Chapter 87: The Flames of Honor — Garp’s Last Stand
The sun hung high over Hachinosu Island, now called Blackbeard Kingdom — a place of terror, lawlessness, and cruel ambition. The skies darkened as the shadows of war loomed, the sea stained with the chaos of battle.
On the ravaged shores, Marines clashed against waves of Blackbeard's pirates. Cannons roared, smoke choked the air, and the screams of the wounded mixed with the crash of battle.
Koby, breath ragged, sprinted through the battlefield, dodging swords and gunfire. His name alone carried a death sentence here — a five-star bounty over his head, a symbol of his defiance against Blackbeard's reign. Bullets whizzed by, blades nearly grazed his flesh. The pirates grinned like wolves.
"Get him!" one pirate bellowed.
But as a wave of gunfire aimed to end him, something miraculous happened — the bullets bloomed into delicate, bright flowers mid-air, falling harmlessly to the ground.
"Koby!"
It was Hibari, her rifle smoking, a fierce smile on her lips. She stood like a guardian angel amid the carnage. Koby gasped in relief, his heart pounding.
"You saved me..." he muttered, still catching his breath.
"Don't get yourself killed, idiot," Hibari teased, her eyes soft.
Then, with a burst of wind, a massive Marine battleship soared from the sky — Prince Grus, using the power of his Glorp-Glorp Fruit, manipulating strange gelatinous clouds beneath it.
And then — the earth shook.