Chapter 136

[Sup guys. I'm feeling a lot better and I'll be completely fine after a few days. But as I promised, here are 3 chapters that I hope will be enough to apologize for not posting in two weeks.]

[Ken P.O.V.]

Robert appeared behind me with an unconscious Shiryu.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Shiryu suddenly woke up and looked around him in shock. When he saw me, he immediately went on his knees and bowed down to me.

"I'm really sorry, Captain! I underestimated my opponent even though I knew that he is an Admiral! I made a fool of myself and hurt your reputation! Please punish me however you want!"

I glanced at him and then looked back at the battlefield.

"Your cuts look deep. Laffitte, go and stop his bleeding before he dies. I'll be punishing you later, Shiryu."

"Yes, sir." said Laffitte

"I understand, sir." said Shiryu

Laffitte helped him to Deuce's office.

'Sigh, what a fool. I told him to go and improve his Haki because he wouldn't be able to beat him, but it seems that not getting a decent opponent where he could go all out on for these last years made him inpatient. But looking around, it seems like everyone is like that, myself included.'

I looked at the giant ship beside me as the giants jumped back on it.

"Look Captain, we took all of them out!" said Brogy

"Is there a reason why you left all the giants alive?"

"Us giants don't die that easily." said Oimo

"So what you're saying is that you guys are weak?"

"They were just strong." said Dorry

"I see, so you guys are weak after all. Well, just sit down. It doesn't matter whether they're dead or not. As long as they don't wake up before this war has ended, I don't care about their lives."

I could see them getting angry at my comments, but they didn't act up. I put up my hand, which made the Kuja's, Van Augur, and Perona stop firing.

'70 thousand marine soldiers have been taken down for good. And there have been 0 deaths on our side. Luffy is also saved. I'll count this as our win.'

I held onto Shusui and jumped into the air.

<One Sword Style: Dark Slash>

I sent a black horizontal slash towards Garp and Sengoku. The slash cut down any marine that stood in its way. When the slash was about to reach them, Sengoku suddenly turned into a giant golden Buddha. He punched at my slash, and a shockwave appeared from his fist, destroying my attack.

I disappeared from the air and appeared in front of him in an instant. I slashed towards his stomach, but I got punched in my side by Garp before I managed to hit him. I put my guard up at the last second. But even if I didn't block it, it wouldn't have hurt me. He punched me way harder than that back in the day. I jumped back to make some distance between us.

[3rd Person P.O.V.]

"2 against one, huh. Well, I don't care either way. How about you guys get another one? That might make it a little bit fair for you old-timers."

"Don't you dare under-"

Before Sengoku could finish his sentence, Aokiji appeared next to him.

"What are you doing here, Aokiji? Are you really taking his words seriously?' asked Sengoku

"I just have a score to settle with him, and besides, the sooner we kill him, the sooner we can end this war." said Aokiji

Aokiji was looking at Sengoku and Garp when Garp's face suddenly changed.

"LOOK OUT!"

"Pierce."

An ice-cold voice was suddenly heard, and the next second, aokiji fell down on his knees with a marble-sized hole in his chest. He touched his chest with shock on his face as he looked at Ken's smiling face.

"YOU BRAT!" screamed Garp

A heavy pressure suddenly appeared around Garp as his whole body got enveloped by Busoshoku Haki. He looked at like he was seriously about to kill him.

"What is this anger for? You didn't look so angry when Luffy was on the execution platform." said Ken

Garp didn't answer him and just ran towards him with full speed and punched him straight on his nose, sending him flying into the Marineford building. The sheer force of the impact completely destroyed the building. The sounds of Ken crashing into the building was the only thing that could be heard as everyone had stopped fighting when Ken attacked Garp and Sengoku.

"Kekekekeke!"

An eerie laugh could suddenly be heard from the destroyed building. Some rubble started moving as Ken came out from underneath it.

"Marine Hero Garp, the marine that was a rival to the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger. You sure pack quite the punch, but I didn't remember you as a guy that holds back. Or maybe you're just getting old." said Ken with a smirk on his face

Ken put his sword back in its sheath, and he put his hands in his pockets. He suddenly disappeared from his place and appeared right in front of Garp. Garp didn't say anything and just started punching towards him. But Ken easily dodged all the punches effortlessly. He even started kicking away some punches.

Garp looked enraged as Ken was mocking him. Garp suddenly made a wide swing. Ken took this chance and closed in right in front of him. He kicked upwards towards Garp's chin, but Garp blocked the kick with his hand. He pushed Ken's leg to the side and headbutted him in the face. Ken took a couple of steps back with pain clearly written on his face.

"That hurt old man! You're taking this acting way too seriously!"

Ken quickly covered his mouth with both hands as if he said something that he shouldn't have.

"Huh?"

Garp and all the marines looked confused. Even ken's crew didn't seem to understand what's going on.

"Garp, what is he talking about!? What does he mean by acting!?"

Before Garp could say anything, Ken stepped forward.

"Sigh, I guess it's already too late to try and rectify this. The person that has been feeding me all the information about you guys and acted as my spy is no one other than Monkey D. Garp!"

No one could believe their ears, and Garp looked like he was about to get a heart attack.

"Stop this nonsense, you brat! I've never been your spy!"

As Garp was trying to prove his innocence, a fist of magma suddenly came towards his head, which he easily blocked with one hand.

"Garp! How dare you betray us! I should have known better than to trust a damn monkey!" screamed Akainu

"You fool! He is lying! This brat is just trying to get us to fight each other!" screamed Garp

All the marines were looking at them, not sure who to believe. The Azure Pirates looked at Ken as he sneakily gave them a sign to leave the battlefield. They immediately sneaked out and arrived on their ship. Ken was the only one still on the battlefield, but no one dared to approach him.

"Alright, I'm getting tired of this lame battle. Little spy of mine, kill him." said Ken

Everyone focused their attention on Garp, but he didn't attack and only defended against the attacks.

"I'm not your spy!" screamed Garp

"But I am."

Before anyone could react, a spike made out of ice went right through Sengoku's heart. Everyone looked at the person standing behind Sengoku with shock in their eyes. Sengoku looked the most devastated when he looked at the attacker's face.

"How… could… you, you… traitor…"

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Facts & Quotes:

- Goosebumps are meant to ward off predators.

- Your nostrils work one at a time.

- Space smells like seared steak.

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"There is no darkness but ignorance. So it is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness."

"Sometimes the darkness knows my feelings."

"Without the dark we'd never see the stars."

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."

"When you're in darkness, even your own shadow leaves you. So never be dependent on anyone in this world."