Recruit Luffy at the start and build the strongest navy.

The three of them stared intently at the life paper that was about to burn out.

As the sparks drifted by, the paper, as thin as a cicada's wing, was constantly turning into ashes and flying away.

At that moment, none of the three spoke, but their pupils were wide open.

My heart was pounding like a drum, and occasionally it would suddenly stop for a moment.

As time passed, just as only a tenth the size of a fingernail remained on the life-saving paper, the burning flame finally and slowly died out...

!!!

In an instant, the pupils of the three people contracted violently again, and then the muscles on their faces twitched violently, and an uncontrollable ecstasy surged from their faces.

"Very good!!"

Luffy suddenly roared and jumped up.

Sanji and Zoro, as if they had survived a disaster, collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

Even though their lives weren't about to end, the feeling they just experienced was more terrifying than the thought of their own lives ending.

They might not be afraid of dying themselves, but they would certainly be afraid of the death of their brothers and sisters.

Fortunately, they ultimately did not suffer the pain of losing their brother.

Although only a small portion of the life paper remains, they have nothing to worry about as long as it hasn't burned out.

To reiterate, they blindly trusted Kyle.

How could that guy possibly be dead?

but……

Although Kyle has survived, the fact that his Life Paper has burned to such an extent indicates that Kyle's current condition is extremely poor.

So, what exactly happened to cause Kyle to suffer such severe injuries?

Is the Celestial Dragon King really that powerful?

After a while, the three of them slowly stood up, their eyes all fixed on one spot.

That's the direction Mary Geoise is in.

They can't wait any longer...

-

Meanwhile, not only Luffy and his two companions, but also members of the Canglan Squad in other parts of the world experienced the terrifying scene they had just witnessed.

Ever since they learned that Kyle was going to fight the World King Im, they all took out Kyle's Life Paper.

Kyle's condition is known at all times through the Life Paper.

Although they had great confidence in Kyle, their enemy was the King of the World, an ancient monster who had lived for eight hundred years.

In addition, Kyle kept telling them how powerful Im was, so it was inevitable that they would still be worried.

When the Life Paper first burned, they weren't too nervous, because it's normal to get injured in battle and have a decline in condition.

And what happened afterward was exactly as they had initially predicted.

The burning of the life paper hardly changes; at most, only a small corner burns off, and then it recovers.

So they weren't too worried at first.

Just now, at a certain moment, the burning speed of the Life Paper suddenly increased significantly, spreading rapidly from the burning corner outwards at an extremely fast pace, without showing any sign of stopping.

To be honest, they were genuinely terrified at that moment.

Especially when the burning of the life paper did not slow down but instead accelerated, his heart was in his throat.

Their feelings at the time were no different from Luffy's and his crew's.

The feeling was exactly the same when I finally saw that only a small corner of the life paper remained unburned.

They were all panting heavily, as if they had survived a disaster.

In that short period of time, their emotions really went through a rollercoaster ride, changing drastically.

In the end, without any communication between them, they all made the same decision and headed toward Mary Geoise.

Kyle can survive, but if they go, they will almost certainly die.

Even so, they did not hesitate at all.

All they know is—

The Canglan Squad will absolutely not allow their captain to face such a powerful enemy alone!

……

"Have you found the person?"

Garp asked Kizaru in front of him, his expression somewhat grim.

No~

Kizaru shrugged.

Upon hearing this, Garp's expression darkened even further.

Because during the search just now, he also couldn't find a single person.

They had searched almost the entire area within a ten-kilometer radius, but still couldn't sense any presence other than themselves.

Not only Kyle, but the presence of everyone else was also sensed.

Kyle and Im seemed to have vanished into thin air.

If he hadn't witnessed the battle firsthand, and if the enormous crater below hadn't constantly reminded him of what had happened here, he would have been completely different.

Karp might also wonder if Kyle had ever been here.

and so--

What exactly is going on now?

Why would two perfectly healthy people suddenly disappear?

Could it be related to that 'black ball'?

Garp frowned, recalling the black sphere that had unleashed a terrifying surge of energy, and his heart skipped a beat.

Could Kyle and Im have been directly broken down into particles?

After all, he had experienced the terrifying power of the black sphere's fluctuations back then; even the scattered fluctuations could shatter everything visible to the naked eye into particles.

What about Kyle and Im, who were in the very center and bore the brunt of the power?

Is it really gone?

Previously, he thought that even with such terrifying power, Kyle's abilities wouldn't pose much of a threat to him.

But we still can't find them...

This forced Garp to consider the worst-case scenario.

The more Garp thought about it, the uglier his expression became.

He didn't want to think about the worst possible outcome, but everything happening before his eyes seemed to constantly remind him that there was only that one result.

"Brubrubru~ Brubrubru~"

Just then, the sound of a Den Den Mushi interrupted Garp's thoughts, causing him to instinctively look in the direction from which the sound came.

"Um?!"

Kizaru blinked, then pulled a Den Den Mushi from his pocket.

After hesitating for half a second, I answered the call directly.

"Moshi moshi, I am Kizaru!!"

……

"What did you say?!"

……