Young Whitebeard! Unexpected Tsunami!

The wooden box that was thrown out was steadily caught by Whitebeard, and at the moment of contact, the outer casing shattered under the influence of the vibrations, leaving behind only an emerald-green blade of grass.

"This is... the thing that restored your strength back then?"

"Not bad memory. But this one's specially made, Newgate. Don't say I've forgotten old times.

I still remember how you looked when you invited me to join the Rocks Pirates. From that moment on, I've always wanted to have a full-blown fight with you. But, alas, that fifteen-year age gap was too much of a factor.

Go save your weak little son, and then come fight me to your heart's content. Compared to dying of old age in a hospital bed, this kind of finale suits you far better!"

"You really are a madman. You that eager to be the one who digs my grave? You think the Marines will just stand by and watch the two of us fight here?"

"They won't. Though I hate it when others interfere in my battles, a few more powerful enemies... that's something I can live with."

"Gurararara, you're going to regret this. After all, I'm Whitebeard!"

Whitebeard tossed the blade of grass into his mouth, without the slightest concern over whether the thing would have any powerful side effects. Marineford was the final stage he had chosen for his exit. As long as he could rescue his son, he didn't care what happened afterward.

Besides, Kaido wasn't the kind of man who would stoop so low as to poison him.

Bang. Bang.

As it disappeared into Whitebeard's mouth, his heart began to beat powerfully, and the blood in his veins started flowing faster. White puffs of steam began to rise from his body.

His dried-out skin regained elasticity, the wrinkles on his face were gradually smoothed away, and the aged pupils in his eyes gained the vibrant light unique to youth.

"Gurararara, it's been a long time since I've felt like this! Boys, get out of the way—don't stand in my path!"

"Pops... actually got younger?!"

"Th-this is still Pops?!"

"That's right—it's still Pops! This is exactly what he looked like when I first joined the crew!"

Whitebeard, who had regained his youth, gave a massive morale boost to the Whitebeard Pirates, but all of them chose to follow his instructions and moved aside to either side. They all knew just how terrifying Whitebeard was when fighting at full power.

Up in the sky, Marco, who had been lazily exchanging blows with Kizaru, was caught off guard and got kicked down to the ice surface by Kizaru. The flames of regeneration began to heal his injured body.

The changes that happened to Whitebeard were something no one had expected; even Kizaru forgot he was slacking, otherwise it wouldn't have triggered Marco's passive ability.

Rubbing his eyes, Marco couldn't believe what had just happened—this was beyond anything that could be described as a medical miracle.

"This is... a divine miracle..."

"Damn it, what the hell is going on?!"

On the execution platform, Sengoku didn't know how to evaluate what was currently happening. The thread of rationality in his mind had completely snapped. From the moment Kaido appeared, he had been calculating all possible outcomes, but this was the one thing he hadn't anticipated.

Whitebeard who had regained his youth—this would bring devastating destruction to Marine Headquarters. Only those elders who had lived through that era knew how terrifying a young Whitebeard's strength truly was.

"B*stards! Why is the live broadcast still running?! Cut it off immediately!"

At that moment, Sengoku noticed the live broadcast was still ongoing. Because everything had gone smoothly with the Marines' earlier operations, and to show that the Marines had the strength to protect the seas, the broadcast hadn't been cut off.

But now that a young Whitebeard had reappeared, Sengoku knew very well the battle to come would be even more brutal. He immediately ordered the Marines to cut off the broadcast from Marineford.

But he was still a step too late—Whitebeard regaining his youth had already become the latest front-page headline in the newspapers.

"Fuffuffuffu... Youth, huh? What a terrifying power that is! Monsters all over the world are bound to go crazy over this! Even those guys hiding in the dark corners who control the world won't be able to resist such temptation!"

Doflamingo's expression had also turned excited. The power of youth—it was something he too desired. His original goal had been the Immortality Operation from the Op-Op Fruit, but now he seemed to have found a new target.

"Fuffuffuffu... Fight, kill each other—the war just got a lot more interesting!"

Clenching both hands, countless Parasite Strings burst forth from his palms. The Marines and pirates nearby all turned into puppets, engaging in a deadly fight under Doflamingo's control.

Meanwhile, a cigar suddenly dropped onto the ice surface. In the midst of this battlefield filled with gunfire, no one noticed the cigar. But if you followed the trajectory of its fall upward, you'd see the pale-faced Queen.

Faintly, one could even make out several soul-like wisps drifting behind Queen. It took quite some time before they slowly re-entered Queen's body.

"Say, what if I just ran back now?"

Queen's heart ached. He couldn't accept what was happening before his eyes. If the news of Whitebeard regaining his youth got out, he really wouldn't have any good days left.

"Lord Sacred Beast and Mr. Kaido aren't in Wano Country. Even if you run back, it won't do you any good."

"Yeah, Shayna's right. And don't think you're all that capable. Most of the time, you're just a useless burden."

"Heh… After all these years, this is the first time I actually wish I were useless. You two just don't understand anything…"

Queen didn't even feel like arguing back at Shayna and King's words. He was thinking about a very serious issue—whether or not he should replace all the security systems in Wano Country with lethal weaponry. The current measures were starting to feel a bit inadequate.

"But now that I think about it, it's a good thing we used someone else's name during the Amber Lead Syndrome incident. Otherwise, it really would've been troublesome."

Recalling the time when the issue of Amber Lead Syndrome was made public, the Beasts Fruits had fabricated a massive medical team. That was one of the few pieces of good news for Queen.

"Where did that Blackbeard guy go? Don't tell me he chickened out at the last minute?"

Shayna and King paid no attention to Queen's predicament. Instead, they began scanning the battlefield for any sign of Blackbeard, but came up with nothing.

Just as the two of them were still searching for Blackbeard's whereabouts, another massive change occurred at Marineford.

The muscles on Whitebeard's arms bulged as he prepared to smash through the wall of Marines surrounding him—but just then, a hideous scraping noise came from beneath the ice surface. The inner bay that had been frozen by Aokiji began to tremble as if something was about to burst forth from beneath the surface.

Meanwhile, in the direction of the Gates of Justice, a massive tsunami appeared in everyone's view, its scale even more terrifying than the one Whitebeard had previously triggered with his Seaquake, like a world-ending wave rushing toward Marineford.

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