"Whew—"
The tornado on Seiga Island rapidly expanded. After destroying several nearby buildings, it suddenly dissipated.
The Marines on the deck of the Dog-head Warship noticed the strange scene on the island and stopped to look over. Bogard also stopped nagging. Seeing the tornado form and vanish so abruptly, his expression froze as he murmured, "That was..."
"Your guess is probably right. It should be Vice Admiral Garp and his son having a cordial exchange."
"Few people live in this town, but if those two start fighting without restraint, they'll probably end up harming innocent civilians."
Yoriichi rested both hands on the ship's railing, narrowing his eyes slightly as his gaze turned profound.
One was Dragon, a former Marine Vice Admiral who would go on to establish the Revolutionary Army and seek to overthrow the Celestial Dragons' rule. The other was the current Marine Vice Admiral, the hero Garp, regarded as the living totem of the Marines.
Would the justice they carried in their hearts make them see those innocent islanders as mere ants?
No sooner had this doubt arisen in Yoriichi's heart than it received an answer.
After the tornado suddenly vanished, a deafening boom erupted from the dense forest deep within the island. A hurricane blasted outward in all directions with the sound, while scattered black lightning flew from the forest and flashed across the sky overhead.
The hurricane reached the harbor, making the Dog-head Warship rock violently. The once-calm sea rippled in wave after wave.
At that moment, the Marines standing on the deck suddenly felt an inexplicable pressure. For some reason, all of them felt their hearts sink. Some of the weaker Marines became dizzy and collapsed to the ground without realizing it.
The clash of Conqueror's Haki deep within the island had already affected the