The Furious Garp!

Bang... Rumble!!

Amid the deafening impact, the buildings cracked apart in an instant, scattering into fragments that filled the sky. Violent air currents surged wildly in every direction, as devastating as a storm.

But Tesoro felt no joy. He stared in disbelief toward where his fist had struck and asked the figure who had blocked it with his back.

"Azure Dragon Admiral, why?!"

It had been such a perfect chance for a sneak attack. With his internal organs injured, Garp should never have been able to withstand it.

In response, Ron brushed the dust from himself and turned his head.

"Sorry, Tesoro. Everyone else is one thing, but this guy... I have to deal with him myself!"

Tesoro understood at once.

Covering his broken arm, he staggered to his feet and nodded. "I understand, Azure Dragon Admiral."

With that, he controlled the gold beneath him to lift himself away from the area.

Clink, clank...

The Seastone handcuffs crackling with electricity fell from his chest. On closer inspection, the current was not directly touching the Seastone; it drifted through the golden dust lingering in the air, while a key forged from molten gold sat in the keyhole.

"Without me noticing, you melted gold with lightning and made a key..."

Garp frowned deeply. "Your Fruit Ability has grown stronger again, Ron!"

"Of course it has. Fighting monsters from the New World all the time... if I didn't get stronger, I really would get beaten to death."

Ron calmly puffed on his cigar and spoke indifferently.

"But I'm curious, Mr. Garp... how did you investigate this far? No one around me should have let anything slip."

"You may not believe this, brat. I've seen Pluton's blueprints—the original blueprints, at that..."

Garp spread his hands and shrugged. "Otherwise, why would the government suddenly learn