Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 361 Marineford War: Finale

Vista the Flower Sword, the 5th Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, is a dual-wielding swordsman on par with Hawkeye.

Although he is not as strong as Hawkeye, Hawkeye is not a powerhouse like Zilong, Minato, or Kizaru. Even when facing an opponent who is only slightly weaker than himself, he would have to fight for a long time to defeat him.

Vista the Fencer didn't even think about defeating Hawkeye here; he just wanted to stall him.

Luffy's assault team continued their advance.

After passing Hawkeye, there were no more significant obstacles ahead, only a small number of soldiers, which couldn't stop Luffy's progress.

Arriving at the execution platform, Luffy suddenly stretched out his arm, grabbed the edge of the platform, and then darted up on it in a flash!

The execution platform was divided into two levels. On the upper level stood Sengoku, Ace, and two soldiers wielding the Nagi no Inahi.

On the second floor, six soldiers were operating two cannons.

In addition, there was an old man with white hair.

Navy hero, Garp!

"Grandpa!" Luffy stepped onto the execution platform and saw Garp standing in front of him.

He shouted, "Get out of the way!"

Garp remained silent, clenched his fist, and charged straight at Luffy.

Seeing this, Luffy didn't waste any words and threw a punch.

Thus, the biggest slacker of the entire Marineford War has appeared!

Garp was sent flying by Luffy's punch, falling headfirst to the ground, seemingly unconscious!

When he fainted, everyone in the Warring States period was dumbfounded. They thought, "You looked so resolute, I thought you could stop me. Turns out you were just putting on an act."

"Damn it!" Sengoku cursed, turning to look at Luffy, who had already dealt with six Marines and climbed to the second floor. He raised his hand and said, "Luffy, your journey ends here!"

Luffy has already seen Ace, and Sengoku's slap is already on his head.

If they can rescue Ace, the two of them working together can hold him off for a while.

However, Luffy doesn't have the key!

Hancock doesn't know Luffy at all, so how could she possibly give him the key?

Meanwhile, Mr. 3, Galdino, who imitated a key to open a chain, is now the mayor of Alabasta!

"Buddha's Shockwave!" Sengoku transformed into a golden Buddha, and with a single palm strike, the heavens and earth trembled!

In an instant, half of the execution platform collapsed!

"Luffy!" Ace exclaimed in shock. This was an angry strike from a dignified Marine Admiral. If that blow landed, how could he possibly survive?

However, the execution platform collapsed, so why didn't Luffy bleed?

"Thank goodness, we made it in time!" A cheerful voice solved the mystery.

On the corner of the shattered execution platform, a spherical dome had appeared out of nowhere. Inside the dome, Law was holding Luffy with one hand and drawing his sword with the other.

It's obvious that he was the one who rescued Luffy from Sengoku.

Not only did he save Luffy, but he also casually raised his hand and slashed, and Ace was shocked to find that the sea stone shackles on his hands and feet had broken!

Seastone counters the Devil Fruit user, not the user's ability. Otherwise, if you put a Seastone shackle on Dressrosa's toy, wouldn't it restore his ability?

Sea stone is indeed very hard and difficult to process, but when it comes to spatial cutting, it's not much stronger than tofu.

Ace has now successfully escaped!

"Damn it!" Clearly, it wasn't just Ace who realized he was free; Sengoku did too. He freed up another hand and pressed the shockwave again!

But it was too late!

Ace might not be able to beat him, but he could definitely run away with Luffy.

Not to mention they also have a user of the Op-Op Fruit here.

"Don't resist!" Luo said softly, and then the three of them teleported to the foot of the execution platform!

The bitter blow from the Warring States period only caused the second floor of the execution platform to collapse, but it didn't hit the person at all!

"Ace has been rescued!" Seeing that the group had successfully rescued Ace, Whitebeard was overjoyed and shouted, "Everyone, evacuate!"

This rescue went much more smoothly than in the original story, mainly because Law's support abilities were too strong, possessing everything from chain cutting and spatial teleportation to medical skills.

Calling it the "Operation Fruit" is a complete waste of its potential. In Ning Yuan's opinion, it should be called the "Domain Fruit."

Seeing the war escalate to this point, Sengoku became anxious: "How can we possibly let you go like this?"

But I don't have anyone available!

Looking to the left, Aokiji and Marco are locked in a close battle.

Look to the right, and you'll see two old men, Kizaru and Rayleigh, dawdling.

Looking at the center, Akainu is working very hard, but he's up against Whitebeard, so victory isn't so easy.

Looking further into the corner, Sengoku was immediately enraged.

Hawkeye is fighting the Whitebeard Pirates' captain, but what are Kuma, Doflamingo, and Hancock doing?

The first two are probably fighting minions!

Hancock was just spacing out?

You don't even need to look closely at the Warring States period to know that Hancock is looking at her lover!

"What kind of time is this? How can you fight like this?!" Sengoku roared. "Doflamingo, Kuma, and Hancock, do you want the World Government to revoke your status as Shichibukai?"

Upon hearing this, Doflamingo and Kuma stopped fighting even the pirate minions and simply stood in a corner to watch the show.

As for Hancock?

She probably didn't hear what Sengoku was yelling.

Zhan Guo cursed inwardly, then turned his head. Fortunately, Ning Yuan was still watching from above.

"Ningyuan!" Zhan Guo shouted.

"Is something the matter?" Ning Yuan asked.

"Have Hancock and her guards stop Luffy and Ace!" Sengoku shouted.

Ning Yuan shrugged: "This doesn't seem to be within their scope of responsibility. I checked their defenses, and they're holding up very well!"

The Warring States period was so angry that he laughed. Nobody was going in that direction. Didn't you manage to hold it?

And look at how far things have progressed! We're on the offensive now, and Whitebeard is retreating. What's there to defend?!

We need you to attack!

"You!" Sengoku wanted to curse, but the words caught in his throat.

He was ultimately just a strategist in name only, unable to even control his own generals, let alone the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the king of a World Government member state.

Moreover, he had been in a high position for too long and had forgotten the proper way to greet people.

If you want others to help you fight a war, don't you need to contribute something? Pay up, give us warships, you have to give us something!

If you don't give them anything, who will fight for you?

But Sengoku really didn't know these things. He was used to relying on the navy's own strength to solve problems and had never dealt with the member states of the World Government, so naturally he wouldn't have thought of this.

After being furious for a while, he could only turn his head and continue to command the battle.

Ning Yuan could see clearly from above that the navy still held a numerical advantage, and an absolute advantage at that. So far, the pirates had only sent up less than 20,000 men, while there were still 40,000 men below.

The Warring States period should have been able to see it too, but he insisted that everything was correct, perhaps because he thought that with 100,000 surrounding 20,000, the advantage lay with him.

However, the Warring States period did not know that the other 20,000 people were gathered together with a clear goal and were united as one. Their 100,000 people were divided into two parts, and only one or two thousand could engage the enemy. The people behind were either unarmed or armed with swords and knives, and could not reach the enemy in front of them at all.

Fighting like this is like sending them to their deaths one by one; the Navy's casualties are actually higher than the Pirates'!

The navy does have cannons, but not mortars. In such a confined space, cannons would only hurt their own men.

They also lacked weapons like bows and arrows to allow soldiers in the rear to participate in the war.

Since they've already engaged in hand-to-hand combat, what the Navy should do is infiltrate and squeeze everyone into the ranks of these 20,000 pirates, creating a situation where everyone is intertwined with each other.

This way of fighting will definitely result in high casualties, but it also increases the area of ​​contact with the enemy, so the enemy's losses will naturally increase as well.

Moreover, because the navy has a numerical advantage, the larger the area it faces when engaging the enemy, the greater its advantage will be.

If they were to engage the enemy directly, the pirates would be in a dire situation of fighting five opponents at once.

Sengoku Kong stood on the high platform, surveying the entire situation, but he couldn't see anything. He could only look anxiously at the battlefield below, wondering which people he hadn't used yet.

Fortunately, the navy isn't entirely incompetent; at this critical moment, Admiral Akainu stepped forward.

He first took advantage of Whitebeard's momentary distraction after seeing Ace being rescued, punching him in the chest and melting a large hole in front of him. Then, he delivered a fiery punch that burned off half of Whitebeard's face and half of his beard.

"Dad!" Ace shouted immediately upon seeing this, and wanted to come over to help.

Whitebeard slashed Akainu to the other side, then shouted, "You guys go, I'll cover your retreat!"

"Dad!" This time, everyone in the Whitebeard Pirates cried.

"I am a remnant of the old era; in this new era, there is no ship capable of carrying me!" Whitebeard roared. "Ace, Marco, take all the brothers and get out of here!"

"Ace!" Marco kicked Aokiji away, then went to Ace's side and grabbed the still-acting Ace: "Let's go!"

He knew about Whitebeard's physical condition and that Whitebeard was prepared to die on this trip.

Even before the war began, Whitebeard had already made arrangements for the Whitebeard Pirates' future.

Ace is appointed as the new captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, to continue leading the crew.

It's not that Whitebeard favors Ace, but rather that the Whitebeard Pirates need a strong member to survive, and Marco clearly isn't up to the task, nor are the other captains.

Looking at the entire Whitebeard Pirates, only Ace could shoulder this heavy responsibility.

Admittedly, Ace's strength is not yet up to par, but his talent is undeniable. Give him a year or two, and he will eventually be able to stand on his own!

"White Bird!" The Aokiji that had been kicked away didn't fly far before it blocked the group again. Endless white light condensed into a crystal-clear white phoenix, which rushed straight towards them.

This admiral has been slacking off the whole time, and he's still slacking off. The most powerful aspect of your Ice-Ice Fruit is clearly freezing and low-temperature damage, but now you're resorting to physical attacks?

Then Ace used Fire Phoenix to instantly gain a huge amount of reputation.

Then Aokiji stopped making a move.

Seeing that Aokiji had reached the edge of the bay, Akainu finally couldn't hold back any longer.

Damn it, the Whitebeard Pirates only have one capable fighter, and I managed to stop him. Meanwhile, you two admirals, one fought the First Division Commander to a standstill, and the other fought an old man who had been retired for decades to a standstill.

Don't you think that's a bit too much?

After all, they were his colleagues, so Akainu couldn't say anything. But he really couldn't stand that Ace had been let go like that. So all the three admirals, four Shichibukai, and 100,000 elite marines were just sitting there doing nothing!

How much manpower and resources did the navy expend to fight this battle, and how many pirates did it have to postpone its suppression efforts?

Even artillery support from the East China Sea battlefield has been stopped!

Do you know what the consequences would be if we lost this battle?

"Run away, run away, just like your father did back then!"

The False Wise General: The Warring States Period

The true strategist: Akainu!

If Akainu had been in charge of eliminating pirates, the Great Pirate Era would probably have ended ten years ago.

Seeing that Ace was about to leave, Akainu's clever brain immediately sprang into action, and he instantly grasped what Ace was most concerned about.

You said you don't like your father, Roger?

Probably not!

If you really don't like him, why follow in your father's footsteps?

Just like Ning Yuan said, if you really don't like Roger, then you should join the Navy and end the Great Pirate Era that Roger started.

She says she hates her father, but she's probably secretly pleased that he's the Pirate King.

Since you love your father so much, then the one who made you stay must also be your father!

Of course, it's also possible that Akainu guessed wrong.

But it doesn't matter if I'm wrong. If Ace didn't love Roger, then he loved Whitebeard!

They're all fathers after all. Akainu didn't name names, so how would you know which one I'm talking about?

"What are you talking about?" Ace, who was running away, stopped as expected.

"I'm telling you, your father was nothing but a coward!" Akainu said coldly. "He dared not face his own heart, shirked his responsibilities. To outsiders he was a hero, a great hero, but to me, he was less than dog shit!"

This could be said by Roger, or by Whitebeard.

Ace stopped abruptly in his tracks: "You're not allowed to talk about Dad like that!"

Akainu's eyes lit up. Was he really interested in Whitebeard?

He continued coldly, "You ran away in a panic after rescuing me; what a bunch of cowards!"

"The captain's incompetent, but that's to be expected. After all, Whitebeard is just a loser from the last generation!"

"Ace!" Luffy quickly grabbed Ace, "Let's go, bro!"

"Take back what you just said!" Ace stood still, glaring angrily at Akainu.

"Defeated by your own father, ultimately failing to become the Pirate King, where did I go wrong?" Akainu said coldly, "Being called 'Dad' by a bunch of henchmen, leading a group of kids in a family drama!"

"They dominated the seas for decades, yet ultimately failed to become kings!"

"Isn't this the biggest failure?"

"Ultimately, he was bound to a war chariot by a foolish and incompetent man whom he called his son, brought to this battlefield, and lost his life there!"

"Isn't this just wasting your life?"

"Damn it!" Ace finally couldn't hold back any longer and turned around. "Dad gave us a place to live, how could you possibly understand how great he was!"

Akainu's tone was even more arrogant, carrying a lecturing tone: "Pirates don't need a place to stay, and people who don't follow the right path have no value in living!"

(End of this chapter)