Heat Vision Awakens as Garp Questions Whether This Is Really an Eight-Year-Old 10: Chapter 10 — Crossing Space with His Physical Body!
Heat Vision Awakens as Garp Questions Whether This Is Really an Eight-Year-Old Five years passed quickly.
The winds blowing across Mount Colubo remained as wild and violent as ever.
Meanwhile, Curly Dadan appeared to have lost even more hair from stress.
A great deal had changed during those five years.
Monkey D.
Luffy, once a constantly drooling child with snot hanging from his nose, was now five years old and endlessly followed Ace and Kahn around the mountain.
And somewhere within the lawless slums of the Gray Terminal, another important figure had appeared.
A blond boy wearing a top hat.
Sabo.
The runaway noble from the Goa Kingdom.
The future Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army.
Ace met Sabo exactly as fate intended.
Through fighting.
The two nearly beat each other senseless while competing for territory inside Gray Terminal before eventually becoming inseparable afterward.
Soon afterward, they began saving money obsessively to purchase a pirate ship someday.
Deep within Mount Colubo— Boom!!
A gigantic corpse crashed against the ground.
It was a Sea King.
Not a small one either.
The monster’s body resembled a small hill, its scales still dripping seawater across the forest floor.
And apparently— This was merely breakfast.
Eight-year-old Kahn stood nearby calmly.
At only eight years old, his height had already reached nearly 1.8 meters.
His body possessed perfect proportions, with muscles resembling sculpted marble beneath sunlit skin.
Every movement carried explosive power.
At this point, even the Dadan Family no longer dared discipline him whatsoever.
In truth, nobody on Mount Colubo dared provoke him anymore.
Even Garp visited less frequently during recent years.
And whenever he did— He usually left after being beaten badly enough to question reality.
Yes.
The Hero of the Marines was now suppressed by an eight-year-old child.
Although Garp still avoided using his true full strength or lethal-level Haki, the reality remained shocking.
Without advanced Busoshoku Haki, even Garp struggled to damage Kahn properly.
Kahn’s body now resembled living Seastone.
Indestructible.
Above the forest canopy, Ace and Sabo exchanged blows midair.
Neither relied on ordinary fistfights anymore.
Instead, both used advanced Rokushiki movement techniques.
Soru.
Geppo.
Years of brutal training beneath Garp and Kahn had pushed both children far beyond normal human limits.
The two boys darted through the air while stepping across compressed air itself.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Their fists collided repeatedly with explosive force.
Black Armament Haki coated Ace’s fists.
Meanwhile, Sabo swung his signature steel pipe with Haki flowing around it naturally.
These two eight-year-old brats already possessed combat capabilities comparable to elite Marine Headquarters officers.
If Garp witnessed this scene, he would probably laugh himself to death from pride.
This was exactly the kind of monster recruit generation he had always dreamed of creating.
Yet Kahn barely paid attention to their battle.
To him, the fight resembled children bickering.
After finishing the final bite of Sea King meat, Kahn looked upward calmly.
The sunlight today felt excellent.
Time to recharge.
Without warning, Kahn lifted from the ground naturally.
No sound.
No explosion.
No visible exertion.
Then— BOOM!!
A sonic explosion erupted across the sky.
Kahn transformed into a golden streak and shot upward instantly, shattering the sound barrier behind him.
A white shockwave ring spread through the clouds.
Ace immediately stopped fighting.
“That monster went up again…” Nearby, Sabo wiped sweat from his forehead helplessly.
“…One day he’s seriously going to overturn the world.” The two boys exchanged exhausted looks.
Five years earlier, they still dreamed about surpassing Kahn.
Now?
Now they merely hoped to survive one serious punch from him.
The gap between them no longer felt humanly measurable.
Higher in the sky— 50,000 meters.
100,000 meters.
Kahn pierced through the atmosphere completely before entering outer space once more.
This time, however, everything was different from five years earlier.
The freezing vacuum no longer threatened him.
His biofield had evolved tremendously.
It shielded him against radiation.
Maintained his bodily integrity.
And allowed him to survive within vacuum conditions for extended periods.
As long as sunlight existed— Breathing itself became optional.
Solar radiation fueled every function within his body directly.
Kahn floated silently in space.
Ahead of him, the sun burned magnificently.
An endless nuclear inferno radiating unimaginable energy across the universe.
Kahn spread his arms slowly.
Then absorbed everything greedily.
His cells rejoiced.
His genes continuously evolved.
The sensation felt intoxicating.
Like ascending into a higher lifeform entirely.
Then— Kahn sensed something gathering within his eyes.
Solar energy.
Compressed to terrifying density.
He turned toward a massive meteorite drifting nearby through space.
The object measured well over one hundred meters across.
With a single thought— Two crimson beams exploded from his pupils.
Heat Vision.
Scarlet light pierced silently through the vacuum.
The enormous meteorite split apart instantly.
Cleanly.
Perfectly.
The cut surface glowed molten red from overwhelming heat.
Kahn observed the destruction calmly.
This was another ability naturally awakened through his Kryptonian physiology.
And unlike ordinary laser attacks— He possessed perfect control over output strength.
Even advanced Armament Haki would melt beneath sufficient heat.
But Heat Vision was not his only newly evolved power.
Kahn inhaled sharply.
Although space lacked conventional oxygen, his enhanced lungs still compressed surrounding particles and energy violently.
Then he exhaled.
Whoooooosh— An icy white breath surged outward.
The already freezing environment dropped even further toward impossible temperatures.
The severed meteorite rapidly froze solid beneath layers of crystalline frost.
Frozen Breath.
A terrifying ability capable of freezing matter at molecular levels.
If unleashed upon the sea below, freezing entire oceans would likely become trivial.
Even Kuzan’s Hie Hie no Mi might not compare fully anymore.
Kahn remained within space for nearly two full hours.
Only after every cell within his body reached complete solar saturation did he finally stop.
Then he looked downward.
The blue planet beneath him.
The world of One Piece.
Grand Line.
The New World.
The Four Emperors.
The Admirals.
The Seven Warlords.
Now— He finally possessed the qualifications to challenge them directly.
But not yet.
The story had barely begun.
Destroying the balance too early would accomplish nothing.
Kahn intended to wait patiently.
Wait for the perfect stage.
A stage large enough to shake the entire world.
Then— Whoosh!!
He shot downward toward Earth like a falling star.
Back on Mount Colubo, Ace and Sabo sat exhausted atop wooden posts while trying to recover.
Suddenly— “ACE!
SABO!
LOOK!!” Luffy appeared out of nowhere holding a giant rhinoceros beetle proudly.
He grinned idiotically.
Ace immediately punched him atop the head.
“SHUT UP!” “Can’t you see we’re resting?!” Luffy covered his head tearfully.
At this point in time, Luffy still had not eaten the Gomu Gomu no Mi.
Shanks had not yet arrived at Foosha Village either.
Everything remained in preparation.
Without warning, Kahn landed silently behind them.
“You two trained too lightly today.” Ace and Sabo nearly jumped off their seats from fright.
“Are you insane?!” Ace shouted immediately.
“We already practiced Geppo over a thousand times today!” Sabo nodded desperately.
“My steel pipe’s already bent from training!” Kahn calmly walked over before taking Sabo’s treasured pipe.
Then squeezed it lightly.
Crunch.
The steel pipe compressed instantly into a twisted iron ball like soft clay.
Silence.
Kahn casually tossed the metal ball back toward Sabo.
“…Is this your limit?” Then he spoke calmly.
“Starting tomorrow, gravity training doubles.” “No completion.” “No food.” This was Kahn’s rule.
And nobody dared oppose it anymore.
During recent years, the group had nearly hunted Mount Colubo’s wildlife into extinction entirely.
If Kahn occasionally failed to drag Sea Kings from the ocean, the Dadan Family would have starved long ago.
At this point, Kahn effectively ruled the mountain.
Soon, Dadan carefully approached while carrying a large pot of stew.
Her attitude now resembled that of a subordinate approaching a mafia boss.
“Boss Kahn…” “The stew’s ready.” Completely understandable.
A few days earlier, the neighboring Black Bear Pirates attempted invading Mount Colubo.
Their captain possessed a bounty exceeding ten million Berries.
Then Kahn looked at him once.
A flash of crimson light appeared.
The pirate captain split cleanly in half alongside his sword.
Ever since witnessing that scene, Dadan nearly wet herself whenever Kahn looked in her direction.
Kahn calmly filled a bowl with stew.
Nearby, Luffy approached while drooling heavily.
“Brother Kahn…” “I want some too…” Kahn casually stuffed a piece of meat into Luffy’s mouth.
Unlike Ace, Kahn actually did not dislike Luffy.
The kid might have been stupid— But his heart remained absurdly pure.
“Eat more,” Kahn said casually.
“You’ll need strength when you sail someday.” Ace immediately protested loudly.
“Sail?!” “We still need to buy our pirate ship first!” Sabo nodded seriously.
“Our savings are almost halfway there already.” Kahn looked toward them calmly.
The two spent nearly every day scavenging scrap metal within Gray Terminal or hunting weak pirates for bounty money.
That constant combat experience contributed heavily toward their rapid growth.
Practical combat always surpassed simple training.
“…Do whatever you want.” “But don’t say I didn’t warn you.” “This sea is much larger than you can imagine.” After finishing his meal, Kahn walked toward his personal resting area.
A gigantic flat stone positioned perfectly beneath constant sunlight.
Behind him, Ace gritted his teeth stubbornly.
“One day…” “I’ll beat him.” Sabo patted Ace’s shoulder helplessly.
“…Brother.” “Some dreams really should stay dreams.” “Didn’t you see him crush my steel pipe like paper just now?” Unlike Ace, Sabo understood reality clearly.
The difference between themselves and Kahn no longer resembled a gap achievable through effort alone.
It was fundamental.
Absolute.
Yet strangely— Neither Ace nor Sabo felt discouraged.
Because Kahn’s overwhelming existence constantly forced them forward.
They refused to remain weak children forever.