"Cough! Cough!"
Sengoku crawled out of the rubble, breathing hard as he scanned his surroundings. Then his eyes lit up. "Garp! Are you all right?"
But the figure did not answer. He remained frozen with his fist raised, motionless.
"Don't tell me..."
His own suspicion startled Sengoku. He hurried over, but just as he reached out to touch Garp, Garp moved on his own.
The moment he could move, Garp gulped down fresh air like a drowning man.
"Hah... hah... Sengoku, are you all right?"
Garp looked at his old comrade with concern.
"I'm fine, but..." Sengoku looked around at the ruins, his eyes dimming as he sighed. "He's gone?"
"Sorry..."
"No, don't be." Sengoku shook his head. "Against a power like Time Freeze, there was nothing we could do to Loa."
After Sengoku and Garp, the others broke free of the freeze one by one. They stared dazedly at the ruins around them, unable to collect themselves for a long while.
Days later, news that shook the world spread across the seas.
One of Marine Headquarters' strongest fighters, the legendary Great Dragon—Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Christopher Loa—had defected from the Marines!
Every person and every faction halted what they were doing, watching the seas anxiously for his next move.
At the same time, the World Government rushed out a new wanted poster that reached every corner of the world. Even the most worldly figures held their breath when they saw the long string of digits on it.
A one followed by eight zeros was a hundred million. Nine zeros made a billion!
And this legendary defector's bounty had been set at a terrifying eleven digits!!!
Ten billion Beli!!!
What did that even mean?!
Even the current Yonko's bounties combined did not reach ten billion Beli! In the World Government's