Journey to One Piece

248. These two didn’t show up together

However, it wasn't all roses and happiness on Whitebeard's side either. When Ken returned to the battlefield, he could swear that Marineford had amassed more people for the war than originally intended.

These marines seemed to have emerged from every crevice, significantly outnumbering the forces he had expected. The battle had been raging for quite some time. Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru were wreaking havoc across the battlefield. For some reason, they avoided the Straw Hat crew, but Whitebeard's pirate forces were suffering as a result. Although the captains were giving their all, the scene was still one of brutality.

Ken flew down and stood beside Whitebeard.

"Hahahah... You've surprised me, Punisher Kenny. I would be delighted if you and your captain would become my sons," Whitebeard said. His words resounded like thunder in Ken's ears. He had heard Whitebeard's voice in the anime, and it was impressively weighty, but being there in person, Ken could feel his eardrums ringing.

Whitebeard's voice alone was enough to intimidate people. How did Roger even stand up to this force without a Devil Fruit ability? Ken gulped and replied, "I'm sorry, Whitebeard-san. Luffy is going to become the Pirate King, and I'm here to help him achieve that."

"Hahahaha... I like your confidence," Whitebeard chuckled.

"I've taken care of Akainu to prevent him from sneaking any attacks," Ken stated.

"Thank you. Ace has a good brother," Whitebeard responded, his tone devoid of pride as he expressed gratitude to Ken. With those words, Whitebeard leaped into the battle, and Ken remained standing, observing.

Akainu and his cohorts didn't rush in immediately but sent one of their giants to confront Whitebeard. Naturally, Whitebeard effortlessly countered the giant's blade attack. He then executed one of the most iconic moves in all of One Piece.

Whitebeard's eyes glinted with fierce determination, and in an astonishing display of strength, his hands seemed to grasp the very fabric of space itself. The sky itself appeared to tremble in response. A collective gasp spread through the battlefield, catching the attention of onlookers.

And then the effect began to cascade downward. The air, ocean, and ground appeared to be cleaved apart by this attack alone, as if the fabric of space itself had been severed. The ensuing tsunami crashed down upon the beleaguered battlefield with unrelenting fury. Ships were lifted from their moorings and tossed about like toys, the combined might of the sea and Whitebeard's power proving overwhelmingly destructive.

The combined assault of the earthquake and tsunami transformed the landscape in their wake. Buildings crumbled, ships were reduced to splinters, and what was once solid ground became a chaotic expanse of ruin.

Ken watched all of this unfold with a smile on his face. The giant who had attacked Whitebeard received a clear response and was flung a mile away by the force of the attack.

Even a giant was powerless in the face of Whitebeard.

"Ace's father seems exceptionally strong," Zoro commented with a grin as he effortlessly dispatched marines with his strikes. Some couldn't even get close to him, simply pushed away by his reiatsu.

"He's a Yonko. What else would you expect? We still have a long way to go," Sanji noted, kicking enemies with flames on his feet as he puffed on a cigarette. This visibly unnerved Sengoku, causing him to speed up the execution of Ace.

These two were normal soldiers and nobody important. Luffy had seen this and was having none of it. He had been fighting continuously as he moved forward, though not in full force but he was using his full body strength.

"Look Whitebeard, your power means nothing as I execute your son." Sengoku shouted.

"No."

"Ace!"

"You bastard."

It was a very quick transition after Whitebeard showed them his power and Sengoku got angry about it and thus proceeded to finish the whole war with one move. But of course not everyone was okay with such kind of decision.

Seeing Ace was going to be executed with a knife, Luffy had brought out Enma and shot at one of the executers by extending Enma. Sengoku didn't expect such kind of weird move using a simple staff. One of the executors who had brought down their blade on the neck of Ace with a swift swing was heavily struck by the ever extending Enma.

With a single move the executor was thrown back and away from the platform. And what about the other executor? Well, he got smashed away by Mjolnir. Both of the brothers had come forward and took care of the first wave of executors in this way.

Sengoku knew that he had lost a lot of prestige in the war so he was trying his best to follow the rules now. And suffice to say, he was really surprised by Ken and Luffy of how they meddled and stopped the execution.

"Hahahah.."

"The straw hats are so good."

"We are going to win this war."

"What are you doing? Aren't you ashamed of yourselves. The Worst generations are taking care of us. You were tarnishing the image of Whitebeard Pirates. Let's release Ace so that we can go back home."

"Yes.. Yes.. Let's go."

Sengoku looked all of with anger and shouted at Garp.

"Garp, it's your family again." Garp just looked at everything with downtrodden eyes.  Akainu and other admirals who were busy handling the captains looked at what just happened and were furious. Their first attempt was a failure.

Ken, who had thrown the Mjolnir, had received the hammer back after it circled the battlefield and knocked down many of the marines. It seemed like Ace needed a wake up call here. Ace could have easily swatted down the executors with his Haki but this guy refused to do so. It was time to put some sense into this guy.

He had vanished and appeared again on the platform. The moment he appeared he was again met with punches and kicks, that too from Sengoku and Garp. And just as usual their attacks went right past his body.