At that moment, the water sphere above the Moby Dick suddenly underwent a startling transformation!
"Rumble!"
The gradually dispersing water sphere suddenly transformed into several massive water dragons, rushing toward Borsalino in mid-air at incredible speed.
Not only that, but the water dragons behind also seized this opportunity, charging toward Borsalino at maximum velocity!
"Using this move again?" Borsalino remarked.
This scene reminded him of the previous encounter at Sabaody Archipelago, where his opponent had similarly surrounded him using comparable methods.
Thinking this, Borsalino mused: 'This kid really knows how to play with Water Release techniques.'
After a quick glance around, Borsalino activated his Devil Fruit ability without hesitation.
"Yata Mirror!"
"Hum~"
A shimmering mirror appeared in Borsalino's hand, then projected a beam of light toward the distant sky!
Seizing this opportunity, Borsalino instantly teleported to the target area, successfully evading Meiser's encirclement!
"Tch."
Meiser clicked his tongue. "Not that easy after all."
Light-based abilities... indeed weren't so simple to pin down.
"So scary~"
Now airborne, Borsalino glanced at Meiser and said: "You almost had me there~"
In response, Meiser merely sneered coldly without replying.
But Borsalino didn't mind, as he was just habitually teasing anyway.
Then, he turned his gaze toward the Moby Dick.
"Already healed, huh."
Staring at Whitebeard's injuries, Borsalino frowned and said: "Ninja abilities are truly bizarre."
"Pops, how are you feeling?"
Marco asked Whitebeard, who was testing his grip: "Have you fully recovered?"
"Pretty much," Whitebeard replied.
At least he could no longer feel the previous wounds.
Then, he fixed his eyes on Borsalino in mid-air.
"Flash brat." Whitebeard's gaze turned cold. "You've been taking good care of my sons, haven't you."
As he spoke, the man clenched his fist and threw a powerful punch toward the sky!
"Boom!!"
"Crack~"
The Devil Fruit power shattered the atmosphere, unleashing an incredibly terrifying shockwave!!
"What a fearsome attack~" Borsalino commented.
While speaking, the man raised his long leg and launched an attack downward!
"Whoosh~"
A terrifying laser shot from his foot, heading straight for Whitebeard's vibration attack!
The next moment...
"Crrack!"
"BOOM!!"
The two attacks collided, instantly triggering a tremendous explosion!
"Crash!"
Due to the attacks from both sides, the sea below began to churn violently, sweeping some pirates into the ocean!
Yet they showed no signs of despair, instead growing even more excited!
Because... Pops had fully recovered!
"Pops has been healed!"
"Wonderful!"
"With Pops leading us, the Marines are no match for us!"
"Whoo!!"
The pirates roared as they gazed at the man aboard the Moby Dick.
Soon, the dust settled, revealing Borsalino hovering in mid-air.
The man first glanced at the cheering pirates below before turning to Whitebeard and saying, "How terrifying, Whitebeard~
Just one attack was enough to rally these pirates whose morale had hit rock bottom.
Truly worthy of being called the world's strongest man!
"Enough talk!"
Marco, who had appeared beside Borsalino, launched an attack without hesitation.
"Azure Flame Thrust!" Marco shouted.
His talons, imbued with Haki, viciously struck toward Borsalino's face!
"Clang!"
"Whoosh"
Borsalino, hit by Marco's attack, transformed into a streak of light and was sent flying once again, landing on a building at the Marine Headquarters.
"Boom!!"
The immense force directly reduced the building to rubble!
"Admiral Kizaru got sent flying again?!" a Marine exclaimed.
After saying this, the Marine paused, wondering why he had said "again."
At that moment, Borsalino, having turned into a beam of light, reappeared on the plaza and remarked, "As expected of the First Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, you're really... how terrifying~"
Akainu:
What the hell is this guy doing?
"It seems relying on this method to annihilate the Whitebeard Pirates is unlikely," Garp commented.
"It was never possible to begin with," Vice Admiral Tsuru, standing beside Garp, massaged her temples and said. "Don't forget that Ninja kid."
"True enough," Garp nodded.
Then, the man fixed his gaze on Meiser, thinking to himself: 'So... what will you do next?
Meiser, you brat!
As if sensing Garp's stare, Meiser glanced back at the old man.
However, Meiser said nothing, merely giving him a meaningful look.
Garp: ???
What does this kid mean?
"Thank you, Ninja kid," Whitebeard said.
If not for his intervention, he would have had to fight while injured.
"You're welcome," Meiser replied. "I just don't want to lose this war."
After a pause, Meiser continued, "However... I only healed the injuries you sustained this time. The weakening of your organs due to old age can't be cured."
That kind of deterioration caused by time isn't something Medical Ninja Technique can heal, at least not ordinary Medical Ninja Technique.
'Of course, if it were Orochimaru, that would be a different story,' Meiser thought to himself.
But this was just a thought—it was utterly impossible.
After all... they weren't even in the same world!
Whitebeard showed no surprise upon hearing Meiser's words, merely nodding calmly. "Yes, I know."
Even without being told, he could sense it himself.
Then Whitebeard scanned the main battlefield, thinking: "The situation is truly unfavorable for us..."
But it didn't matter - even in these circumstances, they weren't necessarily doomed!
At that moment, Marco descended from the sky, saying: "Ninja..."
"Just call me Meiser," Meiser said.
"Alright, Meiser," Marco continued. "Can't you restore Pops to health?"
"As I said earlier, organs weakened by advanced age cannot be healed," Meiser stated seriously.
Unless they could find a Devil Fruit ability that could grant Whitebeard eternal life or an undying body, solving this problem would be impossible!
But did such a Devil Fruit ability even exist?
No... even if it did exist, they had no time to search for such a user now, did they?
Marco fell silent after hearing Meiser's words, eventually sighing quietly.
It seemed he had been somewhat naive.
Just then, Whitebeard spoke: "Enough, prepare for battle."
Clearly, Whitebeard had no intention of wasting more time on this topic - after all... nothing could change the fact that he had grown old.
"Yes, Pops!" Marco responded.
After speaking, Marco glanced at Squard kneeling on the ground crying and said: "Alright, Squard, stop crying."
"Crying won't change anything."
"Better think about how we can help Pops rescue Ace."
Having said this, Marco patted Squard's shoulder, urging him to pull himself together quickly.
Then Marco moved to Whitebeard's side, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with him as they gazed at the distant execution platform.
"It seems they're preparing to act," Meiser observed.
"Yes, I see it," Whitebeard said with a grim expression.
The Marines clearly weren't planning to follow the scheduled execution time.
In that case...
Thinking this, Whitebeard immediately clenched his fist, leaped into the air, and delivered a powerful punch against the empty space before him.
"CRACK!"Terrifying power directly shattered the atmosphere, creating an immensely terrifying shockwave!"
"WHOOSH"
The semi-transparent, terrifying shockwave shot toward the base of the execution platform at incredible speed.
If it hit, it would shatter the execution platform and stop the execution!
The three Marine Admirals, recognizing Whitebeard's intention, immediately surged upward without hesitation, landing on the platform beneath the execution stand.
The three men then raised their hands in defense while simultaneously releasing their Haki.
The next moment...
"BOOM!!"
A tremendous explosion erupted, completely shattering the surrounding structures!
The execution platform became obscured within the billowing dust.
"Did it break?!" shouted a pirate standing on the ship.
With Pops' power, he could completely crush the execution platform with a single punch!
Thinking this, the pirates' eyes filled with anticipation.
Moments later, the dust cleared, revealing the scene within.
"Wha...?!"
Watching the three Marine Admirals blocking the attack with their hands, the pirates' pupils contracted as they exclaimed, "They actually preserved the execution platform completely?"
Is this the true strength of the Marine Admirals?
"It really isn't that simple, is it?" Marco frowned.
It seemed that even Pops couldn't destroy the execution platform right under the noses of the three Marine Admirals.
Then, Marco turned to Whitebeard and asked, "Pops, what should we do?"
Whitebeard didn't respond, instead fixing his gaze intently on Sengoku's eyes.
Then, he threw another punch!
"Crack!"
The terrifying force struck the air, shattering the atmosphere once again!
The next moment...
"Boom!!!!"
An immensely powerful shockwave slammed into the encirclement wall, directly sending the Marines stationed behind it flying!
"Boom!!"
"Ah!!"
The struck Marines screamed as they were flung away, each looking more miserable than the last.
"Is this the power of the world's strongest man?" Koby swallowed hard as he watched the distant carnage. "Even through such a thick encirclement wall, it still possesses such terrifying force."
If hit directly by that... wouldn't one be finished in a single blow?
"Truly worthy of you, Whitebeard," Sengoku frowned.
Even with the encirclement wall in place, there were still so many casualties.
But this time, they weren't using ordinary steel - it was a special metal developed by Vegapunk's research!
So... even Whitebeard shouldn't think about breaking through this encirclement wall!
Glancing at the only slightly bulging encirclement wall, Sengoku let out a cold laugh.
Then he ordered, "Continue the attack!"
"Aye!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!!"
"Boom!!"
"Boom!!"
Cannons fired simultaneously from all directions, inflicting more casualties on the pirates.
"Hmph, let's settle this, Whitebeard Pirates!" Akainu said coldly.
The man then returned to his previous position and activated his Devil Fruit ability toward the sky.
Numerous magma bullets shot into the air before raining down like meteors, one after another, onto the sea below!
"Boom!!"
"Ah!"
The combination of cannon fire and magma bullets caused massive casualties among the pirates, while simultaneously... accelerating the melting of the ice surface below!
"Damn it, what should we do?!" one pirate said with a grim expression. "With this many attacks coming down, there's no way to dodge them all!"
"Can't we find a way to break this thing?"
"If even Pops' ability can't break through this iron wall, then there's no hope for us."
Hearing this, the pirates' expressions darkened.
Yes, if even Pops couldn't shatter this encirclement wall, then they stood no chance at all.
"We have to do something, or we're just waiting to die!"
"Boom!!"
"Ah!"
Watching his comrades fall one after another, Jozu's face turned extremely grim.
"Damn you, Akainu!"
No sooner had he spoken than the ice beneath his feet suddenly shattered, and the man fell into the seawater.
"Gurgle gurgle gurgle..."
Feeling his body weaken, despair flashed in Jozu's eyes. Could it be... that they would fall here today?
"Hurry, Captain Jozu fell into the seawater! Get him out quickly!"
"Roger!"
Several pirates immediately jumped down upon hearing this, swiftly rushing toward Jozu in the water.
Soon, the rescued Jozu returned to the surface.
"Cough... cough..."
After coughing for a while, Jozu looked up into the distance and said, "This isn't working."
"Hey, Pops, what should we do?"
Whitebeard, who had taken in the entire scene, looked up at the massive figure lying motionless in the seawater.
"If Oars were still alive, he could lift our pirate ship and carry it to the other side," Whitebeard murmured to himself.
Unfortunately, the young man had been defeated long ago.
At this thought, Whitebeard sighed quietly to himself.
Then, he turned to Meiser and asked, "Ninja kid, can your Water Release Technique transport the pirate ship to the plaza?"
If they could get the pirate ship to the plaza, they still had a chance to win!
"I can!"