"Again." Ten seconds later, Garp, who had been sent flying, smashed through the wall of the wooden house again, rushed into the house, and charged towards Wang Han. His fist, covered in jet-black Armament Haki, slammed into Wang Han.
"Snap." Wang Han easily grasped Garp's fist and delivered a powerful roundhouse kick to Garp's waist.
With a muffled thud, even with his dense Armament Haki covering him, Garp almost had his bones broken by Wang Han's kick. However, Garp also managed to grab Wang Han's arm that was holding his fist with his other hand, and took the opportunity to kick Wang Han with both feet.
"Are you ready to get beaten up already?!" Wang Han looked at Garp, who was gripping his arm tightly, raised one foot and quickly kicked Garp's feet back, while simultaneously punching Garp in the chest.
“Peng”.
Despite being hit by Wang Han's punch, Garp endured the pain and held onto Wang Han's arm tightly to avoid being thrown off. He shouted to Luffy, "Luffy, run!"
"Grandpa, let me help you, Gum-Gum Pistol." Unfortunately, Luffy, seeing Garp being repeatedly beaten by Wang Han, did not run away as Garp wished. Instead, he abandoned Kuina and charged towards Wang Han, stretching out his arm to strike him. He did not realize the huge difference in strength, and his help would only make the situation worse.
"Damn it, run!" Garp was extremely anxious as he watched Luffy charge towards the black-armored man. With Luffy's strength, he would be killed instantly.
As expected, facing Luffy charging towards him, Wang Han raised his hand and grabbed his Gum-Gum Pistol, pulling him towards him with a forceful tug. Grabbing Luffy's hand, he formed his palm into a blade, imbuing it with wind-style chakra, and slashed down fiercely at Luffy, who was being pulled forward.
"No." Seeing this, Garp's eyes were bloodshot. He finally released his grip on Wang Han's arm and tried to stop him.
Unfortunately, it was too late. Bright red blood splattered as Wang Han's palm strike easily left a deep, bone-revealing wound on Luffy's chest. He then kicked him back.
Garp was stunned to see Luffy lying on the side, his fate unknown.
Wang Han grabbed the stunned Garp by the collar and threw him next to Luffy.
"Wow, that's amazing! He actually uses his hand as a knife." Kuina looked at Wang Han in shock.
"Tashigi, that's enough for today." After leaving Garp behind, Wang Han said to Kuina, "Swordsmanship can't be mastered overnight. You've already gained something today, enough for you to digest for a while. Besides, if you kill him, you won't have such a good opponent to practice against in the future. Let's go."
After saying that, Wang Han said to Garp, who was holding Luffy, "He's not dead yet. You two are good punching bags. I had a lot of fun beating him up."
After saying that, Wang Han led Guina away from the bandit's den.
"He's gone." Garp watched Wang Han leave, then quickly looked at Luffy beside him. Seeing that Luffy was only seriously injured and unconscious, Garp breathed a long sigh of relief and gently hugged Luffy in his arms. It was good that Luffy wasn't dead.
"Garp, the person..." Dadan rushed into the cabin and saw Garp holding Luffy. Looking at the deep, bone-revealing wound on Luffy's chest, the words she was about to say stopped. Was Luffy still dead?
"Dadan, quick, quick, get some herbs to stop Luffy's bleeding, then get a stretcher to carry Luffy to my warship. If we're any later, Luffy will really die!" Garp said urgently as he watched Dadan rush in.
"Ah, oh, okay." Upon hearing this, Dadan paused for a moment, then quickly rushed towards the side of the wooden house.
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On the way back, Guina looked at Wang Han in surprise and said, "This is the first time I've seen you not kill anyone."
"Do you want me to kill them?" Upon hearing this, Wang Han looked at Guina.
“No, of course I don’t want you to kill them, I just hope you kill fewer people,” Kuina said. “But beating an old man like that is really disrespectful to elders.”
“He is a soldier, a still-serving and powerful naval soldier.” Wang Han shook his head and said, “Soldiers are not distinguished by age, but by life and death. Once you participate in the battle, it is a fight to the death.”
Upon hearing this, Kuina nodded and said, "I've learned something."
“That’s how the world is, the strong prey on the weak,” Wang Han said. “The law of the jungle is everywhere. As long as there are thoughts, interests, and desires, it will not disappear. Even if you are strong enough to change the whole world, you cannot change their thoughts. Even I can’t do that now.”
"..." Upon hearing this, Guina fell silent, knowing that what Wang Han said was true.
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"What? Grandpa said you're going to take me with you from now on, and take me to Marine Headquarters." On the bed, Luffy, who had just been bandaged up, jumped up immediately upon hearing Garp's decision and rejected it without hesitation: "No, absolutely not."
"Luffy, lie down quickly," Dadan said as she watched Luffy jump up.
"It has to be done, no matter what." Garp's forehead veins bulged, and he raised his fist to punch Luffy. However, looking at Luffy's bandaged chest, he ultimately didn't feel sorry for him, lowered his fist, and patiently said, "You've seen today just how strong that guy in black armor is. Don't even mention you, even I wouldn't be able to fight back against him. If you meet him again, he'll kill you."
"No, I will definitely defeat him next time I meet him," Luffy retorted.
"Hahaha." Upon hearing this, Garp laughed. "Luffy, you really dare to say that. But you are my grandson, and I believe you will definitely be able to defeat him in the future. Now let your grandpa take you to the Marine base to receive your grandpa's most rigorous training."
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