Vice Admiral Garp was absolutely fuming after hearing Ace speak.
He'd spent his whole life hoping Luffy, Ace, and Sabo would all grow up to become proud Marines. That dream? Gone.
Sabo had vanished without a trace, and the other two? They both chose the life of pirates.
How the hell was he, a Marine hero, supposed to show his face now?
Worse yet—because of their choices, he was now standing on the opposite side of the battlefield. It had come to this… watching the kids he raised with his own hands walk toward their deaths—and being unable to stop it.
His anger at Ace wasn't really about Ace—it was disappointment in himself.
How did things get this messed up?
Zephyr burst out laughing.
"Garp, looks like your parenting skills could use some work!"
"The legendary Marine hero—raising pirates?
Man, the irony is almost poetic."
Garp snapped back, "And you're one to talk, Zephyr. Your student captured you, didn't he?"
Zephyr just grinned. "That only proves I trained him well. A student surpassing the master—that's a teacher's pride."
Garp couldn't win that argument, and honestly, his mind was already in chaos. He looked up. When the sun hit its peak, the execution would begin.
Whitebeard would be coming. And so would Uchiha Chiyu.
…
At the foot of the execution platform—dead center in front of Marineford's main plaza—the Navy's three Admirals sat tall in towering chairs. Just three men, yet they radiated a presence so intense, it felt like the entire world was beneath them.
Out in the bay, the sea stretched wide, completely surrounded by the Navy's main base. It was a declaration to the world: This is the strongest force on Earth.
All around Marineford, the elite of the elite had gathered—100,000 soldiers, drawn from every major base. Fully equipped. Disciplined. Dead silent. The sheer scale of power was overwhelming.
This wasn't just some pirate raid.
This was the might of the Navy, a force above even the Four Emperors.
And the whole damn world was watching.
Broadcast live through Den Den Mushi, the execution was being streamed to every allied nation, every city, every backwater village. The entire planet would witness what came next.
Marines, broadcasters, citizens—everyone was holding their breath.
The Summit War was about to explode.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru stood at the front alongside their troops.
Both had grim faces. They knew what was coming.
Sengoku muttered, "What do you think, Tsuru? Can we win?"
Tsuru didn't hesitate. "We don't have a choice. We win, or we're finished."
Sengoku exhaled slowly. "Yeah, I know. But we're facing Whitebeard and Uchiha Chiyu. The two most dangerous threats alive. Even with HQ at full power… I've got a bad feeling."
Tsuru shook her head. "There's nothing to fear. This is our turf. We're rested, ready, and dug in. If we lose here, then the Navy and World Government might as well pack it in."
"And Sengoku," she added, "you're the Fleet Admiral. Don't lose your nerve."
"I won't," Sengoku replied. "But… that Uchiha Chiyu… He feels more dangerous than even Whitebeard."
"If it were just Whitebeard, I'd be confident we could stop him, no matter how massive his forces are. But throw Chiyu into the mix? Everything's up in the air."
"Remember what happened at Impel Down?
Everyone thought he was walking into a trap.
Instead, he busted out Smoker, turned the prison upside down, killed god-knows-how-many inmates… and embarrassed the Navy."
Tsuru nodded slowly. "Yeah… that man's power is terrifying. Unpredictable."
"But no matter how strong he is, there's no way he beats the entire Navy."
"Right," Sengoku said firmly. "For the sake of justice—we're wiping out Whitebeard and Uchiha Chiyu today."
Just then, a vice admiral shouted from below.
"Fleet Admiral! Enemy ships spotted ahead of Marineford!"
Sengoku's face darkened. He climbed the lookout platform and saw them—rows of battleships sailing straight for them.
"Navy ships…?!"
"That means it's Chiyu's forces!"
"He's actually attacking us head-on? Is he insane?!"
Sengoku roared, "All Marineford batteries—LOCK ON TARGET!"
"They wanna challenge Navy HQ head-on? Fine. Let's show them why this is our sea!"
All across Marineford, firepower whirred to life.
BOOM—BOOM—BOOM!
Shells rained from the sky, the Navy's most advanced weapons firing nonstop at the incoming fleet.
The Summit War had officially begun.
…
Back on the execution platform, Garp's brow furrowed.
"Chiyu's ships? He actually dared to go straight for us?"
"He must be out of his mind."
Zephyr clenched his jaw. "He came after all…"
Ace stared into the horizon.
"So that's the infamous Uchiha Chiyu…"
"Gotta admit… dude's got guts."
Garp scoffed. "Guts? He's about to learn who really runs this world."
The sky was lit with a hailstorm of cannon fire. Explosions tore across the waves, turning the sea into chaos. Chiyu's fleet rocked violently as shell after shell crashed down.
And yet…
Aboard Chiyu's flagship, the man himself stood calm and unmoved.
Yes, the Navy's firepower was immense. But from this range? Most shots missed.
The few that didn't were intercepted—blasted apart by lightning that Chiyu summoned with a mere flick of his fingers.
And he wasn't alone.
Law, Smoker, Blayd, Borks, Barbara, Franky, Baby 5, and Zephyr's former students—Ain, Binz, and Shuzo—all sprang into action, deflecting the bombardment with their abilities.
Law called out: "ROOM!"
His sword sliced through incoming shells with surgical precision. No explosion. And those that looked like direct hits? Instantly teleported into the ocean.
Even still, the cannon fire was relentless.
Chiyu frowned and turned to another ship.
"Franky. Now."
Franky grinned like a man unchained.
"You got it, boss. Let me show these Navy bastards what a real ship looks like!"
His ship—built from ancient Pluton blueprints using the strongest materials in existence—transformed.
The War God.
At Franky's command, the entire ship morphed into a gigantic turret. The main cannon extended, thick and black like a dragon's maw.
"FIRE!!!"
BOOOOM!!!
A massive shell burst out, howling through the air like a banshee.
"What the hell is that?!"
Marines looked up, horrified, as a black cannonball the size of a small house came screaming toward Marineford.
Then—
KRA-KA-BOOOM!!!
A single shot obliterated the front gate and forward defenses. Towers, turrets, soldiers—gone.
A mushroom cloud of fire and steel rose over the island. Marineford shook. The sea exploded upward in a violent surge.
Sengoku and Tsuru were stunned.
"That's… one shell?! It wiped out the whole front?!"
"This is why Chiyu dared to come at us head-on…"
"If he's got more of those, Marineford's finished."
Sengoku roared into the chaos.
"Get it together! That's just one damn shell!
Justice doesn't fall that easily!"
The lines held. Barely.
But Marineford's front line had been gutted.
Chiyu's fleet closed in.
Franky laughed like a man possessed.
"You impressed yet?! And if you think that was our only shell…"
"FIRE AGAIN!!"
Another earth-shattering cannonball tore through the sky.
This time, Sengoku didn't hesitate.
"I'll handle this one."
Gold light exploded from his body. His form grew, morphing into a colossal golden Buddha.
Mythical Zoan: Human-Human Fruit, Great Buddha Form.
"Buddha Shockwave!!!"
BOOOOM!!!
A divine shockwave blasted from his hands, meeting the cannonball mid-air.
The two forces clashed—shockwave versus warhead.
The explosion shattered the skies.
The sea erupted in a tidal wave that crashed toward Marineford.
Franky's grin vanished.
"He blocked the War God's cannonball…?"
Chiyu nodded.
As expected of the Navy's top dog.
Even though the cannonball had been stopped, the explosion still triggered a towering tsunami.
Chiyu's ships weathered it fine—they were built for war.
Marineford… wasn't so lucky.
Walls crumbled. The bay flooded. Water surged through the city like a monster.
Just as it looked like Marineford might go under—
Admiral Aokiji finally stood.
He leapt into the air, hands raised high.
"ICE AGE!!!"
A torrent of freezing air blasted from his palms—instantly freezing the tsunami solid.
A mountain of ice locked the sea in place.
"We… we're safe…"
The Marines exhaled.
But the relief didn't last long.
Because Chiyu's fleet had reached Marineford.
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