Summary:
As the admirals dodge projectiles created from the frozen mast, Luffy activates Gear Second, hoping to attack Ace directly. However, Kizaru easily catches up to him and knocks him aside with a light speed kick.
Up on the execution platform, the guards are about to execute Ace. However, they are repulsed by an unknown force, which is revealed to be an attack from none other than the Crocodile. As Sengoku wonders why Crocodile would help his own enemy, the former Shichibukai notes that he only did it because he didn’t want to see the marines satisfied. Suddenly, to everyone’s surprise, the Crocodile’s head flew off his body. Doflamingo, standing behind Crocodile, says that he is jealous that he chose to side with Whitebeard instead of him. Forming his head back onto his body, Crocodile replies that he doesn’t bond with anyone and attacks Doflamingo.
Meanwhile, Luffy was knocked to the ground when Aokiji stabbed him with an ice saber. Hancock yells at Aokiji and prepares to intervene, but instead Marco knocks Aokiji away.
The pirates in the bay, trying to get past the iron wall, all try to swim towards the gate created by the oars. As the marines prepare to fire on the prone pirates, a coated ship suddenly emerges from the sea, allowing most in the water to climb aboard. Whitebeard notes that he never said all his ships surfaced. While the marines are busy debating whether or not to aim for the oars or the ship, the oars lift the ship into the air and pull it through the hole it made. As the pirates prepare to attack the stage, Oars fires a cannon and causes it to collapse again. Whitebeard then jumps into the square and, ordering his “kids” to stay away, swings his bisant in a circle, knocking down any marines in his way.
With the only marines still standing are the admirals, several vice admirals, and those on the podium, the Whitebeard Pirates prepare for a final assault to rescue Ace. Sengoku then tells Garp that the two of them will be required to join the war.