The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

Chapter 1708 The Second Start

Juvia sensed the outsiders passing through the water curtain immediately. She informed the two honored ones beside her, and they concluded that it was someone who had landed on the island from the back of the Founding Titan.

Thanks to Juvia's tracking skills, they quickly found the tavern.

Sani and Atomic Warrior led the way, pushing open the door to find the tavern filled with a cheerful atmosphere. The other patrons were all gathered around the young people in the center, drinking wildly.

Kidd drank heartily, while Luffy sat in the center of the table. He had woken up, but still seemed unsatisfied, constantly stuffing food into his mouth.

Hunger forced him to skip even chewing, swallowing food almost as soon as it hit his mouth, and more and more empty plates piled up in front of him.

All the bartenders in the tavern were serving him dishes.

"A little more, a little more... I'm so hungry!"

Hungry Luffy stretched out his arm, reaching over the bartenders who were serving food, and took the food directly from their plates.

This still wasn't enough for him, so he even reached into the kitchen and brought the food over to eat as soon as it was ready.

With Capone Becky, this big-headed guy, sitting at the front desk, the tavern owner was a little apprehensive, but Capone Becky reassured her that he would cover the food expenses for the four of them.

He instructed the female shopkeeper to provide Luffy with as much food as possible and promised to pay her back later.

Capone Becky had his own account with Du Field, and the people from the consortium would handle the accounts. Only then did the female boss feel at ease, thinking that she had landed a big business deal.

Hawkins didn't eat or drink much. He quietly fiddled with his tarot cards. Although the other drinkers were curious, none of them dared to disturb this gloomy-looking man.

The tavern's female owner recognized the two underworld figures and hurriedly went to greet them.

After all, paying protection money to the underworld is necessary to operate in this area.

Seeing that no one in the tavern was causing trouble, the two underworld figures breathed a sigh of relief, gave a few brief instructions, and left.

Capone Becky watched the two departing underworld figures and thought they had an extraordinary air about them and must be quite capable. He secretly considered that he might be able to make contact with them in the future and perhaps poach them from his own gang.

Luffy, who was originally thin due to exhaustion, quickly became a big fat man, and his stomach seemed to be a bottomless pit.

Kidd was already full, but Luffy kept eating. His amazing appetite and digestive ability were truly astonishing.

Luffy possesses the qualities to become a top-tier fighter—he can eat a lot and efficiently convert food into energy; he can also heal injuries by eating.

As the food was quickly absorbed in his stomach, Luffy felt the dull pain in his body gradually disappear, his various injuries were almost healed, and his internal energy began to circulate again.

Kidd turned his head and glanced at Capone Becky and Hawkins, knowing that the two of them probably wouldn't participate in the upcoming war and wouldn't actively get involved in the Marineford vortex.

"Luffy, we don't have much time left either. Pack some food to eat on the way. You need to go save Ace, and I need to deal with Zephyr!"

Luffy tilted his head back, dumped the last of the food on the plate into his mouth, bulging his cheeks, and then swallowed it all in one gulp.

"Okay, I've eaten about half full. Let's go now!"

Capone Becky instructed the female owner to pack up all the food that was available in the store.

Finally, Luffy carried a huge package full of food, weighing at least a hundred pounds, on his back.

Luffy was holding a huge piece of beast leg meat in his hand, constantly tearing chunks of meat off the bone; he seemed to be perpetually hungry.

Kidd formally bid farewell to the other two: "Luffy and I are going to a new battlefield. Let's get together for a drink then."

Capone Becky and Hawkins, both tough guys, didn't show much sadness. They each nodded.

"Take care!" Capone Becky said.

Hawkins said in a low voice, "The road ahead is difficult."

They also have their own things to do. Kidd will have to rebuild his pirate crew after the war, and whether he can find Hawkins again by then is unknown.

Kidd and Luffy stepped onto the metal disc and, controlled by the magnetic force, flew towards Marineford, quickly turning into two black dots on the horizon as they flew further and further away.

On a distant rooftop, three deities representing Juvia, Sani, and Atomic Warrior watched as the two plague gods departed on their own. Juvia, for once, let out a sigh of relief.

"The Sabaody Archipelago can no longer withstand any more war. Let them take the fighting elsewhere..."

The tension in the minds of the underworld figures gradually eased. There shouldn't be any major problems after that. Kidd didn't look back again.

Luffy ate meat against the wind, constantly pulling food out of the large pack behind him and stuffing it into his mouth, letting the cold wind blow into his stomach. Fortunately, his stomach rarely had any problems.

Kidd's voice was clear in the wind: "Luffy, the upcoming battle may be even more brutal. I may not be able to help you much. Be careful of Blackbeard..."

Luffy nodded vigorously as he ate the meat in large bites.

Teach, who framed his sworn brother and caused him to fall into prison, is the culprit. He vows to find an opportunity to beat Blackbeard and avenge Ace.

Luffy is about to step into that decisive battlefield for the second time, the Marineford War. As he gets closer and closer to Marineford, Luffy's originally cheerful mood gradually turns heavy.

The battlefield of Marineford has now been completely reduced to a boiling millstone of flesh and blood.

The roars of pirates and the fury of the navy intertwined, the clang of clashing weapons, the roar of guns and cannons, and the clash of Devil Fruit powers blended into a war symphony of extreme tragedy.

Blood stained the harbor waters, severed limbs were scattered everywhere, and the smell of gunpowder and blood permeated every inch of the air.

The battle, however, has reached a strange stalemate.

The Whitebeard Pirates and their crew were incredibly brave, but the Navy, with its home advantage and excellent deployment, built a solid defense.

Both sides are frantically depleting each other's manpower, but neither can gain a decisive advantage in a short period of time.

Sengoku's brow furrowed deeper and deeper on the city wall. His sharp gaze swept across the chaotic battlefield below, then glanced at the distant Sabaody Archipelago, where the giant skeletons were gradually calming down and completely dissipating.

time is limited.

News of Im's setback in the Sabaody Archipelago, even if it was just repelling the possessed body, will spread sooner or later.

This would be a heavy blow to the morale of the Navy and the prestige of the World Government. The pirates must be pushed; this stalemate must be broken.

Sengoku took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and turned to the two ladies standing beside him, Lucy and Artoria.

"Get ready, you two. The pirates will launch a full-scale attack at any time. As long as we can withstand this wave of attacks, the Navy will be victorious!"

The words of the Admiral were not only an order, but also a declaration of confidence and an invisible pressure.

Lucy's cold and beautiful face remained expressionless; she merely nodded slightly.

Artoria straightened her body, and the Excalibur in her hand seemed to emit a faint hum.

Her emerald green eyes burned with pure fighting spirit and a sense of mission.

"We are ready and fully compliant with any strategy you propose."

Seeing the two men's statements, Sengoku felt somewhat reassured.

His only worry was his rear, that of former Navy Admiral Black Arm Zephyr. He wondered what Zephyr's current situation was.

Kisame has already been sent to support Garp, hoping that he and Garp can take down the man-eating monster in a two-on-one fight.

The scandal surrounding Zephyr is too great to leave Marineford alive, and the truth about his cannibalism and depravity must not be allowed to leak overseas.

Otherwise, it would be a devastating blow to the navy's reputation with far-reaching consequences.