One Piece: Surrounded at Marineford? Just kidding!

Chapter 28: The Battle with Whitebeard!

Do you need my power data?

The white-bearded man's eyes, burning with golden flames, narrowed slightly. He could sense that the "data" Chen Ye spoke of was not a simple display of energy.

His commanding presence remained undiminished, yet his voice was as steady as the bedrock at the bottom of the sea.

How can I give it to you?

This is the question Chen Ye has been waiting for—the final door leading to the ultimate plan.

He met the scrutiny that would break the spirit of any strongman, but instead of fear, a near-fanatical smile appeared on his face.

"The power that is passively dissipated is too weak and too chaotic."

Chen Ye's voice was calm, but each word was like a stone thrown into a deep pool, creating ripples.

"To raise the resolution to a level sufficient to open the 'Gate of Time and Space' in the shortest possible time, I need the most refined, purest, and most representative power of your peak!"

"And that power..."

He paused, raised his eyes, and uttered, word by word, the condition that would terrify Marco.

"Only through battle can one be born!"

boom!

Marco's brain completely shut down in that instant.

fighting?

With whom?

With Dad?

The thought had barely surfaced when he used all his strength to extinguish it!

impossible!

This kid's gone mad! He's absolutely insane!

"Chen Ye! Do you even know what you're saying?!"

Marco could no longer remain silent. He lunged forward, trying to pull Chen Ye behind him, his voice shrill with extreme horror.

"That's Dad!"

He's the strongest man in the world!

You want him to attack you?

Although my father is now old and seriously ill!

But it's definitely not something you can fight against!

Are you crazy?

Are you courting death?

However, Chen Ye's expression and eyes were indeed unusually firm.

He didn't even glance back at Marco; all his attention was fixed on the silent, mountain-like man before him.

He knew that Whitebeard understood.

The white-bearded man's silence is the best proof.

"Brother Marco, you're wrong."

Chen Ye's voice remained calm, yet carried an undeniable resolve.

"I don't want to die."

I just wanted to take this opportunity

"Let's see how far I am from the strongest force on this high seas!"

He turned his head to look at Marco, whose face was full of anxiety, then shifted his gaze back to the white-bearded man, his voice suddenly rising, filled with soaring fighting spirit!

"If we want to win this war, if we want to rescue Ace, this is a necessary step!"

"So, Dad!"

"Therefore, I need you to attack me at your strongest possible level, without holding back! I need to analyze, absorb, and replicate your world-shaking power under the pressure of life and death!"

"especially……"

Chen Ye's gaze became incredibly intense.

"It's the power of your Tremor-Tremor Fruit!"

"Please use it freely in your upcoming attacks! Let that destructive power become the core of my analysis!"

His words were powerful and resounding!

Marco was completely stunned; his mouth was open, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Looking at Chen Ye's young and resolute face, he suddenly felt utterly unfamiliar with him.

Where is this the same shy newcomer who first boarded the ship?

This is clearly a madman who dares to face a lion head-on and even challenge it!

What's even more terrifying than the madman is the white-bearded man's reaction.

He was not angry.

In those deep eyes, the surging emotions gradually shifted from initial scrutiny to astonishment, and then from astonishment to a hint of... indescribable appreciation.

Looking at the tiny figure before him, he seemed to see himself decades ago, just as reckless and daring to challenge everything.

Chen Ye gave no one time to react.

He took a sudden step forward, and his aura reached its peak at that moment.

He straightened his spine and, facing the legendary emperor of the sea before him, mustered all his strength to let out that desperate shout!

"So, come on, Dad!"

"Right here!"

"Fight me!"

……

Dead silence.

On the deck, even the sound of the wind disappeared.

Marco's body froze in place, like a stone sculpture.

Challenging the Whitebeard?

This is something that has never happened in the decades since the Whitebeard Pirates were founded, and something that no one would dare to imagine!

However, right in this deathly silence...

"Gurgle..."

A deep, guttural sound, as if squeezed from the depths of a throat, broke the silence.

The white-bearded man slowly, very slowly, lowered his head.

He looked at Chen Ye, and the astonishment and admiration in his cloudy eyes faded away, replaced by an unprecedented light called "heroic spirit"!

"Gurgle..."

"Gurala la la..."

The laughter rose from low to high, from suppressed to unrestrained, and finally transformed into a wild laugh that could shake the heavens and the earth!

"Guralalalalalalalalalalalala!"

Boom—!

The terrifying laughter transformed into a tangible shockwave, forcibly creating a massive dent in the seawater surrounding the Moby Dick before it rebounded violently, unleashing towering waves!

Marco was jolted backward by the shockwave, staring in horror at his father who was laughing loudly in front of him.

came back!

Edward Newgate, who once looked down on the world, regarded everything as nothing, and was full of heroic spirit, seemed to have really returned at this moment!

"interesting!"

"This is so much fun! Gurararararara!"

The white-bearded man stretched out his giant hand, pulled the "Murakumogiri" sticking out of the deck, and hoisted it onto his shoulder. His massive body trembled slightly with extreme excitement.

"I've roamed the seas for decades, and my son has taken countless swindles, but this is the first time!"

"This is the first time I've had a son who dares to stand before me and make me go all out!"

He lowered his head, and a huge shadow completely enveloped Chen Ye. The flames burning in his eyes almost set Chen Ye on fire!

"good!"

"He truly is my son!"

The white-bearded man grinned, revealing a set of white teeth; his smile was full of the most primal, unrestrained joy and arrogance that belonged to the strong.

"Since you've put it that way!"

"I'll grant your wish!"

The moment the words fell, an indescribable and terrifying aura erupted from the white-bearded man!

That's Conqueror's Haki.

That was the purest fighting spirit unleashed by a king who had reigned over the seas for decades, in response to a challenger!

The air seemed to freeze at that moment.