Silence...
The area above Kraken suddenly became quiet. The original five people were now four, and the remaining four also fell silent.
They hadn't expected that Zero would be taken out in this way. It was truly unimaginable.
"How about we take a look at this guy's real face first?" Garp suddenly spoke in the silence.
Those two pirates didn't know, but he did. This Zero had once declared war on the World Government. Could it be that the reason he was wearing a mask was because he had a hidden identity?
"Don't look at me, I don't know much about Zero either." Toguro noticed the other three people were looking at him and said calmly, "It's true that he told me about the Shikon Jewel, but I never said I was with him."
"Zero..." Roger and Shiki were hearing the name, or rather code name, of this mysterious masked man for the first time. They didn't say anything more, just watched Garp walk over to the fallen body and slowly remove the mask.
Garp didn't even blink, staring intently, as if he wanted to see Zero's true face clearly. However, when he took off the mask, he realized that...
Was that really a human?!
That face was like the deep sea, marked with a terrifying element. It was light green, and the face only had a pair of huge eyes like the nine-tailed fox he had seen before, and a smiling mouth from before death.
This situation gave off a strange feeling. Who was this?
They didn't think that was Zero's real body.
Putting aside the fact that the guy smiled and told Roger he'd see him next time before he died, the fact that he easily tamed Kraken meant he was not a simple person. This was a monster that even their Conqueror's Haki couldn't intimidate. But Zero just touched it and it became peaceful.
Roger was able to escape thanks to Zero's touch relaxing Kraken's body. Otherwise, he would still be fighting that tentacle.
Just based on that, they wouldn't believe Zero would die so easily.
Garp knew a little more. Some information related to demons had been handed over from the World Government to the Marine headquarters. He knew that Zero's true identity might be a demon trapped in hell. Did that mean he was using this strange human as a temporary container to come here?
So, that hole, was it actually a passage between hell and the human world?
"Aww..."
Before they could think more, Kraken seemed to sense Zero was gone and had returned to a rampaging state. The lightning on its body and the lightning in the sky were almost simultaneously gathering towards its head. The four quickly retreated.
However, before they jumped down, Garp first grabbed the 'Zero's corpse' under him and then suddenly threw a punch at Shiki. Toguro charged towards Roger, which was also one of their goals anyway.
Shiki had been prepared, but was still hit by Garp's punch. The huge force of the impact directly sent Golden Lion behind Kraken, which was...
Where the Marines were!
"Along with this Kraken, let's settle our grudges all at once, Shiki!" Garp shouted at Golden Lion as he fell.
Zephyr, who was fighting Kraken's tentacles, also saw Garp and Shiki fighting above. He roared and was about to rush up, but was immediately hit aside by a tentacle that swept over from the side.
"Ugh..."
Zephyr spat out a mouthful of blood. This giant monster was huge. Just a slight movement of its tentacles could take him half a day to travel. There was no way he could break through these huge tentacles in a short time.
"Help me hold off Kraken, and here's Zero's host. Catch it! I'll take care of Shiki!" Garp's voice came from above, along with half of 'Zero's' body that he had grabbed before leaving.
Zephyr thought that Kraken must be this big squid. He was shocked when he heard 'Zero', and then saw a black dot falling from the sky. He endured the pain and caught the black dot, only to find that it was half a person's body?
Zero's host? What was going on?
Zephyr didn't know what had happened above, but he nodded and said loudly, "Be careful! Leave this place to me!"
"Geh ha ha... How dare you say that!" Shiki, who was fighting Garp in the sky, couldn't help laughing after hearing Garp's words. "How dare a mere Marine say such a thing, saying you'll take care of it?"
Lion's Roar: Imperial Earth Bind!
The air around him turned into countless white lions and slammed towards Garp. However, one of Kraken's tentacles swept over, and Shiki had to use his Float-Float Fruit power to dodge and slam the power of Imperial Earth Bind into Kraken's body.
Garp was also dodging on the side. When he couldn't dodge, he punched Kraken, and after passing through the tentacle, Garp collided with Shiki again.
They fought around Kraken's body, fighting the tentacles while battling each other. Roger and Toguro on the other side were pretty much the same.
However, comparatively, Roger was in terrible shape at this point. He had suffered some injuries fighting until now. Being matched up against Toguro meant he was being completely suppressed. He could only fight back by dodging around Kraken's tentacles.
A big free-for-all broke out in this sea area. Lightning and raging waves alternated constantly. The collision of Conqueror's and Armament Haki happened again and again. A war far more terrifying than the God Valley incident swept across dozens of miles at this moment.
The battle between the top pirate fleets, the top Marines, and the top Sea Kings continued for several hours. Even the people present, who were all monsters, couldn't help but feel a sense of exhaustion in this high-intensity battle.
After all, this was a battle where they were fighting at full power at all times. It was different from a normal battle that started with probing, then went to full power, and then exploded. Kraken was the same. Although it wasn't human, it had used too much power in this free-for-all.
If it weren't for the restorative power of the Shikon Jewel, it would have run out of power long ago. But even so, its regeneration ability was reaching its limit and the entire sea area was almost stained scarlet.
"Lion's Roar: Sky Sickle, Ground Shears!"
"God Cut!"
At the same time, Shiki and Roger both understood that they couldn't delay any longer. They were, after all, pirates, and different from the Marines, who were a formal organization. If they kept fighting, the Marine reinforcements would arrive soon, which would be very disadvantageous for them.
Therefore, they gave up their opponents at almost the same time and released their strongest attacks towards Kraken.
Their purpose wasn't to fight the Marines or Toguro...
The Shikon Jewel fragments were what they wanted to get!
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