Chapter 213: One-Punch Garp

"Listen everyone, this time you must not expose anything in front of Vice Admiral Garp... This should only be a low-probability event. A while ago, Vice Admiral Garp went to the 153rd Marine Base to be responsible for escorting the Marine base commander who had committed an offense there; this time, he should just be passing by here on his way."

"But if the matter is exposed... then I'm afraid we will all be arrested by Vice Admiral Garp and have to go to Impel Down to hang out with that Marine Colonel Morgan!"

"Now that we are all grasshoppers on the same rope, I hope you all pull yourselves together, absolutely do not reveal any flaws, and do not let Vice Admiral Garp discover any problems. Do you understand?!"

A group of Marine officers standing beside Colonel Rat looked at each other, and then a Lieutenant Colonel bit the bullet and stepped out, saying:

"Colonel, we all understand the seriousness of the matter... So, can you stand up from the ground?"

Colonel Rat, whose legs were weak and who was already slumped on the ground, glared fiercely at this Lieutenant Colonel, then glanced at his wet trousers, and only then gritted his teeth and spoke:

"Help me up... My legs are still a bit unsteady, and also... go get me another pair of pants, these pants can't be worn anymore!"

The memory from half an hour ago ends here. Looking at the Dog-Head Warship that had already arrived at the pier, even though he had already emptied his bowels, Rat felt his bladder having a bit of an urge to urinate again.

'It's fine, it's fine! Garp isn't some god, how could he possibly know about the 16th Branch?'

'Everyone in the Marine branch has already been silenced by me, and all have received the benefits I distributed to varying degrees. If the matter were to explode, the one who would be unlucky would definitely be everyone, so they absolutely cannot report to Garp!'

'As for the Arlong Pirates, I have also told them. These Fish-Men won't go out to sea at all during this period. As long as they hide honestly, it's unlikely they will run into this fierce star Garp...'

As he slowly cheered himself up, Rat's complexion finally looked a bit better, his legs finally stopped trembling, and his gaze turned toward the Dog-Head Warship that had already stopped steadily.

Just then, a ladder was lowered on the warship's deck, and then, an old man wearing a dog-head hat walked down swaggeringly.

Behind this imposing old man, there followed a boy who looked ordinary, as well as a beautiful girl with orange hair. The girl's gaze looked at these Marines with great agitation, but the agitation in that gaze was not excitement; instead, it vaguely looked like... anger?

Wait, who is this girl? Not only is she not wearing a Marine uniform, but that tattoo on her shoulder, why does it look a bit like the Arlong Pirates' tattoo?

Seeing this, the cold sweat on Rat's forehead broke out again, his heart thumped, and he felt a black shadow slowly enveloping his head.

He raised his head slightly, just in time to see the tall Garp with his arms crossed, looking at him with an indifferent expression:

"Colonel Rat, is it? Can you explain the matter of the Arlong Pirates to me?"

"Aba... aba aba... aba..."

Rat stuttered "aba" twice, rolled his eyes, and was scared into fainting on the spot.

"It seems there's no need to explain... Boerte, arrest them all! Let's interrogate them one by one first!"

No matter how much of a clown Garp could be, he could see that Rat's affair was no small matter, and he couldn't be bothered to haggle with such a small character, so he waved his hand to let his Adjutant handle the matter of the 16th Base.

Although Boerte was only an Adjutant to Garp, his strength was definitely at the Swordmaster level, and he was proficient in Two-Color Haki, comparable to an average Marine Vice Admiral. A mere Marine branch base, he could suppress it with one hand.

"Let's go, you two brats. I'm actually quite curious to see what kind of goods these Fish-Men who dare to run to the East Blue to throw their weight around really are?!!"

Waving his hand, Garp took Nami and Feiyu back onto the Dog-Head Warship and sailed directly toward the direction of the Arlong Pirates.

No matter what, the East Blue was Garp's territory. A mere group of Fish-Men daring to stir up trouble in the East Blue—and most importantly, Garp hadn't discovered it for so many years—Garp didn't show much on the surface, but in his heart, he was actually very unhappy with this group of Fish-Men.

The Dog-Head Warship set off again, and in less than half an hour, it had already arrived at the base camp of Arlong and the others.

Looking at Arlong Park in the distance, even Garp, who was still angry in his heart, couldn't help but feel a bit amused:

"Hehe, this Fish-Man is quite funny, actually imitating Xiangbodi Leyuan here and coming up with this kind of mongrel thing, hahahaha!"

However, Garp's laughter stopped quickly. Looking at Nami, who was standing at the edge of the deck, looking at Arlong Park with an expression of anger and sorrow, he suddenly felt a bit guilty.

After all, he had long known that this so-called Arlong Park was all condensed from the blood and tears of the villagers of Cocoyasi Village and several other villages.

Although compared to the real Xiangbodi Leyuan, this was just a knock-off, for the villagers in the nearby villages, building this park almost cost them their lives.

Beneath this seemingly ridiculous Arlong Park, I'm afraid many corpses of civilians from nearby islands were buried.

And at this moment, at Arlong Park, seeing the Dog-Head Warship sailing over from afar, cold sweat also flowed down Arlong's head:

"Damn Rat, he's of no use at all!! He even told me that as long as I hid here, nothing would happen. This guy didn't sell us out, did he!"

"Boss Arlong, what should we do? The one coming opposite is that Marine Hero Garp!"

Several Fish-Men looked panicked and asked Arlong:

"Otherwise, let's just run away! As long as we escape into the sea, even the Marines can't do anything to us..."

"Bastards, we are noble Fish-Men, how can we see these humans and run away!!"

Arlong gritted his teeth, a look of ruthlessness appearing in his eyes:

"Everyone, all go into the sea. On land, we might not be a match for so many Marines, but as long as we get into the sea, that is our world!"

"Also, call out the sea cow Moumou, find a way to pierce through the Marine's big ship! As long as there are no ships, even that Marine Hero won't be a match for us Fish-Men... right!?"

Recalling the Marine Admiral Kizaru who had once killed him in one move, Arlong didn't have much confidence in his heart. When that Marine Admiral caught him back then, it seemed he was also of the rank of Marine Vice Admiral!

And it is said that among the Admirals, that Admiral Kizaru is considered the weakest (actually the least active), while the Marine Hero Garp has been famous on the sea for decades, and it is said that he has long had the strength of an Admiral, just unwilling to be promoted.

Even if the opponent fell into the sea, could they really fight against such a monster?

Arlong didn't know the result, but no matter what, he was unwilling to flee like a stray dog without even fighting a battle. Otherwise, his bullshit theory that Fish-Men are strong and noble and humans are weak and pathetic, which he had preached for so many years, would completely collapse in an instant.

Whether it was to boost the morale of the Fish-Men or self-deception, years of propaganda left Arlong with no capital to flee at the first sign of trouble.

Otherwise, if the underlings asked: Boss, aren't we Fish-Men nobler and stronger than humans? Why do we have to flee at the sight of a random old Vice Admiral? How would Arlong answer?

The few Fish-Men following Arlong ran off in a panic to give orders. These Fish-Man executives were the old core that Arlong had brought from the Sun Pirates, and they also knew the top combat power of the Marines, which was why they were so panicked.

But as for those ordinary Fish-Man underlings, they were just newcomers that Arlong had brought from the Fish-Man District. Long-term brainwashing by Arlong's propaganda plus being trapped in the East Blue made them arrogant, leaving them with no fear of the Marines at all.

Amidst the "Ora Ora" ghost-like cries, a group of Fish-Men swam toward the Dog-Head Warship like dumplings, and at the very front, the huge sea cow Moumou was even more fierce-looking as it charged toward the Dog-Head Warship.

"Ha, what the hell are these Fish-Men doing?"

Garp picked his nose, looking at these Fish-Men who were incomparably weak under the sensing of his Observation Haki, a look of confusion appeared on his face:

"That guy named Arlong must have been to the Grand Line too, right! I heard he even served as an executive in the Sun Pirates... Does he think he can deal with a Marine Vice Admiral just by relying on these dried little fish?"

Let alone a Marine Vice Admiral with Admiral-level strength like Garp, even that kind of weakest Giant Vice Admiral would find it easy to sweep away these Fish-Men, right?

Don't look at how Giants can only be considered cannon fodder in top-level battles, but dealing with these Fish-Men, even on the sea, is more than enough.

However, no matter how strange Garp felt, the Arlong Pirates still charged up just like that, and the sea cow swimming at the very front lowered its head and crashed directly into the Dog-Head Warship.

"Hahaha, I've really been underestimated..."

Garp rolled up his sleeves, and a group of Marines hurriedly pushed over some cannonballs, but he waved his hand directly:

"No need, let me open the eyes of these Fish-Men today and tell them that if they want to be Pirates, they must be prepared to take a punch!"

As soon as Garp finished speaking, his fist, wrapped in pitch-black Haki, swung out with a boom, transforming into a terrifying energy cannon that spread wildly and directly evaporated the sea in front of him.

"Isn't that going too far! They're just some Fish-Men, is such a big display really necessary?!!"

Watching the monstrous waves stirred up by this punch from Garp, Uchiha Feiyu couldn't help but complain, while the ordinary Marines nearby and Nami were already pale with fright, beginning to perform exaggerated facial expressions:

"This, this, this, what is all this?!!"

"Am I dreaming? A fist can release this kind of energy cannon... Could it be that Vice Admiral Garp is actually some kind of super robot?"

"Stop talking so much! Prepare for impact! The waves are going to rush over immediately!"

After reacting, the group of Marines immediately scrambled to stabilize the warship, but before they could even lower the sails, the monstrous waves had already surged onto the bow deck.

Just at this moment, Garp threw another backhand punch, and the original giant wave was directly punched through; the warship passed right through the middle, letting all the Marines heave a sigh of relief.

"At least it was a close call... Is this the strength of a Marine Vice Admiral?"

Nami wiped the sweat from her forehead, and the look in her eyes as she gazed at Garp had completely changed; previously, she only knew that a Marine Vice Admiral and Marine Hero must be very strong, but she had no concept of just how strong.

After all, in Nami's eyes, someone like an ordinary Fish-Man was already very strong, and Arlong was the strongest person she had ever seen. In Nami's imagination, no matter how strong a Marine Vice Admiral was, he would at most be one or two times stronger than Arlong, right?

Then, this punch from Garp told Nami that for trash like Arlong, even if hundreds or thousands came, the top combat power of the Marine could finish them off with one punch!

Drizzling seawater fell from the sky, soaking everyone on the ship like a small rain shower, and the waves on the sea surged; it took about a few minutes before it finally calmed down.

Uchiha Feiyu looked down and saw a large pile of Fish-Men floating on the sea surface, bobbing up from the water like dumplings.

The largest among them was that giant sea cow, but at this moment, both horns of this sea cow had been hammered flat, and it was rolling its eyes, looking like a stranded whale.

Looking into the distance, one could still see the so-called Arlong Park, which had long since been blasted into a pile of ruins by Garp's fist, and the Fish-Men hiding on the shore were likely already buried in the ruins.

However... the people of the One Piece World really have tenacious vitality!

Uchiha Feiyu looked down; perhaps it was because Garp didn't strike too hard, or perhaps the seawater slightly reduced the power of the attack, but regardless, at least half of the Fish-Men floating on the sea were still alive. This vitality was somewhat excessively tenacious.

Thinking about it, it is indeed true; there are countless guys with tenacious vitality in the One Piece World. Not to mention Luffy often doing sit-ups, those villains defeated by Luffy usually just faint, and their vitality is equally incomparably tenacious.

There is even a plot where a bomb capable of blowing up a palace couldn't kill a bird-man, and that bird-man wasn't even a powerful character, just an ordinary Zoan-type extra.

Not only was he not blown to death, he didn't even end up disabled, only leaving behind a small scar...

From this point of view, Garp's punch at least killed a small portion of the Fish-Men, which is much more impressive than his grandson.

"Let's go... fish up all those Fish-Men soaking in the sea. Give first aid to those who aren't dead. Also, fish up this sea beast! It's perfect for an extra meal tonight! It's been long enough since I left Haijun Benbu; I've almost forgotten the taste of these sea beasts."

After throwing the punch, Garp returned to his original old rascal appearance, picking his nostril with his little finger, looking completely carefree.

Uchiha Feiyu glanced at that pitiful sea cow; in the original work, although this sea cow was beaten up by the Straw Hat Pirates, it at least wasn't in any life-threatening danger, but this time it would likely become sea beast steak.

(End of this chapter)