You Bear the Name Figarland!

Watching Kuma swallow the Paw-Paw Fruit in one gulp, Linlin was so furious she nearly burst a lung. She looked at Gigue as if she wanted to devour him alive.

But at the moment, she had the will but not the means, because Saint Garling was firmly suppressing her, leaving her no chance to free herself.

Seizing the opportunity, Gigue raised a hand and pulled Ivan before him, shouting at Kuma,

"Kuma, hurry and use your ability to send us away! Control your strength, just slap us!"

Gigue had previously explained to Kuma and the others how to use the Paw-Paw Fruit's abilities for rapid movement. On top of that, Kuma was naturally highly compatible with the Paw-Paw Fruit, so upon hearing Gigue's words, he slapped himself and appeared before Gigue almost as if he had teleported.

Gigue spread both hands, and dark vortices emerged in his open palms. Their powerful attraction pulled Ginny and the kicked-away Ivan toward him.

Throughout the process, Gigue kept an eye on Saturn, who was tangled up in battle with the Rocks Pirates. According to the original storyline, that guy was supposed to come interfere with Kuma.

Yet Saturn showed no intention of coming over from beginning to end. Gigue guessed it might have been because Garling had left the battlefield.

After all, before the Roger Pirates arrived, the current Marines and Saturn alone still had a hard time dealing with the Rocks Pirates, even with actors scattered throughout the Rocks Pirates.

Kuma raised his hand again, preparing to use his ability to send himself, Gigue, and the other three away from God Valley.

Garling had been watching Gigue all along. He had seen Kuma's ability as well and guessed that Gigue was about to run.

Just as Kuma's hand was about to touch Gigue, Garling suddenly shouted at him,

"Kid! Remember this! You bear the name Figarland!"

"Pop!"

The Paw-Paw Fruit's ability activated, and Gigue vanished from where he stood. Kuma still wanted to save more slaves, but for some reason, Rocks suddenly went mad and unleashed his Conqueror's Haki. In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared across all of God Valley, as though the end of the world had arrived.

His eyes bloodshot, he glared at the place where Gigue had disappeared and roared so loudly that his voice echoed through the sky,

"Bastard! Where did you send that brat!? That was my fruit!!"

Sengoku and Garp exchanged looks. What was Rocks going crazy over? What fruit? The Paw-Paw Fruit?

Though Kuma had exceptional talent, he was still young. Rocks's Conqueror's Haki left him dazed for a moment. Once he came back to his senses, he did not dare hesitate and immediately used his ability to send himself away as well.

Saturn shouted at Garling,

"Garling! Get back here!"

Garling stood silently in place for a moment, then broke away from Linlin and charged toward his own battlefield. Linlin, meanwhile, had no intention of returning. Without Garling's interference, she began single-mindedly searching for the Azure Dragon Fruit.

In the distance, Saturn let out a sigh of relief when he saw Garling return and said quietly,

"That fruit was originally meant for you..."

Garling shook his head and said calmly,

"I was never particularly interested in Devil Fruits. I only came here to enjoy the thrill of the hunt. Besides, he's still alive, which means Vegapunk's experiment succeeded. In that case, no fruit could be more suitable for him than that one."

Saturn opened his mouth as if he wanted to say more, but Rocks gave him no chance to speak. Like a bolt of black lightning, he charged over and smashed a fist filled with fury down at Saturn.

Garp and Sengoku, who had originally been standing in front of Saturn, did not know whether it was intentional or not, but they actually stepped aside. Garling, meanwhile, did not move to stop Rocks because his mind was elsewhere.

The surrounding Celestial Dragon guards were loyal enough. They charged forward without fear of death, but in Rocks's eyes, they were no different from ants. Some were blasted directly into clouds of blood mist.

Saturn's cane spun as it flew away, while his face took a heavy punch. He immediately ended up flat on his back with all eight limbs in the air.

Sengoku looked like he wanted to laugh but did not dare to. Garp, on the other hand, snorted with laughter outright. Tsuru reached over and pinched him hard at the waist. Even Garp, whose Armament Haki was incredibly strong, had his defenses broken, and his expression looked worse than crying.

The Rocks Pirates had no such psychological burden. They burst into loud laughter, practically grinding Saturn's old face into the dirt.

Saturn got back up shortly after taking the heavy hit. As an Ability User of a Mythical Zoan, his recovery ability was naturally absurd.

Still, judging by the slight tremble in his body, Rocks's furious punch had clearly not been easy to endure.

After getting up, Saturn first swept his cold gaze across the Marines, lingering especially long on Garp. Garp picked his nose with an utterly unconcerned look on his face.

Garp was now an important fighting force. Even if Saturn was furious, he could not vent it on the spot. He could only suppress his anger and issue an order to Fleet Admiral Kong,

"Wipe out the Rocks Pirates. Leave no one alive!"

Rocks snorted coldly and said disdainfully,

"Just you lot? After today, I'll be the new king of the world! Boys! Get them!"

The two sides collided once more. Facing the combined forces of the Divine Knights and the Marines, the Rocks Pirates showed no signs of decline. If anything, they faintly seemed to be gaining the upper hand.

Rocks grew more excited as the battle continued. According to his original plan, it would have been best if he could obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit. With the Dark-Dark Fruit's power, his chances of victory would have increased greatly.

But the Marines and the World Government gave him the feeling that they were nothing special, and that was with certain members of his Pirate Crew slacking off.

Among Rocks's subordinates, Kaido was undoubtedly the one fighting hardest. At this point, he was just a youngster. He swung his spiked club so fast it left afterimages, smashing whoever he saw, in stark contrast to the Division Captains' performances.

Seeing this, Rocks had already begun considering giving Kaido a "promotion and raise" after they won.

But celebrating too early was always a grave taboo. Just as Rocks grabbed a Marine officer by the collar and prepared to snap his neck, a black-and-red sword beam tore across the sky with a howl.

"Divine Departure!"

Rocks's pupils contracted. He flung away the Marine in his hand and rapidly retreated.

The sword beam struck the ground, kicking up smoke that filled the sky. When it cleared, a bottomless ravine lay before everyone.

"Whoosh!"

A figure draped in a red cloak descended from the sky. A confident smile rested on his face. Garp, who had seemed uninterested the entire time, suddenly roared as though pumped full of energy,

"Roger! You bastard, you finally showed up!"

Roger turned and smiled at Garp, then pointed his sword at the grim-faced Rocks and said in a deep voice,

"Rocks, you're far too dangerous. We can't let you continue any longer!"