In the end, Sengoku could not help leaving something out.
The World Government's exact words had been: all pregnant women, and all infants under one year old.
Leaving something out was one of the few things Sengoku could do.
Hearing this, Randall froze.
Sengoku thought the information had come as too much of a shock. He sighed and began to explain.
"Before the Marines captured the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger... never mind. There's no harm in telling you.
Gol D. Roger turned himself in. Before that, he spent some time in the South Blue.
During that time, Gol D. Roger got involved with a woman. Hmph!
Now the World Government has ordered the Marines to arrest that woman, along with the continuation of his wicked bloodline in her womb, or the child she's already given birth to..."
But Randall had not frozen because he was shocked by the revelation.
Clever as Sengoku was, he could never have guessed that Randall had known about this all along. He simply had not known exactly when it would happen.
His surprise now was only because the time had already come.
After hearing Sengoku's explanation, Randall instinctively glanced at Garp.
Garp's body was rigid, his head lowered, his eyes and expression hidden in shadow.
To Sengoku and the others, this looked like the reaction of a man furious beyond measure yet powerless to act.
But to Randall, who knew the truth, it meant Garp was locked in a fierce internal struggle.
After all, before his death, the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, had asked Garp to look after his wife and child.
If word of that got out, it would shake the entire sea.
The king of pirates and the hero of the Marines were actually friends!
Friends close enough to entrust a