Holy Land Mary Geoise.
Garling, dressed in luxurious robes, looked at the CP Agent kneeling respectfully before him.
"How is it? Still no news? My... two children!"
"Reporting to Saint Garling! We have searched the entire West Blue, but have found no clues about a pair of twin boy infants."
Garling felt annoyed, but he suppressed his displeasure and continued to ask, "What about Mafie? Still haven't found her?"
The masked CP0 agent knelt on one knee, bowed his head, and shook it slightly: "Sorry, we have not found Lady Mafie."
Garling frowned, his voice tinged with anger: "How can this be? Didn't I give you her Vivre Card? Even if you followed the direction of the Vivre Card, you should at least have some clues, right?"
"We are indeed accelerating our search for Lady Mafie's whereabouts according to the Vivre Card's guidance. What we can confirm at the moment is that Lady Mafie is not in mortal danger. Her Vivre Card mostly points to the deep sea near God Valley, and occasionally points in other directions, not fixed. We are still looking for the reason for this abnormal situation."
"Nonsense! Of course she's not in mortal danger! I want to know where she is!" Garling was extremely irritated, almost losing control of his temper.
"Sorry, Saint Garling, we will speed up and search with all our might." CP0 dared not retort, merely bowing.
"Send people to search the deep sea, starting from the vicinity of God Valley!"
"Yes!"
"Alright, you may leave."
"Yes!"
After hearing the CP Agent's report, Garling's face was covered in an unshakeable chill.
He was in a very bad mood right now!
All of this stemmed from his trip to God Valley.
As the God Valley King of this hunting competition,
He neither successfully obtained the grand prize, Shakky,
Nor did he successfully bring his two children back to the Holy Land.
The two infants, Shanks and Shamrock, went missing in God Valley.
Their whereabouts are still unknown.
He didn't know if the two children had died in that great chaos,
Or if they had been taken away by someone.
Even Mafie, whom he had entrusted to find the two children, was also missing.
Mafie is a member of the God's Knights.
And she is a core member with a second-stage Deep Sea Contract.
Her immortality trait is very high-level, so it's impossible for her to be killed by anyone.
In this world, no one can kill her except His Majesty who granted them the contract.
So Garling was not worried about her safety at all.
However, Mafie is an important member of the God's Knights and an elite of the Satcherz Family. As the leader of the God's Knights, he must find her back as soon as possible.
Regarding Mafie's whereabouts,
Garling's guess was that Mafie's body might have been shattered and fallen into the deep sea near God Valley.
This is why CP0 said that her Vivre Card mostly pointed towards the deep sea.
Originally, regarding Mafie's problem, he could have asked Lord Imu.
As the source of the contract, Lord Imu could communicate directly with the contracted person regardless of distance.
In that case, knowing where Mafie was and what her situation was would be very simple.
But the reason Garling dared not, and was ashamed to, go to see Lord Imu was:
He did not successfully complete the mission of killing Rocks.
Although Rocks was finally confirmed to have died in God Valley,
The one who delivered the final blow to Rocks was not him, but that lowly fellow, Sorus Karlo.
Thinking of the losses he suffered at Karlo's hands, and the humiliation Karlo brought him, Garling wished he could capture Karlo, skin him alive, and devour his flesh and blood.
He hated Karlo to death.
Garling walked back to his room with a gloomy expression, locked the door, took off his God's Knights Commander uniform, and looked at the mirror in front of him.
In the mirror, his tall and handsome figure, noble in temperament, had seven shocking concave scars on his chest.
Each scar was the size of a finger.
The skin and muscle tissue at the scarred area were completely destroyed, even dug out.
Making surgical repair extremely difficult.
These seven scars, connected like a spoon, were incredibly ugly, like disgusting worms crawling on his body, completely destroying his noble status and his flawless body.
Making the always composed Garling's expression twisted and his mind shattered.
"Karlo!! I swear!! I must kill you!! I must kill you!!!"
Marineford, Marineford.
"What kind of nonsense is this! It's utterly ridiculous!"
Garp, covered in bandages, furiously tore up the newspaper in his hand.
On the front page of the scattered newspaper, four large characters were so dazzling.
[Hero Garp!]
[The Strongest Marine! The hero who defeated the Rocks Pirates and killed Rocks D. Xebec, saving God Valley!]
Tearing up the newspaper wasn't enough to appease him; Garp even kicked it, sending the scattered papers flying.
"Bring that guy named Morgans to me! I'm going to smash his bird head!"
The military doctor next to him was startled, "Vice Admiral Garp! Please don't make any big movements, your injuries haven't fully recovered yet!"
Just as Garp was throwing a tantrum.
Sengoku, with his explosive afro, walked in from outside the door.
"Stop making a fuss, Garp. Isn't it obvious that the World Government paid him to write this deliberately? Why bother getting angry at a newspaper president?"
"Hmph! That's easy for you to say! But the content of this newspaper is complete nonsense, written wildly! Not a single word is true!"
Garp slumped onto the hospital bed, clutching the shredded newspaper, his face furious:
"What I care about most right now is... why did the Marines go there and participate in such an action that clearly goes against justice!! Who gave this order? Old Man Kong? Or... the World Government?"
Sengoku sighed.
"The World Government and the Marines are large organizations. Counting the soldiers from all over the world and military personnel from various places, there must be tens of millions of people. We can't control everyone's actions."
"If you ask me, even if I noticed the crazy actions of the higher-ups, I would just turn a blind eye."
As soon as Sengoku finished speaking, Garp's ox-eyes widened.
"Huh? What did you say?"
"I..."
Before Sengoku could answer, a massive fist flew towards him, smashing into his face and knocking off his round-rimmed glasses.
A warm liquid gushed from his nostrils.
"Bastard! Garp! You..."
Garp sprang from the hospital bed, waving his fists and raining blows upon him.
"Sengoku, you bastard! This is what's annoying about you! All you think about is climbing higher! Do you just ignore orders from above, regardless of right or wrong? Is this still justice?"
Sengoku, clutching his bleeding nose and seeing Garp charging at him furiously, also raised his fist and unceremoniously returned the blow.
"Shut up! What's the point of barking uselessly at the bottom of a cliff? There are some things we can't decide! Only by climbing higher, by standing in a higher position, can we make decisions! Don't you understand?!"
The two of them started violently brawling in the ward.
Beating each other black and blue, with bumps all over their heads.
This scene worried the soldiers and doctors in the ward.
But no one dared to come forward and break up the fight.
Fortunately, the two did not fight for real.
After a few minutes of brawling, both of them, with bumps all over their heads, glared at each other like fighting bulls.
Garp roared, "Sengoku! Listen to me! I don't care if you want to climb higher or whatever, but if you become corrupt, I will kill you!"
Sengoku smiled, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth: "See? With a friend like you here to supervise me, what do you have to worry about? As for you, Garp, you won't give up because of this, will you?"
"Idiot! There are plenty of things I need to protect 'at the bottom of the cliff'! I won't leave so easily!"
Saying that, he was about to stride away.
Suddenly, Sengoku grabbed his arm and whispered in his ear: "Garp, I have something to tell you. Please remain calm."
Garp was stunned and looked back: "What is it?"
Sengoku hesitated, then finally made up his mind, his voice heavy: "It's about your son, Dragon. He... was arrested for insubordination and coercing a superior officer."
"What?!"