Unexpected Situation, and Garp's Advance

"It's pirates!"

"Protect Saint Shaya!"

Just as Shaya was about to give the order for the warship to head to Baterilla Island at full speed...

A commotion suddenly erupted outside Shaya's luxurious cabin.

"Haha! Another new slave has taken the bait."

"Let's go, Stussy! Let's go out and see."

Hearing the shouts outside the door, Shaya put down the medical book in his hand, smiled, pushed open the cabin door, and walked out.

"What a troublesome Celestial Dragon brat!"

Stussy watched Shaya, who, upon hearing of the pirates' arrival, showed no fear but instead seemed eager to fight. She couldn't help but inwardly complain before following Shaya's steps.

Stussy dared not let Shaya, this little ancestor from the Figarland family, suffer even the slightest injury! If Shaya had even the slightest accident during the voyage, they would all be collectively held accountable by the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.

At that time, everyone on the warship, except for Garp, who was protected by the Marines and possessed top-tier combat power, and could simply shrug and leave, would likely face only death.

Meanwhile, when Shaya emerged from his cabin and arrived on the deck of the World Government warship, he saw that Garp, who was supposed to be protecting him, had disappeared...

Not far from Shaya's Marine warship, four or five pirate ships flying the same pirate flag were surrounding and attacking a merchant ship of immense size that exuded the 'aura of a fat sheep.'

At this moment, flames had already erupted from the merchant ship's hull, and screams of agony, along with the rampant laughter of pirates, could be heard continuously from the ship...

"Iron Fist Impact!"

Just as the merchant ship was about to be completely plundered by the pirates!

A figure exuding immense Haki descended from the sky! He swung his iron fist towards the pirate ships surrounding the merchant vessel...

"Boom!"

The black Haki trailed lightning-like threads, and an invisible shockwave was released from the man's fist. In an instant, the surrounding air vibrated with countless ripples, and then one pirate ship after another was instantly blown to pieces by this overwhelmingly powerful shockwave!

This sudden attack stunned all the pirates who were plundering the merchant ship. They looked at the disappeared pirate ships with confusion in their eyes and asked, "What's strange? Where did our ships go? Where did those large pirate ships go? Why did they suddenly disappear?! Could it be we ran into a Sea King?"

It seemed that because Garp's speed was too fast, these pirates didn't react in time. They still thought their pirate ships had been attacked by Sea Kings.

"Hahaha! Pirates like lambs! Your nemesis has arrived!"

Just as the pirates were confused, a loud, clear roar suddenly came from the sky!

A strong, middle-aged man, over two meters tall with white at his temples, descended from the air, appeared on the deck of the merchant ship, and stood directly in front of the pirates, laughing arrogantly at them.

"You? You are..."

When the pirates saw the person who arrived, their pupils trembled.

Their expressions were filled with shock and fear.

"Marine Hero Garp?!"

The knowledgeable pirates instantly uttered the name of the person who had arrived.

"It is I!"

The moment Garp's voice fell, he turned into a lightning bolt and charged straight at the pirates.

"Damn it! Why would the Marine Hero come to the South Blue?!"

"Isn't he supposed to be in the New World, chasing the Pirate King Roger everywhere?"

"Or returning to his hometown, the East Blue?"

"What is an East Blue person doing running to our South Blue?"

"Damn it! Run quickly! This guy is not someone we low-level guys can deal with..."

Pirates who could sail the seas for a long time without being defeated by the Marines had at least some knowledge. At the very least, they read the newspapers distributed daily by the World Economic Journal! Naturally, they knew the reputation and strength of the Marine Hero Garp...

The moment the pirates saw Garp, they had no intention of resisting! They only wanted to escape immediately. There was no other way; the enemy was the Marine Hero who had repeatedly pushed the legendary Pirate King Roger to the brink of desperation! He was the face of the Marines and the World Government's fighting power.

However, Garp gave these pirates no chance to escape. Garp was like a game character from "Punch Out!!," punching these pirates one by one! Any pirate who was touched by Garp's fist wind would immediately fall unconscious!

"You bastard! I'm a man with a bounty of seventy million, don't underestimate me!"

It seemed that Garp's relentless pursuit had angered the pirates. The pirate leader, a burly man at least three meters tall, holding a spiked club, charged towards Garp!

"The Captain has made his move!"

"It's the Captain, we're saved!"

The pirate crew members, upon seeing their captain make a move, immediately breathed a sigh of relief and showed smug smiles. Their captain was a strong man who had once confronted a Marine Branch Vice Admiral head-on and successfully retreated unharmed.

"Ah!"

However, before these ordinary crew members could think further...

A piercing scream immediately echoed throughout the merchant ship!

The man, who claimed to have a bounty of seventy million and had once been evenly matched with a Marine Branch Vice Admiral, was knocked down by Garp with a single punch in their first encounter!

Even his proud jaw was shattered...

"No good! The captain's iron jaw is completely shattered, run..."

As the pirate captain was beaten down by Garp, the pirates on the entire pirate ship scattered like leaves in the wind. Some immediately jumped off the ship, while others surrendered...

However, despite the pirates using various tricks to escape! It was all meaningless in front of a master like Garp, who had learned the Rokushiki to its peak.

In just a moment, all three hundred and twenty-seven pirates on the merchant ship were captured. This included the captains of these five pirate ships, the great pirate Brian Rhodes, known as the Admiral of the South Blue, with a bounty of eighty-seven million five hundred and eighty thousand...

"Too powerful! As expected of Vice Admiral Garp, he actually instantly defeated a man with a seventy million bounty!"

"Nonsense, this is the legendary Hero of the Marines! The World Government's strongest force."

"Even that legendary man, with a bounty of five billion, who is said to have circled the world and is known as the Pirate King, Gold Roger, was almost arrested by him!"

On the merchant ship, the sailors, who finally caught their breath thanks to Garp's arrival, stared with wide eyes at Garp, who had shattered Brian's jaw with a single punch, and kept discussing.

"Hello, Mr. Garp! I am the captain of this warship..."

"Thank you for helping our merchant ship. We almost lost our lives."

Not long after Garp defeated the pirates who had attacked the merchant ships...

The captain of this merchant ship immediately crawled out from the hiding place below deck!

He then approached Garp with a smile, fawningly saying!

Garp's title as the Hero of the Marines was quite famous in the Four Seas. If they could befriend Garp through this, it would be a good thing for their merchant fleet.