@Antmrm Novice thinking. If that's what u think even after reading about him and the Old Gen then u don't really understand them at all. Rocks, WB, Roger all three of them had said that he is better off a pirate than a navy officer, and Garp knew that too but if he had left then the WG would have grown even more menacing. He also had to protect his officers, the navy from the tenryubitos influence and maintain a balance between Marine and Pirates. Just bcz there are some good pirates doesn't mean the others are too, u saw how Rocks crew betrayed him and how the rest of the pirates were only there to terrorise and loot. And if after that incident Garp had left then the people would have followed him as he was the great hero of navy and run rampaged in other countries. Some could have thought about why he left but most of them were just waiting for him to leave as Garp was a threat to everyone. And during then the G** Knights would have to move, making their influence and power grow much faster than it has.
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