"Marco, what's with all the fuss? Get a hold of yourself!"
"It's just Garp! It's not like I can't beat him!"
Whitebeard swore angrily.
He was clearly rather annoyed that Marco had interrupted their conversation.
After all, he hadn't gotten to hear the name Roger was about to say...
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only for the updates to stop! (doge.jpg)
But he had a few guesses now.
Beside him, Roger calmly sipped the fine wine in his cup,
smacking his lips as he savored the taste of home.
"Still getting here as fast as ever...
That's Garp for you!"
Whitebeard fell silent for a moment.
"So? Are you planning to take this chance, now that Garp's here,
to turn yourself in...?"
Just as Roger was about to answer,
he suddenly felt a twisting pain in his heart.
"Damn it, why now..."
Before he could finish, Roger had already lost consciousness!
"Roger! Roger! Hey! Wake up!!"
Whitebeard hurried forward
and patted Roger's body,
trying to wake him.
But the instant he touched him,
Whitebeard let out a puzzled sound.
He discovered that Roger's body was burning hot!
"You damn fool,
your body's already this wrecked,
and you're still pushing yourself!"
Whitebeard swept his large hand.
Third Division Captain [Diamond] Jozu
and Fifth Division Captain [Flower Sword] Vista
appeared beside Whitebeard at the same time.
"Pops!" ×
"You two, hurry and take this guy to the ship's doctor!"
"Yes, Pops!"
"Got it, Pops!"
As he watched Roger being carried away,
a trace of resolve flashed across Whitebeard's face.
"Until you say yourself that you're turning yourself in,"
"I, Edward Newgate,
will never hand you over!!"
"Marco, notify the other divisions!"
"Prepare for battle!"
"Yes, Pops!"
Whitebeard swept his large hand,
wearing a white pirate captain's coat,
Murakumogiri in hand!
He strode toward the harbor!
Meanwhile, off Vanka Island,
Garp and the others' warship had stopped in the coastal waters,
but had not docked at the harbor.
After all, Whitebeard's destructive power really was formidable.
This also left the soldiers a way out!
By now, the soldiers had all disembarked
and were facing off against the Whitebeard Pirates not far from shore!
Thud! Thud! Thud!
A series of heavy footsteps reached everyone's ears.
A towering figure, . meters tall, appeared before them!
That white mustache curving upward like a crescent moon
made the man before them instantly recognizable!
The [World's Strongest Man]!
A quake man who had eaten the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!
A man with the power to destroy the world!
[Whitebeard]-Edward Newgate had arrived!
"Garp!!!"
Whitebeard roared!
His Conqueror's Haki erupted without mercy!
The powerful Conqueror's Haki swept toward the shore!
Countless Marine soldiers had no chance to react!
Their minds simply went blank,
and the world spun around them.
They were knocked unconscious in an instant!
"Damn you, Newgate!!"
Garp said through gritted teeth.
Just then, a blazing presence surged from beside Garp!
That blazing force slammed into Whitebeard's Haki!
The collision of the two auras actually tore the sky apart!
Garp stared at Xiu beside him in shock!
"Is this... Conqueror's Haki? No!"
"This is a different kind of presence!"
But this wasn't the time to dwell on it!
Garp swung up a cannonball beside him
and hurled it!
"Fist Bone Meteor!!!"
On the shore, Whitebeard, likewise shocked by Xiu's aura,
was now looking solemnly at the young man's figure!
"Era... Xiu! What an outstanding young man!!"
As his words fell, Garp's cannonball was about to strike right in front of Whitebeard!
"Hmph! Garp, you're underestimating me a little too much!!"
Whitebeard planted Murakumogiri in the ground
and held both hands before him.
A strange white glow enveloped his hands!
"Air Quake!!"
Bzzz... crack!
The cannonball did not explode as expected.
Instead, it was shattered outright!
Garp wasn't surprised by this.
It was the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, after all!
But that cannonball also interrupted
Whitebeard's continuous release of Conqueror's Haki.
Xiu also withdrew his surging Reiatsu at the right moment.
"Phew... Whitebeard certainly lives up to his name..."
Xiu let out a long, stale breath.
During that brief collision,
Xiu might have looked relaxed,
but only he knew
the intensity of that Conqueror's Haki...
It could only be called divine might as imposing as a mountain!!!
"Xiu, are you all right?"
Gion asked from beside him, her voice full of concern.
Xiu waved a hand. "Don't worry, little bunny."
But at that moment, Gion's attention was entirely focused on those words of Xiu's...
L-little bunny?!?
Xiu pressed a hand to his forehead. Oh no... I got too used to calling Momousagi that in my previous life...
But right now, he couldn't dwell on it.
Xiu turned his gaze toward Whitebeard.
"Old man, you're in pretty good shape, huh? Taking cannonballs for fun?"
Garp pounded his chest hard.
"Are you kidding? I'm super brave, okay!"
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