Garp!
The legendary Marine's right fist was coated in Armament Haki, pitch-black like ink, with faint arcs of lightning crackling across it!
Without the slightest hesitation, he met Yoruichi's punch head-on.
"Fist of Love Impact!"
Boom!
Rampaging energy tore the ground apart. Violent shockwaves spread like a sweeping hurricane, blasting everything around them into chaos.
Yoruichi took two steps back, her gaze turning solemn as she looked at Garp.
Garp laughed loudly. "Not bad, little girl! That punch actually made my iron fists ache!"
Good grief!
In Soul Society, Yoruichi's Shunko could wipe out whole swathes of enemies with a single move… yet here, all it did was make his hand hurt.
A true monster, through and through.
"So the Navy intends to stop us from executing a traitor?" Oguro said coldly.
Garp immediately played dumb. "Now, now! Why jump straight to killing? Can't we all just sit down and talk things out?"
The Five Elders' order was to protect Aizen Sosuke at all costs, but Garp wasn't unreasonable. If this could be resolved peacefully, he'd much rather do that.
"Heh," Oguro sneered. "I already gave him a chance. Aizen chose to throw it away himself."
"Vice Admiral Garp, I suggest you leave now. Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude."
"Nonsense!" Akainu roared before Karp could respond.
"A Marine officer is not someone you pirates can lay a hand on!"
"We Marines will not be threatened by anyone!"
Akainu spoke with righteous fury, but Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru almost cursed out loud when they heard him.
Easy for you to say!
You're so noble… as if you're not the one who'll pay the biggest price when things go south!
"Figures," Oguro sighed softly, his eyes turning icy as they swept over Akainu.
"There really is no such thing as a wrong nickname."
"A dog is a dog. Apart from barking wildly, it's useless."
"You bastard! I'll kill you!"
Akainu exploded in rage.
To insult him like that… it wasn't just slapping his face, it was humiliating the entire Navy!
"Great Eruption!"
Akainu threw a magma punch straight at Oguro.
Soifon flashed forward, appearing in front of Oguro. With a light wave of her right hand, spiritual pressure fused with Kidō, forming a cyan whirlwind that swept toward Akainu.
The extended magma arm was sliced apart like tofu, shattered into pieces in an instant.
Akainu hastily twisted his body to dodge, but the moment he moved, Soifon was already in front of him.
"I spared your life last time. If you insist on courting death, don't blame me!"
Soifon's right leg lashed out in a flying kick. Spiritual pressure surged, like a sudden hurricane erupting from flat ground.
More terrifying still, her right leg was wrapped in Armament Haki!
"Not good!"
Already badly injured, Akainu's movements were nowhere near their usual level. He barely managed to raise both arms to block.
Thud!
Akainu was sent flying. Both arms bent inward at an unnatural angle… clearly broken.
All three were Admirals, yet Akainu had been knocked flying the most and injured the worst.
Sengoku was practically cursing Akainu bloody in his head.
You've already been beaten half to death by Bullet, smashed by Whitebeard, and now you're provoking another top-tier powerhouse.
You're an Admiral, not a god!
Where's your brain?
Still… looking at it another way, being beaten consecutively by three top-level monsters and still surviving…
That alone was impressive.
With the brainless Akainu temporarily out of the fight, Soifon immediately turned her attention to Aizen Sosuke.
"You're next!"
Her punch thundered forward, space itself seeming to wail.
Facing Soifon's fierce blow, Aizen's expression remained calm. With a subtle sidestep, he narrowly avoided her strike, slipping past the edge of her spiritual pressure.
"The Gotei 13 being filled with idiots like you… it's nothing but disgrace."
Aizen drew Kyōka Suigetsu and slashed toward Soifon's neck.
Soifon hurriedly leaned back, narrowly avoiding the lethal strike.
Whoosh!
A terrifying slash swept out, carving a long scar across the ground.
That single move was enough for the Navy to confirm Aizen Sosuke's identity.
This wasn't a swordsman's flying slash from the world of pirates.
It was a blade pressure formed from spiritual pressure!
So far, only the powerhouses of the Holy Spirit Empire had displayed anything like this.
Soifon maintained her backward-leaning posture, suddenly twisting her waist midair and whipping her right leg toward Aizen.
Aizen stepped with Shunpo, instantly appearing in the air.
Soifon's attack, having lost its target, detonated violently, catching nearby Marines in the blast.
Garp's heart clenched as he tried to rush over to help.
Yoruichi stopped him.
With a light smile, she said, "Old man, don't interfere over there. It'll be better for both of us."
Garp's face darkened.
How the tables had turned.
He'd just been stopping others… now he was the one being stopped.
Garp was screaming inside.
That was the most convenient aide he'd finally found!
If Sengoku knew what he was thinking, he'd definitely spit in Garp's face.
"Convenient? You mean the one who helps you slack off the most!"
Soifon also took to the air, clashing fiercely with Aizen Sosuke.
The violent collisions of spiritual pressure made it seem as if multiple suns had appeared in the sky. The terrifying might left many weaker fighters trembling.
"Shatter… Kyōka Suigetsu."
Aizen suddenly released his Zanpakutō.
Many Marine officers stiffened.
They already knew that these Holy Spirit Empire people wielded strange swords capable of all kinds of bizarre abilities.
The only question was… what kind of power did Aizen's blade possess?
A faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Oguro's mouth.
Of course he knew exactly what Kyōka Suigetsu did.
And that was precisely why he was horrified by Aizen Sosuke's audacious plan.
Aizen intended to hypnotize everyone on the battlefield of the Summit War!
At that moment, in everyone's eyes, surging water and mist spread through the air, turning the seas around Marineford into a dreamlike paradise.
Because of Aizen and Soifon's intense battle, nearly everyone's attention was drawn toward them.
In that instant, aside from the already-withdrawn Whitebeard Pirates, the vast majority were successfully hypnotized.
Within that beautiful, illusory mist… deadly intent lurked beneath the surface.
Soifon suddenly flashed aside, narrowly dodging two water blades that struck from behind.
"Trying assassination tricks in front of the Onmitsukidō Commander?" she sneered.
"Are you joking?"
Her eyes were filled with disdain.
Aizen calmly pushed up his glasses, a faint smile on his lips.
"Who said… I was attacking you?"
Crack!
Aizen's body shattered like countless ice crystals.
In the next instant, he appeared behind Oguro. Kyōka Suigetsu gleamed like a streak of light as it slashed toward the back of Oguro's neck.
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