Chapter 206: The Extinguished Flame and Tsuru's Doubt! (Third Update)

"But the one who released this flame has already departed!"

"If my inference is correct, this flame itself cannot possibly burn forever!"

"If we can use Haki to delay it continuously, perhaps after reaching a certain critical point, it will extinguish on its own!"

"Just like an ordinary flame after the dry firewood is burned out!"

"However, this is merely my speculation!"

"Moreover, exactly how long it will take to reach this critical point is unknown!"

"After all, this flame is simply too strange!"

"I have never heard of any Devil Fruit capable of producing such powerful flames!"

"You must know, Sakazuki is a Logia-type Magma Fruit user!"

"Even Devil Fruit users with flame-based abilities find it hard to harm him; he is almost the bane of fire!"

"Yet now he is forced into such a situation by this flame!"

"Simply... unimaginable..."

Hearing Tsuru's words,

Sengoku fell silent for a moment,

then said:

"First, use Armament Haki to delay it; if Sakazuki's stamina runs out during the process, others present shall apply Armament Haki to him to continue the delay!"

"Only when there is truly no other option should we adopt the first plan Tsuru mentioned!"

Next,

the entire infirmary fell into silence!

Moments later,

Sakazuki's expression grew increasingly grim,

obviously,

his Armament Haki was about to be exhausted!

Seeing this,

Garp hurried forward,

directly grasping the upper part of his arm,

letting a large amount of pitch-black Armament Haki spread along the surface of his arm,

continuing to keep that glazed flame at bay!

Just like that,

time passed bit by bit!

After Garp took over,

not long after,

that glazed flame began to shrink smaller and smaller,

until it extinguished completely!

Seeing this,

the few present could not help but show joy on their faces,

finally breathing a sigh of relief!

Indeed,

Tsuru's speculation was correct!

Sengoku breathed a light sigh,

then straightened his expression,

and continued:

"Since Sakazuki has already escaped danger, now, tell me the specific details of what happened earlier at Sabaody Archipelago!"

Since Sakazuki's current condition was not good,

therefore,

Huang Yuan proceeded to narrate the specific details of the battle at that time to Sengoku and the others.

Upon hearing that the youth who fought the two men held a cyan long sword,

Garp could not help but pause,

subconsciously thinking of someone he had met earlier in the East Blue!

But this alone was insufficient to confirm it,

so he continued listening!

Until hearing Huang Yuan mention the Golden Barrier that had withstood the two men's full-force attacks without any damage,

Garp and Sengoku immediately turned their heads to look at each other,

and said in unison:

"Li Xiao!"

Seeing this,

Huang Yuan paused slightly,

slowly drawing a question mark above his head!

Sengoku did not explain anything to Huang Yuan,

but instead immediately stood up and left the infirmary!

After a short while,

Sengoku returned to the infirmary!

The difference was,

at this moment,

he held a photograph in his hand!

This photograph was none other than the one taken in the chaos by a Navy officer accompanying Kizaru at the entrance of the G-16 Branch Base in the East Sea,

That photo taken by the Marine officer accompanying Karp in the chaos!

In the photo, Li Xiao sat cross-legged inside a Golden Barrier,

leisurely eating an orange!

Sengoku handed the photograph to Kizaru,

and asked with a serious expression:

"Look, is it him?"

The moment he saw the photograph,

Kizaru immediately nodded and confirmed:

"That's right, it is him!"

Gazing at the familiar face in the photograph,