General Lanlin of One Piece

At the top of the towering execution platform, Warring States looked at the battlefield below with the loud shouts of killing, and a feeling of burnt-out boredom filled his heart.

Although the real purpose of this war is to destroy the Whitebeard Pirates.

But the public execution of Fire Fist Ace is also an important plan of the Navy to combat the increasingly rampant pirate forces on the sea.

Although Ace's reputation and strength on the sea have not yet reached their peak, they are far from being comparable to his biological father and adoptive father.

But as the only bloodline of the Pirate King, if he can be executed in front of the whole world, it will definitely be able to effectively combat the arrogance of pirates.

However, at this moment, the normal discussion of public executions had not even begun, and the official battle had already begun. This made Warring States suddenly not sure whether to bring Ace up to the stage.

And because of the extremely large-scale thunderstorm in Rorshaana, Marinevando Island is now filled with escaping currents, seriously affecting the live broadcast signal of the Video Phone Bug.

Two of the three live broadcast call bugs that were originally prepared have been stopped, and the signal of the remaining one is also unstable, with black screens and fluctuations from time to time.

However, even though the war did not develop as the navy expected, what needed to be done still had to be done.

Immediately, Warring States shouted into the loudspeaker phone in his hand:

"Science Force! Maintain the live broadcast signal of the Video Phone Bug! Guards! Bring Firefist Ace and Blackbeard Marshall D. Teach up for public execution!"

As Warring States' words fell, the sound of chains rubbing and colliding could be heard immediately on the stairs connecting the execution platform to the prison at the bottom of the fortress.

The voice was very urgent. Warring States turned around and looked down, and saw that Ace's hands and feet were handcuffed by heavy sea tower stones. He did not need to be pushed by the guards in charge of the execution, and he quickly walked towards the execution platform. Come up.

If it weren't for the fact that during these days of being imprisoned, he had consumed too much energy due to being unable to eat due to the torture in his heart, Sengoku even doubted that he could jump directly from the prison exit.

"Ace!!"

"Captain Ace!"

On the battlefield, Marco and the others, who were fighting, saw Ace appearing on the execution platform, and they all became excited and shouted loudly from afar.

"Marco! Joz! Everyone! Why are you doing this for me?! A willful guy like me is not worth risking your life to save me! I am the only one who leaves the team without authorization! Choice, why should everyone bear the consequences for me together? Marco! Joz! Bista! Take everyone away quickly! Take everyone out of here and leave me alone! Go back to the new world!"

Looking at the bloody and chaotic battlefield in front of him, Ace knelt down on the execution platform. He felt the joy of being recognized and accepted by his companions, and he also felt deep guilt for the pirates who sacrificed and were injured because they wanted to save themselves. , worry, and sadness.

Listening to Ace's painful screams, the captains who were fighting fiercely had no time to turn around due to the intensity of the fight, but they were loudly speaking various comforting words, making Ace feel even more guilty.

Because in just a moment, he saw many familiar faces fall down before his eyes, unable to stand up again.

Too many people died because of him, too many people were injured because of him.

These people should not be in this meat grinder like hell.

They would have eaten meat and drank wine in the new world, and lived a relaxed and unrestrained pirate life under the protection of their father.

No one forced them, but because of the moral integrity of pirates, they followed their father to save themselves regardless of life or death.

Looking at these partners who were fighting hard, Ace couldn't help but think of the question Rorschach asked himself on Tasan Island again.

Have you found the meaning of living?

At this moment, Ace knew that he had found it.

However, if Ace knew in advance that he would have to pay such a heavy price for this answer, he would definitely choose not to.

"Goo la la la la!"

Listening to Ace's uncontrollable choking voice in the distance, Whitebeard, who was violently fighting with Rorschach, suddenly exerted his strength, and a shock wave erupted from the naginata in his hand. He looked at where Si was and grinned: "Ace, what are you talking about?"

"Dad?" Hearing the familiar voice in his ears, Ace trembled in his heart. He raised his head and looked at the tall figure standing on the ice of the inner bay.

"Obviously I asked you to go. Now that something happened to the crew because of the captain's order, of course I, the captain, have to take responsibility." Whitebeard grinned.

"Nonsense! I'm obviously going there myself!" Ace yelled.

"No! I asked you to go, Marco, don't you think so?" Whitebeard looked in Marco's direction.

The blue flames on Marco's body surged, blocking the lightning shot from Enel, and he shouted back: "That's right! We all heard it. It was dad who told you to chase Teach. Ace!"

"That's right! Ace! We heard it too!" Jozi and Bista also took the time to respond.

"You...!" Ace was stunned.

Whitebeard's chest rose and fell as he looked at Rorschach, who was walking toward him again. His old and heroic voice echoed over Marine Fando.

"Everyone on this sea knows the consequences of touching one of our people. Ace, my son, you have been wronged these days. Just wait a moment, and we will rescue you right away."

"Dad!"

Seeing the gentle smile on Whitebeard's face that was not reproachful but full of care, Ace couldn't bear it any longer.

Tears poured out of his heated eyes like a dam bursting, and he couldn't stop them no matter what.

Under the execution platform, Garp, who had deep tiredness in his eyes, heard Ace's choking cry coming from above his head, his eyes were slightly red, and he closed his eyes in pain.

The complete opposite to Ace's excitement was Teach.

It's not that he was deliberately stalling for time.

But Tiqi's performance at the moment seemed too calm.

His hands and feet were shackled with sea-floor stone chains. His face could not see the tension, regret, and fear he was about to face when he was about to face the death penalty. Instead, he grinned with a wanton and arrogant smile.

For some reason, seeing the smile on Teach's face, Warring States couldn't help but think of Roger's heroic smile before he died in Roger Town twenty years ago.

Compared to the regretful and painful Ace, Teach's calm and composed attitude was more inexplicably regal.

This made Warring States no longer regret Rorschach's actions.

Blackbeard is indeed more dangerous than Fire Fist Ace.

"Blackbeard, why are you laughing?"

When Tiqi slowly climbed onto the execution platform step by step and walked in front of Seng Guo, Seng Guo still couldn't hold it back and asked.

Tiqi glanced at the chaotic and bloody battlefield below the stage, and the smile on his face became wider.

"Hahahaha, thief, why do you think it is? Warring States."

Without being pushed by the execution guards behind him, he took a step forward, slowly knelt down, and sat on the wooden board of the execution platform. He let the two executioners behind him pull the chains on his hands and feet, and locked them on the execution platform. In the lock.