It was Kai who had grabbed the bandit's sword-wielding arm just as he was about to slash at Luffy.
No matter how the bandit struggled, his arm remained completely motionless. His expression couldn't help but show fear as he swallowed hard and said with difficulty: "You... who are you? Let go of me!"
"Is that so? Since you said so, then I'll let you go."
Kai lifted his hand and flung it forcefully. The bandit was directly thrown flying, crashing heavily to the ground. Watching the bandit supporting himself with both hands on the ground, his feet constantly kicking backward, Kai's eyes showed obvious disdain.
The bandit clearly noticed Kai's expression, then looked around at the surrounding people, his face showing humiliated rage. Suddenly, the bandit's peripheral vision caught sight of Luffy's small figure.
Grabbing the longsword that had fallen to the ground, the bandit suddenly sprang up, pressing the blade tightly against Luffy's neck. Looking at Kai, he laughed arrogantly: "You! If you don't want this brat to die, immediately cut off the arm you just grabbed me with! Quick! Or I'll kill this brat right now!"
"This arm?" Kai slowly raised his right arm, looking at the bandit and asking.
"Yes! That arm! Hurry up and cut it off for me, or I'll kill this brat right now!" As he spoke, the bandit's longsword cut a red mark on Luffy's neck.
Having eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit, Luffy could resist blunt attacks, but his resistance to sharp blades remained unchanged.
"Kai-nii, hurry up and beat him down!"
Luffy showed no awareness of being a hostage, flailing around in the bandit's arms, not worried about his own safety at all. His thick-headedness made Kai have to admire him.
"Kai... Luffy, he..."
Makino on the side was full of worry. She didn't want either Kai or Luffy to be in danger, but facing the current situation, Makino couldn't think of a good solution.
"Don't worry, Makino."
After slightly comforting Makino, Kai turned his gaze back to the bandit across from him. Kai wore a playful expression as he spoke: "Sorry, but I might have self-destructive tendencies!"
Before the bandit could react, Kai suddenly clenched his fist tightly. In an instant, he threw countless punches!
Steel Fist: Air Shatter!!!
Kai couldn't even remember how long it had been since he'd used this taijutsu technique. In an extremely brief time, he struck out dozens of punches, each compressing the air to its limit, forming high-density shockwaves that damaged the enemy.
Pure taijutsu without any chakra usage—naturally, there was no need to worry about the world's source rejecting him from this world.
Even without full power, with Kai's current physical condition, it was terrifyingly effective!
The ultra-high-density air shockwaves blasted directly toward the bandit who hadn't yet reacted!
The bandit who had been perfectly intact one moment was missing half his body the next, and the wall behind him now had a large hole blasted through it!
"So amazing... Kai-nii, you're incredible!" Luffy looked at Kai with shining eyes, full of admiration.
But Kai, looking at the wall he'd blasted to pieces, felt somewhat embarrassed. He looked at Makino awkwardly: "Um... Makino, sorry for breaking your wall."
Makino didn't mind at all, smiling as she said: "It's fine, as long as you and little Luffy are okay."
Just then, a voice suddenly came over: "I heard bandits came by—what happened?" As the voice fell, Garp charged directly into the bar.
You heard? Not a single person in the bar had gone out—who did you hear it from? Kai was too tired to complain.
Clearly, Garp had been using Observation Haki to monitor the surrounding situation. Otherwise, how could Garp appear right after Kai finished dealing with the bandit? That would be too much of a coincidence.
"The bandit has already been dealt with by me. You're late," Kai said, giving Garp a look.
After Kai killed the arrogant bandit leader with one punch, the remaining bandits became a rabble and had long since fled to who knows where.
"Not bad, kid. Want to spar with me?" Garp didn't have an accurate understanding of Kai's strength either, so this was a good opportunity to test Kai's abilities.
"Hmm... no problem."
After only brief consideration, Kai agreed. Kai also wanted to understand what level he could reach relying solely on physical strength.
"Then follow me. This isn't a place for fighting." After speaking, Garp walked toward the bar's exit, with Kai following closely behind.
In the dense forest outside Windmill Village.
"Let's begin!" Kai's expression grew slightly grave as he looked at Garp before him.
Garp was one of the few strong fighters among the Marines in the original story. Though his true strength had never been fully revealed, his power definitely didn't fall short of Sengoku the Buddha!
Moreover, Garp had never consumed any Devil Fruit. Purely through physical strength and Haki usage, he stood among the strongest group in the One Piece world!
Even if his overall combat power couldn't rank in the One Piece world's top ten, if judging purely by physical strength, Garp could definitely rank in the One Piece world's top three. Even Whitebeard might not be stronger than Garp!
Fist Bone: Iron Fist!!!
Garp had no intention of underestimating Kai!
Armament Haki quickly wrapped around his arm, his fist instantly becoming pitch black. After Armament hardening, his arm's hardness definitely didn't fall short of Seastone!
Garp charged straight at Kai—in the next moment, his fist would slam into Kai's body!
No holding back at all!!
But obviously Kai wouldn't just sit there and take it. Garp's fist wasn't something Kai could directly withstand with his body. His leg muscles suddenly exerted force, and Kai leaped high, dodging Garp's attack.
Seeing Kai directly leap dozens of meters high, Garp's pupils suddenly contracted: "Moonwalk? No! Just relying on physical condition?"
Garp's eyesight was incredibly sharp—he saw through Kai's true nature at a glance.
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