Pirate: This Marine has two Rinnegan.

Once he has collected all twelve magatama, he will definitely visit Im in Mary Geoise to see if this guy is really from his hometown.

If they really are from the same hometown, that would be really interesting. When fellow townsmen meet, they'll exchange a couple of shots!

Chiga didn't take the World Government seriously, but Sengoku was different. At this moment, he kept glancing at Yamato and Ace with a look that seemed extremely conflicted.

He thought to himself, "Wow, this is amazing! Chiga not only defeated Kaido on his trip, but the two new recruits he brought back are both incredibly outlandish."

One is the daughter of Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, and the other is the son of Roger, the Pirate King. Chiga's actions completely baffled him.

He felt that taking in Ace and Sengoku was already the limit of what he could do, but then Yamato came along, which made him a little overwhelmed.

But Sengoku wouldn't be willing to give up either of them. First of all, Chiga brought them back, and for that reason alone, he would risk losing his marshal position to keep them.

Furthermore, the potential of these two is practically obvious!

Although the theory of bloodline is rather abstract, the probability of dragons begetting dragons and phoenixes begetting phoenixes is absolutely incredibly high, not to mention that Yamato already seems to have considerable strength.

Thinking of this, Sengoku's eyes practically turned green with envy. He slapped his thigh, declaring, "Forget the World Government, these two are mine, the Navy is going to have them! No one can change my mind!" He straightened up and looked at Ace and Yamato, saying...

"Very good! I trust Chiga's judgment. As long as they have a sense of justice, the Navy welcomes them all. The Navy wants these two!"

At this moment, the aura of a Marine Admiral reached its peak in Sengoku, causing Garp, who was standing to the side, to frequently glance at him. He felt that Sengoku suddenly looked much more handsome.

But he could only think about these things in his heart; it was impossible for him to say them out loud.

Garp shook his head. He still remembered the grudge from Sengoku's punch, so how could he watch Sengoku act tough now?

He glanced at Ace, who was beaming with excitement at successfully joining the Navy, and suddenly grabbed Ace's red vest.

Before Ace could react, he had already been lifted into the air by his beloved grandfather.

Ace stared blankly at Garp's face, wondering what he was going to do.

Garp then brought his face close to Ace's, ignoring how his beard made Ace frown, and said with a "kind" smile,

"Grandpa is so happy that you've joined the Navy, Ace! Grandpa has decided to personally train you! How about that? Surprised? Happy?"

After saying that, Garp was already looking forward to the excited expression on Ace's face. He felt that with his prestige, Ace would be extremely excited to hear that he was going to personally teach him.

However, Ace didn't get excited upon hearing this; instead, his expression of disgust deepened. He curled his lip and said dismissively,

"All you do is bully kids! Who needs your guidance? I want to follow Brother Qianhe! Brother Qianhe is the best!"

"Nani!?"

Chapter 142 Preparing for Promotion

Garp's face turned ashen; he felt his position in Ace's heart was threatened.

What he didn't know was that his image in Ace's mind had already been shattered when he performed in front of the headquarters building, let alone what status he had left.

Ignoring Garp's reaction, Ace looked at Chiga with adoration, then turned to Garp, made a face, and said...

"You old geezer, who needs your teaching, beep~"

"..."

Garp felt an itch in his fists more than ever before, and he was ready to let Ace taste this iron fist containing "love".

However, Ace had already sensed that something was wrong with Garp. He had anticipated that Garp was about to make a move, so he took the initiative, stretched out his neck, and bit Garp's nose as he leaned in.

"Ow!"

Garp let out a miserable cry. His nose had really suffered today. First, he accidentally stabbed it too hard, causing it to bleed profusely. Then, Sengoku hit him in the face with a 24K gold punch. Now, Ace had bitten him in a hateful way.

What did his nose do to deserve this?

Garp winced in pain, released Ace, and covered his nose tightly with both hands, groaning incessantly.

As soon as Ace landed, he ran to the door of Sengoku's office. He felt a sense of satisfaction seeing Garp get humiliated. It was a pity that Luffy was not there and could not witness this glorious moment.

Garp's face had turned a deep purplish-red, and his nose was in excruciating pain. So instead of chasing after Ace, he bent down and tried to grab something to throw.

Believe it or not, when Garp touched it, he actually felt something soft. Without even looking at what it was, he threw it directly at Ace.

Ace was still making faces when it was too late for him to realize what was about to happen; his face made intimate contact with the object that Garp had thrown at him.

Snapped!

A crisp slapping sound, accompanied by Ace's scream, echoed in Sengoku's office. Everyone looked closely and saw a slipper sliding off Ace's face.

Looking at Ace's face again, there was now a patch of black lines, probably from the dust on the soles of his slippers. But you know what, the patterns on those slipper soles were actually quite regular, making them look like tattoos on Ace's face.

Chiga's lips twitched. He remembered the tattoo on the dragon's face. Although the two designs were different, and the dragon's tattoo shouldn't have been slapped by Garp with a slipper, otherwise it would be too outrageous.

But this mark on Ace's face was imprinted under his witness, and he doesn't know if it can be removed.

Ace covered the red mark on his face, unaware that a beautiful tattoo had appeared there; he only felt a burning pain.

He glared angrily at Karp and shouted,

"You old geezer! When I grow up, I'll definitely give you a taste of your own medicine!"

Upon hearing Ace call him an "old geezer" and recall his promise, Garp's blood boiled instantly. He rolled up his sleeves, ready to teach Ace a lesson.

Sengoku couldn't stand it any longer, so he grabbed Garp and scolded him.

"Enough! What kind of behavior is this! Behave yourself!"

After saying that, Sengoku glanced at Garp's nose, which had borne all the blame, and felt a pang of pity. He softened his tone and continued...

"Go to the infirmary to get your nose checked first. I've already given you a day off."

Garp initially thought Sengoku was about to get angry at him, but he was moved by Sengoku's next words. He sniffed hard, hummed, walked to the door, and dragged the extremely unwilling Ace away.

The moment the father and son left, Sengoku's office fell silent. Sengoku went to his desk and made three cups of tea, keeping one for himself and offering the other two to Chika and Yamato.

Sengoku took a small sip of tea, a look of bliss on his face, while Chiga also picked up her cup and slowly savored her tea.

Only the extraordinary woman Yamato was completely out of touch with the proper tea ceremony; her way of drinking tea was simply to pick up the cup and drink it all in one gulp.

She was initially burned, but that didn't stop her. She exhaled a breath of cold air to cool the tea, turning the hot tea into iced tea.

Sengoku noticed Yamato's ability and raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself that Yamato was also a Devil Fruit user, but he didn't know what kind of ability it was.

However, since her father is Kaido, her Devil Fruit ability must be quite powerful.

Sengoku noticed Sengoku's expression and directly answered his question by telling him about Yamato's Devil Fruit ability.

Upon hearing that Yamato was a Mythical Zoan user, Sengoku was overjoyed. This was a huge plus, and such a promising talent couldn't be wasted.

Thinking of this, Sengoku looked at Sengoku and asked,

What are your plans for her?

"What I mean is to have Zephyr-sensei further enhance her Haki."

When Yamato heard that Chiga was going to hand her over to someone else, he immediately pouted, but dared not utter a word of objection.

Sengoku shook his head and said,

"Zeffa seems to be doing something lately; he looks like he's started training himself again, so he doesn't have time to mentor newcomers."

"Alright, then Yamato will come with me."

"Yes, that would be best."

"Great!"

Yamato was surprised that things had changed so quickly. She was overjoyed to hear that she could be by Chiga's side again. She moved her chair and pressed her body against Chiga's side.

Chiga ignored her; he wanted to check on Zephyr. He guessed Zephyr had already eaten the Ox-King Fruit, especially after Sengoku mentioned that Zephyr had been training a lot lately.

Sengoku didn't try to stop Chiga from leaving, only casually saying something.

"Chika, get ready, I'm going to promote you."

"Oh, huh?"

Chiga stared at Sengoku in astonishment. He was going to be promoted? Didn't that mean he was going to become a general?

Sengoku saw Senga's expression and a wicked smile appeared on his face. He had long wanted to promote Senga to Admiral, and Senga's defeat of Kaido was the perfect opportunity.

It's worth noting that Sengoku was even more anxious than Senga about military ranks.

Coming to her senses, Chiga asked hesitantly,

"Isn't this a bit too sudden?"

Warring States waved his hand and said,

"Not so sudden. Isn't defeating Shiki and Kaido enough? Do you want to go and fight the other four Yonko again?"

"Um, actually, after I defeated Kaido, I also chopped off Shanks' arm..."

"Haha, really? As expected of you, you really are... What?!"

Chapter 143 Red and White Alliance

Moby Dick

Whitebeard sat upright on the deck, surrounded by members of the Whitebeard Pirates, all with serious expressions, seemingly waiting for something.

Whitebeard still had a relaxed expression on his face. He was holding a barrel of sake and drinking it down his throat as if nothing was bothering him.

After a while, a henchman rushed up to the white-bearded man in a panic and shouted,

"Dad! Red-Haired's ship is coming!"

"Kurara, you came really fast. Let that red-haired kid come up here."

The Whitebeard Pirates' officers were on high alert, knowing that the man about to board possessed the most powerful Conqueror's Haki on the entire sea.

Of course, they didn't know that Shanks had already lost to Chiga in this respect.

As a large number of henchmen inexplicably collapsed one after another, Shanks boarded the Moby Dick and arrived empty-handed before Whitebeard.

The white-bearded man frowned and said with displeasure,

"Hey, redhead, didn't you bring some fine wine with you on my ship?"

Redhead's expression was also unpleasant. His face was gloomy, and he suddenly flicked his black cloak with his right hand, revealing the empty left sleeve.

The scene before them caused the members of the Whitebeard Pirates to widen their eyes in disbelief. In their eyes, Shanks, a strongman no less powerful than their father, had lost an arm? Why was there no news of this at sea?