Garp had only just recovered from his shock. He shook his head, clenching his fists until his knuckles cracked. "I've never seen anything like it. That brat hid his strength too well. If I'd known he could do this, I wouldn't have had to worry!"
Despite his words, his eyes shone with pride. With a young man like this around, the Navy's future really was secure!
In a tavern in the Sabaody Archipelago, the projection showed the enormous meteor in perfect clarity.
The pirates froze with their cups halfway raised, oblivious even as liquor spilled over them.
The entire tavern fell deathly silent. Only the crackling of the projection Den Den Mushi remained.
"Wh-what is that?"
"He can trap people and rocks in the sky in the middle of a battle? Is he even human?"
"No wonder he could defeat Whitebeard and Big Mom. With an ability like that, who could beat him?"
Kid clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white. His eyes burned with resentment, but there was nothing he could do.
"Damn it! How does he have such an insane ability?"
He had always thought his Magnet-Magnet Fruit was powerful enough, but before Mu Chen, it felt like a child's toy.
By the shore, Buggy clung to the ship's railing, his jaw practically on the deck.
Staring at the meteor that dwarfed his ship, he suddenly shrank back toward the cabin and roared at his underlings, "Quick, row! Get as far from Marineford as possible! That brat's gone mad! If we stay here, that rock will crush us!"
Three underlings rowed desperately. The wind strained the sail until it nearly tore, but none of them dared stop.
The meteor looked as though it could fall at any moment and smash all of Marineford to pieces.
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