"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"
Garp rose from the rubble, clearly gravely injured. He bent over and spat out several mouthfuls of blood, the gravity in his eyes plain to see.
River truly harbored secrets beyond an ordinary person's imagination.
With monstrous talent, he had reached the level of Roger and the others in just two or three years. He seemingly possessed a strange ability to strengthen others, and now he had revealed yet another powerful special skill.
"Even against Whitebeard, you weren't going all out?"
Garp shouted.
His words resounded across Marineford, making countless people look up in shock.
"You're kidding, right? River wasn't going all out in a fight like that?"
"Just how strong is he?"
"This is unbelievable! Someone actually exists who can fight Whitebeard, Admiral Akainu, and Vice Admiral Garp back-to-back!"
Everyone was stunned and trembling, with even a trace of bewilderment.
How could the gap between people possibly be this vast?
"My battle with Newgate was an honorable fight between men of the same era."
"There was no need to draw on any other abilities. That would have insulted our battle."
River spoke calmly.
His words left everyone even more speechless. He had undoubtedly confirmed Garp's suspicions.
"How much strength is River still hiding?"
Sengoku asked in a trembling voice, his golden Buddha face stern and grave.
"Who knows?"
"That man is unfathomable, as though shrouded in mist."
"And that's precisely why I'm willing to serve beneath him!"
Golden Lion spoke with deep emotion.
"Comparing him to Rocks is laughable!"
"That's nothing short of the greatest insult to him!"
"He could even create another Rocks!"
Sengoku fell silent, at a loss for words.
River's strength left people feeling hopeless and bewildered.
If Garp fell, the losses Marine Headquarters suffered today would be unimaginable. They would lose