[ROAR!!!]
A thunderous boom that pierced the clouds and shattered the void suddenly erupted from the center of the island before them.
Moments later, gale-force winds formed by the trembling air swept across the entire island.
They eventually spread beyond the island, turning the once relatively calm sea into raging waves in an instant.
A Navy warship moored by the dock, adorned with a dog head, rocked violently amid the powerful wind and waves.
Yet the Marines standing guard on deck remained remarkably calm in the face of it.
They merely held down their Marine caps and let the fierce wind rush past them.
"It's starting again. Wonder if Admiral Garp won today?"
"Heh heh, judging by what the people inside reported, Admiral Garp was still wearing a sour face the day before yesterday~"
"Hahahaha! Then let's hope he's in a better mood today. Maybe he'll catch us a Sea King for an extra meal again!"
Other Marines would certainly address Garp respectfully as Admiral Iron Fist.
But the Marines aboard this Dog-Head Warship had long been accustomed to calling him Vice Admiral Garp.
So even after Garp became an admiral, they had merely changed it to Admiral Garp.
Garp himself did not mind. On the contrary, he quite liked the more intimate form of address.
Just as these men, who looked like ordinary rank-and-file Marines yet all carried a fierce air about them, chatted and laughed, even daring to tease several officers—
A tall, slender figure stepped silently out of the cabin, likewise wearing a pristine white Coat of Justice over his shoulders, a gray cap on his head, and a long sword in a green sheath at his waist.
"Vice Admiral Bogard!"
"Vice Admiral Bogard!"
At the sight of him, Marines of every rank on deck immediately straightened