Luffy was thrown toward Garp.
Such a maddening move stunned Nami and the others inside the barrier.
They did not even have time to see what happened to Luffy before the spherical barrier carried them down toward the position of the Whitebeard Pirates' main forces.
Garp was stunned too, staring wide-eyed at Luffy as he flew straight toward him.
As a grandfather, he should have caught Luffy securely.
As the Marine Hero, he should have said nothing and simply taught Luffy a lesson with an Iron Fist.
Garp had less than a second to decide.
But he was an old hand, after all.
Garp quickly reacted, then cleanly swung his fist into Luffy's approaching face.
Bang!
Luffy's face took a heavy blow, and his entire body crashed into the ground with a boom, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The punch looked impressive, but in reality, it had not caused Luffy any substantial harm.
That was because when Garp threw the punch, he had not used Armament Haki. He had not even used half his strength.
Restrained by familial affection, he was obviously holding back, but he still had to put on an act.
However, the surrounding Marines were focused on Maud and the others, so none of them saw Garp's "mighty" punch hammer Luffy into the ground.
Sengoku and Tsuru did, though.
"..."
Several black lines appeared on Sengoku's forehead.
Garp had been hammered down by Luffy twice. Even if he had the chance to hammer Luffy back, the final result would absolutely be him holding back.
Sengoku had completely given up on Garp.
Since he could not count on Garp's combat strength, he could only silently exclude him from the battle.
Sengoku turned his gaze toward Maud, who was surrounded by numerous subordinates.
"Even at the risk of