Chronological Disorder

At this moment, on Mount Colubo within the kingdom's territory.

A painful scream echoed through the mountains at night, startling the birds and beasts into fleeing.

"It hurts!!"

Fourteen-year-old Straw Hat Luffy clutched his head, a large, red, swollen bump on his forehead. Tears welled in his eyes from the pain as he glared defiantly at the old man in front of him.

"I'm made of rubber, so why does Grandpa's punch hurt so much!"

"Hahaha, Luffy, this is Grandpa's Fist of Love!"

Garp laughed heartily, then, remembering something, roared:

"You idiot, Ace ran off to become a pirate all by himself, why didn't you stop him?"

He only saw the wanted poster about Ace's departure to sea while on his way back home to visit his family.

Ever since he witnessed Zephyr Awakening Mammon's Haki with a single kick, he decided to test it on his two grandsons, but before he even got home, one of them had already run away.

Luffy covered his ears with both hands, and as he answered, his nose stretched out like Pinocchio's.

"I... I don't know."

"Bang!"

"Ouch!! Why did you hit me again!?"

"I'm getting into it."

Garp snorted. He knew his grandson too well. He could tell whether Luffy was about to poop or fart just by Luffy his butt out. There was no way he would lie to him.

This kid doesn't understand anything... As the son of the Pirate King Roger, Ace will inevitably be targeted by the Navy once he enters the Grand Line. If the Navy is determined to investigate, they will eventually find out everything that happened back then.

Garp sighed inwardly. Even if Sengoku wouldn't do anything out of consideration for him, the Five Elders wouldn't.

The deed is done, and Luffy now won't help. Besides, it's not entirely his fault; it was all Ace's personal choice... Garp shook his head, a serious expression on his face, and said:

"Luffy, you must become an excellent Marine in the future."

"No, I'm going to be the Pirate King!"

"Bang!"

"It hurts!"

Luffy had three large bumps on his head, piled up together, which looked quite comical.

Garp laughed heartily, "We'll talk about the future later, Luffy. Today, Grandpa will teach you Haki. Didn't you ask me why my punches can hurt you, you Rubber Man? The answer is this!"

"What this and that..." Luffy was completely confused; he had never even heard of Haki.

Immediately afterward, before he could react, Garp's fist came flying again, this time an uppercut.

Luffy clearly saw that his grandfather's fist had turned black. Of course, he wanted to dodge, but he couldn't. His body's reaction couldn't keep up with his grandfather's punching speed. Being able to see some of the attack trajectory was already the limit.

Bang!

With a dull thud, Garp Luffy in the chin, sending him flying into the air.

As the fist struck, a surge of Haki entered Luffy's body.

Luffy coughed up blood and immediately lost consciousness.

"Oops... did I go too far?"

Even the most oblivious person would feel a pang of unease upon seeing their grandson vomiting blood.

Garp reached Luffy, carefully observing his condition. He was only unconscious and not in any life-threatening danger.

Is Zephyr's Awakening method really reliable?

Thinking about it carefully, he used his Haki to beat Luffy quite a few times before, but Luffy hasn't shown any signs of Awakening Haki over the years.

"He might lack experience in life-or-death situations. Tomorrow, I'll throw this brat into a mountain canyon."

Garp made the decision happily.

He placed Luffy next to the wooden stake, then uprooted a large tree with his bare hands. He then used his hand as a knife to cut the trunk into several sections, taking the most comfortable section to use as a stool and placing it on the ground.

Afterward, he lit a campfire, bringing light to the forest at night.

The flickering firelight cast intermittent shadows on Garp's face as he sat on a tree bench, staring intently at the campfire.

I'm going to be the Pirate King!

Luffy's words echoed in Garp's mind. He sighed inwardly, "What does this brat know? What's so great about the Pirate King?"

Garp was torn; he didn't want Luffy to become a pirate, but he couldn't bear to deprive the child of his freedom.

No matter what happens in the future, at least this kid will master Haki... Garp made up his mind that before leaving this time, he must Awakening Luffy, and for this, some physical pain is a necessary experience.

Plop plop.

Suddenly, the Den Den Mushi in my pocket rang.

Garp took out Den Den Mushi, glanced back at Luffy asleep, got up and walked a distance away to answer the phone.

"Vice Admiral Garp, orders from headquarters: you happen to be on leave in the East Blue, and you are required to immediately set out to search for traces of the Seven Deadly Sins."

"What?"

Just as Garp walked further and further away, a white light outlined a cube beside the sleeping Luffy, and Dimon stepped out from the panel.

He looked down at the young version of Luffy who had a bulging head and was beaten violently by Garp with his domineering force, but ended up falling asleep. He couldn't help but sigh.

As expected of a [god-level fruit], even without much development, its ability to withstand blows is remarkable. An ordinary person would die on the spot after taking one punch.

Chapter 110 Chronological Disorder

14-year-old Luffy seemed a little younger than Dimon remembered.

He lay under the tree, three red, swollen bumps on his head, and with each steady rise and fall of his chest, a large snot bubble blew from his nose.

Dimon envies the carefree and happy childhood he had.

While he was thinking, he took out a blood-drawing needle that he had prepared earlier from the pocket under his black robe.

Creating Artificial Devil Fruits requires the target's "Lineage Factor," and he knows very little about this. He doesn't know exactly what Vegapunk used as material, but blood is certainly a good fit.

After removing the protective cap from the needle, Dimon crouched down, grabbed Luffy's arm with one hand, and used the other hand to insert the needle into the vein.

Just as the sharp needle was about to pierce the skin, a figure rushed over, so fast that it approached from tens or hundreds of meters away in an instant.

Dimon paused, only a blur remained before him; the unconscious Luffy had already been taken away.

He slowly stood up, looked at the solemn-faced Garp, and greeted him in a calm tone:

"Long time no see, Vice Admiral Garp."

"It was you... We really can't be careless. I was only away for a moment, and you almost succeeded."

Garp held Luffy in his arms, frowning as he stared at Dimon. "What were you trying to do to Luffy just now, Big Eye!"

The two had only clashed briefly before, but Garp was deeply impressed by Big Eyes, having been outmaneuvered by him last time.

"As you can see, it's just drawing a vial of blood."

Unperturbed by the interruption, Dimon simply chuckled and said, "I need to correct one of your mistakes, Vice Admiral Garp."

"What?"

"You just said 'you almost succeeded,' right? Unfortunately, it's all over now."

Dimon shook the lancet in his hand.

Garp stared intently, but there was no blood in the syringe.

What?! It's over... What nonsense is this guy spouting? He clearly returned in time and saved Luffy!

However, what happened next left Garp stunned.

Dimon snapped his fingers lightly, making a crisp "click," while muttering silently:

"Chronological Disorder."

A buzzing sound.

A long, persistent buzzing sound reached Garp's ears, and some non-existent images suddenly surfaced in his mind.

It was as if it were a false memory; suddenly, someone forcefully chiseled open his skull and shoved the object inside.

In that "memory," he and Big Eyes confronted each other, but things took a subtle turn.

Luffy, who was originally being protected in his arms, inexplicably found himself in the other party's hands...

"Wrong!"

Amidst his chaotic thoughts, Garp suddenly unleashed a Conqueror's Haki, forcefully breaking free from the power of the Storyboard Fruit.

He snapped out of his daze and looked down at his chest... Luffy was nowhere to be seen!

"Not good!"

Garp's pupils contracted sharply as he looked up at the man not far away, only to see that the man had already removed the needle from Luffy's arm and completed the blood draw.

"When?"

He found it incredible; what was this bizarre ability?

Without a second thought, he unleashed a "shave" far beyond what was expected, closing in on Dimon in the blink of an eye and grabbing at the other's head.

As he made his move, Dimon deliberately threw Luffy toward the opponent.

"It's just a blood draw, why are you so nervous?"

Garp grabbed his grandson with one hand, and continued to grab him with his other hand.

At that moment, a sharp blade suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking his attack with its tip.

Boom!!

The clash between Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki instantly unleashed Haki Inazuma. Black and dark red Inazuma intertwined, and the leaked power, though merely glancing at the nearby trees, was like a sharp axe cleaving through them, tearing apart the tall trees.

The earth churned, and within a radius of a hundred meters, the landscape was devastated.

This is... Black Blade!

Garp's face showed astonishment, but what was even stranger than the Black Blade was that it could block his attack without anyone controlling it.

"A knife that can autonomously release Armament Haki?"

Garp suddenly unleashed double the Conqueror's Haki, sending Shusui flying with a single punch.

Shusui transformed into a streak of light, flying hundreds of meters away, but in the blink of an eye, it returned to Dimon's hand.

"You're probably wondering what my purpose is in drawing blood," Dimon said with a slight smile, speaking slowly.

"Actually, you know too little about your dear grandson. Don't you know that the Gum-Gum Fruit has another name?"

"Another name?"

Garp first confirmed that Luffy was unharmed, having only had some blood drawn, before looking up at him.

"What was that ability you just had?"

Chronological Disorder, a power of the Storyboard Fruit, allows the user to cut and distort scenes that have already occurred, much like movie storyboards.

What happened just now was a disruption of the timeline within Garp.

The original first scene was Garp discovering that he was going to draw Luffy's blood, the second scene was Garp saving Luffy, and the third scene was the confrontation between the two.

The distorted reality is that Garp confronts Dimon first, then Luffy is kidnapped to have his blood extracted, and Garp only intervenes in the third act.

This ability to distort reality can be partially resisted by powerful Haki, which is why Garp was able to quickly realize something was wrong.

Faced with such power for the first time, an ordinary person would never realize the problem; it's just that Garp's Haki is too strong.

Dimon didn't explain his peculiar ability to anyone; instead, he addressed another part of their questions:

"The true name of the Gum-Gum Fruit is the Zoan -Zoan Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Nika."

Upon hearing Nika's name, Garp was taken aback and blurted out:

"Sun God, Nika?"

"It seems you also know the legend of the Sun God."