Before this, Ian really hadn't thought about the question of whether the life force taken from others could be used by other people.

It's like a Devil Fruit ability person develops his own fruit ability, and Ian is constantly exploring his card ability.

Under certain rules and conditions, Ian can achieve some abilities that the original card does not have, such as the lightning metallurgical effect like Anilu, or replace the Yagami flame with the Flying Shadow Flame, use the Yagami skill, etc., these should be hidden abilities.

So Ian was wondering if the vitality taken out by the Great Snake card could only be destroyed or returned to the original owner's body, and whether there were some hidden effects that he didn't know.

And it just so happened that the vitality he took out from Kaido was not destroyed at the first time, and it could be used to try it on Whitebeard's father.

However, what Ian didn't expect was that after listening to his words, Whitebeard didn't think about it, so he shook his head and refused, saying: "No need Ian, old man, I can recover my healthy body at the last juncture of my life, and I am already very content, but I don't want to be an old immortal monster." ”

"Huh!?" Ian was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head with some confusion and said, "If you live for a while, you can stay with your family for a while longer, isn't that good?" ”

Whitebeard looked at his group of righteous sons around him and smiled, but he still shook his head and said: "That's good, but you have to understand that as a father, the happiest thing is not how long you spend with your children, but watching them grow up and watch them achieve something, the Whitebeard Pirates have been shrouded in my aura for too long, and one day I will pass away, and one day one of the children will take on the duties of captain, I ...... You can't keep them under your wing forever, that's what makes a really good father, you know? ”

"......" Ian didn't speak, because he suddenly realized that he was underestimating Whitebeard.

No one wants to die, it is the instinct of living beings, no matter what world it is, however, in the face of this temptation to prolong life, Whitebeard refuses, is it because he doesn't want to spend more time with his family? No, he definitely wants to, but he knows very well that as long as Whitebeard exists for a day, this pirate group will always be shrouded by his aura, although the world also knows the immortal bird Marko, and also knows the Fire Fist Ace Diamond Joz, but as soon as it is mentioned, it will mention the "×× of the Whitebeard Pirates", which shows how serious Whitebeard's influence on the pirates is.

The old generation, in fact, thinks more about the issue of inheritance, Whitebeard prefers that one day a child can take over his banner and carry forward the pirates, rather than continue to be called the "Whitebeard" pirates......

The greatness of Whitebeard lies in the fact that he never regarded himself as a pirate, but completely regarded himself as a real father, and what he wanted was not the prestige of the Four Emperors, not a long life, all he wanted was for the children to grow up......

When he understood this, Ian couldn't help but be silent, the world sees Whitebeard as a monster, but only after you really get close to and understand him, you will find out that he is actually just an ordinary old man, only to protect his family and friends, he will turn into a demon......

"The old era will always pass, and the new era will always come!" Whitebeard said: "This is the unchanging truth of the world, I am very grateful to you Ian, if it weren't for your appearance, this war would be a huge crisis for the Whitebeard Pirates, and it is very likely that the entire Pirates will collapse, but I understand your kindness, do you know?" When I saw you, I thought of my sons, who were not as successful as you, who were alone in my name, and it was my mistake that I protected them, but I also restrained them......"

"No, Daddy, you want to retire?" When Ian heard this, he immediately guessed what he meant, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Why not?" Whitebeard smiled and looked in the direction of Sengoku and Karp, and said, "It's not just me, why aren't those two old guys like this?" This war is actually the final battle for us old guys, and no matter whether we win or lose, we will have to end in the end...... They weren't able to kill me, and I couldn't kill them, so maybe this peaceful ending would be the best......"

"However, it seems that some of them are very unwilling......"

Ian also turned his head to look over and found that on the battlefield, there were still sporadic battles taking place at this time, which were led by several vice admirals of Fighting Dog and Ghost Spider, who were fighting with several captains of the Whitebeard Pirates.

In the navy, Akainu's concept of absolute justice is actually very marketable, and these ruthless people such as dogfighting, ghosts, and spiders believe in the same concept as Akainu, and they have always been supporters of Akainu in the navy.

However, Akainu, the banner man of this idea, lost a pair of arms in this war, which was a great blow to his followers.

Therefore, the battle provoked by Ian's anger in the back came to the fighting dogs, but they didn't want to end it so easily, even if Kaido had already left, and even when Sengoku's order was conveyed, they pretended not to hear it......

They blatantly disobeyed the orders of the Anti-Japanese War, which made Sengoku also very annoyed, but Sengoku also understood that he could not punish these vice admirals, at most he could only reprimand them, because these vice admirals represented a faction and a trend of thought within the navy, and you can't say that it is wrong for them to insist on fighting, and you can't forcefully order them to stop...... Because they are nominally avenging the admiral Akainu......

However, this kind of sporadic battle is very dangerous at this moment, because whether it is the pirates or the navy, after losing the focus of Kaido, they have gradually noticed these captains and vice admirals who are still fighting, and it is very likely that under their influence, the two sides will break out into a more fierce battle again.

It was at this time that the ships of the Red-Haired Pirates docked.

They parked the ship far away on the edge of the ice, and then the group of red-haired pirates, led by Shanks, stepped onto the ice and walked towards this direction.

Maybe it's because of being put on a stand by Kaido, the red-haired Shanks is in a very bad mood, no one would have thought that Kaido's kind of madman would one day play the drama of darkness, and the impact of Doflamingo's defection to Kaido was something that no one expected.

Therefore, from the moment Shanks stepped ashore, his powerful overlord domineering spirit had already swept the audience!

He led the red-haired pirates step by step towards the middle of the field, and with each step, there were naval soldiers and pirates around him who kept fainting and falling, not to mention the weaker people, even some of the stronger people, under the impact of this overlord's domineering power, they were also dizzy for a while.

Like harvesting wheat, people on both sides kept falling in pieces.

"Red-haired boy! ......" Whitebeard was also very upset when he saw this scene, and couldn't help but squint at the red-haired Shanks, he always felt that this kid seemed to be demonstrating.

Foil Bista was fighting with the ghost spider at this time, and when the red hair walked all the way and came to the two of them, the navy soldiers and pirates who were still fighting before were basically finished, and seeing Shanks coming over, Foil Bista smiled, jumped aside with the blade of the ghost spider, and looked at Shanks with his beard twisted.

"Get out of the way!" Shanks tilted his head slightly, looking at the ghost spider.

"......" The ghost spider held the sword, hesitated, did not speak, and did not dodge the path at the first time.

Shanks's hand rested on the hilt of the sword at his waist, and he said word by word: "I'm different from that madman Kaido, if your navy wants to continue fighting, then I will unswervingly stand on the side of the Whitebeard Pirates!" ”

"You ...... Are you sure you don't plan to give way? ”

Hearing Shanks's words, the ghost spider's pupils contracted, and he silently put away his weapon and got out of the way......

Shanks walked all the way, almost separated all the vice admirals who were still at war, and finally came to Sengoku.

He looked at Whitebeard, then at Sengoku again, and said, "Your Excellency Sengoku, look around, this war has already brought too much pain, it's time to stop!" ”

Warring States followed his words and looked around, when the two sides fought before, they didn't think much of it, but when the whole battlefield was quiet now, people found that they didn't know when the white ground where the pheasant was frozen had been stained red with blood!

Countless stumps and severed arms, countless corpses, the navy and the pirates, there were a large number of wounded, who sat on the ground, covering their wounds and wailing.

Sengoku closed his eyes in pain and raised his head, unable to bear to look at this scene.

"Whether it's pirates or navy, they all have their own families!" Shanks spoke: "Don't let more young lives be lost on the battlefield, in this war, your navy has lost, but between the pirates and the navy, it is impossible to decide the winner because of a war, you still have hope to pin on the future." ”

"Give me face, Navy...... Retreat! ”

Taking a deep breath, Sengoku looked up at the sky and suddenly shouted, "All naval soldiers obey orders!" Withdraw...... Marin Fando!! ”

The war is over! But I don't know why, when the navy heard Sengoku's words, there was no frustration in his heart, but he relaxed for a while.

They silently picked up their wounded colleagues, gathered the bodies of their comrades, and slowly but orderly retreated back to the frozen naval warship.

Seeing this, Whitebeard was silent for a moment, and then said, "Ace, help them!" ”

Ace nodded, walked out of the crowd, and came to the shore, holding up a huge Fireball of the Flame Emperor with his right hand, and then slammed into the ice.

In the heat of the flames, the ice began to melt, and the ships of the navy were finally able to move......