That year, Sengoku was not yet Fleet Admiral.
That year, Kuzan, Sakazuki, and Borsalino were young and full of ambition.
That year, the Marines' heroic Vice Admiral Garp was fired up, chasing Roger all over the world.
It was also that year.
Xia Le, who had been shot in the head, blasted in the body by cannon fire, had his neck slashed open by a long blade, had seawater fill his nostrils, and had been burned by raging flames, yet still refused to die, became an unremarkable rookie soldier by Garp's side.
After seeing this heroic Vice Admiral smash a town to pieces with a single punch,
he silently lowered his head and quietly leveled up the newly awakened Conqueror's Haki to the max.
