"Fist·Impact!"

"Dragon Claw!"

The pitch-black fist and the pitch-black "Dragon Claw" collided against each other, erupting with a powerful impact. After stalemating for a moment, the two hands parted in tacit agreement.

"Stinky brat, you’ve gotten quite a bit stronger."

Garp shook his fist and said with a smile.

He had no intention of advising Dragon to give up or surrender. Garp acknowledged his son will and resolve, knowing that advising surrender was completely meaningless.

"Maybe you’ve just gotten old, old man."

Faced with his father praise, Dragon bit back very bluntly, showing no face...

Well, this was the normal way of communication for their Monkey family.

"You really dare to say that... you stinky brat!"

Thinking that it had been so long since he last saw his son, Garp had rarely shown a moment of warmth, but his face instantly stiffened.

Veins popped on his forehead, and he raised his fist to smash toward Dragon once again, "Then let you personally experience whether your old man has gotten old or not!"

Compared to Garp, who was thoughtlessly dragging his son into a heart-to-heart talk with fists, Sengoku was full of worries at this time...

"So without realizing it, has the Revolutionary Army already developed to this extent?"

He looked at the several army commanders entangling himself and Ryokugyu, as well as the Revolutionary Army, whose numbers and strength were not much worse than the Egghead Island defenders and even faintly held the upper hand, and his heart kept sinking.

Furthermore, according to the news from Zephyr side, his Pirate Expeditionary Force had also been intercepted by the Revolutionary Army fleet and could not support this side for the time being...

Initially, what made the World Government fear the Revolutionary Army was only their ideology, but now the power displayed by the Revolutionary Army was also not to be underestimated.

If Vegapunk were taken away by them as well, the already unstable rule of the World Government would truly face major problems.

Anxious in his heart, Sengoku tried several times to eliminate as many effective forces of the Revolutionary Army as possible, but he was firmly entangled by Morley and Lindbergh.

The shockwaves he released were all blocked by the soil pulled up from the ground by the Push-Push Fruit and the energy shield released by Lindbergh.

On the other side, Aramaki situation was even worse. Although he only had to face Ivankov, a single army commander, the Revolutionary Army was equipped with flame throwers, fire bombs, and other weapons targeting his fruit ability.

Although they couldn’t burn Aramaki to ashes directly like Klee Meow, it greatly restricted his ability.

Meanwhile, the elemental beasts on Egghead Island were unexpectedly countered by Karasu Soot-Soot Fruit.

Soot has strong adsorption properties, so when Karasu mixed the soot into the reindeer whose true form was liquid, it instantly condensed into blocks of coal lumps, completely losing its combat effectiveness.

Having dealt with the reindeer that could release toxic mist, the remaining metal leopard only dealt physical damage, making it much easier to deal with.

It was quickly restricted in movement by the Revolutionary Army, and then upon touching Sea Prism Stone, it turned back into a pile of metal powder.

Just as the Marines were gradually showing signs of defeat, Borsalino, who was traveling using his fruit ability, finally arrived a step ahead.

However, just as he revealed his figure, two fan-shaped red beams of light shot toward him from the ranks of the Revolutionary Army...

"Hahahahaha! You’re finally here! I’ve been waiting for you for a long time!"

(=Φ▽Φ=)

With flames jetting from under her skirt, Arc soared into the sky, flying right up to Kizaru, who had just dodged her attack.

"An Felyne? No... that a bit different..." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Seeing the tiny figure with a pair of cat ears in front of him, Kizaru was startled for a moment, but he quickly realized that she wasn’t a Mink, but rather a human with cat ears and a cat tail...

Uh, probably a human?

Kizaru guessed, not entirely sure.

Arc appearance led Kizaru to make a wrong judgment, but at this point, Sherwin didn’t really care whether the World Government knew about his connection to the Revolutionary Army anymore.

The only reason Arc was acting together with Dragon and the others was simply because things would be more lively over at Egghead Island. After Sherwin asked Arc, she had decided it for herself.

"Though I don’t know what going on with you, little girl, don’t expect me to hold back."

Kizaru raised a finger and fired a laser beam at Arc.

"Oh~ You seem pretty confident, uncle~ I just wonder if your strength matches your words."

(=ω=)

Not to be outdone, Arc eyes lit up again, and two focused heat vision beams clashed directly against it, dispersing the laser beam while continuing forward unabated to pierce through Kizaru body.

"How terrifying~"

Kizaru looked down at his pierced body and slowly uttered his catchphrase.

"How annoying, is it that ability called Observation Haki again?"

(=`ー=)

Seeing the opponent "wound" quickly filled by a yellow light, Arc curled her lips in great displeasure.

Whether it was a matter of Arc personality or because of her unique physical composition, despite her strength being not a single bit inferior to Kaido Meow, she simply could not learn any type of Haki. Therefore, when facing these Logia ability users, Arc appeared to be quite countered.

However...

"Let see how you dodge this?!"

(=ω=)

Arc eyes lit up with red light once again, and this time she expanded the red light to its maximum range, directly enveloping a large patch of the sky.

Although Kizaru had immediately transformed into light to evade, the problem was that what Arc fired was also light, so a small half of his body was still illuminated by it.

Then, a series of crackling striking sounds could be heard. Kizaru, who had originally transformed into light, was beaten back into his original form, and as if being pushed violently, he spun several times in mid-air before stabilizing his body again.

"This is getting a bit difficult..."

Feeling the numb and painful half of his body, Kizaru showed a bitter smile on his face, "How did so many powerful guys pop up in these past few years... and most of them are related to cats."

Seeing that Kizaru, who had managed to arrive with great difficulty, was immediately intercepted by a little guy who looked like a Felyne and yet also like a cyborg, Sengoku already heavy heart sank even deeper.

To make matters worse, at this very moment, he also received a notification from Kuzan—

The World Government wanted them to head back to reinforce Fabokt Island. At the very least, those reinforcements who were about to arrive had to go back immediately...

"Are you kidding me?! Do you know how terrible the situation here is right now?! If the reinforcements are reassigned, the loss won’t just be Vegapunk—Sengoku and the others will be in danger too!!!"

Without Sengoku even needing to speak, the operator in charge of communications was already cursing furiously and quickly reported the situation regarding the Revolutionary Army back.

Caught in the middle, Kuzan felt frustrated, but he still quickly conveyed the situation on Egghead Island to the Five Elders.

"...Given the current situation, it unrealistic to have the reinforcements turn back to Fabokte Island. Furthermore, Fabokte Island doesn’t require much combat power it just needs personnel. We can draw some personnel from other branches instead, and in terms of time, there won’t be much of a difference between the two."

Whether from personal emotion or his judgment as the Fleet Admiral, Kuzan felt that the focus should be placed on Egghead Island.

However, for the Five Elders, the issue of "Nika" was what mattered most.

Yet they also had to admit that Kuzan analysis was factual. Reassigning those reinforcements back now still would not meet their demand for a "quick, decisive battle" in terms of time.

And there was another crucial point...

"It too much of a coincidence. Do you think that group of people on Fabokte Island could also be members of the Revolutionary Army? They are intentionally trying to divide our combat forces."

No one answered Saint Mars question, because this explanation didn’t quite make sense in some places... How did the Revolutionary Army know there was a "Nika ruin" over there, and how did they know they would definitely take the bait?

"It doesn’t matter whether it the Revolutionary Army or not," Saint Nusjuro, the Warrior God of Finance, said slowly while holding his samurai sword.

"The longer the matter on Fabokte Island drags on, the more variables there will be. Just wipe them out along with the island entirely."

"Are we going to use that?" Saint Ju Peter, the Warrior God of Agriculture, pondered for a moment, and then nodded, saying,

"Vegapunk energy research over there should be nearing completion, right? Then there no need to be stingy with it. Agreed."

"...Agreed."

The other members of the Five Elders expressed their agreement one after another.