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The next moment, Bogart turned his head away, trying hard to suppress his laughter.
It's just a newspaper.
What major event could possibly be keeping from me? Did those bastards in the World Government promote me? No way, I don't want something that terrifying. At least wait until twenty years after I'm gone.
Upon unfolding the newspaper, Karp immediately spotted his own photo.
"Hahaha, how come I'm on the news again? Did I unknowingly take down some great pirate...?"
He smiled and shifted his gaze to the headline, then the air fell silent for a moment. Bogart turned around, lowered his head, and a silent smile bloomed on his lips.
"A truly unbelievable incident! Late at night, hero Garp had a five-minute battle with a beautiful woman, leaving him looking haggard and taking his dog home!"
Phew, cough, cough!
Kap was instantly enraged, crumbs of bread spewing from his nostrils, his face turning bright red, as if he were about to suffer a heart attack and die at any moment.
"Mo! Er! Gons!"
Garp practically spat out those words through his teeth, then waved his hand, ordering his men to set sail and prepare to attack the nest where the birdman was hiding.
“Mr. Garp.” Bogart handed over a Den Den Mushi at the right moment, “Headquarters has strictly ordered you to stay at the G3 branch and not go anywhere else.”
Hmm? Headquarters?
Could it be Xiaohe who did this?
"I am Tsuru." An old, serious face appeared on the Den Den Mushi.
"Little Crane! You better tell me why you did this!" Garp clenched his fist, revealing a bastardly grin. "Otherwise, even if it's you... Headquarters, I can smash you to pieces!"
"Oh, this romantic encounter is just punishment for you damaging my front door last time." Crane's voice showed no trace of regret. "I was going to have Bogart tell you to stay at the branch, but now you're going somewhere right away."
"Where to?" Garp paused for a moment, his anger immediately shifting.
“Tombstone Island!” Crane said solemnly.
"According to the latest intelligence, the Deep Sea Fleet was assassinated, resulting in the deaths of 21 people. Ghost Shark discovered the mastermind and went to take revenge. Meanwhile, G5 Squadron reported that she went to Dressrosa... Through the efforts of the intelligence department, it is believed that she may be in Tombstone Island, the stronghold of Piccolo."
"Gravestone Island isn't far from you, hurry over there. Piklo is Kaido's ally, go and stop the situation from escalating further!"
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clang clang clang!
On Tombstone Island, Specter and Jack are locked in a fierce battle. Sparks fly as their circular saw and double scythes clash. Jack's steady, powerful slash creates a powerful, piercing force.
Shockwave.
Specter didn't dodge or evade, casually unleashing a deep blue slash, seemingly prepared to fight Jack to the bitter end.
"What a joke! That woman is actually going to test her strength against Lord Jack?"
"Yeah, right! It's really funny that a guy who's less than two meters tall is trying to outmuscle someone who's eight meters tall, like Lord Jack."
"Hey, Lord Jack, don't hit her face! The servants will be heartbroken, hahaha!"
Smart people know that when fighting a big guy, you can only compete on speed!
Behind Jack, amidst the ruins, his subordinates grinned, raising their swords to cheer for their leader. What does it mean to crush them? What does it mean to be the youngest full-fledged member of the Beasts Pirates?
Next, Lord Jack will perform a godlike feat of sawing without causing any damage!
These people are the lowest-ranking henchmen of the Beasts Pirates. Since Caesar hasn't broken ties with the Navy yet, there's no way to talk about artificial Devil Fruits.
Since the enemy consisted of only one naval captain, and Jack was confident he could take him down himself, he simply hired a few men to help him sail the ship.
Just as the pirates were anticipating their leader, Thin Veil, one of them suddenly spoke up, a look of horror on his face, "Hey, look!"
A figure surged forth from in front of Jack, unleashing a black, crescent-shaped slash that struck suddenly, leaving a bloody gash on Jack's chest.
"Flesh cleaved, bones severed, leaping waves!"
boom!
Facing the nun who was as small as an ant, Jack, who was as strong as a beast, crashed to the ground. The red and black electricity crackled on the slash, dragging Jack and carving a wide furrow.
The grinning henchmen were dumbfounded.
Their smiles froze on their lips, their shocked eyes bulging out like a toad run over by a train.
"Hey, are you kidding me? Am I blind or is my brain broken?"
"No, it must be that Lord Jack doesn't want to hurt women. What a gentlemanly leader he is!" A pirate with a cone-shaped face wiped away his tears, his admiration for Jack growing even stronger.
“That’s right, this is Boss Jack’s mercy!” More and more henchmen echoed, tears streaming down their faces.
"Huh? Is it really true?" The pirate, who was initially shocked, was now dumbfounded, and his tone became uncertain.
"Idiot!" The cone-faced man's eyes were red-rimmed, and his gaze towards Jack held even more admiration. "Aside from Lord Kaido and Lord King, who has Boss Jack ever lost a strength contest with? Isn't it normal for Boss Jack to be a little courteous when facing a beautiful woman?"
"Hiss~ That's true."
The pirate nodded and then joined the wave of support for Jack, shouting, "Ganbatte! Lord Jack, you are our hero!"
Jack, already covered in dust and dirt from being slashed and plowed into a ditch, turned even more ashen-faced upon hearing his subordinates' clamor.
"You bastards! Shut the hell up!" Jack hurriedly shook off the dust and shouted angrily.
After saying that, he stretched his shoulders, turned his head, and looked at Ghost Shark with a murderous gaze.
"Not bad strength." He remained expressionless, his voice deep and stern. "But it's useless against me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the hideous wound on his chest immediately healed, leaving no trace of the slash. His regenerative abilities, derived from the top-tier Zoan type, were working at every moment.
Moreover, the Beasts Pirates specialize in physical combat, with most members having maxed-out defense and incredibly strong regenerative abilities, making them practically tanky monsters.
Jack snorted coldly, his eyes widened, and his muscular arms swelled up even more. Then he swung his double scythes forward.
The ghost shark sensed a powerful shockwave and immediately unleashed a slash, sending itself flying backward.
"The Elephant King Slaying!"
After shaking off Specter, Jack's legs began to swell, filled with muscles, making him look incredibly agile. With the enhancement complete, he swung his sword with both hands and delivered a powerful slash.
"Impact Blade!"
Whoosh!
This strike hit the afterimage again. Specter disdainfully put away his circular saw, crossed his arms, and dodged left and right in the air, as if mocking Jack's overestimation of his abilities.
Jack is confident he can go toe-to-toe in a strength contest, but when it comes to pure speed, he's just a complete clown.
"How terrifying~" The little nun inexplicably thought of a certain monkey general whose true form was a nail clipper. "You and your speed make me laugh."
Ghost Shark looked down at Jack, whose face was turning red, and covered his mouth with his hand while smiling without showing his teeth. "I heard that the Beasts Pirates has a big shot with a bounty of one billion, nine hundred million of which is for those precious mammoth tusks."
She dodged and weaved in the air, seemingly strolling leisurely, and casually pointed to a pirate henchman, saying, "Everyone knows who it is, but I'm not saying."
Pfft! One of the pirates immediately burst out laughing, but before he could laugh for even a second, a sharp, almost murderous gaze was cast over, from the furious Jack in the distance.
If I can't cure something that can fly, can't I at least cure you?
——Suddenly!
Jack slightly turned his body, and like a dragon swinging its tail, forcefully threw a scythe.
The scythe, carrying a shockwave, smashed the henchman's body like a heavy hammer, and the force shattered the house behind him, blasting out a gaping hole.
“Boring, can’t even take a joke.” Ghost Shark shook his head, his gaze sharpening again.
She folded her wings, touched the ground with her toes, and landed with a thud.
It's estimated that only Kaido and King, who can also fly, could defeat him in the Beasts Pirates; the rest are just clumsy tanks who pose no threat whatsoever.
If this were on Crescent Island, Specter would raise Jack's threat level several notches, given the mammoth's destructive power. But on Tombstone Island, Jack is just a toy.
The rest of the time was entirely devoted to making rice cakes.
Oh no,
This is a natural, high-level, and imposing training target!
"Hmph! Finally willing to come down?" Jack glared at everyone, looking at them as if they owed him millions.
His body swelled up, his hands and feet transformed into elephant hooves, thick black fur covered his limbs, and a large elephant trunk spewed out heavy breaths.
It transformed into an ancient mammoth.
"Here it comes! Lord Jack's most prized change!"
"This time they probably aren't going to hold back anymore, after all, they've been so courteous to you so many times, it's time to get serious."
"Okay, okay! Fast forward to my favorite scene."
Come on! Let's fight to our hearts' content, you damned navy!
Let's go for it!
Jack chose the simplest and most brutal attack. His huge trunk was covered with a thick layer of Armament Haki, which even looked somewhat reflective from a distance.
"The Elephant King's Whip!"
Jack raised his nose high, charged forward, and swung his whip with all his might, unleashing a narrow, orange-white whip slash that sliced through the central monument.
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Should I just go for the maximum attack?
The Specter will also be used as a token attack, since Jack has a lot of health and can't be killed by melee attacks.
In this world, it's all about give and take.
"Return to the Darkness - Survival...!"
Ghost Shark's body exploded with a series of afterimages, suddenly appearing in front of Jack who was charging straight in. His hands changed their moves in front of him, and the circular saw gleamed with a bewitching crimson color.
In the instant that time seemed to stand still, the bloodthirsty circular saw rose high above Jack's head, appearing before him. Looking at the stunned mammoth, Ghost smiled.
Then, carrying an unparalleled momentum of certain death, it cleaved down like a mountain splitting open.
A sense of crisis surged through Jack's mind, so he abandoned speed altogether and resolutely swung off the elephant's trunk, unleashing a golden current that pierced the sky.
"Xinei!"
With its nose whip imbued with advanced Armament Haki, it cleaved straight at the Ghost Shark.
"...Heavy pressure!"
Ghost Shark's circular saw came crashing down like an epic great white shark suddenly opening its blood-red jaws in the deep sea, colliding with Jack's strongest attack.
clang!
The saw teeth struck the elephant's trunk, suddenly unleashing a white shockwave that rippled outwards. The remaining impact cracked and shattered the square tablet, causing the sky and earth to change color. Several muffled claps of thunder echoed in the gloomy sky, and the extremely oppressive atmosphere nearly crushed the hearts of the onlookers.
The two people in the center of the battlefield remained frozen in place, like a still frame in the climax of a movie, eerily harmonious.
"You're quite good. I underestimated you." A muffled voice from the helmet broke the silence.
"You're pretty good too, you actually managed to block it..."
Ghost Shark had intended to humbly exchange a few compliments, acknowledging that it was truly remarkable that this giant could withstand his near-strongest attack.
But before he could finish speaking, with a loud crash, the domineering mammoth collapsed, creating a huge crater in the ground.
Ah this...
Looking back, Jack, as the weakest of the big shots, doesn't seem to have much to offer besides being tough and destructive.
It gets beaten by the general, by the elephant, and by the cat and dog duo. It has a strong vitality and is always on the road to being beaten.
Forget it, let's just solve it directly.
Ghost Shark raised his circular saw, glanced at the trembling pirate minions around him, and with a flick of his finger, dozens of blood spears condensed in the sky, falling steadily like the Sword of Damocles.
One spear, one crime; a precise strike.
"Next, it's your turn."
The cold, blood-stained spear fell suddenly, the sky darkened, and the cries of pirates echoed across the central monument. Ghost Shark raised his circular saw, flashed in front of Jack, and aimed it at his neck.
"Returning to the Sea - Survival..."
clang!
As if he had a premonition, Jack quickly returned to his normal form, propped himself up, and flipped back to stand up, interrupting Ghost Shark's slash.
"That's far from enough!" Blood streamed down his forehead, making him look monstrous. "After all, I am..."
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