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

"Alright! Alright! I'll let it go this time, Dragon. Sabo is still young, and young people are bound to make mistakes. I'll spare his life for your sake. But while he may be spared the death penalty, he will not escape punishment. He must undergo a year of labor reform at the Temple of Good and Evil. You can come to Jaya Island to pick him up after a year."

Martin didn't expose him, as if he really accepted Sabo. But what he said next left Sabo dumbfounded: "Labor reform"? What the hell is that?

Chapter 237 Akainu's Loyalty

Sakazuki was also surprised by Garo's words. As a former admiral, he didn't know such an important matter.

He didn't know, he'd never even heard of it. At that moment, he remembered what Fleet Admiral Sengoku had said at Naval Headquarters: Mary Geoise wasn't that simple. Did Fleet Admiral Sengoku know something?

Upon realizing this, Sakazuki immediately became serious. Although he did not know the extent of the demonic power, he knew how powerful Martin was. The mysterious power Martin had used in the past was very similar to this man's demonic power, and it had also rendered him helpless.

While Sakazuki was lost in thought, Galo made his move. Contrary to expectations, the attack lacked any earth-shattering momentum or the power to move mountains and overturn seas; it was just an ordinary punch.

Although it was an ordinary punch, Sakazuki felt that it was incredibly powerful, giving him a suffocating feeling. Especially when he tried to dodge, he found that all his escape routes were blocked. No matter which way he tried to dodge, he would be hit by this punch.

"Since I can't avoid it, I won't. I, Sakazuki, am not made of clay."

As Sakazuki thought of this, his whole body began to burn intensely, turning into a boiling volcano, with waves of heat constantly emanating from it.

"A massive fireball!"

Sakazuki raised his hand, and a ball of magma shot out from his hand. Then he crashed into it, as if he wanted to take the other person down with him.

"Oh!"

Sakazuki's magma fist struck Garo's fur directly, but Garo's fur was protected by some demonic power and remained unharmed, while Sakazuki himself was blasted away by Garo's punch.

"Bang bang bang!"

Sakazuki rolled on the ground, his scalding lava igniting the entire street and sending panic through Mary Geoise once again.

"Oh!"

Garo placed one foot on Sakazuki's chest and asked, "Now can you tell me how your demonic power awakened? Otherwise, I'll kill you."

"Why doesn't my Devil Fruit ability work on you?" Sakazuki was furious at being trampled under Garo's feet, but he was more interested in learning about Devil Fruit powers.

"Is that even a question? I've also awakened the power of the Devil Fruit. I'm protected by the power of the Devil Fruit, so any Devil Fruit ability will be repelled by the power of the Devil Fruit, preventing it from harming me. As far as Devil Fruit abilities are concerned, I am invincible." Garo was very arrogant.

“But I remember I just injured you.” Sakazuki was also seeking how to use demonic power, and he knew from Garo’s words that he had awakened this ability.

“That’s why I discovered you possess demonic power; your punch just now used demonic power,” Gara replied directly.

"I just used demonic power, but I didn't feel anything," Sakazuki muttered to himself, still recalling the punch he had just landed. It seemed like he only had one feeling: he was extremely angry.

Sakazuki thought of this and wanted to test whether his anger had caused him to use his demonic power. He began to recall the things that had angered him, such as verbal humiliation and the Five Elders' 100-Berry bounty. As he thought deeper and deeper, his anger suddenly erupted.

Suddenly, Galo felt his feet start to burn. A terrifying heat emanated from his feet. His feet were protected by demonic power, but it had failed at this moment. Only demonic power could injure someone with demonic power.

"This can't go on, I might die here." Thinking this, Gara was about to kill Sakazuki; how he awakened his demonic power was no longer important.

Garo released Sakazuki's hands and feet, then jumped into the air and delivered a flying kick, falling rapidly from the sky with one leg aimed straight at Sakazuki's chest.

"Oh!"

Enraged, Sakazuki made no attempt to dodge and was struck hard in the chest by Garo's leg, his chest deforming and caved in.

Although he was kicked in the chest, Sakazuki's hand also slammed heavily into Garo's crotch. Luckily, Garo had long legs, otherwise his manhood might have been ruined.

Being hit in the groin, and with a blow imbued with demonic power, caused Gara to scream in pain. This was a tremendous humiliation; he would likely be laughed to death by the God's Guard when he returned. A perk mission had resulted in such a severe injury.

Garo, dragging one leg, limped over to Sakazuki, raised his remaining leg, and tried to crush Sakazuki's head with one stomp.

Seeing that things were not going well, Martin jumped out from his hiding place and kicked out, sending Garo flying.

"Bang bang bang!"

Galo flew through the air, his figure constantly retreating, causing damage to the buildings behind him as he repeatedly crashed and broke through them, until finally he came to a stop.

Martin looked into the distance, his heart filled with worry about the kick. He was afraid that Sakazuki would be trampled to death, as he had used tremendous force with his foot earlier. Now he was also afraid that Garo would be killed by his kick. It was rare to encounter someone who understood the power of demons, and he really wanted to capture him alive and take him back for research.

Fortunately, Galo's beating disappointed him. He saw dust rising in the distance, indicating that Galo hadn't been kicked to death and was rushing back for revenge, hence the commotion.

"Oh!"

Martin was knocked through a wall, and Garo, a rabbit covered in scars, emerged from it. Her distorted face appeared before Martin, her eyes were like those of a ferocious demon, her mouth was wide open, big enough to fit a basket of carrots, and her two fists were clenched tightly together, as if she wanted to beat Martin to death.

"It's you! You actually ambushed me? Do you know you're courting death?" Garo said angrily. He knew Martin very well; the Five Elders had specifically mentioned this person.

"You're asking for death! I think you're the one asking for death. How dare you kill my men? You're really tired of living!" Martin glared at Garo.

"Your subordinate? I remember this man was originally a naval admiral, how could he be your subordinate? Wait, he didn't have demonic power before, but he awakened it after being put on a bounty. Could it be that you helped him awaken his demonic power?" Gara suddenly said excitedly, as if he had reached a dead end, but then a new path opened up.

"So what if it is? What does it have to do with you?"

Hearing Martin's words, Galo became even more certain of his idea. Capturing Martin would be a great achievement. They had originally planned to capture Martin, but he hadn't come to Mary Geoise, and they couldn't leave, so the plan hadn't been implemented. It was truly a case of "searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to them effortlessly."

"Haha, today is indeed my lucky day. Not only can I have some fun, but I can also complete a big mission."

Martin watched Garo laughing maniacally and felt that there were too many lunatics in the world. Everyone here had some kind of problem, and all sorts of oddballs kept appearing one after another.

"Congratulations! Since you've come all this way, I think you shouldn't go back. Why not stay and enjoy yourself a little longer? My place is really fun, so I'd like to invite you to visit."

"What do you mean? You want to invite me to your place? That won't do. I can't leave Mary Geoise, or it will be terrible," Gara replied honestly.

Martin slapped his forehead. His meaning was so obvious, yet the other person hadn't understood. Well, everyone in this world is very intelligent.

"If you don't understand, that's fine. I'll show you what I want to do with my actions."

Martin stopped talking and charged at Gara with a clenched fist. Gara was clearly still thinking about what Martin meant, his big rabbit head shaking incessantly.

"Oh!"

Without any resistance, Martin punched Garo in the stomach.

Galo opened his mouth wide, saliva spurted out of his tongue, and his eyes bulged out like a dead fish. He clutched his stomach and kept backing away.

"How...how could you possibly hurt me!"

Garo pointed at Martin and said that Sakazuki could hurt him, but he would have to go over there. After all, Sakazuki has some demonic power. Martin had just sensed with his Observation Haki and did not have any demonic power. How could Martin possibly hurt him, let alone cause him level ten pain?

“Nothing is impossible. When you think you know the whole world, you actually know nothing about it,” Martin said.

"Is that so? Since you dare to say you know nothing about this world, then I'll show you the world's top-tier power." Gara stared at Martin with murderous eyes, then said viciously.

"Lion hunts rabbit!"

Garo rushed toward Martin, then braced himself with his hands on the ground and kicked out with all his might. As a Rabbit-Rabbit Fruit user, the power of his legs was immeasurable.

"Bang bang!"

Seeing Garo kick his legs away, Martin quickly met the attack with his fist, his golden Conqueror's Haki surging up as he punched directly into the soles of Garo's feet.

"How ignorant! You actually dared to catch my leg with your hand! I am an awakened Zoan-type Devil, and the power in my leg can kill even a giant sea king." Garo mocked Martin for using his hand to attack him.

"Ah! Ah!"

As soon as Galo finished speaking, he screamed in agony. The pain from the soles of his feet was unbearable, like a knife piercing his very bones.

"How is this possible? I used demonic power this time, so why am I still in so much pain? Shouldn't he be the one in pain?"

Accustomed to the feeling of invincibility, the sudden suppression of her power left Gara bewildered and somewhat bewildered. Although she couldn't leave Mary Geoise, she still engaged in numerous battles, with some self-important experts frequently venturing into Mary Geoise alone to test their skills.

"Oh!"

As soon as Galo sat down on the ground, she kept rubbing the soles of her feet with both hands; it really hurt so much.

Martin wasn't in a hurry. He kept his hands in his pockets, quietly watching Garo as he stroked the soles of Garo's feet. Strangely enough, after Garo fought Sakazuki for a long time and then exchanged a few blows with himself, no one nearby came to his aid or capture Sakazuki.

What Martin didn't know was that, in order to keep the secret of the God Guard, the Five Elders had ordered that no one else was allowed to approach the combat zone without their orders, and anyone who dared to approach would be treated as a traitor. For the sake of their own lives, no one dared to come and watch the spectacle.

"Snapped!"

Gara stood up from the ground, looking at Martin with curiosity. Her Observation Haki seemed to be used without restraint, scanning Martin's entire body and giving him a free full-body check-up.

After the examination, Garo was even more puzzled. He found nothing wrong with Martin; he was completely clean and had not a drop of demonic power.

Martin's golden Conqueror's Haki, like the energy in nature, is like trying to find oxygen in the air—how could it possibly be found?

"Could there be something wrong with my foot?" Galo began to think that the problem lay with himself.

"Bouncing Fist!"

Galo abandoned his foot attack and instead jumped up and down like a boxer, constantly looking for an opportunity to strike.

While Gara was observing him, Martin wasn't idle either. He used his Observation Haki to scan Gara, carefully observing the changes in the demonic power within Gara's body, trying to find the rules that might be useful to his own people in the future.

"A good opportunity!" Seeing that Martin had no reaction, Garo made a decisive move, retracting his two short arms and then quickly striking out.

"Bang bang!"

Martin held both of Galo's hands. After Galo transformed, she looked like a rabbit, with very thick hind legs, but her hands became short, just enough to be held by one hand.

"call!"

Before Galo could react, Martin grabbed both of her hands and threw her over his shoulder, slamming her to the ground and creating a crater.

"I see you're not strong enough to defeat me. You'd better come and be my guest," Martin said, looking at Gara in the pit.

Sakazuki leaned against the wall, struggled to pull a cigar from his pocket, lit it with lava, took a few deep drags, and then looked up at Martin and his men's battle.

Martin was bullying Gara like an adult bullying a kindergartener, even though he himself had just been easily and severely injured by Gara. He greatly admired Martin's strength; justice needed powerful forces to protect and enforce it.

Sakazuki was incredibly curious about how Martin had become so powerful in just a few years. It reminded him of Martin's invitation; joining the Temple of Good and Evil seemed like a good idea, and perhaps he could become as strong as Martin.

Galo shook his head and stood up, supporting himself on his hands and feet. The heavy blow had left his head feeling a bit numb, and he hadn't quite recovered his senses yet.

"Roar!"

After recovering slightly, Galo roared at Martin, thinking, "I was actually being tossed around like a toy by Martin. This is something I used to do all the time. Why is it happening to me now?"

"Revenge is a must!"

Gara thought for a moment, then reached out with both hands, grabbed Martin's clothes, and pulled them towards her mouth. The huge rabbit head popped out, its long teeth exposed to the air.

"Click-click-click!"

Galo bit Martin's head fiercely, as if he wanted to devour Martin.

Martin kept shaking his head, dodging Garo's bites time and time again.

"Is this what they mean when a rabbit bites when cornered?" Martin couldn't help but think. Wasn't Garo a giant rabbit right now?

"Are you never going to stop?!"

Seeing that Gara's biting showed no sign of stopping, Martin said impatiently.