Even the current Kong, the Steel Bone, at sixty years old, is still at the peak of his combat strength.
Garp is only 40 years old now, far from reaching his peak, and still has a lot of room for growth.
Especially in terms of Haki, as long as one's mental strength is not damaged and there are no major hidden injuries to the physique, Haoshoku will continue to deepen with age.
Just like Rocks is now, his unfathomable Haoshoku is much stronger than Kong, the Steel Bone's.
Even if Kong, the Steel Bone landed a full-force blow on Rocks, it would be completely blocked by his Haoshoku.
As long as Rocks's Haoshoku Haki is not completely depleted, it is almost impossible to seriously injure Rocks.
Therefore, no matter what, Kong, the Steel Bone would not let Garp face Rocks.
He had fought Rocks many times and deeply understood how terrifying Rocks was. Even he himself could be killed, let alone Garp, whose strength was currently inferior to his.
Garp was the next generation of the Marine that he favored. Before he died, he would absolutely not let Garp face Rocks.
This was the responsibility of an Admiral, no, a Fleet Admiral, towards the next generation of the Marine.
Looking at the elder brother he respected in front of him, Garp wanted to say something, but couldn't speak it out.
He knew Kong was thinking about his safety, but he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart!
"Garp, obey the order!"
Sengoku patted Garp's shoulder and said.
"Yes!"
Garp said helplessly.
"Big news, big news! The Rocks Pirates have successfully captured the G5, G6, and G7 three Marine Fortresses. Does the Marine truly have no foothold in the New World anymore?"
"Breaking news! Rocks is actually a Devil Fruit user?"
"Shocking! Fleet Admiral Black was actually killed by Rocks!!!"
"Heavens! The Marine is about to be driven out of the New World by the Rocks Pirates. Will the New World become a Pirate's paradise?"...
After the great victory of the Rocks Pirates, the World News Economic Society could no longer hold back and immediately spread the news of the Rocks Pirates to the entire World.
With pictures, videos, solid evidence, and genuine facts, the news, once released, shocked the entire World.
Previously, in the eyes of those kingdoms and commoners, the Marine was the bane of Pirates, and Pirates could not possibly defeat the Marine.
However, with the rise of the Rocks Pirates in the New World, everything changed. Not only was the Marine defeated by the Pirates, but even the Marine Fortresses were about to be completely destroyed by the Pirates.
Even the World Government member states were no longer safe and faced the danger of being annihilated by Pirates.
Signal after signal indicated that Pirates were about to rise, and even the World Government and the Marine could not contain them, and were even suppressed by the Pirates.
Pirates have risen, and the era of Pirates is about to arrive!
The entire Sea is also about to enter a stage of turmoil!
"Wahahahaha, attack, attack for me!!!"
When the Rocks Pirates led numerous Pirates to the G4 Fortress, Rocks drew his Shura blade, pointed at the G4 Fortress, and shouted excitedly.
"Kill!!!"
"Destroy the Navy Fortress!!"
"Kill the Marine!!"...
Following Rocks's command, the Pirates below frantically rushed towards the Navy Fortress with their swords and guns.
"gura rara rara, I can't let Nox steal all the glory. This time, I want to kill an Admiral too!"
Whitebeard also charged up, holding Murakumogiri. Since he learned that Army Generals were weak and easy to kill, Whitebeard also wanted to kill an Admiral!
After all, as a Pirate, reputation is highly valued.
Being able to kill an Admiral-level expert is a great reputation for oneself.
Even if this Admiral is just an Army General and not a Marine Admiral, they are still an Admiral!
As long as you say that you once killed an Admiral, it's something worth bragging about for a lifetime to others.
"Jie hahaha, killing an Admiral? This old man wants to kill one too!!"
Hearing Whitebeard's words, Golden Lion's inner passion also ignited.
Thinking back then, he was chased by Marine Admiral Kong, the Steel Bone, in a very sorry state. Now, he also wants to kill an Admiral to vent his anger, even if this Admiral is not a Marine Admiral.
"Do you really think Admirals are that easy to kill?"
"After the last lesson, they won't take risks so easily."
Nox was speechless listening to those guys, each shouting that they wanted to kill an Admiral.
If he hadn't caught Army General Tyrannosaurus Kawehe off guard last time, he wouldn't have had the chance to kill him at all.
With the previous lesson learned, those Admiral-level experts weren't fools. How could they not be prepared to prevent themselves from capsizing in a ditch?
As expected, with the start of the war, the Marine side fought very conservatively.
They were just stalling the Executive Officers of the Rocks Pirates, and then just turtling, not giving the Executive Officers of the Rocks Pirates any opportunity.
Even when Rocks made a move, he was held back by Kong, the Steel Bone, plus Army Marshal Jenore, and a non-Devil Fruit user sent by the Celestial Dragons.
Death Gun Lionardo was even more tightly marked, completely unable to be distracted to help others.
Having just lost four top-tier experts, it was a very serious loss, even for the World Government with its deep reserves.
Being able to dispatch so many experts to fill this gap was already the most combat power the World Government could currently muster.
It wasn't that they didn't want to take this opportunity to kill Rocks, but they couldn't persuade the Celestial Dragons to deploy the powerful forces hidden in the Holy Land to the battlefield.
The Celestial Dragons were all very protective of their lives and stingy. They wouldn't take action when they weren't threatened.
Everything was left to the World Government to deal with. Only when their lives were truly threatened would they reveal their power.
The relationship between the World Government and the Celestial Dragons was very delicate.
In the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, the World Government was a tool they supported to manage the World for them. They were the true masters of this World.
And the Gorosei themselves were Celestial Dragons, and were even nominated by the Celestial Dragon families.
Therefore, when the Gorosei handled matters of the World Government, they would also favor the interests of the Celestial Dragon families.
So, before Rocks made a move against the Celestial Dragons, the Celestial Dragons would not truly acknowledge the Rocks Pirates.
Even if Rocks caused significant damage to the World Government, it was the same. In the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, that was the World Government's business. What did it have to do with them, the Celestial Dragons?
If the current World Government was incompetent, they would just replace the officials. Even the Gorosei themselves could be impeached through a Celestial Dragon meeting and replaced with more capable Celestial Dragons as the Gorosei.
This also led to the World Government only wanting to drag out the war and let the Pirates retreat on their own.
The balance of the war was once again restored.
This kind of fighting lasted for a full half a month, and the Rocks Pirates were simply unable to break this balance.
It was precisely because so many Admiral-level experts suddenly appeared again that Rocks clearly realized the unfathomable reserves of the World Government.
They had just killed four Admiral-level experts, and now the vacancies were filled so quickly, and they even sent a non-Devil Fruit user specifically to counter him.
Rocks could even imagine that the World Government had more Admiral-level experts than he had thought.
The legendary Gorosei are at least Admiral level.
Although he didn't know why, those Admiral-level experts didn't appear together to deal with him, but this had already made him wary.
This wariness was not just from Rocks; the Executive Officers of the Rocks Pirates were also very wary of the World Government.
Those Executive Officers weren't fools. They could all guess that those Admiral-level experts who suddenly appeared, whom they had never even heard of before, must have been sent by the World Government.
"The World Government's reserves are truly deep!"
Golden Lion now finally understood what Nox had said to him back then, about letting Rocks test the waters of the World Government first. What exactly did that mean?
You don't know until you test it, and when you test it, you get a fright.
This kind of lineup could only be withstood by the Rocks Pirates combined.
If Nox hadn't suggested attacking Impel Down, it would probably be a question whether the Rocks Pirates could win now.
After half a month, unable to break the balance, the enthusiasm and morale of the Pirates' side were hit.
If they couldn't secure victory in a short time, perhaps the morale on the Pirates' side would be directly reduced, and ultimately, the Pirates would lose.
And this was why Rocks had now gathered all the Executive Officers here for a meeting.
"Tell me, is there any way to break the stalemate?"
Rocks sat in the main seat, looking at all the Executive Officers in front of him and said.
Although Rocks seemed to be asking everyone, he was actually staring at Nox.
Not only was Rocks staring at Nox, but the other Executive Officers also subconsciously stared at Nox.
In their opinion, Nox's mind was quite sharp, and sometimes he could often think of issues that they couldn't.
"Then Captain, what you mean by breaking the stalemate, is it killing more Admiral-level experts, or winning this war between the Marine and the World Government?"
Facing the gaze of all the Executive Officers of the Rocks Pirates, Nox leaned back in his chair with a calm expression, his lips slightly curved, and asked indifferently.
"Hmm? Is there a difference?"
Rocks frowned and asked. In his opinion, as long as they could kill one or even more Admiral-level experts, they could win this war.
Conversely, if they couldn't even defeat or kill the opponent's high-level combat power, how could they win this war?
"Of course there's a difference. Killing the opponent's Admiral-level experts requires absolute strength to kill them. We have already tried this for the past half a month, and we couldn't do it!"
"If you want me to find a way in this regard, I don't have any."
"But if you're talking about winning this war, besides defeating the enemy with absolute strength, there are, of course, other ways."
Nox crossed his legs, a confident smile appearing on his face.