"Dragon... when did he get mixed up with Ye Chen?" Garp looked confused. A good Marine officer being with a heinous Great Pirate, it all felt strange.
And from his understanding of his son, Dragon, the two of them were completely unrelated.
"Could Dragon be threatened by Ye Chen?"
As this thought arose, Garp felt it was more and more possible. With his understanding of Ye Chen's character, he was very capable of doing such a thing.
Suddenly, Garp stood up abruptly, throwing his senbei to the side, and said to Sengoku with a grim face, "Sengoku, where is Ye Chen now?"
"We're asking." Sengoku glared at Garp and snorted softly.
Then, he asked the Den Den Mushi, "Where are those two right now?"
"In the lounge."
The Den Den Mushi's voice came through. Garp, without thinking, walked directly towards the door.
He didn't even ask which lounge it was.
"Eh, where's that guy, Garp?" Sengoku, who had just hung up the phone, looked up and didn't see Garp's trace, so he asked Vice Admiral Tsuru beside him.
"He left," Vice Admiral Tsuru replied.
"That guy..."
Sengoku was speechless for a while. He knew where Garp went; he was undoubtedly going to find Dragon and Ye Chen, but you should at least ask for the address before going.
The Marine Headquarters is so big, with so many lounges, is he going to search them one by one?
However, Sengoku also understood Garp's feelings. After all, Ye Chen came in on Dragon's battleship.
A Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral bringing in a pirate into the Headquarters, and not to capture him, this was a black mark for any Marine.
But perhaps because Dragon had a good reputation, everyone felt that Dragon must have been threatened by Ye Chen to bring him in.
Little did they know, Ye Chen was invited by Dragon with great enthusiasm.
"Sengoku, what are you going to do? Fleet Admiral Kong is arriving soon. If he finds out Ye Chen is here, things might..." Vice Admiral Tsuru said to Sengoku, her words hinting at more.
From her understanding of the old leader, Kong, if he knew that the Great Pirate Ye Chen was at Marine Headquarters, he would probably fly into a rage, and might even directly fight Ye Chen.
Then the Marine Headquarters would be in trouble. Both of them were incredibly powerful fighters.
If they really started fighting, the Marine Headquarters' buildings and Marine soldiers would definitely suffer.
After a moment, Sengoku looked thoughtful and gravely said to Vice Admiral Tsuru, "You should send someone to give Ye Chen ten Devil Fruits immediately and tell him to leave quickly, preferably before Fleet Admiral Kong arrives."
At the end, Sengoku paused, "If that doesn't work, we'll have to arrest Ye Chen."
Originally, Sengoku had prepared for a long time for Fleet Admiral Kong's inspection today, wanting his old leader to see the current state of the Marines, and wanting Kong to know that he hadn't let down Kong's expectations after taking over the position of Fleet Admiral, letting him know about the flourishing Marines.
But Ye Chen suddenly arrived, without any warning, directly at Marine Headquarters.
And he came in on their battleship. At this moment, Sengoku felt extremely vexed.
If Ye Chen had ridden in on Osiris, he might not have been so bothered, but now, he really didn't want Kong to see Ye Chen.
He knew very well what the consequences would be if the two met.
Moreover, if it became known that the Marines were being chased for debt by a pirate, the prestige that the Marines had established over the years would surely be lost overnight.
"That's the only way then." Tsuru sighed, her voice carrying a hint of worry.
Would things really proceed as Sengoku wished?
In the lounge, Ye Chen sat bored on a stool, his eyes listlessly looking around. Dragon had left not long ago, as if to welcome some important person.
Ye Chen didn't know who this important person was, but it had nothing to do with him, as long as he got Akainu's life-buying money.
"Are we not ready yet?" Ye Chen asked the several Marine officers sitting opposite him.
These officers were undoubtedly watching him, afraid he would cause trouble. Ye Chen knew this very well.
"However, if I were to cause trouble, even an Admiral couldn't stop me. What good would a few Rear Admirals do?"
Ye Chen muttered in his heart.
"Hmph, just wait. Why are you so nagging?" a Vice Admiral said coldly, looking at Ye Chen with an unfriendly expression.
This Vice Admiral had been holding a belly full of grievances for a long time. Today was Fleet Admiral Kong's inspection day, and if it weren't for Ye Chen, he would have been there to greet Kong already, instead of sitting on a cold bench here.
"Say that again."
Ye Chen's expression gradually turned cold upon hearing this. He was here to collect a debt, not to be lectured.
And when the hell did the debtor become so assertive, and the debt collector become the one getting lectured?
"I said, shut up. If you talk any more nonsense, we'll throw you into prison."
"Do you think this is your Empire Descend's territory? This is Marine Headquarters. You need to know your place."
"Don't think that just because you're lawless in the New World, you can be like that at Marine Headquarters. Be smart and shut up quickly."
The other officers also had a belly full of grievances. Hearing that Ye Chen was still so assertive at Marine Headquarters and dared to threaten their Marines.
Immediately, several of them began barraging Ye Chen with words without hesitation.
In the New World, they might be afraid of Ye Chen, but this was Marine Headquarters, a gathering place for countless experts.
So they were certain Ye Chen wouldn't dare to act out, and thus they spoke bluntly and without mercy.
"Too much nonsense."
As his voice fell, a light flashed in the air.
"You... you actually dare (to do that)."
A Rear Admiral clutched his neck, his voice trembling, his bloodshot eyes wide with extreme shock, and his words full of disbelief.
He hadn't expected Ye Chen to actually dare to attack them. This was Marine Headquarters, after all.
"So what if it's Marine Headquarters? I dared to attack Mariejois. Marine Headquarters is nothing." Ye Chen said with disdain.
"Audacious!"
"How presumptuous, daring to act violently at Headquarters!"
"You're courting death."
Seeing their comrade killed, the remaining officers couldn't sit still.
Meanwhile, a massive battleship slowly sailed towards Marine Headquarters from the Gates of Justice. At the Marine Headquarters dock, Sengoku, Vice Admiral Tsuru, and Zephyr were all waiting.
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