Demons and Monsters

"Garp..." After taking two steps, Garp stopped and looked at the grinning face in the cell with a puzzled expression.

I have a child.

Roger looked at Garp with a silly grin, filled with anticipation, trepidation, and doting affection, just like a complete idiot.

"Wh... what?" Garp stared wide-eyed, taking two or three steps to the cell door, his breathing rapid.

"Rouge is pregnant with my child, she's about to give birth, and I'm going to be a father."

"Impossible, this is impossible." Garp stammered, looking dazed.

"Garp, my child's name is Gol D. Ace, but it seems he can't take my surname. Therefore, he will take his mother's surname, Portgas, and his full Portgas D. Ace."

"Why are you giving me so much? Don't you know I'm in the Navy...?"

"I'm entrusting him to you."

Before Garp could finish, Roger interrupted him, then repeated matter-of-factly, "I'm entrusting him to you."

With his pupils wide open, Garp gripped the cell tightly with both hands, his expression extremely agitated.

"I will not agree."

"You will agree, because you are Garp, Monkey D. Garp who has chased me for most of the world, one of my few friends." Roger looked at Garp with a face full of trust, each word spoken with such determination.

"I could never agree to that!" Garp roared.

"He's in the East Blue..."

"Bang..." The cell shook, Garp's right fist was bleeding, and his eyes were bloodshot.

After listening, Garp stared intently at Roger and said angrily, "Why did you entrust this to me?"

"Because I trust you, because we are friends, because you can protect him, because you can give him the best life, because... you can give him fatherly love in my place..." In the end, Roger's eyes even welled up with tears.

"You bastard!" Garp cursed, then stormed out of the cell.

"Garp, when he grows up, tell him you're sorry! Also, please help me apologize to Rouge. Although I wasn't a good husband or a good father, I love them."

It contained all his love; Roger wept, yet smiled.

But all he received in response was boundless darkness.

"Damn it, damn it!" Back at his lodgings, Garp was furious, smashing things all over the house.

He didn't know what was wrong with him, but he felt inexplicably angry and inexplicably sad.

He never knew that, without realizing it, his friendship with this guy had grown so deep.

"Portgas D. Ace?" After venting his anger, Garp sat on the ground and sighed.

As dawn broke and a new day approached, the entire Loguetown was shrouded in a somber atmosphere.

"Hey! Hey! Really? That's Yaksha Donquixote Doflamingo! According to the previous two battles, he fought against Marine Vice Admiral God, but the outcome is unknown."

"That's Gecko Moria. It seems he attacked Marine Vice Admiral God alongside Yaksha last time."

Hawk-Eye Dracule Mihawk

"Look, isn't that Charlotte Katakuri, one of the Four Sweet Commanders of the Big Pirates!"

"The Beasts Pirates, the Three Calamities, Jak"

"Marco the Phoenix, First Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates"

"All the big shots are here, aren't they?"

From all directions, gasps of alarm echoed through Loguetown as one important figure after another Loguetown, awaiting Ming's execution.

Strangely, these pirates, who were all lawless, did not cause any trouble when they arrived in Loguetown. No matter who they were, they all got along peacefully.

Therefore, Loguetown is very strange. You can walk around the streets and find countless pirates with bounties of millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, but no one causes trouble.

The navy, meanwhile, turned a blind eye and simply remained stationed at the base.

There are countless important figures in the public eye alone, and even more in the shadows.

In the naval base, on the tallest building, a figure overlooks the entire Loguetown.

As his long hair swayed, Ye Chen could sense an increasing number of powerful auras spreading across the streets.

Tomorrow will be the last day.

"Brother Ye Chen, Instructor Zephyr has called us to assemble. Admiral Sengoku and the others have already arrived."

Hina called out from below the tall building.

Meanwhile, at the coastline of Loguetown, more than thirty massive warships, their cannons menacing, approached from afar.

"The navy is coming to the coast."

A shout shattered the eerie atmosphere of Loguetown, and the lawless, arrogant pirates lining both sides of the street all turned their gazes toward the coastline.

"Knock knock"

The entire ground seemed to tremble, the air instantly froze, and squadrons of navy appeared from the coastline.

Leading the way, several Haki figures, draped in naval Justice Coat and radiating unparalleled pressure, slowly entered the street.

"Naval Hero, Monkey D. Garp"

"Marine Admiral the Buddha Sengoku"

Chief of Staff Tsuru

"The Four Great Monsters Vice Admiral Akainu Sakazuki Kizaru Borsalino"

One after another, renowned figures appeared in the sight of all the pirates, their faces expressionless.

"Fufufufu really wants to have a fight here!"

"Hehehe, these navy personnel are not to be trifled with."

Many pirates showed expressions of fear and dared not make a move.

"Where's Gol D. Roger, the One Piece?" Suddenly, a pirate noticed that the One Piece King was nowhere to be seen among the Marines.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect so many guys to be here!" Leading the group, Garp beckoned to the thin figure on the nearby house. "Yo! Isn't that Marco? Is your Pops dead yet?"

All eyes, and even the smallest detail, were fixed on the rooftop.

"The Phoenix Marco, to be called 'son'? No wonder he's a Marine hero, chasing the One Piece halfway around the world." Some pirates were ashamed, feeling they weren't even in the same league.

"Vice Admiral Garp, my Pops is in good health. If he has time, he would like to visit Marineford." Marco spoke calmly, his eyes narrowed, his words sharp.

"Hahaha, I can't afford to mess with him. If I didn't have a mission to do today, I would teach that old Whitebeard a lesson for his son."

This time, Marco didn't respond.

Everyone could see that Marco had regressed; in terms of both status and strength, the two were no longer on the same level.

If Whitebeard were here now, the situation would be completely different.

And so, amidst countless gazes, the long naval column disappeared at the end of the street.

In an instant, the entire Loguetown was engulfed in explosions.

Black Arm Zephyr, Marine Garp the Hero, and Buddha Sengoku —these three are like a mountain range, pressing down on all the pirates, making it hard for them to breathe.

No one dares to provoke the Navy— Phoenix, not the Sweet Commander, not even the Three Calamities —unless a great figure of the same generation appears.

The appearance of Garp and his crew here once again confirmed that the One Piece had indeed been captured and would be executed tomorrow.

In the shadows, many eyes, unsuitable to appear in public, watched all of this with mixed emotions.

Many people were wiping away tears, their veins throbbing.

Tonight, it's destined that many people around the world will have trouble sleeping.

This raises countless questions: Why was the One Piece captured by the Navy? What happened to the Roger Pirates? What about Dark King Rayleigh? Why didn't they appear?