They had come storming in to demand answers, only to be greeted with a deeply respectful salute. Sengoku, who had been ignored, felt painfully awkward. So did Zephyr.
His title, "the Admiral Who Never Killed," said enough about the kind of man he was. He had yet to become Z, the avenger who wanted to destroy the Grand Line. Faced with such a reception, Zephyr's cheek twitched. He coughed awkwardly and said, "Ahem! No need for formalities. Everyone, sit down, sit down!"
"Yes, sir!"
The others answered before taking their seats one by one. Behind Zephyr, Garp waggled his eyebrows at him. "Well, well, Zephyr! I never knew you were such a big deal to people from another world!"
"Shut up, Garp! They're Marines too. Don't embarrass us!"
At Vice Admiral Tsuru's command, Garp promptly gave up teasing him and stood quietly to the side with his arms folded.
"Ahem! Fleet Admiral, Mr. Garp, Vice Admiral Tsuru, Teacher Zephyr! Please, sit over here!" Aokiji rose as their host and gestured to the seats.
Sengoku glanced around the Round Table at their assigned seats. His eyes lingered on Charlotte Linlin beside Akainu, and his eyelid twitched. He said nothing.
Meanwhile, Garp was about to pull out a chair when someone slipped up beside him.
"Grandpa, here. Please, have a seat!"
"Huh???"
Garp's old eyes widened as he stared at the Blond Boy. "Who are you? Why are you calling me Grandpa?"
In this world, Sabo would not regain his memories until the Paramount War ended several months later. It would be another two years before he revealed to Luffy that he was alive. Until then, not even the World Government had noticed that Sabo, the rising star of the [Censored] Army, was one of Garp's grandsons!
Garp himself could not recognize