“That!!!” Sengoku was immediately as surprised as everyone else, understanding what was happening there. “He tricked us…” Sengoku murmured as the shadow grew, approaching the surface while the sea swelled and revealed a ship emerging.
The whale-headed ship leaped into the air before crashing into the water, creating chaos on the surface as it aimed for the largest structure of the navy. Then two more shadows emerged, and two smaller but very similar ships to the first also appeared, stopping on each side of the first.
“We didn’t foresee this… He got so close already…” Sengoku had to grit his teeth at that.
“This is… THE MOBY DICK!” the marines exclaimed, pointing to Whitebeard’s ship.
Fear immediately took hold of the lower-ranked marines, even though they were the elite of the navy, they still made up the vast majority of the 100,000 soldiers.
“Hold your ground!” Sengoku immediately spoke to keep the marines from losing morale, “Remember, only justice will prevail this day!” he said through the loudspeaker.
“You…” Ace looked at this with clenched teeth, scared for everyone coming here for him. He didn’t want anyone to die for him.
“…” The five Shichibukai present remained silent.
“…” The admirals also stayed silent, watching calmly.
The people behind the screens in various parts of the world swallowed hard at the new presence.
“Gurarara…” A voice emerged for all to hear… As someone began to walk step by step on that ship, approaching the bow, while everyone remained silent without moving.
He finally stopped as he looked over all of Marineford, holding his Murakumogiri with calm eyes, his cape displaying his flag as he faced the entire navy force.
“Whitebeard…” Sengoku murmured.
“DAAAD!!!!” Ace immediately shouted.
“Ace… Don’t worry… soon we’ll get you out of here…” Whitebeard commented, maintaining his characteristic and fearless smile.
The war would finally begin with his presence made at the front of Marineford.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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