Squardo's Betrayal.

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"Why, didn't you take a blow from the one and only Hawkeye Mihawk just moments ago!? And you're still standing!? Just who are you!?"

The prisoner holding a visual den den mushi and recording Buggy looked excited while asking how he managed to survive a strike from the world's strongest swordsman.

"Who, me?"

Buggy continues to play the role of mystery.

...

{ "The name's Buggy… The Legendary!!" }

The audience in Sabaody Archipelago heard these words with blank expressions.

{ Blow the lot of them to smithereens!!! }

They could also hear the voices of Marines targeting the escaped prisoners.

"What's going on with the battle!?"

In the end, they felt frustrated because they couldn't figure out what was happening regarding the war.

"What happened to all the other visuals!?"

"Bring Ace back!! It looked like he was about to be executed!!"

"Bring back the Bartholomew Kuma Army–!!"

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Paa!

"Legendary... my ass!"

In Marineford, Sengoku slammed his precious desk out of extreme sympathy for his counterpart in the manga.

"That damn clown again!"

"Surely my counterpart will go mad because of him!"

"Settle down, Sengoku-san... Hahahaha! This scene is truly a masterpiece."

Even Aokiji, known for his calm demeanor, couldn't contain his laughter at this moment.

"Hahahaha! Buggy is so entertaining."

The same went for Kizaru, who laughed without restraint or consideration, especially since the scene was comedy gold.

Sengoku glanced at both Kuzan and Borsalino, then between Sakazuki's cold expression and Zephyr's open smile, then to the Vice Admirals' who were trying their best not to burst out laughing, then sighed.

"Sigh~ I'm starting to understand why Buggy looks like a clown in his character design."

"He's truly a master clown!"

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"Gurararara!!!"

"What a funny troublemaker!"

On Sphinx Island, Whitebeard enjoyed his sake while embracing Stussy and laughing at Buggy's hilarious scene.

"Hahaha! This is funny -yui."

Marco laughed too and added, "I'm starting to feel like Buggy stole the visual den den mushi to delay the Marines from executing Ace."

"After all, didn't Sengoku say they couldn't move to the next step in the operation without cutting the broadcast from all screens, right?"

"Hmm? Maybe you're right."

Vista, Jozu, Cruel, and the others felt some logic in Marco's assumption.

"Gurarara! I only see a mischievous troublemaker, but it seems what he stole for the visual den den mushi has slightly disrupted Sengoku's plans!"

"It's amusing to see Sengoku's angry expression, Gurararara!! How refreshing."

The Whitebeard Pirates nodded in agreement, finding their Oyaji's assessment closer to the truth.

Vista, in particular, had a proud expression on his face when he saw even Hawkeye Mihawk personally stepping back in a battle against his counterpart.

Suddenly, the smile froze on Whitebeard's face, the sake bottle in his hand shattered into pieces.

The Whitebeard Pirates felt a shiver down their spines, their flesh crawling.

This was because the aura Whitebeard emitted at this moment was utterly terrifying... since the start of this arc, he had been wearing a peaceful expression, but now it changed.

And an angry expression took its place.

"Squardo..."

This word came heavily from Whitebeard's mouth.

This weight fell on the shoulders of the man with pale skin and the spider tattoo sitting not far from Whitebeard.

Squardo's eyes widened, a disbelieving expression on his face as he saw the scene in the manga.

It wasn't just him; the smiles froze on the faces of the Whitebeard Pirates, the laughter ceased, and expressions of absolute shock replaced them, as if they had been shocked with electricity.

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Chapter's Events:

—————————"Squardo!" Whitebeard felt one of his sons arriving.

"So you're safe… I tried to contact you earlier," he said.

"Yeah, sorry about that, old man!" said Squardo.

As he stood beside Whitebeard, he began to talk about the situation in the rear ranks. "Our allied crews in the rear ranks are taking a real beating…!"

"They will attack us with all the forces they have…!!"

"If they decide to push us from behind then so much the better."

Whitebeard calmly absorbed what Squardo said and replied, "I will join the battle myself!! We too must do nothing but push onward with all our might!!!"

"True enough. Every last one of us owes you an enormous debt."

"For the sake of The Whitebeard Pirates, we would gladly lay down our lives!!" Squardo drew a large sword from its sheath.

"Hm?" Marco noticed this and felt something was wrong.

"What's Squardo doing up—"

In the next moment, in an unexpected act of treachery, Squardo thrust the large sword into his father's abdomen, piercing him and coming out the other side with his blood.

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"This..."

"Unbelievable... Impossible... Impossible... It's impossible for me to do something despicable like this!"

"This is not my counterpart for sure! This is definitely not my counterpart!"

Young Squardo placed his hands on his head in shock as he witnessed this scene that was completely unbelievable, to the point that he entered a state of denial.

He denied his counterpart.

Squardo's fit, resembling his counterpart in the manga, attracted the attention of many in the store.

But Squardo's current state drew more attention from the Whitebeard Pirates themselves.

"Squardo…"

Whitebeard's initial anger softened at the scene of betrayal that cut deeper into the heart than the body.

"Something must have happened to Squardo, I don't believe he's a traitor by nature."

Whitebeard tried to justify the situation entirely.

Because no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't change his belief in one of his sons whom he personally chose.

He didn't want to live the same scenario he experienced with Teach.

Hearing that, the expressions of the rest of the crew also softened slightly; they didn't want to rush to judgment on Squardo, so they quickly turned the pages towards the next chapter.

Squardo's betrayal wasn't like Teach's betrayal; perhaps there really was a reason, perhaps Squardo was deceived, perhaps he fell into the trap of one of the amazing Devil Fruit abilities.

Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps... Many similar questions were raised to avoid unjustly accusing their brother.

But this didn't ease Squardo's denial even a little, as he continued to deny any connection with his future counterpart, whom he now saw as greatly mistaken.

"What have you done, you cursed fool! Why the hell did you stab your father! Aaah!"

Squardo pulled out some of his hair out of extreme anger and frustration.

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Upcoming chapter titles (spoilers):

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Chapter 722: A simple hug can speak louder than words.

Chapter 723: The Strongest Man In The World Is Attacking!

Chapter 724: The Man Who Shakes The World!

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