What Sengoku really wanted Garp to do was-
Observe the battle between Sapphire Star Xie Wen and Dark King Rayleigh, then join forces with Xie Wen to take Rayleigh down when the time was right.
But Garp could not be bothered to make things so complicated, and he did not like doing things that were less than fair and square, either.
In fact, Fleet Admiral Sengoku knew Garp probably would not listen to him, but... he had no one else available!
Besides, Garp knew Xie Wen, so Sengoku sent him over anyway. As for the specifics, Garp would simply have to play it by ear.
Yes, he definitely had not deliberately found an excuse to send Garp away because he was worried Garp would eat all his hidden snacks.
Naturally, with all that freedom to act, Garp made no attempt to conceal his movements and appeared right in front of Rayleigh and Xie Wen.
"Hahahahaha! Xie Wen, kid, long time no see!"
Yet Garp, whom Rayleigh had called an "old friend," greeted Xie Wen first. He quickly put on a kindly, affectionate smile and jogged over.
"Little Klee~ Did you miss Grandpa?"
"Grandpa Garp, what are you doing here, meow?!" Little Plushie leaped onto Garp and started tugging his beard. "Did you come to see Klee, meow?"
"Of course!" Garp answered without hesitation. "That brat Xie Wen alone isn't worth a special trip!"
Naturally, Xie Wen would not get upset with Garp over something so trivial. He came forward with the other cats to greet him. "It's been over a year, hasn't it, old man Garp?"
"Mr. Garp/Old man Garp, long time no see, meow."
Meow Jūshirō, Hua Mei Meow, and Sanji Meow also came forward to greet him.
"Xie Wen, sweetie, is this old grandpa someone you know too,