The Extermination Strategy in Action! The Power of the Pacifistas!

Sengoku directs the Pacifista to target only the crews allied with Whitebeard, having delayed the assault so the cyborgs would not be trapped inside the planned encirclement. The machines activate and tear through most of the outer allies. Charging for Ace, Luffy runs straight into Kizaru, who lectures him about the Celestial Dragons wanting him dead before kicking him at the speed of light. Jinbe catches the boy, and that support lets Luffy keep pressing forward.

When Sengoku orders every video feed to Sabaody severed, the final Visual Den Den Mushi cannot be located, because Buggy and a mob of Impel Down escapees are clutching it to broadcast their savior captain. At Whitebeard's side, Squard rages that the Pacifista are crushing his comrades, and after Whitebeard mentions his long acquaintance with Sengoku, the furious captain drives his sword into the old man's chest.

The Pacifista enter Marineford and devastate Whitebeard's outer allies on Sengoku's order. Kizaru intercepts Luffy with a light-speed kick, but Jinbe rescues him. Buggy and the Impel Down prisoners keep the last broadcast snail running to promote Buggy. Mihawk's duel with Vista winds toward its end, and Izou of the 16th Division saves Luffy from a Marine. The episode ends with Squard betraying and stabbing Whitebeard.

This installment adapts Chapter 562, pages 2 through 17. In the anime Vista calls out a named technique, Rose Rondo, during his fight with Mihawk, whereas the manga left his attacks unnamed. The shocking turn comes from Squard, a captain of an allied crew, whose blade finds Whitebeard as the war reaches a brutal pivot.