Chapter 118

Hey guys, y'all rdy for anotha chapta?

(This chapter was quite a pain. I went half-crazy here, and ended up needing to re-write from the middle. I have 2k long troll & false chap 118; do comment here if you wish to see that just for fun, haha.)

By the way, do you guys find an extremely long chapters quite hard to enjoy? For the past few chaps, the world count has been going above 3k; I might as well separate them into two separate chaps for your convenience. What do you think?

Anyway, have a great day, and hope you enjoy this chapter as well!

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""That must be Bob/Rowan."" The old woman and Job said at the same time, with the latter holding his sniper gun up.

"Uh... I only see the dots?" Urouge scratched his head, for his eyesight fell short in comparison to the Youchiha family.

"Mob, you know what to do." Job stated calmly as he aimed his sniper gun at Sakazuki this time.

Mob nodded before the whole boat began to glow in green, before it, along with the four of them, was lifted up from the sea and floated high up in the air.

*Swoosh*

All of a sudden, Baten made his appearance in front of the four of them, however, Urouge met Baten's swift strike with the large fist of his own.

*BOOM*

"You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this, Baten!!!" Urouge growled with a grin.

Baten raised his eyebrow, "...Who are you again?"

Baten's pursuit for his ideal of 'Vengeful Justice' made him tunnel-visioned, to an extent where he couldn't even recognize his victims.

"Focus, Davis. Leave Baten to Urouge."

Immediately after, Baten felt a chill down his spine as he retreated out of pure instinct—just to see a bo-staff swiping through the space he was occupying just a second ago.

*BOOOOOOM*

The holder of such bo-staff was none other than the old woman.

The air exploded in potency, causing the boat to shake unstably as the result. Urouge's eyes widened upon witnessing just how strong the old woman was.

"So~ sososososo!!!" The old woman laughed wildly as she spun the bo-staff above her head, "Touch the boat and consider yourself dead, you pea-brained fool!"

Such a loud sound earned the attention of many, and as they turned their head toward the old woman, the expressed their shock,

"…! It's 'Brutal Death' Sally!!! What's she doing here?!!" One marine officer held his head as he screamed fearfully, "She's the pirate from an old era, said to have gone toe to toe against 'Golden Lion' Shiki...!!"

Job couldn't help but lash out from hearing this, "What the f***, granny?!!!! I thought your name is Youchiha Sob-"

*Bonk*

"Shut your mouth, Job!!!"

"My name is Sebastian, you f****** granny!!!!!"

The two of them began to bicker against one another all of a sudden.

"...What's up with your names?" Urouge couldn't help but mutter in inquiry.

"Apparently, it's to hide something, according to grandma." And as always, Mob began to spill out all the information that he had, "By having ourselves seem as foolish as possible, we won't get suspected... for whatever it may be. But I like my name."

""MOB!!! Stop spilling everything!!!"" The old woman, now revealed as Sob, and Job, shouted to Mob out of panic.

"Urouge... Baten is getting away." Ignoring their shout, Mob pointed his finger at Baten, who was using Geppo to travel toward Rowan and his group.

"Oh no you don't!!!" Urouge growled as he spread his wings wide open.

"Hold on—you can fly?" Job asked in surprise.

"Nope, but I can glide!" Urouge grinned before he jumped off from the floating boat, toward the Marineford.

"So~ sososo... Urouge is quite bold, eh?" Sob commented, "If he falls in the water, it's an instant game over, and yet... sososo!!!"

"Jojojojo! Indeed." Job laughed before he leaned onto his sniper gun.

"Ho?" Job's eyes narrowed in interest as he saw Rowan's amber-coloured eyes staring at him, "Well, he's a Youchiha for sure."

Nonetheless, Job pulled the trigger, "Well, time to do our job as well.

Silence."

In the next moment, one sharp bullet blasted out of Job's gun without any sound, toward Sakazuki who stood at an extreme distance away.

"This old woman is going too; I got a score to settle with that fool named Garp after all. Mob, keep Job safe." Sob stated as she cracked her neck and stretched, before shooting herself out of the floating boat.

"...We're Sebastian and Davis, you freaking granny..."

"But I am Mob, Job."

On the other side,

*Clang*

Sakazuki managed to sense the bullet shot by Job and defended it by imbuing Armament Haki on his arm, as his other fist, encased in magma, collided against Rowan once again.

*BOOOOOOOOOOM*

"Your strike isn't as strong as before, Grimheart." Sakazuki stated in gruff tone as his face began to morph into a cruel smile, "Reaching an end already?"

Rowan retreated and rolled his shoulder momentarily, "More like you aren't worthy of my full strength, doggy boy."

Sakazuki's whole face turned red upon hearing Rowan's taunt.

Rowan did understand Sakazuki's point of view, for he wasn't utilizing any Haki at the current moment, against Sakazuki. However, there was a reason for that.

There was literally Prominence which was descending down from the sky; his strength was meant to be spent when it was truly needed, such as if Sakazuki decided to target Prominence rather than him.

*BOOM*

Immediately after, Rowan bounced himself from the ground to dodge the cluster of magma that impacted upon his previous position.

'Tough, eh?' In midair, Rowan shifted his gaze and saw the group including his crew, Marco, Jozu, Jinbe, and Ace, struggling against Garp, before immediately bringing his attention back to Sakazuki, who charged up another cluster of magma and shot to him,

"Great Eruption!!!"

*BOOM*

Once again, by quickly bouncing himself in the air, Rowan evaded Sakazuki's attack.

'Tch, too bad that we are out of option here.' Rowan thought in cold sweat, 'We can't afford to bring Garp and Sakazuki together; facing them separately is much more beneficial. However, there's no point in that if they are unable to match Garp's strength.'

While Rowan was in contemplation of what their next step should be,

*BOOOOOOOOOM*

"So long, Monkey!!"

Just as Garp was about to slam his fist into Jozu's face, a short old woman, Sob made an appearance all of a sudden and interrupted Garp's punch with her bo-staff.

"Eh?!!" Garp's eyes popped out and jaw dropped comically, "No way, is that you, Banshee?!!"

"I told you not to call me that!!!" Sob shrieked with a tickmark on her forehead.

The group, upon sighting the entry of Sob, paused in confusion.

"...Who is she?" Cavendish squinted his eyes questioningly.

"Listen well, you marine brats!!!" Sob yelled as she slammed her bo-staff on the ground, "Bob is the family member of mine. If you touch him, you are waging a war against the whole Youchiha family!!!"

"...What?!" Rowan, as he clashed against Sakazuki, couldn't help but exclaim in confusion. 'No no, whoever you may be, I'm not going back to Youchiha Bob! What should I say... yes!'

"You said it wrong, grandma!" Rowan didn't know if this was the right thing to say, but he had to stop from his name becoming Youchiha Bob, "In truth, my full name is Youchiha Bob Rowan; Bob is my middle name!!"

Youchiha B. Rowan.

It's horrendous, but at least his name will remain as Rowan then.

"Where are you looking, Grimheart?!!" Sakazuki snarled as he blasted a huge mass of magma in Rowan's direction.

*BOOOOOOOM*

Rowan quickly raised his hand to blast away the dense magma,

"Shut up, Akainu! This is an important matter!!"

"...The will of B?" Garp's eyes sharpened, before he jumped back to avoid a bo-staff from crashing onto him,

*BOOOOOOOM*

"The will of B my ass!!!" Sob shrieked, "Don't you dare lie to me, Bob! You are a bad boy just like Job, aren't you?!"

'Job?! What the f***?!' Rowan gritted his teeth as he dodged another blast from Sakazuki, "What's your name then, huh?! Speak for yourself!!"

"My name is Sally!"

"Sally my ass!!!"

The Grimheart pirates, Marco, Jozu, Jinbe, and Ace, all sweatdropped as they stood back up from the rubbles that they crashed into.

"""They are related for sure."""

And right after, Prominence managed to land right next to the group,

*Pazz*

with Dan preventing any projectiles from harming it.

"Guys, get on!!" From the deck, Nami's voice was heard.

"Yay..."

Carina was seen to be slumped on a chair, barely hanging onto the consciousness.

*BOOOOOOOOM*

"You heard that, everyone!" Rowan shouted as he quickly parried Sakazuki's cluster of magma with his potent bounce.

"So," Sob said as she spun her bo-staff, "Are you going to fight me and those kids altogether, Garp?"

Garp couldn't help but let out a groan. Such an action wasn't due to Sob's strength, but due to,

'Her terrifying mastery over the Observation Haki. Against her alone, she isn't as scary, however, when she is given many allies to work with, things become different.'

Garp sighed, "What's someone of your calibre doing here? Is that Grimheart brat really worth that much risk?"

Sob gazed at Rowan, who was continuously clashing against Sakazuki, "I hope so."

*BOOOOOOM*

Meanwhile, Rowan and Sakazuki rapidly exchanged blows.

*BOOM*

Rowan blasted the platform Sakazuki was standing on, in order to cause him to lose his footing. Subsequently,

"Sonic Step."

Rowan instantly vanished and appeared behind Sakazuki, before drilling through the latter's magma-coated back.

*BOOOOOOOOOM*

Sakazuki was sent blasting away from the Prominence, and landed back on the ground, skidding while he did so.

"Hell Hound!!"

Right after, the hot and dense blast of magma was shot toward Rowan.

"Juggernaut Blast!"

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

Rowan's bounce-enforced punch managed to block Sakazuki's dense magma, without any use of Haki.

Now, as the huge amount of hot magma surrounded them and the surrounding atmosphere has become drastically hot,

"Do you really think you can escape from here?" Sakazuki stated in a cold tone.

Rowan couldn't help but tighten his expression in caution, knowing that Sakazuki managed to cool his head.

'Something big is coming up.'

"Thanks to your shrewd act previously, Grimheart, all marine soldiers made their retreat from the plaza now. With those pirates clustered at the bay, and no one other than the potent individuals remaining up on the plaza... there's no need for me to hold back."

The plaza that Sakazuki was standing on top of, began to bend upward, as if about to explode.

"The awakened ability of Logia-type fruit... is to change one's environment... including the climate, landscape, and anything that correlates to one's element."

Rowan gritted his teeth as he began to bounce his heart once more,

*Ba-Bump*

'Awakening? What's he talking about?'

*Ba-Bump*

At the next moment,

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

The bent platform under Sakazuki blasted out a huge surge of magma.

'A... volcano?'

Rowan's eyes narrowed.

*BA-BUMP*

"No one... no one shall trespass the firm law of the 'Absolute Justice.' No one shall be able to do so before my very eyes." Under Sakazuki's command, the incredible amount of magma in the sky begin to condense onto Sakazuki's raised hand, forming an incredibly hot and resilient fist of magma. Subsequently, it was coated with Armament Haki: Hardening and emission.

From a far distance away, Rowan could already feel the emanating heat.

'Grimheart.' Rowan's body became engulfed in steam, along with the hardening and golden emission of Armament Haki.

"Infusion." Rowan's right fist began to crackle wildly in black lightning,

"Entropic Imbuement." Followed by the brilliant glow, indicating an immense heat.

"Your ship, all your crew members, and you, Grimheart—all of you shall perish at once."

Sakazuki dashed toward Rowan, with the intention to blast all of them at once,

"Volcanic Hound: Execution!!!"

Sakazuki's Armament Haki emission that covered his incredibly dense fist of magma, morphed into a shape that resembled a hound, generating a frightening view.

Rowan could feel just how dense Sakazuki's attack is; he had to utilize his strongest in order to overcome it.

"50 Layers, 100 Hit,"

Upon noticing Rowan's stance, Garp's eyes widened in recognition, "Sakazuki, get out of there!!"

Garp personally witnessed the might of Rowan's strongest attack before. Now, coupled with his temporarily boosted physique and Conqueror's Haki infusion, not only will Rowan's attack result in Sakazuki being severely wounded, but also bring the demolition of the Marineford.

*BOOM*

Garp was about to step in immediately, but was prevented by Sob, who smacked her bo-staff to stop Garp's propulsion off of the ground.

"Banshee!!!" Garp glared at Sob heatedly.

"If you interrupted Bob just now… he would've lost." Sob grinned, "But alas, here I am!"

As Garp was blocked by Sob, Rowan blasted his ferocious punch forth,

"Terraforming."

In few days ago, his body was unable to handle the recoil of this technique. And frankly, he still wouldn't have been able to, if he didn't develop 'Grimheart' and the flow of the Armament Haki that temporarily increased his physical resilience.

Three times. When used with 'Grimheart,' Rowan could use 'Terraforming' three times before his arm became completely wrecked.

At the next moment, as two techniques collided in the middle, nothing but a brilliant flash of white was seen as the incredible combustion between the two occurred. No sound could be heard initially, for the pitch of the noise was beyond what a human being could hear.

And now,

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

The incredible noise thundered as the position in which Sakazuki was standing on, and all the way to the area behind him, was instantly blasted into the oblivion. And that was just the beginning.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

Sakazuki couldn't understand what was going on.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

The moment he clashed against Rowan's punch,

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

all he's been feeling was an incredible pain as the whole world around him exploded consecutively.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

"Sakazuki!!!" Garp shouted as he quickly dashed off to the projectile named Sakazuki, whose body was in a process of becoming a mincemeat, not even realizing that Sob's bo-staff didn't dare to stop him this time.

And with each blast generated by Rowan's technique, the already-damaged Marineford was in process of destruction; when it finally ended, one quarter of Marineford disappeared without a trace.

Thankfully for the Marine, Vice Admiral Tsuru saw this beforehand and evacuated the marine soldiers away from the site; no one except for Sakazuki received the blow.

"*Huff* *Huff* *Huff*... *Huff*..." As Sakazuki was sent blasting back and drilling into the countless number of buildings, Rowan fell to his knee while sweating profusely. His right arm shook violently in stress as he huffed uncontrollably.

The use of 'Grimheart' ceased, and all Haki retracted back into Rowan.

"Bob!" From some distance away, Sob's voice was heard, "Get onto your ship and escape right now!!"

However, Rowan couldn't muster enough strength to stand up and get on Prominence; Cavendish and Alfred immediately came to Rowan's aid to help the latter up.

"*Huff*... Do as... *Huff*... she said..." Rowan ordered in midst of his shortness of breath, knowing that now was the best chance that they got.

"Got it, captain."

Immediately after, Rowan, his crew, Marco, Jozu, Jinbe, Ace, and Sob as well, all got on the deck of Prominence.

*Pazzzzz*

Now, as Dan resupplyed the energy to the Prominence,

"Hold on, everyone!!"

and Nami steered the steering wheel,

Prominence begin to move upward, getting ready for another flight.

"*Huff*... *Huff*..." Rowan was lying down on the deck in exhaustion.

"Did we escape successfully?"

All of a sudden, Cavendish's voice boomed out, causing Rowan and Dan's faces to pale immediately.

""CAVENDISH!!!!!!!""

And just as Cavendish said so,

"Less Less… Endless Stall."

Prominence stopped in the middle of the sky right above the Marineford.

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In the middle of the Marineford, Smoker's cigars dropped out of his mouth, "I should've stayed in the Logue town… f***."

Sighing, Smoker turned to his left and gazed at Hina and Shu, whose faces were pale as their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

'And just what is wrong with them?'