"Retreat—!!!"
Teach's voice had barely fallen.
Amid the ruins, Stronger suddenly struggled to his feet, flapping wildly as he forced himself into the air from beneath the rubble.
"Stronger!"
Teach raised a hand, and darkness instantly spread outward.
"Dark Water!"
Bzz—!
A powerful suction force seized Stronger directly.
At the same time, Teach used that force to leap up and plant a foot on the horse's back.
"Go!"
Stronger let out a shrill neigh, his white wings snapping open.
Boom!
Man and horse shot rapidly into the sky.
Sengoku looked up.
"Trying to run?"
Teach did not answer. Stronger carried him higher and higher.
A hundred meters.
Two hundred meters.
Only when he had risen high enough to overlook the entire harbor did Teach suddenly turn back.
The blood on his face had yet to be wiped away, his eyes filled with savage bloodshot veins as his right fist slowly drew back.
Crack.
At the crisp sound, Sengoku's expression shifted slightly.
With a second crack, the air split apart.
No.
More precisely, the entire sky seemed to be gripped by some force, white fractures appearing inch by inch.
Sengoku's face changed instantly at the sight.
"That bastard, is he trying to...?!"
On the other side.
Garp abruptly looked up as well, the smile vanishing from his face.
Standing atop Stronger's back, Teach looked down at the entire island and grinned through bloodstained teeth.
"Zehahahaha!"
"If I can't get away—"
The air around his right fist shattered completely, black-red lightning leaping wildly through the cracks.
"Then none of you are getting off easy—!!!"
His fist slammed down without hesitation.
"Shock Break—!!!"
Crack—!!!
At that very moment!
The sky truly seemed to shatter, vast white fractures suddenly spreading outward as earth-shaking pressure poured down over more than half the island.
Rumble—!!!
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