Center of High Town.
Under Lynn's speech, the captured veteran soldiers seemed to have found hope, as if they had seen the sun!
One after another, they swore their allegiance.
"Now, help me confiscate all the wealth of these nobles and send it to the Royal Palace. Also, spread my decree across the entire country. But remember, if anyone dares to harm civilians, you already know what my Imperial Guard is capable of."
Lynn applied both kindness and severity.
The Kingdom Army soldiers glanced at the dozen or so Imperial Guard elites with terrifying abilities, all of them filled with dread.
They firmly engraved His Majesty the King's decree into their minds.
Immediately after.
The Kingdom Army soldiers began ransacking the properties of the nobles in High Town.
At the same time, they set out to recruit the large numbers of scattered Kingdom Army soldiers.
Watching their wealth being seized, the nobles wailed in despair, their hearts turning to ash.
As a transmigrator, Lynn had always despised the class system from the bottom of his heart.
Seeing these silver-spooned good-for-nothings in such agony brought him immense satisfaction!
Suddenly.
Led by Uchiha Itachi, the sixteen Jonin seemed to sense the presence of some dangerous threat, their Sharingan focusing intently!
They immediately stepped forward to shield Lynn.
"Your Majesty, a powerful entity is rapidly approaching. I advise you to return to the Royal Palace first," Uchiha Tekka said in a deep voice.
A powerful entity?
Lynn felt a tinge of curiosity.
As the weakest of the seas, did the East Blue still produce active powerhouses? Powerful enough to make sixteen elite Uchiha Jonin react with such extreme caution?
Could it be Shanks, who had been active around the East Blue lately? The future Emperor of the Sea?
What was this guy doing here?
Lynn remembered that Shanks hailed from the Celestial Dragons, the highest nobility of the World Government.
Possessing formidable combat power and relying on his reputation, he had protected many regions.
Lynn believed they still shared some common ground to talk about.
Recruiting him under his command wouldn't be a bad idea either.
......
Right at the end of the charred street.
A rugged, dark-haired man wearing a yellow floral shirt and flip-flops was looking around at the chaotic, burned-out street as he ran toward them.
"The Hero of the Marines! Mr. Garp!"
A veteran soldier of the Kingdom Army recognized Garp, a globally renowned powerhouse!
Following the veteran's scream.
The Kingdom Army soldiers who were busy looting noble estates all stopped what they were doing and poked their heads out to observe.
It seemed the situation was about to shift once again.
On the other hand, the despairing nobles who had just watched their wealth confiscated.
Felt as though they had seen their savior, and flocked toward Garp in a swarm.
Weeping and kneeling, they clutched Garp's legs and cried out in grievance.
"Hero Garp! We are the nobles of the Goa Kingdom! You have to kill that king of the Sypher Kingdom! He staged a coup, threatened the King to withdraw from the World Government Affiliated Nation, killed the ministers, and now he's trying to abolish the nobility!"
"You scum soldiers! Give back our treasure! Look, the Marines have arrived! Hero Garp is here to help us! Put the treasure down right now!"
"Brilliant! It's Hero Garp! We're saved!"
"Lord Garp, please save us poor nobles!"
......
Looking down at the weeping nobles clutching his legs, Garp wore an expression of disgust; he utterly despised the so-called noble class.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have repeatedly refused the position of Marine Admiral.
Because becoming a Marine Admiral meant serving as a lapdog for the Celestial Dragons, the world nobility.
With a single stomp of his foot, Garp unleashed a violent shockwave that blew the men flying.
His stern gaze locked onto the group of red-eyed soldiers in uniform standing further down the street.
He walked toward them step by step.
Though he did not release his Conqueror's Haki, his presence as a powerhouse was undeniable.
It caused Itachi and the rest of the Jonin to instinctively assume combat stances.
"Ah, Monkey D. Garp. Judging by his attire, he must be on vacation. What a coincidence," Lynn muttered to himself.
Pondering inwardly.
The Marines took orders from the World Government, and the reason the World Government was so powerful was largely due to the support of over 170 World Government Affiliated Nations.
Therefore, whenever pirates caused chaos within any World Government Affiliated Nation globally, the Marines would dispatch forces to suppress them.
However... conflicts between sovereign nations were none of the Marines' business.
Especially since the Goa Kingdom had already announced its withdrawal from the Affiliated Nations.
"Your Majesty, this man is extremely dangerous—comparable to a humanoid Tailed Beast. Please return to the Royal Palace," Itachi said.
Simultaneously.
Uchiha Tekka pulled out a paper talisman.
He tossed it high into the air, where it burst into a plume of black smoke.
In the distance at the Royal Palace.
The ninety-two Jonin led by Uchiha Fugaku had already secured all areas of the palace.
Upon seeing the flare signaling an emergency assembly.
They leaped down from the heights of the royal palace, moving as lightly as ghosts across the roofs of various buildings as they sped to reinforce High Town!
"Hey, who do you punks think you are? Causing such a massive uproar in the Goa Kingdom that old man was even dragged out of his vacation for a mission."
Garp walked forward step by step.
A pair of large tiger-like eyes stared down at the group before him.
When he saw that every single one of them possessed a pair of blood-red pupils, he paused for a fraction of a second.
Thinking to himself that this squad was rather bizarre.
Then.
Garp watched as the formation split into two rows.
A tall teenager dressed in a black suit stepped out from the middle.
"I am the King of the Sypher Kingdom. These are my Imperial Guards. As of today, the Goa Kingdom has been annexed into my nation, so you ought to address me as His Majesty the King, Monkey D. Garp," Lynn said calmly with a faint smile.
Garp picked his boogers while listening intently.
When he heard Lynn telling him to address him as His Majesty the King, he instantly burst into a booming, earth-shaking laughter.
"Gahahahaha! You've got some nerve, kid! The Sypher Kingdom? If I recall correctly, that's just a tiny place."
Just as Garp finished speaking.
More than ninety elite Jonin led by Uchiha Fugaku arrived atop the surrounding buildings.
Aura radiating murderous intent, pairs of Sharingan locked onto Garp.
As a master of the three advanced Haki types, Garp naturally sensed the formidable combat power possessed by this group of over a hundred people.
He reined in his laughter and said in a deep voice:
"To think you've gathered such a bunch of freaks. Hey kid, I've got just one question, answer me and that's it."
"You'd better show some respect to our Majesty! Teach him a lesson, Itachi!"
Atop the spire, Uchiha Fugaku commanded with displeasure.
Hearing his father's command beside Lynn, Uchiha Itachi immediately widened his eyes!
A low voice rang out in Lynn's ear: "Mangekyou Sharingan!"
Hearing this, Lynn was stunned and instinctively glanced at Itachi.
Thinking to himself: He's opening the Mangekyou right off the bat?
Isn't that a bit over the top?
Following those words.
Lynn watched as Itachi's pupils abruptly shifted, the three black tomoe spinning rapidly as if pulled by some invisible force, growing larger until they completely fused into the pattern of the Mangekyou.
His pupils were deep and pitch-black, resembling a shuriken, like an abyss capable of devouring everything.
A flash of vigilance crossed Garp's eyes.
His previously relaxed expression vanished, replaced by an undeniable shock!
"Hoh? This guy's eyes... how are they...?" A nameless sense of oppression welled up in Garp's chest; his intuition told him that these eyes were definitely extraordinary.
Was he a Devil Fruit user?
But it was impossible for all hundred-plus red-eyed men to be Devil Fruit users, right?
However, before Garp could react.
Itachi's voice sounded once more, low and clear, as if echoing directly from the depths of his soul: "Amaterasu!"