Chapter 40

Garp visibly froze for a moment,

turned his head and asked a Marine officer beside him:

"How far is the East Sea Marine G-16 Branch Base from us?"

That Marine officer froze for a moment,

then hurriedly pointed at an island not far ahead,

and answered:

"It's right there!"

Hearing this,

Garp responded into the Den Den Mushi:

"Oh, I'm near the G-16 Branch Base right now. What's going on?"

"According to the report from the G-16 Branch Base, they seem to have been broken into by some pirate. I suspect it may be a pirate returning from the Grand Line. I need you to go check it out immediately and arrest that pirate!"

Garp's brow furrowed slightly as he said:

"Got it, I'll head there right now!"

After hanging up the Den Den Mushi,

Garp immediately issued an order to the Marine officer beside him!

"Target: Marine G-16 Branch Base. Full speed ahead!"

"Yes, sir!"

Garp looked at the island not far away,

stuffed a doughnut into his mouth,

and grumbled:

"Can't even visit my grandson back home in peace. When I get back, I'll definitely have to ask Sengoku for a few more packs of senbei…"

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Earlier, when Li Xiao landed, he had chosen to circle most of the way around the island,

and stopped on the side where the Marine G-16 Branch Base was located. 8

Since the sailing direction of Garp's warship was opposite to Li Xiao's, 6

therefore, 1

they naturally also chose to land on this side of the shore. 0

As the warship drew closer and closer to the island, 6

Garp quickly noticed the pirate ship belonging to the Arlong Pirates docked at the shore — the Shark Spark Read! 4

However, since back when they departed from Arlong's Domain, 7

Xiao Then Already lowered the Arlong Pirates' Jolly Roger on the ship, 4

and casually tossed it into the sea, 6

and as for small fry like the Arlong Pirates,

Garp naturally didn't recognize them either,

therefore,

Garp could only judge it was a pirate ship based on its appearance and the information Sengoku provided,

and could not know the specific details.

What only made Garp feel a little strange was,

according to Sengoku's account,

the one who broke into this G-16 Branch Base was merely a single pirate,

but such a large pirate ship

clearly couldn't be sailed by just one person!

A moment later,

the warship docked,

Garp leapt down first,

since this voyage had originally only been intended to go home and see his grandson,

the warship wasn't staffed with too many Marines,

Garp left some men to guard the warship,

then took a few Marine officers and prepared to head along a small path on the side toward the Marine G-16 Branch Base above.

However,

after only walking a few steps,

Garp suddenly stopped again,

turned around, went back onto the warship, and took out a few cannonballs,

and hurled them forcefully at the Shark Spark Read docked nearby!

"Fist Bone. Meteor!"

The next second,

several explosions thundered out,

the cannonballs Garp threw were even more powerful than normally fired ones!

After being hit by several cannonballs at close range,

the Shark Spark Read was directly blasted with several large holes,

Seawater surged backward,

quickly sinking toward the seabed!

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(There will be more updates today, but they will be quite late; I was delayed by some temporary matters these past two days. Starting tomorrow, I will try to restore the schedule to six updates per day. I hope the patrons will offer some support!)