After retiring from the Navy, I became a doting husband.

"Martin. The Marshal is working for world peace, so don't wrong him."

Kuzan was somewhat indignant when he heard Martin mention Sengoku, as Sengoku and Garp were all seniors he admired.

"Alright, alright, what's all the excitement about? I'm not interested in cursing him. Oh, by the way, what are you guys doing here?" Martin asked.

"The Marshal saw in the newspaper that pirates were besieging Elbaf and called us to come and help. If you're alright, I'll be leaving now. There are still many pirates waiting for me to deal with." Kuzan said, turning to walk back.

"Wait, you're dealing with the pirates? I'm the one who defeated those pirates, so I'm the one who should deal with them. What business is it of yours?" Martin said, pulling Kuzan aside.

"Oh...oh...this is a task assigned by the Marshal. If you have any objections, go find the Marshal," Kuzan said shamelessly.

“You’ve changed, Aokiji.” Martin never expected Kuzan to have such a shameless side.

"Forget it! I don't need those pirates anyway, so you can take them... But remember, Sengoku, if I need those pirates, he has to hand them over to me anytime. If he dares not to, I'll break them out of prison myself." Martin thought it wouldn't be convenient for him to carry the pirates around, so it was better to let Kuzan take them.

"A pirate crew? Looks like we've really hit the jackpot this time. The Fleet Admiral was right after all. You're much more capable than us. You're a great candidate for the Navy." Kuzan said with a smile.

"You're good for the Navy, but your Navy is nothing special... the Celestial Dragons' dogs!"

Martin opened his mouth and laughed.

"What, you look down on our navy?" Kuzan said unhappily.

"How could that be? The navy is the strongest armed force at sea. How could I look down on it? It's just that I'm used to freedom and can't stand being restrained." After saying that, Martin was too lazy to continue arguing with Kuzan and turned to walk towards the warrior village.

Enel and his crew waited for the battle's outcome in Warrior Village. Although they were confident in their captain, their opponent was none other than Kaido, one of the Five Emperors, known as the strongest creature. They feared a fierce battle was inevitable.

Monet and Smoothie tried many times to go into the battlefield to take a look, but were stopped each time. The intensity of the battle was daunting, and everyone was afraid that if they went into the battlefield, they would not be able to help Martin but would only distract him. As long as the fighting did not stop, it meant that Martin was alright.

Now that the battle had just ended, everyone was preparing to enter the battlefield. Unexpectedly, as soon as they took a step, an even more terrifying impact came. The huge energy shock knocked everyone who was about to enter the battlefield to the ground.

"What about the first mate? Will the captain be alright? What if the captain loses? Will that monster Kaido kill the captain?" Monet asked worriedly.

"Probably not! I've heard that Kaido likes to recruit his opponents, and those he defeats are rarely killed," Enel casually remarked.

"Captain, how could you do this? Aren't you afraid the captain is doomed to lose?" Monet said angrily.

"Monet, alright, alright, I was wrong, okay? How could the captain possibly lose?"

Enel saw Monet's speechless expression.

Women are creatures that are difficult to reason with.

"Captain, Captain, you're back! That's wonderful! We were just discussing the battle situation."

When Monet heard that Enel Martin had returned, he thought he was joking! "First mate, don't try to amuse me. How could the captain possibly be back now?"

“Monet, what did Enel lie to you about?” Martin said with a smile as he walked in from outside the Warriors’ Village.

"Captain, it really is the captain."

Hearing Martin's call, Monet cheered happily. It turned out that the first mate wasn't just teasing him, but that the captain had really returned.

Monet immediately turned around and saw that it really was Martin returning, so he rushed over to him.

Smoothie saw Martin return and immediately ran towards the village entrance. She could hardly believe that her opponent this time was Kaido, who was known as an immortal monster.

Enel and the others also gathered around, their faces filled with excitement and beaming with smiles. The outcome of the battle was already quite clear; their captain was indeed someone who constantly created miracles.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't go too far! I'm a grown man standing here, and none of you are paying any attention to me?" Kuzan said, scratching his head as he stood to the side.

"General Kuzan!"

"General Aokiji, what are you doing here!"

"General...general!"

.........

Enel and the others were startled by Kuzan's sudden appearance and became wary, as their group had a bad relationship with the Navy.

On the contrary, Kuzan was moved or touched by the harmonious relationship between Martin and his group. Although he was already a Navy Admiral, he didn't have a single friend in the entire Navy who he could talk to. He wondered when he could have a group of reliable partners like Martin.

“What are you all getting so worked up about? Kuzan didn’t come here to cause us trouble. He came to support Elbaf. Now that things are over, he’s here to take the pirates away,” Martin quickly said.

"So that's how it is!"

"I thought we were going to fight!"

"It's boring, so incredibly boring!"

After Martin finished speaking, Enel and the others became lazy. Just now, they had been on edge, and the pressure on an admiral was no less than that on Kaido, one of the Five Emperors.

"Enel, hand over those extra pirates to Kuzan and let him take them away quickly. Keeping these people here is just a waste of food."

Enel was taken aback by Martin's words at first, but then he understood what he meant: they were wandering around and had no time to deal with the pirates.

When Kuzan saw the pirates that Enel had dragged out, he found a rope from somewhere and hung them up one by one.

"I'll be going now if there's nothing else." Kuzan said, pulling the group of pirates away.

"Remember to tell the old man from the Warring States period that he should return these pirates to me when I need them."

Martin shouted at Kuzan, who was getting further and further away.

Kuzan stretched out his hand and shook it a few times, but it was unclear what he meant.

"By the way, Captain, who won the battle just now?" After watching Kuzan leave, Enel suddenly remembered to ask Martin who won the fight against Kaido.

"This, I guess I win!"

"!!!"

Enel's head was full of exclamation marks. What did he mean by "I won"? A win is a win, and a loss is a loss. He was stunned by Martin's words.

The others, not understanding what Martin meant, stared at him pitifully, waiting for an answer.

"Captain, what do you mean by 'you win'?" Enel finally asked.

"What's wrong with this? Actually, the battle isn't over yet. In the end, Kaido just left on his own. It's outrageous! This guy can't even fight properly. He's about to lose, so he just left. It's preventing me from becoming the man who kills the undead monster," Martin said viciously.

Enel and the others broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. What did it mean to be unable to fight? What did it mean to leave if you lose? What did it mean to become the man who kills the undead monster? Was that really Kaido?

They had never heard of Kaido escaping. If Kaido could escape, he wouldn't have been arrested more than ten times and sentenced to death by the World Government several times. Of course, this made him famous as the immortal monster Kaido, the strongest creature in the world.

"Captain, are you serious? You're not kidding, are you?!" Enel asked, his mouth agape.

"Am I the kind of person who would joke around? I broke through Kaido's defenses..." Martin stopped halfway through. It was best to keep the fact that he had broken through Kaido's immortality a secret. It wasn't that he didn't trust his crew, but that such a thing was too incredible.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Just as Martin and the others were discussing, the giants, led by Elder Aruru, came over. They had sensed that the battle was over and were also full of curiosity about who the victor was.

"Martin, it's Martin! Elder Aruru, did you see that? It's Martin standing there. It seems the newspapers were telling the truth. He really does have the strength of a Five Emperors. I thought it was just the newspapers exaggerating!"

Loki saw Martin in the crowd and exclaimed to Yaruru.

"Loki, you are the prince of our Giant Kingdom. The task of unifying the Giant Kingdom is yours to complete. What's the big deal about such a small matter?" Aruru glared at Loki.

"Hahaha, Martin, it's so good to see you're alright! I knew you could defeat that monster Kaido." Aluru ran a few steps and came up to Martin.

Loki froze, stunned. Where had his composure gone? Where had his lack of surprise gone? He couldn't accept this huge disparity in treatment.

"Elder, Elder!" Haildin also shouted for Yaruru.

"Halding, what do you want? Can't you see I'm talking to Martin?"

“Elder, I don’t agree with what you just said. Loki is just our giant prince. Our giant race doesn’t have a rule that a prince can become a king. This giant kingship must be mine. I will become the giant king and then unify the giant kingdom.” Hajrudin completed these words to Aruru’s astonishment.

"Hayrdin, what do you mean? I am the giant prince, and I will be the king in the future!" Loki said angrily.

"The strongest giant is king." Hajrudin stared at Loki without flinching.

"Hmph! I refuse to accept this! Martin is the one who deserves to be king," Loki said with a laugh.

“You…you…I will defeat Martin.” That was all Haildin could say after hearing this.

"Haha, the kids are very motivated. Martin, I'm sorry to have made you laugh. Just tell me already! Who won your fight with Kaido? It doesn't matter if you lost or not. Being able to fight that monster for ten nights is already very impressive," Aruru said with a smile.

"No, I didn't lose. Kaido left in the end, and I fought him to a draw," Martin said calmly.

"A draw, a draw is good. What? You, Kaido, got a draw?" Aluru asked in surprise.

The journey to Elbaf came to an end after the battle between Martin and Kaido. After a few days of rest, Martin began to prepare for a new journey, and finally set his sights on Zou, where the last Road Poneglyph awaited.

It was another beautiful, sunny day. Martin and his crew got up early and left New Warrior Village amidst the cheers of the giants. Why was there a New Warrior Village? Because a large area of ​​land between Warrior Village and the Elbaf River had been scorched by the battle. The earth had been compacted by the aftershocks of Martin and Kaido's fight, and no plants could grow there anymore. Finally, Martin had a brilliant idea and built a new village for the giants on this land. The tall and beautiful stone villas and the clean and tidy village instantly replaced the original village.

After seeing Martin off, Aruru looked at the new warrior village and shouted, "Let's see who dares to do that in the future! We giants are all savages!"

The giants couldn't help but think of the giant's nest made of trees and leaves, and felt that they had once been savages.

The Harem landed at Giant Port and then set off for the unknown seas. From the navy and the giants, Martin learned the approximate location of Zou. However, Zou was a living elephant, an elephant that had lived for thousands of years. So, without the guidance of the Life Paper, it would be difficult for outsiders to find him. Martin and his companions did not have the Life Paper, so they could only try their luck at sea.

Unfortunately, their good fortune seems to have turned against them again, leaving Martin and his crew adrift at sea for almost a month without a single sign of Zou. Forget Zou, they haven't even encountered a single pirate crew. Since the Battle of Elbaf, the pirates of the New World have all fallen silent.

What Martin least expected was that the naval escort team, led by Admirals Kuzan and Sakazuki and accompanied by three giant vice admirals, was intercepted. In the end, the naval transport ship was seized, and the navy left the New World empty-handed, not only failing to lead the pirates but also losing many people.

"Who, who has the ability to stop two naval admirals and force the navy to return empty-handed?" Martin stared at the newspaper, pondering repeatedly in his mind.

"Forget it, whoever he is, what does it have to do with me? I think those pirates won't dare to mess with me anymore!"

"What's wrong, Captain?" Enel noticed Martin's sigh and assumed it was because he couldn't find Zou.

"See for yourself! The navy's fleet has been intercepted in the New World. It seems there are still unknown dangers in this New World." Martin handed the newspaper to Enel.

Marineford.

Sengoku wore a sour face, his anger barely contained. The navy's secret operation had been intercepted. He had been under immense pressure for this operation and hadn't even reported it to the Five Elders.

What angered him even more was the Five Elders' inappropriate attitude. They didn't criticize the incident much, only making a few light remarks and expressing regret over the failure of the operation. The Five Elders were the most power-conscious people, and all major naval operations had to be reported to them. Unless an operation was approved by them, the Navy would not receive any reward, no matter how successful it was, let alone if it failed.

"marshal!"

marshal!

Just as Sengoku was sulking, Kuzan and Sakazuki returned to report.

"Look! What do you all think about this?" Sengoku said, resting his head on his hands.

"Marshal, these guys are too arrogant, daring to disregard our navy like this. I suggest we gather our forces and fight them. With our strength, I refuse to believe we can't take them down," Sakazuki roared. It was utterly humiliating that such a simple mission of his had been ruined.

"and then?"

Sengoku suddenly looked up at Sakazuki and asked.

Sakazuki then realized that he had really been so angry that he couldn't bring himself to say such things. If this battle really happened, even if the Navy won, it would be crippled and would probably lose control of the sea.

Sakassky stopped answering and just kept smoking his cigar.