Garp was just walking around the Marine Headquarters, looking at the scenery to relax.
Because in the fight with Aatrox, he felt that he had been infected by Aatrox's demon power. Although the infection wasn't serious, Tsuru insisted that he couldn't go out for a short period of time.
Tsuru would cleanse him every so often, which was starting to annoy him.
But right now, there weren't really any big pirates on the sea. People hadn't escaped Aatrox's shadow yet, so staying out of the sea was fine.
However, just as he walked nearby, he sensed An's presence. From An's earlier move, he knew that this was a very strong person.
"What's your name?" Garp asked.
"An," An replied simply. Saying Gol D. An would directly tell them about her relationship with Roger, wouldn't it?
"Why do you want to become a Marine Admiral?"
Garp asked while walking with An.
"Pirates disrupt the order of the sea. I'm getting stronger to eliminate them." An said without blushing. "I originally thought the Marines were just a bunch of pretty faces, but your ability to defeat Rocks and Aatrox has changed my mind."
She didn't blush at all when she started making up lies, but later what she said was actually a bit harsh. She knew the truth, even if others didn't.
She contributed the most to defeating Rocks, and Makima and she each contributed 40% to defeating Aatrox, with the others contributing at most 20%, right?
But all those achievements were stolen. Roger didn't really care, but that didn't stop An from using those words to mock them now.
As expected, Garp chuckled after hearing An's words, as if he didn't want to talk about the subject.
The World Government could shamelessly report these things, but he wasn't that shameless.
But he definitely didn't know that An was mocking him. Only a few people knew about this.
He definitely couldn't know that An was Roger, the person he had been chasing for a long time.
It was actually a bit emotional that the two, who were enemies on the sea, were talking so leisurely at this moment.
He didn't really doubt An's initial words.
After all...
Pirates in this world really did disrupt order, and the Marines hadn't really been able to do anything before. It was completely normal for An to hate pirates but not really care about the Marines.
And now, because of the World Government's propaganda, people were re-evaluating the Marine organization. There had indeed been quite a few people who had come because of this recently.
What An said was just a very common reason.
Most people were like that.
"Garp, what are you doing here?"
They chatted casually for a few more sentences. After they arrived at a place that looked like a training ground, another man's voice came from ahead.
An narrowed her eyes. She recognized that man too.
It was Zephyr.
Old opponents...
But, he was Roger's old opponent.
An quickly returned to normal, and Garp said, "This is An, she's here to apply to be a Marine Admiral. So, I brought her over."
Actually...
Both he and Zephyr were a bit unhappy with the World Government's actions.
In a world military draft, only the rank of Vice Admiral should be set as the highest level. The World Government couldn't possibly not know how important the Admiral position was. How could they easily let some wanderers join?
Even if they had a clean background and the right beliefs, they should be trained as Vice Admirals for a while first.
However, the Marine had no way to change the World Government's decisions. After all, being directly appointed as Admiral and being directly appointed as Vice Admiral had completely different levels of attraction for people.
There were plenty of Vice Admirals in the Marine, but there were only a few Admirals.
If it was only Vice Admiral, then many people probably wouldn't come, right?
"You want to become a Marine Admiral?"
Zephyr looked at An in the training ground. An nodded, "Of course, that's why I'm here."
"Is that so..."
Zephyr glanced at Garp. Garp said, "You guys can start. I'll just watch from the side."
Start what?
Of course, start fighting!
Just defeating a Captain didn't mean anything. If you wanted to become a Marine Admiral, you had to fight a Marine Admiral at the very least, right?
According to the World Government's rules, as long as you could have an intense battle with Zephyr, you could become a candidate for Admiral. After the military draft ended, they would then decide whether you could be promoted to a real Admiral.
Originally, you wouldn't go directly to Zephyr's place after passing the Captain stage, but Garp had high hopes for An because he felt that An had a special power that felt very familiar to him.
When Garp saw An, he felt like he had seen her somewhere, but he couldn't remember where after thinking about it for a long time.
So, he exceptionally brought An directly to Zephyr's place. Of course, the necessary political review couldn't be missed.
He walked to the side of the training ground, sat down, and carefully observed the two of them.
If he didn't know when he had seen An, then he would carefully observe her strength.
An looked at Zephyr, not nervous.
When she was still a part of Roger, she had fought Zephyr a few times and knew his power inside and out.
She drew out her short blade again, covering it with Armament Haki.
She didn't use Conqueror's Haki, because that was a bit sensitive in the Marine. It was best not to use it at this stage.
And, just Armament Haki was enough.
Zephyr was serious when he saw An's level of Haki. Armament Haki also appeared on his body. The next moment, An's figure disappeared.
So fast!
Zephyr turned around and threw a punch covered in Armament Haki, but An easily dodged it. She just dodged slightly and avoided Zephyr's punch. Then, she stabbed Zephyr's side, which was covered in Armament Haki, with her blade.
Zephyr was knocked back by this strike. His pupils shrank, because he noticed that An's movements when dodging his punch were definitely not normal.
She had already started dodging before he threw his punch!
"Future sight Observation Haki?!"
Garp, who was watching the battle from the side, saw it even more clearly. He looked at An in surprise.
After Observation Haki reached a high level, it would produce incredible abilities, and 'seeing the future' was one of them, but the number of people in this world who could master Observation Haki to this extent...
Should be very few!
An actually had this level of Observation Haki?
Putting aside everything else, just this level of Observation Haki alone qualified her to be a candidate for Admiral.
Especially since An's speed and strength were also very fast and strong. She wasn't just relying on the ability to see the future. She was fully capable of fighting Zephyr...
Even gaining the upper hand!
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