Whitebeard and crew continue to struggle while Luffy tries to rejoin the battle.That must have hurt for Luffy to scream this loud.Summary:Whitebeard is fighting Akainu when suddenly Whitebeard is stunned by his previous injuries and starts spitting blood. Marco tries to fly in for the rescue but he is shot in the back by Kizaru, while Joz attempts the same but gets his arm frozen by Aokiji. Akainu seizes that opportunity and jumps in to land a big hit on Whitebeard. While the battle is happening below, Ace is thinking back to his younger days when everyone still hated Rogers. Ace once asked Garp if he should have ever been born, and Garp told Ace that he can only find the answer by living. Back to the present, a tearful Ace wonders why he suddenly wants to live and why he is so happy when his comrades are dying in front of him.Down below the execution platform, Luffy wants Ivankov to inject him with the vigor hormones again. Ivankov is initially reluctant, but eventually he give in and administers another shot of vigor hormones into Luffy.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Looks like it's once again up to Luffy to save Ace now that Whitebeard, Marco, and Joz have been injured. Predictably, Luffy is back in the fight with another shot of Ivankov's vigor hormones, but he won't be able to rescue Ace by himself unless he gets an even more miraculous power-up. There's an outside chance Luffy can beat one or two admirals, but he definitely won't be able to beat all three admirals and teh Shichibukai. From the looks of this chapter, Whitebeard is probably going to die given how hurt he is, but Ace is probably going to live given that he has declared that he wants to live, and this kind of manga you don't kill good characters who suddenly wants to live. If I remember correctly, some of the pirates from the archipelago will arrive to provide reinforcements for Luffy and Whitebeard's side, but Luffy and the Whitebeard pirates will have to hold out until then.
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