Nuts Island — Totto Land
The sky had already been split once.
Now—
It trembled as if it might never recover.
At the center of the devastation stood two figures.
Monkey D. Garp
And—
Big Mom
No more distractions.
No more interference.
Just them.
A beat.
Then—
They moved.
BOOOOM!!!
Napoleon crashed down—
A titanic slash infused with overwhelming Haki—
Garp met it with his fist.
Black lightning exploded outward.
The island screamed.
The ground beneath them caved in instantly. Crushing, splitting, folding under the pressure of two titans colliding.
"MAMAMAMAMA!!"
Big Mom laughed wildly, eyes gleaming with battle hunger.
"IKOKU SOVEREIGNTY!!"
She swung Napoleon forward—
A massive, compressed wave of destruction surged outward—
Splitting everything in its path.
Garp didn't dodge.
He stepped forward.
"Don't throw that kind of thing around carelessly!!"
His arm pulled back—
Haki condensed—
"GALAXY SMASH!!"
BOOOOOOM!!!
The two attacks collided midair—
And detonated.
A shockwave erupted across Nuts Island—
Flattening what little remained standing.
The sea itself pulled back—
As if afraid.
From afar—
Gion braced herself, coat whipping violently in the wind.
"…This is insane…"
Bogard remained still, but even he narrowed his eyes.
"…Now he's serious."
Back on the battlefield—
Garp grinned.
"…You're still as destructive as ever, Linlin."
Big Mom's grin widened.
"…And you're still as reckless, Garp!!"
Prometheus roared to life—
Flames spiraling violently around her arm.
"PROMETHEUS!!"
Fire condensed—
Burning hotter, denser—
"PROMINENCE BLAZE!!"
A massive inferno surged toward Garp—
Devouring the battlefield.
Garp stepped into it.
No hesitation.
Flames swallowed him whole—
Then—
He burst through them.
His fist coated in thick black Haki—
"GALAXY IMPACT!!"
The punch collided with the fire itself—
Blasting it apart—
And slamming straight into Big Mom.
BOOOOOOM!!!
Big Mom skidded back—
Her feet carving trenches through the earth—
Then she laughed.
"…That's more like it!!"
Zeus crackled violently above her.
"Zeus!!"
Lightning gathered—
Expanding, brightening—
A massive bolt of lightning descended—
Faster than sound—
Garp raised his arm—
CRACK!!!
The lightning struck—
Engulfing him completely.
For a moment—
Silence.
Then—
The smoke cleared.
Garp stood there.
Steam rising from his body.
"…You'll have to do better than that."
Big Mom's grin twitched.
"…You're really trying to irritate me today."
They clashed again.
Fist.
Blade.
Fire.
Lightning.
Every collision—
A catastrophe.
The sky split wider.
The island cracked deeper.
Even the ocean surrounding Nuts Island churned violently—
As if trying to escape.
Far behind—
Katakuri stirred.
His body screamed in pain.
But his eyes—
Opened.
"…Garp…"
He forced himself up, just slightly—
And saw it.
Not the man he fought before.
Something else.
Each movement—
Heavier.
Faster.
Sharper.
Each strike—
On a completely different level.
Katakuri's eyes widened.
'This…'
Another clash—
Another explosion—
'…He was holding back.'
The realization hit harder than any punch.
The man who had overwhelmed him—
Hadn't even been serious.
Katakuri clenched his teeth.
'So this…'
His gaze sharpened despite his injuries.
'…is the true power of a legend.'
Back at the center—
Big Mom swung Napoleon again—
This time coated in blazing fire and crackling lightning—
"IKOKU SOVEREIGNTY: HELLFIRE!!"
A monstrous slash erupted—
Garp stepped in—
Unflinching—
"GALAXY DIVIDE!!"
BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The attacks collided—
Splitting the sky again—
The clouds above completely torn apart.
Black lightning raged between them.
Neither gave ground.
Their weapons. Fist and blade locked.
Their eyes met.
Big Mom grinned.
"…Why are you here, Garp?"
Garp's grin didn't fade.
"…I told you."
He pushed forward—
Their clash intensifying—
"…I came to get someone."
Big Mom's eyes narrowed.
"…Someone?"
A pause—
Then—
"…You mean that brat?"
Garp laughed.
"…Brat?"
His Haki flared violently.
"…That 'brat' is the future of the Marines."
The air trembled.
Big Mom blinked once—
Then laughed.
"MAMAMAMAMA!!!"
"…You came all this way…"
Her grin turned feral.
"…For a mere Captain?!"
Garp's expression sharpened slightly.
"…Don't underestimate him."
Another clash—
Another explosion—
"…Or you'll regret it."
Big Mom's grin widened.
"…Then I'll just break him myself."
Her aura surged.
"Prometheus!! Zeus!! Napoleon!!"
All three responded—
Flames—
Lightning—
Steel—
"…Let's see if that 'future' survives!!"
Garp stepped forward.
His fist tightened.
"…Try it."
The sky above them cracked once more.
And Nuts Island—
Shook.
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Nuts Island had become a battlefield worthy of legend.
The sky itself groaned beneath the weight of two monsters.
Monkey D. Garp and Charlotte Linlin stood at the center of devastation, their clash shaking the entire island to its core. The earth beneath them had long since shattered into spiderwebs of broken stone, while the sea around Nuts Island churned violently from the aftershocks of their blows.
Garp's fist drove forward.
Big Mom's Napoleon came down.
The collision exploded with black lightning.
Conqueror's Haki tore across the heavens.
For a moment, all sound vanished.
Then—
BOOOOOM!
The delayed shockwave blasted outward, flattening entire groves of candy trees and hurling chunks of earth into the sea.
"MAAAMAMAMAMA!" Big Mom laughed, her voice booming across the island. "You still hit as hard as you did at God Valley, Garp!"
Garp grinned, wiping blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Same to you, Linlin!"
He shot forward again.
His speed was absurd for a man of his age.
His fist coated in black Armament and crackling Conqueror's lightning, Garp drove a monstrous uppercut toward her jaw.
"Galaxy Knuckle!"
Big Mom twisted.
Napoleon shifted shape mid-motion, stretching into a massive broadsword.
"HAAH!"
She slammed the blade downward.
"Hah! Mama's got him!" Zeus cried from above, dark thunderclouds swirling around his fluffy body.
"Burn him to ash!" Prometheus cackled, flames roaring brighter.
The attacks collided.
A burst of black lightning erupted again.
The force split the ocean behind them.
Even Perospero, watching from the ruined outskirts with Daifuku and the heavily wounded Katakuri, grimaced.
"Candy… this is absurd," Perospero muttered.
Daifuku stared in disbelief.
"This is beyond anything we can interfere with."
Katakuri, breathing hard and clutching his side, narrowed his eyes.
'Even against me… he wasn't serious.'
That realization stung more than his wounds.
Back in the center of the battlefield, Big Mom leapt backward onto Zeus.
"Zeus!"
"Yes, Mama!"
The thundercloud swelled to enormous size, crackling with bolts of blue-white lightning.
Big Mom raised Napoleon high.
"Fulgora!"
A colossal spear of lightning descended toward Garp.
The entire sky turned white.
Garp looked up and snorted.
"So you're still relying on weather tricks."
His knees bent.
Then he launched upward.
The ground beneath him exploded.
He punched straight through the descending lightning.
The blast scattered in every direction like shattered glass.
Zeus screamed.
"WAHHHH! HE PUNCHED LIGHTNING!"
Big Mom's eyes widened.
Garp appeared in front of her mid-air.
"Got you."
His fist slammed into her stomach.
BOOOOM!
Big Mom was sent crashing across the battlefield, tearing through layers of candy rock and crushing several homie towers.
Prometheus flared up in outrage.
"Mama!"
Big Mom rose from the crater laughing.
Blood trickled from the corner of her lips.
"MAAAMAMAMA! NOW THIS IS FUN!"
Napoleon laughed alongside her.
"Cut him down, Mama!"
Garp landed with a heavy thud.
His chest rose and fell.
Even for him, fighting an Emperor at full power was no easy task.
Still, his grin remained.
Then—
A familiar presence entered his Observation Haki.
His grin widened further.
"Heh."
Above the battlefield, a massive flowering vine descended from the sky.
Petals spun in the air.
Green leaves danced through the storm winds.
Standing atop a blooming flower platform was Tenjin.
Behind him, holding onto his shoulder with wide fearful eyes, was Charlotte Pudding.
Tenjin's face lit up.
"Vice Admiral Garp!"
Garp barked out a loud laugh.
"You took your sweet time, brat!"
Tenjin landed beside the Marine warship.
The Marines aboard erupted into relieved cheers.
"Captain Tenjin!"
"He's alive!"
Bogard exhaled quietly.
Gion's eyes softened for the first time in days.
"You reckless idiot…"
Big Mom's smile vanished.
Her eyes snapped toward the pair.
Then her expression darkened into pure fury.
"PUDDING."
The single word shook the battlefield.
Pudding visibly trembled.
Big Mom's eyes widened further as she fully processed the scene.
"You let him escape?"
Pudding swallowed.
"M-Mama, I—"
"TRAITOR!"
The roar shook the entire island.
Zeus whimpered.
Prometheus flared violently.
Napoleon snarled.
Big Mom's killing intent exploded outward.
Pudding froze.
Her face went pale.
Tenjin immediately stepped in front of her.
Garp's expression hardened.
"Linlin."
Big Mom's gaze snapped to him.
"You can scream at your daughter later," Garp said coldly. "Right now, the boy comes with me."
Big Mom's lips curled.
"Oh?"
She slowly turned her head toward Tenjin.
"After everything I did for you, little Marine…"
Tenjin clicked his tongue.
"You locked me in a book prison and threatened Pudding."
Big Mom laughed.
"And yet here you are. Still alive because of her."
Tenjin's eyes narrowed.
Before he could respond—
A new voice cut through the battlefield.
Cold.
Calm.
Authoritative.
"I'm afraid…"
The voice came from directly in front of the Marine ship.
Tenjin's pupils shrank.
A man stood there.
Tall.
Broad-shouldered.
Wearing immaculate white garments marked with the unmistakable authority of the Holy Land.
And his hair—
Red.
Exactly like that man.
The man's sharp eyes settled on Tenjin.
A faint smile touched his lips.
"You will have to come with me."
His gaze sharpened.
"Little brother."
Silence.
The battlefield froze.
Even Big Mom paused.
Garp's expression changed instantly.
Danger.
Pure danger.
Tenjin stared.
His heart pounded.
The resemblance was impossible to ignore.
The red hair.
The face structure.
The overwhelming presence.
Behind the newcomer, two figures descended from the sky.
Gunko.
Sommers.
Shamrock's eyes never left Tenjin.
"I am Figarland Shamrock."
His voice was smooth.
Measured.
"As your elder brother, I have come to retrieve you."
Tenjin's brows furrowed.
Brother?
His mind reeled.
'What is this bastard talking about?'
Garp stepped forward immediately.
His Haki surged.
"No."
The single word came out like thunder.
Shamrock's gaze slowly shifted to Garp.
Their eyes met.
The atmosphere instantly became suffocating.
Even Big Mom narrowed her eyes in interest.
'Another monster.'
Shamrock smiled faintly.
"The Hero of the Marines."
His hand rested on the hilt of his blade.
"I would prefer not to fight you."
Garp cracked his knuckles.
"Funny."
Black lightning danced around his fist.
"I was just thinking the opposite."
Tenjin looked between them, mind spinning.
Big Mom suddenly burst into laughter.
"MAAAMAMAMA!"
Everyone looked toward her.
"What a delightful mess!"
Her grin stretched wide.
"A Hero of the Marines, a Holy Knight, and my little traitor daughter all fighting over one brat!"
Napoleon laughed with her.
Zeus spun nervously.
Prometheus crackled.
"This island just got interesting!"
Tenjin clenched his fists.
His eyes stayed on Shamrock.
Something about him…
Something felt horribly wrong.
Yet strangely familiar.
Shamrock met his gaze.
Then spoke softly.
"You have your father's eyes."
Tenjin froze.
His breath caught.
Garp's expression darkened further.
Big Mom grinned.
Pudding stared in utter confusion.
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