Thump! Thump! Thump!...
Rumble!
Thick dark-red bolts of lightning burst from Luffy's chest, lashing the stone ground of the plaza again and again and sending shattered rocks flying in every direction.
Even more jaw-dropping was that, as his heartbeat rang out like pounding war drums, Luffy's life force rapidly rose from an almost imperceptible state, becoming blazing and immense.
The corners of Luffy's mouth slowly curled upward, forming a wild and brilliant smile.
Whoosh!
A visible puff of white vapor escaped from his mouth and drifted slowly into the air.
Then streams of white vapor began billowing continuously from Luffy's body. His hair, eyebrows, and clothes began turning white, while a white ribbon swiftly coiled around his arms.
Gradually, an invisible, intangible, peculiar power spread outward from Luffy in every direction, covering all of Oris Plaza and the town of Marineford. It formed a special domain that made the entire scene feel as though its style had abruptly changed...
"Shishishishi! Great! Looks like I came back to life..."
As the war-drum-like heartbeat faded away, Luffy immediately opened his eyes with a loud laugh.
After changing the nature of the ground beneath him into rubber, his body began bouncing across it. As if playing on a trampoline, he freely affected the surrounding environment and people.
"Luffy... You!?"
Garp was dumbfounded. Staring blankly at his grandson's sudden "resurrection," he felt as if ten thousand alpacas were stampeding through his heart.
At that moment, his emotions shifted from overwhelming grief to great joy, then straight into fury.
Garp desperately wanted to curse out loud:
If you were fine, couldn't you have gotten up earlier!?
How dare you toy with this old man's feelings like that!
Do you know that for your sake, you little brat, I've already abandoned my own position!?
Garp had