Hero of One Piece

Grand Line, a certain country, a certain place.

With the bought birthday cake in his hand, the reporter rejected the boss’s request for overtime and went home on time.

His wife and daughter are waiting for him.

Although I don’t understand what the reporter meant by “witnessing the future of this World” when talking on the phone before, the wife feels that it is always happy that the husband who is busy with work can spend time with his family.

They sat around the dining table.

The reporter and his wife sang a birthday song for their daughter, and then they watched TV while eating cake.

At this moment, all programs on TV have been suspended, because there is no program whose ratings can be compared with that of the major event that is taking place.

Marineford ——

This place is attracting worldwide attention.

The wife felt that the war was too bloody and unsuitable for her daughter to watch, but the reporter stopped her from turning off the TV.

“Don’t use ‘child’ as an excuse.”

The reporter looked into his wife’s eyes and said to her:

“We can’t escape what we don’t want to see, because that is a fact of existence.”

hearing this, wife nodded, no longer blocked.

The daughter stared at the TV intently, watching what is happening in Marineford now.

She was so young that she didn’t know what the word “Yonko” means in this world, what “Marine” and “Pirate” mean, let alone what “Whitebeard” and “Blackbeard” mean. “, “Akainu”, “BOSS”…

She just felt that what happened on the screen was like drumming in her heart.

It was a very strange feeling, beyond description.

This feeling haunts the reporter and his wife at the same time.

No, not just theirs…

In this world, anyone who sits in front of a screen and witnesses the live action of Marineford has this strange feeling more or less at this moment.

What happened to them?

……

Marineford.

The lightning and the fire gradually faded, and the earth was devastated, but there was nothing left.

I don’t know when, whether it’s Pirate or Marine, they unconsciously stepped back and gave up the Marineford square.

The sun shines like a knife.

On the earth, three sculpture-like silhouettes stand tall.

[Whitebeard] Edward · Newgate.

[Akainu] Sakazuki.

[BOSS] Lynn · Barek.

Penetration, Lightning Flash, fire, bruise, sharp blade, gunshot…

Their bodies are covered with scars, but they are still standing there.

As Akagami said, they no longer have the meaning to fight at this moment.

The war on top has ended.

Pirate and Marine were forced to draw due to the chaos of Big Mom and Kaido and Akagami’s shots.

[Hiken] Ace was successfully rescued by [Straw Hat] Luffy. Now he has returned to Pirate’s side, and there is no possibility of execution.

Everything seemed to have just reached a climax, and then stopped abruptly.

But… is that really the case?

No one thinks that way.

Because there are still three people standing in Marineford, as long as their three people have not yet determined the victory or defeat, the war on top is not over!

This is not “war” anymore, but “battle”.

A battle for the best name in the world!

No one would think that this is unfair to the seriously injured [Whitebeard], because the so-called world is the strongest, and it should be the world’s strongest to death!

No one would think [Akainu] is despicable, because the ability of the trend’s forces is also a proof of “strong”, which can stand up to now, enough to stop everyone’s mouth!

No one would think that the appearance of [BOSS] is very abrupt, because the man has reached the realm that can touch the throne of the “world’s strongest” only by strength of oneself!

So far, the extra things are useless.

Regardless of power or strategy, all are cumbersome.

To win…

must win!

No purpose, no meaning, no strategy.

In this sea, who hasn’t had such a momentary dream to become the strongest in the world?

Bang…

The tremors tearing the earth apart, the black and white storms, the lava heat.

A completely different breath rises.

But then, these three breaths each converged, as if the tranquility before the rainstorm was ready to go.

Shua!

Suddenly, the three of them moved.

They abandoned their ability and technology, and instead sought the simplest and most direct battle method-

Fight each other.

In other words, their remaining strength is only enough for them to do this.

But even so, it is still an unimaginable field of human beings.

Lynn raised his leg and was blocked by Akainu, but then Akainu received a firm punch from Whitebeard in the abdomen.

“Pu!”

Akainu spit out a large mouthful of liquid.

There is gastric juice and blood.

However, Akainu’s movements did not stop at all, raising his hand and smashing Lynn to the ground with a punch, and then Whitebeard took the opportunity to step forward and step on it.

The feet were on the ground, Lynn’s hands slammed on the ground, and the whole person jumped on the ground, grabbing Whitebeard’s ankle.

Whitebeard wanted to break free, but Lynn used his strength to punch Akainu.

The three of you come and me, neither giving way to the other between offense and defense.

At this moment, this battle has surpassed the concept of life and death, and only the outcome can be said!

bang!

The three of them stopped their movements at the same time, their strength bottomed out, and their bodies were already on the verge of collapse.

Akainu fell first.

Then, it was Lynn.

Finally, it was Whitebeard.

Whitebeard —— the Legendary powerhouse who has ridden the sea for a lifetime, this man who has never fallen in a lifetime of fighting, finally fell this time.

Yes, how can there be people who cannot fall down in this world?

People will fall without shame.

But so what?

Falling down, won’t it be over if you stand up again?

People can stand up!

The bodies of the three trembled slightly, and strength gradually poured into their limbs.

They are trying to stand up.

……

“Stand up!”

“Stand up!”

Anyone present, anyone in the world, they are all meditating in the heart at this moment.

But then, they found something wrong.

Huh?

Stand up?

Yes, they want to “stand up”, but who do they want to stand up?

……

Somewhere.

The reporter in front of the screen wanted Whitebeard to stand up.

The wife felt puzzled and wondered why the husband should sympathize with the terrible Pirate.

The reporter rubbed his daughter’s head and replied:

“Because Whitebeard’s eyes are the same as when I saw my daughter.”

“I think, if one day our daughter is also arrested, I should save her if I die.”

The reporter looked at the TV screen, his vision was slightly blurred, and he muttered.

“Stand up, Whitebeard…”

……

A certain country.

A group of young children surrounded the only one TV set in the village.

They just came back from the wild outside, and then witnessed the battle that took place in Marineford with their own eyes.

“Stand up…”

A little demon with snot wearing a homemade Marine cap clenched the branch in his hand.

His dream in this life is to join Marine and then kill those hateful Pirates who threaten the safety of the village.

His eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and shouted:

“Stand up, Marine Headquarter!”

……

An island.

A reclusive farmer finished his day’s work.

He was sitting in front of the TV with tears on his face and tears wet his clothes.

“Lynn…Mr. Lynn…”

He was one of the slaves rescued by Lynn in Sabaody Archipelago that year.

Living in seclusion here, he has his own love, has his own child, and has his own home.

Only then did he realize that he was still a “person”.

“Stand up…”

“You are the invincible boss…”

The farmer uncle tried his best to roar:

“Stand up, Lynn Barek!”

……

In a courtyard, in front of the screen.

Suddenly, an old Marine who had been retired for many years, looking at Akainu who was struggling to get up on the screen, shouted loudly in the surprised eyes of his family:

“Stand up!”

……

Such scenes happened all over the world.

People shed tears and shouted in their most sincere way:

Stand up!

Who?

I don’t know.

But for some reason, looking at the three unyielding silhouettes, an inexplicable force haunts people’s hearts.

The busy employees put down their work.

The martial artists of cultivation stopped their actions.

The kings kept their eyes on.

The soldiers straightened their bodies.

The slaves lifted their heads.

……

Countless people are watching.

……

When they came back to God, they had already burst into tears.

……

At that moment, this World finally understood what Lynn Barek said before the last stop——

This is the power of life.

……

The reporter’s tears gushed out uncontrollably.

He has reported countless wonderful people and events in his life, but he has never stepped out of the country where he was born.

Is he happy?

Of course.

Wife, daughter, house, work…

He has everything that ordinary people envy.

However, looking at the silhouettes of the three doing their best, the reporter had a question for the first time in his life:

Do I really live my life?

……

Everyone in the world is asking themselves.

What is alive?

What is life?

Even if it was only once, or only once, they also imagined that the three people standing on the ground were alive.

Can you?

dignified rightly, alive!