Chapter 65

Therefore,

until the last moment,

Akainu wouldn't use this method!

And regarding this,

Tsuru obviously understood too!

Therefore,

she continued to speak on her own:

"Regarding this glaze-colored flame, that person called it Samadhi True Fire, and it can only be extinguished by True Water!"

"And the so-called True Water should be a very special kind of water!"

"Perhaps it can play a restraining role, thereby extinguishing this Samadhi True Fire!"

"Right now, we obviously don't have time to find the so-called True Water!"

"Therefore, naturally, we cannot use this method to extinguish this flame!"

"However, the person who released this flame has already left!"

"If my inference is correct, relying on this flame itself, it is impossible for it to continue burning forever!"

"If it can be delayed with Haki, perhaps after reaching a certain critical point, it will extinguish itself!"

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

"However, this is just my speculation!"

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

"After all, this flame is too strange!"

"I have never heard of any Devil Fruit that can produce such a powerful flame!"

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

"Even users of flame-type Devil Fruits have a hard time causing him damage, he can almost be said to be the nemesis of flames!"

"But right now, he has been forced into such a situation by this flame!"

"It's simply unimaginable..."

After listening to Tsuru's words,

Sengoku was silent for a moment,

and then said:

"First use Armament Haki to delay it, and if Sakazuki's physical strength is exhausted on the way, then others present will apply Armament Haki for him to continue delaying!"

"Until there is really no other way, then take the first plan Tsuru mentioned!"

Next,

the entire infirmary fell into a silence!

A moment later,

Sakazuki's expression gradually became more and more ugly,

obviously,

his Armament Haki was about to be exhausted!

Seeing this,

Garp hurriedly stepped forward,

directly grasped the upper part of his arm,

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

continuing to isolate that glaze-colored flame outside!

Just like this,

time passed bit by bit!

After Garp took over,

not long after,

that glaze-colored flame began to get smaller and smaller,

until it extinguished completely!

Seeing this,

the few people present couldn't help but show joy,

and finally breathed a sigh of relief!

Sure enough,

Tsuru's speculation was correct!

Sengoku breathed a sigh of relief,

then straightened his expression,

and continued:

"Since Sakazuki is out of danger, now, tell me about the specific situation you had on the Sabaody Archipelago before!"

Because Sakazuki's current state was not very good,

therefore,

Kizaru and Sengoku and the others narrated the specific details of the battle at that time.

Upon hearing that the young man who fought the two of them was holding a cyan long sword,

Garp was stunned,

and subconsciously thought of someone he met in the East Blue before!

But this alone was not enough to confirm,

so he continued to listen!

Until he heard Kizaru talk about the golden barrier that took the full-force attack of the two of them without any damage,

Garp and Sengoku immediately turned their heads and looked at each other,

and said in unison:

"Li Xiao!"

Seeing this,

Kizaru was slightly stunned,

and slowly put a question mark on his head!

Sengoku didn't explain anything to Kizaru,

but stood up directly and left the infirmary!

A moment later,

Sengoku returned to the infirmary!

The difference was,

at this moment,

he had an extra photo in his hand!

This photo was exactly the one taken by the Marine officer accompanying Garp during the chaos in front of the G-16 Branch base in the East Blue!

I saw Li Xiao in the photo sitting cross-legged inside a golden barrier,

eating an orange with a leisurely expression!

Sengoku handed the photo to Kizaru,

and asked seriously:

"Take a look, is it him?"

When he saw the photo,

Kizaru immediately nodded and confirmed:

"That's right, it's him!"

Looking at that familiar face in the photo,

Looking at that familiar face in the photograph,

Sakazuki on the side couldn't help but show anger,

and subconsciously wiped his left face,

seemingly associating some unpleasant memories!

Seeing this,

Sengoku immediately roared at Garp on the side with a dark face:

"What did I say! You even guaranteed it to me before! I just said, you were so confident about your grandson back then!"

Hearing this,

Garp scratched his head awkwardly,

and laughed:

"Ahahaha! I wasn't wrong back then! It was clearly the Celestial Dragon who provoked the Li Xiao kid, that's why he made a move!"

"I said back then he wouldn't become a pirate, and he indeed didn't become a pirate!"

However,

Sengoku was in no mood to bicker with Garp at this moment!

He stared at the photo in his hand,

and said in a deep voice:

"Two months ago, when he fought you, he was only defending passively!"

"Now he can hold his own against two Admirals, and even win!"

"In these two months, has his strength achieved such a huge leap?"

"Or is it that he had already deliberately held back when he was at the G-16 Branch?"

Hearing Sengoku's self-talking words,

Sakazuki's expression became even uglier!

Although what Sengoku said was the truth,

but two Marine Admirals attacked at the same time,

and were not the opponent of that one young man,

it was simply losing face to the grandmother's house!

At this moment,

Tsuru spoke again!

"By comparison, what I am more curious about is, is he really a Devil Fruit user?"

Hearing this,

everyone cast their gaze toward her!

I saw Tsuru frown slightly,

and said slowly:

"According to the known information, first, his swordsmanship is extremely strong, and he possesses a special means of remotely operating a long sword to attack!"

"In terms of swordsmanship alone, it is already no less than Admiral level, and even exceeds it!"

"Besides that, he can also release that kind of glaze-colored flame called Samadhi True Fire!"

"The power of this flame is extremely strong, once attached to the body, it is almost impossible to extinguish!"

"One can only use Armament Haki to isolate it and wait for it to extinguish itself!"

"And this is just his residual flame!"

"If the person himself were present, whether Armament Haki could isolate it would be a question!"

Hearing this,

Akainu immediately spoke:

"It can be isolated!"

"When he released that glaze-colored flame at me, I used Armament Haki on the spot and successfully isolated the flame!"

However,

hearing this,

Tsuru looked at him,

and asked back faintly:

"How can you be sure that he used his full strength at that time?"

"According to Borsalino's description, he might have already had the intention to retreat at that time!"

"Therefore, this flame, in all likelihood, might not have been his full strength!"

Hearing this,

Akainu immediately wanted to refute!

But opened his mouth,

but didn't know how to refute!

Because when he recalled the situation at that time,

he had to admit,

it was indeed as Tsuru said,

at that time,

the young man named Li Xiao might not have used his full strength!