Chapter 23: You scold your grandson but attack me?
One strike destroyed the whole naval base.
Suddenly, a hand emerged from under the debris. Then, some stones and rubble were pushed away. Bane, with blood on his head and wounds on his body, crawled out.
"Cough cough. " Bane coughed twice and spit out dirty blood.
Bane uses the Dark Dark Fruit, which is a Logia-type ability. However, he cannot change into an element. In this situation, Garp's powerful attack surrounded him, making it useless to transform.
Worse, the Dark-Dark Fruit has side effects that make him feel double the pain. Now, every part of his body hurts.
Even though he can't turn into an element, he has a unique advantage. His injuries will be slowly healed by the Dark-Dark Fruit.
Right now, some small wounds on his body are producing black smoke, and that smoke is helping to repair his wounds.
At the same time, Bane, as an E-level ability user, has stronger self-healing than ordinary people. He has improved physically during this time. So although he looks hurt and in bad shape now, he just needs a little time to fully heal.
Less than two minutes after crawling out, he heard noise from the ruins about twenty or thirty meters away. He then saw Smoker crawling out, covered in dust. He had some small bleeding wounds, but they weren't serious; they were just minor injuries.
"That old man! " Smoker felt like crying but couldn't when he saw the naval base in ruins!
Bane understood and said, "Mr. Garp had the advantage in that last attack. He knew Teach was very strong, so he couldn't hold back. He had to give it his all. If it became a back-and-forth fight, the losses would be ten times worse than what we see now."
That's right. When Bane was caught in Garp's fierce attack earlier, he was blaming Garp.
But after crawling out, he understood why Garp acted this way.
Garp was not being reckless; he made a firm decision the moment he took action.
At the same time, in the middle of the ruins, Garp wore his navy justice cloak and a gray-white suit. He was tall and imposing, with a serious expression.
Garp shook his cloak and focused on a specific part of the ruins. From what he saw with his observation Haki, Ace and a man named Teach were beneath the ruins.
Sure enough, in the next moment, a flame erupted from the ruins, and Ace emerged from the fire.
Compared to Smoker and Bane, Ace looked much worse. His energy was low, and his ribs seemed to be caved in, likely fractured. Blood bubbled from his nose as he breathed, and blood dripped from the corners of his mouth.
It was clear that the captain of the second team of the Whitebeard Pirates was seriously hurt after taking a strong blow from Garp.
Not long after Ace got up, Teach also crawled out of the ruins, looking very disheveled. However, judging by his condition, even though he was injured and breathing unevenly, he was in better shape than Ace.
Seeing this, a serious look came over Garp's face. It was true; the kid named Bane didn't lie. This Teach person is dangerous.
Just moments ago, Teach had blocked much of the force of Garp's punch with his haki. His reaction time was quicker than Ace's, and his haki was also more powerful than Ace's!
Garp had never heard of such a person before, and Teach had a bounty of zero in the Whitebeard Pirates. People like him often either avoid the spotlight or are very secretive.
Garp suspected that Teach belonged to the second group. He tightened his fist and summoned a terrifying amount of haki in his hand. Garp said in a deep voice, "I didn't teach you well enough to be a marine. I realize now that I was too lenient with you. Ace, your foolish pirate journey ends here! "
Ace, looking at the wild and fearsome armament haki enveloping Garp's hand, took a deep breath and replied, "Grandpa, I never said I wanted to be a marine. Don't force your ideas on me! "
"I know you're stubborn, so I won't try to change your mind anymore, Ace! " A fierce light flashed in Garp's eyes, and he kicked the ground forcefully again. The already damaged ground shattered under his kick.
Like a humanoid T-Rex, Garp charged straight at Ace and Teach.
At this moment, flames erupted on Ace's body, his Observation Haki quickly locked onto Garp. However, he couldn't catch Garp because Garp was moving in a zigzag pattern, rapidly getting closer to them.
Whether using his naked eyes or his Observation Haki, Ace still couldn't track Garp's movement.
Everything happened so fast that suddenly, Garp appeared between Teach and Ace.
At that moment, Ace raised his hand to parry, hoping to lessen the force of Garp's iron fist. But when he made this move, he realized Garp was actually targeting Teach.
At this moment, Teach was shocked. Damn it, you old man, you scold your grandson for being disobedient, but why do you attack me! ?
However, Teach reacted quickly. He slipped his sleeves, and the hook attached to the back of his hand. He used his strong armament haki to enhance his weapon and blocked the attack.
With a loud bang, Teach blocked Garp's punch, and Ace seemed a bit surprised. Is Teach that strong? Can he really block the old man's iron fist?
"Old man, damn it…" Teach wanted to curse at Garp, but Garp had a lot of combat experience and did not underestimate Teach. From start to finish, he saw Teach as a serious opponent.
So even though Teach thought he was careful, he was still somewhat careless. This was a flaw in his character; he was reckless and arrogant.
He believed that if Garp couldn't take him down with one hit, Garp would go after Ace, not realizing that Garp was focused on him.
"Got it! " At the same time Teach blocked Garp's punch, Garp quickly changed his attack. His fist turned into a sharp claw and grabbed Teach's wrist tightly.
A powerful force came from Garp's hands. Teach couldn't resist and was forcibly pulled off the ground by Garp.
"Fall to the bottom of the sea! ! ! " Garp yelled as he swung Teach and threw him directly at Ace, who was standing beside him.
Ace reacted fast this time. He ignited a flame that shot high into the sky. His whole body transformed into an elemental form and merged with the flame. He flew into the air and avoided Garp's attack, but Teach was not so lucky and fell headfirst to the ground. The ground exploded on impat.
"Flame Ring·Fire Pillar! " Ace took his chance. His arms burst into fierce flames, quickly turning into a fire pillar that shot up towards the sky and struck Garp.
At that moment, a dark force emerged.
"Black Annihilation·Frenzy! "
The darkness rising into the sky surged directly towards the flames. As it moved, the flames were quickly consumed and disappeared.
Ace felt a bit surprised when he saw this, but before he could react, a powerful force suddenly drew him through the air toward the source of the darkness.
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