In the memoirs of Luffy, Ace and Saab, there is a passage: When the Dadanshan thieves tried to escape from all pirates, Ace chose to stay alone to deal with the ferocious pirates, when Ace was only a child.
Afterwards, Dadan asked Ace, who was also bandaged, why didn't you run away? Is it so humiliating to run away from home? Isn't life more important?
Aston paused: I don't know, maybe because Luffy was behind me, so I couldn't escape!
After listening to Ace's words, Da Dan suddenly remembered what Karp had told her about Roger: Roger has a bad temper and leads the enemy violently, but he is often as simple as a child in front of his partners. He won't allow others to speak ill of his partner, and he will do anything to destroy a country for his partner. Especially no matter how powerful the enemy is, he won't run away. Maybe because the person he loves is behind him, he can't run away. In fact, even Roger's enemies can hardly hate him. He is such a person.
Even if you don't agree that you are the father of One Piece, the blood on your body can't be changed. In order to protect the people I love behind me, I never wanted to run away.
Ace showed this character incisively and vividly when chasing blackbeard. When Blackbeard said that he would win Luffy in exchange for the status of Qiwuhai, he was doomed to die, because he promised Saab to take good care of their younger brother, so even if Blackbeard restrained his ability, he would fight to the death!
Love my family in the name of my father and protect my people in the name of your father. If there is anyone in One Piece who hasn't run away all his life, it is White Beard, the uncrowned king who keeps pace with Roger in the post-Roger era. The same people are always attracted to each other, and by fate, Ace finally became a member of his father's rival ship.
White beard calls his crew son, and his members are also called white beard father. Just like Xiang Jishi went to sea for the sake of all blue, Sauron went to sea for the best swordsman in the world, and Robin went to sea for the sake of history. Just like this article, White Beard became a pirate not for jewelry, but for a home!
After finally rescuing Ace from the navy, White Beard gave the final captain's order: all personnel should retreat. I chose to stay alone, facing 100 thousand naval elites and the seven seas under the king. The most powerful man in the world is full of domineering, and tens of millions of people are gone!
As for the persuasion of his sons, White Beard explained: I am a remnant of the times. There is no boat to carry me in this era, so let me end it with this era. Times are changing, there is no need to look back.
Does he really want to escape? Yes, he just doesn't want to escape and can't escape, because behind him are his most important sons. Once he escapes, he will put his son in danger, so he won't escape!
Unfortunately, although White Beard has the appearance of the world, it is still difficult to stop the siege of wolves. In the last battle with Black Beard Tiki, the scarred body could not maintain its ambition after all, and finally died under the siege of Black Beard One Piece.
White beard's inner monologue before he died: I got everything about you, and I'm finished here. This is really a long journey, a wonderful sailing trip, thank you, goodbye to my sons!
The battle at the top is over: white beard, go to hell! Although he died unyielding, he was covered with scars and heroic attitude in fighting the enemy. He was a monster. In this battle, he got 267 knives, 152 guns and 46 shells. Nevertheless, his back is still full of dignity, or he didn't leave any escape shame in his pirate career.
Everyone is afraid of death, everyone has the instinct of fear, but for some people, what scares them even more is that they can't protect everything they want to protect, so they never know how to escape! Perhaps such behavior is silly and incomprehensible to others, but for a man like edward newgate with white beard, he loves his son more than his own life. After all, he knew the cruel reality of "life or death" from the day he went to sea.