Voiceless Rage

A flashback returns to the day the two brothers shared a cup to bind themselves, deepening the sorrow now hanging over Ace's death. Watching Luffy, Ivankov observes that the boy has broken down inside and his life hangs by a thread. Akainu drives forward to finish him, but Marco intercepts the strike and tells Jinbe to carry Luffy away, swearing the crew will shield him in Ace's place and that letting him die would shame them all. Saying nothing at all, Whitebeard hits the admiral from behind and drops him with a bloodied face.

Akainu counters with a punch that tears part of Whitebeard's head loose, yet the captain answers, and his second blow both devastates the marine base and flings the admiral into a chasm that splits the plaza and cuts the pirates off from their leader. Sengoku is amazed the old man still holds such strength after losing part of his head. As the crews retreat toward the ships and Hancock tells her serpent she frets over Luffy, the Blackbeard Pirates surface atop the execution stand with several unknown faces in tow. A shaken Sengoku demands to know how they arrived, Doflamingo cheerfully welcomes the guests, and Blackbeard voices his delight at arriving early enough to witness the old man's fall.

Following the loss of his brother, Luffy suffers a mental collapse that puts him in mortal danger, and Ivankov flags how grave his condition has become. Whitebeard delivers a crushing counter that throws Akainu into the fissure and tears Marineford in two. The name of Hancock's serpent, Salome, is revealed. Blackbeard and his crew reach the battlefield, their numbers now swollen with new recruits.

A colossal figure as large as the base's main building looms among Blackbeard's fresh members, hinting at Sanjuan Wolf. The cover belongs to the Straw Hats and Animals series, showing Sanji and Usopp astride a camel as they take in the night sky.