Upon receiving Sentomaru’s command, the Pacifistas immediately sprang into action.
As machines, they felt no fear.
Even when facing a legendary Marine.
Two of them raised their right arms and began charging laser cannons.
Beep—Beep—
Beep—Beep—
Their palms lifted as brilliant golden stars of light gathered within them.
The power radiating from them seemed capable of destroying everything.
Not far away, the other two Pacifistas performed similar actions.
They lowered their heads and opened their mouths wide.
Golden stars of light began forming inside their mouths as well.
In an instant, six blazing stars converged.
The sheer pressure they emitted was overwhelming.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Moments later, laser beams erupted forward.
They traveled so fast that the naked eye could barely follow them.
Even powerful fighters would struggle to evade such speed.
And as for their destructive power—
Anyone hit by them would likely be sent straight to the grave.
The moment the sounds rang out, the lasers arrived.
Facing the incoming barrage, Garp’s expression didn’t change in the slightest.
He continued walking leisurely forward.
The instant he saw Sentomaru, he had already activated his Observation Haki.
To him, those lasers moved as slowly as ants crawling across the ground.
Dodging them was effortless.
A tilt of his head.
A shift of his body.
Another tilt.
Another sidestep.
While continuing to walk forward, he casually avoided every laser.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t block them.
He simply didn’t want his clothes to get dirty.
Just like that, he soon arrived in front of the Pacifistas.
His eyes locked directly onto Sentomaru.
That calm gaze alone made Sentomaru stumble backward several steps.
Pointing at Garp, he stammered,
“Y-you…!”
Only now did he remember.
The old man before him was the true pinnacle of Marine combat power—
The legendary Hero Garp.
Tilting his head slightly, Garp looked down at him.
There was something he genuinely couldn’t understand.
Others might not know him well.
But Sentomaru should.
How did this brat dare speak to him like that?
Did he really think those piles of scrap metal behind him were enough to protect him?
Sure, their combat ability wasn’t bad.
But they could only bully weaker pirates.
Once someone mastered Haki—
Pacifistas were nothing more than trash.
“Didn’t you say you wanted to kill me?”
“Well?”
“Here I am.”
“Little fatty.”
Yet now it carried a chilling killing intent.
Like a demon lord returning from the depths of hell.
His eyes held only the cold desire to destroy.
At this point, Sentomaru could barely move.
Though he served as Vegapunk’s bodyguard and chief protector, his strength wasn’t top-tier.
In fact, he was still far from the true elites.
Compared to Garp—
Especially a Garp strengthened by attribute boosts and Divine Golden Haki—
The gap was immeasurable.
Whoosh!
Just as Sentomaru stood frozen in fear, one of the Pacifistas suddenly raised its arm and swung at Garp.
That seemingly insignificant action triggered a devastating response.
Boom!
Garp glanced at the Pacifista.
The moment it attacked, he raised his fist and punched forward.
His Haki-coated fist collided with the machine’s arm.
The result was utterly one-sided.
The thick, sturdy arm shattered instantly.
Crack!
Bzzzzt—Bzzzzt—
Metal snapped apart.
Electrical sparks erupted everywhere.
Visible to the naked eye, the Pacifista’s shoulder was now completely empty.
Its arm had vanished.
The moment Garp’s punch landed, the entire limb had been blown away.
The fearsome Pacifista suddenly looked pitifully fragile.
These machines had hunted countless Supernovas.
They had slaughtered pirates left and right.
Their combat power was terrifying.
Yet before Garp—
They were utterly insignificant.
Behind him, another Pacifista seized the opportunity and swung a giant palm toward him.
Garp remained calm.
Without even turning around, he twisted his body and effortlessly avoided the attack.
Then he threw a backhand punch into its chest.
Boom!
The punch carried enough force to shake the heavens.
A gigantic hole exploded through the Pacifista’s chest.
It was larger than a barrel.
Thud!
The machine dropped to its knees.
Its body twitched violently.
Its systems had clearly suffered catastrophic damage.
One punch.
That was all it took.
Garp glanced at the remaining two-and-a-half Pacifistas.
A smile tugged at his lips.
These things only looked impressive.
Against true masters, they were laughably weak.
Even if they weren’t facing him, any powerful pirate could easily destroy them.
In the future, they would be reduced to mere cannon fodder.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
His figure vanished.
The next moment, he appeared above a Pacifista’s head.
Then he drove a punch straight downward.
BOOM!
The giant metal head exploded instantly.
The force of the punch flattened the enormous body into a sheet of scrap metal.
A moment later—
Explosion!
Black smoke surged skyward.
Accompanied by deafening blasts.
One Pacifista was gone.
But it wasn’t over.
Garp flashed again.
Before the remaining two machines even realized what had happened—
They exploded as well.
Four pillars of black smoke rose into the sky.
The air filled with the scent of gunpowder and scorched metal.
All four of the Marines’ secret weapons had been destroyed in mere moments.
Garp didn’t even need to catch his breath.
It was effortless.
Casual.
Thud.
His feet touched the ground softly.
Garp rolled his neck slightly.
This battle hadn’t even qualified as a warm-up.
The four Pacifistas weren’t worthy of becoming stepping stones for him.
Behind him, Luffy stared in complete disbelief.
He knew Grandpa was strong.
But he had never imagined he was this strong.
The Straw Hat Pirates couldn’t even defeat two Pacifistas.
They had been chased all over the battlefield.
Luffy himself had been blasted away repeatedly.
Zoro and Sanji were already heavily injured.
Their attacks couldn’t even penetrate the machines’ defenses.
The fight had been hopeless.
Yet here—
Grandpa was destroying them one punch at a time.
As casually as swatting children.
Without any effort whatsoever.
What kind of combat power was this?
Why had he never realized Grandpa was this terrifying?
“Grandpa…”
“You’re this strong?”
Luffy stared blankly at Garp.
His worldview had just been shattered.
So his grandfather was actually this powerful?
Bang!
A fist immediately landed on Luffy’s head.
Garp looked at him with disdain.
“You brat.”
“Of all things, you just had to choose becoming Pirate King!”
“The previous Pirate King, Roger, got chased across mountains and seas by your grandpa!”
“Do you want Grandpa to beat you around like Roger too?”