Squard interrupted Whitebeard, and said loudly, "No need to say anything, I know, this is a battle to protect family. The pirate Whitebeard will never abandon his family, and it's precisely because of this that everyone has abandoned everything and come to this hell with you. If only we were among your family."
After saying these words, a sharp light flashed in Squard's eyes, and then he raised the long sword in his hand, stabbing it fiercely towards Whitebeard's body. Because the two were too close, and Whitebeard couldn't have imagined that Squard would actually launch a sneak attack on him at this time, he had no chance to dodge at all. The blade had even cut through his skin.
However, while Whitebeard wasn't prepared, Akira had been on guard the entire time. He had been prepared after seeing Squard pull out his sword, and he pulled out the Death God Blade.
"Shinsō!"
Akira pulled out the Zanpakutō Shinsō. He had already soaked the Death God Blade with Luffy and Magellan's blood, so he had naturally unlocked Shinsō's Shikai and Bankai. Shinsō, when it wasn't in Shikai, was a short-bladed, seemingly ordinary dagger.
"Shoot to Kill! Shinsō!"
They saw the short Shinsō instantly lengthen, shooting out hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye, arriving in front of Whitebeard and Squard. Just as Squard's long sword was about to pierce into Whitebeard's body, Shinsō struck Squard's long sword all at once, forcibly changing the direction of the long sword, passing by Whitebeard's side. Squard was even unable to hold the long sword because of the powerful force of Shinsō's impact, and his entire person also fell to the ground.
"Squard!"
Akira shouted angrily, causing everyone on the entire battlefield to look towards Whitebeard's location on the Moby Dick. Even Buggy, who had been acting strangely the whole time, looked at the Moby Dick in disbelief. Most importantly, the video Den Den Mushi was also aimed at the Moby Dick, broadcasting the scene just now.
"Pops!"
All the pirates present erupted in horrified shouts. More people were looking at Squard with rage, because the one who had just attacked Whitebeard was Squard. However, everyone was even more surprised to see that terrifying weapon that had almost passed through hundreds of meters to reach Whitebeard's front. It was the appearance of that weapon that had stopped Squard's assassination, allowing Whitebeard to avoid the fate of being assassinated.
"Quick, look, what happened? Someone assassinated Whitebeard?"
The audience around the world, seeing this scene, were all stunned, and then each and every one of them erupted in amazing shouts. All of this had happened too suddenly. The leader of the Whitebeard Pirates, a great pirate of the New World, had actually been assassinated in person. This was too shocking.
Navy, pirates, the audience around the world, everyone who saw this scene revealed an incredulous expression.
Many people on the battlefield shouted in surprise, "What's going on? Who assassinated Whitebeard?"
"It's the captain of the pirate crew under Whitebeard's command, the captain of the New World's Maelstrom Spider Pirates, Squard!"
"How is that possible? How could the captain of a pirate crew under Whitebeard's command assassinate Whitebeard?"
"Also, what's going on with that weapon that suddenly appeared? How did it suddenly lengthen so much? It looks like it's at least hundreds of meters long, right?"
"That weapon seemed to appear in an instant, how did it happen?"
The high-ranking Navy officials, Sengoku and the others, saw that Squard's assassination had actually been stopped, and their expressions immediately became very ugly. They had seized the opportunity so well, but they didn't expect that they still hadn't succeeded in the end. And the one who had caused all of this was Akira.
"That guy, he's actually able to do this. His Death God Blade seems to have gained new abilities again. It seemed to lengthen in an instant just now, appearing in front of Whitebeard in less than a second, piercing through that pirate's long sword. How did he do it?"
"That bastard."
Akainu looked at Akira and that Shinsō with anger. He had spent a lot of effort to turn Squard, all for the sake of this sudden attack, but he didn't expect that it would ultimately fail. And the one who had caused all of this was Akira.
"It was Akira who saved Pops, stopping Squard's assassination. How did he know that Squard was going to assassinate Pops?"
"How did Akira do it?"
"It seems that Akira's magical weapon has made a contribution again."
While all the pirates were in shock, the Navy's attacks didn't stop. On the contrary, they became even more intense. They had seized this good opportunity to encircle and kill the pirates.
"Squard!"
Marco, who wasn't far from Whitebeard, rushed to the Moby Dick in anger, pressed Squard down, and roared angrily, "Squard, why did you do this?"
Squard was pressed down by Marco, unable to move, but he angrily retorted, "Isn't it because of you? You forced me to do this."
At this time, Akira retracted Shinsō. They saw that the incredibly long Shinsō contracted, instantly returning to its sealed state, and then being inserted back into the Death God Blade's scabbard. However, he looked at Squard on the Moby Dick with an icy gaze.
He knew that Squard's assassination of Whitebeard must have been instigated by Akainu, but even so, he couldn't forgive him. No matter what the reason was, he had launched the assassination without even asking.
In his opinion, this behavior was too stupid, too impulsive. At any rate, he had been following Whitebeard for more than ten years. Making such a decision showed that his loyalty and trust hadn't reached the level they should have.
Whitebeard was also made incredulous by Squard's assassination. After he came back to his senses, he immediately realized that something was wrong. He said to Marco, "Marco, let him go!"
"Pops!" Marco looked at Whitebeard, his heart unable to calm down. He knew that if it hadn't been for Akira just now, Whitebeard could have been injured by Squard, but he still listened to Whitebeard's words and let go of Squard.
After Squard was released by Marco, he immediately shouted angrily at Whitebeard, "Whitebeard, end this boring farce quickly. Haven't you already colluded with the Navy? You, the Whitebeard Pirates, and Ace will definitely be saved, they've promised, right!"
The pirates on the battlefield, hearing Squard's roar, all revealed surprised expressions, looking at Squard in disbelief. Before, when they had seen Squard assassinate Whitebeard, they had all been filled with anger towards him, but listening to Squard's tone now, it seemed that there was some hidden secret.
Squard opened his arms and roared angrily, "Everyone, listen to me, we've all been tricked. I never knew that Ace was actually that Pirate King Roger's son. Roger was the enemy who killed all my comrades. I'll never forget how he killed my comrades."
"Pops, you should know how much I hate Roger, but why didn't you tell me that Ace was Roger's son, and even wanted to train Ace to become the next Pirate King."
"From the beginning, you've already betrayed me, not letting me know about this, and even letting me become good friends with Ace, treating me like a fool to be played with at will?"
"And most importantly, for you, the so important Ace was captured. Inside the bay are you, the Whitebeard Pirates, and outside are us, the affiliated pirate crews. You're selling out the lives of us forty-three pirate crews, to exchange for Ace's life. You've colluded with Navy Headquarters, that's right, isn't it?"
Hearing Squard's words, everyone was stunned. They were all looking at Whitebeard on the Moby Dick in disbelief, especially those pirates under the Whitebeard Pirates' command, all stopping the actions in their hands.
"How is that possible? How could Pops do something like this?" Someone still shouted in disbelief.
Squard pointed at the battlefield and continued to roar angrily, "We came here at the risk of our lives for Whitebeard, for Ace, but now look, isn't the Navy's target us? We've been sold out."
As if he was still afraid that someone wouldn't believe him, Squard opened his mouth and roared again, "If it was just these things, then that's not all of it. What makes me even more convinced is him."
They saw Squard suddenly point towards Akira, who was looking over here in the distance, and said loudly, "It's him, 'Death God' Newgate Akira Stone, it's because of his appearance that I knew all of this was true."
Akira frowned. He didn't understand why Squard would mention him. However, before he could ask, Marco shouted angrily, "Squard, what nonsense are you talking about? What does Akira have to do with you doing these rebellious things?"
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