You'd Better Stop Me, Sengoku

"Conqueror's Haki..."

He forced the words out through clenched teeth, one by one, veins bulging at his temples. But his grip on Luffy remained tight.

The mission... absolutely could not fail.

Meanwhile, Garp, who was munching Senbei in Sengoku's office, froze. His chewing slowly came to a halt.

Sengoku shot to his feet, his face stricken. His gaze seemed to pierce the walls and settle on the Family Residential Area.

"Such potential... how could it appear in the Marines? It's still immature, but that lion-like pride is already taking shape."

"Something must have happened."

Garp suddenly thought of the three little ones back home.

Of everyone in Marineford, if anyone had the potential of a king, it could only be those three brats.

Boom!

Frantic with worry, Garp burst straight through the wall, leaving a human-shaped hole in the Marine Headquarters building.

He was already racing toward the scene with Geppo.

His Observation Haki, spread across the island, had picked up the disturbance.

The shortest distance between two points was a straight line!

"Was that... Vice Admiral Garp?!"

"Did something happen over at the Family Residential Compound?!"

"Why does Vice Admiral Garp look so angry?! Did Pirates sneak in?"

The sound of his passage tore through the fortress. Marines sprang into action everywhere, and those on duty began moving toward the Family Residential Compound.

Ace had shown signs of Conqueror's Haki at a very young age, but his spirit was not yet strong enough. He had only intimidated the CP0 agent for an instant.

If Garp and Sengoku had not possessed such keen senses and noticed something wrong so quickly, Cipher Pol's plan would probably have succeeded.

The families of most of the Marines' mid- and high-ranking officers lived in the Family Residential Compound at the rear.

It was one