Chapter 693 Listening to Grandpa Telling Lin Qi's Story
[Chapter Serialization·In the Clouds 2·'Hey, is God awake?'] [After finally regaining some strength, Enel climbed out of the cloud pit, but saw two pairs of feet in front of him... He looked up and saw the Shandia warrior Wepper and the chestnut-haired muscular man Mont Blanc, one carrying a cannon and the other rubbing his fists, both looking at him with ill intent.]——
[“This is the gate of justice, not for criminals like you…”]
[On the sea behind the Gate of Justice, the navy hero, with veins all over his head and a hoarse roar, actually lifted the warship that Robin had stolen from the sea with a pair of rough hands... The warship he was standing on also tilted up, and the bow was almost sinking into the sea. The marines behind him were horrified and crying. With Garp's roar, "——How can you use it so casually!!" He threw the entire warship hard and flew high towards the direction of the Gate of Justice. ]
[The warship flew backwards and passed over the pursuing Merry. Luffy, Nami, Chopper and others on the ship also collectively turned into Enelu's emojis, completely stunned! ]
[Is that old navy man still human?! ]
[Grandpa is really a monster! ! Luffy took a deep breath, the shadow of his childhood, the fear of being dominated by his grandfather, suddenly flooded his mind. ]
[“My dear grandson, are you thinking about something rude?” Garp unexpectedly swam across the sea and stepped on the bow of the Merry, and gave a fierce kick! Boom, the Merry sailed in the opposite direction, pulling out a surging white wave on the sea. Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Chopper, Usopp, Franky, Camie, and even the eyes, teeth and other facial features of the ship elf Merry seemed to remain in the same position just now...]
[Flying high in the sky, over the Gate of Justice and towards Judicial Island, Robin uses the Flower-Flower Fruit to grow several arms and grab the side of the falling warship. When she reaches a certain height, she leaps up, and petals bloom from behind her shoulder blades, forming a pair of angel-like wings. She flaps them vigorously a few times to slow down her fall. Before she falls into the sea, "BIB" punches her in the chest and takes out the chip from the Flower-Flower Fruit. Plop! ]
【Robin refused to let "BIB" hold her in the air, took a deep breath and fell into the sea. In the whirlpool created by the sunken warship, she tried her best to resist the chaotic and violent currents. She vaguely heard Nami and the others shouting on the sea surface, and then a mermaid dived into the sea. The turbulent currents had no effect on her. It was better to say that she used these violent currents to increase her swimming speed. She rushed to Robin like a torpedo, grabbed Robin's arm and swam her out of the range of the whirlpool currents. With a splash, she floated to the surface of the sea.】
[“Thank you, Cami…” Robin shook her hair and let out a breath. Although she couldn’t have drowned like this, it was indeed much easier with the help of the mermaid.]
【Kami hugged her and smiled softly, "You're welcome."】
[The door of justice that was finally opened slowly closed again... The warship approached slowly, and the old sailor with a dog-head hat on the bow rubbed his fists, looking at Robin who was hugged by the little mermaid on the sea, and said expressionlessly: "Kujo Jolyne, you are no match for me. The guy next to you should be more likely to go..."]
[“Eh?! I——?!!” Cammy was so frightened by Garp’s words that her appearance was ruined, and her eyeballs, tongue, and teeth all popped out. ]
[A dark shadow slowly descends, with its feet suspended in the air beside Robin.]
[The pitch-black helmet, shoulders, arms, breastplate... even the plastron, all condensed into entities in the air. His narrow eyes glowed with light as he stared at the aging naval hero.]
【“Stinky grandpa!”】
[The rubber arm reaches out to Garp, and Luffy yells on the Merry, "Kuro! Don't do it! Chopper has already told us that if you do it, it will be very painful afterwards, right?!"]
[Along with the rubber fist came lightning, slashing blows, golden shoes, sniper bullets...]
…
Wow, wow, wow... The waves beat against the coast of the Water City, and the wind blows the black and orange hair.
The dilapidated Merry was quietly parked on the beach, and there were also the mermaid Kemi playing in the water, the giant island whale Labu, Granny Kokoro, and her granddaughter Timni who was amazed at Labu. Timni sat on the beach with her knees hugged and said to Kemi in the water: "We are both mermaids, but you are much prettier than my grandma!" Kemi was shy, and Granny Kokoro laughed while drinking, "When I was young, I was actually not inferior to this girl~~Hiccup~~" Timni expressed doubt, "Really?"
“…”Robin and Nami stood side by side on the beach, enjoying the breeze.
There is no need to say much about the result of the previous battle. With Garp's determined obstruction, and without "BIB" taking action, the Straw Hat Pirates and Robin would not be able to pass through the Gate of Justice.
In Garp's words at the time, he was sent here to reminisce about the past between the two old friends with his grandson, but if Robin insisted on forcing his way into the Gate of Justice - he wouldn't mind changing the purpose of this trip to capturing the Son of Devil and escorting him to the holy land of Marijoa for punishment.
"Since there is no way to go directly from the Gate of Justice on Judicial Island to the Grand Prison, let's think of another way together."
Nami hugged Robin's arm tightly, "There is always a way. Luffy's grandfather can't be watching us all the way."
“…”
Robin's brows were slightly wrinkled, and Nami's fingers pressed them down, and then slowly rubbed them to make them loose. Nami stared at Robin's eyes closely, blinked and said, "I think it's better for Sister Robin to be as happy as possible when you go to rescue Lynch. This way, he will feel more at ease when he sees you, right?" Robin thought to himself that it was too late. As long as "BIB" returned to Lynch's body, a documentary "Nicole Robin: Decade of Depression" would appear in Lynch's mind. He didn't know if he would be disappointed in himself...
"Merry," Robin wanted to change the subject, "What should we do with Merry next? It's too damaged to continue sailing, right?"
Speaking of this, Nami was also a little depressed. Looking at the sailboat full of iron patches anchored on the beach, she seemed to see the scenes of everyone adventuring, playing, fighting, and feasting together on it. "Luffy and Usopp had a quarrel over the Merry before, but at that time, in order to catch up with Sister Robin, they temporarily put the quarrel aside." Nami frowned and said, "Luffy originally decided to give up the Merry and get a new ship. That cyborg pervert Franky has been building a new ship for us for free, but - seeing Merry really turned into a ship elf and heard its voice, how could we bear to abandon it now! Of course, Luffy and Usopp don't have to quarrel anymore."
"No need to argue, but what's the plan?" Robin asked, "Should we leave the Merry in the Seven Waters?"
Nami held her forehead and sighed, "Otherwise, what else can we do? Unless we have a way to carry this old ship that can no longer sail with us! Is this really possible? Unless there is a devil fruit ability that is like a castle, right?"
Robin was helpless after taking a look at the navigator lady's pretending to be entangled and distressed. What could she do? In order to find a good home for Chopper, she temporarily boarded Tulip's son's ship and found a few good pirate companions for her pet. Who knew that these pirate companions Luffy found were more stubborn than each other. He had already said such harsh words, but they still didn't give up on him. Could Robin really beat Nami, Luffy, and Chopper half to death? With the sea breeze blowing on her face, Robin said: "I thought about it... I wonder if 'BIB' can give the devil fruit to Merry. If possible, Merry should be able to stay on the new ship and take care of herself."
"Is there such a thing?" Nami was surprised.
"Let's go."
Robin waved to Cami, Lab, and the ship spirit that appeared on Merry's sheep head, then turned around and took Nami back to the Seven Water Capital.
When they found everyone, the grass in front of the house was filled with the feast made by Sanji and various delicacies. However, the people gathered here were clearly divided into three camps. On one side were the navy led by Garp, on the other side were pirates like Luffy, and some were local shipbuilders.
Lucci, who was chasing the Merry, was injured and knocked into the sea by Luffy, Nami, Zoro and others. It is not known whether he was rescued by the marines on Garp's warship. In short, no members of CP9 were seen.
When Robin and Nami came over, "BIB" was standing in the shadow of a coconut tree beside the grass, with his arms folded, his narrow eyes glowing with light, looking at the people who were having a dinner over there from a distance. Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, even Chopper, Franky, Mayor Icebagger and other local shipbuilders, as well as the marines brought by Garp himself, were all listening to Garp telling the story about a pirate named Lynch.
In particular, it is about the battle ten years ago when the navy dispatched Sengoku, who later became the marshal, and the three admirals Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru, who teamed up to set up an ambush on the Crown Island in the New World and finally successfully captured him.
“………………”
This past event, which very few people in the world knew about, was slowly told by the naval hero, which stunned everyone present and left them speechless for a long time.
Franky's eyes were bloodshot, and he said indignantly: "You navy are too despicable, aren't you?! Not only did you set up an ambush in advance, but you also deliberately took advantage of the fact that others had just finished a big battle and were exhausted to fight with more people?!!!"
"Unbelievable..." The shipwrights gasped and whispered, "Such a thing happened ten years ago? No wonder we haven't heard any news about the pirate Lynch since then!"
"How much hatred does it take to have the navy send out a marshal and three admirals all at once?"
"That was ten years ago, Sengoku wasn't even a marshal yet, and Aokiji and the others were only lieutenant generals!"
"How much difference can there be? It's just a difference in military rank. Do you really think those four people were weaker ten years ago than they are now?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"That's true..."
"Is that Lynch a human being?!"
Usopp raised his fists and howled angrily, "I'm so angry! That kind of duel is not fair at all!! Navy, Captain Usopp is very disappointed in you!!!"
"Ah?" Garp gnawed his meat and glanced at Usopp. Usopp quickly hid behind Chopper, who was also startled.
Luffy, who usually doesn't like listening to stories, was now eating meat crazily while listening to his grandfather Garp's stories about Lynch.
Although he did not roar and complain about the lack of martial ethics of Zhan Guo and others, he also exhaled two streams of hot air from his nostrils, looked determined, and chewed the meat even harder.
"..." Zoro and Sanji were sitting nearby, and when they listened to this story, they were shocked.
Aokiji, that Aokiji? The admiral Aokiji who almost wiped them out when they met?
Four people as powerful as Aokiji went together ten years ago? They also ambushed in advance, and used their prime to fight against the weak state, and used more people to fight fewer people... They took so much trouble to catch Lynch? How strong is Lynch? The green algae-headed swordsman and the golden chef couldn't help but look back and look at the black armor watching quietly under the tree. Although they had vaguely felt that Kuroko might be stronger than they imagined, they never thought that Kuroko and his body... would be so strong beyond imagination! Not only the pirates were shocked, but the marines behind Garp were also shocked.
This kind of thing...
They have never heard of it!!
This is the highest level of naval secrets, right? ! Vice Admiral Garp, you actually told this to a group of ordinary shipwrights and pirates as if nothing had happened? ! ! "Ah, it seems that these things should not be said out loud?" Garp suddenly remembered and touched his head optimistically, "Forget it, I will just pretend that I didn't tell you what happened just now!"
“Is it possible to pretend that I never said that?!!!!!!”
Coby, Bellemer and other marines, Franky and other shipwrights, Usopp and other pirates all raised their hands and shouted angrily.
Is this the reason why the JOJO Pirates almost disappeared? The marines behind Garp, especially those who had just joined the army, felt that their worldviews had been impacted, no, they were shaken.
Ten years ago, they actually dispatched the core forces of Sengoku, Aokiji, Kizaru, and Akainu all at once, just to deal with the JOJO Pirates, who were clearly one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea at the time? !
That's the Seven Warlords of the Sea!!!
Although the Shichibukai are also pirates, they showed their pirate habits, bit the navy, and were punished; and the navy shamelessly attacked their allies Shichibukai, which is completely different, okay? Many marines always felt that the eyes of those shipwrights and the Straw Hat Pirates looking at them seemed a little bit piercing.
Claiming to be righteous, yet doing such an unreasonable thing... Thinking back to ten years ago, "Kujo Jolyne" and the Pirate Queen attacked the Navy Branch Base like crazy... Was it unreasonable? Was it really unreasonable? Now thinking about it, it was too reasonable!
Our navy attacked these two Shichibukai for no reason and unreasonably snatched their men. Shouldn't others be allowed to retaliate?
Yes!
Some marines couldn't help but hold their foreheads, thinking about what happened that year and what the navy did later, suppressing the real demands of the Pirate Empress and "Kujo Jolyne", only exaggerating their "loss of reason" and brutal side in the newspapers, and even taking away their title of Seven Warlords of the Sea. Isn't this in fact "Although we are unreasonable, we attack our allies, we steal, we take advantage of the fire, but you are not allowed to resist, you are not allowed to seek justice!"?
This is simply a distortion of right and wrong! Is this the justice we pursue? I am so ashamed! New recruit Coby took out an old bounty order for Lynch from somewhere, his hands were shaking with shock, "I finally know why his bounty has increased so much when it was clearly Jolyne Kujo and the Pirate Empress who attacked the branch base, and there was clearly no sign of Lynch... In order to protect Jolyne Kujo and the Pirate Empress, did he choose to stay alone to stop Marshal Sengoku and the three admirals? No wonder he was offered a bounty of 2.2 billion berries..."
2.2 billion Baileys! Not everyone present had seen this bounty from ten years ago. Seeing it suddenly, they were so shocked that they forgot to swallow their food. Especially Usopp, his eyes almost popped out, and he said in disbelief: "Two-two-billion-?!!"
Berumebo's face was covered in sweat, and he asked Luffy with a smile, "Hey, Straw Hat, do you still want to recruit such a monster as a partner now?"
(End of this chapter)