Aboard the Oro Jackson,
Roger watched Garp charge toward him.
"I can't let you wreck my ship."
With that, he kicked off and shot diagonally upward to meet the approaching Garp.
He held his sword behind him in both hands, coating it in Haki.
Black currents swirled around the blade as he swung hard at Garp, who had flown within reach.
Clang!
The blade collided with Garp's pitch-black iron fist. Across the clashing sword and fist,
the two stared at each other with wide grins, faint killing intent seeping from them.
"Aaaaaah!!!"
"Aaaaaah!!!"
Garp and Roger exerted themselves at the same time, roaring ferociously as veins bulged across their faces.
Boom!
An enormous explosion forced them apart, and a circular shock wave erupted between them, spreading outward for an unknown distance.
Roger adjusted his posture in midair, then vanished in an instant, charging toward Sakazuki and Whitebeard's battle.
Garp kicked off the air, leaving a white sonic boom several meters wide beneath his foot as he raced to intercept Roger.
Elsewhere, Sengoku appeared above the Oro Jackson.
Rayleigh, sword in hand, and Gaban, wielding his axes, flashed into the air.
One sword and two axes, all coated in Haki, slashed toward Sengoku.
The golden Buddha, dozens of meters tall, assumed a stance and pressed his enormous palm downward.
It met the sword and axes attacking from below head-on.
Clang!
Metal rang against metal as they remained locked together for a moment.
Then the expressionless Sengoku activated his power, and Rayleigh's and Gaban's pupils contracted.
They projected their Armament Haki over the ship's surface.
Beneath Sengoku's palm, an enormous translucent shock wave appeared out of thin air.
It slammed straight down onto the Oro Jackson.
As the ship rocked violently,
the translucent white shock wave turned into golden light that