Compared to the devastating injuries Borsalino had suffered, Marine Admiral Sengoku had likely avoided any critical organs being completely destroyed because his injuries were more evenly distributed across his body. Although his condition had once been more dangerous, his prognosis was actually better.
At the very least, once Sengoku recovered, he would not need to change his former head-on fighting style, and he would still be able to use the Great Buddha Form he had always relied on.
But that did not mean this Marine Admiral could fully regain the strength he had possessed before being injured.
Although Garp had always been more famous, Sengoku, as a Marine Admiral, had always believed he was no weaker than his friend. Without becoming the Great Buddha, he was somewhat weaker but would not be quickly defeated; once he transformed into the Great Buddha, however, he could turn the tables and suppress Garp.
Though activating the Great Buddha Form came at no small cost and could not be maintained for long, Sengoku could still shamelessly cancel out the advantages and disadvantages, then comfort himself by saying that they were evenly matched.
But after suffering such severe injuries, Marine Admiral Sengoku suspected that even if he activated the Great Buddha Form in the future, he would only be able to draw with Garp at best. If they sparred in their normal states, he probably would not even last a hundred exchanges.
"The era when Sengoku and Garp stood side by side has become a thing of the past." Seeing the photograph on the wall of himself, Monkey D. Garp, and Great Staff Officer Tsuru in their youth, Sengoku could not help but feel a wave of sorrow.
But when he saw the banner he had written himself—"Justice that Reigns the World"—fighting spirit rekindled in