"Where did that guy come from? He's so strong..."

Kizaru looked in Su Mu's direction, narrowed his eyes, and muttered something to himself.

"What terrifying domineering aura... He just got through it like that. Ah, well, I'm badly injured, I need to go back and rest."

Kizaru rubbed his head, pointed to the Marines not far away, and said:

"Moshi Moshi, hello, could you please prepare a trailer to carry me back? Ouch, I'm badly injured, it hurts so much..."

"Ah... but how will this Marineford War end? I'm kind of looking forward to it..."

…………

"That kid has really caused the Navy a lot of trouble... really."

Aokiji calmed his inner shock and exhaled.

Having felt the domineering aura and extreme power of that punch so closely, he understood that if that punch had landed on him...

Aokiji glanced at Kizaru, who was leisurely lying on a stretcher, preparing to leave the battlefield.

So, the person who's now on the stretcher, ready to leave the battlefield and no longer needing to fight, is him, right...?

but now……

Aokiji looked at the white-bearded man standing in front of him, and his gaze gradually darkened.

Now, as the highest-ranking admiral in the navy besides Sengoku, he has to shoulder more responsibility for attacking Whitebeard.

Furthermore, if they don't intervene soon, the Whitebeard Pirates will probably have to retreat completely.

…………

"Ace! Don't stop, run!"

The pirates nearby shouted anxiously when they saw Ace stop.

"Ace, this guy is saying that on purpose, don't fall for it!"

"Yeah, Ace, let's hurry up and go!"

Jinbe, standing to the side, couldn't help but offer a word of advice.

But Ace gritted his teeth and turned back with a furious expression to look at Akainu who was coming towards them.

"What did you say?! Say it again if you dare!"

Ace roared at Akainu.

If Akainu had insulted him, Ace would have been indifferent, but unfortunately, Akainu insulted Whitebeard, the man he admired most.

As many people have said since then, if Ace hadn't turned around at that moment, he wouldn't be Ace.

If it were Luffy, he would definitely stop and confront Akainu as well; that's just how the two brothers are.

"Whitebeard, a loser of this era, a remnant of the old one, hmph, he's quite self-aware, but..."

Akainu straightened his hair and hat, a smirk playing on his lips.

"He's not just a remnant of the old era, he's also the biggest loser of the old era! Hahaha!"

"Compared to Gol D. Roger, what did Whitebeard gain? You guys? Calling him 'Old Man' all the time is like playing house among pirates."

"In the end, he actually chose to sacrifice his own life for you bunch of trash, to stop someone who had stabbed him from working for him, choosing to sacrifice himself. What a weak, unambitious, and incompetent coward!"

"But there's nothing we can do, Whitebeard is just a loser!"

After saying that, a cunning and ruthless glint flashed in Akainu's eyes.

"As Gol D. Roger's own son, he's so weak that he even acknowledges Whitebeard, that coward, as his father. Humph, how laughable."

"shut up!!"

Ace couldn't bear to hear Akainu finish speaking. His eyes flashed crimson, and the flames of the Flame-Flame Fruit climbed onto his fist. He immediately attacked Akainu in a fit of rage!

"Kid, let me end this ridiculous game of make-believe!"

Akainu gave a sinister smile, naturally not backing down. His arms transformed into magma, and he slammed his fist into Ace's fiery fist!

In an instant, the flames and magma collided, but the fierce flames were instantly eroded by the scalding magma and gradually dimmed.

"boom!"

Then, the lava slammed into the ground, and Ace's figure was thrown away by the huge impact!

Painful howls came from Ace's mouth, and his body was covered with many burn marks!

"Ace!"

"Ace got burned?!"

"He's a user of the Flame-Flame Fruit, naturally attuned to fire, how could he get burned?!"

Upon seeing Ace fly out, the surrounding pirates immediately shouted and looked at Ace's figure with worry and confusion.

Ace ate the Flame-Flame Fruit and played with fire, so how could he get burned by flames?

"Fire? Mine is magma! The Magma-Magma Fruit is superior to yours, kid. You think you're invincible just because you have a Logia-type Devil Fruit?"

Akainu glanced at Ace with disdain and gave a cold laugh.

"Ace!"

Luffy rushed to Ace's side and carefully examined Ace's injuries. Then, he frowned and turned his head sharply to glare fiercely at Akainu.

"Damn it, you bastard..."

Luffy is still under the effects of the injection Ivankov gave him.

After all, Su Mu accelerated Luffy's rescue of Ace, and now Luffy has a certain ability to dodge Akainu's attacks.

"They actually injured Ace!"

"Rubber rubber! Pistol!"

Luffy roared and swung his fist, aiming to send Akainu flying.

Luffy doesn't care who Akainu is; what he can't tolerate is others hurting his crewmates and family!

But Luffy is nowhere near as good as Akainu now.

Luffy can't even touch Akainu now, let alone hurt him.

Seeing Luffy approach, Akainu smiled disdainfully, and as he muttered something, the magma on his arm was covered again:

"Kid, you're overestimating yourself. Are you in such a hurry to come and die?"

Akainu roared and threw a fierce punch at Luffy!

In Luffy's eyes, the fist filled with magma grew larger and larger, and the aura of danger became increasingly intense.

At that moment, his Observation Haki, which was not yet fully awakened, actually foresaw the future!

In that premonition, half of his body was pierced by lava, and blood flowed all over the ground!

Luffy's face immediately turned pale with horror, his back instantly drenched in cold sweat. He quickly stopped his attack and turned to dodge!

"boom!!"

Luffy dodged Akainu's punch, but the splashed lava burned him just like it had burned Ace.

The fierce impact sent him flying high into the air.

"Ouch! It's so hot!"

Luffy yelled and flew out, landing next to Ace, stretching his mouth and frantically blowing air at the spot that had been scalded by the lava.

"Luffy, I'm sorry..."

Ace gritted his teeth and slowly sat up, feeling a pang of guilt upon seeing Luffy injured because of him.

After all that commotion, Ace calmed down from his anger.

Seeing Luffy injured, he came to his senses and realized he couldn't let anyone else get involved in unnecessary battles because of him.

"Luffy, let's go quickly..."

"Walk?"

Just as Ace was about to stand up and continue running away with Luffy, a broad figure suddenly blocked the light in front of him.

A dangerous aura enveloped the two of them.

Akainu stared coldly at the two of them. Standing tall, he looked down at them like a giant, as if he could crush Ace and Luffy at any moment.

And indeed, the idea of ​​completely annihilating the two of them did surface in his mind.

"The son of Dragon of the Revolutionary Army, the son of Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King, your bloodlines are filled with too much evil, therefore, you must die!"

Akainu spoke in a chilling tone, and scalding magma began to flow from his body.

Although the lava was scalding hot, the cold tone and gaze sent a chill down Luffy and Ace's spine.

"Damn it! Luffy, run!"

Ace roared, and the flames in his hands flickered again. He stood up and tried to move forward to hold off Akainu.

But as soon as Ace raised his fist, Akainu's magma fire fist mercilessly sent him flying!

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