If Kronos and Uchiha Madara knew that Marco and the others were thinking this way, they would probably not know whether to laugh or cry. They'd sigh at how wild Marco's imagination was—that he could even come up with such an explanation.
"Well… I don't know where we should go next."
As Jozu spoke, he looked solemnly toward Whitebeard lying in the infirmary.
Following Jozu's words, the atmosphere once again dropped to freezing point. No matter how strong they were, no one wanted this kind of situation to happen.
But now that things had already happened, what could they do?
There was no medicine for regret in this world. Everything that had occurred was irreversible, and all they could do was silently accept this cruel fact.
"Dad won't have an accident—absolutely not!"
Marco suddenly raised his head. After shouting this to everyone, he continued in a loud voice:
"While Dad is in a coma, I'll lead everyone. There's no problem with that, right?"
One had to admit, Marco truly possessed an extraordinary charisma. He had built up strong bonds with his comrades over the years.
So much so that in this moment of chaos, when Marco stepped forward and volunteered to lead, nearly everyone stood up to show their support!
"Captain Marco, you're the commander of the first division of the Whitebeard Pirates. Of course we'll follow your lead!"
"Now that Pops is unconscious, you can act as captain in his place. When Pops wakes up, he won't blame you!"
"Yes, right now, only you can guide us! No one else can point us in the right direction!"
Full support!
Even Vista and Jozu stood up and firmly pledged their loyalty to Marco.
"You guys…"
Marco was deeply moved. More and more, he felt that meeting such good comrades was the greatest blessing of his life. Without them, he might never have survived this long—he might have fallen in some forgotten corner and died without anyone noticing.
Amidst this rallying atmosphere, no one noticed that Whitebeard, lying in the infirmary, had suddenly shown a faint, relieved smile—as if he was deeply satisfied with what he was hearing.
Not long after, the main Marine force led by Garp successfully took over from Akainu's battered fleet and quickly learned the general situation.
After hearing the full story, Garp and the others were left speechless, their minds reeling.
They had expected Akainu to struggle…
But they had never imagined Akainu would lose so completely!
It was devastating!
"What the hell happened here? Who exactly is this Uchiha Madara, that he could suppress a Marine Admiral like Akainu to such a degree?"
"I don't know the details, but one thing's certain—defeating Uchiha Madara would take at least two Admirals working together! Even Akainu couldn't stand against him, let alone the rest of us!"
"Monsters… everyone in the Kamui Pirates are inhuman monsters!"
The Marine elites exclaimed one after another, their faces pale with fear.
Those who had once stood close to Akainu were now struck dumb, unable to comprehend how he had been crushed so thoroughly.
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