"Pops, the result is out."
On the Moby Dick, the pineapple-headed man flashed over to Whitebeard in an instant, his voice urgent as he waved the newspaper in his hand.
Whitebeard sat there with his usual commanding presence.
Marco's words did not cause the slightest change in his expression.
"That Cyrus brat won?"
Without reaching out to take the newspaper, Whitebeard asked directly.
"Yeah. Big Mom lost!"
Marco nodded again and again.
"I already guessed as much, but Linlin really lost, huh? Is she dead?"
Whitebeard's voice was low and deep.
From his tone alone, it was impossible to tell what kind of emotion he was feeling at the mont.
"That part isn't clear. The paper doesn't say it."
Marco froze for a mont, then shook his head.
"And Pops, it wasn't just Big Mom who lost this ti. There were also…"
As he spoke, Marco glanced at Whitebeard's expression.
"Who else?"
"The Golden Lion, Silver Axe, and Wang Zhi!"
Marco swallowed before answering.
The pirates gathered around the ship fell silent the mont they heard those three nas.
Those nas…
Pirates who had only gone to sea in recent years might not have much of an impression of them anymore.
But as mbers of the Whitebeard Pirates, they knew very well that those three had once been part of the sa pirate crew as Pops.
The legendary Rocks Pirates.
"In other words, that brat defeated Linlin, Shiki, and the other two all by himself?"
Whitebeard's pupils suddenly contracted.
"Pops, judging from the newspaper, that does seem to be the case."
The Pirate Admiral, Golden Lion Shiki…
Even after Marco finished answering, he still found it hard to suppress the shock in his heart.
That had been a legendary pirate who, in his pri, had been in no way inferior to Whitebeard.
The expressions of the pirates around them all beca serious.
Because the place they were currently heading to was none other than Whole Cake Island, where the battle had taken place.
In other words, if they continued onward, then the man who had defeated Big Mom, the Golden Lion, and the others would be the opponent they had to face.
"Pops, the result is already out. There's no point in us going over there anymore."
Sensing the heavy atmosphere around them, Marco spoke up.
"Gurarararara!"
After hearing Marco's words, Whitebeard suddenly threw his head back and laughed.
The sound of that laughter made a trace of helplessness flash across Marco's face.
Although he knew it probably would not change anything, he still had to say it.
Because if they truly went there and ended up clashing with that man, the result was genuinely uncertain.
Marco trusted Whitebeard's strength deeply.
But Cyrus's record was simply too shocking.
Putting aside the Mary Geoise incident, this battle alone was enough.
Cyrus had faced four top-tier powerhouses of the sea by himself, defeated all four of them, and had not even taken much ti to do it.
That level of strength felt outrageous just from reading about it.
"Marco, even if we don't go now, we'll run into him sooner or later."
Whitebeard's laughter faded.
He lowered his head and glanced at Marco, then swept his gaze across the sons who had gathered around him before speaking seriously.
"That young man has already entered the New World, and he has already made his move against Linlin. That alone explains his stance."
Whitebeard naturally understood the weight behind Cyrus defeating Charlotte Linlin and the other three on his own.
If Whitebeard were still in his pri, he truly would not fear him, and the outco would still be unknown.
But now…
Even so, avoiding it was impossible.
Unless he disbanded the pirate crew right now and directly gave up his territory and reputation in the New World.
Even if he was willing to do that, his sons would never accept it.
Perhaps this was the inevitable ending waiting for anyone who set out to sea.
Besides, to make his exit in a grand battle was exactly what Whitebeard desired.
He had no interest in dying bedridden, dragging along a body full of illness and pain.
"All of you return to your own crews. You can go back."
Whitebeard looked around and spoke in a low voice.
The mont those words ca out, not a single person moved.
"Pops!"
Marco understood what Whitebeard ant and instinctively wanted to speak, but Whitebeard raised a hand and cut him off.
"If I lose, then all of you can leave and go your own ways." Whitebeard spoke with complete seriousness.
"Pops…"
The people gathered around him instinctively cried out when they heard his words.
"That man definitely carries extraordinary ambition. You can tell that from the fact that he attacked Mary Geoise. What he wants to do may not be limited to what's in front of us.
But from his title as a Pirate Hunter, we can also tell what he may do next."
After saying that, Whitebeard waved his hand.
The others on the ship looked at one another.
"Pops, it's not like we're guaranteed to lose!"
"Yeah, Pops! Let's fight him!"
The surrounding pirates began talking over one another.
Whitebeard did not mind the noisy scene.
Marco's expression remained heavy.
As soone who, in a sense, served as one of the Whitebeard Pirates' strategists, he understood that if Whitebeard truly went, the outco would probably not be good.
As for defeating that man…
Marco shook his head.
As the ship's doctor, no one understood Whitebeard's body better than he did.
Compared to his pri, Whitebeard's current strength was probably less than fifty or sixty percent of what it once was.
Marco, who had been by Whitebeard's side longer than almost anyone, knew that very clearly.
Watching Whitebeard lift his bowl of wine, Marco looked at the noisy crowd around him and, for a mont, did not know how to deal with the situation before him.
However, not long afterward, the division commanders and the captains of the affiliated pirate crews all made their own choices.
After ordering the pirate ships that had been following the Moby Dick to turn back, those people returned to the Moby Dick once more.
Then the most famous pirate ship in the New World continued sailing toward the waters of Totto Land.
…
Wano Country.
Looking at the newspaper in his hand, Kaido frowned deeply.
"Kaido-san?" King spoke up.
He had been the one to bring the newspaper, so of course he knew what had happened.
The man who had previously caused Doflamingo to send a request for help was soone they could not afford to treat lightly, no matter how cautious they were.
But now they had to make a choice about how to respond to what would happen next.
"I ran into him before."
Kaido withdrew his gaze from the photo of Whole Cake Island printed in the newspaper and looked toward King.
As he spoke of this matter, Kaido's expression actually turned sowhat awkward.
His original plan had been to test Cyrus, then leave him for Charlotte Linlin to deal with.
No matter the result, Kaido's side would not suffer any loss.
But the outco had exceeded all of his expectations.
Not only had Charlotte Linlin been defeated, three of his old acquaintances had gone down with her.
Back when they had been aboard the Rocks Pirates' ship, the Golden Lion and the others had already been officers, while he had still been an apprentice.
The current strength of those three might not necessarily match Charlotte Linlin's, but they definitely would not be much weaker.
And yet, what was the result?
All four of them had been defeated together.
Just reading the news was enough to feel that overwhelming pressure.
And now, how to deal with that man had beco an urgent question.
Kaido had a feeling that he was definitely one of that man's targets.
Or at least one of them.
"Should we abandon this place, Kaido-san?"
"Abandon it? I worked damn hard to turn this place into what it is now."
Kaido grabbed his gourd and took a swig of liquor, his eyes bloodshot.
Even soone as cunning as Kaido would not willingly abandon everything he had built in Wano out of fear.
Besides, it was not as though there was no way to deal with this man.
After all, while Cyrus was indeed a serious threat now, there were people who wanted him dead even more than Kaido did.
Their holy land had been half-destroyed, after all.
"Keep a close watch on all news about him."
Kaido waved his hand.
"Understood."
King nodded, then turned and strode away.
...
In a wasteland sowhere in Wano Country, a strange magic circle rapidly outlined itself across the ground.
Monts later, several figures appeared within it.
…
Elbaf, the Kingdom of Giants.
The battle to capture Prince Loki had caused no small amount of damage to Elbaf.
Fortunately, the result had been good.
Loki, who had killed his own father, had been defeated by Red-Haired Shanks together with the Giant Warrior Pirates, and had then been imprisoned.
"Shanks, we really owe you this ti!"
At the banquet between the giants and the Red Hair Pirates, a bandaged giant laughed loudly and raised his drink to thank Shanks.
Shanks refused no one.
If soone ca to toast him, he drank.
The atmosphere was lively and heated.
That lasted until Ben Beckman, the vice-captain of the Red Hair Pirates, walked over quickly with a grave expression.
After avoiding the drunken giants, he handed a newspaper to Shanks.
"Captain, I think you should read this. Big Mom has been defeated."
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