Chapter 139 Garp Attacks
"There's no rush. Before heading to the Sabaody Archipelago, let's first take a trip to the Florian Triangle," Zane said after a moment's thought.
"The Florian Triangle?" Nico Robin asked, surprised.
Zane gave a brief explanation of the situation in the Florian Triangle.
His reason for going there was, naturally, for that shut-in fatso, Gecko Moria.
Although the only thing about that guy currently worth seeing was the Shadow-Shadow Fruit.
But it was on the way, after all.
Since they were passing by, it would be a waste not to go.
Furthermore, besides Gecko Moria, there were two other ability users by his side.
One was the Hollow-Hollow Fruit user, Perona!
One was the Clear-Clear Fruit user, Absalom!
Hmm...
The others didn't matter, but this Absalom had to be killed.
An invisible man? How could that be allowed? That ability must vanish from this world.
At first, Zane only thought about visiting Gecko Moria because it was convenient, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was an absolute necessity.
A flash of crimson crossed his eyes as Zane suddenly turned his head toward a patch of sea.
He gazed into the distance, and the third eye on his forehead snapped open.
"What is it, Captain?"
Noticing Zane's strange behavior—especially the sudden opening of his third eye—Baby 5 and Nico Robin immediately became alert.
The two women followed his gaze, looking out across the water.
However, to their eyes, the distant sea was empty.
Yet, out of trust for Zane, they didn't relax; instead, they grew even more wary.
"A troublesome guy is here," Zane said calmly, his majestic vertical eye gleaming with a golden luster.
"Troublesome?"
For their captain to give such an evaluation, the newcomer was certainly no ordinary individual.
'Could it be that Admiral Aokiji has found us again?'
Baby 5 and Nico Robin both speculated to themselves.
"Alright, I'll leave the supplies to you. I'm going to take care of this nuisance!" Zane said, a smile returning to his face as he looked at the two alert women.
He gave each of their cheeks a quick pinch and instantly vanished into a bolt of lightning.
"Captain?!"
Zane's sudden departure startled not only Baby 5 and Nico Robin but also the rest of the Hunting Team on deck, who all looked over in surprise.
"What happened? Why did the boss leave?" Manlong immediately stepped forward to ask Baby 5 and Nico Robin.
Nico Robin said gravely, "The captain said he spotted a troublesome character coming for us, so he's gone to deal with it."
"A troublesome character?" Manlong was taken aback.
Like the two women, he immediately realized a powerful enemy had appeared.
"Calm down. The captain gave orders before he left; we are to continue with the resupplying."
While Nico Robin explained the situation to Manlong, Baby 5 stepped forward to direct the rest of the Hunting Team.
Though his departure was abrupt, as his close companions, Baby 5 and Nico Robin relied on their absolute trust in him to carry out his instructions efficiently.
He used Observation Haki to track the aura.
He used God's Eye for long-range insight.
For Zane, as soon as someone entered his perception range, he could instantly discern their identity.
Especially the strong ones.
Turning into lightning.
In just an instant.
Zane was already far from the New Riding the Wind and Waves, appearing in a distant stretch of sea.
Amidst the flowing electricity, Zane's form materialized in the air above the sea.
But almost at the same time, from below and to the side, a robust figure shot out like an arrow, a fist striking instantly.
Fist Bone Impact!
The void trembled as black lightning danced. An iron fist wrapped in high-intensity Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki crashed down like a meteorite, filling Zane's entire vision.
There was no change in his expression.
Even though he had only just emerged from his elemental form.
But facing this sudden, terrifying attack, Zane showed no panic.
God's Eye: Future Vision!
His golden vertical eye watched the scene with cold indifference, having already foreseen it.
Door-Door: Absolute Defense!
With a lift of his right hand, a massive, ethereal Space Door manifested.
BOOM!!!
The fist wreathed in black lightning was intercepted by the Space Door.
In an earth-shattering roar, the terrible impact sent out a howling shockwave, causing the surrounding void and the sea below to ripple in layers.
The Space Door trembled as if it might shatter at any moment.
But until the attacking iron fist was spent, the Space Door remained unbreached.
Retreating with the momentum.
With his strength exhausted, the owner of the iron fist used the aftershocks of the impact to flip back.
God's Judgment!
Violent lightning bloomed.
Seeing his opponent retreat, Zane was hardly going to stand idly by.
His eyes narrowed.
From all directions, pillars of lightning condensed and shot forth, crisscrossing to submerge the opponent at the intersection.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The terrifying roar of thunder echoed through the sky.
Waves of howling air surged one after another, causing the sea to heave with massive swells.
The temperature of the air skyrocketed due to the heat carried by the lightning.
Under the sweep of the heatwave, the surging sea began to evaporate into a thick mist.
The void shook.
The converging lightning exploded and scattered.
A figure leapt out through the air and crashed heavily onto the deck of the warship below.
Thump!
The violent impact shook the massive warship, creating the startling sight of the bow sinking and the stern tilting upward.
"Careful! Don't fall off!"
"Quick, grab onto me!"
"The ship is tilting!"
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The soldiers on the warship, and even the commissioned officers, were pale with fright as they scrambled to grab nearby fixtures to steady themselves.
The tilted stern crashed back into the sea, its heavy weight instantly sending up a colossal wave.
"Hahaha! You've certainly got some tricks. I didn't expect that you'd block a punch I was so sure of. I guess I really can't deny my age anymore."
He tore off the Justice coat draped over his shoulders, letting it flutter in the wind before landing on the deck beside him.
Dressed in a white suit, with hair turned gray and wrinkles lining his face, the still-imposing and robust Garp laughed heartily as he looked up at Zane in the sky.
'Wasn't it the Rumble-Rumble Fruit?'
The move that blocked him was clearly some kind of Devil Fruit ability.
'So, does this brat possess multiple Devil Fruit powers?'
Beneath his boisterous laughter, Garp's gaze was solemn.
It was clear that behind his boisterous exterior, Garp hid a sharp and meticulous mind.
Or rather, it was precisely because of this meticulousness that he had been able to make it this far.
The Space Door slowly dissipated.
Standing on lightning.
Zane looked down at Garp on the warship deck and said indifferently, "Since you know you're old, why insist on coming?"
Garp, the Hero of the Marines.
'This man is indeed difficult to deal with.'
As a non-Logia user, he had taken multiple God's Judgments head-on and completely blocked the attack solely through the defense of his Armament Haki.
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