The instant he missed Garp's body, he suddenly felt a huge pain strike.
"Ugh..."
Bang, a black fist hit him right in the stomach. Barrett did not expect that Garp, whom he had successfully passed, had reappeared in front of him in the blink of an eye!
This man punched him back hundreds of meters, directly smashing him into the streets of the city.
Barrett's body rubbed against the ground as he retreated, forming a path like a ditch in the street. When he stopped, he felt like he was in deadly pain all over.
When was the last time he experienced such pain?
This guy...
Is really a monster!
But that's what a strong person is!
There was no fear in Barrett's heart, but full of longing, a longing for strength. Maybe he was born this way. All the desire for honor was just a step on the road to becoming stronger.
In a short period of time, his true nature awakened. He wants to become...
The strongest in the world!
"That's why I won't be caught by you here!"
Barrett roared, getting up from the ground after being knocked back, and charged towards Garp again.
"Not bad willpower, interested in being a Marine?"
Garp was a little surprised to see Barrett stand up again. He had just used force that was supposed to seriously injure Barrett with one punch, but this kid was still able to stand up. This made Garp feel a bit of pity for his talent.
If this kid could join the Marines, then maybe he could become an Admiral or even Fleet Admiral, right?
However, he also knew that his question was actually pointless. After all, the Conqueror's Haki on the other guy's body was so obvious that it was really unlikely that he would join the Marines.
Seeing Barrett not stopping at all, Garp threw another punch, and Barrett, who had just rushed over, was knocked flying again like a shell.
No way, the difference in strength is too great. Barrett can't break through Garp's defense. Should he change direction?
The power of that punch was stronger than the first one, almost making Barrett faint, but his strong will supported his body.
Barrett finally stood up again, wobbling. Looking at Garp gradually approaching, the figure of that woman suddenly appeared in Barrett's mind.
Even though he only saw her once, the impression seemed very deep, perhaps because she was the first to show him what a strong person is.
From so far away, she lightly flicked her finger and killed Gray in the military camp, without harming anyone else.
That kind of power made Barrett very much admire her, and at this moment, just like when he was about to die before, that woman appeared again.
Just being watched by her seemed to restore a lot of Barrett's strength. He looked at the increasingly closer Garp, shouted loudly, his fist turned black, and punched towards Garp.
"Useless!"
Garp also shouted loudly. When Barrett's fist got closer and closer, he also threw a punch, but in that instant his pupils shrank, because he sensed that there was not only Barrett, but also someone else nearby!
Bang!
His fist collided with Barrett's fist, and suddenly a clash between Armament Haki erupted.
However, this should not have happened, because the original Barrett could not have done this. Garp was still using force that could seriously injure Barrett.
But now, Barrett was almost on par with him?!
Garp frowned, then the collision of fists ended. Barrett took several steps back, panting. He also realized that someone had helped him just now.
"Who is it?!" Barrett asked loudly.
Garp also activated his Observation Haki, but before he had time to spread it out, he saw that person had already appeared.
He quickly rushed to Barrett's side from a distance, and his appearance surprised Garp and the others even more.
The person who appeared had dark green skin, two tentacles and a third eye on his head. His eyes seemed to have an evil gold color, and he was clearly a member of the esper alien army cultivated by Genichi.
With more than a year of mental power training plus eating monster cells, he had no problem helping Barrett resist Garp's punch. After all, Garp hadn't used his full strength.
At this moment, Garp's pupils shrank, and when he saw this guy, he was reminded of someone.
Someone he took away a year ago, the guy possessed by Zero!
Although Zero didn't have a third eye at that time, nor did he have such tentacles, the color of the skin and the feeling sensed by Observation Haki were similar.
"The main guy is here!"
Garp grinned. They came to Jaltzburg Fortress not to catch Barrett. From the beginning, the goal was to catch these followers of the devil.
He thought he would have to wait for Sengoku and the others to come and conduct a big search, but he didn't expect them to show up now.
It seems that catching Barrett was the right thing to do.
"Who are you?" What Garp didn't expect was that Barrett didn't seem to understand this devil believer, and even kept his distance from him.
"A worthy body." However, the esper didn't say much, just looked at Barrett with the same gaze as if he were an object, which made Barrett very disgusted.
However, Barrett is too weak now. He was hit by Garp several times, and each attack was just enough to seriously injure him. He relied on his will to hold on before, but that doesn't mean will can last forever.
At this moment, he was almost unable to support himself, and was about to fall down, wobbling. But just as he was about to fall to the ground, the green esper hooked his index finger upwards, and suddenly an invisible force supported Barrett's body.
"Is that the power that demon Zero gave you?" Garp approached excitedly.
"I am not Zero." Strangely, the esper didn't open his mouth, but the voice appeared directly in Garp's heart.
Is it a kind of Observation Haki?
But he didn't sense the existence of Haki...
Garp frowned and said directly, "I know you're not Zero. That guy Zero wouldn't show his face like this. But you have something to do with him. Do you think you can run away from me with that Barrett?"
"...I am Number Three. Although I can't travel through yin and yang like Zero, the secular space cannot bind us new humans who have inherited the power of the devil."
Number Three?
Are there also Number Two and Number One? Zero is actually Number Zero?!
Garp got such information from his words again. The next moment, he saw Number Three put his hand on Barrett's head, and a bad feeling appeared in Garp's heart.
"Don't even think about running!"
Garp rushed forward, but Number Three and Barrett both disappeared in that instant...
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