Listening to the Navy soldiers' roars, Shanks didn't have any change in expression at all, his gaze only staring intently at Sengoku.
Sengoku suddenly spoke, "It doesn't matter, Red Hair. Whitebeard's body can be handed over to you."
Seeing Sengoku speak, the surrounding Navy soldiers all looked at him urgently. They had won this victory. If they handed Whitebeard's body over to the pirates, then what was this?
Sengoku said in a deep voice, "Don't say anymore. I will bear the responsibility for this matter."
Hearing Sengoku's words, even if the Navy soldiers had opinions, they didn't dare to continue speaking. No matter what, Sengoku was the Navy Fleet Admiral, and he would also bear all the responsibility.
Shanks said with quite a bit of gratitude, "Thank you very much."
Sengoku nodded. Actually, he had made this decision after careful consideration. Don't look at Navy Headquarters having the advantage when facing the Whitebeard Pirates. But if he didn't agree, no one could guarantee that Shanks wouldn't make some extreme actions. If even Shanks participated, with the Navy's current situation, there was completely no way to fight. So, he could only choose to compromise. Although it was helpless, this was the only way.
After making the decision, Sengoku shouted loudly at all the Navy soldiers, "Quickly heal the wounded. Quick."
Hearing Sengoku's words, all the Navy soldiers were stunned for a moment. Then, Sengoku roared suddenly, "The war is over!"
"Ah!!!"
After Sengoku's roar was issued, intense shouts erupted throughout the battlefield. Although the Navy soldiers had shown that they couldn't wait to kill all the pirates before, there was no one who wasn't afraid of death. Now that they didn't have to fight, that meant they didn't have to die. So, for the vast majority of people, this was very good news.
Those Navy soldiers didn't care about the surrounding pirates, starting to rescue the injured Navy soldiers one after another. And the pirates also took action. They hadn't been able to save their comrades before, and hadn't been able to bring their comrades' bodies back to the New World. But now that the war had ended, they didn't have to fight the Navy anymore. So, they also started to rescue their comrades, bringing the injured comrades, and their comrades' bodies, onto the pirate ships.
"Akira."
Shanks walked in front of Akira, and said, "The Navy has agreed. You can take Whitebeard's body back."
Akira said to Marco and the others, "Marco, you guys go bring Pops's body onto the ship."
Immediately, all the people of the Whitebeard Pirates rushed to Whitebeard's body, kneeling down and crying one by one.
Akira was also sad in his heart. But he still said to Shanks, "Shanks, thank you."
Shanks shook his head, and said, "There's no need to say more. Back then, you were able to make a scene in Loguetown regardless of everything. Compared to you today, I'm still far behind. I can only help you one last time."
Akira said, "Even so, it's enough. Being able to bring Pops's body back to the New World is enough for us. We will take back the rest ourselves."
Shanks said, "Alright, let's go. Back to the New World!"
Akira nodded, and then walked towards Marco and the others. At this time, Marco and the others had already carried Whitebeard's body back, all being incomparably desolate.
"Pops!"
Whitebeard's body was covered with a black cloth. Akira didn't lift it, but instead said in a suppressed voice, firmly, "Let's go, take Pops home!"
One sentence made all the pirates cry. The term "home" was so precious to them. The pain of surviving a disaster plus Whitebeard's death in battle made them understand the preciousness of life.
The Navy soldiers watched all the pirates get on the ship, and then watched all the pirates leave Marineford.
After the war in Marineford ended, the news quickly spread throughout the world. The people of the world all knew the result of this war. They also knew that the Whitebeard Pirates had been defeated, and even the legendary pirate Whitebeard had died in battle.
The first feeling that the people of the world had after hearing this news was happiness. To them, Whitebeard was a heinous great pirate. His death was something worth celebrating. It was that simple.
However, the end of the Summit War wasn't the end, but the beginning. In the past, the New World had the existence of the four pirate emperors, suppressing the New World. But now that one of the emperors was gone, it undoubtedly broke the balance. Not to mention whether the remaining Whitebeard Pirates could defend their original territory, just for the position of Yonko, there would probably be countless pirates who would be tempted.
So, for ordinary people, the end of the Summit War was a good thing. But for the New World, it was instead a very bad thing. Especially within the Whitebeard Pirates' sphere of influence.
While Akira and them were rushing back to the New World from Marineford, there was a big change within the Whitebeard Pirates' sphere of influence. Many pirate forces, who hadn't dared to mess around before, fearing Whitebeard's prestige, all emerged, rebelling against the Whitebeard Pirates' flag, and encroaching on the Whitebeard Pirates' territory. And this trend was getting stronger and stronger.
Within these few days, nearly one-tenth of the Whitebeard Pirates' territory had appeared in rebellion. Although it didn't seem like much, you had to know how long this had been. How much would the situation be in a few more days? Just thinking about it was enough to know.
And the Whitebeard Pirates naturally didn't have time to ask about all this at this time. Akira and them were taking the remaining pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates from Marineford back to the New World, and heading directly towards the location of Whitebeard's hometown.
According to what Whitebeard had said, he had been born on a small island in the New World. And if he died one day, he wanted Akira and them to bury him on that island. Although Akira and them didn't know if this was true or false, they still followed Whitebeard's last wish, taking his body back to the small island.
In front of a huge tombstone, all the people of the Whitebeard Pirates were gathered together. Standing at the very front were the division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates. Akira and Shanks were standing shoulder to shoulder.
...
This was Whitebeard's funeral. The only participants were the Whitebeard Pirates and the Red Hair Pirates.
"Whitebeard is gone. Akira, what are you planning to do next?"
After the funeral ended, Shanks asked Akira.
Akira looked at the tombstone in front of him, and said, "Pops's wish was that everyone could return to the New World alive. Now everyone has returned alive, so that can be considered to have fulfilled Pops's last wish. So, what to do next will be decided by us."
"What do you mean?" Shanks asked. Hearing Akira's words, he somehow felt a bad premonition.
Akira said, "First of all, since Pops has made me the captain of the pirate crew, then I will definitely lead everyone to inherit the Whitebeard Pirates, continuing to act in the New World under Pops's name, and carry forward the pirate crew, never letting Pops's name be humiliated."
What he said immediately received the approval of Marco and the others. As the division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates, they naturally didn't want the Whitebeard Pirates to collapse from this point on. So, Akira being able to shoulder the pirate crew was the result they were most willing to see.
"And then."
Akira suddenly spread his hands, his tone being very light, but full of determination, "Absolutely no one is allowed to touch Pops's position. The position of Yonko. Besides the Whitebeard Pirates, whoever dares to touch it will be killed without mercy!"
These words, full of killing intent and Haki, were heard by Shanks, but he couldn't help but frown, because Akira's tone very clearly indicated that the position of Yonko had to be for them, the Whitebeard Pirates. If anyone else dared to have ideas, that was going against the Whitebeard Pirates.
With Akira's strength, he had the qualifications to say these kinds of words. However, the Whitebeard Pirates had just received a heavy blow now. Although the division commander-level pirates hadn't suffered much loss, the other pirates had suffered heavy losses. Not to mention the other affiliated pirate crews, just the Whitebeard Pirates' pirates had lost more than half.
So, with the Whitebeard Pirates' current state, wanting to protect Whitebeard's position of Yonko was obviously very difficult. More importantly, besides the other hidden forces, the Whitebeard Pirates had one most powerful opponent, which was the Blackbeard Pirates.
Having seen Blackbeard at the Summit War, Shanks knew that Blackbeard's strength was already not much different from him. Especially after obtaining Whitebeard's Gura Gura no Mi ability, without exchanging blows, even he wasn't sure that he could defeat Blackbeard.
What was even more terrifying was that the pirates around Blackbeard were more powerful than each other, completely not weaker than the division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates, and even faintly stronger. Blackbeard's ambition was obvious, so Shanks was worried.
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