Phoenix Reborn In One Piece-Chapter 320: Garp and Ace
Garp looked at the Den Den Mushi in his hand and chuckled, "What a mouthy little brat~"
"Hey, Bogard, where are we now? My fists can’t wait any longer!"
Bogard quickly opened a sea chart and said:
"Uh (⊙o⊙)..."
"Vice Admiral Garp, we’re almost at the waters near Kanaila Island. That’s where the fighting is the worst right now, between islands under Whitebeard’s control."
Bogard paused, like he remembered something important, and then added, "But..."
Garp cut him off impatiently, "If you’ve got something to say, just spit it out. Don’t waste time."
Bogard gave a helpless smile and replied, "Vice Admiral Garp, we’ve received intel that the Whitebeard Pirates’ Second Division is the one heading to Kanaila Island."
"The Second Division?"
"So it’s Ace, huh? Now I can teach that brat a lesson myself! Wahahaha~" Garp smashed his fists together, a big grin spreading across his face.
"Hey!"
"Speed up the ship!" Garp turned and shouted at the helmsman.
"Yes, sir!"
"Vice Admiral Garp!" the helmsman quickly replied.
Meanwhile...
Over on Whitebeard’s side, the Second Division led by Ace had just defeated two pirate crews that had teamed up to attack.
That made seven crews taken down since he and his division arrived here!
"Captain Ace!"
"We’ve taken care of the wounded, and... the ones we lost too," a pirate came over to report.
But near the end of his words, his face had already turned grim.
"I see~"
"That’s good. No more idiots showing up to cause trouble, right..." Ace said as he lay down on the ground.
After fighting for days straight, he was reaching his limit too.
"Yeah!"
"Based on the latest intel, there aren’t any big pirate groups left near the Kanaila Island waters."
"Looks like our iron-fist approach really scared off the wannabes."
"After all... we took down a few hundred people this time..." the pirate added, with a smug look on his face.
Those guys may seem strong to others, but they forgot one thing — they were up against the Whitebeard Pirates!
Even though they no longer had their captain,
there was no way they’d let someone like that look down on them. After all, their captains had once been feared pirates across the sea!
"Captain Ace, does that mean we should now..."
The pirate hadn’t finished his sentence when Ace’s snoring cut him off.
He could only smile helplessly.
The reason they were able to drive off those intruders so quickly this time was because of Ace’s powerful Logia powers.
But still...
Using Logia powers takes a lot of physical strength, and for the past few days, Ace hadn’t had a single break.
He was either fighting or rushing to the next fight.
Now, finally,
he could rest for a bit.
"Captain Ace..."
"Something’s wrong! Captain Ace!"
"There’s a problem! Captain Ace!"
...
Suddenly,
a group of pirates came running toward Ace.
"What’s going on?!"
"What happened?!"
Ace had just fallen asleep, but the moment he heard his crew shouting, he jumped up in an instant.
A few pirates rushed to him, out of breath, and said:
"Ace!"
"It’s bad—scouts on the outer patrol spotted Marines at sea!"
...
"What?!"
"The Marines are coming?!"
All the pirates near Ace froze with fear the moment they heard that.
"Heh heh heh~"
"So, they’re finally here?"
"This time... I’ll take a bit of payback first."
Ace’s tired face lit up with a dangerous look the moment he heard the word "Marine."
"But..."
"Ace, we just went through several battles!"
"Everyone’s completely worn out. Some of them are still fast asleep!"
The vice-captain, Masked Deuce, looked worried.
They knew that since the Whitebeard Pirates had lost their former power, both pirates and Marines would try to take their territory.
But still—
they didn’t expect the Marines to come this fast!
Especially right now.
They had just gone through a bunch of intense fights.
To make them face well-trained Marines now... to be honest, he was really worried.
"Deuce!"
"Don’t worry. Even though I haven’t fully recovered,"
"as long as it’s not an Admiral, they’re no match for us!" Ace said confidently.
"Hey!"
"Vakalo, who did the Marines send this time? It’s not an Admiral, is it?" Deuce looked at the pirate who had come to report.
"No!"
"It’s not an Admiral, but..." Vakalo glanced at Ace and hesitated.
"What is it?"
"Stop stalling. Just say it—who is it?" Ace pressed.
"Ace!"
"This time, it’s the Marine hero... Vice Admiral Garp!" Vakalo took a deep breath and spoke in a serious tone.
"What?!!"
As soon as Vakalo said Garp’s name, everyone at the scene was stunned.
"It’s the old man?!"
"No way... Why would he show up here? We’re in serious trouble now!"
Ace was dumbfounded.
He never imagined that the Marine who showed up this time would be his grandfather.
The others couldn’t stay calm either.
After all... he’s the legendary Marine who’s on the same level as Whitebeard!
"Ace!"
"What do we do now?" Deuce quickly looked at Ace.
"Captain Ace."
"Are we going to fight? If we do, there’s no way we can win in our current state," Vakalo said grimly.
The mood suddenly turned heavy.
None of them expected the first Marine they’d run into on this mission would be that Marine—
The Hero, Garp!
Ace was torn.
But on the other hand, they’d come here with a clear goal—to show the whole world the strength of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Even if their beloved Pops had passed, they were still a force to be reckoned with. No one could look down on them!
"Hahahaha!"
"Marine Hero Garp, huh... Never thought I’d face off against the old man so soon..."
"But if we retreat now, doesn’t that mean all our efforts over the past few days were for nothing?"
"This is our best chance—a chance for the Whitebeard Pirates to rise again!"
"So then..."
"Everyone!"
"Get ready—we’re fighting the Marines!" Ace shouted as he looked around at the crew.
"Yeah!!!"
In an instant, everyone’s fighting spirit came roaring back to life.
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