I, the great swordsman, am definitely not a bootlicker

"Another burst of excitement!? That's nonsense!! No, absolutely not!" Leaving Kuma behind, Ivankov, along with Lightning the Scissor Man, chased all the way to the square. After hearing Luffy's request, he strongly objected.

In his script, he came to protect his master alone, not to deliver stimulants.

"After fighting all the way from Impel Prison... and then being poisoned, your body... has reached its limit! If you continue to struggle like this, you might die!"

Luffy struggled to grab Ivankov: "I'll do my best... I'll die without regrets! Let me fight... Sister Ivan, if I don't fight now... and Ace can't be saved, I... I want to live in the future!!"

"Now... give me the strength to fight!"

"Didn't I tell you? If I let you die, I won't be able to face Dragon!" Ivankov was shocked and angry at Luffy's unreasonable request.

But in the face of Luffy's silence, Ivankov also fell silent. Although there were swords and guns on the battlefield, the atmosphere between the two seemed extremely quiet.

"Huh... Got it... Sigh..." Ivankov was ultimately unable to twist Luffy's body. He extended the needle with his five fingers and stabbed Luffy's kidney: "Whatever you say!!"

In the blink of an eye, Luffy slowly stood up again and roared to the sky: "Wooooooooooooooooooooo!!"

Zoro, who was being tightly entangled by four vice admirals not far away, naturally heard Luffy's roar. He immediately understood that Luffy had taken stimulants again.

Luffy, after venting his anger, rushed towards the execution platform again: "Ace!!"

"Luffy..." Ace looked up in a daze as he saw his father in tears.

However, the situation on the field was not optimistic. On Zoro's side, the four vice admirals cooperated seamlessly. He could only dodge and gradually had no power to fight back.

Marco's situation is not bad. The veteran vice admirals are being held back by Zoro. The Spider Demon who handcuffed him to the Sea Stone Gloves in the original plot has been killed in Impel Prison.

So, he continued to fight back and forth with Kizaru.

Diamond Joz has been frozen by Aokiji.

After Whitebeard suffered a serious blow, he was besieged by countless elite navy soldiers and was stabbed several times. All the captains, including Jinbe, rushed towards Whitebeard.

However, Whitebeard swung his sword fiercely and repelled all the navy that besieged him. Although he was covered in blood, he stood up straight: "Don't come over! Hu... Hu... I don't need help! They... thought they could kill me with just a few blows! I don't need help! Hu... Hu... Because I am Whitebeard!!"

The navy was shocked by this momentum and retreated repeatedly: "Monster...monster!"

"I know very well... what my death will mean... So, I won't die without seeing my sons move towards the future, right, Ace!"

But the captains ignored his obstruction and stood behind him: "We must defend Daddy's dignity!"

"Don't bother yourself too much, silly sons!"

On the other side, Luffy, under the cover of Ivankov and Lightning, went deeper into the square again and gradually approached the execution platform. This move once again boosted the morale of the Whitebeard Pirates.

Seeing this, Whitebeard shouted, "Whitebeard Pirates, protect Straw Hat Luffy with all your strength!"

So, under the cover of everyone, Luffy rushed to the execution platform unhindered. With the power of lightning, a straight ladder was cut out of the ground, creating a way to save Ace.

So, Luffy rushed to the execution platform without hesitation: "Ace! Here I come!!"

However, standing in front of him was the fear that had always dominated him - Garp!

"Grandpa!! Get out of the way!"

"How is that possible? Luffy! I'm the Vice Admiral of the Marine Headquarters!" Garp was furious: "I've been fighting pirates since before you were born!!"

"If you want to get through here, you'll have to kill me first! Straw Hat Luffy! This is the path you've chosen!!"

"I can't do it, Grandpa!! Get out of the way!"

"If you can't do this, Ace will die!"

"I don't agree!" Luffy roared and rushed towards Garp.

"There are so many things you disagree with, and I won't show mercy!" Garp also yelled, raising his fist: "Luffy! You are my enemy now!"

The grandfather and grandson acted out the Warring States period in a clumsy manner. Then, Luffy switched to second gear in seconds and punched Garp in the jaw.

However, Garp seemed to have not reacted and did not throw a punch. Instead, he took Luffy's punch with his face, then fell from the platform and landed headfirst on the floor, using the strategy of "out of sight, out of mind."

Then, Luffy stepped onto the execution platform and ignored the fat man who didn't know how to fight standing next to Ace. He took out the key and prepared to unlock Ace.

"Luffy!"

Being ignored, Zhan Guo was furious. He transformed into a giant golden Buddha, raised his fist, and flexed his muscles in front of the young people: "Don't think I will let you go!"

At the moment when Luffy's key was about to touch Ace, it was cut off by a laser shot from a distance.

At this moment, a soldier in charge of the execution woke up slowly. It was Mr. 3, the candle man of Baroque Works.

Luffy and Mr. 3 both looked a little stunned. Before they had time to reminisce about the past, Sengoku's gloomy voice came from behind them.

"I have no choice but to deal with you myself!" After saying that, a huge golden fist slowly smashed towards the two of them.

"3! Build a wall to protect Ace!"

"Ah - what is that!?" Mr. 3 was shocked and made a turtle shell out of wax.

Luffy chewed his thumb: "Gear 3! Giant Balloon!!"

At this moment, the golden giant fist shining with bright light hit the elastic balloon heavily like a mountain crushing an egg!

In an instant, a force like a tidal wave surged in, and the powerful pressure instantly shattered the execution platform.

At the same time, the navy in the distance also tacitly opened fire on the execution platform, and for a moment, the artillery fire was continuous. However, faced with such a fierce battle scene, the fat man who didn't know how to fight could only helplessly release the giant Buddha form and jump off the execution platform.

At this moment, Ace, Mr. 3, and Luffy, whose power was weakened by the side effects of using Gear Third, all fell straight down from the execution platform.

They were like a candle in the wind, about to be hit mercilessly by the shells.

At this critical moment, Mr. 3 quickly made a seastone key out of wax.

The deafening sound of the explosions from the shells resounded throughout the battlefield.

Then, amidst the billowing smoke, a blazing flame transformed into the symbol of Whitebeard's pirate flag, and a flame tunnel appeared immediately afterwards...

"You've always been like this, Luffy!" A gentle rebuke came from the flame tunnel: "You always ignore my words and do whatever you want!!"

At this moment, all the pirates were excited: "Ace!!"

At this moment, Zoro's face became extremely solemn, because Whitebeard was still seriously injured. He expected that he could remove Ace's handcuffs, but the next step was the key.