With the last anywhere door quickly closing, the remnants of the Marine forces had been moved to a secluded place.
Most of the soldiers dragged their bloody bodies, standing there with slumped with defeated faces.
"Is this... all we have left?" Sengoku's expression was grim.
Besides the Five Elders, Kong, Garp, Tsuru, the five Admirals, and a handful of Vice Admirals, many Marines had been left behind forever.
To cover the escape, a full two-thirds of their Seraphim had been permanently damaged and abandoned.
Fortunately, the Seraphim Overlord, the Imperial Angel, and three of the Admiral-class models were still intact, though all had sustained varying degrees of damage.
"We... lost," Sengoku said, his eyes blank with sadness.
Mist covered the eyes of the countless Marine soldiers.
They couldn't help but bow their heads and weep.
"FUCKKK!" Akainu couldn't help but roar, his eyes filled with an indescribable unwillingness and resentment.
"Our Marine Corps... I guess it will be history from now on."
"From now on, it will be the world of pirates."
Looking at his own defeated state, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, the majestic leader of the Marines, suddenly burst into tears.
Even the Five Elders could only sigh and shake their heads.
Was the World Government really going to be gradually reduced to history?
For a time, an atmosphere of despair and sadness spread.
"Everyone!"
Suddenly, a childish voice sounded.
Everyone looked up in surprise.
It was Leon.
"Dr. Leon..." Sengoku spoke hoarsely.
"Okay, don't say anything. Just watch the live broadcast."
The Video Den Den Mushi at Marineford were still active.
"Huh? Are we supposed to watch how they take over our headquarters?" Sengoku had a bitter look on his face.
"No," Leon shook his head firmly.
"You misunderstood me. This war is not really over yet."
"Hm?!" Hearing this, all the people present hurriedly looked at the screen.
On it, the pirates were shouting happily, their bursts of laughter like needles piercing the hearts of the defeated Marines.
"What are we looking at?" one of the soldiers asked, about to turn away.
However...
"Wait, what is that?!"
High in the distance on the screen, a streamlined missile was flying fast, its target aimed squarely at the occupied Marineford.
The Marines collectively looked on in shock.
*****
Back at Marineford.
"Hahahaha! The Marines actually have a day like this!"
"From now on, it will be the era of pirates!"
Countless pirates were shouting happily, not seeming to notice the danger coming.
Of course, with so many of them, someone eventually noticed.
"What is that?"
"Looks like... a cannonball?" a pirate said with a curious look on his face.
"Tch, what's the use of a single shell?" another scoffed.
The countless cannonballs from the Marines earlier couldn't stop them; what was one more?
Kaido, Big Mom, and the other top-tier fighters also saw it, but most were dismissive.
Just one of the Marines' shells?
Any one of their commanders could intercept it casually.
But Benn Beckman's brow suddenly furrowed.
"No! The Marines wouldn't do something so meaningless! I'm afraid this is a trap! Shanks, we have to leave immediately!"
"Right!" Shanks nodded and hurriedly urged his crew to retreat quickly.
At the same time, he contacted Whitebeard.
"It's better to be cautious."
After Whitebeard heard the warning, he immediately began an emergency retreat with his subordinates.
"My sons, let's leave now! Quick!"
"Mamamama! Whitebeard and Shanks are really cowards!" Big Mom laughed when she saw them being so careful.
"Hmph! And they call themselves Emperors," Kaido added.
"YOU'RE BOTH WRONG!"
The next moment, a sharp scream rang out.
It was Redfield, who had teleported to Kaido and Big Mom's side, his face pale with fright.
"I just teleported into the sky to take a closer look... the power contained in that missile... it's a power that we cannot resist! Hurry up and run away!"
As soon as he said this, the faces of Kaido and Big Mom changed dramatically.
"GO!"
Immediately, the pirates headed by Kaido and Big Mom rushed to escape.
Kaido transformed into a dragon, grabbing Queen, Jack, and the other Tobi Roppo and throwing them onto his back as he flew away.
At the same time, Big Mom's huge body turned into endless thunder, and between the flashes of lightning, she was already a thousand meters away, carrying Katakuri and Cracker with her.
Redfield teleported away with two powerful Seraphim.
Bullet, still in his colossal combined form, was the slowest.
"Quick!" Brulee hastily opened her Mirror World, and many of the Big Mom Pirates' officers rushed in.
In the blink of an eye, everyone was desperately fleeing.
On the other side, the Red Hair and Whitebeard pirates had gathered most of their forces, but they were running out of time.
"Quick! Door-Door Fruit, into the air space! Turn on the barrier!"
At the critical moment, each crew showed their own unique talents to escape.
The next moment, the missile landed.
An extremely terrifying explosion, as if the sky was falling and the world was ending, swept out in an instant.
BOOM!
At that moment, it seemed that the world fell silent.
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