At Arlong's cry of "Father," Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and the others were utterly shocked.
Oh my God, Garp's son? Luffy's father?
But with Arlong right beside them, they only kept those thoughts to themselves and did not voice them aloud.
Yet the shock on their faces was painfully obvious.
Only one person shouted it out in public.
Buggy's entire body split apart and reassembled, then split apart again after reassembling, repeating the motion over and over.
His restlessness was obvious for all to see.
He looked at the man in the dark green cloak beside him and shouted.
"You must be Straw Hat Luffy's father, right?
State your name! Let me see whether you're worthy of standing on the same level as Captain Roger!"
Arlong glanced sideways at Buggy, somewhat puzzled.
Why did Buggy compare him to Roger?
Still, he explained, "The Pirate King is someone worthy of great respect."
Can Yue naturally saw why Buggy was so furious.
Buggy had always believed that Luffy was Roger's son. He had probably already planned out Luffy's entire future.
Over the past day or so, he might truly have transferred his feelings for Roger onto Luffy.
Then, after learning the truth, the gap between expectation and reality was simply too great.
Now that he had met Luffy's real father, it was only natural that he wanted to compare the two.
That was human nature. It was understandable.
But Can Yue also knew that Arlong probably would not reveal his identity to Buggy.
Just as Buggy was about to keep digging for answers.
Garp's voice rang out.
"Arlong, as my son, are you planning to raise a hand against your father?"
Arlong pulled down the hood of his cloak, revealing his face as a sign of respect for his elder.
"Father, Luffy