Marine Headquarters, Marineford, Fleet Admiral's office.
Sengoku frowned as he looked over the report in his hands. As always, Garp lounged on the sofa, noisily munching on rice crackers.
From time to time, he looked up at the deeply furrowed Sengoku and said, "Stop looking. That kid won't die so easily."
"If he were really going to die, he wouldn't be acting so crazily and carefree."
Hearing Garp's words, Sengoku let out a heavy sigh and set down the document. "Garp, you're still the same. You never take proper matters seriously."
"Don't forget, Laxus and Akainu still have a wager. If he misses the deadline, not only will it be a loss for the Marines, but it'll also make it incredibly difficult for that kid to enter the Marine recruit training camp."
At that, Sengoku sighed again. "And that girl stationed at the Sabaody Archipelago has refused our recall time and again."
"I heard that after Kaido of the Beasts suffered a setback and failed to find Laxus, he took his anger out on the students training aboard the ship instead."
"After Zephyr learned of this, he contacted me immediately and asked me to take good care of his students..."
"Hey, hey, Garp, can you stop thinking about eating all day? Isn't your grandson training with Laxus too? Aren't you worried?"
Sengoku simply could not stand Garp's wolfish eating.
It could be said that they were each other's best friends and greatest rivals.
The grudge over stolen rice crackers alone was enough to make them love and hate one another.
Unfortunately, Sengoku had no absolute confidence of defeating Garp in a one-on-one fight.
All he could do was glare helplessly and let their so-called grudge over food fade away.
"Sengoku, what's there to worry about?" Garp tossed the last rice