Marineford War: I Will Stand in the Sky

As the pure gold lanternfish, with its terrifying size, crushed the ice and was about to crash into him, Whitebeard's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly widened, and he slashed out with his Murakumogiri at the pure gold lanternfish, which was tens of thousands of times larger than himself.

Atmospheric segmentation!

"Buzz!"

An indescribable sound first echoed across the sea, followed by a series of sounds of air breaking apart. Countless snowflakes falling from the sky paused for a moment before instantly dissipating.

At that moment, everything in front of Whitebeard seemed like a mirror, and then it quickly shattered and collapsed.

"Click!!!"

"boom!!!"

A tremendous roar resounded, and the pure gold lanternfish, which was charging towards the white-bearded man, froze. Its island-sized body was abruptly stopped, and blood splattered everywhere, as if a blood-red plum blossom had been added to the white canvas.

At that very moment, Marco, worried about Whitebeard, arrived with a large number of Whitebeard Pirates officers.

As the first division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates and also Whitebeard's personal physician, Marco was very clear about Whitebeard's current physical condition.

If Whitebeard is allowed to continue his reckless behavior, his condition may worsen due to the flare-up of his existing internal injuries.

Immediately, Marco, transformed into the "Bird-Bird Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Phoenix Form," swept over Whitebeard's head. Enveloped in blue flames, the Phoenix Form raised its claw and kicked towards the forehead of the pure gold lanternfish.

"Phoenix Seal!"

A shockwave, almost tangible, slammed heavily onto the forehead of the pure gold lanternfish, which was still groaning as if it had just endured Whitebeard's attack.

At the same time, the other officers and pirates also attacked the terrifying behemoth in front of them without holding back.

"Shining Impact!"

"Rose Dance!"

"Ultimate Speed ​​Kick!"

……

In an instant, the pure gold lanternfish almost simultaneously endured the full force of all the officers of the Whitebeard Pirates.

However, among the Whitebeard Pirates' officers, who are renowned and powerful figures in the New World, very few have actually managed to leave a wound on the Pure Gold Lanternfish's body.

"what?!"

The Whitebeard Pirates' officers, who could easily slaughter Sea Kings in normal times, could hardly believe their eyes.

Attack...ineffective?!

Aside from Whitebeard's "Tremor-Tremor Fruit" leaving numerous wounds on the Pure Gold Lanternfish, even the strongest Marco only managed to shatter a few scales, which couldn't be considered a serious injury to the Pure Gold Lanternfish.

Marco, who had been frowning at the defensive power of the pure gold lanternfish, quickly realized what was happening. His phoenix, enveloped in blue flames, circled overhead, reminding his companions.

"Don't attack the scales, attack along the wounds Daddy made!"

Following Marco's reminder, the Whitebeard Pirates' officers shifted their attack focus, relentlessly assaulting the bleeding wounds on the pure gold lanternfish.

In an instant, the attack... began to take effect, just as Marco had predicted.

only……

As Marco hovered in the sky, able to easily survey the entire battle situation, his brows furrowed even more deeply.

The enraged Pure Gold Lanternfish is now relentlessly charging at Whitebeard in a brutal and simple manner. Whitebeard, relying on the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, is using his awe-inspiring ability to block the Pure Gold Lanternfish and continuously break through its defenses, creating numerous wounds.

The remaining officers of the Whitebeard Pirates continued to attack along the wounds inflicted by Whitebeard, tearing open the flesh of the pure gold lanternfish until the blood cascaded down like a waterfall, completely staining the surrounding ice red.

However, even though the Whitebeard Pirates' attacks were repeatedly effective, the wounds were too small!

To the enormous Pure Gold Lanternfish, the Whitebeard Pirates' officers were like a swarm of mosquitoes. The wounds they inflicted were hardly injuries to the Pure Gold Lanternfish; they were merely a source of constant irritation.

No, perhaps it's more accurate to say that if the old man hadn't personally intervened, even all the other officers of the Whitebeard Pirates combined might not have been able to provoke the pure gold lanternfish.

For the first time, Marco felt somewhat insecure.

Even with the Whitebeard Pirates' leadership and all the crew members exhausted, they might not be able to wear down Pure Gold Lanternfish.

However, Marco, seeing the white-bearded man wielding the Murakumogiri with devastating power, understood his father's decision.

"Since that's the case, then as his son, I can only do my utmost!"

The next moment, Marco, transformed into a phoenix, suddenly blasted towards the eyes of the pure gold lanternfish.

……

Meanwhile, on the shore of an island inside the body of the pure gold lanternfish, Sabo looked at Ace lying on the ground in front of him with a headache.

Even with an underwater breathing mask, Ace still... drowned.

Sabo, on the other hand, was recalling how his partner, Kera, had taught him how to perform first aid on drowning people.

Sabo was a little distracted at that time and didn't pay attention to the specific rhythm of chest compressions that Kera had mentioned. He only remembered that it was supposed to be mouth-to-mouth breathing.

After all, Krall had forcibly demonstrated it to Sabo back then...

Sabo hesitated for a moment, then knelt down in front of Ace, his lips slowly pursing, then he closed his eyes, just as he was about to grit his teeth and lower his head...

Sabo's Observation Haki suddenly sensed something, and he abruptly turned his head to look at the jungle not far away.

Three people were crouching neatly in the tree, watching with curious eyes the actions Sabo was taking towards Ace.

When they saw Sabo looking in their direction, the three of them blinked in unison, and the youngest little girl spoke up.

“Um… don’t worry about us, you can continue…”1

Chapter 670 You can continue

[Chapter 670. Dreams]

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Sabo.

Sabo blinked unconsciously, then looked down at himself and realized that his current posture seemed a bit...indecent.

For a moment, even with Sabo's incredibly composed personality, his expression couldn't help but freeze.

It would have been fine if no one was around, but I didn't expect to be watched by someone...

and many more!

Sabo suddenly realized something and quickly looked up to carefully examine the three people not far away.

The youngest girl who had just been speaking had blonde hair and was the first to be ruled out by Sabo. He then turned his attention to the two people next to the blonde girl.

Both had black hair, their clothes looked somewhat tattered, and their features were delicate and quite similar, making them seem like siblings...

Just as Sabo was overjoyed, he suddenly realized that the two people looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old.

However, the target that Sabo was ordered to find inside the belly of the pure gold lanternfish was supposed to be a pair of children around eight years old.

Sabo, without bothering to figure out why the three children were there, turned his attention back to Ace.

Immediately afterwards...

With a heavy heart, Sabo closed his eyes and began to resuscitate Ace.

"call!!"

With Sabo's physique and lung capacity, he blew air with all his might, causing Ace's stomach to swell up at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.

The next moment, Ace's eyes widened suddenly, and what he saw was Sabo's face so close to his.

???

Ace.

'What...what happened?!'

Almost instinctively, Ace pushed Sabo away, his face filled with terror.

'What did Sabo do to me while I was unconscious?!'

Immediately, when Ace looked up, he suddenly noticed three more children beside him, blinking their round eyes and staring intently with unabashed expressions, their eyes filled with curiosity.

Ace, his mind reeling, felt his vision go slightly dark. Overwhelmed with shame, he finally noticed the unusual surroundings.

At first glance, the place where Ace was located seemed to be a normal small island, but the surrounding seawater was not the normal blue, but was full of some unknown yellow liquid. The azure sky was nowhere to be seen, and instead, the sky above was covered with patches of red.

"Where...where is this?" Ace asked.

Seeing that Ace had woken up, Sabo casually wiped the corner of his mouth and then spoke.

"If my estimation is correct, this should be the first stomach of the pure gold lanternfish."

"What? Stomach?" Ace asked in shock.

“Yes, according to the intelligence the organization gave me, the pure gold lanternfish has three enormous stomachs, each containing an island, and we should be in the first stomach right now,” Sabo replied.

Upon hearing this, Ace realized something. As he carefully observed his surroundings again, he was shocked to discover that the yellow liquid outside the island was likely highly corrosive stomach acid, and the red sky was the stomach wall of a pure gold lanternfish.

only……

too big!

Ace looked around, his face filled with shock, and murmured to himself.

"It's just a stomach, yet it's so ridiculously wide. It even seems that a large number of plants and animals live normally on the island, and even..."

Ace paused, looked down at the three children, and said with a slight twitch of his expression, "Humans can still reproduce and thrive normally inside the stomach of a pure gold lanternfish?!"

"Indeed, it's astonishing, a pure gold lanternfish..."

Sabo, equally shocked, agreed.

"Even though the intelligence reports described the immense size of the pure gold lanternfish, actually entering this place is still astonishing."

It was only then that Ace belatedly reacted, his eyes fixed on Sabo, whose appearance had changed drastically but whose expression remained as familiar as ever.

The next moment, Ace opened his arms wide and hugged Sabo tightly, saying excitedly.

"Sabo, it's so good to see you again!"

Sabo paused slightly, his eyes also revealing excitement and joy, and hugged Ace tightly as well, saying...

"Ace, yes, it's like a dream that I'm alive and able to see you again."

Ace pressed on with a hurried and excited tone.

"Sabo, where have you been all these years? Luffy and I watched you get hit by a cannonball and disappear into the sea, and then we didn't hear any news about you afterward. I thought... I thought..."