The Navy's Number One

Garp recalled what Ye Feng had just said. Panting heavily, he grabbed Ye Feng's shoulders with both hands and stared at him as he stammered, "You... a sword... swordmaster at the peak."

Seeing Garp's expression, Ye Feng smiled faintly. He raised a hand to pry Garp's hands off his shoulders, then picked up his sword from the ground.

Ye Feng casually swung his sword at the sky. A crescent-shaped slash flew from the blade and shot upward.

It cleanly carved a massive gash through the clear expanse of clouds.

Ye Feng sheathed his sword and turned to look at Garp, who was so shocked he could no longer speak.

From the swordsmanship aura Ye Feng had just released, Garp could tell that what Ye Feng had said was true. In other words, he really was at the peak of swordsmanship. Though Garp did not use a sword himself, he had once pursued Pirate King Gol D. Roger.

Roger's ship had been filled with great swordsmen, and Garp had fought nearly every one of them.

Now, seeing the razor-sharp sword aura radiating from his grandson Ye Feng, he was certain that Ye Feng had been telling the truth.

After thinking it through, Garp secretly thought, Too terrifying! Are these siblings really going to leave anyone else alive? No! I absolutely can't let the two of them become pirates. If they become pirates, the Marines might as well be finished!

After organizing his thoughts, Garp said seriously to Ye Feng, "Ye Feng, come on. I'll take you to the Marine recruitment office. Fill out a form, and you can join the Marines."

When Ye Feng heard Garp, he had thought the old man was taking him to find his younger sister Avril. Instead, Garp wanted him to join the Marines.

Ye Feng thought to himself, There are so many rules in the Marines that I'd have to follow. How would I ever go out and have fun? There are still so many beauties I haven't seen yet.

Ye Feng hurriedly shook his head and shouted, "No! No! I'm not joining the Marines! You Marines have so many rules, and you'd make me follow them. How am I supposed to go out and have fun then?"

Seeing Ye Feng shake his head and shout that he would not join the Marines, Garp immediately punched him on the head. Then he smiled and said, "What do you mean, you won't join the Marines? Let me tell you, the Marines are great. Join us, and I'll give you special privileges."

Ye Feng crouched on the ground again, clutching his head and gritting his teeth. Just as he was about to curse Garp, he heard him mention special privileges and thought of something. "Hey, you old bastard, what special privileges can you give me? You're not even the Fleet Admiral."

Hearing Ye Feng's words, Garp wore an expression that said he was in charge of everything. "Don't worry. Whatever privileges you want, I'll give them to you. Doesn't Sengoku have to listen to me?"

Seeing that Ye Feng seemed unconvinced, he patted his chest and laughed. "Hahahaha... Look across all of Marine Headquarters—who doesn't know me? Go on, ask who the boss of the Marines is!"

Then Garp forcibly dragged Ye Feng all the way to the door of Fleet Admiral Sengoku's office.

At the office door, Garp turned toward Ye Feng and said domineeringly, "Ye Feng, watch closely. I'll show you just where I stand in the Marines." With that, Garp straightened his clothes, lifted his right leg, and kicked the office door open.

What Ye Feng saw next was a spectacular scene.

At that moment, Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Crane, the Marines' foremost strategist, were handling documents sent over by the World Government. Just as they were about to finish, they heard a familiar person kick open the office door.

Sengoku and Vice Admiral Crane's first reaction was that some suicidal pirate had attacked Marine Headquarters—and had even made it all the way to their office!

Instead, they saw the imposing Garp striding toward Sengoku's seat with an arrogant, wide-legged gait. Ignoring Vice Admiral Crane sitting beside him, he looked at the bewildered Sengoku and domineeringly said, "Get the hell out of my way!"

The stunned Fleet Admiral Sengoku had yet to react when he instinctively stood up. Garp seized the opportunity to sit in the Fleet Admiral's chair, then propped his legs up on the desk and looked at Sengoku, who was standing nearby like a secretary.

Garp stared at Sengoku with overwhelming authority. "What are you still standing around for? Go bring out all the senbei you've hidden away for me. And bring me a cup of tea while you're at it. Hurry up! Don't make me say it twice."

Vice Admiral Crane, sitting on the sofa, softly said to the overbearing Garp, "Garp, have you been getting carried away again lately?"

Only after hearing her speak did Garp realize there was someone sitting on the sofa beside him. He shouted, "I've been floating in the sky this whole time. I never came back down."

After hearing Garp's answer, Vice Admiral Crane calmly added, "Is that so? Turn around and take a look at who I am."