"Boom...!" With a loud crash, Garp immediately became enraged, smashing the table in front of him into smithereens with a single punch.
Then, he couldn't help but curse loudly.
"Bastards! How could the Marine have such rotten apples? And for it to happen in the East Blue, of all places."
Clearly, Garp was exceptionally furious about scum like Captain Nezumi—rotten apples who colluded with vile pirates—after hearing the whole story. Especially since this fellow appeared in Garp's hometown, the East Blue, which he had always believed was the most peaceful area under his influence.
"It's time for a major cleanup within the Marine."
Sengoku also spoke, looking extremely displeased and incandescent with rage.
He planned to immediately find someone to lead a team to handle this, starting with the four seas (East, West, South, and North).
The New World was unnecessary; there were only one or two Marine branches there. The New World was, after all, the territory of the Yonko, along with other complicated large pirates and forces, making the Marine's level of intervention too low.
Furthermore, Admirals sometimes personally went there to be stationed, so that area was fine.
There was no need to investigate the New World. The first half of the Grand Line, Paradise, was the same; although it was truly the area completely controlled by the Marine, they should still check it slightly just to be safe.
After all, there were still a few great pirates operating there.
"In short, this pair, who are closer than sisters, constitutes the third pair of people connected between the Pink Hat Pirates and the Straw Hat Pirates."
"I see. But Pirate Crews with related members like this are truly rare."
"Hmph, there's one more pair," Sengoku snorted coldly.
"Ah, there's another?" Garp turned his head and asked in surprise.
"Of course." Taking a deep breath, Sengoku immediately said in a deep voice.
"The cook in the Straw Hat Pirates, a kid named Sanji, and the little girl in the Pink Hat Pirates named Carmen, who possesses the Phoenix Fruit, seem to have some sort of competitive relationship. They are both reportedly excellent young talents in the East Blue culinary world. Sanji is slightly stronger than Carmen. It is said that she once participated in a large-scale East Blue cooking competition and lost."
Sengoku read from the intelligence report in his hand.
"Sigh, I originally thought there might be some useful intelligence."
Sengoku sighed and said.
"What do you mean by that?" Garp asked with a confused expression.
"It's not hard to see from this report that your grandson's Pirate Crew and Luna's Pirate Crew indeed have a good relationship."
"But the problem is that aside from these few key people, the other members of Luna's Pirate Crew, including Luna herself, do not have any direct relationship with the other members of the Straw Hat Pirates."
"Plus, considering your connection—he is your grandson, after all—and the fact that many people in your grandson's Pirate Crew seem to have unusual backgrounds, I originally intended to use the Straw Hat Pirates to deal with the Pink Hat Pirates. But now, given this intelligence report, that plan seems far too immature and rash, so we must abandon it."
Sengoku said this again, exasperated.
"Sengoku, you need to have confidence in our battle tomorrow." Garp, looking very awkward, quickly brought up the topic of tomorrow's battle.
After all, the lineup the Marine was sending out tomorrow could be said to be unprecedentedly powerful, because a lineup like this had never been deployed before: Garp, a top-tier Yonko fighter, plus, once Aokiji and Onigumo are rescued, there would be four Admirals, and five experienced Marine Headquarters Vice Admirals. Such a force could even take down a Four Emperor Crew.
Of course, dealing with the Yonko of the New World was still impossible. The New World was too complex. Once a lineup like theirs entered, it would definitely cause all the forces in the New World to collectively attack; the guys in the New World understood the principle of mutual dependence.
But he thought dealing with the Pink Hat Pirates should be fine.
"I hope so. I hope Kizaru's speed can neutralize Luna's Void Ability. If we can't take down Luna, it will be very difficult for the Marine to win this battle, and the other girls are no pushovers either."
Sengoku sighed, clearly not very optimistic about tomorrow's battle.
The Marine's lineup was strong, but the opposing side was not weak either, even setting aside Luna, a Yonko-level combatant.
Among those girls, as far as the Marine currently knew, there were at least three Admirals, and the other five were basically Reserve Admiral-level powerhouses with varying strengths.
Moreover, the Pink Hat Pirates probably had some hidden secrets and trump cards within their ranks.
Furthermore, Luna simply couldn't be contained; she could support any battlefield at any time.
It was truly difficult for the Marine to win this battle, not to mention the two remaining uncertain factors.
First, Kizaru's light speed might be useless against Luna's Void Ability, and second, Aokiji and the others needed to be in good condition.
"Oh, come on, battlefields always change. Don't be so gloomy before we've even fought," Garp said, comforting Sengoku when he saw his distressed expression.
"Let's hope so," Sengoku said, covering his eyes with his hand.
And his worries were indeed correct. How could the Marine possibly win against the Pink Hat Pirates, who were essentially cheating players?
Even utilizing only this final day for last-minute adjustments and training, all of The Girls of the Pink Hat Pirates could achieve significant improvements.
Among The Girls, whether it was Devil Fruit abilities, special abilities, Haki, martial arts, swordsmanship, everything was improving.
On the night before the battle, The Girls all had a good night's sleep, conserving energy and feeling refreshed. When the day of the battle arrived, after they woke up and ate breakfast, each one was full of vigor and youth, displaying the dashing and captivating beauty of their age.
Of course, as strong women and female powerhouses, the most important thing was their strength, especially the power they had managed to improve, however slightly, during the previous day.
The current status of all ten members of the Pink Hat Pirates is as follows.
Pink Hat Pirates Captain Luna, full name is Rocks D. Luna. Age 17, female.
Greeza Template progress 86%. Strength level: Yonko level peak. Three Types of Haki: Yonko level peak. Greeza Instinctive Martial Arts: Yonko level high-tier. Special Skill: Undead Summoning. Attack, Speed, Power, Defense, and Endurance—the five major single attributes combined: Yonko level high-tier.
Overall Strength Evaluation: Surpassing an average Yonko.
Pink Hat Pirates first mate Kuina, full name is Shimotsuki Kuina. Age: 21, female.
Weapon: Demon Blade Thousand Blades. Abilities and swordsmanship inheritance derived from Shadow Assassin Qi. Swordsmanship has reached Great Swordsman level. Observation Haki: Intermediate. Armament Haki: Intermediate. Conqueror's Haki: Advanced. She can already master coating, but other aspects are still lacking, only reaching the Advanced level. Her body contains and can utilize a large amount of dark energy. After consuming the One Piece World's ancient demon clan bloodline, her physical quality has been comprehensively improved. She excels in speed and attack; the other three attributes are secondary.
Overall Strength Evaluation: Admiral-level powerhouse, middle-tier level.
Pink Hat Pirates Third-in-Command and Scientist Shiro. Age: 20, female.
She originates from the Ultraman World, a Monster Girl possessing the power of Galactron MK2. Her development level of the Mechanical-Mechanical Fruit ability is Reserve Admiral high-tier. Observation Haki: Intermediate. Armament Haki: Intermediate. Conqueror's Haki: Advanced. She can already master coating, but other aspects are still lacking. Her main weapon is the Galactron Axe, and her mastery of the axe technique has reached the Admiral middle-tier level. She also possesses various other Galactron weapons. Her inherent strength is astonishing, and her defense is monstrous.
Overall Strength Evaluation: Admiral-level powerhouse, middle-tier level.
Pink Hat Pirates Combatant Tatsumaki. Current age: 22, female.
One of the trans-world partners within the Pink Hat Pirates, a top-tier powerhouse from the One Punch Man world. Her strongest combat ability is her inherent Psychokinesis ability. Combined with the Psychokinesis-Psychokinesis Fruit, under this dual Psychokinesis, the combat power Tatsumaki can currently unleash has reached the initial Yonko level. However, her other abilities are relatively weak. Her Three Types of Haki are currently all at the Vice Admiral level, and her martial arts are not even as good as a Vice Admiral's. Her temporary weapons are numerous high-quality Sea Stone weapons, and her single attributes are also roughly at this level.
Overall Strength Evaluation: An Admiral-level powerhouse who relies heavily on her innate ability and is severely specialized, high-tier level.
Pink Hat Pirates Shipwright Dia. Current age: 19, female.
One of the trans-world partners within the Pink Hat Pirates, originating from the Star Travel and Storm Fa Fa Mi La related worlds. Looking across all the Xuanhuan and Xianxia worlds, the old saying holds true: Time is honored, Space is king. Combining the blue-green Rainbow Stone Dia brought from her world with the Space Stone she now holds, Dia's mastery of Space Ability is now firmly at the Admiral high-tier level, although she still has some shortcomings and deficiencies in combat. She knows some basic swordsmanship, which is sufficient against a Vice Admiral. Her two types of Haki are currently: Observation Haki is Low-tier, Armament Haki is Intermediate. Her five single attributes are relatively balanced, but only at the Reserve Admiral level.
Overall Strength Evaluation: A Reserve Admiral-level powerhouse who relies heavily on her innate ability and is severely specialized, peak level.
Pink Hat Pirates Navigator Nojiko. Age: 20, female.
One of the native partners within the Pink Hat Pirates. She is currently a user of the legendary and powerful Zoan type Hito Hito no Mi, Mythical Zoan, Yuki-onna Form. Her development level of the Devil Fruit itself has reached the Reserve Admiral high-tier. Her weapon is the cold core thousand illusions staff, and she practices the Snow Woman Multiple Staff Technique. The strength currently displayed by the combination of these two is Reserve Admiral initial level. Her two types of Haki are: Observation Haki is Low-tier, Armament Haki is Intermediate. Her five major single attributes are currently still at the Vice Admiral peak or high-tier level.
Overall Strength Evaluation: A Reserve Admiral-level powerhouse with relatively balanced overall abilities, initial level.
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