Garp: Can You Pause for a Moment? I Want to Kill That Bastard

Sengoku tilted his head up, looking at the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon looming high above him. His eyes flickered slightly.

On the vice ship, Kaido and Stussy also noticed the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon that had suddenly appeared.

Though its appearance had changed from a dark-red monster with four tails into a golden giant fox with nine tails, they both recognized at once that it was Ron.

"I never expected Ron to have such a trump card..." Stussy stood on the deck and turned to look at Kaido nearby, her tone carrying a hint of teasing. "Hey, Kaido, if he'd used this move against you when you sparred with him, would you have held a grudge for the rest of your life?"

Kaido shot Stussy a dark look. This damn woman really knew how to rub salt in his wounds.

"Hmph." Kaido lifted his head and stopped looking at her, his gaze returning to the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon. There was an indescribable complexity in his eyes. Well... perhaps there was the faintest trace of envy.

If he had a powerful Devil Fruit too, he would be as glorious as Ron was now.

"Hm? Why aren't you saying anything?" Stussy tilted her head and pressed on, her smile tinged with mischief. "Were you born unable to talk?"

"You..." Kaido snapped irritably. "If you've got so much free time, go help them!"

"Hahaha." Stussy waved her hand and laughed. "We're already preparing to retreat. Who cares about them?"

Kaido froze at first. One was an elder who had taken good care of him, while the other was the backbone of his trainee alliance. Was this woman really so vicious that she wanted to abandon them and run?

"Stussy, do you want to follow in that bastard Ochoku's footsteps?" Kaido gripped his spiked club and asked in a deep voice.

The carefree expression on Stussy's face instantly froze. She felt that if she did not explain herself, this idiot Kaido would soon swing his spiked club at her.

"Kaido, can you use your brain for once? Have you forgotten Ron's speed? As long as we don't leave their sight, he can catch up with us in minutes," Stussy said helplessly.

"You'd better mean that." Kaido snorted coldly.

Meanwhile, Ron, transformed into the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, did not waste words with Sengoku.

His body suddenly changed, and several arms condensed from chakra extended from both sides of his body.

"Lava Release."

Ron's voice emerged from the giant fox's mouth. The next second, a molten fireball formed in every palm.

Sengoku's gaze darkened. Without the slightest hesitation, he leaped up and shot toward the shore.

"Go."

Ron's voice rang out again.

The molten fireballs shot out at once, roaring through the air in pursuit with long blazing trails behind them.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!

The sound of the fireballs slicing through the air was shrill and piercing.

Sengoku did not take them head-on. He continuously changed direction, twisted, and rolled through the air, dodging every fireball with almost perfect timing.

BOOM!!!

All the molten fireballs crashed onto the ground. Explosions rang out one after another, mushroom clouds rising into the sky as firelight flickered amid the smoke and dust.

The enormous commotion made both Whitebeard and Garp, who had been locked in fierce combat, instinctively halt.

They turned their heads at the same time, first looking toward the explosions before turning their gazes toward the sea.

When they saw the golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon hovering above the sea, both Whitebeard and Garp showed undisguised astonishment.

"Gurararara!!" Whitebeard suddenly burst into laughter. He turned back toward Garp. "Looks like we can finally have a proper fight, Garp."

At the same time, Whitebeard cursed inwardly: Ron, you bastard. Why were you hiding an ability like this? You had me constantly worrying about your side.

Garp withdrew his gaze from the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, the corners of his mouth slowly spreading into a grin. "I remember that guy's name was Ron... Interesting. But before that, I'll take you down first, Newgate!!!"

Whitebeard laughed again. "Who takes down whom is still uncertain, isn't it? Idiot Garp!"

The instant his words fell, two bursts of Conqueror's Haki erupted simultaneously. Invisible pressure collided like two transparent walls, and the air groaned under the strain.

BOOM!!!

The two figures collided once more in an instant.

The bisento and iron fist clashed, and violent winds burst outward in all directions from their center.

Just as the two remained locked in stalemate and the airwaves surged around them—

They suddenly sensed something at almost the same time.

Without the slightest hesitation, they both withdrew their strength and rolled aside to evade.

BOOM!!

Something enormous crashed down where they had been standing moments earlier.

The shockwave swept outward, carrying shattered stones and sand in every direction.

Whitebeard and Garp both raised their heads to look at what had fallen.

When they saw what it was, disbelief appeared on their faces.

It was an entire section of a warship's bow, its broken keel exposed like ribs.

Almost at the same time, both of them looked toward the sea again.

The Nine-Tailed Fox Demon was still hovering above the water, but the World Government warship had vanished.

Garp's gaze returned to the severed bow before him, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

That's our ship?

That bastard... threw it over here?

This bastard... really makes my teeth itch.

"Hey, Newgate." Garp's voice no longer carried its earlier excitement. "Can you wait for me a moment? I want to kill that guy first."

Whitebeard was stunned for a moment, then let out an "Uh..." before immediately retorting, "What kind of joke is that? Do you think we're playing house?"

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