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74. Tora and Noji’s death! Three Division Commanders Besieging Hobi.

│3rd Person POV│

[Grand Line, New World, Beehive Island…]

"Good job, Marco."

"Well done, Marco."

At the same time, Thatch and the other Division Commanders also noticed the situation with Marco.

Wang Hao was dead.

Marco's victory signified that the triumph of the Whitebeard Pirates was near.

For a moment, they were all as thrilled as if they had received a boost of energy. Their morale soared and they all started to give their 120% in their battle.

"Now it’s your turn, Tora!"

Jozu shouted loudly, and he swung his diamond right hand covered in Armament Haki, successfully striking the chest of the Human-Beast Hybrid in front of him.

"Pfft~"

Tora spat out a mouthful of blood as his body was sent flying away.

After bouncing a few times on the ground, Tora finally stabilized himself. At this moment, his expression was extremely ugly.

Even with Devil Fruit awakened, he was no match for Jozu. Not only that, Wang Hao had just died at the hands of Marco.

This incident almost declared the defeat of the Ochoku Pirates.

Even though Ochoku was still fighting with Whitebeard and the outcome was still undecided, Tora wasn’t confident in Ochoku successfully defeating Whitebeard.

The latter was recognized throughout the world as the Strongest Man in the world. That title wasn’t just for show.

Under such circumstances, Tora found it hard to believe Ochoku could defeat Whitebeard.

Additionally, Marco was now free! If he came to lend a hand to the other Division Commanders, Tora was certain he would die without being able to escape.

‘No, I have to escape! I can't stay here any longer. I have to leave here as soon as possible!”

Almost immediately after, Tora had already firmed his intention to abandon the fight and run.

After all, if Wang Hao had not died, the Ochoku Pirates would still have some hope.

The senior cadres may have been successful in defeating their opponent and then lent a hand to Ochoku to defeat Whitebeard.

But under the current situation, if he continued to persist, he would probably be buried with the Ochoku Pirates, which was not what he wanted to see.

"Tora, by getting distracted in a fight with me, you just signed your death warrant!”

However, just when Tora made up his mind, a voice sounded near him.

The next second, Jozu's figure appeared in the area in front of him.

Looking at the distracted form of Tora, Jozi did not hesitate to launch an attack. He raised his right hand but, instead of forming a fist, he shaped his hand like a knife.

In the next moment, Jozu’s Diamond right hand, coated in a layer of Armament Haki shot forward and pierced Tora’s heart without any resistance.

"Huh!?"

Tora woke up from his thoughts, feeling a sharp pain in his chest and heart.

Looking down, he saw a hand penetrating his heart and he couldn't help but widen his eyes, they were full of regret, fear, and despair.

Being an Ancient Zoan Type Devil Fruit user, his vitality was very high. However, it wasn’t to the extent that Tora could survive even after getting his heart crushed.

Only because of his strong vitality, Tora didn’t die instantly.

"Jozu!!"

Tora raised his head and looked at Jozu with eyes full of resentment, he wanted to take him down with him. However, his body was rapidly losing strength and even standing was getting difficult for him.

Just a moment of carelessness cost Tora his life.

"It's over, Tora!"

On the other hand, Jozu was indifferent to Tora’s resentful gaze as said.

Then, he turned his left hand into Diamond and after coating it in Armament Haki, he punched Tora on the head while saying,

"Joining forces with Ochoku Pirates to go against the Whitebeard Pirates was the biggest mistake of your life. Weren’t you living a good life before this? If you just minded your own business, this wouldn’t have happened!”

Those were the last words Tora heard before his head exploded.

"Commander Jozu won!"

"Long Live the mighty Commander Jozu!"

In an instant, the resounding cheers of the Whitebeard Pirates echoed once again.

No one anticipated that after Marco had just killed Wang Hao, the vice-captain of the Ochoku Pirates, Jozu would swiftly eliminate their senior cadre, Tora.

In this scenario, the Whitebeard Pirates' chances of victory were undoubtedly even greater than before.

After all, with Marco and Jozu now free to help others, it was only a matter of time before the rest of the Ochoku Pirates succumbed.

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"It's over for you guys, Noji!"

At the same time, hearing the cheers of Whitebeard Pirates, Thatch declared.

At this moment, Thatch was in his Human-Beast Form.

His whole figure was surrounded by an aura of lightning as he rushed forward and reached in front of Noji in an instant.

During the entire duration of the fight, Noji was on the defensive as he was no match for Thatch’s speed.

Even though his defense was good because of his Iron Iron Fruit and Armament Haki, there was a limit to how much he could endure.

As Thatch approached Noji with his sword, which was coated in Armament Haki, raised high, Noji tried to once again defend himself by turning his body into Iron.

He had already exhausted his Haki, so he could only hope that his Devil Fruit powers would save him.

However, Noji’s prayer was futile as Thatch swung his sword and effortlessly cleaved the former in two.

Thatch looked at two halves of Noji’s corpse with a complicated expression.

Before eating the Ancient Zoan Type, Snake Snake Fruit; Model: Thunder Python, Thatch would have struggled to defeat Noji.

Now, Thatch was dominating the fight from the start to end. He also didn’t suffer a single injury in the duration of his battle.

With a sigh, Thatch discarded the useless thoughts from his mind and turned toward Ace and Sherzi’s fight.

He was just about to rush toward them to help Ace when suddenly, Ace’s voice reached his ears.

"Thatch, you go help the others! I will be done with this guy pretty soon!"

It could be seen that the battle between Ace and Sherzi was already in its last stage.

While Ace’s appearance was similar to how he was before the fight, the same couldn’t be said for his opponent.

At this moment, Sherzi appeared to have suffered from various burn injuries and he was also sweating profusely.

He was unable to use big moves anymore while Ace looked like he could still fight for a day or two.

"Is that so?"

Hearing Ace’s words, Thatch frowned for a moment.

However, he still chose to believe Ace.

After making up his mind, Thatch turned around and went to the area where he could see another Division Commander fighting without looking back once.

It was not just Thatch.

Marco and Jozi also began to rush to the aid of the other Division Commanders after taking a breather.

After all, even though they had already defeated their opponent, this battle wasn’t over yet, and they wanted to end the war as soon as possible to reduce the causality among the Whitebeard Pirates.

Swiftly annihilating the senior cadres of the Ochoku Pirates was the best way to save more lives as soon as possible.

"Hobi!"

"Hobi!"

Almost at the same time, Marco and Jozu appeared to aid Vista.

Marco and Jozu positioned themselves in such a way that together with Vista, they were surrounding Hobi from three points of a triangle.

Having eaten a Mythical Zoan Type Devil Fruit, Hobi’s threat factor was only below Wang Hao, the Vice Captain of the Ochoku Pirates.

"Marco! Jozu! You guys are here."

Witnessing this scene, Vista breathed a sigh of relief.

He then looked at Hobi, who had transformed into a massive wind dragon.

While Vista could keep Hobi at bay even when he transformed into his Beast Form, he wasn’t able to do any significant damage to his opponent.

However, with Marco and Jozu's arrival, Vista no longer was worried about Hobi suddenly ignoring him and going after others.