Bang bang bang...
Ah~
Upon hearing Whitebeard's command, the pirates rushed to clear a path for Luffy, bombarding him with cannons or slashing him with swords. In no time, a clear path leading to the Execution Platform was successfully cleared.
Clang!!
"Hurry up, Ace's brother! We have a clear path now, and we'll hold off the Navy, so don't worry!!"
The pirate captain, leading his remaining crew, blocked the surging marines in front of him and turned to shout at Luffy.
"Quickly, while the navy's attention is focused on Pops, make your best run forward, or you'll miss this opportunity..."
"Oh!! Thank you all..."
After sincerely thanking him, Luffy quickened his pace and rushed forward.
laugh...
"You, favored by fate, can you evade my sword?"
Suddenly, as Luffy turned to continue running, he saw a black figure blocking his way, and he immediately stopped in his tracks.
"You're Hawk-Eye... Damn it, I don't have time to waste on you right now..."
Luffy was speaking, he got into position again, ready to use Gear Second once more. But at that moment, a bald, shirtless man appeared in front of him and raised his hand to stop Luffy's next move.
"Leave him to me, you don't need to stay here..."
As Mr. 1 spoke, his hands clasped together and in a flash, they transformed into two incredibly sharp blades.
"You are, Jodaz Daz Bones, right...?"
A flicker of emotion crossed Hawk-Eye's eyes before he spoke.
"I never expected someone as important as you to remember my name. It's truly an honor. However, I'm here to stop you on the president's orders. Prepare to die, Hawk-Eye..."
Having said that, Daz Bones's feet transformed into blades, and he glided up the ground as if ice skating, while simultaneously slashing with both arms.
Clang!!
Hawk-Eye met the oncoming attack head-on without flinching, slashing down with his sword.
With a metallic hiss, a wound appeared on Daz Bones's chest, gushing out a large amount of blood as he collapsed.
"... So strong... Oh no, two...!!"
Luffy heard a slashing sound behind him, turned around and saw that Crocodile's subordinate who had helped him had fallen. He then saw Hawk-Eye take a step and leap towards him, swinging his sword. Just as Luffy was about to use Gear Second again, another person made a move.
Clang!!
Crocodile suddenly appeared in front of Luffy, his right arm Golden Hook blocking Hawk-Eye's Black Blade, and the two landed together.
Crocodile, you...
Luffy was very surprised to see that his former defeated opponent Crocodile would actually shield him from Hawk-Eye, and he exclaimed in astonishment.
"Stop babbling, Straw Hat Luffy. If you want to save someone, hurry up and get there, or you'll be crying later when you can't save them."
I'm really annoyed right now, Hawk-Eye, you better watch out...
Crocodile looked at Hawk-Eye with a sour expression and said...
"Hey, Mr. 1 isn't dead yet, is he? If so, get up right now!!"
He then shouted to Daz Bones, who was lying bleeding on the ground not far away.
"Well, I'm really sorry, I've been in prison for too long, my body is practically rotting away..."
Hearing his boss call out, Daz Bones didn't dare to slack off. He got up from the ground again, scratched his head, and slowly replied.
Click click...
Click click...
Whoosh! Boom!
"Hurry up, Straw Hat! Take advantage of this opportunity to run up the road and rescue your brother..."
After clearing out the enemies blocking their way, Luffy followed the path created by the Revolutionary Army's Inazuma using his powers, heading straight for the Execution Platform.
Ta-da-ta-da...
"Go... Straw Hat Luffy..."
"Rush in and rescue Ace..."
Luffy's actions greatly shocked the pirates who were clearing the way for him, and they all turned their attention to him, looking at him with hopeful eyes and shouting.
"Wait for me Ace... I'm coming to save you..."
Luffy said to himself as he ran.
"Don't come any closer, Luffy! It's too dangerous here! Go back!!"
Ace, who was standing next to Sengoku, could naturally feel the oppressive aura emanating from him. Ace knew that even if his grandfather Garp didn't Luffy, Sengoku wouldn't let them off easily. Thinking about the great danger his younger brother would face in coming to save him, Ace had no choice but to speak up and stop him.
Ta-da-ta-da...
Unfortunately, Luffy still didn't listen to his brother and continued running up.
"We're here, almost there..."
Luffy got closer and closer to Ace, he muttered to himself.
Swoosh...
Bang!!
However, at that moment, Garp couldn't sit still any longer and stepped in, leaping to the middle of the narrow stone passage connecting the ground to the Execution Platform.
Garp's sudden arrival caused a huge Impact on the stone path, and a deep pit appeared beneath his feet.
"Um... it's Grandpa! Make way, Grandpa, I need to get to Ace and rescue him..."
Luffy saw Garp blocking his way, he knew Garp wanted to stop him like the others, so he couldn't help but shout at him.
"Don't even think about it, Luffy. With me here, I won't let you through..."
Garp's expression showed some struggle, but he regained his composure when he thought of his duty and refused Luffy's request.
"No, I don't want to fight you! Get out of the way, Grandpa!!"
Luffy had no intention of fighting his grandfather and made one last effort to plead.
"Don't be so naive. I am Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral... How could I possibly let you pass so easily?"
Click click...
Although Garp was heartbroken, he had no choice but to act. With a forceful step, the road below began to Crushing Rupture, and fissures spread outwards.
"The road is about to Crushing Rupture, Straw Hat Luffy, we'd better hurry..."
The pirates shouted at him in alarm.
"I was already fighting pirates on this high seas long before you were even born..."
"Grandpa, I can't do it..."
"If you can't do that, then Ace will have to be executed... From this day forward, I will consider you my enemy. Prepare to die, Straw Hat Luffy Pirate..."
As Garp spoke, he swung his fist, which was almost the size of his head, and smashed it towards Luffy.
" Gear Second... Gum-Gum... Jet Pistol!!"
Swoosh...
Luffy was very reluctant when he heard what Garp said to him, but he still made a move. As Garp swung his fist, his leg muscles twitched, and then a large amount of light red steam rose up, punching Garp's chin.
Bang...
At this last moment, Garp thought of Luffy as a child, when he used to snuggle in his arms and be mischievous. A moment of hesitation flashed through his mind, and his hands stopped moving. But it was at this moment that Sengoku saw it from above.
boom...
Luffy seized the opportunity and delivered a powerful punch to Garp's jaw, sending Garp flying from Luffy's face and crashing into a distant house.
A collapse sounded, smoke filled the air, and Garp, who had been blasted away, destroyed the entire building, his body buried in the rubble and unable to rise.
Ta-da-ta-da...
Luffy stepped onto the Crushing Rupture road and continued running.
"You still can't bring yourself to do it, Garp... Fine, let me take action this time and completely extinguish your hopes, Straw Hat and Fire Fist!!"
Sengoku shook his head and sighed.
Then his expression gradually turned serious, and his aura continued to rise...
This change naturally startled Ace, who looked up at Sengoku and saw his solemn expression. He knew that things were about to get serious, but he couldn't dissuade Luffy, who had already run up to Luffy.
clatter...
"Hey~ finally up... Ace, wait for me, let me find the key first..."
After saying that, Luffy reached into his pockets and, after rummaging around for a while, pulled out a black key.
Little did they know that this action would make others even more uneasy, such as Sengoku standing next to the two, and... Kizaru, who was leisurely fighting alongside Whitebeard.
"Oh~ what happened? How did such an important key end up with you?"
Kizaru said with a slightly puzzled expression.
Swoosh...
Whoosh~
Suddenly, Whitebeard slashed at him from the side, but Kizaru spotted it in time and dodged it using his elemental transformation, then stood still a short distance away.
"Gurarararar... This is the reckless brat you all were talking about!!"
Whitebeard was clearly very satisfied with Luffy's performance, and said with a smile.
"That's not necessarily true..."
call out...
Kizaru smiled mysteriously, then extended his finger and unleashed a laser beam that instantly snapped the key Luffy was about to insert into the keyhole with great joy.
clang...
The key broke in two, one end falling to the floor with a crisp sound, but the sound didn't bother Luffy at all.
"Ah... ah... the key, the key is broken..."
Luffy stared blankly at the broken piece in his hand and said...
"Idiot, that's not what you should be worrying about right now. Look behind you, Luffy..."
Ace didn't care whether the shackles on his hands could be removed or not; the most important thing now was to remind Luffy to watch out for Sengoku, whose momentum was constantly rising behind him.
"Oh no... it's huge... oh no..."
Upon hearing Ace's warning, Luffy immediately turned around and saw a giant Buddha, the form of Giant's Sengoku, standing directly behind him, looking down at the two of them.
"The key broke? Good, but don't think I'll show you any mercy like your grandfather Garp. As the Fleet Admiral, it's my duty to finish you both off here. Prepare to die, Straw Hat Luffy, and Fire Fist Ace... Buddha Shockwave!!"
After speaking, Sengoku opened his fist, and his right fist transformed into a palm with a semi-transparent Impact that rushed towards the two of them.
"Uh... what's going on? I remember being knocked unconscious by some indescribable power just now, uh... eh!!"
Beside the two, an acquaintance, Mr. 3, dressed in the uniform of an executioner, slowly woke up. He saw a broken key in front of him and shook his groggy head, trying to recall how he had fainted and other things, but before he could continue talking, everything went black. He paused for a moment, looked up, and saw the enormous body of Sengoku, which blotted out the sun, appear before him, causing him to scream instantly.
"You're number 3?!"
"Hey, Straw Hat Luffy!!"
"Great! No time to explain, 3, quickly protect Ace, I'll hold him off!!"
After Luffy finished speaking, he bit his finger hard, puffed out air from his mouth and blew it into his body, instantly creating a giant fleshy Balloon that blocked Ace and Mr. 3's path.
"Oh my god!! The Candle Wall!!"
Mr. 3 then came to his senses, and with a wave of his hand, white candle slime enveloped Ace and him, conjuring up a candle-made tortoise shell on the outside with a hardness comparable to steel.
"Hmm... That was far too reckless. To so easily take Sengoku's attack was practically suicidal."
Rayleigh, who had already arrived at the Execution Platform, saw Luffy still trying to take Sengoku's attack. His expression changed, and he rushed forward at Extreme Speed while complaining.
boom...
Above, Sengoku's palm had already struck Luffy, who had puffed up and become almost as big as himself.
The violent Impact instantly surged through Luffy's body, causing him immense damage. He then coughed up blood, his aura weakened, and his bulging body quickly deflated.
"Mmm... drink!!"
Even so, Sengoku had no intention of holding back any longer, and continued to exert force with his palms and arms, propelling the Impact forward with tremendous force.
boom...
puff!!
Clang!!
boom...
Just as Luffy was about to collapse and revert to his original form, a white sword light flashed, severing the Impact that was right next to Luffy's body and causing a violent explosion.
"Hmm... it's you, Rayleigh... are you going to help them too?"
Sengoku's golden eyes looked up and saw Rayleigh, who had just caught up from below with a sword in hand, appear before him.
"It's obvious enough, isn't it, Sengoku? I won't let you continue to treat these two brothers with such impunity..."
Rayleigh held his sword to his chest with one hand and said with a smile.
"Is that so? Then let's see if you can save them from my grasp, Buddha Shockwave!!"
Whoosh... Boom!!
Seeing that Rayleigh was really going to step in to save the two, Sengoku couldn't stand by and watch. As soon as he withdrew his hand, an even more powerful Impact blasted at them.
" Flying Slash... Dark King’s Might!!"
boom...
Rayleigh smiled calmly, then gripped his sword, his body enveloped in Armament Haki, and with a powerful slash of his wrist, a dark gray Flying Slash of energy met the attack.
The two attacks collided, Annihilation each other and unleashing an even stronger Impact that swept across the Execution Platform and everything around it.
Click click...
boom...
The Execution Platform could not withstand the attack from the two, and the intense shockwave caused it to shake and collapse rapidly, with Luffy and his two companions falling down at the same time.
" The Buddha Form’s Wrath!!"
" Dark King’s Great Slash!!"
Clang!!
boom...
As the group plummeted to the ground, Rayleigh and Sengoku remained locked in a fierce battle in mid-air, neither giving an inch. Waves of energy Flying Slash across the surrounding area, and Impact blasted outwards everywhere, making the two the focus of the entire battlefield.
"No, no way, the Fleet Admiral Sengoku is actually being entangled by that silver-haired old man..."
Who is he and how does he possess such power?
During their fight, the surrounding marines were more concerned about Rayleigh's identity. In their eyes, apart from those few kings of the sea, no one seemed capable of alarming Sengoku. Now, the sudden appearance of such an oddball as Rayleigh naturally surprised and intrigued them.
"I remember now, that person is Rayleigh, Dark King Rayleigh."
"Hmm, you mean Dark King Rayleigh, the vice-captain of the Pirate King's ship?"
At this moment, someone in the restless crowd finally recognized him and shouted it out, which caused another commotion.
Meanwhile, with Mr. 3's help, Luffy finally got the key to unlock Ace's chains again. He inserted the key into the hole and twisted it, and was then engulfed in artillery fire from the Navy's order to fire.