Chapter 117: Hero of the Marines

Chapter 117: Hero of the Marines



Cherry burrowed out of the ground where there weren't any nearby marines and made her way towards the battle from behind their lines.

She looked over the scene to see what changes had taken place.\

A horned giant with yellow skin that was big enough to make other giants looks small was collapsed on the wall that was between the bay and the marine forces.

Pacifistas had shown up behind Whitebeard's allies and started to lay waste to them.

One of Whitebeard's allies had stabbed him through the chest in a sudden betrayal, though with the energy Cherry had loaned him that injury wasn't all that serious.

The surprising thing was that Whitebeard forgave the traitor. Whitebeard was a great model for healthy masculinity she supposed.

Ace and Luffy, who had been freed from their restraints, were having a lot of trouble fighting their way out as they were surrounded by enemies. In particular it seemed that Garp had decided to stop them.

"Since this is the path you've chosen, you'll have to walk it over my dead body!" Garp said to them. Though his words were harsh and unyielding, the tears streaking down his face betrayed his conflicted emotions.

Cherry rushed through the crowds of marines with her traceless steps. By the time the marines she passed by realized what happened she was already beyond their reach.

Garp swung a fist towards Luffy who was charging him. Unexpectedly, it wasn't Luffy that he clashed with, but the spear of a young woman with sharp eyes.

"Hey, you old coot! How about I do you a huge favor and keep you company for a while, hm?" Cherry spoke with a smile.

Garp showed no annoyance or anger at her intervention. Instead there was an immeasurable relief and gratitude.

Garp pushed her back with his haki coated fist. "I won't go easy on you, girl!"

"That's good old man. How would I be able to face Luffy after killing you, huh?" Cherry teased.

Ace and Luffy took a hint and used the opportunity to push through the throngs of marines away from Garp and Cherry.

Before they started in earnest, the world seemed to tilt.

"Whitebeard..." Garp muttered, suggesting that it was the legendary pirate's doing.

"That there is a real man, Garp. You need to pull your head out of your ass and see what's really important." Cherry lectured.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"This is no time for talking, fight me!" Garp launched himself at her, his indomitable fist bearing down on her.

Cherry held nothing back, she couldn't afford to against this man. As she poured her haki into her spear, thrusting it towards the old man with all the vibrational energy she could muster, she felt a familiar tickle of something far beneath the surface of herself. That last time she had felt it was her fight again Wilson Alexander at Water 7.

*Boom*

The clash between fist and spear sent both of them taking several steps backwards. Nearby marines who had been hoping to interfere were sent flying away, clearing a circle for their fight to take place in.

'What kind of technique is this? It even penetrates my armament haki somewhat.' Garp thought. If Chinjao had heard this, he would be crying tears of hatred.

Whilst Garp had countless tiny fractures in his arms and many cuts and shallow stab wounds, Cherry was starting to look like a mess. Even with her body that ordinary people couldn't hope to damage, she looked like she was at death's door.

The marines around her had gone pale from fear at how this woman who ought to be dead a few times over was still fighting as hard as she was in the beginning of the fight, and against

the hero Garp too!

Cherry's tactics started to get wilder and wilder. At one point she even bit down on Garp's

right ear and took a chunk out of it.

"You damned brat!" Garp forgot about his original gratitude towards Cherry for giving him a way to avoid choosing between family and duty. Now he was just angry.

Whitebeard was cleaving his way through the marines like a hot knife through butter. The three admirals and Sengoku had to personally face him to to keep him from advancing, but of

course Whitebeard wasn't alone so they were on the losing side.

Garp was running out of stamina, the years have not been kind to him. Cherry on the other

hand wasn't even out of breath, which he found to be absurd considering her injuries.

"Time to end this old man. It's my win." Cherry taunted.

"Not if I can help it!" Garp charged her.

Cherry thrust her spear to meet his fist, but the impact didn't come this time. The spear simply vanished from her hand, and in its place there appeared a revolver.

*BANG!*

Garp didn't manage to coat his torso with haki in time and he felt a bullet ripped though his

abdomen.

That wasn't the end either as Cherry took advantage of his surprise and exhaustion to land a

drop kick into his face.

Garp fell backward and skid along the ground for a few dozen meters before coming to a stop. His strength was failing him and he barely managed to prop himself up enough to see Cherry

run away.

Garp plopped himself back down and waited for the medic marines to start fussing over him. He was out of the fight now, so he could rest easy knowing Sengoku couldn't complain too

much.