Gigue lightly tapped the ground with his toe and instantly appeared beside Zephyr. Garp immediately leaned over and poked Gigue's crystal-clear, jade-like skin with a finger, asking,
"Are you really Gigue?"
Gigue ignored him and turned to Zephyr.
"Teacher Zephyr, we've already taken control of the situation on the warship. There's no need to worry."
What else could Zephyr say? He could only nod stiffly to show that he understood, but he could not help asking,
"Gigue, what is this form of yours?"
Gigue replied blandly,
"It's the power of the Mink Tribe. Experiments were conducted on me."
As they spoke, Whitebeard suddenly sprang into action. A ring of shockwaves emerged from the tip of Cloud-Piercer, and his enormous body burst forth with astonishing speed, appearing before Gigue in an instant.
"Brat! Die!"
Cloud-Piercer had already cleaved through Gigue's body from top to bottom. The shockwaves spread, and dense azure cracks appeared in the air around Gigue as the entire Moby Dick began to shake violently.
Yet Gigue's figure merely twisted like a projection before returning to normal, seemingly completely unharmed.
Whitebeard frowned deeply. He could tell that his slash had not struck anything at all, and he thought,
Is it some kind of special Devil Fruit?
The instant his attack missed, Garp and Zephyr struck simultaneously, two pitch-black iron fists blasting toward Whitebeard's waist.
Whitebeard snorted coldly as another ring of transparent shockwaves appeared around his hand. Just as he was about to attack, he suddenly saw the shockwaves flicker before vanishing altogether.
He abruptly looked down and saw Gigue pressing a Darkness Transformation-covered hand against his abdomen. Before he could figure out what was happening, Garp and Zephyr's attacks landed on him.
One large and one small fist-shaped mark were left on either side of Whitebeard's waist. He