Chapter 159 Whitebeard Angrily Unleashes a Tsunami to Fight the NavyThat was a world-renowned powerhouse; the hilt of the Murakumogiri sword struck the deck with a crisp sound like a death knell, pounding in everyone's hearts.
"Kurarara!" Whitebeard raised his head to look at his old rival on the execution platform. "It's been decades since we last met, hasn't it? Sengoku!"
Sengoku stared intently at the demon-like figure at the bow of the ship, his face so grave it was almost dripping with water: "Whitebeard..."
"Are my dear sons alright?"
Faced with the overwhelming encirclement of 100,000 troops, Whitebeard showed no fear. Instead, his terrifying aura made many Marines break out in a cold sweat, their legs trembling.
Luffy, seeing Whitebeard's overwhelming presence, felt his own sin of pride and belligerence begin to surge wildly.
Because Luffy, like a butterfly flapping its wings, had completed the Marines' deployment earlier than expected, forcing the Whitebeard Pirates to appear several hours ahead of schedule.
Looking at his brothers kneeling in a row on the execution platform, Ace below was deathly pale.
Uncle Rayleigh actually failed?!
Back in the Sabaody Archipelago, he personally experienced Rayleigh's unfathomable strength.
Logically, with Luffy's abilities, he should have easily defeated him. But now, with so many captains appearing here like lambs to the slaughter, it can only mean Rayleigh has lost.
Now everyone's escape route is completely cut off. Either rescue them or die with them. The Whitebeard Pirates have no choice but to fight the Marines to the bitter end.
Whitebeard knew perfectly well what was going on. His weathered eyes looked at Luffy, who was comfortably sitting on the execution platform, a complex expression flashing in them.
"Kurarara! That brat! You're Ace's brother? You're quite the young man!"
Hearing Whitebeard's words, the ordinary Marines below and the reporters outside instantly erupted in uproar.
What?!? Vice Admiral Luffy is Ace's younger brother?!
Was the Ace he was referring to the famous Second Division Captain, Portgas D. Ace?
Isn't Vice Admiral Luffy Garp's grandson? So, does that mean Ace is also Garp's grandson?
In an instant, this explosive gossip, broadcast live, was spread worldwide by the gossip-loving reporters of Sabaody Archipelago.
Luffy, looking at the uproar among the Marines below, still arrogantly crossed his legs, chin held high: "Ah, that's right, this time I'm here specifically to snatch back my stupid brother who was tricked by you, old man."
Upon hearing this, the division captains below were furious at Luffy's blatant disrespect.
"Ace always praises you in front of us, and this is your attitude?!
As a younger brother, you don't even spare your own brother? Have you no humanity?"
"We, the Whitebeard Pirates, have no past grudges or recent conflicts with you. Why are you targeting us like this?"
Even Ace couldn't help but yell at the stage, "Luffy! You've really gone too far this time!"
"Too far?" Luffy stared at Ace with an expression as if he were an idiot. "Ace, are you out of your mind? You're pirates, I'm a Marine. It's only natural for the Marines to arrest pirates. How is that going too far?"
"Don't be so naive, Ace. This world is cruel and cannibalistic. No one is obligated to play this childish game with you forever. I know you've been pretentiously searching for some meaning to life because of your cheapskate father."
"After drifting at sea for so many years, haven't you witnessed the darkness of this world? Don't you understand the disaster pirates bring to civilians? If you don't even have this much awareness, it only means you've been living in the false greenhouse that Whitebeard wove for you."
"Your so-called loving family is only limited to your own little circle. Wake up, Ace! That old man, a Marine hero, raised you for over a decade. Is he less affectionate than Whitebeard calling you 'son'?"
"Besides, the generational hierarchy is wrong. You call Whitebeard 'Dad,' and Garp 'Grandpa,' so logically, shouldn't Whitebeard call Garp 'Dad'?"
Luffy, with a mocking expression, thoroughly ridiculed him in front of the whole world.
Garp, standing nearby, burst into laughter, "That's right! Whitebeard, call me 'Dad'! Why didn't I think of that before?"
The other Marines also roared with laughter, their tense nerves instantly relaxing at Luffy's witty remark.
Below, Whitebeard's forehead veins bulged, his face turning ashen. "Kid, you're all talk, but I wonder if your fighting skills are up to par! Let me test you!"
Whitebeard casually plunged the Murakumogiri into the deck of the Moby Dick.
"Ah! You've punctured a huge hole in your ship!"
Luffy suddenly pointed at the sword, shouting seriously.
Whitebeard froze, his face darkening.
The captains clenched their fists, veins throbbing on their foreheads, and glared at Ace with blank expressions, muttering, "Ace, your little brother is really asking for a beating..."
Ace covered his face, wishing he could disappear into the ground.
Whitebeard took a deep breath, crossed his fists in front of his chest, and slammed them violently into the air on either side of his body.
With a crisp crack, space seemed to shatter like glass, instantly revealing a series of shocking cracks.
The Marines stared wide-eyed, utterly stunned by this illogical scene.
What happened?
The atmosphere had actually cracked open!
At that moment, everyone clearly felt the ground beneath their feet begin to shake violently, as if a magnitude 10 earthquake had struck.
The next second, the seawater around Marineford began to surge wildly, and soon, two colossal, sky-covering waves roared towards Marineford from afar!
It was a mega-tsunami caused by the earthquake!!
Was that a shockwave?!
How did it suddenly trigger a tsunami?!
Is this the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power, said to possess the strength to destroy the world?!
Looking at the apocalyptic scene before them, the Marines were terrified, their legs trembling.
Whitebeard and his captains, on the other hand, looked at the panicked Marines with smug satisfaction, as if they were a bunch of weaklings waiting to be slaughtered.
"My dad is the strongest man in the world!
You Marines dare to plot against our Whitebeard Pirates? You're asking for trouble!"
Who on this high seas doesn't know that anyone who dares to mess with us ends up dying a horrible death?
We will absolutely not let any bastard who dares to harm our families get away with it!
Prepare to go to hell! Marine Headquarters!
Awooo!! The pirates roared like wild beasts.
Aokiji scratched his head and lazily muttered, "We've really attracted a bunch of formidable monsters."