"An… an inflatable doll…" Upon hearing Whitebeard's words, Roger stumbled and knelt on the ground in despair.
His peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of the material description beneath the coffin. He then picked up the coffin lid, (; ´ ༎ ຶ Д ༎ ຶ ` ) pointed at the words on it, and looked at Whitebeard.
"I'm silicone!! Silicone!! Not inflatable!!"
Buggy also cheered Roger on: "That's right! Captain Roger is a high-class item, not some cheap inflatable toy!"
Rayleigh, who had been excited to see Roger resurrected and had climbed out of the water, initially saw his resurrected Captain clutching a coffin lid.
The lid had the name of a shop he frequently visited printed on it, and Roger was pointing at the words, declaring himself to be silicone.
Rayleigh immediately felt a surge of blood, instinctively clutched his chest, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. He seemed to age several years in an instant, looking utterly haggard.
He quietly came behind Roger and Buggy, grabbed both their heads, and slammed them together.
Just let him die; he didn't want to grow old with something like this. And Buggy, a man almost 40, still acting like a child, blindly joining the commotion, truly wasting that outfit.
Roger and Buggy both clutched their heads, wincing in pain, and looked at Rayleigh simultaneously. Buggy was a little emotional.
"Mr. Rayleigh… long time no see."
Rayleigh nodded, his gaze shifting to Roger, who was squatting on the ground, his voice filled with nostalgia.
"It's been a long time… Roger… I… missed you."
Roger stood up and embraced Rayleigh. "Rayleigh… long time no see, you've also grown old."
Roger's time was still frozen at the moment before his death. Looking at Rayleigh, whose hair was now completely white, he couldn't help but sigh, never expecting to see a day more than 20 years later.
Roger released Rayleigh, his eyes shining: "Rayleigh, the world changes so fast. I thought my adventure was over, but I never expected such a reunion."
Rayleigh patted Roger's back: "Yes, Roger. Your departure was the beginning of the Great Pirate Era. The world today is even crazier than it was in our time."
"Now is not the time for reminiscing, is it?" Whitebeard interrupted their conversation, watching Sengoku and Garp bickering on the Execution Platform.
"Sengoku… are you still going to continue the war?"
Everyone's attention shifted back to the people on the Execution Platform. Sengoku and Garp instantly straightened up, their expressions serious, and adjusted their clothes.
"Roger, I didn't expect you to be resurrected. What exactly is your purpose! Do you want to cause chaos in the sea again?!"
Roger looked at the Marine, who was ready for battle at any moment, and smiled. "I came to see my son. After all, I wasn't a qualified father. Because of me, Ace must have had a hard time all these years."
Before Roger could say anything more, Luffy suddenly appeared from somewhere, jumped off the Moby Dick, and charged towards the Marine.
"Stop dilly-dallying, it's so annoying!!! Ace!! I'm here to save you! Gum-Gum rocket launcher, get out of the way, get out of the way!" Luffy's attack landed in the middle of the Marine in front, clearing out some of the Marine Soldiers.
Joz looked at Whitebeard, who didn't object, and waved his hand at his subordinates.
"We can't lose to that kid, Third Division! Charge!"
Jinbe and the others, who had been watching from the side, finally realized that they weren't here to watch a show. They immediately followed Luffy and charged towards the Marine.
Buggy turned to look at Luffy, who was the first to charge out, and cursed under his breath.
"Where does this guy get his confidence… Orochimaru… aren't you going to control him… wait, what are you holding?"
Orochimaru, on Whitebeard's shoulder, tilted his head and blinked innocently. "A transponder snail for live streaming… do you want it… I'll broadcast it for you then."
After speaking, Orochimaru, very thoughtfully, used a snake clone to tie the transponder snail to Buggy's ponytail on top of his head, like a snail hair tie, in a perfectly optimal position.
A great genius messenger next to Sengoku suddenly noticed the snail hair tie on Buggy's head and blinked. That thing seemed to be his transponder snail.
(I specifically searched! I didn't make a mistake! It's an transponder snail!)
Then he let out a yell.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, this is bad!!! That Clown Buggy is actually live-streaming Marineford!!! That hair tie on his head is actually a transponder snail!!! How despicable!!! He must be trying to ruin our Marine's image!!!"
The Marine Soldier's voice echoed throughout the entire venue through the amplified transponder snail that Sengoku had thrown aside. Everyone's gaze instantly focused on Buggy.
Buggy's jaw dropped. His neck turned with a creak, like a robot, looking at Orochimaru… then at the Marine, sniffing… no way… are they using me to draw fire again… Meanwhile, the prisoners who escaped with Buggy were dancing excitedly.
"As expected of our savior! The great Lord Buggy, he must have foreseen the hypocrisy of the Marine! He doesn't want the world to be deceived! Long live Lord Buggy!!! ≧ ▽ ≦"
Sengoku gritted his teeth, picked up the megaphone, and gestured with his palm.
"Don't panic! Act according to instructions!"
Whitebeard laughed.
"That bastard Sengoku, it seems he hasn't given up on his plan. What 'act according to preparations' means is that there's no need to stick to the execution time for pirates, right?
Those 'preparations' must be the key, right, Orochimaru…?"
Marco, transformed into a phoenix, suddenly descended from the sky.
"Pops, it's said that the Marine Soldiers received a notification for Ace's early execution. Should we act preemptively?"
"No… they're deliberately leaking information to make us anxious, and this mistake of letting us hear it was also intentional. That guy would never make such a mistake; that's the 'Tactician' Sengoku.
And I really want to know, Orochimaru… what exactly is your next plan? I can't see any urgency in you. Aren't you afraid something will happen to Ace… no… you're confident."
Orochimaru smiled. "As expected of Whitebeard, just wait and see. But just in case, I'll retrieve an unexpected factor first…"
Orochimaru slowly took out a mini scroll and slowly drew a tiger on it.
Then, looking at Bartholomew Kuma, who was blocking Ivankov's way, he infused Chakra into it.
"Go!" As Orochimaru's voice fell, an ink tiger suddenly appeared, bit Kuma's shoulder, and dragged the irrational person forward… Ivankov looked at the scroll connected to Orochimaru's hand and Kuma, who was being dragged in that direction.
He then thought of the missing prisoners from Level 6, as if understanding something. After all, Orochimaru was an ally, and he was the one who knew Kuma's identity.
He sped up, roaring as he ran behind Kuma, and delivered a flying kick, sending the struggling Kuma into the air. Kuma, suspended in the air, lost his balance and was directly dragged into the scroll by the tiger.
Orochimaru used a very tacky purple ribbon to tie the scroll round and round, tightening it, and then casually threw it to Ivankov.
"Keep it safe. I'll deal with him when I have time."
Ivankov carefully tucked the scroll into his crown. With the scene so chaotic, few people paid attention to such a seemingly useless Shichibukai, and even if Kizaru saw it, he wouldn't bother to snatch it.
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