Uta's Idol.

Witnessing The War Of The Best.

The time has come and the wait is over. How will Uta react and what will her opinions be? Read and see. There will be lines from both manga and English dub in this chapter for . I don't own One Piece.

~Three more hours until the execution of Portgas D. Ace...

Uta, Rayleigh, and Shakky sat in their chairs silently. Uta holds her newly repaired spear tight almost as if her life depends on it. Rayleigh can sense Uta's nervousness, but doesn't have any words of comfort. Uta looks at the time nervously and takes in some deep breaths.

"They're going to start soon." Rayleigh said standing up.

"Yeah. It's time to go." Uta nods as she stands up as well.

Shakky simply nods and lets them leave without saying a word. The two walk through the groves and to where the citizens set up the snail where they're planning to show the execution. The two didn't exchange any words the entire walk there and eventually got to Grove 60. Since Rayleigh is a wanted man, the duo have to stay low since there are many news reporters.

"Let's get to higher ground." Rayleigh whispers. "There's an abandoned building above us that we can use."

Uta nods and she and Rayleigh jump from wall to wall silently until they reach the balcony. From above, they can see civilians and reporters flock around the projector with their notebooks and spyglasses out. Uta can only wait patiently to witness the greatest war the world has ever seen. Uta stares at the screen with her heart beating out of her chest. She saw it clearly, Marine Headquarters from multiple angles. Uta has seen many large buildings, including the ones in Elegia, and this one towers over all of them completely. The main stone building makes the giants look like normal people and the battleships like sailboats. The walls were lined with cannons and had the kanji for justices painted on the front.

"So this is what war looks like." Uta gasps as she stares at the screen. "I never thought the building of Marineford would be so big."

The building aside, Uta has never seen a navy battleship before and is surprised at how heavily reinforced it is and seeing how there are over a dozen of them, it's a wonder if anyone would dare approach Marineford as is. The number of marine soldiers there was staggering. Just by a glance, Uta can tell that their numbers are around eighty, maybe even a hundred, thousand. Ranking from Captain to Admiral, the strongest of the Marines were there guarding the scaffold ever so tightly. In the center, Uta could see the Seven Warlords of the Sea, two who she recognizes as 'Hawk Eye' Mihawk, her father's rival, and the 'Tyrant' Bartholomew Kuma, who was the one who separated the Straw Hat Pirates and defeated her. Despite being in the safety of the Archipelago, Uta gets cold shivers and goosebumps just from the sight of it. The others she knows by face, but not by name. There was a man with glasses and a pink feathered cape, a large obese man dressed in black, and a woman with a pet snake. Uta can know they were all Warlords, but never bothered to learn their names. The woman in purple in particular pisses her off for some reason for which she can't explain why. Finally, there were three men sitting right below the scaffold. They were the Marine Admirals. The only one Uta recognizes is the man dressed in yellow who is commonly known as Kizaru. Uta can only assume that the others are just as tough as that man. Uta was talking big about Whitebeard and Luffy coming to rescue Ace, but her confidence has been taking a serious blow.

"They aren't kidding about this." Uta said shakingly. "With a setup like this, can Whitebeard even pull it off?"

"Knowing Newgate, he has a plan." Rayleigh said as he took a sip from his flask. "He may be old, but not senile."

Uta gulps as she stares at the projector and then her eyes widen. As I look at the dead center of the screen.

"Ace." Uta whispers quietly.