"Hammer turned into a hammer? Uh… so this is the legendary True Hammer?"
"How scary ~, I want to swing Hammer too, I mean, swing the hammer!"
Everyone was utterly stunned, staring at Hammer, who had literally become a hammer.
And Zephyr, wielding the Hammer, looked completely fired up!
"Garp, Sengoku! Come on, say nothing, let's fight!"
Zephyr was brimming with fighting spirit, the black-and-silver hammer in his hand shining with a dazzling silver light.
He looked unstoppable.
"Hmph! Don't think just because you have Hammer helping you, you can get cocky!"
"You even dream of taking on two of us at once? Garp!"
Garp, who never missed a chance for chaos, grinned when Sengoku coldly snorted, instantly switching into fight mode.
When it came to brawling, Garp never held back.
"Come on, Sengoku! Let's show him why the flowers bloom so red!"
This move originally involved Garp hurling cannonballs at enemy ships like a baseball pitch; his throws were so powerful and fast that they could outdo a battleship's main guns, and the shockwave from the explosions could be felt dozens of miles away.
But now, with no cannonballs handy, Garp just covered his fists in Armament Haki and smashed them toward Zephyr.
"Air Shaping! Hammer Wall!"
Zephyr faced Garp's Haki without flinching. he thrust the Hammer forward, and countless hammer strikes instantly echoed through the air.
The space compressed by the hammer strikes solidified into a wall.
Garp's terrifying Armament Haki slammed into the air wall with such force that the ground itself began to quake.
"Old man Garp, that's too much!"
"Teacher Zephyr! Don't hold back! Smash him!"
Even in hammer form, Hammer could feel the insane power behind Garp's attack, so he wasted no time, channeling the full force of the Hammer-Hammer Fruit straight into Zephyr.
Zephyr shouted with exhilaration, the rush of energy flooding his body made him let out a roar of pure satisfaction.
"This power, hahaha! Never thought I'd live to use a Devil Fruit's power myself!"
"If that's the case, Sky-Shattering Hammer!"
The Oath Hammer was raised high.
A massive air-compressed hammer instantly formed overhead. When it was fully formed, Zephyr leapt up and grabbed it.
"Garp, taste my hammer!"
The Vast Heaven Hammer came crashing down from above, slicing through the air with a roar.
"Ho! Zephyr, not bad!"
Feeling the immense pressure in the air, Garp was thrilled, not scared, both arms coated in Armament Haki, his fighting spirit soaring to the max.
Suddenly, a blast of golden energy slammed into the Vast Heaven Hammer, and two completely different forces clashed in midair.
The impact even tore open a crack in the sky.
"Hahaha! Sengoku! Here, have one too!"
One blast couldn't break the Vast Heaven Hammer, especially when it was boosted by Hammer.
Zephyr swung it wildly, roaring like a tiger.
With no choice, Sengoku unleashed a barrage of shockwaves.
A flood of shockwaves erupted from his palms.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Zephyr just met them head-on with the Sky-Shatterin Hammer, hammering away like a madman.
Both sides were Devil Fruit users, neither backing down.
The more Sengoku clashed, the more shocked he became. He knew exactly how powerful the Hammer-Hammer Fruit was, but after its awakening, it was on a whole new level. Even with all his might, he couldn't suppress it; in Zephyr's hands, Hammer's power was even pushing him back.
"If I didn't hate the idea of tasting that cursed Fruit poop flavor, I'd have eaten one long ago!"
Zephyr's ecstatic roar left a bunch of people around them covered in black lines.
After all, the Marines' top brass was full of Devil Fruit eaters, and they held no small power.
Sengoku: …I don't even know what to say right now.
Akainu: …Hurry and give the order! My magma can't hold back much longer.
Kizaru: …How scary~. I think Instructor Zephyr really does need to eat one, just once.
Aokiji: …Poop-flavored? No way, it's worse than that!
"Cough, cough, cough…"
Zephyr suddenly stopped laughing and fell into a fit of coughing.
Seeing this, Hammer quickly reverted from hammer form back to human, rushing to steady him and deftly fishing out the inhaler from Zephyr's pocket.
"Huff… hahaha… Hammer, I'm fine."
After a few puffs, Zephyr caught his breath, though the excitement in his eyes hadn't faded at all.
"Alright, enough messing around."
"Hammer, did you make this whole scene just because your Fruit awakened?"
Fleet Admiral Kong stepped forward slowly, looking Hammer up and down.
And he really did look different now.
His entire body was pitch black, like coal, leaving flakes of black wherever he moved.
At that moment, Hammer's eyes lit up, he grinned and spoke:
"The reason I awakened my Fruit at all is because of this!"
As he spoke, a flash of silver shone in Hammer's sooty hand, and a small silver ornament appeared for all to see.
It was a teardrop-shaped pendant, pure silver.
If you looked closely, you'd see silver light swirling inside it, paired with a silver-white chain; it looked exquisite.
Amid the stunned looks, Hammer calmly put the necklace around his neck.
In the next second, silver light flared up again, then quickly subsided, merging into Hammer's body.
"If your heart stays pure as ice, you fear no falling sky!"
"Let him rage, a breeze brushes the mountain. Let him boast, the moon lights the river!"
"I face the sky with my blade and laugh, then I'm off to nap!"
From the moment the pendant touched him, Hammer's aura shifted, from excitement to chilling calm, to unshakable pride, then finally to roaring laughter.
A strange, subtle pressure spread from him.
Everyone nearby could feel it, an indescribable force pressing on them.
"Did this brat really awaken it too??"
As a Conqueror's Haki user himself, Sengoku was the first to sense what had happened.
His jaw dropped, and Garp's face twisted into his trademark look of comic disbelief.
"Hahahaha! That's right! This is the invincible Slacker King's Haki that I forged myself!"
Ice-Hearted Haki! The wearer generates their own unique King's Haki!
At the same time, it blocks all intimidation and negative influences!
Current wearer: Hammer, King's Haki type: Slacker King's Haki!
Unlike the ferocity and grandeur of Conqueror's Haki,
Slacker King's Haki radiates laziness and freedom! It perfectly magnifies Hammer's inner dream, to live easy!