Water City
Garp had imagined his two grandsons countless times in their navy uniforms, and their happy smiles now were truly wonderful. Unfortunately, he knew that if they were in the navy, neither of his grandsons would maintain such smiles. Ace was at least somewhat restrained, but with Luffy's personality, he would definitely cause a huge uproar, and Garp wouldn't be able to protect the children.
"So, the intelligence that was transferred to me was from you?" Garp suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He had felt it was strange before that the intelligence was sent to him instead of others.
Since Yunxiu is here, it must have been her doing. After all, her own grandson doesn't have the brains for this, and others probably don't know about this kinship.
Zoro: "..."
What intelligence?
What did Yunxiu send to the navy?
“Those are the cancers of the Navy. I don’t know who to trust. If we report them carelessly and expose their collusion, wouldn’t that cause secondary harm to the local civilians?” Luna nodded decisively. Don’t expect her to know who in the Navy isn’t corrupt. Even with the three admirals, she doesn’t know their character, or rather, their style of handling things.
Moreover, such intelligence is not worth mentioning to the future. If Garp hadn't been born in the East Blue, he wouldn't always be running around here.
Ace: "..."
Is this even possible?
I learned something.
Garp was speechless for a moment; he knew all too well the darkness within the Navy. He didn't say anything more, only instructing the four to rest obediently, and that he would find an excuse to go to Water 7 to inspect the ships the next day. Anyway, Sengoku knew that his ships had a high rate of failure.
"Thank you, Mr. Garp," Luna said with a smile, casually kicking Luffy.
"Huh?" Luffy looked up blankly, and with Luna's prompting, he obediently thanked her as well.
However, with his mouth stuffed full of food, his speech was very slurred. He could only make two muffled "ooh" sounds.
"Grandpa, why are you with Koby?"
"I found him on the road." Garp didn't mind; his grandson was just that adorable.
"Mr. Luffy, actually..." Coby saw that Luffy had finally noticed him and started babbling on and on.
"Hmph, I didn't expect to see you here, Roronoa Zoro." The blond guy next to him said arrogantly, but he had clearly picked the wrong person.
Zoro frowned in confusion, asked "Who are you?", and then continued eating.
Golden Retriever: QAQ This guy!
>>>>
Luna hadn't slept well for the past two days. She was a spoiled child and couldn't get used to sleeping on a hard, unfamiliar bed. If it weren't for the library on the warship, she didn't know how she would have survived.
Zoro routinely gets lost and fights people, while Luffy and Ace spend 10 out of 24 hours a day in the kitchen. Luna has to go to the kitchen every day to drag them away, otherwise these two gluttons will eat all the food.
That's absolutely outrageous!
You won't know what the world is like unless you're on your own boat being managed by others.
If we keep eating, everyone else will go hungry. Marines are human too!
"Yunxiu, what are you doing?"
"Shut up." Luna dragged the person to find Garp, asking the grandfather to keep an eye on things: "You need to take care of this. We won't be able to reach Water Seven until tomorrow night, and we're running out of food."
Garp looked at his two grandsons, their bellies bulging, and felt a headache coming on. Luna and her adjutant went out to say that the food she had bought beforehand was grain and could be sent to the kitchen.
The adjutant wearing sunglasses paused slightly, noticing the young woman's visibly haggard appearance, and a feeling of shared understanding immediately welled up within him. The worries of working people are indeed the same everywhere.
"Okay, I'll take care of it. Don't worry, I'll be there soon." Sure enough, following an idiot like that is exhausting.
Luna's shoulders slumped as she waved her hand, wanting to bask in the sun and cleanse herself of the bad luck. She usually didn't have to worry about anything; with Sanji and Nami around, and her money and food taken care of, she had no need to fret at all.
I miss Nami so much, I miss Sanji so much.
So she found a place to sleep on the deck. She dozed off on a deckchair, with a parasol in hand and an eye mask on.
Without her noticing, she felt someone walk by, then the footsteps returned, followed by the sound of a chair being moved. Luna looked up in confusion, lifted a corner of her blindfold, and saw a tall man whose chest was completely obscured. He simply placed a long chair next to her, sat down, and greeted her with a smile.
"Hey, miss, wanna keep you company?" The man had curly hair, the really, really curly kind, and a rather rugged face.
"This deck is huge." Luna found it troublesome. Who could sleep next to a Marine Admiral when they had a bounty on their head?
They weren't caught.
“But this is even better.” The man lay down directly, pulled off his blindfold, and ignored everyone.
"..."
Luna was too exhausted to care about being an admiral or anything like that, and was fast asleep, oblivious to everything. But in her hazy state, she heard Luffy and Zoro arguing; it seemed that the directionally challenged guy had found his way back on his own, and there wasn't a moment's peace.
"Shut up! Be quiet!" Luna kicked him, her morning grumpiness exploding instantly.
Luffy and Zoro, pinned to the ground, remained silent. It's common sense for men not to provoke women who get angry on the Going Merry.
"Hahahaha! Little girl, want to join the Navy? I'll introduce you to a good teacher." Garp laughed wildly with his arms crossed, patting Luna's shoulder with his Iron Palm, thinking this girl had potential.
"No! Grandpa, Yunxiu is my companion!" Luffy jumped up to object, making quite a scene.
Watching the grandfather and granddaughter bicker, Luna smiled, shook her head, and said thank you, "Thanks, but no need. I'm even less suited to join the Navy than Luffy."
Upon hearing this, Aokiji pulled off his blindfold and glanced at the little girl: "Alright, the Navy is an ally of justice."
“I grew up in a very peaceful place with weak class consciousness. Compared to many miserable children on the high seas, I grew up in a honey pot.” Apart from physical reasons, I have never suffered any hardship.
Garp and Aokiji's expressions changed slightly; they understood. This kind of child couldn't bear being wronged and would have a more clear-cut worldview than Luffy. Her disdain for the World Government was overflowing; even without mentioning it once, that contempt was undeniable.
Aokiji glanced at Garp and thought that this girl was actually more suited to go to, well, to the old man's son's side. Their values would definitely be compatible.
"Shut up, Kuzan!" Garp clenched his fist in exasperation, about to throw a punch.
"I didn't say anything!" Aokiji turned his head away in surprise. Was this the legendary "eye contact that disturbed someone"?
That's outrageous!
That's too much.
Luffy and Ace laughed so hard they were doubled over. They never expected that even the legendary Marine Admiral would be chased all over the place by their grandfather. They were so happy to have a companion now.
Garp was fast, and Aokiji wasn't taking it seriously. He was soon knocked to the ground with a punch. Aokiji was also putting on an act, even his fall was incredibly stylish. He lay on the ground for a few seconds, making sure the fist wasn't coming down again, then immediately got up and sat back down on the recliner.
Garp laughed heartily after beating someone up, standing happily to the side, picking up a donut and stuffing it into his mouth, pointing at the person next to him and introducing it.
"Oh, by the way, little girl, this is Kuzan. If you ever have any tattling, call him."
"What kind of report? Mr. Garp, I am a Marine Admiral." Aokiji was speechless. Did he plant a spy for his grandson's pirate crew?
“I’m not very good at handling those things.” Garp waved his hand calmly, as if to leave it to him.
"An excuse." Luna narrowed her eyes and immediately retorted. What did this old man mean? What if that young general tried to take her down?
Although she wasn't sure she would lose, she didn't want to cause trouble.
"I'm very busy!"
"Do you have someone who's very busy?"
"Why not?"
"No, you're about to retire. Your son isn't around, so what's wrong with taking care of your grandson? What's the big deal? When Luffy was a kid, you left him with other people to look after, and whenever you had free time, you'd throw him off cliffs or into the mountains, calling it training. That's child abuse! Anyone with a strong will to live would have died eight hundred times over!"
Luffy was deeply moved and nodded frantically, recounting his grandfather's evil deeds. He had almost been killed by his grandfather many times; he was so scared back then.
Aokiji watched speechlessly as Luna and the old man started arguing, her little mouth spewing venomous words. Even Mr. Garp felt a little guilty, which was quite a novel experience for him.
Garp's adjutant, wearing sunglasses, approached Admiral Aokiji to explain. It wasn't anything particularly unusual; it was just that the Straw Hat crew often encountered some Marines who harassed civilians during their voyages.
"When things like this happen a lot, Mr. Karp..."
How could Aokiji not know? Someone like Garp, you could ask him to fight Whitebeard for eight hundred rounds and he wouldn't even flinch, but when it comes to dealing with internal Navy issues, the wrinkles on his face could trap flies.
"Isn't it you I have?"
“It also requires Mr. Karp’s approval.” The adjutant pushed up his sunglasses and glanced to the side.
Why not take the opportunity to be lazy?
Who wants to work?
Yunxiu, tired of babbling on and on, took a sip of juice to catch her breath. Just then, the general who had been watching her closely blurted out, "You're a wanted criminal, why are you calling the police when you encounter bad guys?"
"I'm used to it." Luna bit into an ice cube, her eyes turning away.
What could Aokiji say? Should he praise her for doing the right thing and say that one should call the police when something happens?
-evening-
To conserve lifeboats, Luna and her three companions arrived at Water 7 on the frozen sea surface created by Aokiji. Aokiji pointed to the Going Merry over there, its skull and crossbones flag fluttering in the wind, and Luffy ran towards it with a joyful cheer.
Just as Yunxiu was about to leave, she turned around with a start, realizing something was wrong, and stared at Qingzhi's face, asking, "What did you do to them while we were away?"
If this guy hadn't seen it before, he definitely wouldn't recognize the Going Merry!
Zoro stopped in his tracks upon hearing this, pointed his thumb at his sword forehead, and glared at the admiral with an unfriendly expression.
What did he do to everyone?
"Hey, hey, hey, I haven't done anything yet." Aokiji's lips twitched. Are kids these days so perceptive?
[What?] Luna and Zoro's expressions were off: What is this guy up to?
"Ah! Let go of Yunxiu-chan!" From Sanji's perspective, the admiral who had bullied Robin was now bullying the girls on the ship.
After a period of chaos, the conflict subsided. However, everyone looked at Aokiji with complicated emotions, not expecting Luffy to have connections with the Navy.
Robin sat there on the ground, looking lost in thought. Luna went over and hugged her, gently stroking her soft hair and saying, "Learning history, exploring history, is never a sin."
"You know?" Robin's pupils contracted sharply as he looked at Luna in astonishment.
"Hey, hey, that's not ordinary history." Aokiji looked helpless; this girl shouldn't be encouraging him.
"A monarch who cannot tolerate history is one whose own virtue is flawed and whose conduct is improper. It's one thing for the first generation to fear rebellion, but if the successor had treated the common people well, and the world lived in peace and prosperity, there would have been no revolutionary army. Instead of looking for the reasons within themselves and reflecting on their own actions, they distort history and erase evidence—it's putting the cart before the horse, utterly foolish." Luna sneered. Aren't there plenty of usurpers who seize power? What a trivial matter, worth hiding for centuries?
"With such a narrow-minded and intolerant attitude, the World Government is doomed."
“Yes!” Usopp and Chopper nodded vigorously in support, even though they didn’t understand.
Robin glanced at Luna's profile, a faint blush rising to her cheeks.
So handsome!
Girls can be this cool too!
Aokiji: ...
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