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"Bogart, full speed ahead! We can't let this guy get away again!" Garp shouted.
Bogart obeyed, and the Marine battleship instantly accelerated, speeding across the sea as it rapidly closed in on the Oro Jackson.
The distance between the two ships was shrinking visibly.
"Is he crazy? Bringing a bunch of Marine recruits to fight us?" With his short blond hair, Rayleigh remarked in surprise as he saw the young faces aboard the Marine ship.
"Hahaha, you know Garp as well as I do," Roger laughed.
"That's just the kind of man he is! Even if he were alone, he'd chase us to the ends of the earth."
Roger's eyes locked onto the rapidly approaching battleship, and his right hand rested on the hilt of his sword.
"Every time I encounter this guy, it makes my blood boil excitedly!"
A fierce battle spirit ignited in Roger's eyes, and his aura grew stronger. Silvers
Rayleigh slowly drew his rapier, his eyes narrowing. Behind him, other crewmates like Jabba, Seagull, and Sambel also drew their weapons.
Looking at the approaching figure, Douglas Bullet hesitated before clenching his fists tightly. "Roger! With your terminal illness, can you still face that guy?"
The sea breeze suddenly picked up, sweeping over their heads and rustling their hair.
In the blink of an eye, the Marine battleship was only four or five hundred meters away.
For an ordinary ship, this might be beyond the range of standard cannons, but for the world's strongest, four or five hundred meters was nothing—just a moment's distance.
"Buzz!" Roger suddenly drew his long sword, and his aura erupted with overwhelming intensity, surging toward the Marine battleship.
The air seemed to crackle with black lightning as his presence filled the previously peaceful and sunny sky with an oppressive and domineering force.
Like a storm or bolt of lightning, this powerful aura reached the battleship instantly.
"Hahahahaha!" Garp laughed loudly, ripping off his white Justice cape to reveal the black shirt underneath, nearly bursting at the seams from his bulging muscles.
"Conqueror's Haki?"
Behind him, Sakazuki clenched his teeth, his expression mixed with anger and fear. He wasn't sure if he could withstand such a domineering and violent aura.
The other Marine officers on the deck looked equally tense and terrified.
Suddenly, the air around them froze, and a powerful aura, just as fierce as the one rushing toward them, surged, shining brightly as it pushed back against the oncoming force.
"Buzz!" The two auras collided, and flashes of lightning appeared in the sky, dividing the heavens and the sea into two distinct halves.
Sakazuki was stunned. He looked up at the figure draped in the white Justice cape before him.
"Arashi!" Kuzan exclaimed with a smile as he drew his marine sword.
At that moment, the black-haired youth standing to Garp's left shone with a brilliant light in his eyes. His aura was equally domineering and terrifying, commanding respect.
"This guy's presence can compete with that of one of the world's great pirates!" Sakazuki thought in shock, clenching his fists.
This sudden turn of events also surprised the pirates aboard the Oro Jackson. "Hahahaha!" Roger laughed again.
"It seems the enemy is not to be underestimated!"
The black-haired youth at the bow of the Marine ship had undoubtedly caught their attention, as no one recognized him.
The two ships rapidly closed the distance, and in the blink of an eye, they were only three hundred meters apart.
At that moment, Garp suddenly leaped high into the air.
Arashi looked up to see him ascending with incredible speed, silhouetted against the sun, making him appear almost blinding.
"How many times have we clashed like this?" Roger called out.
"Garp!" Almost in the next second, another figure shot up into the sky, laughing as he quickly closed the distance with Garp in mid-air.
"Who knows?" Garp laughed back. "There's no point in counting something like that!"
The two seemed to freeze in mid-air, suspended three hundred meters above the sea, as everyone on both ships looked up in awe.
The next second, they saw it—Garp threw a punch, and Roger swung his long sword.
Lightning! Tiny streaks of lightning burst forth, carrying an overwhelming force.
A gale, more powerful than anyone could imagine, roared above everyone's heads.
"Fist of Destruction!"
"Divine Departure!"
Despite the ten-meter distance between them, both attacked without hesitation.
The fist and blade collided, creating a dazzling black, red, and gold lightning explosion.
The invisible pressure was so intense that it seemed to freeze the air above them, radiating in all directions.
For a moment, everything seemed to come to a standstill.
After about two or three seconds of suspended time—
"Boom!"
A deafening crash echoed, and invisible shockwaves rippled through the sky.
The twisted space around them refracted sunlight into a spectrum of colors, while the fierce wind and intense pressure made everyone's hearts race.
Arashi looked up at the sky, squinting against the blinding light. Before he knew it, Garp had returned to his side.
At the same time, Roger had landed back at the bow of the Oro Jackson.
"Roger, that sword swing of yours isn't what it used to be!" Garp shouted.
As a long-time rival, he instantly noticed that Roger's attack was off.
"Hahahaha!" Roger laughed loudly but didn't respond. Instead, he turned to his crew and nodded.
"Let's go. We don't have time to mess with this madman."
Rayleigh nodded in agreement. The rest of the crew quickly sprang into action after glancing back at the Marine battleship.
Only Barrett clenched his fists, glaring intensely at Roger.
"Are you still the world's strongest, Roger?" But he couldn't bring himself to ask the question out loud.
"What's the matter, Barrett?" Roger seemed to sense something and turned to ask with a smile.
"Nothing!" Barrett released his clenched fists and replied in a low voice. Roger smiled slightly, then looked at the two youngsters nearby.
"Buggy, Shanks, don't just stand there! Go! help Rayleigh!"
"Yes, Captain!" they both replied loudly.
In an instant, the Oro Jackson accelerated to its maximum speed, shooting forward like an arrow released from a bow.
"They're trying to escape!"
"Chase them, Bogart!" Garp shouted as he witnessed the scene.
He grabbed the cannonballs nearby and began hurling them forward with both hands, one after another.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The cannonballs turned into a barrage of artillery, flying at an unbelievable speed, far exceeding the range of standard cannons, raining down over the Oro Jackson.
Roger, laughing, drew his sword and effortlessly sliced through the incoming cannonballs. Rayleigh, Barrett, and the others also jumped into action.
"Garp alone is hard enough to deal with!" Jabba sighed. No one disagreed.
Having faced him in battle many times, they knew how formidable their pursuer was.
"Arashi, you too!" Garp called out. "We can't let Roger escape!"
Arashi hesitated for a moment, then sprang into action.
"Yes!" he replied. Following Garp's example, he grabbed a cannonball and hurled it forward.
The cannonball flew through the air much slower than the ones Garp had thrown.
"No, you need to throw it like this!" Garp personally showed him the correct technique.
After a few moments, Arashi got the hang of it and threw a cannonball that exploded above Roger.
"That young man isn't to be underestimated either!" Roger remarked, clearly impressed.
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