"Stop!!!"
Just then, a blood-soaked figure suddenly rushed over and stood in front of Luffy.
It was Garp!
His body was covered in wounds, and blood kept pouring from the wound that pierced his shoulder.
His face was white as paper, his breathing weak and rapid.
Yet he still gritted his teeth and rose to his feet.
He threw a punch, putting the last of his strength into it.
To protect someone dear to him, he unleashed everything he had, pushing beyond his limits.
"I... will never let you hurt Luffy!!!"
But Ross did not stop for him, either.
Shhk!!!
Ross's hand was like a blade that could cut through anything.
Without meeting any resistance, it pierced the arm Garp had thrust forward in a punch.
Then that hand kept going.
It tore through Garp's shoulder.
It tore through Garp's chest.
It ripped Garp's entire body diagonally in two, from his right shoulder to his left waist.
"Aaaaah!!!"
Garp let out an agonized scream!
Blood gushed from his body like a fountain.
His organs slid out through the enormous wound.
Yet even then, he did not fall!
With his intact left hand, he clamped onto Ross's wrist, refusing to let him advance.
"Lu... Luffy... quick... run..."
His voice was weak and hoarse, his eyes filled with despair and defiance.
"G... Grandpa..."
Luffy froze completely.
His eyes widened as he stared at the scene before him, his mind utterly blank.
The grandfather who had bullied him ever since he was little.
The grandfather who had always seemed as mighty as a mountain.
Now he had been torn in two and was collapsing right in front of him.
"Grandpa!!!"
Luffy let out a heart-rending roar.
Tears burst from his eyes like water through a broken dam.
"Grandpa! Grandpa!!!"
He struggled desperately, trying