113. Winner?

Faced with that terrifying punch that seemed to shatter a galaxy, Rob's breath exploded. 

All the power gathered on the body of Shinto:

"Hah!!! Phantomless Blade!"

Zheng!

This sword——

It is a lawless sword, a sword without thoughts, and an unrivaled sword.

Click!

At the moment when the sword was slashed, the air in front of Rob was instantly split like a mirror, as if the entire space was split by Rob at this moment.

A thoughtless sword cut through the sky!

Then--

The two major attacks collided in the air.

Rumble——

The sky-shattering shock wave from the fist and the sky-cleaving sword energy from the sword, after a moment of stalemate, exploded at the same time, and the scattered shock wave and shattered sword energy wreaked havoc.

The shattered sword aura split the entire battlefield to pieces, and the planned shock wave directly dug the battlefield three feet into the ground!

The earth shook and the mountains quaked.

The sea was churning.

The waves rolled.

The aftermath of this terrifying attack raged for half a minute before it stopped!

A certain part of the battlefield was shaken by something buried in rubble and mud. 

Suddenly, it was pushed away by a powerful force from below. On his chest, there was a slashing wound with deep visible bones and blood bubbling. Garp pushed away the rubble that was pressing on him and stood up again.

After taking a look at the injuries on his body, Garp's face turned serious:

"It seems that my skills have also begun to regress! I actually suffered a loss to that kid, that sword is not light!"

Looking at the blood still flowing from his body, Garp looked serious.

Buzz

Accompanied by a surge of breath, a substantive aura erupted from his body. The minor injuries on Garp's body healed and recovered directly, and the serious wounds stopped bleeding immediately.

After using Seimei Kikan to stop the bleeding from his wound, Garp glanced at the entire battlefield and finally looked to the other side of the island, not wading on the sea where the fight was.

Garp opened his mouth and said:

"Already gone?"

"After fighting with such intensity, instead of fighting to my heart's content, you choose to escape. The important thing is the unexpected choice! How good would it be if you were willing to be a Marine with me? Bwahaha..."

Hearty laughter resounded through the entire battlefield, deafening, and even stirred up hurricanes.

It can be said that -

He lives up to the name of the legendary "Marine Hero"!

Very surprising.

In Garp's view, Rob shouldn't retreat so easily. After all, he is so young, his strength is outstanding, and he has terrifying Conqueror's Haki!

He doesn't look like someone who would avoid battle and retreat easily!

From Garp's perspective, Rob, a young man, lacks the competitive spirit of youth. He is unusually calm, simply the best, and could even become the Marine Fleet Admiral in the future.

Unfortunately--

Rob's refusal was very firm, making it impossible for him to become a Marine.

This is indeed a pity for Garp!

After a short rest, Garp took leisurely steps, not paying any attention to the serious injury on his body, and walked straight towards the coast like a stroll!

Time went back to the moment when the two extremely powerful attacks collided.

Bang——

Although the berserk shock wave was cut open by attack, the berserk power was still terrifying. Rob, standing on the ground, was the target of the attack. If nothing else happened, he would definitely suffer another serious injury.

Feeling the shock wave about to fall on him, Rob raised his left hand, instantly releasing the Op-Op Fruit ability space.

Swish——

Immediately, he disappeared from his current position!

When he reappeared, Rob's whole body had already appeared in the open space where the aftermath of the attack would not fall.

Glancing at the impact of the explosion of the big move.

Finally--

Rob looked in the direction of the Marine warship:

"This battle is over!"

"Continuing to fight would bring unexpected changes... Maybe, like Douglas Bullet, I would become the second unlucky one consumed by the Buster Call, dragged to exhaustion, and then picked up by others!"

Marine's warship was parked on the sea, with all the turrets aimed at the direction of the battlefield between him and Garp. It looked like a malicious move. If he continued to fight Garp here...

Not to mention that Garp is stronger than him now, even if he continues to fight, he would exhausted by the wheel battle and Buster Call, and then caught by the Marines and sent to Impel Down.

He is not a fool.

And he deeply knows what it means - "Leave the green hills there, no worries about firewood," "Thirty years in the east of the river, thirty years in the west of the river, don't bully the young and poor," "strategic retreat!"

If you want Rob to stay here and fight Garp, you have to bet your life and future freedom.

Ten minutes of fierce fighting with Garp is not the limit that Rob can fight, but it is the limit that he is willing to fight.

Snap—

Turning Shinto in his hand, he sheathed it directly.

Rob casually said:

"I don't like the idea of fighting to the death with him for now!"

The voice fell.

Prickly——

Then the lightning on his body exploded, and Rob's figure quickly disappeared from the battlefield.

And at this time——

The aftermath of the confrontation between him and Garp had just officially erupted!

With Rob's voluntary departure, Garp chose not to pursue and stopped.

This war, which was supposed to belong to Rob and the four Seven Warlords of the Sea, came to an end with the complete annihilation of the Donquixote family, serious injuries to Crocodile and Moria, and minor injuries to Hawkeye!

Two days later.

In the first half of the Grand Line "Paradise", on a calm sea, the Angel sailed smoothly with the help of the sea wind. The weather was clear and there were no waves. It was a quiet and leisurely afternoon!

Above the deck of the Angel—

Rob is taking off the bandages wrapped around his body. His complexion has returned to normal at this moment, and even his breath has returned to its peak.

In the battle with Garp on Jaya Island two days ago, all the injuries Rob suffered, after these two days of rest, have fully recovered. At the same time, his physical strength, Haki content and quality have all leveled up!

Bang—

He squeezed his fist.

Rob had a satisfied smile on his face:

"It seems that it should be the same as I guessed—the first talent—born to be powerful, really refers to the life of 'life and death,' not the life of 'birth!' This talent is simply born for life and death battles!"

But unfortunately—

He is not a person who likes to die, the first talent - Born to be strong is somewhat wasted on him.

He fully recovered from his injuries.

Even his own strength had gone a step further.

Ka Ka Ka——

At this moment, Rob was in a good mood, and he couldn't help stretching his waist. The bones in his body burst out like fried beans, which sounded a little scary!

At this moment, a news coo flew down from the sky and landed on the railing of the Angel, looking at Rob on the deck.

Taking out a hundred berries from his pocket, Rob bought a copy of today's newspaper from News coo's pocket.

Intuition told Rob, today's news should be quite good!

He opened the newspaper—

The headlines on the front page caught Rob's eyes:

[The decisive battle is over! Seven Warlords of the Sea "Heavenly Yaksha" - Doflamingo, death confirmed! The Donquixote family, defeated head-on, completely exits the future sea!]

[Shocked! This young man managed to defeat the alliance of four Seven Warlords of the Sea with his own strength and achieved a grand victory!]

[Hawkeye once again challenged "The World's Strongest Swordsman" and lost again!]

[In the first half of the Grand Line, "New Pirate Paradise" was officially destroyed, and tens of thousands of pirates were all arrested! The person who made the move was the Marine Headquarters elite who will soon succeed as an Admiral — Vice Admiral Aokiji!]

Reading today's newspaper, Rob's brow furrowed:

"Akainu and Aokiji attacked me, and I injured Akainu. At the end, Garp and I fought, but all these important details were covered up by the news reports!"

"There are very few mentions of Garp and other Marines. What's more, in this incident, Akainu was completely hidden by the reports, and all the spotlight was given to Aokiji?"

"The reason Akainu was hidden is probably because he was severely injured by me and was near death. As for my battle with Garp, they likely didn't want to amplify my reputation and were also pushing Aokiji to the top!"

For this situation, Rob was not surprised. 

Covering up part of the truth and fabricating the rest are basic operations for the World Government, not surprising at all.

Accumulating all the credit on Aokiji, in addition to building momentum for him so he can better become an Admiral, is also a standard tactic used by the Marines and the World Government!

Reports seen in the news are typically what the World Government wants the public to see. Determining how much of this information is true and how much is false or misleading depends on one's analytical ability.

Quickly, after reading all the reports, Rob found the bounty posters for himself and Robin among the ones he bought.

If nothing else—

Considering what Akainu said, the fact that Garp fought him, and that the Marine fleet had aimed their guns at the battlefield, plus killing Doflamingo, a previous Celestial Dragon, it was certain they would be offered bounties.

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