Chapter 753: 753 Bizarre Marineford
Ten days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the day of Garp public execution arrived.
Out of various considerations, Dragon did not allow members of the Revolutionary Army to participate on a large scale in the rescue operation for his father.
Additionally, Whitebeard side did not summon the 43 pirate crews under his banner to mobilize together like in the original Summit War. After all, the person being rescued this time was not Ace, but Ace grandfather. The opponent was also the former "Marine Hero," who had clashed with the Whitebeard Pirates plenty of times in the past.
Therefore, not only was the Whitebeard Grand Fleet not summoned this time, but even the 16 divisions of the Whitebeard Pirates themselves did not all mobilize. Only a few division commanders who had a relatively good relationship with Ace brought their own divisions along.
In truth, with Whitebeard control over his pirate crew, if he were to speak up, let alone the entire crew, even the Grand Fleet under his banner would mostly likely come to help. However, it was the same reasoning as before: Garp relationship was, after all, a layer removed. Without Ace actively speaking up, it was impossible for Whitebeard to do so.
Furthermore, Sherwin also did not recommend bringing too many people to participate in this rescue operation.
After all, the situation with "Uranus" was uncertain. In case it really was activated, it would be easier for them to run away. This was also one of the reasons why the Whitebeard Pirates did not participate with their full membership.
But even so, the number of people coming from the Whitebeard Pirates was already no less than the number of people coming from the Revolutionary Army.
In fact, Dragon and his people even directly boarded Whitebeard Moby Dick to head toward Marineford.
Meanwhile, Sherwin Felyne Investigation Team was split into two groups. The Felynes tasked with dealing with "Uranus," led by Klee Meow, stayed on the Dodo Advance, while Sherwin took the other Felynes who would participate in the direct combat onto the Moby Dick.
In addition, the Dodo Advance also served as one of Sherwin and the other retreat paths. If the situation turned sour, Sherwin could still use spatial teleportation to bring everyone back to the Dodo.
"Hahahahaha! Sherwin! This thing is so interesting! It can really teleport a person to another place!"
After Sherwin handed the mass-produced Purah Pads made by Purah Meow to the people of the Whitebeard Pirates and the Revolutionary Army, Ace immediately tried it out with great enthusiasm, constantly teleporting back and forth between the Dodo and the Moby Dick.
It could only be said that people in the pirate world were as carefree as always. Even though he was about to rescue his grandfather, Ace could still be distracted so easily by other things.
Of course, this was also because he had ample confidence in this rescue operation...
After all, two "Fifth Emperors" were making a move, and they also had Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army whose strength would not be much different, along with them.
The most critical point was...
The Felynes around Sherwin were truly fierce!
If Ace understood Earth memes, he would definitely have thrown out a few lines like "The advantage is on my side" or "How can we lose with a flying dragon riding on their faces?"
"Humph, humph..."
Watching Ace jumping up and down like a monkey that had found a toy, Sherwin didn’t step forward to stop him, but instead folded his arms and watched coldly from the sidelines.
Spatial teleportation was no simple matter he would get his comeuppance soon enough!
And so, after teleporting back and forth a few more times...
"Blegh—!"
Ace was slumped over the railing of the Moby Dick, throwing up his guts.
Frequent spatial teleportation would cause confusion in a person brain regarding orientation, resulting in an effect similar to motion sickness.
Moreover, this thing didn’t have much to do with physical fitness, but mainly depended on balance and spatial awareness. Therefore, the number of consecutive teleports the Felynes could endure was far greater than that of humans, and even if they got "teleport-sick", their reaction wouldn’t be as severe as a human.
"Why didn’t you warn me earlier?"
Ace, having thrown up even his bile, stared at Sherwin with a deeply resentful look.
That was naturally because...
"With your personality, even if I said it, you wouldn’t have listened, right?" (I once got caught in the rain, so now I have to break your umbrella too.)
Sherwin replied, saying one thing but meaning another.
Although it was just an excuse, there was actually nothing wrong with those words, because the brothers Ace and Luffy were famously pigheaded and wouldn’t listen to advice. Ace, knowing his own faults, immediately withdrew his resentful gaze and looked away with a sheepish grin.
"Gurarara! The little guys on your ship are really impressive!"
"Hey! Sherwin! Can this thing be installed on the Moby Dick too? We can trade Devil Fruits and famous blades with you for it!"
"We should have listened to Teach back then and done our best to fight for Vegapunk."
"Zehahahaha! It not too late now. Once this rescue mission is over, we can bring along the Revolutionary Army and Sherwin, and go to Egghead Island again."
Although they didn’t test it repeatedly like Ace, the other pirates, including Whitebeard, also tried out the teleportation device made by Purah Meow and praised it one after another.
Many even felt regret for not persuading Whitebeard to go all out to fight for Vegapunk back then.
After all, the existence of this kind of high-tech, or even sci-fi tech, was simply too convenient once someone experienced it, few could resist such temptation.
Take Sherwin for example. Even though he had already stayed in the pirate world for several years, he would still miss the technological products from Earth like computers and cell phones that had integrated into daily life. When waking up in the morning, he would occasionally still subconsciously reach out his hand to feel for the non-existent cell phone by the head of the bed.
In this relatively relaxed atmosphere, Sherwin and the others gradually approached Marineford, and Purah Meow, who stayed on the Dodo Advance, also immediately scattered all the drones she had rushed to make during this period of time...
"Sherwin, the Navy layout is a bit strange, Meow. Check-it~"
(ゝω)~☆
After a round of scouting, Purah Meow voice came from Sherwin Den Den Mushi, and at the same time, she also synchronized the images scouted by the drones to Sherwin Sheikah Slate.
In the images, Marineford was presented before Sherwin and the others from a high-altitude aerial perspective, and Sherwin also understood why Purah Meow used the word "strange"...
Different from the situation in the original manga where Marineford periphery was packed with warships to block the Whitebeard Pirates outside, at this time, not many warships were arranged around the periphery of Marineford. Furthermore, those warships were not blocking the crescent-shaped opening directly in front of Marineford instead, they were lined up on both sides with the main gate wide open, as if welcoming the arrival of Sherwin and the others.
The World Government seemed to have the same idea as Sherwin and his group. They didn’t plan to fight a massive battle like the original "Summit War" but instead raised the quality of the combatants to engage in a "duel of generals" style of combat.
This kind of arrangement...
Could it be that Imu really intended to disregard everything, sacrificing Marineford and a portion of the Marines as the price to wipe them all out in one fell swoop with "Uranus"?
Sherwin twitched the corner of his mouth, silently speculating in his heart.
Although it felt unbelievable, this was exactly the kind of thing Imu would actually do.
However, according to the situation scouted by the drones, no trace of "Uranus" had been detected nearby.
Forget Uranus, there wasn’t even a single airship like the knock-off Valstrax it seemed the World Government had completely abandoned air supremacy...
This, in turn, completely conflicted with their speculation about the intent to use "Uranus".
After all, they had just been blindsided by Sherwin and his group from the air not long ago. No matter how decayed Imu mind was, it was impossible to be stupid enough to make no preparations at all.
But if "Uranus" hadn’t been repaired yet, or if there was no intention to use it here, then the Marine deployment seemed far too simplistic.
In short, this "Summit War" revealed a sense of bizarre strangeness at every turn.
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