"Who, which bastard dares to ambush my grandson? I'll smash this broken tower to pieces with one blow!"
The cloak of justice fluttered in the wind, its imposing aura seemingly capable of soaring to the heavens.
Watching Garp leap forward, clench his fist, and charge into the dungeon tower.
Bai Yu couldn't help but give a helpless, bitter smile.
The tower appears to have suffered greatly from the ravages of time.
However, as a product of the system, Bai Yu believes it is definitely harder than Garp's iron fist!
If this happens, even Garp might not be able to handle it.
Boom!
A dull thud sounded.
The seven-story dungeon tower vanished into thin air a moment before it was even completed.
Before everyone could react, Garp had leaped from the sky and delivered a powerful punch, crashed to the ground like a meteorite.
The ground within a radius of 100 meters collapsed with a deafening roar, forming a huge crater centered on Garp.
"Where have you gone? Hand over my grandson right now, or I'll chase you to the ends of the earth and crush you to the ground!"
Garp clenched his fists, veins popping out on his forehead, and the Roar angrily.
Looking at Garp, who was almost going berserk, Bai Yu felt helpless, but still let out a soft sigh.
Bai Yu knew clearly that he was no longer a Marine and had failed Garp's expectations over the years.
However, there is one thing that never changes.
This bond of being a godson allows Garp to risk everything.
"Stop yelling, old man. I'm still alive and standing here."
Bai Yu snapped out of his thoughts, looked up, took a swig of strong liquor, tossed it to Garp, and said...
"What are you doing here? Weren't you with Sengoku? You two are now the official sideline duo!"
Garp was taken aback at first, but quickly recovered, took the bottle, downed it in one gulp, and laughed heartily.
"Haha, I knew it all along. You little brat are more troublesome than a hedgehog. How could you possibly be trapped by something? Those guys were just worrying for nothing."
"You're right, Sengoku and I are just doing minor, insignificant jobs. But something annoying happened at Marine Headquarters, and Sengoku went to argue with the Five Elders. He just got back and ran into you here, so we came to check on you."
"Hey, isn't that Rayleigh and Shakky? What are they doing here? You brat, you didn't recruit them into your crew, did you? You're starting to look more and more like the Pirate King."
"By the way, the Sengoku is coming soon. If he sees this, he'll probably have something to say again. Oh well, he's in a sinecure now, so he probably won't bother with this kind of headache. Otherwise, this time it won't just be his hair turning white, it'll be complete baldness..."
Finally, Garp couldn't hold back any longer; the image of bald Sengoku popped into his mind, and he immediately burst into laughter.
However, the laughter had barely escaped when a heavy hammer slammed into the back of Garp's head.
Ignoring Garp's screams of pain, Sengoku, with his full head of white hair and white beard, kicked Garp in the butt and slowly walked out of the path.
" Bai Yu, I didn't expect we'd meet so soon."
" Rayleigh, Shakky, it's been a long time since we last met; it's been more than ten or twenty years."
"However, don't worry, I'm no longer the Fleet Admiral. Let the younger generation handle the task of capturing you."
"I'm here this time to figure something out."
At this point, a serious expression appeared on Sengoku's face. He stared intently at Bai Yu and said in a deep voice.
" Bai Yu, is it true that our Marine Headquarters has become a pawn of the World Government?"
Upon hearing this, Rayleigh and Shakky's expressions changed instantly.
The Marine Headquarters has always been regarded as the face of the World Government and a necessary means to deal with pirates.
Now Bai Yu is calling him a discarded pawn; isn't that a huge fall from grace?
But is this just baseless speculation?
Or is Bai Yu deliberately trying to sow discord?
These thoughts flashed through Rayleigh and Shakky's minds, but were ultimately rejected one by one.
At the very least, they believed that the fact that Sengoku, the former Fleet Admiral, was willing to make the trip in person was enough to show that he trusted Bai Yu more than he trusted the World Government or even the Five Elders.
"Perhaps!" Bai Yu Bai Yu sighed softly. He didn't like face-to-face questioning because he didn't want to meet with Sengoku in person.
However, it now seems that Sengoku has clearly not read the letter in Ryokugyu's hand yet, and has instead come in person.
Looking at the somber expression on Sengoku's face, Bai Yu sighed helplessly.
"Actually, this is just my guess. I think the Five Elders didn't provide you with any details about that battle after they returned from Wano Country!"
"If I told you that the Five Elders possess a drug that can awaken the demons within Devil Fruit User, would you believe me?"
"Four days ago, when I fought Kaido and the Five Elders, they used this drug to transform into demons and enhance their fighting power, but they were killed by some of my hidden trump cards."
"If this Devil's Medicine hadn't been invented, it wouldn't be surprising that they kept it from you. But four days have passed, and still no one in your Marine Headquarters has obtained it. As a means of countering me, you haven't even received a single piece of information about the Devil's Medicine."
" The Five Elders have probably stopped placing their hopes on the Marine Headquarters."
"I just had a fight with Ryokugyu. If that guy had fought me to the death from the start, perhaps the Five Elders would have considered that and given you some leeway in dealing with the Devil's Medicine."
"However, even Ryokugyu, who was exceptionally recruited through the World Military Draft, retreated without a fight. I'm afraid the Five Elders will completely shelve the Marine Headquarters."
"You're still swaggering in to see me now. The Five Elders will definitely worry. My reputation at Marine Headquarters is too high. No matter how small the chance there is of Marine Headquarters turning against me, they would rather kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free."
"Therefore, the Marine Headquarters has probably become a burden in the eyes of the Five Elders..."
E's words echoed across the ruins.
Rayleigh, Shakky, Sengoku, and Garp all had their expressions change drastically.
They never expected that Bai Yu's opening remarks would be so informative.
This was completely beyond their comprehension.
" Bai Yu, is it true that the Devil's Medicine you mentioned can turn a person into a demon?"
Garp was the first to lose his composure and urgently pressed for an answer.
"If the Five Elders really are hiding this from us, they probably have other intentions. That Akainu guy even went so far as to fight Aokiji for the Fleet Admiral position the Aokiji Five Elders offered him. Could this be a plan to sow discord within our Marine Headquarters?"