A mysterious smile had spread across the man's face then, perhaps because he had been saved, but more likely because he had discovered a weakness in the seemingly invincible Barn.
Now he sat on the ground, clutching his severed wrist as it continued to bleed, smiling at Barn, whom Garp had sent flying with a single punch.
"So that's how it works? The barrier that wouldn't collapse no matter how many times I slashed at it from inside was destroyed so easily by an attack from outside?"
The man murmured with a smile, though blood loss had already left his face as pale as paper.
Meanwhile, Barn looked stunned as he flew back from Garp's punch. The figure he saw through Mind's Eye and that familiar presence had made it easy to recognize Garp, but he couldn't understand why Garp had suddenly attacked him.
"Garp!"
Barn shouted at Garp, who had sent him flying, but Garp remained unmoved. He immediately used Soru, one of the Six Powers, to close the distance, swinging his Armament Haki-coated fist at Barn once again!
Smack!
The punch didn't land on Barn's face as intended. Although Barn was extremely weak now, he still reached out with one hand and firmly blocked Garp's fist.
"Garp! Have you lost your mind? I was about to kill him! Why are you stopping me!"
Barn was practically roaring. He knew all too well how rare that opportunity had been. Just when he was about to kill the man who had brought him endless pain and humiliation with his own hands, Garp's arrival had turned it all into a fantasy. Worse, it had exposed the weakness of his Awakening, making killing the man in the future even harder.
"Barn! That's exactly why I have to stop you!"
But Garp's shout