Chapter 26: Roger's Retreat.
It wasn't until John took control of the plants and was ready to attack that he discovered that most of the plants had been destroyed, with only a few left alive; although he could control plants, he could not bring dead plants back to life.
Perhaps this is because his ability had not yet reached that level, yet he was able to bring a dead tree back to life.
Since most of the plants were missing, the strength naturally decreased significantly, but John still did not give up and continued to control the plants, the plants on the pirate ship suddenly stretched out countless vines and lashed towards the pirates on the pirate ship.
"Another trick?"
John was just manipulating the plants for an attack when he was spotted by Rayleigh, who continuously brandished his long sword in his hand, chopping off all the incoming plant vines with a few blows, and then another continuous slash, chopping off any remaining plants with their roots.
John's face on top of the warship became very ugly, was the other side too strong or was he too weak, he didn't even start the fight and his plants had already been destroyed, were all the people of the Roger Pirates monsters?
"This man, is this Reilly?"
By this time they were already close together, and with the help of the will of observation, John could clearly see the man attacking the plants, wearing goggles and with a weapon, which was again a sword, very closely matching the features of Silvers Reilly.
Once again, Sakazuki used his lava fist to bombard a pirate ship, only the future admiral was not yet close to what he would become, and his lava fist did not bother the Roger Pirates much.
"The difference is too big."
John looked at the scene and sighed in his heart, it wasn't that they were too weak, it was that Roger's pirates were too strong.
The current Roger Pirates had not yet reached their peak, but they were still the best pirate group in the New World. In addition to Roger, a man stronger than the Fleet Admiral, there was also Reilly, the second commander, who was comparable to the Fleet Admiral, as well as Skoper and other team members who were not much weaker than the Fleet Admirals.
They were lucky that they were able to run this far, but they were still far from participating in a battle of this level.
The soldiers under Garp's command were not as elite as Roger's, but they were more numerous, and with Garp in front, the two sides fought incessantly, but John's side was forgotten.
The chase went on for probably half an hour, and finally Roger called out, "Garp, we'll fight sometime in the New World, I won't fight you today."
Saying this, the Oro-Jackson of the Roger Pirates immediately turned around and fled in the other direction.
"Roger, don't run away if you have the courage."
Garp yelled loudly but didn't go after him, he knew full well that even if he went after him, it would be difficult to hold the other side unless he sent a dozen warships to intercept at the same time, otherwise he would not be able to hold Roger.
"Garp is still the same, if it was someone else, I'm afraid he would have been chasing us continuously."
Rayleigh said to Roger with a smile when he saw that Garp wasn't giving chase.
Roger laughed: "We fought him so many times, we have known each other for a long time, this guy is different from ordinary Marines, if I were not a pirate, and he is a Marine, perhaps we could really become best friends, but even now it's nice be both enemies and friends
Reilly said, "Because Garp showed up so unexpectedly, I'm pretty sure he wasn't chasing us, but was following that warship."
Roger nodded and said, "Make no mistake, those on this ship must be of a new generation of Marines, and not just rookies, they must be a genius who is valued by the Marine headquarters, otherwise he would not allow Garp to follow him." and protect him."
"A fruitie that can use lava and looks very strong, one with a very strong observation will, and another that can control plants from a distance of hundreds of meters, it seems that this generation of sentinels is really talented."
Roger and Reilly did not know that the person with the will to observe and control the plants is the same person and thought they were two different people.
"When we're done with what we need to do, we'll go to the New World, I heard that the Golden Lion has been making a lot of noise in the New World lately, so it's time for us to join in the fun."
After the destruction of the Rox Pirates, the new world became extremely chaotic, and the various pirates that split off from the Rox Pirates fought for territory, and after a few years, it was the Golden Lion that became the most powerful.
When Roger and Garp joined forces to defeat Rox, they naturally battled the Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and others in the process. Although he didn't have the ambition of the Golden Lion, if given the chance, he would make a big mess.
Garp used the Geppo to hop onto John's boat and scanned the area before asking Baruch "Any casualties?".
Baruch replied, "No."
"This is good".
Garp was somewhat relieved that even if there were casualties, he wouldn't have to take on much responsibility, but after all, he was careless this time, and if there were casualties, he would blame himself.
Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Garp, who regained his mood, laughed out loud, "John, Sakazuki, you are lucky this time, fortunately you met Roger's crew, if you met other strong pirates, you would be so unlucky."
Looking at the laughing Garp, John couldn't help but remember his previous meeting with this old uncultured man.
"This time we had a scare and it was a good experience for you guys."
As if understanding Jon's look, Garp coughed twice slightly, put on a serious expression, and began to lecture.
The Roger Pirates are one of the most formidable pirate factions in the New World and you have all seen their power but I will tell you this, they just didn't try to kill you otherwise you would have been done for a long time, they didn't even give their best to all the power that was just shown, now you know what a gap is between you and the big pirates?
The crowd was silent, including Sakazuki and John, John knew best, he knew that what Garp had said was the truth.
Not to mention Roger, even Rayleigh alone was enough to sweep them all away, a distance of a few hundred meters was quite far for an ordinary person, but if Roger and the others really had the intent to kill, they could easily board the warship and kill them all .
Seeing that no one was saying anything, Garp scratched his head, unsure how to continue talking. It was okay for him to fight pirates, but in order to train newcomers, he really didn't know what to do.
"Since you're fine, it's up to you whether you want to return to Marineford, or continue sailing before the deadline, I'll follow you; but don't expect help from me, I won't show up unless it's a life or death situation, just now."
With the warning, Garp left the warship.
It wasn't until after Garp left that Baruch spoke up and asked, "You all heard what Vice Admiral Garp said, what you do next is up to you."
After the escape they had just experienced, they all experienced mixed feelings, there were still a few days left until the end of the month, and they did not know if it was worth continuing.
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