One Piece: Creating Avatars Start With Ryomen Sukuna

Chapter 356: Hina with Powerful Abilities

What's going on?!

In the forest, Garp's aide Bogart stared at Garp's motionless, statue-like state with growing concern.

Was Vice Admiral Garp okay?!

While Bogart worried, Iori Yagami didn't waste time.

With Garp's bodily perception of time halted by the Eight Wine Cups, this state wouldn't last long.

But for Iori Yagami, it was enough to land a full combo.

Those hit by Eight Wine Cups would have their bodily perception of time stopped, their consciousness blanked out for a period, making them feel as though time itself had frozen.

In reality, time still flowed normally; only the victim perceived it as stopped.

Right now, Garp was like a fish on a cutting board to Iori Yagami. During this brief window, it was his turn to shine, he had no intention of dragging it out. He rushed forward and unleashed his ultimate move.

"Forbidden Technique 1211: Eight Maidens"

A far more explosive barrage than in his normal state rained down on the immobilized Garp.

Bang bang bang!

As the Eight Maidens combo neared its end, Iori Yagami used his head, grabbing Garp and slamming their foreheads together.

Flames erupted, sending Garp flying through the air.

"Secret Technique 316: Tsumakoi"

But Iori Yagami didn't stop there after sending Garp flying. He seamlessly followed up with Tsumakoi, a perfect combo after Eight Maidens.

His hands struck through the air at Garp, a fleeting claw slash infused with his blue flames sending Garp even higher.

Finally, the blue flames erupted into a massive pillar, blasting Garp skyward.

And it still wasn't over.

Gathering his strength, Iori Yagami leapt into the air, grabbing the falling Garp and slamming his head into the ground.

"Secret Technique 1219: Flame Gourd"

A colossal eruption of blue flames burst forth, shaking the entire island violently.

Hey, hey! Was the Marine Hero Garp about to be killed?! If so, this news would be downright explosive.

The trembling paparazzi watching this brutal, spectacular assault exchanged glances, their minds racing with the thought.

Some of them, witnessing such savagery, felt their hearts tremble. Maybe they shouldn't chase this money after all, they were genuinely afraid that monster might suddenly charge over and finish them off. No matter how good the money was, they had to be alive to enjoy it!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Iori Yagami stood up, exiting his berserk state.

After fighting Garp for so long, maintaining his body's balance with healing, enduring the strain, and unleashing these massive moves.

He now felt utterly drained, both physically and mentally.

His base stats were still too low.

Though Yasakani no Magatama was incredibly versatile, even its power required energy to sustain.

Iori Yagami was exhausted. He was done fighting.

Glancing at the figure lying motionless on the ground, his eyes flickered. He summoned his bass guitar and slung it over his back.

Then, under the stunned gazes of the onlookers, he took off into the sky.

What the..?!

Had the victor been decided? And that guy could fly?!

Okay! Compared to the power of this monster and the results of this battle, flying doesn't seem like a big deal.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the civilian paparazzi quickly snapped their final photos and then waited.

They were waiting for confirmation of the condition of the Legendary Marine Hero, Garp.

As Iori Yagami flew away, Bogard had already rushed forward. He didn't show much concern as he charged in.

Because his Observation Haki could still sense Vice Admiral Garp's presence, and it didn't feel like he was on the verge of death.

With Vice Admiral Garp's toughness, as long as he wasn't dead, he could easily recover.

"Whoa!"

Before Bogard could even check on him, Garp suddenly sat up straight and spat out a mouthful of congealed blood. The amount was considerable, and the sight of him spitting blood was immediately captured by the paparazzi who had been closely watching him.

Although the news of Garp not dying was obviously less sensational.

But for these civilian paparazzi, they didn't want to see a big shot like the marine hero Garp fall here either.

After all, they were ordinary people first and part-time paparazzi second. The death of a marine legend would have a massive impact on the entire world.

The worst consequence would be that pirates would become significantly more rampant, and as ordinary people, they wouldn't be happy about that.

Soon, these paparazzi had no time to think about anything else.

No matter what, they were about to break this big news.

At that moment, a few of the paparazzi had already started running off.

Regardless of what happened next, getting the news out and collecting their payment was the top priority.

"Did that Iori Yagami guy run off?"

By now, Garp had recovered a bit. After taking those heavy hits from Iori Yagami's big moves…

Being struck like that without using Armament Haki.

His body had taken severe damage. Compared to Big Mom or Kaido, whose bodies remained incredibly tough even without Haki, Garp clearly couldn't match that level.

But although he was heavily injured, he was still far from death. Now, Garp even wanted to get up and give Iori Yagami a beating, only to find that the guy had already fled.

And he had already noticed those paparazzi scurrying away.

This was a massive embarrassment.

Sengoku wouldn't let this slide, would he?

Garp stood up from the ground.

He gazed into the distance in the direction Iori Yagami had left.

What a formidable young man. It's a pity he didn't defeat him this time; otherwise, he might have added another rising star to the marine.

Such a shame!

But there was no helping it. That move was so bizarre, unless he'd known about it in advance, he might've been able to dodge it.

"Hahaha! Bogard, let's go!"

At that moment, Garp regained his spirits. If it didn't work this time, there'd be a next time!

After this Reverie was over, he'd find a chance to corner that kid again.

Next time, he'd be fully prepared. He'd tie him up if he had to.

The guy's personality wasn't actually that bad, Garp could sense that. Letting a young man like him slip away felt like too much of a waste.

For now, he still had to escort the allied royal families, what a hassle!

As Garp walked off with Bogard, he casually wrapped some cloth, something Bogard had gotten from who-knows-where, around the bloody wounds on his body.

His thoughts wandered as he tied it up.

He remembered Sengoku mentioning that the route they were taking this time passed near a maritime merchant convoy.

There was a young girl in that convoy who had shown impressive abilities, and he'd been told to recruit her.

What was her name again? Hina, was it?

These days, talented young people are popping up one after another. Hopefully, he could just sweet-talk this girl into joining the marine with minimal effort!

Seriously, why did they keep dumping these troublesome tasks on him? He wasn't good at dealing with little girls!

Hiss…

Garp touched the wounds on his body, sucking in a breath of cold air before swaggering off.

Next time, hopefully everything would go smoothly!

( End of this Chapter )