Their arrival was like reassurance, boosting the navy's confidence.
When the generals were in place, Marine Marshal Sengoku climbed the stairs leading to the execution platform and came to Fire Fist Ace's side.
"Marshal of the Warring States Period!"
Noticing the appearance of Marshal Warring States, all the navy's eyes turned and looked towards the execution platform.
Warring States had an upright posture, holding a phone bug in his hand, and said calmly: "I have something to announce to everyone, about the significance of Portcas D. Ace's execution today..."
“…”
The square fell silent again.
Countless eyes focused on the Warring States Marshal on the execution platform.
Ace lowered his head, as if realizing something, his eyes trembled slightly.
Sengoku glanced down at Ace and said straight to the point: "Portcas D. Ace has the most evil blood in the world flowing in his body. That's right... his father is the Pirate King Gol D. Roger!"
"!!!"
Hearing Seng Guo's words, the whole place was shocked, including the people in front of the broadcast screen.
"The 'news' from a while ago is true!"
"Fire Fist Ace... is indeed the son of Pirate King Roger!"
People who were originally dubious about the news couldn't help but look shocked after hearing Marshal Warring States' concrete words.
No wonder the Navy Headquarters wants to risk a war with the Whitebeard Pirates and execute Fire Fist Ace in the most solemn way at all costs!
"No, my dad has a white beard!!!"
When everything was silent, Ace shouted with all his strength to refute Sengoku's statement.
"That's the problem."
Sengoku stared at Ace and said in a deep voice: "When we finally realized that Roger's bloodline was not cut off, Whitebeard, who realized this at the same time as us, even sacrificed his former rival in order to train you to be the next Pirate King. You, my son, take it to your own ship!"
Ace shouted hoarsely: "No, I came on board to make my dad become the Pirate King!"
"You are the only one who thinks so. In fact, the reason why we haven't taken action against you is precisely because you are protected by Whitebeard!"
Having said this, Seng Guo looked at Ace with a flash of murderous intent in his eyes.
"If you, who inherited Roger's bloodline, are left alone, with your qualifications and the help of Whitebeard, you will eventually reach the pinnacle of the next pirate era, so I will take your head here today. Of great significance!”
“…”
Ace gritted his teeth and looked at Sengoku beside him.
Facing Ace's gaze, Sengoku took a deep breath, suddenly raised his voice, and said loudly: "For this reason, we will not hesitate even if it turns into an all-out war with Whitebeard!"
His righteous speeches were transmitted to the whole world through telephone bugs.
Many doubts surrounding the public execution of Fire Fist Ace were explained in this moment.
Today's public execution in front of the whole world is not for a head-on conflict with the Whitebeard Pirates.
The reason for replacing it is to cut off the most evil bloodline in the world!
"Fufu, this is really interesting."
After the heavy cannon on the shore, Doflamingo looked at the situation on the execution platform and sneered.
Hancock leaned on a python named Salome with a white body and red spots on his knees, looking aloof as if it had nothing to do with him.
Hawkeye crossed his arms, glanced at the execution platform expressionlessly, and then silently looked away.
Maud looked at the sea directly in front of Crescent Harbor.
Mist gradually appeared on the sea, as hazy as a veil.
"coming."
Maude narrowed her eyes.
What he said attracted the attention of Doflamingo, Hawkeye, and Hancock beside him.
They turned to look at the sea directly ahead.
Huge ships slowly emerged from the mist.
at the same time.
The navy also noticed the pirate fleet coming from the front.
"Where did it come from?"
On the execution platform, Warring States frowned and looked at the silhouette of the fleet in the distance.
The Gate of Justice did not open, but Whitebeard's large fleet of pirates arrived at the front without anyone noticing.
I always felt that some important information was missing, which made Seng Guo feel uneasy.
"Everyone is ready for battle!"
The voice of the Warring States Period was transmitted to every corner of Marinefando through the telephone bug.
Wow!
The navy in the square turned around one by one, facing the sea and looking at the huge pirate ships of different shapes.
"Wandering Knight Doma, Thunder King Macugai, Ice Witch Huidibe, Great Vortex Spider Skuyard, Dekalban Brothers..."
"These outstanding figures are all captains whose reputations are known throughout the new world!"
"But... there are 43 pirate ships in total, but Whitebeard and the captains are the only ones missing!!!"
Through the flags on the sails of the pirate ships, the navy easily identified the origin of each pirate ship. Without exception, they were all pirates under Whitebeard's banner.
However, the Whitebeard Pirates were never seen.
"Here we come...Ace."
"Have you seen Brother Ace?"
"On the execution platform, hum, these damn navy!"
On every pirate ship in the pirate fleet, the captains whose reputations spread throughout the new world looked up at the execution platform in the distance.
Even though the navy headquarters, which had gathered 100,000 elite troops, was directly in front of them, the captains and even the crew members on the ship showed no fear on their faces.
The courage of the New World Pirates is evident.
Crescent Bay.
"Quickly confirm Whitebeard's location!"
"Prepare for bombardment!"
"As soon as the enemy comes within range, fire immediately!"
Seeing the pirate fleet coming from far and near, the naval generals in charge along the coast of the harbor responded quickly.
Preparing artillery fire before the two sides enter the shooting range of each other is the most lethal long-range attack method.
On the harbor, Mod's eyes glowed red, and his gaze passed over the pirate ships one by one, finally stopping on one of them.
It was a pirate ship with a caterpillar skull as its sail flag. On the bow of the ship, which looked like a caterpillar's head, there were actually thirteen cannons arranged, four at the top, three at the bottom, three on the left and three on the right.
This pirate ship is undoubtedly the ship with the most exaggerated frontal firepower layout in the entire fleet.
Since the artillery was placed at the bow, sufficient cannon shells were prepared in advance on the deck near the bow.
"Darkxi Pirates."
Relying on the information provided by the Navy Headquarters, Mod easily recognized the origin of the pirate ship through the flag pattern of this pirate ship with astonishing firepower.
"The possibility of sniping from a distance is basically zero, but..."
Mod drew out the flintlock spear transformed by Bailey and aimed directly at the location of the Delakxi pirate ship.
Seeing Maud's actions, Hancock's eyes flashed with a strange look.
No matter how accurate the marksmanship is, shooting at this distance is meaningless, not to mention that the enemies are all powerful pirates from the new world.
Hawkeye and Doflamingo also noticed Mod's action of raising a gun.
Including the navy who were responsible for the fire attack nearby, they also saw Mod with his gun aimed at him.
"How can a flintlock gun alone cause substantial damage at such a distance?!"
The gunners and even the snipers on the navy side looked at Maud in surprise.
"Is this a preview?"
This was the only way they could understand Maud's motivation for holding the gun.
In their view, sniping at this distance has no other possibility than wasting bullets.
After all, the enemy is not some unknown person.
And even if the enemy is not a pirate from the New World, anyone with some strength will rely on sufficient reaction space at this gun range to avoid the gunfire 100%.
Theoretically it's normal.
But not for Maud.
Aim and load.
"boom!"
Maud pulled the trigger.
The lead bullets shot out from the barrel of the gun, passed through the acrid smoke, and went straight into the distance.
Gunshots resounded throughout the harbor and square at this moment.
All the marines who were waiting in full formation couldn't help but look at the person who fired the gun - Morde the Trickster.
"Isn't it still out of range!?"
Many navies were puzzled by Mod's first shot to start the war.
The middle of the military formation.
The tea dolphin standing side by side with many lieutenants curled his lips and looked in the direction of the harbor, shook his head and said: "That guy Maud wouldn't do this just to show off."
"He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would do something meaningless just to get the limelight."
Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel frowned slightly. Even so, he could not understand what Maude did.
The other lieutenant generals, including Taotu, were silent.
Just as the flying squirrel and the tea dolphin exchanged a few words, the lead bullet fired by Mod crossed a distance of more than a thousand meters and went straight to the captain of the Delakxi Pirates.
"The marksmanship is really accurate, and the lead bullets are covered with military colors, but... shooting at me from such a long distance is too disrespectful, isn't it?"
The bounty was as high as 600 million. The fat, round-faced Delakshi with a goatee on his chin smiled disdainfully.
With the help of his knowledge, he could easily see the trajectory of the lead bullet, and even had free time to evaluate Mod's shot.
Subsequently,
Buckshot is coming.
Delakxi raised the Western knife wrapped in military colors in his hand, and with a gentle technique, he used the blade to hit the lead bullet that should have been shot into his neck.
clang!
A burst of sparks suddenly shot out from the blade.
The powerful armed lead bullet was photographed by Delaksi in the sky.
"Jiji, that's all."
Delaksi looked at the armed lead bullets flying into the air and let out a heartfelt laugh.
He was only concentrating on admiring the results, but did not notice the shadow bullets flying in the opposite direction to the armed lead bullets.
When he noticed it, the shadow bullets, which were equally powerful and flew silently, plunged into the many cannonballs prepared in advance at the bow of the ship.
"Boom!"
Like a wisp of fire falling on the kerosene all over the ground, the cannonballs piled at the bow suddenly exploded.
Violent and hot fireworks swept over all the crew members on the deck, including Delakxi, in an instant.