Chapter 140

Is this the power of the Navy hero, Karp?!!

To possess such strength at this age… what an astonishing monster?!

Is that guy really going to fight such a monster?!

125, Paramecia user—Traveler Luo En!! (Combined)

"Surround that ship and apprehend the criminals Luo En and Nico Robin."

Akainu, arms crossed, spoke with a cold expression.

The adjutant beside him snapped back to attention.

"Yes."

He immediately issued orders; six warships began encircling the Traveler, their decks lined with marines aiming gun barrels at the vessel.

"If Admiral Karp is serious, it seems there's no choice."

Momonga sighed lightly.

"That idiot."

Tina slammed her hand hard against the railing, cursing in anger.

Suddenly, Momonga's eyes sharpened, turning her head to look behind.

Two hundred-meter-long flying slashes slashed in from behind!

Their targets were this warship and another nearby.

Momonga, with clear, sharp eyes, made no hesitation—she drew her sword and slashed.

A great swordsman's slash collided with the two swordsmen's slashes, dissolving into nothing behind the warship.

Tina and the other Captains finally noticed, instantly turning to look back.

"Enemy attack! Guard the rear!"

Akainu and Karp also glanced behind.

A small wooden boat had appeared behind the warships; standing at its bow was a swordsman wrapped in a black cloak, dual blades in hand.

The Navy warships fired cannons at it.

Seven or eight cannonballs were sliced apart midair by his sweeping slashes; the explosive shockwaves blew open his cloak's hood, revealing the face of a beautiful, stern young girl with sharp eyes.

It was Guina.

With her blue ponytail, she held the great sword Nidai Kitetsu: Wado Ichimonji and another fine sword, Goketsu: Shirouo, her gaze piercing the warships ahead.

"Is she Luo En's accomplice? How dare she attack a Navy warship…"

Akainu's eyes flashed with cold fury; his gloved right fist began to magma-ify, radiating terrifying heat.

"General Akainu, no need for you to act—let me handle this kind of person."

Momonga, one hand holding her scabbard, the other her sword, spoke toward the rear.

Akainu's gaze beneath his hat flicked toward her, then he lowered his head and ignored her.

"Do as you wish."

His magma-ified right arm gradually returned to normal; as the terrifying heat faded, the marines on the warship breathed a collective sigh of relief.

"Two-Sword Style: Heart Tornado!"

As Guina swung her blades again toward the warship,

Momonga's figure flashed—she used the Navy's Six Powers: Shave, vanishing from her spot.

She reappeared at the warship's stern, her long sword slicing horizontally.

A crimson sword aura flashed and vanished.

Guina's sword tornado was instantly severed.

"Are you Luo En's companion?"

Momonga smiled at Guina: "Your swordsmanship is impressive. What's your name?"

Guina said nothing, only fixed her sharp eyes on her.

…………

On the Red Heart Pirates' side.

Watching as the six warships were about to encircle the vessel,

Bepo looked at Luo: "Captain, we should leave quickly—there won't be any surprises now."

Xia Qi nodded vigorously: "Yeah, yeah! That's a Navy Admiral and a Navy hero—how could anyone escape their combined capture?!"

"Let's go fast, or once they've caught Traveler Luo En, they'll come after us next."

Bepo and Xia Qi each grabbed one of Luo's arms, urgently pleading.

Luo stared at the scene, his expression conflicted.

Is it really going to end here?

Will there truly be no more surprises?

Is that man truly just a fraud?

No!

Something's definitely off!

At that moment,

Sudden change occurred!

The six warships began shaking violently.

"W-what's happening?!"

Tina and the other Captains were all stunned.

Akainu frowned as well: "What happened?"

"I don't know, the warship is out of control!"

The adjutant said anxiously.

Garp lowered his head to look at the sea, a flash of astonishment suddenly crossing his eyes.

"This is...?!"

Kuina's slash was once again split open by Tsuru with a single sword strike. Just as she was about to continue her attack, she suddenly stared in shock and disbelief at the warship beneath Tsuru's feet, which was gradually beginning to float upward.

"!!"

Tsuru noticed this situation, and a trace of stunned surprise could not help but show on her face.

"Th-this...?"

In the distance, under the stunned and horrified gazes of Luo, Bepo, Xia Qi, and the other members of the Red Star Pirates.

Those six massive warships gradually floated up, breaking free from the constraints of gravity, completely leaving the surface of the sea!

"What on earth is happening?!"

Akainu looked around, somewhat alarmed and furious.

"Without a doubt, this is... the power of the Float-Float Fruit!"

Standing on the deck of the floating warship, Garp said in a low voice.

"What!"

Akainu looked at him sharply: "Golden Lion should already be dead!"

Before they came here, they had already confirmed Golden Lion's corpse — there was absolutely no way they could be wrong about this.

"Well said."

A clear, youthful laugh rang out across the sea.

Akainu, Garp, Tina, and everyone else on the warships all turned to look at the sea where the sound had come from.

They saw the black-clothed youth who had previously been punched into the sea by Garp — the Traveler Luo En — now floating above that stretch of sea, hands clasped behind his back, smiling as he gazed at the six warships drifting higher and higher before him, and at everyone on them!

"Golden Lion is indeed dead, but his power did not die with him."

Luo En raised his right hand, palm upward, and smiled at everyone: "Instead... it has been acquired by me."

As his words fell.

The Traveler behind him likewise broke free from gravity's shackles, and under countless stunned gazes, swiftly drifted up into the sky.

"!!!"

The Marines on the warships, upon hearing this, all stared at him floating above the sea with looks of utter shock.

Garp, beyond his astonishment, also felt a sudden flash of realization.