Kong issued an order that even he found helpless, but there was no other way.
Against such a gap in strength, numbers were hard to make a difference, though they were not entirely useless.
During the Summit War, quite a few of Whitebeard's wounds had been inflicted by the soldiers who fought there.
Those soldiers had been elites in their respective branches, but that made little difference when facing Whitebeard.
But the prerequisite for all of this was having someone strong enough to restrain him at the front.
Given Marine Headquarters' current situation, Kong himself could not leave, Garp would not follow orders, and simply sending out a few soldiers would be useless.
If this were some political infighting plot, his opponents would immediately impeach him and use the opportunity to purge dissidents.
Moreover, over the past few months, Kong had noticed changes in Garp.
Before God Valley, Garp had never cared much about many things, but overall, he still followed orders.
After the incident, although the World Government's higher-ups had hailed him as a hero of the Marines, Garp had continued serving in the Marines.
If there were certain pirates to be hunted down, Garp would still take action.
But much of the time, Garp displayed an attitude of giving up, like now.
"Kong, I warned you back then that Nereus hadn't died over there."
"Garp, use my title while we're working."
The messenger stood right beside them. Although Kong and Garp had a good personal relationship, Garp's behavior just now had irritated Kong, and he instead corrected the way Garp addressed him.
"Yes, yes, Admiral Kong. You knew that guy would return to Fish-Man Island sooner or later, yet you didn't remind the Marines at the Sabaody Archipelago to watch out for it. That's dereliction of duty."
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