Garp's Request

Fortunately, although Hashirama's Deep Forest Emergence failed to withstand the impact unleashed by Kaze's Susanoo, it still played some role.

By the time the shockwave spread into the distance, its power had weakened considerably.

Not only did it fail to instantly kill the Marines trapped in ice.

It instead shook the ice that had frozen them.

Cracks of varying sizes spread across the exquisite ice sculptures.

Then, the ice sculptures shattered, and the Marine soldiers trapped inside woke from their despair one after another.

They looked down at the fractured ice beneath their feet.

Then, they felt a wave of cold envelop them.

Achoo!

Achoo!

Achoo!

In such extreme weather, the Marine soldiers were not only shivering from the cold, but also sneezing one after another.

In less than two or three breaths, they could feel their hands and feet beginning to stiffen from the cold.

But compared to their own situation, they quickly became concerned about Kuzan.

They hurriedly looked around.

Yet Kuzan, in whom they had placed such high hopes, did not appear in their sight.

Instead, there was Susanoo, standing over the land in the form of a War God!

"W-What is that thing? Achoo..."

"Looks like some Ninjutsu used by that ninja, right? Where is Admiral Aokiji?"

"Could Admiral Aokiji have already been defeated by that ninja?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Admiral Aokiji is one of the strongest fighters on the Grand Line. How could he lose to a ninja from some small country?"

For a time, the Marine soldiers who had returned from the Ice Age could not help but discuss it among themselves.

Although some had already sensed Kuzan's defeat.

More Marine soldiers simply refused to accept such a reality.

On one hand, Kuzan himself was incredibly powerful.

On the other, if even Kuzan