At the foot of Reverse Mountain, in the first half of the Grand Line!
Upon the raging sea, a Dog-Head Warship rocked unsteadily.
Following Garp's orders, the lookout stood atop the observation tower with a telescope in hand, keeping his eyes fixed on the downward outlet of Reverse Mountain's waterway.
He watched for anything that might appear at any moment!
Though the warship swayed constantly, the lookout was clearly a veteran.
The hand holding his telescope remained as steady as a mountain!
"That is..."
At that moment, the lookout tightened his grip on the telescope and craned his neck to look beneath Reverse Mountain.
He saw it!
With the rise and fall of the waves, a pirate ship gradually came into view.
Its pirate flag, bearing a curled mustache shaped like nose-hair scissors, flew from the ship's highest point, bobbing with the waves.
As an experienced lookout, there was no way he would not know whose ship it was.
"I never expected Vice Admiral Garp's intuition to be this incredible too!"
The lookout's strange admiration for Garp deepened once more.
He remained calm, not intimidated by Roger's name. Only after confirming repeatedly that it was the Roger Pirates' ship did he shout down to Garp, "Vice Admiral Garp, just as you said, the Roger Pirates really have entered the Grand Line! They're right ahead of us!"
Oh!
So he had finally come, Roger!
Garp's eyes lit up at the news, and his entire trembling body stirred with excitement.
"Meet them head-on! Prepare for battle!" Garp said loudly, clenching his fists.
"Yes!"
"Vice Admiral Garp!"
The soldiers answered, and the warship accelerated toward the Roger Pirates.
A great battle was about to erupt. Akainu and the others aboard wore grave expressions as they prepared themselves.
"As expected of the King of