The Adamantine Sealing Chains infused with Haki were directly snapped by Garp.
There was no helping it.
After all, this Sealing Technique was originally created to target Chakra and Tailed Beasts.
Against the Nine-Tails, the Adamantine Sealing Chains could unleash terrifying suppression.
But against a pure physical monster like Garp, the difference between the Adamantine Sealing Chains and ordinary steel chains wasn't that significant.
"Hey, Naruto, what's the deal with this old man?"
Kurama, inside Naruto's mental world, was stunned.
He knew all too well how powerful the Adamantine Sealing Chains were…
'How could this old man be as ridiculously strong as Naruto?'
He was so shocked that he even called Naruto by his name directly this time.
Normally, he'd either call him 'brat' or 'kid', always avoiding using Naruto's name whenever possible.
But Naruto had no time to answer him right now.
"Sigh, this stubborn old man just won't listen-"
Naruto muttered with a sigh. Meanwhile, Garp didn't give him any more time to hesitate.
"Wahahaha! Just give up and surrender already, you brat!"
Garp laughed wildly, unleashing a barrage of punches downward. Countless shockwaves rained down as if they were free, making the already precarious Whole Cake Island's situation even worse.
Cracks spread, directly tearing the Whole Cake Chateau into ruins.
"Flowing Mochi!"
Naruto was still holding on, but the Charlotte Family's situation was far from optimistic.
Merely the aftershocks of the battle were enough to throw them into disarray.
But this was normal… not everyone in the family possessed strength comparable to the Sweet Commanders.
Watching his family about to be caught in the crossfire, Katakuri resolutely transformed everything around him into mochi, constructing a dome over his siblings' heads.
The shockwaves continuously shattered the dome, but he kept replenishing it, just to buy time for the others to evacuate.
Brulee's mirror door was working overtime, smoke practically rising from it as everyone under Katakuri's protection crowded into the Mirror World.
"Hey! Empress, want to cooperate?"
Katakuri turned to Hancock on the other side and shouted.
To his surprise, Hancock seemed to completely ignore the man she had just defeated, standing perfectly still without moving.
Whenever debris fell, her guards would shoot Haki-infused arrows to shatter it.
Due to Hancock's skyrocketing strength, her crew, the Kuja Pirates, had undergone intensified training, resulting in their average combat power even surpassing that of the elite Marines in this raid.
The island fragment they were currently standing on happened to be separated from the main battlefield where Naruto and Garp were.
At this moment, the occupants of this area included the entire Kuja Pirates, the Charlotte Family, who are in the process of evacuating), and Momousagi, Tsuru, along with a portion of the separated Marine forces.
Upon reaching a safe area, Tsuru immediately issued orders.
All Marines reassumed combat formations, and several New World's garrison commanders who had accompanied them also selected their targets.
Although their mission this time was to arrest the [Great Criminal] Uzumaki Naruto, the Big Mom Pirates had clearly chosen to side with him, making them enemies as well.
Similarly, Boa Hancock, who had just renounced her Warlord title, was also placed on their list of enemies.
Momousagi was the first to strike, drawing her sword, Konpira, and swiftly slashing toward Hancock.
Before the Kuja Pirates could even fire their arrows, Hancock broke away from her guards and charged toward Momousagi.
She could sense that this seemingly ordinary slash from the female Marine wasn't something to be taken lightly… at least, her subordinates couldn't handle it.
Sure enough, even when clashing with Hancock's Haki-infused [Perfume Femur], Momousagi's Konpira didn't budge an inch.
This was hardly surprising, as within the Marines, Momousagi and another Vice Admiral, [Chaton] Tokikake, were both nurtured as [Admiral Candidates].
Their combat strength, while still not at the Admiral level, far exceeded that of ordinary Vice Admirals.
Of course, this didn't include Garp.
"If this is all you've got-"
Hancock was somewhat surprised that the Marines had such a powerful female fighter, but that was all it was… surprise.
Putting more force into her leg, Momousagi instantly found it difficult to withstand and was sent flying backward.
"Just stand aside and watch quietly!"
After kicking Momousagi away, Hancock formed a finger-gun gesture, and countless pink arrows shot from her hand.
[Slave Arrow]
The attack covered the entire area.
It also included some of Whole Cake Island's defenders.
Not that Hancock would care about such details.
On the Marine side, Vice Admiral Tsuru, despite her 'advanced age' of over seventy, personally stepped forward to intercept all the arrows in mid-air.
Under the influence of her Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, [Woshu Woshu no Mi]'s ability, those [Slave Arrows] seemed to solidify into physical form before falling as softly and limply as freshly washed clothes. (T/N: Wash-Wash Fruit.)
[Juicy Giant]
Smoothie suddenly stepped forward, extracting moisture from the surrounding leftover tea and juice to giantify herself.
She then swung her sword fiercely through the air.
The slash cut down most of the pink arrows aimed their way, but a few still landed among the crowd.
"Hey! Empress, what do you think you're doing?!"
Smoothie had been feeling displeased with Hancock since earlier.
Although she wasn't exactly in love with Naruto at first sight, she still felt a strange sense of loss over something she couldn't have being taken by someone else.
Coupled with this indiscriminate attack, her dissatisfaction thoroughly erupted.
"Hmm?"
Hancock couldn't even be bothered to answer her query, merely emitting a questioning sound from her nose.
It was as if she was retorting, "Did I do anything wrong?"
It could be said that Hancock fully embodied the 'tyranny' and 'willfulness' expected of any powerful figure on the seas, perhaps even exceeding them.
"Damn it!"
Smoothie immediately wanted to draw her sword and attack, but Katakuri stopped her.
"Go help deal with the Marines. Now is not the time for this."
He wasn't wrong.
It would be ridiculous if they started fighting amongst themselves before even dealing with the Marines.
In the sky, Garp's punches continued to rain down.
Suddenly, Naruto's figure shot upward at a speed difficult to follow with the naked eye.
"Old man! Will you just listen for once?!"
A knee strike solidly connected with Garp's abdomen, sending the monstrous old man flying backward.
Garp clutched his stomach for a few seconds before readjusting his stance.
"Tch… that really hurt, you damn brat!"
His face broke into that familiar wide grin again as he turned and threw a punch that collided with Naruto's fist.
For these two physical monsters, mere shockwaves couldn't harm each other.
Only direct, flesh-to-fist blows counted as real attacks.
However, unlike Garp, Naruto had the cheat-like passive of Chakra.
The bruises he had just sustained healed within seconds.
This also indirectly proved that the 'black eye' from Hancock's kick earlier was indeed left there intentionally by Naruto.
The purpose was likely a pity play.
Just then, new uninvited guests approached Whole Cake Island.
They were large warships, one after another.
Tsuru saw these ships and smiled.
'Good, it wasn't too late yet.'