Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of people, Ace's figure slowly disappeared into the distance until he finally disappeared from the deck of the naval ship. Go.
"Director, what should we do next?”
They stood there for a long time, watching as the navy ships were about to disappear from their sight, but Magellan's orders were still not coming. The guards could not help but remind them.
"Everyone, listen up and return to the city. Search for Zhou Yan, Ivankov, Lightning, and the grass-hat kid.”
"Yes, sir!"
After receiving Magellan's order, the guards returned to the city one after another. The most important task had been completed, but it did not mean that everything was over. There were still a few escaped prisoners who had not been captured. It was far from time to rest.
As he felt the sea breeze slowly blowing across his face, Ace felt slightly relieved. After all, Ace had already accepted his fate. He knew that if he fell into the hands of the navy, he would not be able to survive.
However, what if his father and his brothers from the White Beard Pirates came? He could not implicate them.
Although he had already decided to accept the execution, Ace was still a little nervous when it came to this moment.
After all, he would be facing a group of people who stood at the top of the world later. Sengoku and Karp were all supreme experts without exception.
However, the arrow was already on the bowstring and had to be fired. At this point, Ace had no way out and could only bite the bullet.
"Father hopes that you won't come and save me!”
Ace could only comfort himself like this.
In less than half an hour, Marlin Fando was already right in front of them. Even though he was an enemy, Zhou Yan had to acknowledge the magnificence of this island.
On both sides were towering mountain ranges that reached the clouds. The entrance in the middle was built with a solid defense system, which was absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack. This was only the most superficial strength. The experts guarding this place were the key to making all the criminals tremble in fear.
It was also because of their existence that this place was known as the symbol of peace in the era of the great pirates.
Unlike in the past, Malinfando was unusually lively today. Tens of thousands of navy troops were gathered at the port, and a tense atmosphere enveloped the entire bay.
Looking at the tens of thousands of navy soldiers lined up neatly in front of her, a few drops of cold sweat could not help but appear on Katie's forehead. This huge scale was simply terrifying. There was not a single weakling in the tens of thousands of navy soldiers. Real warriors who had seen blood on the battlefield all had the strength of a general.
Seeing this, Ace could not help but feel a little afraid. What if his father and brothers came to save him and barged into such a dangerous place?
Most of his brothers could only be reduced to ordinary cannon fodder in this war.
Soon, Ace was brought to the execution platform. Looking at the two figures standing on both sides, Ace's heart clenched. On the right was Admiral Sengoku, and on the left was Lieutenant General Karp, the naval hero.
Even though the two of them just stood there quietly, they still gave Ace endless pressure. He even suspected that the naval hero, Karp, would not intervene in the battle.
However, when Ace met Karp's turbid eyes, his hanging heart finally calmed down. Ace saw only reluctance and regret in those eyes. Clearly, he still had some weight in Karp's heart.
"Why are you still here?" Zhan Guo was the first to speak, obviously not to Ace.
"I'll just sit here, can't I?”
However, Karp's attitude was extremely firm. He directly rejected the Sengoku's question. His tone did not allow for the slightest doubt. It was as if he would attack if there was a disagreement.
"Suit yourself!"
Sensing Karp's emotional fluctuations, Zhan Guo knew that he could not provoke him anymore. Otherwise, no one knew what crazy things he would do. Once that happened, the entire situation might change because of him. This was definitely not what he wanted to see, so he tacitly agreed to Karp's existence.
"Why, why didn't you listen to me back then! Why? Why?"
There were four whys in one sentence. Even if the matter had nothing to do with them, everyone could not help but sympathize with Karp. His encounter really made them speechless.
He was a hero in the navy, but his son was the leader of the world's number one criminal revolutionary army. His grandson was a new generation of pirates whose goal was One Piece, a member of the Evil Era. The adopted one was also a pirate, and he was the captain of the strongest pirate group, the White Beard Pirates. It could be said that none of them developed according to his wishes, and none of them made him worry.
"Karp, I…"
As soon as she said those three words, Katie realized that something was wrong. Ace had always addressed Karp as Old Master and had never called him Grandpa. Her politeness might expose her identity.
"You, what did you just call me?!"
Ace cursed inwardly. As expected, Karp noticed Ace calling him by his name. What made Ace even more worried was that Karp's body suddenly erupted with a strong and restless aura, as if a volcano that was about to erupt was extremely unstable and could explode at any time.
"Of course I'm calling you Old Master. What else do you think it is?”
As he spoke, Ace turned his face away from Karp's eyes. He was thinking about the time he spent with Luffy, Sabot, and the others.
However, what Ace received was neither Karp's doubt nor Karp's iron fist, but silence.
For a long time, Karp did not say a word. Only his fluctuating aura continued to wreak havoc in the surroundings.
When Ace turned back to look at Karp, he saw a pair of teary eyes. Tears were rolling back and forth in his eyes. Although he tried his best to control them, he could not stop the tears from flowing.
Instantly, tears burst out like a flood, no longer under Karp's control.
Ace knew that he had been waiting for his grandfather, Karp, for many years. Karp loved Ace no less than Luffy and had long treated him as his own grandson. Of course, Karp wanted to hear him call him grandfather, but Ace had yet to do so.
But Karp also knew that Ace would never call him that easily. Because of Roger, he had sealed himself up tightly. He wanted his family but did not dare to touch them, afraid that he would hurt others because of him.
Just when he thought that he would never scream, the voice he had been longing for still did not come. However, Karp felt that everything he had done was worth it.
However, when Karp realized Ace's current situation, he could not help but look at Hai Loushi's handcuffs that were controlling Ace.
The aura emanating from his body became more and more restless and unstable.
"Karp! Don't forget your duty!"
Sengoku, who realized that the situation was not right, quickly reminded Karp. He was speechless. What he was afraid of really happened.
Hearing Sengoku's call, Karp's mood improved slightly. He retracted the aura he released bit by bit, trying hard to restrain something.
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