Momousagi's smile froze at once.
She really hadn't expected Garp to see through her with one word.
However, faced with the gazes that everyone was casting, Momousagi still nodded silently and said, "Mr. Garp is indeed insightful."
"Chaton and I have been in the Marine Headquarters for a long time and have been serving in the position of vice admiral for a long time."
"In the Headquarters, it's constantly rumored that we're admiral candidates, but the position of admiral has been slow to come to us."
Speaking of this, Momousagi's slender fingers clenched the golden Konpira at her waist and said, "If it's facing Akainu and Aokiji, we can accept it."
"However, if an outsider suddenly surpasses us and becomes the so-called fourth major combat force, I'm indeed a little unwilling."
The slightly drawn-out words echoed on the deck for a long time and couldn't be dispelled.
Watching Momousagi, whose pretty face was mixed with stubbornness, Garp sighed helplessly and said, "You little girl's temperament is indeed the same as Tsuru's, unwilling to admit defeat!"
"Aokiji did say these words, but Laxus being pulled into the Marine Headquarters is just a recruit instructor and not a front-line combat member."
"What's more, you and Chaton are obsessed with the position of admiral. If I were to evaluate, that kid isn't on the same path as you, but instead, he likes to make a cameo appearance like me."
"As for you wanting to find trouble with him, it seems that you can only do it after returning to the Marine Headquarters next time. He didn't return with my ship."
Didn't?
Momousagi's tense expression relaxed at once.
She had actually predicted this result long ago.
After all, Sengoku had exceptionally pulled Laxus into the Marine Recruit Camp to be a recruit instructor.
But he still wasn't an official combat member of the Marine, let alone able to participate in such an important encirclement and suppression mission.
It was just that after Momousagi had learned about Aokiji and Akainu making a big scene at the highest meeting for Laxus, she felt a little indignant in her heart and couldn't help but run over on her own to try her luck.
"Mr. Garp, you're right. However, Momousagi still hopes to fight him once or twice." Momousagi came back to her senses and said.
"Since Laxus didn't come with the ship, Momousagi won't delay your business and will leave first."
After dropping these words, Momousagi turned around and jumped directly onto the single-masted small boat that was docked next to the warship.
Subsequently, under the helm of two accompanying Marine soldiers, they left quickly.
Watching this scene, Garp sighed helplessly.
There were very few people in the Marine who could be indifferent to fame and fortune.
"Mr. Garp, why didn't you say it just now?" Bolt suddenly spoke.
Garp came back to his senses, rolled his eyes, and said, "Say what?"
"Tell Momousagi that your swordsmanship hasn't broken through to the Supreme Great Swordsman level, your martial arts haven't reached the Six Styles' secrets, and you don't have a Devil Fruit ability of the awakened level, so you can't become the fourth major combat force?"
"You're intentionally trying to make this little girl cry. She's very hardworking, but being obsessed with becoming an admiral will instead become a stumbling block."
While saying this, Garp waved his hand and said, "I don't want to care about this kind of troublesome thing."
"Right now, I still want to see what expression Laxus, that kid, will have if he knows that Momousagi is looking for trouble with him."
Watching Garp, who was acting like an old codger, directly picking his nose and running back to the cabin to sleep, the Marine soldiers who were present, apart from helplessness, more or less also revealed a inexplicable hope on their faces.
For this kind of competition that rarely appeared in the Marine Headquarters, it was a great event.
Two days later, Sabaody Archipelago.
After the Marine's thorough search of the Skeletal Demon, the traces of pirates had disappeared for a long time.
An old, slightly sloppy figure leaned halfway against a tree trunk, occasionally taking out a wine pot and taking a sip or two.
His turbid old eyes, under his glasses, sparkled with a trace of bare.
"Whitebeard, you guys have come. Don't you plan to come out and see this old friend of mine?"
Rayleigh suddenly spoke.
If outsiders heard these words, they would definitely be greatly shocked.
Bang! The calm sea surface suddenly rolled up.
As a large amount of waves rolled back, a ship's black shadow directly broke through the water.
The soap bubbles that had originally enveloped this small pirate ship shattered in response.
A figure who was like an iron tower and held a naginata appeared in front of Rayleigh.
Following closely behind Whitebeard, there were also two other figures, making Rayleigh nod slightly.
After taking a sip of wine, he said, "Marco, old brother, we haven't seen each other for many years."
"As for the other one, is that the son of Captain Roger that Whitebeard mentioned in the Den Den Mushi, Fire Fist Ace?"
Not long ago, Rayleigh was still playing the auction game in the auction house to pass the time.
However, the Den Den Mushi from Whitebeard clearly dispelled his interest, which was why he had run here early to wait.
After all, Fire Fist Ace was the son of Captain Roger.
"Haha, Rayleigh, you're still impatient like Roger." Whitebeard laughed and took out a newspaper with his backhand and threw it over.
"However, I heard that last time, you and the Skeletal Demon almost turned the Sabaody Archipelago upside down. That kid is indeed ruthless enough to kill a Celestial Dragon in front of the admirals."
"I originally thought that you would be abducted by him, but I didn't expect that you would still stay here."
Regarding the storm that day, not to mention the World Government and the Marine Headquarters, even the major forces on the sea were shocked.
It wasn't just because of the Skeletal Demon, but also because of Silvers Rayleigh.
It could be said that in the eyes of many people, Rayleigh, who had been retired for a long time, had actually intervened in this kind of crazy thing.
Then he should have left with the Skeletal Demon afterward.
Faced with Whitebeard's questioning, Rayleigh didn't respond immediately. Instead, he took the newspaper with his backhand and fell into silence as he looked at the headlines on it.
"A day ago, the fleet led by Marine Headquarters Admiral Akainu encountered an attack by World Destroyer Byrnndi World. The two sides engaged in a firefight. Finally, Admiral Kizaru and Admiral Aokiji came to the rescue. While forcing Byrnndi to retreat, they launched a pursuit."
"With the three admirals taking action at the same time, Byrnndi is already at the end of his rope. It's only a matter of time before the Marine achieves victory. Don't you want to go and take a look?" Whitebeard asked in a deep voice.
"The outside world is rumored that the Skeletal Demon has released the old guys who were sealed in Impel Down, but it also means that after Roger, the legends of the old era will also gradually decline."
"The gears of the era are breaking down, but I believe that there are also new gears that are gradually being replaced."
"Faced with the Marine Headquarters' madness, no one can stop all of this, otherwise they will only be pushed to the forefront and become the target of public criticism."
Speaking of this, the naginata in Whitebeard's hand tightened slightly, and he said, "This era has long been divided. The new gears can only replace the old gears. To survive, you can only submit under the feet of us strong people."
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