Conqueror's Haki Plus Spiritual Pressure

Sengoku had to admit that what Steel Bone Kong said was absolutely right!

Haku was only seventeen years old now!

If they could firmly bind Haku to the Marines, how many years would he serve before retiring? At that thought, the corners of Sengoku's mouth involuntarily curled up.

And if Haku's strength could grow even further—maybe he could even suppress the Four Emperors out on the sea. The more Sengoku imagined it, the more excited he became. He suddenly felt that Haku was worthy of being a Fleet Admiral!

Crunch! Crunch!

Although Garp consciously refrained from disturbing the deep-thinking Sengoku, the sound of him munching on senbei was grating. Sengoku's train of thought was eventually interrupted by Garp.

"Garp! Can you keep it down?" Sengoku said irritably, glaring at Garp, who was still nibbling on the senbei in his hand.

Garp, with crumbs still on his lips, laughed heartily. "Ah! Have you made up your mind, Sengoku? Want some senbei?"

With that, he held out the whole bag to Sengoku, who was fuming at him.

Sengoku didn't stand on ceremony. He snatched the bag from Garp's hand and dumped all the senbei into his own mouth!

"Ah! You bastard, Sengoku, leave me some! That was the last bag!" Garp said in anguish. But that didn't stop Sengoku from finishing them all.

"My senbei..." Garp said helplessly.

After finishing them, Sengoku got up, ignoring Garp, and walked toward the conference room.

"Old Man! You're asking for it!"

In the Marine Headquarters' conference room, Haku suddenly jolted awake, leaping up from the sofa in the corner!

The Marine high-ranking officers waiting in the room for Sengoku and the others all turned to stare at Haku, who had suddenly shouted.

Uh... "Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? Why is everyone looking at me?"

After a brief silence, Haku scratched his head and gave an awkward smile. "Well, uh, what nice weather we're having today! You know, I'm still growing, so I'm a bit calcium deficient. Yeah! I need to go out and get some sun for the calcium!"

As he spoke, Haku awkwardly edged toward the door. Clearly, he was suffering from secondhand embarrassment and wished he could find a crack in the floor to crawl into.

Vice Admiral Tsuru smiled warmly at the energetic young man. She hadn't heard this side of Haku from Garp or Zephyr. She spoke up, "You're Haku, right? Go ahead and find a seat."

Haku froze on the spot. With someone so respected addressing him, he felt like crying inside. Now he couldn't leave, but he couldn't stay either!

In the end, Haku gave in. He turned and looked at everyone in the conference room.

Hmm!

Aside from Akainu, who was off recovering from his injuries, all the Headquarters Vice Admirals and both Fleet Admirals were present.

Scanning the room, Haku noticed that besides the main seat—Sengoku's empty spot—the only other empty seat was Vice Admiral Tsuru's.

So he walked forward. Everyone assumed Haku would sit next to Vice Admiral Tsuru.

But Haku ignored everyone in the room and kept walking forward.

Watching where Haku was heading, one thought crossed everyone's mind: No way?

Soon, Haku stopped, pulled out a chair, and sat down right next to Aokiji and Kizaru!

"Brat! Get up! That's Admiral Sakazuki's seat!"

The man who stood up to yell at Haku wore a helmet engraved with a twin-headed dragon pattern, his expression fierce. It was Headquarters Vice Admiral Onigumo!

Baiyuan shot him a disdainful glance. He knew this Vice Admiral was cruel by nature, someone who wouldn't hesitate to harm his own subordinates during a mission.

Haku said flatly, "What? Am I not worthy of sitting here?"

"Of course you're not, you little—" Before he could finish, a powerful pressure slammed down on Onigumo!

Stumbling, Onigumo glared at Haku with wide eyes. He couldn't believe Haku would dare attack him in front of so many people.

"Sit down!" An invisible wave rippled from Haku, and a red gleam flashed in his eyes.

Onigumo suddenly felt an irresistible force pressing down on him, forcing him back into his seat.

Hiss!

Someone in the small conference room gasped.

Conqueror's Haki! And not a low level of it, either!

Every Vice Admiral thought the same: Was this kid training since he was in the womb? How was he this monstrous? But then they remembered Haku was Garp's grandson, and it suddenly seemed normal.

Of course, except for Onigumo himself. Only Vice Admiral Tsuru, Aokiji, Kizaru, and the two rear admirals noticed that Haku's Conqueror's Haki carried something else mixed in. They just couldn't figure out what it was!

In truth, Haku's Conqueror's Haki was only at an intermediate level. The pressure he exerted on Onigumo shouldn't have been enough to suppress him.

But Haku didn't just have Haki—he also had the Spiritual Pressure of the Shinigami system!

Even if intermediate Conqueror's Haki couldn't hold Onigumo down, so what? Haku was the one who had achieved Bankai with Ryujin Jakka, the strongest fire-type Zanpakutō.

His Spiritual Pressure was the truly terrifying part!

But Haku didn't want to show off that power too much, so he combined his Spiritual Pressure with his Haki.

Just as Onigumo was about to collapse from exhaustion, Aokiji, sitting next to Haku, suddenly spoke up. "Alright, Haku. Let go of Onigumo."

Haku took the opportunity to withdraw the force pressing down on Onigumo.

But as soon as the commotion stopped, Haku's foul-mouthed nature kicked in again.

He turned to look at Aokiji beside him and said, "Kuzan, it's been a long time since I last saw you. How about it, want to spar with me?"

"No! I refuse!" Kuzan shot back without hesitation.

But then, a bad feeling crept into his mind. This was also the reason he had fought Haku back in the day!

Just then, Haku suddenly spoke up: "By the way, haven't you kicked that habit of sleeping all the time? Why are you still wearing such an ugly eye mask on your head? And also, is the reason you love sleeping in so much because you have kidney deficiency and need sleep to recover?"

In an instant! The temperature in the entire meeting room dropped by several degrees. Haku clearly sensed something too, immediately shutting his mouth and stopping his teasing of Aokiji beside him.

...Aokiji was momentarily speechless. He somewhat regretted letting Baiyuan sit next to him.