“Why did you leave the Marines?”
“Why did you leave the side of justice?”
After speaking, Sentomaru raised his axe and slammed it into the ground.
Dust and debris exploded upward.
His eyes were filled with resentment, as though he was disappointed and confused by Garp’s decision.
More than that, his gaze burned with fighting spirit.
The instant he made that move, the four Pacifistas resembling Bartholomew Kuma behind him stepped forward.
Some raised their hands.
Some lowered their heads and opened their mouths.
All of them looked ready to attack at any moment, creating an intimidating sight.
“My affairs…
are you worthy of questioning them, Sentomaru?”
“You’re getting more and more arrogant.”
“You think a few piles of scrap metal under your control give you the right to throw your weight around in front of me?”
“Do you think I’m old now?”
“Easy to bully?”
Garp raised a hand and stopped Bogard, who was about to step forward.
A faint, indifferent smile appeared on his face.
It looked somewhat chilling.
This little fatty before him was clearly getting too bold.
A mere commander of the Science Unit had actually started speaking so wildly.
Garp took a step forward.
Then another.
He slowly walked toward Sentomaru.
His eyes stared at him coldly, like a demon god from an endless abyss.
Just his steps and gaze alone exerted tremendous pressure.
Gulp.
Sentomaru swallowed.
His face had gone pale.
He knew he had caused trouble.
Even if such questions needed to be asked, he was not the one qualified to ask them.
His task was to capture Straw Hat Luffy.
Not challenge the former Marine Hero, Monkey D.
Garp.
As Garp’s steps drew closer and closer, Sentomaru’s heart began pounding wildly.
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
The rhythm grew faster and faster.
Sentomaru’s face turned even paler.
The pressure was too great.
He could barely withstand it.
If he hadn’t possessed some strength of his own, he might have already collapsed to his knees.
“What?”
“Is this…
already too much for you?”
Garp looked at Sentomaru in surprise, his expression carrying a trace of mockery.
He had only let a sliver of Conqueror’s Haki leak out, yet Sentomaru already couldn’t endure it?
Wasn’t that far too weak?
If he fully released his Haki, wouldn’t this brat roll his eyes and collapse on the spot?
“I…
you…”
Sentomaru was speechless.
He stared at Garp in fear.
Back when Garp had been cheerful and approachable, Sentomaru had never realized that the smiling “Hero” could possess such terrifying pressure.
He had known Garp was strong.
Unfathomably strong.
But he had never imagined he would be this strong.
Thud.
Thud.
Garp’s footsteps continued forward.
As he stared at Sentomaru, his eyes carried no emotion.
Only indifference.
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He stopped.
And turned his head to the right.
Whoosh!
A figure suddenly appeared before Garp.
After seeing who it was, a rare smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He reached out.
And grabbed an ankle.
The entire person was like rubber, bouncing with astonishing elasticity before finally dangling from Garp’s hand.
“Luffy.”
“How did you get beaten into this state?”
“Are you that weak?”
Garp lifted his hand high.
Luffy’s dirt-covered face immediately came into view.
At this moment, that face was still filled with anger.
“Let go of me!”
“I’m going to beat those robots away!”
Without even looking at who had caught him, Luffy began thrashing wildly.
His eyes kept darting to the right.
His partners and brothers were over there.
He had to save them.
The Pacifistas’ strength was still far too great for them right now.
Bang!
“You brat!”
“You don’t even recognize this old man, and you’re still yelling at me to let go?”
Garp’s iron fist struck Luffy’s head.
A massive bump instantly rose there, looking extremely frightening.
Looking at the swelling on Luffy’s head, Garp almost laughed.
This kid really was interesting.
No wonder so many people loved him.
“Ah!
That hurts!”
“Wait, why does it hurt?!”
Luffy clutched his head with both hands and glared angrily at Garp.
But the moment he saw who it was, he froze completely.
That shouldn’t be possible.
He shouldn’t be here.
“G-Grandpa!”
Staring at Garp’s disdainful face, Luffy couldn’t help crying out in shock.
No matter how ridiculous things became, Garp shouldn’t have appeared at the Sabaody Archipelago.
He had punched a Celestial Dragon.
Wasn’t an Admiral supposed to come?
Why had Grandpa come instead?
Confused, Luffy asked,
“Grandpa, why are you here?”
That single word—Grandpa—left Sentomaru completely dumbfounded.
It was as if his soul had left his body.
He stared at Garp blankly.
Then turned to look at Luffy.
Then looked back at Garp.
He was utterly stunned.
Grandpa?
What the hell?
Grandpa?
Why was he calling him Grandpa?
Were these two grandfather and grandson?
Why had he never heard about this?
The Marine Hero had descendants?
No one had ever mentioned that.
Wait.
Straw Hat Monkey D. This story is hosted at g.com.
Luffy.
Marine Hero Monkey D.
Garp.
Monkey D.
They were grandfather and grandson!
Pirate Supernova Straw Hat Luffy was actually the grandson of Marine Hero Garp?
“You’re Straw Hat’s grandfather?”
“Garp…”
“Did you come to save him?”
“You should know Admiral Kizaru has already arrived on this island.”
“None of you will escape today!”
Sentomaru took two steps back.
At this point, he no longer dared directly face Garp’s oppressive presence.
Even the simplest pressure from him was enough to weigh heavily on Sentomaru.
With great difficulty, he could only bring up Kizaru as his backing.
Given Kizaru’s speed, he would arrive in five minutes at most.
Sentomaru had already notified him.
Moreover, the mission had changed.
It was no longer just capturing Straw Hat Luffy.
It had become killing Marine Hero Garp.
Yet Sentomaru’s arrogant words sounded extremely sharp in Garp’s ears.
Garp turned his head and looked at Sentomaru in surprise.
His gaze was indifferent.
This brat probably didn’t want to live.
To think he dared speak to him like that.
Casually tossing Luffy onto the ground, Garp walked toward Sentomaru step by step.
“My grandson got beaten.”
“As his grandfather, how could I not step forward?”
“And it’s only a Celestial Dragon.”
“For my grandson, even beating one is nothing.”
“Even if he killed one, how big of a problem would that be?”
“As for Kizaru…”
“I’ll kill you first.”
“Then wait for him to arrive.”
His indifferent voice sounded like the declaration of a death god, announcing Sentomaru’s fate.
Garp calmly walked toward him.
His expression was indifferent.
But more than that—
It was casual.
He didn’t take Sentomaru seriously at all.
The man before him claimed to have the world’s strongest defense.
In the past, there had been another so-called strongest cone-headed man.
Garp had caved in his head with a punch.
That was all.
The distance between them shrank.
Closer and closer.
And the pressure grew heavier and heavier.
One hundred meters.
Fifty meters.
Twenty meters.
Watching Garp press closer with every step, Sentomaru finally began to break under the pressure.
Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead and soaked into his red clothes.
He looked utterly miserable.
His heart pounded wildly.
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
“Pacifistas!”
“Attack!”
“Target: Hero Garp!”
Sentomaru could no longer endure it.
He truly couldn’t bear the pressure anymore.
The former Marine Hero before him was simply too terrifying.