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Capítulo 110: Chapter 104

*BOOOOOM*

As Garp's another fist was narrowly dodged by Rowan, who slightly twisted his body and used bounce to skid off of Garp's attack, Garp's grin widened.

'This brat...' Garp thought as he repeatedly threw punch after punch towards Rowan, '...is improving in midst of the fight!!'

In comparison to their clash few minutes ago, Rowan's movements became gentle. It left a bad taste in Garp's mouth, for even when he manages to 'successfully' hit Rowan, the latter would powerlessly bounce backward, with somehow, a minimal amount of injury accumulated.

*Boom*

A small noise of bounce was heard from Rowan's right palm, gently pushing him sideways and allowing him to dodge another one of Garp's sky-shaking punches.

*BOOOOOOOM*

'I think I understand more now.' While dodging Garp's attack by the pure combination of his fruit ability and future prediction granted by Observation Haki, Rowan thought calmly, 'There is no need to be brutal with the use of Armament Haki. Emission... with the flow of Haki, one does not have to strike hard. A subtle touch will be enough to result in the internal destruction of my target, and when combined with my consecutive bounces-'

Bouncing himself off the air with incredible control, Rowan, by using Sonic Step, vanished from his spot before appearing Garp's back.

'Like Gentle Fist in Naruto.' Rowan was about to tap his finger on Garp's left, but was forced to bounce himself off of Garp's right fist,

*BOOOOOOOM*

As he watched Rowan blast back, Garp clenched his fists and sharpened his eyes as he grinned, "Let's see if you can handle this one."

'Looks like this old man is finally going all out.' Rowan thought in a cold sweat, with his Observation Haki alarming him for an inconceivable danger ahead of him.

"What makes you think that I didn't have advanced mastery over Observation Haki?" Upon noticing how Garp's eyes flashed in red, indicating the use of Observation Haki, Rowan's found himself surprised, "I simply didn't use it, since the fight will be a lot more boring with it."

'Not good!!'

*BOOOM*

At the next moment, Rowan found Garp directly in front of him, with his fist encased in a red-black-coloured electricity that crackled around his right fist. A dangerous and soul-crushing force emanated out of it.

"Roger Fist!!!"

'S***, Roger, as in the Pirate King?!!' Unlike the previous attacks done by Garp, Rowan found himself unable to identify a precise timing to 'bounce' Garp's attack. Also, when he shifted his body, Garp would knowingly shift his punch to the direction he was retreating to—it seemed that the advantage that Rowan held against Garp previously, was just a fluke.

"Twenty-Five Layers, Impact Shield!!" Rowan attempted to defend against Garp's strike to his best, but it proved to be futile this time.

As Garp's absurdly strong attack blasted towards Rowan, Rowan felt an indescribable force overwhelming his entire body.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

As the whole sky shook furiously, Rowan was blasted off into oblivion, soaring up to the sky at a blinding speed.

*PUFF*

*PUFF*

The clouds that lied on Rowan's trajectory path disintegrated as he blasted through them. When looked closely, one would see that a large purple-coloured bruise that extended all the way from his chest down to his stomach, indicating an internal injury, with him severely bleeding from his mouth.

Rowan found his whole body shaking uncontrollably, as he finally came to stop at 10 thousand feet above the island—the same altitude as Skypiea.

"*Cough* *Cough*" Coughing out great amount of blood from his mouth, Rowan bounced on top of the air as he lifted up his shaking arm and wiped the blood trailing down from his mouth.

"S-so..." Rowan muttered to himself with great difficulty, as he frowned from the burning pain from his abdomen, "This is the M-Marine Hero... *Cough*"

One punch was enough to induce him a great amount of pain; Rowan could no longer attempt to stall.

*Boom*

At the next moment, Garp made his appearance in front of Rowan, as he used Geppo all the way to the altitude Rowan was located in.

"Heh, still a rookie in the end." Garp commented as he picked his ear, "Roger would've countered that just fine."

Rowan gritted his teeth to maintain the emission and hardening intact on his body. Once those protections were gone, it was an instant game over.

"Bwahaha, it looks like this fight is coming to an end already." Garp grinned as he readied himself for another punch with his left hand this time, "Did you know that I am actually a leftie—eh?!"

*BOOM*

Rowan, with robust bounce forces, began to run away from Garp with all his might, earning a dumbfounded expression from the latter. Subsequently, Garp's face turned into that of a snarl, as he propelled himself towards Rowan with robust strength, chasing him with ferociousness.

"Stop there, you annoying rascal!! Why run away and ruin the fun?!!!" Garp shouted in mild irritation as he gritted his teeth and flew towards Rowan with clenched hands. "We got to finish our fight first!!"

Ignoring Garp, Rowan raised his fist up while running, and generated loud booming noises of bounce forces that were heard all across the whole island.

*BOOM* *BO-BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOOM*

Garp didn't care for Rowan's antics, and quickly chased down the latter tenaciously, although if you look closely into his eyes, they held an excited gleam.

Immediately after, Garp predicted Rowan's movement and blasted another punch.

*BOOOOOOOOOOM*

Rowan was slammed from his back, and was sent flying forward powerlessly.

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"Ice Block,"

Amidst the dust clouds, a loud voice belonging to Kuzan resounded, causing Carmen to click her tongue, while Robin cautiously watched the scene as if she expected such an outcome.

"Partisan!!!"

Many numbers of ice spears began to fly towards Prominence, ready to stab through.

Simultaneously, countless arrows made out of concentrated flame began to form around Carmen.

"Flame Ediction: Overblaze."

As Carmen clenched her fist, the flaming arrows shot out one by one, crashing against Kuzan's ice spears.

Throwing numerous coins up in the air, Dan, at a blinding speed, flickered each and every one of them,

"100 Million Volts: Railgun Barrage."

As Carmen and Dan, through their collaboration, began to gain some ground against Kuzan's attack,

*CLANG*

Cavendish quickly jumped up to parry Kuzan's ice sword in his hand, for Kuzan managed to travel a long distance in an instant moment.

"Who are you guys?" Kuzan said in a cold tone, as he stared at the crew with full seriousness, "How is it possible for the pirates of this strength to emerge outside of the New World?"

As the battle continued to go on, Kuzan slowly became aware of just how dangerous the Grimheart pirates are, and will be in the future. The prowess of the Grimheart pirates didn't lack short against even the ones in the New World.

Kuzan may be overthinking, but the Grimheart pirates that stood in front of him—are the pirates with the potential to reach the level of Yonko's crew in his eyes.

"Gahaha! So you finally recognize this charming prince-"

Caught off guard by Kuzan's words, Cavendish lost seriousness and began to introduce himself—only for him to get smacked on the back by Dan.

"It's not the time for that, Mr. I'm-so-handsome." Dan spoke with his head crackling in electricity, 'Aokiji's use of metal is quite simple. He lowers the temperature around him to an extreme degree initially, in order to allow him to form ice of greater durability; the lower temperature means a more regular and ordered molecular composition.'

Not waiting for the crew any longer, Kuzan dashed towards the crew with the intention to end the battle.

"Ice," Kuzan extended his hand as he approached them at a blinding speed, "Time!!"

The surrounding air became chill, as Kuzan attempted to touch all crew members with his hand and freeze them into ice statues.

Although Carmen, Dan, and Cavendish managed to evade Kuzan's strike, their eyes widened upon realizing that Robin was vulnerable.

"Guess I'll start with you, NIco Robin." Kuzan's eyes narrowed as Robin stared back at him with horror in her eyes.

The time seemed to slow down as Kuzan's ice-transformed hand moved closer and closer to Robin, who seemed to be frozen in helplessness. At the next moment,

*ZOOM*

Kuzan found himself swiping through the empty air.

"*Huff* You got... *Huff* lots to improve, Robin." Carina, who made a sudden appearance, smiled at Robin with her body full of blood all over.

Robin, after having woken herself up from a trance, gazed at Carina with widened eyes, "Carina."

Carmen, Dan, and Cavendish sighed in relief, although their eyes expressed concern for Carina, whose state didn't look well.

*BOOM* *BO-BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOOM*

Suddenly, the loud noises of Rowan's signal were heard by all members of the crew, causing them to perk up with a grin.

"Oh!" Upon hearing the signal, Alfred and Farul immediately made back onto the Prominence, with Alfred's black suit slightly ripped and disheveled all over, "It's time already?"

"Ah... all of you, except Grimheart, are here." Kuzan stated as he looked around with his feet on top of Prominence yet again, "Perfect."

Holding his hands out to his sides, Kuzan's face turned into that of absolute seriousness.

"Ice,"

As Kuzan was about to unleash his attacks, all members of the Grimheart pirates, except for Rowan who wasn't there, had their joy end instantly upon realizing the circumstance that they were in.

"Carmen!" Carina turned to Carmen urgently, but the latter shook her head.

"No! Sudden expansion from the heat, within the cold atmosphere like this, will destroy Prominence without a doubt!"

Dan gritted his teeth, before shifting his eyes to Carina, "Carina."

Biting her lips in frustration, Carina took off her pouches from her legs and immediately flashed right in front of Kuzan,

"Time Capsu-"

*ZOOM*

With a purple flash, Kuzan disappeared from his spot, before part of the Marine Base G-8 ahead of them froze into ice. However,

"Carina!!!" Cavendish cried upon sighting that Carina too have frozen into an ice statue, as she had to touch Kuzan to teleport him away.

Carmen immediately stepped forward,

"Leave her to Robin and me." Carefully lifting Carina up, Carmen briefly gazed at Robin and entered the down floor of Prominence.

Robin nodded before following Carmen.

"Damn it! Guys, hold on tight!!" Dan cried as he laid his hand on top of the metal pole, before fuelling the mechanism with energy.

*BOOOOM*

With all the jet dials activating simultaneously, Prominence crashed into few marine ships ahead of them, before blasting off of their spot.

"Beautiful Sword: Ouragon Rosé!"

As the immense number of cannonballs were all shot towards Prominence from many marine ships, Cavendish immediately stepped up and slashed his sword at a blinding speed, cutting all of them before they had a chance to impact the ship.

"As if I'll let you escape!!!" Breaking the ice-transformed walls of the G-8 urgently, Kuzan dashed to Prominence at an incredible speed.

Watching that Prominence began its flight,

"Sonic Step... *Huff* Two-fold."

Rowan blasted himself in the direction that Prominence was going towards, and instantly landed aboard the ship.

*BOOOOOOM* The booming noise from his technique was only heard after a short delay.

"*Huff* Is everyone... back on the ship?" Rowan immediately asked Dan, who inspected Rowan's critical condition with disbelief.

"Cap... tain..." Dan whispered with widened eyes, but nonetheless, nodded back seriously.

With the golden emission around his body dying down and the black-coloured hardening fading, Rowan tiredly turned back and sighted Garp and Kuzan, who were ferociously chasing after them.

While in midair, the moisture around Kuzan began to freeze into ice, "Ice Block: Avalanche!!!"

"Tsk tsk, don't think you can get away like this, you brat!!" Garp shouted with crazed eyes, as he blasted his fist forward, "Newgate Fist!!!!!!!"

"Newgate, huh." Rowan's said in a reserved tone, "*Cough* The White... beard."

Before him and his crew, an incredible scene unfolded, where a huge wave of ice began to descend upon them, and a huge shock wave ascended from underneath.

Seeing this, Rowan's expression turned grim as his body became encased in golden emission and black hardening once more. He was mustering every last of the strength that remained in him.

He initially believed that whether this battle will end in their loss or not, they will be able to escape with ease, with all combinations of escaping mechanisms they had at their disposal. However, as he witnessed the sky-shaking attacks, which will shred the whole Prominence in one go, he realized that that won't be the case.

'Man versus disaster.'

Funnily enough, in midst of the crisis with him severely injured, that was the first thought that entered Rowan's mind.

It was strange. In the past, he would've felt fear and regret in messing up and bringing up trouble, especially since the attack in front of him was the very technique that Garp used against the man known as 'The Strongest Man In The World.' The fact that Rowan was facing against the combination of such a technique with another from one of the three Admirals-

'This is what I meant when I say strong.' Rowan thought with determination, as the air around him began to lighten up and calm down unnaturally, 'Not to cower. Not to be afraid. To stand for myself and those around me.'

"You guys, go without me." Turning around, Rowan said with a smile.

Dan shook his head frantically, "Captain, what are you talking about?!! We just have to continue to blast off from here!!"

Rowan chuckled weakly, "No, I've miscalculated. I guess we shouldn't... *Cough* *Cough* ...have engaged them in the first place.

Go. I'll buy you some time."

Slowly, Rowan stepped out of the Prominence, which continued to fly away, and faced two attacks in the middle of the air.

""CAPTAIN!!!!!!!""Dan and Cavendish screamed, unable to believe the scene that's being unfolded in front of them.

"Captain Rowan…" Alfred muttered with a shaky voice, while holding onto Farul, who was trying to jump towards Rowan.

But in the end, there was nothing that they could do, than to helplessly watch as Rowan became smaller and smaller in their eyes, as Prominence continued to drift away.

"Huuuu... *Cough* ...Marine Hero and Admiral in front of me. The chance of Prominence being able to escape from these wide-scaled attacks: zero." Rowan stated to himself before his expression turned to that of the resolution, "But that doesn't mean that I will allow them to reach my crew."

The surrounding around Rowan quietened down in silence as he readied himself for the final clash.

"Garp-san." Kuzan's eyes narrowed.

"Yes, this isn't the Conqueror's Haki. Yet," Garp replied as he placed his finger under his nose and rubbed it, "the amount of will he's displaying right now—how interesting."

In their eyes, Rowan looked to have been filled with an immense amount of spiritual energy within him. It was very dense and concentrated, to an extent where their Observation Haki judged Rowan as something akin to a 'spiritual bomb.'

"Fifty Layers, Hundred Hit, Entropy," Rowan blasted his fist forward with the maximum that he was capable of if he were not to think of the consequences that will follow,

"Terraforming."

The indomitable force blasted out of Rowan's fist, clashing against the combined attack of Kuzan and Garp. The initial pitch of the booming sounds generated by Rowan's technique was so high, that no sound, except the noises from the collision between two sides, was heard.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

At the initial clash, Rowan's punch seemed to be falling short, with him being pushed backward by two attacks he was facing against. However,

'As if... as if I'll let you take any more from me!!!'

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

The consecutive bounce with identical strength as the previous blasted forth. Afterward, as if the engine has begun its work, Rowan's punch started to drill its way through two techniques, constantly blasting over and over.

Under the amazed eyes of Garp and Kuzan,

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

Rowan managed to nullify their attacks in the end, with the avalanche powerlessly falling down to the sea.

At the same time, Rowan, whose right arm was now broken and the Armament Haki gone, has gone unconscious as he began to fall from the sky.

"He..." Kuzan seemed to be at the loss of words, before speaking tiredly, "...I'm actually glad that we managed to catch him here."

Garp, on the other hand, laughed boisterously, "Bwahaha, that was much more fun than what I've expected!!"

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Surprise!! It's time to put some jokes that have been pestering me for days. Please do skip, for these may be quite cringe.

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"So this dude is Gold Roger." Rowan said as he pointed at the picture of the Pirate King.

"No. Gol D. Roger." Carina shook her head.

"Ugh, that just sounds so bad." Rowan frowned, "It's like, Edward Newgate's name being Edwar D. Newgay."

Carina's eyes widened and her mouth gaped open in surprise, before bursting out in laughter, "Hahaha!!!"

"I mean, think about it." Rowan said while placing his hand under his chin, "His title is Whitebeard, but where is his beard?!! All I see is a crescent-shaped mustache! He should be Whitemustache, no?"

"But you know..." Carina spoke up slowly, "Your name is Uchiha... oops, Youchiha Bob."

Rowan shrugged, "Still not as bad as Monkey D. Dragon. A name like that can't exist, right?"

"Oh, it definitely can." Carina chuckled, "I mean, I've heard of one marine officer named Strawberry."

However, Rowan didn't seem to hear Carina's words, and instead, was trying to hold his laughter from having realized something,

"Pff… Monkey D. Goku…"


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Capítulo 111: Chapter 105

[Water Seven]

"We wait here." An old woman stated with her eyes closed as her index and middle finger touched her forehead.

"You sure granny?" Job, with his cigarette on his mouth, asked with his eyebrow raised, "You were off for nth time up until now. At this rate, you are going to die before we meet Rowan."

"It's definitely here!! I'm absolutely certain this time—they will arrive here within a week!!" The old woman shrieked back with a tick mark on her forehead, "Didn't I teach you to respect the elders, Job?!"

Job immediately lashed out in anger, "I told you to call me Sebastian, you deaf granny!!"

Mob and Urouge stared at the old woman and Job's interactions, with a slight awkwardness between them.

"So... you are Rowan's family?" With a grin on his face, Urouge asked Mob.

Mob nodded, "Yeah. Brother Bob is a member of Youchiha, so he is a part of us. Grandma says that he may have something called the eyes of Gorgon, but I have no idea what they are."

"Hm, I see." Urouge nodded, "Maybe he does have it. After all, his eyesight was quite impressive."

Mob shook his head, "The superior eyesight is something inherent for all the members of Youchiha. Grandma said that the eyes of Gorgon are either purple, red, or dark red, and that they have to do something with Conqueror's Haki thingy. Grandma, Job, and I don't have it."

As the old woman and Job's dispute began to get increasingly childish, with them grabbing each other's face comically, Mob asked Urouge, wanting to break the awkwardness,

"What devil fruit did you eat? I ate Lift Lift fruit. I can lift and move the objects without touching." Mob spoke in a monotone, although his eyes gleamed with joy.

"That sounds fun to explore." Urouge chuckled, "I ate Pain Pain fruit. The more pain I feel, the more boost of strength I get—although it's temporary."

"Granny," While on the ground, with his cheeks pulled by the old woman, Job pointed his thumb to Mob, "We gotta stop Davis before he spills everything out."

"Uhh," Mob tilted his head, "But Job-"

"You mean Sebastian."

"-I'm Mob, not Davis-"

"Whaaattt?!" The old woman exclaimed as he let go of Job's cheeks before turning to Mob and Urouge, "Mob, I taught you better than this! If the world finds out what we are hiding, it will be irreconcilable!"

"Haa, good thing that I silenced the surrounding beforehand." Job sighed while lying down on the ground, "Honestly, Davis is too careless almost all the time."

"Don't worry, ma'am." Urouge stated with a grin, "Rowan is my friend, and you guys are my saviours. I will never spill any information."

"Well..." The old woman gazed at Urouge with trust, "I believe in you."

Urouge seemed to have managed to attain the Youchiha family's trust over time.

As the group continued to walk in the middle of the street, Urouge clenched his fists with a conflicted grin on his face.

'Guys... what should I do? In order to defeat Baten and revenge you all, as well as to defeat Enel and revenge all Birkans... I will think of them when I meet Rowan and his crew again.'

"Big news!! Big news!!!"

At the next moment, a new batch of newspapers, carried by a News Coo, began to splatter across the whole sky above the city.

The old woman grabbed onto one, and had her eyes widened upon reading the scheduled public execution of Ace. However, as she turned over to the next page,

"Whaaaat-"

Job, who was near to her, frowned upon hearing the shriek from the old woman and immediately used his ability to mute her.

Urouge, who was standing behind the old woman, expressed his shock upon seeing a familiar face on the newspaper, "R-Rowan?!! He is caught?!!"

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[Spriggins]

"Why is Ace's Vivre Card shrinking like this?!" Luffy exclaimed as he held onto Ace's Vivre Card given by Rowan.

On his right, Sanji took a puff out of his cigarette in a serious manner before handing out the newspaper to Luffy.

"Huh?! It's Ace!!" Upon noticing Ace's face on the first page, Luffy shouted in surprise, "What is he doing in there?!"

"He is caught by the marines, and let's see..." Taking over from Luffy, Borodo proceeded to read, before his eyes widened, "Public... execution...? For the 2nd Division Commander of the Whitebeard pirates?!!"

"And that's not it." Sanji stated in a solemn tone, "Look at the next page."

Complying to Sanji, Luffy flipped to the next page, before his jaw opened wide, "Rowan?!!! What's he doing in there?!!"

"The rising pirate, Grimheart Rowan, defeated by the hands of Hero Garp, and is-"

"EHHHHH?!!!!!" Luffy screamed as his lung, causing Borodo to stop midway and wince, "Grandpa is the one who caught Rowan?!!!"

Zoro's eyes narrowed, "You mean that old man we saw back in Loguetown?"

Closing the newspaper in Luffy's stead, Borodo shook his head, "There isn't anything that we can do right now. The public execution within the Marineford, and the imprisonment in the Impel Down... we're simply too far away."

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[In an unknown, and very small island]

The Prominence sat by the shore as the heavy rain poured and soaked the whole ship.

"Carina." Dan spoke up to Carina, who was covered with bandages from head to toe, except for her face. "What will we do now?"

Although Dan asked, his tone indicated that he was expecting a certain answer from Carina.

Sitting on a chair and having herself be soaked by the heavy rain, Carina spoke up in a hoarse voice, "Rowan's... caught."

Dan sighed as he held the newspaper under the table, keeping it away from the rain, "Yes. The newspaper says that he's been transferred to Impel Down, the infamous underwater prison."

However, imagine his surprise when he found out that the news regarding Rowan's capture wasn't on the first page.

"Listen." Dan continued on with a serious tone, "Apparently, Ace has been caught too, and the thing is, the marines have announced for the public execution of Ace, unlike our captain, who was simply imprisoned."

Carina shifted her hollow eyes to Dan.

Nodding, Dan carried on, "Whatever they are planning on, the fact that they are making the public execution of the 2nd Division Commander of the Whitebeard pirates... I believe that a big war is coming, one that will possibly shake the whole world. And I'm thinking that we may be able to use this to our advantage."

Carina, with her bangs shadowing her eyes, wobbly stood up on her spot, before flashing her eyes toward her back, where the other members were seen to be sitting down with sharpened expressions on their faces. Although the rain continued to soak them, no one seemed to care.

"As the Vice Captain of this crew, I'll give you one chance." Carina spoke up coldly, "I'm going to break into the Impel Down and rescue Rowan. If you don't want to risk your life, quit the crew."

Hearing Carina's declaration, Cavendish made a dark grin on his face before standing up, "Quit? Since when did we not risk our lives? You gotta be kidding me."

"Captain is the most important symbol of a pirate crew. For this to happen... we have failed him this time." Alfred too stood up with the veins popping out of his forehead as he adjusted his monocle, "But no matter. Soon enough, they will realize just how dangerous it is to leave us alive."

Carmen spat towards the water outside of the Prominence, before letting go of the rail she was holding onto, "Impel Down, huh? Sounds fun."

"Neigh~!!!!!!!" Looking at the far horizon, Farul cried in anger.

"Indeed, Carmen." Dan said in a cold tone, "An adventure into Impel Down. How compelling."

Hearing all members' consents, Carina finally turned to Robin, who seemed to have something to say.

"During my stay in this crew, I've realized that... I may be of no help to you guys." Robin spoke up in a low tone, "Compared to you all, I'm too weak. Even if we were to enter the Impel Down, I may be nothing but a hindrance. Besides, with me as part of you guys, the World Government will endlessly pursue us-"

"So?!" Carina growled, interrupting Robin in the middle, "F*** the World Government!! F*** the Marine!! Do you think Rowan, whose heritage directly opposes the World Government itself, will care that they are after your ass?! Just speak your damn mind!! Are you coming or not?!!!"

"I..." Robin muttered with uncertainty.

Watching Robin's conflict, Dan spoke up with his arms crossed, "You know, that giant fist you used previously, we can definitely use that."

Robin lowered her head in silence, unsure of what she should do.

The previous scenes completely shocked her mind out, with the captain willingly sacrificing himself to allow his crew members to escape, and the crew members having determined to rescue their captain without any hesitation, even if the chance of success was bleak.

For her, whose past twenty years of life was full of betrayal and lies, she couldn't help but reminisce over the words spoken by a friendly giant from the past,

'There is nothing more ridiculous than being born in this world to be alone. Someday... you will meet brave friends who will protect you. Go and live with them, Robin.'

The words resounded within Robin's mind, as she raised her head back up with determination,

"I'm going with you guys as well."

"Good." Carina stated before facing the front, and disregarded the Eternal Pose, with the word 'Water Seven' written on top, on her right hand.

Placing the Eternal Pose on the table, Carina slightly parted her bandages, reached her hand into the midriff of her bust, and pulled out one piece of paper—the small Vivre Card belonging to Rowan.

After having been together for years, being separated from Rowan brought her an indescribable pain; the world seemed to dim without him.

With complete seriousness, she gazed at the Vivre Card, which seemed to be slowly returning back to its original size while moving in a particular direction, as the hope illuminated her eyes,

"Hang on there, Rowan... We are coming for you."

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[Impel Down, Level 6: Eternal Hell]

"R-Rowan..." Ace found his eyes shaking in shock, upon sighting his friend being dragged into the cell adjacent to his. "What happened to you...?!"

Ironically enough, Rowan seemed to be in peace. Although his eyes were closed, his blindfold was off of him, his top was gone, and his long pants were ripped into shorts, the injuries he previously received from Garp already seemed to have healed to some extent.

Similar to how his body healed overnight when he was training for the sake of revenging his family to Arlong, the bones in Rowan's body reattached themselves, and the large purple bruise on Rowan's abdomen closed to some extent.

It wasn't like the jailers didn't try to inflict further pain onto Rowan. Whipping, spikes, heat, cold, they tried all possible torture methods as they moved down from the entrance all the way to the current floor. Yet, Rowan's body was too durable for a normal method to injure him—they were left with no choice but to simply throw him in a cell.

It was funny, since all these processes were done while Rowan was unconscious. He couldn't even feel their attempts to hurt him.

"Grimheart Rowan..." Jinbe, who was in another cell, whispered with widened eyes. With Rowan being the most famous rookie as of the current moment, it was no surprise that he memorized Rowan's face.

Watching as Rowan was helplessly thrown into the cell with a Seastone cuff strapped on his wrists, Ace's facial expression turned grim.

"He... seems to be unconscious." Jinbe noted as he too viewed Rowan, who lied motionlessly.

"Damn it!!" Ace shouted in anger and powerlessness, "Just what is going on out there?!!!"

Regardless of Ace's angry outburst, Rowan remained unconscious without any movement. One would have thought that he was dead if one were not to zoom in and sight Rowan's barely-noticeable breathing.

"Ace-san, don't worry." Jinbe said as his eyes inspected Rowan's state, "His condition is not as bad as you think. In this 'Infinite Hell,' a simple death is not allowed."

Jinbe seemed to be believing that the jailers gave Rowan some degree of treatment, though that was not the case.

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In the middle of the familiar void, where nothing but darkness existed, Rowan found himself standing once again.

"It's you." Rowan spoke calmly while narrowing his amber-coloured eyes to an empty void ahead of him, as if he was seeing something in particular.

<And you've returned.>

Rowan chuckled. The voice, which initially was hostile and intimidating to him, now sounded welcoming. Through the three years of thinking, as well as upon learning of his heritage and awakening his eyes, and upon reminiscing over the words spoken by the voice before,

"I think I've figured out now,"

Rowan was finally able to reach a conclusion.

Walking towards a certain direction, Rowan stated as his amber-coloured eyes vibrantly glowed within the dark, "as to who you are."

<And who would I be?>

"...Myself." Rowan said with a grin, "Or to be precise,

'me' who I would've been, if I were not to have reincarnated with memory intact."

Upon Rowan's bold statement, the voice fell silent, before an amused laugh resounded throughout the area.

<Bofakfakfak! Correct.>

Suddenly, a figure, looking identical to Rowan appeared in front of him, with his eyes closed.

"I guess... nice to meet you, myself."

As the figure opened his eyes, Rowan saw a deep purple-colour, glowing in a similar way to his amber-coloured eyes.


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