Boom!!!
With a thunderous crash, Natsuya's figure vanished in an instant!
"Shave!?"
Smoker, Tashigi, and the others' expressions changed at once.
The astonishing sight immediately made them think of Shave, one of the Navy's Rokushiki techniques.
But Garp merely raised an eyebrow.
To his surprise, he realized that Natsuya had not used Shave.
He had simply moved!
The reason Smoker and the others had mistaken it for Shave was because Natsuya was simply too fast!
In the blink of an eye, he arrived before Garp and threw a fierce punch!
Garp remained completely unfazed. With a slight tilt of his head, he avoided Natsuya's fist.
After missing, Natsuya did not linger. He abruptly retreated, kicking up dust before charging at Garp again at astonishing speed!
For a moment, it seemed as if several Natsuyas had appeared on the field, continuously punching and kicking at Garp.
Yet without exception, every attack was avoided by Garp.
Natsuya could not even touch the corner of Garp's clothes!
Seeing this, Smoker, Tashigi, and the others' shock at Natsuya's speed gradually turned into reverence for Garp.
There was no doubt that Natsuya had unleashed even greater power now!
Setting everything else aside, if he had fought Smoker at this speed earlier, Smoker would likely have already lost.
As for Nami, her face was naturally filled with despair.
"It's over, it's over!"
"Lord Natsuya really is no match for Hero of the Navy Garp!"
At this moment, Natsuya was attacking with unparalleled ferocity while Garp remained calm and composed. From that scene alone, the outcome seemed already decided.
However, Natsuya was not surprised in the slightest.
After opening three of the Eight Inner Gates, even his ordinary movement speed was comparable to Shave.
The strength he possessed in such a state was naturally easy to imagine.
But if he thought he could defeat this legendary veteran with just that, he would be dreaming.
Natsuya had never thought so!
What he had done just now was merely probing and warming up.
What came next would be the true eruption!
Mirror of Heart Door!
Natsuya gave a low cry, and a pair of almost transparent glasses appeared over the bridge of his nose.
The surging energy had no effect whatsoever on the glasses.
The instant they appeared, Natsuya heard Garp's thoughts.
Is Natsuya's current state an eruption of his potential? How did he do it?
Huh? What's with those glasses!?
Could all of this be the Door-Door Fruit's power?
Clearly, although Natsuya had not harmed him in the slightest, Garp had developed considerable interest in him.
Natsuya's performance was simply too astonishing.
Only now did Garp finally understand why Rob Lucci, known as the strongest CP9 member in eight hundred years, had lost to Natsuya!
Hearing Garp's thoughts, Natsuya's lips curled upward as he vanished again.
"Shave!!"
This time, he appeared beside Garp at even greater speed and threw a straight punch!
Garp instinctively tried to evade it, but at that moment, something utterly unexpected happened!
As though Natsuya had predicted his evasive movement, his fist suddenly turned, curving around to slam into Garp's body!
A powerful force erupted. Even Garp was blasted three steps back.
"Hmm!?"
"What!?"
"Vice Admiral Garp was hit!?"
Tashigi and the others were immediately stunned.
Smoker clenched his cigar between his teeth, unable to keep himself from frowning.
Natsuya had actually hit Garp this time!?
Inside the Different Dimension, Nami was also dumbfounded.
At that moment, even Garp froze for a second.
Just now, he had used Paper Art to evade as he had before, yet he had unexpectedly been struck by Natsuya!
What was going on!?
One had to know that even if Garp's Paper Art was at the same top-tier level as Natsuya's, there was still a considerable gap between them.
That was why he had been able to calmly avoid all of Natsuya's attacks earlier.
And now, although Natsuya had become faster, Garp believed his Paper Art should still have been enough to avoid his attacks.
Yet he had been hit!
Wait, was it the effect of those glasses?
Having fought countless battles and possessing incomparably rich combat experience, Garp quickly came up with a guess.
Next, as expected, Natsuya seized the opportunity to attack. Garp tested him briefly and quickly understood.
These glasses seem to allow Natsuya to predict my movements!!
Even Garp was somewhat surprised when he realized this.
Because this effect could practically be considered a weaker version of Observation Haki!
Not bad, not bad. Too bad you ran into me!
Garp nodded to himself and smoothly dealt with Natsuya's attacks again.
The battle continued.
But Natsuya's expression gradually turned solemn.
Although he could see Garp's thoughts, it seemed to be of little use!
After catching him off guard and hitting him once with Mirror of Heart Door, Natsuya could no longer touch Garp again.
Natsuya understood the reason for this situation perfectly well: Garp had used Observation Haki!
Come to think of it, Mirror of Heart Door could indeed produce effects similar to Observation Haki in battle.
But an inferior version was still an inferior version. Before true Observation Haki, Mirror of Heart Door simply could not measure up.
Moreover, a legendary veteran like Garp definitely possessed Observation Haki of no low level!
Such an enormous gap in perception was absolutely not something Natsuya's current strength could make up for.
Thus, the battle soon returned to how it had begun.
Natsuya darted around Garp, but he still could not touch a single hair on him!
Seeing this, Smoker, Tashigi, and the others gradually calmed down.
Meanwhile, Nami was once again swallowed by despair.
After all, Garp had not launched a single attack since the fight began!
Yet Natsuya already seemed to be giving it everything he had.
The gap between the two was simply as vast as heaven and earth!
It was foreseeable that the moment Garp struck, Natsuya would be defeated!
And then, Garp finally made his move!
His Observation Haki predicted the direction of Natsuya's attack. He suddenly clenched his fist and threw an utterly unadorned punch!
The instant he punched, a dense black color surged over his bowl-sized fist. Terrifying power was contained within it, waiting to erupt.
There was no doubt about it: Armament Haki!
In that instant, every hair on Natsuya's body stood on end as an intense sense of danger engulfed his heart.
That iron fist could neither be dodged nor stopped!
Natsuya's pupils contracted. Without the slightest hesitation, the Door-Door Fruit's power erupted!
"Triple Rashomon!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With three thunderous crashes, three gates bearing demonic faces and fangs materialized out of thin air!
But at that moment, a scene that made Natsuya's expression drastically change appeared!
Boom boom boom!!!
As the iron fist struck, three more deafening explosions rang out.
The Triple Rashomon, as sturdy as a copper wall and iron barrier, was directly shattered by Garp's iron fist!
None of Rashomon's defensive, weakening, or dispersing effects worked at all!
Immediately afterward, amidst the fragments filling the air, a black iron fist continued driving toward him!
In that instant, heaven and earth seemed to freeze.
Time itself slowed.
Only that black iron fist continued to grow larger and larger in Natsuya's pupils!
At that moment, Natsuya felt the terror of being dominated by an iron fist!
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