Garp concentrated all his power into his right fist. He realized that Kazu was holding back, not going all out to force him to fight back. He was probably hiding his true strength.
"That's truly remarkable."
Kazu stopped grinning and gripped Muramasa tightly in mid-air.
With a flick of his left hand, he applied a buff.
" Overdrive!"
Kazu rarely uses this move, but after using it, he feels that his strength, speed, and even his Haki have increased.
Conqueror's Haki coating Muramasa's blade, and a spatial force also adhered to Muramasa.
" Rising Upper Slash!"
Kazu suddenly charged forward, and Muramasa slammed into Garp's fist from below.
Thump!!!
The surrounding ground was already overwhelmed, and a large crater tens of meters in diameter had formed beneath their feet.
Black and red Inazuma raged wildly all around, and the strong wind made it hard to open one's eyes.
Let's step back a bit.
Seeing that Makino, Robin, and Drew were struggling, Behrens told everyone to step back to avoid being accidentally injured by the two monsters.
"Good lad, you've got guts."
"It has the charm I had in my youth."
Garp praised Kazu's strength without reservation; this young man was only 20 years old, yet his strength was already so terrifying.
If he were to improve for several more decades, he couldn't even imagine where the ceiling of Kazu's potential would be.
"You're not bad either, old man Garp."
"I'm not so old that I can't throw a punch anymore."
Not only did they physically fight, but they also kept exchanging words; that's what makes a fight interesting.
Kazu used Muramasa, which put some pressure on Garp, and Kazu's attack power increased significantly.
However, he still hasn't witnessed the spatial displacement that Kuzan and Borsalino mentioned, but he already knows what Kazu's intentions are.
It's highly likely they want a real fight with me, but if they use those old-fashioned abilities, it might affect the enjoyment of the battle.
Since that's the case...
"Hey, Kazu brat, I know you have some incredibly cunning spatial abilities, but it seems you want a real man's duel with me, all fists and all."
"Bring it on, kid! Let me see what you've got!"
That's right, Garp isn't stupid at all. He shut up Kazu with his words, defining this kind of hand-to-hand combat as a battle between real men.
If he's not afraid of being called a woman by Garp in the future, then he should think twice.
Garp preemptively sealed off a portion of Kazu's abilities with a single sentence, at least psychologically.
"Tch, Borsalino and Kuzan told you that, didn't they?"
"It's true what they say: it's easy to spread rumors, but incredibly difficult to debunk them."
"I'm such an upright person, and they actually talked badly about me behind my back. It seems I'll have to have a good heart-to-heart talk with these two next time I run into them."
Kuzan, Borsalino: Vice Admiral Garp, listen to me, thank you. Because of you, he remembers me!
Kazu felt his dignity had been insulted; he was clearly such an upright person.
However, since Garp had already given the hint, he had originally planned to spar with Garp a few more times to observe his opponent's martial arts skills, so he might as well take the opportunity to back down.
Kazu and Garp clashed again, and the Dog-Head Warship finally arrived at the shore.
"That commotion was terrifying."
"Yes, even though we're so far apart, we still feel like we're being suffocated by the pressure."
"We know Vice Admiral Garp, but we didn't expect this Kazu to be so formidable."
Bogard had no time to listen to his subordinates' idle chatter and immediately issued orders.
"Leave fifty men to guard the ship; the rest of you, follow me."
There were 500 sailors on board, 450 of whom, led by Bogard, ran straight towards the center of the battlefield.
"Oh ho, it seems some friends have arrived."
"We can't let them interfere with Captain Kazu's battle."
Behrens noticed them just as the navy landed.
Has anyone come over?
" Behrens, I'll go with you."
Oulait and Behrens headed straight for the naval docking location, leaving Carlmand and Hancock, two high-level combatants, there just in case.
Kazu, caught up in the battle, noticed the navy landing and frowned slightly, sensing that the fight wouldn't last much longer.
"What's wrong, Kazu brat? You've sensed my power, haven't you?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Garp's Observation Haki was powerful, but not as wide as that of Kazu and Behrens. He didn't realize that Bogard and the others had already reached the shore, and thought that Kazu was feeling the pressure.