Luffy spoke indistinctly as Barn held him in his hand.
"Was that Soru just now?"
Garp did not immediately concern himself with his grandson, who had been captured by the "enemy." Instead, he brought up something seemingly unrelated.
"Oh? You recognized it?"
Barn answered him with a smile.
"Obviously. I invented the Six Powers, so of course I know them well. I just don't know when pirates started learning them."
Garp looked at Barn with open contempt, not caring whether Barn could see his expression.
"I captured a Navy Captain a while back and asked him."
Barn answered with a smile, though it was a lie. Leonard had actually taught him the Six Powers. The outside world now knew that Leonard had joined the FFF Guild, and Adam had revoked his bounty for him. As a result, many people who no longer wanted to be pirates had joined the FFF Guild. But Barn did not want to reveal his connection to the FFF Group, so he chose to conceal it.
"Hmm."
Garp pinched his chin, his eyes fixed on Barn as though he hoped to spot some telltale flaw in his expression. Disappointed, he finally asked about the matter he should never have ignored in the first place.
"Can you put him down now?"
Naturally, Garp meant Luffy, who was still in Barn's grip.
"Sure."
Barn gave a casual reply and, much to Garp's surprise, actually set Luffy down.
"Whoa, big brother, you were so fast! How did you suddenly get behind me?"
The carefree Luffy started shouting the moment his feet touched the ground, only for Garp to cut him off roughly.
"Luffy! Get your butt inside!"
"But..."
Clang!
"Oh..."
Luffy left with a lump on his head that was still smoking. Apart from the Dadan Family peeking out