Diamond Jozu also looked down at Blackbeard, his eyes filled with hatred.
What Blackbeard had done was an unforgivable sin in the Whitebeard Pirates.
To them, there was no one more evil than him.
Everyone turned to look at Ace.
They wanted to know what he would suggest to do with this damned man.
Ace looked at Blackbeard, who was now crippled.
One of his arms and one of his legs were completely gone.
"I'll make him suffer the most unbearable pain in the world!"
Ace said bitterly.
"After this war, the Marines will definitely lock someone like Blackbeard up in the middle level of Impel Down... That place is perfect for him."
Ace stated his idea.
This surprised everyone greatly.
"Why not just kill him outright?"
Flower Sword Vista asked, staring at Ace in disbelief.
The others felt exactly the same way.
What was Ace thinking?
Blackbeard was utterly heinous—why spare his miserable life?
Ace explained, "Hmph... That guy Blackbeard has huge ambitions, doesn't he?"
"But look at him now—he'll never be able to fulfill those ambitions ever again!"
"Letting him rot in prison, filled with regret forever—that's the only fitting punishment for him!"
"Killing him right away would be too good for him!"
When Ace finished speaking, everyone understood his point.
Blackbeard himself broke out in a cold sweat.
"Kill me! Just kill me now!"
He wailed.
His face was twisted with terror!
Just thinking about spending the rest of his life in the lightless depths of Impel Down filled him with utter despair!
He could never endure such an existence!
Everyone had basically agreed on what to do with Blackbeard.
They all turned to El.
He was the one who got to make the final call here.
After all, it was El who had captured Blackbeard in the first place.
He was also the great hero who had saved every pirate here today.
It would have been incredibly rude for the Whitebeard Pirates to make this decision entirely among themselves.
Whitebeard smiled broadly and said to El, "El! What do you think of Ace's idea?"
Blackbeard, lying on the ground, looked up at El, hoping to hear a different decision from him...
El said calmly, "Then we shall do as Ace wishes."
"What???"
Blackbeard's last glimmer of hope was completely shattered!
In that moment, he felt as if he were already dead, his heart plunged into total darkness and despair.
Meanwhile, the members of the Whitebeard Pirates were overjoyed.
"Excellent! That's exactly what we'll do!"
"That scoundrel Blackbeard has finally received the punishment he deserves!"
"Phew... what a long and grueling war this has been."
Truth be told, El had absolutely no interest in how Blackbeard was dealt with. He held no deep-seated hatred or personal grudge against the man. He had only stepped in and helped today purely for the sake of his old friend, Whitebeard.
Leaving Blackbeard where he lay, everyone began searching for the rest of his crew.
Those who were recruited into the Blackbeard Pirates were certainly no saints. They were all powerful in their own right and wicked by nature—otherwise, Blackbeard would never have sought them out. It was far better to ensure that such dangerous individuals were no longer free to roam the seas.
By now, the Blackbeard Pirates had already fallen apart.
The smarter and more opportunistic ones had already fled, taking advantage of the chaos on the battlefield to run as far away as possible.
As for the others... either they weren't sharp enough to escape, or their luck had simply run out. One by one, they were captured by the allied pirates. They would face the same fate as their captain.
El activated his Observation Haki... and almost immediately detected someone who had slipped through the net!
It was Shiryu, the user of the Clear-Clear Fruit!
This man had neither run away nor been captured.
Instead, he had activated his invisibility and was sneaking around the battlefield, ambushing people. Striking from complete stealth made him an extremely dangerous threat.
El had a good idea why Shiryu hadn't fled immediately.
He was likely waiting for an opening to rescue Blackbeard, though he simply hadn't found the right opportunity yet.
But El had no intention of letting a scoundrel like him continue to run wild.
His figure vanished instantly.
Shiryu was in the middle of preparing another ambush when he suddenly felt a cold chill run down his spine.
It was the exact feeling a grazing animal gets when it realizes it is being hunted by a predator.
Shiryu knew instantly that something was wrong and immediately turned to run.
But El moved even faster!
Before Shiryu could take a single step away, El's blade was already resting against his neck.
"Enough of your tricks, boy," El said coldly.
Shiryu didn't dare to make the slightest move, terrified that El would slice his throat open.
With a loud clang, he dropped his beloved sword to the ground.
"Lord El! I won't do it again! Spare my life, please!" Shiryu cried out, completely stripped of all pride or backbone.
With a quick flash, El threw Shiryu right in front of the Whitebeard Pirates. What happened to him next was no longer El's concern.
From this point on...
The Blackbeard Pirates were finished. Their captain was crippled and broken. The vast majority of their commanders were captured.
The few who had escaped were too scattered and weak to ever become a threat again.
The Blackbeard Pirates were utterly annihilated!
The man who had triggered a war that shook the entire world—a war between an Emperor and Marine Headquarters—Blackbeard, the chief culprit, would now spend the rest of his days in the deepest, most miserable, and hopeless depths of Impel Down.
Swish...
Accompanied by the soft sound of shifting sand, Crocodile walked up to El.
"My Lord," he said, bowing respectfully.
Crocodile had brought someone with him.
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