Luffy's Call: My Journey with the Straw Hats

Sengoku was a figure from the last great era, a contemporary of Roger, Rocks, Garp, Golden Lion, and Whitebeard. In that time, pirates were not as rampant as they were now, but the ones who did exist were masters of their craft. Roger, Rocks, Golden Lion, Whitebeard—they were all men who shook the world. For Sengoku to have stood at the pinnacle of such an era, leading the Navy to victory and establishing their rule over the seas, was a testament to his strength.

When Sengoku attacked, the entire battlefield was shocked. He struck with a golden palm, and a terrifying shockwave erupted from it, sending everyone in its path flying.

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku has made his move!"

"What a shockwave!"

The Warlords all fell back to avoid being caught in the blast.

"It's a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit, the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Buddha!" Doflamingo and the others had cold sweat on their faces. The supreme commander of the Navy had rarely fought in recent years, but his strength was truly earth-shattering.

The situation had changed once again.

"It's rare to see him fight personally," the three Admirals thought, their eyes flickering. They then attacked as well. This was Marine Headquarters. Whitebeard and his crew couldn't just riot and leave as they pleased. And then there was Blackbeard. As a Warlord, he had thrown Impel Down into chaos, severely injured Magellan, and released countless criminals from the Infinite Hell. These were unforgivable sins.

"Zehahaha! No matter how powerful you are, it's useless in front of me!" Blackbeard burst out laughing. Sengoku, Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru were all Devil Fruit users. Others might fear them, but he did not.

"Hmph!" But at that moment, Garp, who had been lying on the ground pretending to be defeated, suddenly attacked. He shot forward like a cannonball, his fist wrapped in Armament Haki.

"BOOM!" Blackbeard was sent flying.

"Crack!" Shiryu of the Rain was about to move, but Garp threw another punch and sent him flying as well. In a matter of seconds, all eleven members of the Blackbeard Pirates were on the ground, defeated by Garp's fists.

After dealing with them, Garp flew back and sat in the center of the town square. Since Sengoku was fighting, he would guard the Navy's rear.

"Garp!"

"That old bastard!"

The four Admirals glanced at him and then rushed toward the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Garp!" Cold sweat dripped from Whitebeard's face. If there was one man on the sea who could make him sweat, besides Roger, it was Garp. A man who had cultivated his Armament Haki to its absolute peak, his iron fists were enough to run rampant across the world.

"Is this the true strength of the Hero of the Marines? He defeated someone as strong as Blackbeard so easily!"

"He punched Blackbeard out in one hit!"

Marco and the others were also sweating coldly.

"Gramps!" Luffy was dumbfounded. Was this really his unreliable grandfather?

"The Hero of the Marines, he truly deserves his reputation," Moonlight's eyes flickered.

"Garp! Garp!"

"The Navy must win! The Navy must win!"

With Garp's display of power and Sengoku leading the three Admirals, the tide of battle turned. Though Whitebeard and his crew fought back again and again, they were no match for this lineup.

"You all, retreat!" Whitebeard stood up, his voice booming.

"Whitebeard!" Sengoku roared, striking with his palm.

"Sengoku!" At the same time, Whitebeard gathered the power of his tremor between his hands and threw a punch.

"BOOM!" The power of the tremor erupted, and everyone in its path—Sengoku, Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji—were all forced to evade. The force was too strong. Though Whitebeard was seriously injured and on the verge of death, his remaining power was still terrifying. But after this blow, he seemed to have exhausted himself.

"A dying struggle?" Akainu sneered.

"Wave," Kizaru said, a beam of light shooting through Whitebeard's body. No matter how powerful a person was, with his heart pierced, his body burned, and his life force fading, he could not live.

"Pops!" Marco cried out in sorrow.

"You all, go!" Whitebeard remained standing, tall and proud, blocking the path of his enemies. His body shook wildly again. "Crack!" Cracks appeared in the air, and the power of his tremor broke out once more, holding back the four Admirals.

Seeing this, Ace was driven mad with grief and wanted to rush forward, but Jinbe and Ivankov held him and Luffy back.

"Retreat!" Marco ordered, tears streaming down his face. The Moby Dick slowly began to pull away from the harbor.

"Captain," Moonlight said, stepping forward to stand beside Whitebeard, his sword energy swaying, holding back the four Admirals.

"Leave here as soon as possible," Moonlight said to Luffy. "Don't let everyone's sacrifices be in vain." He then shot into the sky.

"Extreme Ghost Swordsmanship: Meteor Fall!"

Like a meteor hitting the ground, the rain of swords instantly shattered the surrounding ice and cut off the path in front of the four Admirals.

Hearing this, Luffy shook his body and suddenly fell silent. He watched Moonlight for ten seconds, then turned and left without hesitation. They had sacrificed too much to save Ace. Whitebeard had given his life for this.

The Moby Dick departed from the port.

"Garp!" Sengoku looked at him, but Garp just lowered his head, his palms clenched, unresponsive.

"Puff!" At the same time, all of Whitebeard's movements suddenly stopped. His massive body stood still, his eyes staring forward, empty.

Whitebeard was dead. In the final moments of his life, he had completely exhausted himself.

"Ugh," Moonlight sighed. He could save Ace, but he couldn't save Whitebeard. His lifespan had come to an end.

"Pops!" Seeing this, Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates cried out in anguish.

The King of the Sea had died. It was fate, inevitable. No one can live forever. Whitebeard had lived for seventy-two years and had fought countless battles. He had died on the battlefield, but his death was glorious. Even Akainu couldn't help but bow his head to the former king.

But there was one exception.

"Zehahahaha..." Blackbeard laughed. As everyone stood in silent tribute to Whitebeard, he suddenly acted. A huge black cloth rose up, covering both Moonlight and Whitebeard's body.

"This is!" Moonlight saw the dark water swirling around Blackbeard, and a horrible gravitational force radiated from him. As Whitebeard died, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit flew out of his body, but it was immediately attracted by Blackbeard's dark gravity. He swallowed it without hesitation.

"Zehahaha..." Blackbeard laughed, the unpalatable Devil Fruit tasting like the most delicious delicacy in the world. Moonlight suddenly remembered what Luffy had said about the cherry pie on Jaya. It seemed even Devil Fruits were delicious to this man. His success was not accidental, but inevitable.

"Moonlight, you are no longer my opponent," Blackbeard sneered, tearing off the black cloth.

"Next, our captain will show you the most exciting performance in the world!" Lafitte stepped forward, spreading his arms and shouting to the crowd.

Blackbeard shook his fist. "Crack!" A crack appeared from his fist, and the void was full of cracks. A horrible shock force burst out. The earth within a hundred-meter radius shattered as if in an earthquake. Even Moonlight was forced back by the terrifying shock force, using his sword to protect Whitebeard's corpse.

The shocking power of Whitebeard was now in Blackbeard's hands.

"That's Pops's..."

"How could it be?! How can he have Pops's ability?!"

"Why?! Didn't he have the Dark-Dark Fruit?"

Marco and the others were shocked. How could one person have two Devil Fruits?

"Blackbeard's body is different from ordinary people. He doesn't sleep..." Marco suddenly remembered. Perhaps that was why.

"Recruiting partners from the sixth level of Impel Down, then suddenly appearing when we are both at our weakest, stealing Whitebeard's ability with lightning speed... was this Blackbeard's real purpose?" Sengoku's face was ugly. He had underestimated him.

"This bastard! Did he play us?" Akainu was full of anger.

"Zehahaha! Let me show you my ability!" Blackbeard laughed wildly. He shook one fist, and dark water enveloped the earth. "Dark-Dark Path!" The entire plaza of Marineford was swallowed up, then ejected, and countless Marines fell to the ground. Then, he punched with his other hand. Cracks appeared in the void, and the tower of the Navy Headquarters collapsed. The flag of the World Government fluttered to the ground.

"Hiss!" Everyone gasped. What kind of monster was this?

"Zehahaha! Navy, I am no longer a Warlord, so we are enemies again!" Blackbeard grinned grimly, his twisted face like that of a devil. "I will do what Whitebeard could not! The audiences all over the world, watch with your eyes wide open! I am Blackbeard!"

"Blackbeard, don't be so arrogant!" Sengoku roared, striking with his palm.

"Zehahaha..." Blackbeard laughed and threw a punch. The golden shockwave was immediately blown away.

"He actually blocked Fleet Admiral Sengoku's shockwave!" all the Marines were horrified.

"Navy, do you see it? This is the strength of our captain!" The Blackbeard Pirates charged. From now on, this era would be called "Blackbeard."

"Hmph!" Garp sneered, about to move. The three Admirals also sneered.

"Really? Blackbeard, don't be so arrogant!" At that moment, a cold voice rang out. Moonlight had handed Whitebeard's corpse to Marco. His entire body was now surrounded by a crescent-shaped, bright sword aura. The aura didn't radiate outwards but danced around him like a living thing, eventually condensing into a fan-shaped blade of energy ten feet wide on his back, like a pair of wings. He walked across the sea, and wherever he passed, the sword aura whistled, cutting through the earth and ocean currents. The members of the Blackbeard Pirates were cut down by the sheer force of his aura before he even reached them.

"Boom! Boom!" Almost at the same time, everyone fell to the ground under the rain of his sword energy. Moonlight hadn't even made a move, yet the aura attached to his body had caused such devastation. It was terrifying.