Snap!
The usually composed Sengoku was now furious. He slammed his fist on the desk, shattering the poor desk into pieces.
"You mean, not only did you fail to capture Roy and his gang, but you also let Onigumo and Doberman fall into the enemy's hands?"
Sengoku exhaled two puffs of white mist from his nose and brought them close to Garp's old face. If there were any outsiders present, they would probably think the two were having a passionate bromance.
To be honest, if he didn't know this old guy's personality, he would have really thought that Garp disliked the Hawkish Marines and deliberately set a trap for them.
This ending is truly ironic. The Marine Headquarters went to great lengths, deploying half the scale of the Buster Call, and even having Marine Hero Garp join the fight, yet they ended up like this.
There are no secrets that can be kept forever. Such a large-scale operation by the Marine Headquarters could not be kept from those who were interested. Even Sengoku did not intend to hide it. He wanted to use this battle to demonstrate the power of the Marines and to use the fate of the Phantom Sword Pirates to intimidate everyone and let those scum of the sea know who truly rules this sea.
Now look what's happened! The Navy has lost so much face, it's almost comparable to the incident two years ago when Zephyr lost his arm. Sengoku can already imagine the newspapers filled with rumors.
And all of this was done by this nonchalant old man picking his nose!
"Haha, these pirate brats are getting stronger and stronger these days. But don't worry, he said he won't do anything to Onigumo and Doberman."
"You just believe a pirate so easily?"
"Don't worry, those little tricks won't fool me, hahaha."
Looking at Garp's confident demeanor, Sengoku couldn't bear to look and covered his forehead, thinking to himself, "That's exactly why I'm even more worried. Everyone in the Navy knows that you're the easiest to fool, old man."
"However, if his target is indeed the Shichibukai, then Doberman and Onigumo should be safe for the time being. Judging from his consistent style of doing things, although he seems crazy, he is not without method. He is a meticulous person. Such a person would not be unaware of what two Headquarters Vice Admiral mean." Sengoku thought to himself, feeling that things had not yet reached the worst point.
After all, the vast Marine Headquarters only has sixteen Headquarters Vice Admiral, who are the backbone of the Marine Headquarters' ability to suppress the seas. If two of them were to be lost at once, even the Marine Headquarters would be overwhelmed.
"Now tell me properly what happened that day. I want to see how that Roy managed to snatch two Vice Admiral right under your nose." Garp glared at Garp resentfully, deeply regretting letting that unreliable old man lead the Garp.
When Roy was mentioned, Garp took him seriously for once, after all, he was the first person in so many years to make him lose face.
"To be honest, until the moment the battle ended, my mind was still blank, and I had no idea what had happened." Seeing Sengoku's dissatisfied gaze glaring at him again, Garp quickly continued, "However, on the way back, I had a conversation with the released Marines and finally sorted out the procedures."
"At first, Roy must have used his Devil Fruit Ability to put me to sleep. You know, once I fall asleep, I'm completely undisturbed. Then, he took advantage of that opportunity..."
"Wait a minute," Sengoku interrupted abruptly, "Doesn't Roy's Devil Fruit Ability count as resurrection? How is it related to entering Dream-Enter?"
"You're asking me? I'd like to ask you the same thing. This time it's clearly your intelligence work that's inadequate." Garp decisively shifted the blame.
"From this perspective, the fruit he ate was either something that had never appeared on the sea before, or it was a useless fruit that wasn't even listed in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia."
"Huh? You're telling me this monstrous Devil Fruit is a useless one?" Garp flicked his nose at Sengoku, expressing his dissatisfaction at having his intelligence mocked.
Sengoku cleverly evaded Garp's biological weapon attack. "That's normal. It's not uncommon for the Devil Fruit users were too useless. Take the Paw-Paw Fruit, for example. Before Bartholomew Kuma appeared, it was also a useless fruit."
"That's true, he took advantage of this opportunity..."
"Wait a minute, if you fell asleep, how did you wake up in the end?"
"You bastard, stop interrupting me! Are you even listening to me?" Garp feigned anger and embarrassment, after all, this was too shameful, and he had no pride.
Sengoku looked at him suspiciously. "Alright, I won't interrupt, you can continue."
"Then, he took the opportunity to launch an Inazuma attack. His subordinates joined forces to besiege Onigumo, while he himself fought Doberman one-on-one. According to other naval soldiers, Roy was indeed terrifyingly strong, defeating Doberman in just three seconds."
"Wait a minute, Doberman is no weakling. He's definitely in the upper echelons among all the Vice Admiral. How could he be so easily defeated by Roy, especially in less than three seconds?" Sengoku couldn't hold back any longer. However, Garp didn't say much, because even he himself looked incredulous when he learned of the result.
What Garp didn't know was that Doberman's defeat within three seconds was largely due to him. If Karp hadn't suddenly fallen asleep, causing Doberman to panic and think he had betrayed the enemy, Doberman could have held on for at least a few more seconds.
"Anyway, when I woke up, Doberman had already been captured, and Onigumo was on the verge of defeat. I wanted to go to their aid, but Roy kept me occupied and I couldn't get away. You know, his resurrection ability is really disgusting, and I simply couldn't finish the battle in a short time."
"You know the final result, so I won't go into details. Anyway, I'm completely disgraced this time, hahaha." With Garp's personality, as long as Doberman and Onigumo are alright, he won't take this small defeat to heart at all.
However, his nonchalant and irritating demeanor made Sengoku wish he could transform into Buddha Form and send him flying.
"So what do you think the chances of success are if we take the initiative to retrieve the two Vice Admiral?" Sengoku was still unwilling to entrust the lives of the two Vice Admiral to a pirate.
Upon hearing Sengoku's words, Garp solemnly replied, "His strength is almost zero. Although he is strong, there are quite a few in the headquarters who can defeat him. The key issue is that his flight speed is extremely fast, Observation Haki level is very high. Killing or even capturing him alive is unrealistic. Perhaps only Kizaru's intervention could have some effect."
"However, don't forget that he also has a troublesome resurrection ability. To this day, we don't know the maximum number of times he can resurrect, nor do we know if his Devil Fruit Ability is still hidden. If we don't figure out his weakness and rashly attack him and he escapes, Doberman and Onigumo will definitely be killed. Given his nature, he will never refrain from killing them just because he is afraid of us."
"This guy, with his formidable fighting strength and exceptional survival skills, is truly a troublesome opponent." Sengoku's bitter and resentful expression revealed that Roy had definitely exploited the Marine Headquarters' weakness.
If it were Headquarters Rear Admiral, they might grit their teeth and let it go, but a vice admiral from Headquarters Vice Admiral holds a high position and is already an absolute high-ranking officer in the navy. It would be disheartening to abandon them.
"So, they've become too powerful to be eliminated?" Sengoku gritted his teeth. Although he didn't know how Roy would persuade the World Government, given his style of never fighting a battle he wasn't sure of winning, he might actually succeed.
If he becomes Shichibukai, the Marine Headquarters will truly have no way to deal with him.
"It's alright. After all, you're known as the Strategist Sengoku old fox Sengoku. Just find an opportunity to set a trap for him and strip him of his Shichibukai title," Garp said gloatingly from the side.
Bang!
"How dare you slap me in the face! Don't think I won't teach you a lesson just because you're Fleet Admiral."
"I've wanted to beat you up for a long time. One punch would feel so good."
The sounds of punches and kicks echoed continuously from the Fleet Admiral Office at the Marine Headquarters!