After Luffy's burst of Haki, Whitebeard orders his men to back him up. As Luffy nears the platform, Hancock fights the Pacifista and encounters Sentomaru, Crocodile clashes with Mihawk, and Inazuma appears to create a path to the execution platform for Luffy. However, Garp steps in and states that Luffy must defeat him in order to reach Ace.