One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 82 'Pluto, the King of the Underworld', also known as Little Pig!

On the sea, the punch that Garp unleashed lived up to its name—it was like a shooting star.

Even from a great distance, the sea surface in front of him was crushed by the immense force of his fist!
Wherever the black and red color of the dinosaur passed, all the fish and shrimp in the surrounding sea turned white.

"Hey!?"

Even the marines aboard Garp's warship were stunned by this scene.

Although they were marines on Garp's warship, many of them had never actually seen Garp's true power. After all, at his age and with his seniority, even if Garp encountered a small pirate when he went to sea, it was Bogart who would take care of him.

Even if the old man occasionally wanted to exercise, he could just throw a cannonball or something and that would be enough.

So, this was truly the first time they had ever seen Garp throw a punch so seriously.

Can this even be considered a punch? That 'meteor' looks like it could smash a small mountain with a single punch.

But at this moment.
"A serious punch from Lieutenant General Garp."

Bogart, who had already sheathed his sword, crossed his arms and looked toward the distant horizon where the meteor had streaked past.

He knew very well that this punch was not Garp's full power.

Even so, this was still a serious punch from Garp, a strike combining Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, along with his 'Iron Fist'.

With just this one strike, not many of the so-called famous pirates on the entire ocean could withstand it.

"It has ended."

He thought to himself that he was already preparing to send the marines to rescue the people.

"We've finally encountered a member of the Twelve Constellations by chance, and we must bring him back to headquarters."

But it was precisely at the moment Bogart made his judgment
"Ok?"

His pupils suddenly contracted.

Because all we could see at that moment was the distant sea.

The top hat at the feet of the Pig was like a leaf falling in a gale, bobbing and tilting with the swaying of the sea.

However, he still stood ramrod straight.

He opened his arms towards the giant meteor, and then
"Swallowing and Unifying - All Things Enter the Entrance!"

The ability to mark the fruit and the ability to devour the fruit are activated simultaneously.

"Buzz!"

The attack, carrying immense and domineering power, was instantly devoured by the power of the Marked Fruit and transferred into his mouth.

The Swallow Fruit then absorbed all the immense force of the punch, transferring it into his body.

But
"."

At this moment, as he watched the fist wind being rapidly absorbed and shrank, a hint of sternness flashed in the pupils beneath the Pig's mask.

"It failed to completely transfer and absorb the virus."

He could sense that.

The power of the Mark-Mark Fruit and the Gluttony Fruit still worked on Garp's punch, but it wasn't perfect.

To put it simply, it was like discovering that every grain of rice was covered with hard stone shards while eating—the speed of swallowing and transferring slowed down, so much so that some of the residual force directly hit him.

"Is this the suppressive effect of the Haki of the top-tier users on Devil Fruit abilities?"

Therefore, the Pig naturally understood this.

A true master of 'mind, body, and technique' who has cultivated Haki to the highest level can use Haki to counter or even suppress Devil Fruit abilities.

For example, Terfalgar Law can use Haki to neutralize Doc Q's Disease-Disease Fruit ability, and Shanks can suppress Admiral Green Bull's ability from hundreds of miles away.

However, Roy had never encountered anyone like this before.

But it's clear that the Garp that the Pig is currently facing is a user of that level of Haki.

His punching power and domineering aura were so great that even the combination of the Gluttony Fruit and the Mark-Mark Fruit could not completely devour him.

But
"It cannot completely devour, but it can devour most of it."

"You think you can defeat me with just this little bit of remaining strength? No way."

In soft murmurs.

The remaining force of Garp's punch struck the boar, but...
"clang!"

"clang!"

Even the remaining force, powerful enough to flatten a mountain, only produced a piercing clang of metal clashing against metal when it struck the Pig.

Not to mention defeating it, there wasn't even the slightest injury on the body of the Pig.

If the revolutionary army were here at this moment, they would surely find that the physique of the Pig is very familiar to them.

【Swallowing Combiner - Pluto Alloy】

That's right—as the user of the Gluttony Fruit and the creator of Pluto Alloy, Ino should have had a hearty serving of Pluto Alloy sashimi long ago.

Therefore, he can naturally transform his body into 'Pluto Alloy'!
As mentioned before, this alloy used to make Hades is virtually indestructible!

then
"boom!"

With a wave of his hand, the gust of wind from the incoming fist completely dissipated on the sea surface.

His figure still stands on the sea.

"How is it possible that he didn't dodge and blocked Vice Admiral Garp's punch with his bare flesh and blood?!"

Bogart was almost stunned by what he saw.

Having followed Garp for so many years, he had never seen anyone take Garp's punches in this way—not even the Pirate King Roger could withstand Garp's punches head-on.

"What exactly is the structure of this guy's body?"

"Hahaha!"

But Garp burst into laughter instead: "These young people these days are really in great shape!"

He seemed completely unconcerned that his punch had been blocked.

But it was precisely while he was laughing that he did so.
"boom!"

A powerful aura and domineering energy interrupted him at that moment.

Garp and Bogart turned their heads at the same time, and then saw that Boar had also made a punching motion.

"Sizzle!" "Sizzle!"

Garp and Bogart were naturally very familiar with that intense domineering aura and surging punching power.

"My domineering aura?"

Karp was somewhat taken aback.

But the next moment, the Pig had already thrown out its fist!
"Swallowing and Returning Fist"

"Meteors!"

At that moment, his body seemed to transform into the 'shooting star' that Garp had just unleashed.

The fist, imbued with domineering aura, was continuously swung out, and each swing created a 'meteor' similar to Garp's punch earlier, but smaller in size!
Even so, the continuous streaks of meteors across the sea were still a truly terrifying sight.

"As expected."

Bogart's usually expressionless face showed a rare look of surprise and disbelief.

At that moment, Garp, after a brief moment of stunned silence, burst into laughter again.

"Can you take and absorb my punch and Haki, and then return it to the user?"

His words surprisingly carried a hint of excitement: "This is the first time I've ever heard of such an ability!"

He chuckled softly, but his fist clenched again: "However."

"boom!"

He threw another punch.

As a result, those 'meteors' that had already flown near the warship were all shattered by the impact of this punch!
"Hey! Kid."

His voice boomed like thunder, echoing across the entire sea: "How could you possibly defeat me with my fists?!"

Yes.

To him, these weakened versions of 'meteors' could not even be called a threat.

But
"boom!"

The next instant, a distant roar interrupted Garp's actions.

"boom!"

Just seconds later, the roar resumed, but this time, the sound was even louder.

"boom!"

Ten seconds later, the third sound came, louder and louder.

The fourth and fifth times—accompanied by the gradually increasing volume of the sound, it was almost like thunder.

"What was that sound from the Twelve Zodiac Signs? What other moves does he have?!"

Bogart's gaze instinctively turned to the distant Pig—he was certain the voice was coming from its direction.

But at this moment.
"Bogart!"

But he heard Garp's voice.

"Take everyone to the 'boxing room' in the hold immediately!"

This usually jovial old man was unusually serious at this moment.

“Lieutenant General Karp.” Bogart was almost stunned.

The 'boxing room' at the bottom of the hold was where Garp practiced his boxing.

There, the highest density of sea stone in the entire hull was gathered, making it an almost indestructible refuge.

"Go immediately."

But Garp didn't explain—or rather, he didn't have time to explain.

Therefore, Bogart naturally had no further hesitation.

"shave!"

He decisively activated the shave, almost instantly circling the entire deck and grabbing all the marines, instantly bringing them into the cabin.

At this moment, Garp's gaze was fixed on the Boar in the distance.

"boom!"

The thunderous sound that echoed across the sea continued.

At that moment, Garp had already sensed the presence of the creature.

Something is coming.

Garp scanned his surroundings with his Observation Haki, observing all the changes around him.

then
"Um!?"

He then noticed something unusual.

That is, among the countless 'meteor fists' that the Pig had just shattered.

At the location of a 'meteor', small pieces of metal are floating on the sea.

On that piece of metal, there was a barely perceptible mark!
at the same time
"Of course I know that I can't defeat you with a fist like that."

"But there's no other way—it's impossible to mark directly at such a long distance. If we want to send the marker over, this is the most suitable method."

The Pig murmured to itself.

His gaze fell upon the warships on the distant sea, and then...
"boom!"

Another explosion was heard.

The sound originated from within him.

If someone were to observe the condition inside his body at this moment, they would discover...

At this moment, a ball of energy was constantly 'exploding' inside his body.

"boom!"

Each of its explosions unleashed extremely powerful destructive force, which was then absorbed by the boar's Gluttony Fruit!

Immediately afterwards, the explosive energy that had been devoured and absorbed reappeared within the pig's body, continuing to explode and generating even greater destructive power.

The Gluttony Fruit - allows one to devour and absorb anything, transforming it into their own body.

[Bomb-Bomb Fruit - Any part of his own body can be used as a bomb, and he is immune to any explosive damage]

This is what led to the actions that the Pig is taking at this moment.

He was constantly compressing the power of the explosion!

"Each compression of the Gluttony Fruit requires a longer time to absorb, which takes too long to prepare and consumes too much energy in actual combat. But the current situation is just right to use it."

"boom!"

The roar that erupted once again was almost enough to deafen someone.

"Fifteen compressions—that's already quite physically demanding, and given that he's already discovered the marker, this is the limit."

The pig murmured softly.

Then he opened his mouth.

"Swallowing and Marking Fusion Cannon!"

The moment the sound fell, the energy sphere within his body, which had undergone fifteen compressions and superpositions, vanished instantly.

Almost at the same instant.
"Buzz!"

A blazing white orb about to explode appeared without warning at the location of the metal debris surrounding HQ-3!

In that instant, the surrounding seawater was instantly evaporated by the extreme heat, as if the entire sea surface had been forcefully pressed in by an invisible giant hand.

next moment.
"Boom——"

An explosion has occurred!
The powerful shockwave instantly tore through the clouds above the sea, leaving a huge hole in the sky.

A massive mushroom cloud rose instantly from the sea.

But
From that massive explosion, powerful enough to shatter a small island.

"boom!"

Within the torn clouds above, black and red lightning burst forth and descended.

At that moment, the Pig could clearly sense the terrifying aura and power emanating from within the mushroom cloud.

He could even see that the flames from the explosion that encased HQ-3 were beginning to dent noticeably.

"He truly deserves the title of 'Naval Hero'!"

The Pig thought to itself, "Just as I thought."

Clearly, even with such a strike, the outcome is still undecided.

That earth-shattering, domineering aura is the proof.

"Faced with such a top-tier existence in the ocean, fifteen compressions are far from enough to defeat it. We must further accelerate the speed or intensity of compression."

"However—it's enough to get rid of this pointless battle."

Though he murmured softly, the pig did not hesitate in its actions.

He decisively steered the top hat he was wearing, turning it so that it would drift away towards the distant sea.

And it was precisely at the moment that the figure of the Pig disappeared at the horizon.

"boom!"

The enormous mushroom cloud and flames dissipated amidst the continuous roar of the powerful energy and the force of the punches, revealing the hull of the HQ-3 ship.

At that very moment, Bogart also poked his head out from inside the cabin.

Garp's adjutant was also taken aback.

Because at this point, the entire appearance of HQ-3 had completely changed.

This warship, built by the navy's top shipwrights and having weathered countless storms, is now violently twisted and deformed!
The stern and most of the deck had already melted and vaporized under the high temperature and strong light.

Only in the area where the ship's cabin was located was a layer of jet-black Armament Haki spreading and adhering to it—that was the reason why Bogart and the marines were able to survive.

Meanwhile...
"Vice Admiral Garp!?"

Bogart saw Karp.

At this moment, Garp's navy cloak and shirt had already turned to ashes in the raging fire.

Bogart, however, saw the distinct blackness on Garp's body.

That jet-black color was partly due to his Armament Haki armor.

But the other part is gruesome burns.

Bogart was stunned and stood there.

Because he couldn't remember the last time he'd seen Garp so badly injured.

"Haha! I guess I can't deny I'm getting old."

But at this moment, Garp's spirits were clearly still high: "I can't believe this explosion didn't completely shatter it. I'll have to do extra training tomorrow."

"but."

As he said this, his gaze passed through the dissipating mushroom cloud and looked towards the distant sea.

His eyes had become solemn and serious.

"The twelve constellations..."

That was a rare moment of solemnity for this naval hero, one that hadn't been seen since the execution of Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King, 19 years ago.

"That kid was wearing a pig's head mask; based on our guess, he should be called 'Hai Pig'?"

"Yes, it is."

"Remember to report this to Sengoku when you get back; that kid's abilities are dangerous."

"Of course!"

Need I say more?
Bogart looked at the sea surface around him, still bearing traces of the explosion, and at Garp's injuries—this was more than just dangerous.

Of the twelve known members of the zodiac, the one they are facing today is probably the most destructive in terms of sheer destructive power.

But then Garp hesitated, "Hmm, there's more."

Bogart said seriously, "Please speak."

"Go and get me two bags of rice crackers. They're behind the wooden stakes in the boxing room."

".ah?"

　Regarding power, when Garp was young and training at full strength, his punches could destroy mountains and islands. [Even in his old age, he could unleash a nuclear-explosive punch like the Galaxy Impact, which is not an exaggeration.]

　　
　
(End of this chapter)