116 Chapter 116

When I finally ran closer, I growled:

- Cutting the world! - My strongest attack, combined with my will, and almost all the strength of the fruit, directed at all of Whitebeard's attackers.

* BOOOOOOM! *

Her speed was so fast that they simply had to defend themselves, and because she had my will in her, even Kuzan could not simply rely on logic. Time was short, I touched Whitebeard and began to draw out the power of his fruit.

`` I'm sorry old man, but she shouldn't fall into the wrong hands, I wanted to ask your permission, but ... '' Looking at the proud figure of Yonko, I just sighed and made a promise.

- I give you my word, I will look after your guys, I do not promise that I can protect everyone. But you can be sure that I will do everything in my power. Each of your territories, if they cannot defend them, I will!

Whitebeard was one of those people whom I truly respected. His fearlessness, strength, will, even his death, all deserve respect. He was one of the greatest pirates ever and will definitely never be forgotten! Its power of an earthquake will once again show itself to the world, I am sure of it.

During the practice on the prisoners, I learned to draw out the fruit's power almost perfectly, so there was no need to cover the darkness. An ordinary apple from the dark dimension appeared on my left hand, and then it began to change rapidly. In just a second, it took the form of an ordinary-looking devil fruit. I immediately sent him into the space of darkness and turned towards Sengoku and the others ... They were not injured, but they flew off quite a long distance. I had no intention of fighting, so I decided to run away and quickly teleport away.

- Don't even think bastard! - Garp shouted and rushed in my direction. I grinned and disappeared, no matter how strong he was, but he would not be able to prevent me.

* Vzhzhn * * Vzhzhzhn *

Several transfers and I arrived at Whitebeard's ship. They had already sailed away, and my ship had departed quite a considerable distance. But now I need to take a break, first the battle with Kizaru, and then also the cut, all this was too costly, I was already at the limit ...

*Boom! *Boom Boom!*

Sakazuki attacked the ship, but several division commanders held him back. But now another admiral was running in our direction, and Garp did not lag behind him. Escaping will probably not be easy ...

At that moment, I suddenly felt something and turned sharply.

Out of nowhere, a ship appeared in the distance, and at the same instant I felt a barely noticeable movement ...

* Tink! * * Boom! *

Sakazuki's punch was easily blocked by the arriving man. He removed his sword and said gloomily:

"Enough, this war is over.

I immediately recognized him, but at the same time I did not feel his aura at all, as if he was a ghost ...

"Shanks ..." rasped Sakazuki.

Immediately, everyone stopped, Kuzan and Garp were blocked by two other pirates from the Redhead's team.

- Redhead, damn it! Give us Roger's son! Akainu growled that, but he still didn't move and didn't try to attack. This is reasonable, he is definitely not a rival to him ...

* Vshuh * * Vshuh * * Vshuh *

Suddenly, several people with rather strong auras appeared next to Shanks. Each of them was definitely a real monster, maybe not the level of an admiral, but pretty close. The redhead chuckled and said menacingly:

- I will no longer allow anyone to die, if you have any objections, then you are welcome, attack!

Many of the Marines began to panic, but no one jerked. Mihawk took his sword and began to leave, making it clear that he was not going to participate in this.

Sengoku was silent, as were the admirals, so Shanks looked at Whitebeard and sighed.

- Enough deaths ... We take Whitebeard, the whole world watched this war, but I will not allow anyone to see his dead body.

Sengoku nodded and no one objected, it was not surprising, the patrol is definitely not in the best condition right now. The headquarters is destroyed and many of the common soldiers are dead. Vice admirals, rear admirals, even an admiral fell in this battle, it was time to end it ... After that, the marines began to rescue their own and provide assistance to the wounded, and the guys from Redhead's team took Whitebeard's body. I sighed and finally decided to leave ...

About to jump off the mast, a voice was heard from the other side:

- Wait guy. - I turned and saw Shanks, he sat quietly and looked at me: - I have long wanted to meet you James D. More.

I was surprised and asked:

- Yes? And for what?

Shanks chuckled.

- You are a great pirate, why not?

I smiled and replied:

"Not as great as Yonko.

- This is for now, now there is free space, and I am more than sure that it will not be long. With your strength, you definitely have every chance ... - Looking into the distance, Shanks sighed and said: - The old man is dead, now the massacre will begin ... Every rat that did not stick its head out because of fear, will definitely crawl out and try to grab its piece ... Exhaling, Shanks stood up and said:

- Okay, we'll probably meet again, I hope next time we can at least have a drink. See you Sea Devil! - Waving goodbye to me, Red-haired just disappeared.

I did not stay for as long and dashed towards my ship. He wasn't on the horizon, but I had Sanji's vivre map, so it wasn't hard to find him.

Having met another Yonko, I finally became convinced that I was still too weak. Shanks could easily appear next to me and attack, and I would not even have time to do anything. His will is definitely at the highest level, perhaps even surpassing Whitebeard. I'm pretty sure the trap I used against Kizaru won't work on Yonko at all. Their strength is something against which such tricks will not work ... Hmm, you need to become even stronger ... After this day, or rather after our appearance in Marineford and the assassination of the admiral. I will no longer be just an ordinary strong pirate, now I need to strive for Yonko status, and strength must match. It seems that soon we will have to say goodbye to the guys again ...

***

I arrived on the ship pretty quickly, with North at the helm and the others on deck.

When the guy saw me, he exhaled with relief:

- Huuh, you came back, how did it go?

- - Not bad, Whitebeard died, Ace was rescued, and then Redhead and his team arrived.

- Red-haired? Is this Yonko?

I nodded.

- Yes, he put an end to the war, although the admirals could kill many more. I don't know why he did this ... - Shaking my head, I said: - It doesn't matter, everything went as it should. If Whitebeard wanted to survive, then he could ...

North looked at me and asked:

- Now what?

- Now? - Smiling, I replied: - Now, the New Era has come! The era in which I will become the king of pirates!