Can I Kill Vergo?

Watching the two of them carry on like this, Sengoku couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

Then Sengoku got down to business and said to Haku, "Since you already know you've been transferred to the New World, go ahead and report to the G5 Branch."

"Oh? G5, huh?" Haku murmured.

His mind had already flashed to Vergo's figure—after all, that man was a spy sent by Doflamingo!

"Is there a problem, Haku?" Sengoku asked, thinking Haku might have some issue.

Snapping back to reality, Haku said, "No problem! I'll go to G5 then."

That's when Garp spoke up discontentedly, "Sengoku! My grandson just got back to headquarters, can't he get some proper rest? Why rush to assign him work like this!"

Hearing this, Sengoku's veins bulged as he shot back at Garp, "This kid has been on leave for over half a year! Now that he's back, can't I, as Fleet Admiral, arrange my subordinate's work?"

Vice Admiral Tsuru then interjected, "Alright, Garp, don't interrupt Sengoku's work."

At that, Sengoku remembered something.

He looked at Haku and asked, "That ability you used to threaten the Five Elders—was it the result of your trip to Sky Island half a year ago?"

Haku didn't hide it. He spread the five fingers of his right hand, and fine sparks of electricity crackled and danced across his palm.

"You mean this, Fleet Admiral?"

With that, Haku snapped his fingers toward the window, and a bolt of dazzling lightning crashed down into the center of the plaza.

Now Sengoku, Garp, and even Vice Admiral Tsuru were all staring at Haku in shock.

Of course, that little display of Haku's had stirred up quite a commotion inside headquarters.

Quite a few people poked their heads out to see what had happened, only to find nothing but scorch marks on the ground, with no other sign of anything going on.

Garp stared at the electric sparks in Haku's hand and asked suspiciously, "You little brat! Did you come up with some weird new ability again?"

"Oh, nothing much. I just ate a Logia Devil Fruit, that's all?" Haku replied casually.

"Sokka! So you ate a Logia Devil Fruit!" Garp said, clenching his right fist and tapping it into his left palm at chest level, as if it had just clicked.

"WHAT?!" Garp finally reacted.

Based on what had happened yesterday, Sengoku had already had some suspicions in his mind. But even so, Haku's words still shocked him.

Vice Admiral Tsuru was also deeply shaken, but she quickly calmed down and asked Haku, "So, Haku, your Devil Fruit ability has to do with lightning?"

"Of course!" Haku nodded to Vice Admiral Tsuru. "The Devil Fruit I ate is called the Rumble-Rumble Fruit."

Sengoku's eyes narrowed. "So when you said a couple of days ago that you'd found what you were looking for... you meant the Rumble-Rumble Fruit?"

"Hehe!" Haku smiled, neither confirming nor denying it.

That only made Sengoku more certain of his guess.

He continued, "So how far have you developed the specific effects of this ability?"

At that, Haku perked up and began rattling off like he was counting treasures, "The Rumble-Rumble Fruit turns the user's body into electricity, making physical attacks, most energy-based attacks, and non-Haki attacks ineffective against them."

"It allows me to freely release high-voltage blue electric currents for attacks. I can also use radio waves to extend the range of my Observation Haki, teleport using the fruit, and it has terrifying destructive power. Plus, it has electrotherapy capabilities—I can use electric currents to massage my own heart and restart it if it stops beating."

"I can move at the speed of lightning through conductors and air; I can discharge electricity directly, with a maximum voltage of two hundred million volts. I can also generate electricity to power machines, create high temperatures through electrical heat, and even stimulate thunderclouds to strike lightning at a targeted area. And so on..."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Sengoku's shock grew with every word. He couldn't believe Haku had developed so many functions for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in such a short time.

Haku wasn't annoyed at being interrupted—the lengthy explanation had already satisfied his ego plenty.

He was like a kid showing off a new toy to his parents!

But Garp caught the lingering smugness on Haku's face and, without hesitation, swung his Haki-coated palm at the back of Haku's head!

Caught completely off guard, Haku nearly face-planted into the ground!

Furious, Haku cursed, "You old geezer! Do you have any idea how hard you hit? I'm practically an admiral now—can't you go easy on me?!"

"Whoa there, you little brat! Think you're hot stuff now that you've eaten a Devil Fruit? Getting a big head? Want a taste of Grandpa's Love Fist?"

With that, Garp cracked his knuckles, looking like he was itching for a fight.

"I'm sorry! I was wrong!" Haku didn't care whether he was actually in the wrong or not—he just apologized outright to Garp. He was so shameless he might as well have dropped to his knees.

Sengupta watched the two clowns in exasperation.

Meanwhile, Vice Admiral Tsuru chuckled softly and continued sipping her tea leisurely.

"Alright, you two, knock it off!" Sengoku's words cut through the tension between the two.

Garp grumbled, "No way, Sengoku! I've got to knock this kid down a peg today. You know, back when he first developed that 'something-something release,' he nearly killed Kuzan!"

(Garp was referring to the time Haku had sparred with Aokiji!)

Fleet Admiral Sengoku found Garp's words quite reasonable. After all, Haku had just threatened the Five Elders with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's power yesterday.

Still, he turned to Haku and asked, "When you head to G5, do you have any plans of your own?"

In the end, Sengoku decided to change the subject. He knew that if he let those two keep at it, his office would be wrecked.

And he had a reason for asking that question. Though he'd had very little contact with Haku so far, based on past experience, he felt Haku was just as much of a handful as Garp.

So he needed to probe Haku's intentions thoroughly, to prepare for whatever trouble the kid might stir up down the line.

Haku thought for a moment, and Sengoku's question actually did stump him.

After all, he had only just learned that he was being transferred to the G5 branch.

Then, Haku recalled the base commander of the G5 branch, Vergo.

Haku let out a sinister chuckle.

Sengoku had a bad feeling—he sensed Haku wasn't cooking up anything good.

Haku looked at Sengoku and said, "Hey, Fleet Admiral! If—and I mean if—I chopped Vergo, the G5 base commander, to death, you wouldn't mind, would you?"