The Execution Begins, Encountering Shanks and Buggy

"Damn it!!!"

As he headed out of Impel Down, Garp gritted his teeth and slammed a fist into the wall beside him. Austin could even feel the ground trembling.

"That bastard Roger, making decisions on his own like this..."

Garp's temples had already begun to turn gray, and his pupils trembled continuously.

"Talking about how he wanted me to take care of his child in the future... We're enemies, damn it!!!"

Yet when faced with Pirate King Roger's broad grin and toothy smile, Garp could not bring himself to voice the refusal that had reached his lips.

Austin walked beside him with his hands in his pockets, glancing sideways at him.

He had long seen through the old man's stubbornness.

"Hey, hey, Vice Admiral Garp, this isn't necessarily a bad thing, is it~"

"Hm???"

Hearing that, Garp looked at the brat who had snatched away the greatest goal of his life.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Think about it. That's Pirate King Roger's child~ If he became a Marine, wouldn't that be the hardest blow possible to the pirate profession?"

If the Pirate King's child or wife died at sea, it would only make the entire ocean even more chaotic and turbulent.

Everyone would think that they could replace Roger.

But if Roger was captured, and his child eventually became a Marine, it would undoubtedly be the heaviest blow to all pirates.

"Roger's child becoming a Marine?"

Garp froze for a moment, as though he had never considered that possibility.

A moment later, he abruptly slammed his fist into his other palm.

"That's right! If I train him into the strongest Marine soldier, wouldn't that mean I finally beat that bastard Roger once too!!! Wahahahahaha!!!"

Austin looked at the old Marine acting like an old child and shook his