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Chapter 123: The Paramount War is the Decisive Battle (3) — Is This Right?
Rumble!
Golden Lion and Garp collided once again. A terrifying rumbling sound echoed around like thunder.
Yumesaki looked toward the battle in the distance for a moment, withdrew his gaze, and said to the people beside him: "Now it's your turn to move as well."
Jinbe nodded and said to Whitebeard: "Pops, I'll go first."
"Be careful," Whitebeard replied.
Jinbe charged forward without hesitation and launched a punch.
Fish-Man Karate: 5,000 Tile True Punch!
The overflowing power instantly pierced through the air, creating a straight vacuum channel. All the Navy soldiers standing in that path were completely blown away.
"Ace, I'm coming to save you."
Ace was sobbing uncontrollably. To save him, today's situation had become far too massive.
Immediately after, Shiryu of the Rain also moved. He slashed casually and created a sword energy a hundred meters long, pushing back the Navy soldiers around him and demonstrating his strength as a Great Swordsman.
Demon Heir Douglas Bullet laughed loudly several times. His wild Conqueror's Haki exploded violently. Many Navy soldiers nearby didn't even have time to react before falling unconscious from the impact of this Haki.
He himself charged toward Akainu without hesitation.
"Die!!!"
Strong and thick Armament Haki enveloped his fist, launching an attack capable of changing the very state of heaven and earth.
This man was currently in his prime with extraordinary strength. Besides not being able to use Conqueror's Coating, both his power and physique were already very close to the level of the Four Emperors.
Facing such a ferocious punch, Akainu became extremely angry.
One by one, they dared to come and attack him. Did they really think he was so easy to handle?
"You pirates all deserve to die, Great Eruption!"
"Phoenix Brand!!!"
Marco saw an opportunity and worked together with Douglas Bullet to attack at once, performing a pincer move from the front and back.
While Akainu was dealing with Bullet, Marco kicked Akainu's chest with force. Accompanied by a dull hitting sound, Akainu was sent flying far away with a crash.
Unfortunately, however, Douglas Bullet did not accept the help.
"Don't get in my way, Marco."
He stared at Marco with a sinister face, then chased after the flying Akainu.
Today, he wanted to use his own strength to kill the three Admirals, so that everyone would understand he had surpassed Roger.
Seeing that, Marco cursed at the man's ingratitude, but he did not continue the dispute.
Because he knew he hadn't come to stake his life against Akainu, but to save Ace.
Since Douglas wanted to defeat Akainu, then let that madman do it.
The most important thing for him right now was saving Ace.
World Destroyer Byrnndi World locked his gaze on Sengoku. If it hadn't been for this Navy group back then, he wouldn't have been imprisoned in Impel Down for all those years.
Hatred and old and new grudges surged in his heart. Byrnndi World picked up a chunk of rock and threw it with force toward Sengoku.
As the rock shot away, it transformed into a giant boulder at lightning speed.
Swoosh!
Sengoku, seeing this, cursed inwardly. He transformed back into a giant Buddha and launched a palm strike.
Great Buddha Shockwave!!!
A terrifying shockwave slammed into the giant boulder and instantly crushed it into dust.
But it wasn't over yet. Byrnndi World, seeing this, immediately changed his target. He began throwing stones one by one toward the Navy ranks frantically.
With the help of the More-More Fruit, these stones transformed into giant boulders the moment they left his hand.
As if they were meteors falling from the sky, the rocks slammed into the Navy lines.
If these hit their mark, the Navy ranks would receive devastating impact in an instant.
But at that moment.
"Yasakani no Magatama!!!"
Glints of light filled the sky and rained down. Before the rocks could touch the ground, the beads of light hit them precisely and shattered them to pieces, saving the Navy lines.
It was Kizaru Borsalino.
Byrnndi World let out a cold snort. He immediately switched targets and requested a sniper rifle from a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, then aimed at Kizaru.
Bang!
The bullet was coated in Armament Haki. The moment it left the rifle barrel, its speed increased a hundredfold.
Kizaru immediately turned into light particles and evaded the attack.
However, this gave King the Conflagration, who had been fighting him, the chance to swing his blade.
Imperial Flaming Wings!!
Baroric Redfield looked toward the Admiral but paid him no mind. His target was only one person: Sengoku.
At the same time, Sengoku, seeing the chaotic battlefield, felt the corner of his brow twitch violently.
After several prisoners who had escaped from Impel Down joined the fray, the advantage was clearly leaning toward the pirates.
In particular, several pirate experts who were already free to move, such as Marco, Charlotte Cracker, and others, were almost reaching the front of the execution platform.
If it weren't for the Navy Vice Admirals blocking them just in time, the consequences would have been dire.
And up until now, Whitebeard still hadn't moved.
Kaido and Charlotte Linlin had not yet appeared.
The situation was extremely unfavorable for the Navy.
Now he could only hope that the World Government could react sooner and send a wave of experts to assist the Navy. Otherwise, if the fighting continued, the Navy would truly be completely destroyed.
At the same time, his gaze fixed on Yumesaki.
Who exactly was the man who had brought the escapees from Impel Down?
Sengoku's instincts told him that the changes in the Whitebeard Pirates, the appearance of the Golden Lion, and the joining of Beast and Big Mom were all linked to this man.
Yet he truly did not recognize this youth.
Just who was he?
Yumesaki felt Sengoku's doubting gaze and gave the other party a thin smile.
"Boss."
At this moment, Nico Robin approached and said to Yumesaki with a smile: "Morgans has called. He states all preparations are complete, and our plan can begin at any time."
Yumesaki nodded and said: "Then let's begin."
Nico Robin pulled out a Visual Den Den Mushi and pointed it toward Yumesaki.
Instantly, everyone in the world who was watching the Paramount War noticed that the broadcast image of the Den Den Mushi suddenly split into two.
One half was the Paramount War.
The other half was Yumesaki's face.
"Mic check, mic check."
Yumesaki smiled at the camera and said slowly: "My face should be very foreign to all of you; you've never seen it before, have you?"
"But it doesn't matter whether you've seen it or not, because I am not important at all."
"The things I say are what matters."
"Now, I want to use this opportunity to discuss with all of you: is this era already right?"
"As everyone knows, this era is the Great Pirate Era opened by the Pirate King Roger."
"Countless pirates, for the sake of what is called treasure, have plunged into the sea continuously and become pirates."
"Consequently, various places in the world suffer from pirate attacks and lead very miserable lives."
"The homes of many people have even been destroyed by pirates."
"But I have one question for you: how many people around you went to sea because of the treasure in the mouth of the Pirate King Roger, and how many people went to sea because they couldn't survive?"
Yumesaki paused for a moment there, then took a sheet of paper from Nico Robin's hand.
"Earlier, I asked Morgans to conduct an investigation."
"The results found that in the early years after Roger's death, many pirates did indeed go to sea for Roger's treasure."
"However, as time passed, that treasure was never found by anyone. Many people came to believe that Roger had no treasure at all."
"What's interesting, though, is that the number of people going to sea to become pirates did not decrease because of that."
"On the contrary, it only grew."
"Especially in recent years, the people going to sea for the Pirate King's treasure are getting fewer and fewer—they can even be counted on one's fingers. The majority of people go to sea because they cannot survive, have offended people, or truly have an unsettled nature since birth."
"Among them, those who cannot survive make up the vast majority."
"Of course, I'm not saying this to defend pirates."
"In reality, the majority of pirates are not good people. They rob, burn, kill, violate the wives and children of others, commit every crime, and the sins they perform are so many they cannot be written down."
"Therefore, they deserve to be looked down upon, even hated."
"Because they truly do not perform human deeds."
"But at the same time, I found another thing that very much twists my worldview."
"Because there is still a group of people—they also rob, burn, kill, violate the wives and children of others, and even treat humans as prey, torturing and hunting them at will."
"However, this group of people can sit in high positions, receiving fear and adoration from everyone, even being worshipped by nations all over the world, treated like gods."
"Is there something wrong here?"
"Isn't that right, Celestial Dragons, Five Elders, Holy Knights, as well as the power holder behind the scenes of the World Government called Imu."
Hearing this, Sengoku's face kept twitching. This man truly dared to speak.
He was actually pointing his spearhead at the Celestial Dragons.
He had no idea what he was actually doing.
"Silence, you disgusting pirate." Sengoku couldn't hold back any longer. He couldn't let this man continue speaking; otherwise, the whole world would be in turmoil because of it.
The next second, he became a giant golden Buddha once again and launched the strongest attack in history toward Yumesaki.
Great Buddha: Ultra Shockwave!
Whitebeard laughed, gurararara, "I can't let you disturb the Gentleman."
He stepped forward, clenched his fist, and struck hard toward the giant shockwave that was attacking rapidly.
Quake!
At that moment, space seemed to crack. An invisible force swept out and collided with the giant shockwave, forming ripples visible to the eye.
The ripples swept in all directions with incredible speed, wave after wave, blowing back all the pirates and Navy soldiers in the vicinity.
Yumesaki smiled thinly at the camera, "Alright, let's ignore that little disturbance just now and continue the previous topic."
"Where was I? Oh, right, the Celestial Dragons."
"The pirates who rob and burn will become fugitives, be executed, and be looked down upon."
"The Celestial Dragons who rob and burn will not become fugitives, will not be looked down upon, and even if they are offended, a Navy Admiral himself will step in."
"This sort of thing has gone on for eight hundred years."
"For eight hundred years, this has never changed, so much so that you have become accustomed to this kind of different treatment."
"Because it has always been like that."
"So I want to ask one sentence of you... if it has always been like that, does that mean it's right?"
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