Chapter 470: The War

The country of Wano.

Yeruashi was reading a new newspaper, leaning back on the sofa in a spacious room.

News on the front page - "Fire Fist" Portgas D. Ace, Commander of the 2nd Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, will be publicly executed at the Navy headquartersa in a week!

"Eh, looks like my intervention wasn't enough to prevent this war."

Yeruashi sighed.

Since returning to the country of Wano five years ago, he never interfered in the affairs of the outside world anymore.

He didn't know if it was the intervention of some ephemeral force or if the movement of the future in this direction was already predetermined, and Blackbeard finally got the Yami Yami no Mi.

"It seems that Blackbeard didn't take my warning seriously enough, or.... It's simply been too long since that moment."

Yeruashi shook his head.

He took a step in an attempt to change the future in a different direction, but Whitebeard either didn't take it seriously enough or simply forgot about the warning years later, as a result of which Blackbeard killed Tatch, the 4th Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, and escaped with Yami Yami no Mi.

Yeruashi was not going to interfere again.

If the first intervention did not have the desired effect, then the second would be useless.

"The headquarters of the Navy and Shichibukai.... Whitebeard's pirates can't stand up to this."

Robin, who was sitting next to him, took a sip of tea and said calmly.

From the ordinary people's point of view, it was not completely clear who would win in the battle of the Whitebeard Pirates and the Navy, but other people knew very well that the Whitebeard Pirates were not opponents of the Navy headquarters.

Even at the top, the chances of the Whitebeard Pirates gaining the upper hand in a battle with the Shichibukai and the Navy headquarters would be extremely small, not to mention that Tatch, the 4th Division Commander, was killed and Ace, the 2nd Division Commander, was captured.

The only hope for the Whitebeard Pirates was a quick escape, following Ace's release.

Yeruashi put down the newspaper and got up from the sofa, then slowly walked to the window and nodded, "That's right, he can't win this war."

Outside the window, in the distance, there was a strange tree that looked like a huge vine.

It seemed that this tree was so big that it could reach the clouds in the sky.

This is the divine tree.

Over the years, the height of the divine tree has many times exceeded the height of the true thousand hands, reaching several kilometers.

The divine tree has become a sacred symbol of the Wano Country.

"Ripening will take a few more years..."

Yeruashi sighed as he looked at the huge divine tree rising up to the clouds.

Robin hugged Yeruashi from behind, leaning against his back.

"Sir, are you going to interfere?"

"No."

Yeruashi shook his head, sensing Robin's 'softness', and looked up at the sky, "But in the past, I promised Whitebeard that he would see my true strength someday, so it's time for us to leave."

Robin asked in surprise, "Will Whitebeard die in the war?"

Yeruashi nodded, "I see no other future."

...

A few days later.

Sabaody Archipelago.

A large crowd of people gathered in the spacious green square, including many journalists from various newspapers, relatives of the Marines from Navy headquarters, as well as civilians from the Sabaody Archipelago.

They all stared at the images projected on several large screens set up in the square.

On a small slope, not far from the screens projecting what was going on at naval headquarters, sat two people.

One of these people had completely gray hair and a white trench coat on his back, and his eyes were covered with simple glasses.

It was Silvers Rayleigh, the right-hand man of the Pirate King.

A calm and relaxed young man was sitting next to him, holding a simple bottle of wine in his hand.

"Are you going to... take part in the war?"

Rayleigh took a sip of wine and looked at Yeruashi.

Yeruashi looked at the big screen with a smile and shook his head, "No, I came to.... see Whitebeard off."

"Will Whitebeard die in this war?"

Rayleigh took a deep breath and looked at the wine bottle with a hint of nostalgia.

Yeruashi said nothing, he continued to stare calmly at the big screen, "It started."

The screen showed a scene of how Whitebeard kicked off the start of the war, creating an impressive tsunami, in response to which Aokiji froze a large section of the sea, completely stopping the gigantic tsunami.

It was very similar to Yeruashi's memories of his previous life, the only significant difference was about the Admirals sitting in chairs in front of the scaffolding.

The Admiral sitting in the middle seat was Aokiji, and Momousagi was sitting on the right.

It is also worth mentioning that the battlefield was not at Marinford, but the former New World G-1 base, rebuilt as Navy headquarters.

Rayleigh also looked at the screen, pushing aside the memories flooding back.

Numerous Whitebeard Pirates rushed forward, beginning a full-scale battle.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!!

Loud explosions could be heard everywhere.

The atmosphere of the terrifying battle was felt even through the image on the screen.

On this fierce battlefield, even pirates with bounties of several hundred million belli could lose their lives at any moment.

"The war has begun..."

Numerous journalists, standing in front of large screens, were taking notes in notebooks with trembling hands, muttering something to themselves.

One of the three legends of the bygone era, who was on par with the Pirate King Golden Roger and the Golden Lion Shiki, as well as the holder of the title of the World's Strongest Man for many years, Whitebeard Edward Newgate, went into open warfare with the navy headquarters, which controls the order of the sea!

The situation is markedly different from Yeruashi's raids on Marinford or Marijoa.

After all, this battle was broadcast around the world, in order to deter pirates and strengthen the Navy's authority!

The broadcast took place not only in the Sabaody Archipelago, but also in the most densely populated islands of the world.

At this time, even in Totto Land, on Cake Island, Emperor Big Mama's strongest Candy General, Katakuri, and the others were attentively watching the image transmitted from the Navy headquarters.

This war has attracted the attention of people all over the world!

The attacks of Aokiji, Kizaru, Hawkeye... every movement of the people standing on top of the sea attracted the attention of countless people around the world, causing their minds to tremble violently.

But Yeruashi, on the contrary, was absolutely calm, for from his point of view, the battle of Aokiji and the rest of the strongest, was not much different from the battles of Vice Admirals.

"Kuina already reached this level..."

Yeruashi paid attention to the figure displayed on one of the large screens and shook his head.

It seemed there were still significant differences in this war compared to the original.

At this point, Kuina was a bit stronger than even the vice admiral of the headquarters, Momonga.

His ability to withstand Flower Blade Vista's attacks for a while clearly indicated that he had reached the pinnacle of a sword master's level.

Zoro, being at this time only one of the supernovas, is far inferior to the current Kuina.

Although it is worth considering that Kuina is older and left Shimotsuki village a few years earlier, having experienced many more battles at that time, this does not negate the fact that his talent is truly excellent.