Garp's face turned ashen; he felt his position in Ace's heart was threatened.
What he didn't know was that his image in Ace's mind had already been shattered when he performed in front of the headquarters building, leaving him with no standing whatsoever.
Ignoring Garp's reaction, Ace looked at Senga with adoration, then turned to Garp, made a face, and said...
"You old geezer, who needs your teaching, beep~"
"..."
Garp felt an unprecedented itch in his fists; he was ready to let Ace taste this iron fist imbued with "love."
However, Ace had already sensed that something was wrong with Garp. He had anticipated that Garp was about to make a move, so he took the initiative, stretched out his neck, and bit Garp's nose as it approached.
"Aww!"
Garp let out a miserable cry. His nose had really suffered today. First, he accidentally poked it too hard, causing it to bleed profusely. Then, Sengoku hit him in the face with a 24K gold punch. Now, Ace had bitten him in a hateful way.
What did his nose do to deserve this?
Garp winced in pain, released Ace, and covered his nose tightly with both hands, groaning incessantly.
As soon as Ace landed, he ran to the door of Sengoku's office. He felt a sense of satisfaction seeing Garp get humiliated. It was a pity that Luffy wasn't there to witness this glorious moment.
Garp's face had turned a deep purplish-red, and his nose was in excruciating pain. So instead of chasing after Ace, he bent down to grab something and throw it.
Believe it or not, when Garp touched it, he actually felt something soft. Without even looking at what it was, he threw it directly at Ace.
Ace was still making faces when it was too late for him to realize what was about to happen; his face made intimate contact with the object Garp threw at him.
A crisp slapping sound, accompanied by Ace's scream, echoed in Sengoku's office. Everyone looked closely and saw a slipper sliding off Ace's face.
Looking at Ace's face again, there was now a patch of black lines, probably from the dust on the soles of his slippers. But you know what, the patterns on those slipper soles were actually quite regular, making them look like tattoos on Ace's face.
Senga's lips twitched. He remembered the tattoo on the dragon's face. Although the two designs were different, and the dragon's tattoo probably wasn't done by Garp with a slipper, otherwise it would be too outrageous.
But this mark on Ace's face was imprinted under his witness, so it's uncertain whether it can be removed.
Ace covered the red mark on his face, unaware that a beautiful tattoo had appeared there; he only felt a burning pain.
He glared angrily at Garp and shouted,
"You old geezer! When I grow up, I'll definitely give you a taste of your own medicine!"
Upon hearing Garp call Ace an "old geezer" and mention the flag he had set, Garp's blood boiled instantly. He rolled up his sleeves, ready to teach Ace a lesson.
Sengoku couldn't stand it any longer, so he grabbed Garp and scolded him.
"Enough! What kind of behavior is this! Behave yourself!"
After saying that, Sengoku glanced at Garp's nose, which had borne all the blame, and felt a pang of pity. He softened his tone and continued...
"Go to the infirmary to have your nose checked first. I've already given you a day off."
Garp initially thought Sengoku was about to get angry at him, but he was moved by Sengoku's next words. He sniffed hard, snorted, and walked to the door, dragging the extremely unwilling Ace away.
The moment the father and son left, Sengoku's office fell silent. Sengoku went to his desk and made three cups of tea, keeping one for himself and offering the other two to Senga and Yamato.
Sengoku took a small sip of tea, a look of bliss on his face, Senga also picked up her cup and slowly savored her tea.
Only the extraordinary woman Yamato was completely out of touch with the proper tea ceremony; her way of drinking tea was simply to pick up the cup and drink it all in one gulp.
She was initially burned, but that didn't faze her. She exhaled a breath of cold air to cool the tea, turning the hot tea into iced tea.
Sengoku noticed Yamato's ability and raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself that Yamato was also Devil Fruit User, but he wondered what kind of ability it was.
However, since her father is Kaido, her Devil Fruit ability must be quite powerful.
Senga noticed Sengoku expression and directly answered his question by telling Sengoku about Yamato's Devil Fruit ability.
Upon hearing that Yamato was Mythical Zoan Ability User, Sengoku was overjoyed. This was a huge plus, and such a promising talent couldn't be wasted.
Thinking of this, Sengoku looked at Senga and asked,
What are your plans for her?
"What I mean is, I want Professor Zephyr to further enhance her Haki."
When Yamato heard that Senga was going to hand her over to someone else, he immediately pouted, but dared not utter a word of objection.
Sengoku shook his head and said,
"I don't know what Zephyr has been up to lately; he seems to have started training himself again, and he definitely doesn't have time to mentor newcomers."
"Alright, then Yamato will come with me."
"Yes, that would be best."
"Yay!"
Yamato was surprised that things had changed so quickly. She was overjoyed to hear that she could be by Senga's side again. She moved her chair and pressed her body against Senga's side.
Senga didn't bother with her; he wanted to check on Zephyr. He guessed that Zephyr had probably already eaten the Ox-King Fruit, especially after Sengoku told him that Zephyr had been training recently.
Sengoku didn't try to stop Senga from leaving, he just casually said something.
"Senga, get ready, I'm going to promote you."
"Oh, um?"
Senga stared at Sengoku in astonishment. He was about to be promoted? Didn't that mean he was going to Admiral?
Sengoku saw Senga's expression and a wicked smile appeared on his face. He had long wanted to promote Senga to Admiral, and Senga's defeat of Kaido was the perfect opportunity.
It's worth noting that Sengoku was even more anxious than Senga about military ranks.
Coming to her senses, Senga asked hesitantly,
"Isn't this a bit too sudden?"
Sengoku waved his hand and said,
"Not so sudden. Isn't defeating Golden Lion and Kaido enough? Do you expect me to go and fight the other Four Emperors?"
"Um, actually, after defeating Kaido, I also severed Shanks' arm..."
"Haha, really? As expected of you, you really are... What?!"