Garp was furious just thinking about it. He had gone through great difficulty to create the technique of Armament Haki.
Yet after one battle, Ares had learned it just like that?
Zephyr was equally shocked. His expression turned solemn as he said, "Garp, now isn't the time to talk about that. The two of us need to join forces and defeat this guy."
"If we miss this opportunity, given Ares's rate of growth..."
"I'm afraid it'll be even harder for us to capture him in the future!"
"Don't forget..."
"We carry justice on our shoulders!"
That was what worried him most. If this carefully planned operation failed,
Ares might very well become someone like Rocks.
Or even...
Someone more terrifying than Rocks!
Because...
If he remembered correctly...
Ares was only sixteen years old!!!
The thought alone made Zephyr's scalp prickle. When he had been sixteen, he was still an ordinary navy soldier.
Yet this Ares had already grown strong enough to suppress Garp head-on with his fists.
A monster among monsters!
How could there be a pirate like Ares on these seas, even more monstrous than Charlotte Linlin???
"Fine!"
Garp agreed as well. "Since that brat doesn't fight fair, then I won't either!"
More importantly, as Zephyr had said,
he was a navy man, and he carried justice on his shoulders.
Although he was already in his thirties, he was not yet the Navy Hero—Garp.
Nor was he the "living fossil of the Navy," the old man he would become decades later.
Garp and Zephyr exchanged a glance. Both could see the resolve and determination in the other's eyes.
"Go!"
Zephyr shouted. His firm, resolute face displayed soaring battle intent.
His back stood straight as a spear. Beneath his tight purple suit, his chest bulged like a small mountain, revealing