Garp's loud voice shocked everyone in the tavern, and everyone turned around and looked at Garp and Zephyr who were walking into the cowboy door.
The people who drank in this tavern were basically from the town, and they were all quite familiar with Karp. After a brief moment of surprise, they all smiled with surprise.
"Oh! Mr. Cap, I didn't expect you to be back!"
"Luffy has missed you a lot lately!"
Behind the bar, Makino was wiping the wine glass carefully. When he heard the sound, he looked up and saw Garp and Zephyr standing in front of the door. They both had bright smiles on their faces and patted Luffy on the head to say hello.
In front of the bar, Luffy was sitting on a high stool, holding a spoon in his hand, and was eating the seafood fried rice in front of him. When he heard the sound, his body trembled, and then he turned his head stiffly and looked behind him.
Looking at Garp's rough and brilliant smile, Luffy's face didn't show any joy at all. Instead, he ignored it, turned his head hurriedly, and started eating, as if he was afraid that Garp would snatch the food from him.
Seeing Luffy like this, Garp's veins jumped for a moment, and he quickly walked behind Luffy in two steps and three steps, punched Luffy on the head, and shouted angrily: "Asshole, why didn't you say hello?!"
Luffy's head tilted, and under Garp's fist, Luffy's forehead bounced like rubber, and there was no pain transmitted to Luffy's body at all.
Luffy scratched his forehead lightly, picked his nose and casually shouted: "Grandpa, why is it you?!"
"Welcome back."
Luffy's casual look made Garp even angrier. He didn't expect that after just a few months of not seeing him, Luffy had become so disrespectful.
It seems that I really need to use my iron fist to educate my grandson and let Luffy know what it means to respect elders.
Garp grabbed Luffy's ear and was about to scold him when he suddenly realized something. His brows tightened, and he rubbed Luffy's head and asked in confusion:
"Aren't you in pain?"
When Garp was using his fist to teach Luffy a lesson just now, although he held back, Luffy has never been the kind of guy who can endure pain since he was a child. Based on their previous experience together, that punch was enough to make Luffy scream in pain.
But such a scene did not happen. It was only after Garp grabbed Luffy's ear that he felt something was wrong with the touch. He reacted belatedly and asked.
"pain?"
“It doesn’t hurt!”
"I'm a rubber man who ate the rubber fruit. How could a fist possibly make me feel pain?"
When Luffy heard Garp's question, he answered nonchalantly that he had no idea what the rubber fruit meant, nor did he know the value of the devil fruit. Such words sounded quite casual when they came out of his mouth.
"What!!!"
"Rubber Fruit? Rubber Man? What are you talking about?!"
Garp was stunned, grabbed Luffy's collar and lifted him up from the bench, staring at Luffy's face with his tiger eyes and asked angrily.
"So, I'm a rubber man who ate the rubber fruit."
"Have you ever heard of devil fruits?"
"Gum Fruit, I ate a devil fruit called the Gum Fruit and became a rubber man!"
"Hehehe, Grandpa, I'm not afraid of your fist anymore!"
When Luffy talked about not being afraid of Garp's fist, a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face. When facing Garp, there was no fear in his heart anymore.
Garp's iron fist named "Love" is really the shadow of Luffy's childhood. Although his father's "Seven Wolves" are missing in his life, Garp's iron fist also makes up for his childhood "regrets".
"Gum Fruit?!"
"You ate the rubber fruit?!"
"What's going on!"
Garp didn't expect that he would hear the word "devil fruit" from Luffy's mouth. His pupils suddenly shrank and his expression changed.
He tried to control his emotions and asked softly.
After Zephyr, who walked into the tavern with Garp, heard the name of the Rubber Fruit from Luffy, his eyes fell on Luffy. There was a look of surprise and doubt in his eyes, and his gaze swept towards Garp from time to time.
"That kid ate the Rubber Fruit?! The thing that Yoriichi has been searching for for so many years was obtained by this kid?!"
"Is this Garp's arrangement?!"
"No, judging by Garp's expression, this must be the first time he's heard of it."
"What the hell is going on!"
Zephyr looked intently at Garp and Luffy, the grandfather and grandson, and a huge uproar had already set off in his heart.
What Jiguo Yuanyi had been pursuing for so many years was finally found in this windmill village, and the Nika fruit was actually eaten by Garp's grandson.
Zephyr didn't know whether to be happy or sad at this moment. He was happy because the whereabouts of the Nika Fruit had been found, and it was not in the hands of some random person, but in the hands of Garp's grandson.
The sad thing is that his disciples have been chasing the Nika Fruit for so many years but to no avail, and in the end it was obtained by a little kid.
If this were to become public, I wonder if it would become a stain on Tsugumi Yuichiro's life.
It's so funny and sad that he can't even win against a child.
Just when Zefa was feeling mixed emotions, Garp and Luffy, the grandfather and grandson, made the whole tavern noisy.
In order to show Garp his powerful "special ability", Luffy grabbed his cheeks with both hands and made a big face at Garp. Luffy's facial skin stretched nearly half a meter, which made Garp's eyelids twitch wildly.
After showing off his abilities, Luffy looked at Garp's astonished expression, puffed out his chest, and said complacently, "Grandpa, now you understand my strengths!"
"I'm not afraid of your fist anymore."
Seeing Luffy's arrogant look, Garp's forehead veins bulged, and he punched Luffy on the head again. Facing Garp's iron fist, Luffy still had that "death look" on his face, and he didn't care at all.
"Ding~"
A light sound came from Luffy's forehead, and a familiar feeling of pain came from Luffy's head.
"hiss--"
Little Luffy gasped in pain, covered his head with his hands, and then let out a cry of pain.
Garp clenched his fist, snorted, and said to Luffy with a smile: "There is no way to defend against my fist of love!"
"Luffy, don't think that just because you've become a person with special abilities, you can act recklessly in front of Grandpa!"
Luffy felt that the worldview he had just built up was shattered. He had clearly become a rubber man, so why was he still hurt by being punched?
At this moment, Luffy couldn't help but begin to doubt his life.
"Thank you, Shirley."
Zephyr ignored Garp and Luffy who were fighting, walked to the bar, sat on a stool, gently took out a clean cup from the side, and spoke to Makino behind the bar.
"Oh, okay."
"Please wait a moment."
Makino glanced at Zefa's snow-white military uniform and guessed that this person should be Garp's colleague, and answered repeatedly.
This was the first time that Makino saw Garp coming to the island with sailors of similar age to himself. In the past, when Garp came back for vacation, he was mostly alone, and only occasionally would he bring his subordinates to the island.
The meticulous Makino also guessed that this gentle-looking middle-aged navy man in front of him should be a very good friend of Garp.
The wine glass in front of Zephyr was filled. While drinking, Zephyr listened to the conversation between Garp and Luffy.
This grandfather and grandson are also very interesting. Garp is disrespectful to his elders, and Luffy is a guy with a lively personality. When these grandfather and grandson chat, it's like they are arguing, and their tones are higher than the other.
"What, you ate Red Hair's Gum-Gum Fruit?!"
"What? Red Hair had his arm bitten off by the Sea King in order to save you?"
"What, you want to become the Pirate King?!"
"asshole!!!"
In just a few minutes, Garp had been "shocked" several times by Luffy's words. He had not expected that so many things would happen in just a few months.
Now, it seems that his grandson has been "poisoned" by Red Hair.
"You're going to be a good Marine, bastard!!!"
Among all the things Luffy said, what Garp cared about most was not the red-haired man's broken arm, nor Luffy becoming a person with special abilities, but Luffy actually clamoring to become the Pirate King.
Cap could accept everything.
This is the only thing that Garp absolutely cannot allow.
He absolutely could not tolerate his grandson becoming a pirate, or even dreaming of becoming the Pirate King!
Zephyr, who was drinking silently, paused after hearing Luffy's wish. He turned his head to glance at the young Luffy without saying a word.
He didn't think that a kid like Luffy could become the so-called Pirate King one day. It wasn't that Zephyr looked down on young people like Luffy, but Zephyr knew that there was no soil on the ocean today that could breed the Pirate King.
"Hey, your name is Luffy, right?!"
"Want to become the Pirate King?"
"Are you going to conquer this sea?"
"Do you think you can do it?"
Just as Garp was playing with his grandson, Zephyr, who had been drinking silently, suddenly asked Luffy.
Hearing the sudden talk, Garp and Luffy also fell silent.
Garp glanced at his grandson thoughtfully, then leaned back so that Luffy and Zephyr's eyes met.
"Conquer this ocean?"
"I never thought of it that way."
"I want to be the Pirate King because he is the freest person in the world!"
When Luffy talked about One Piece, his eyes were full of longing. Luffy, who was raised in Windmill Village since he was a child, had no playmates. What he longed for most was the vast ocean that Shanks talked about.
He wanted to become the Pirate King simply because he wanted to break free from the constraints of Windmill Village and Garp and do what he wanted.
"The freest person?!"
Hearing Luffy's answer, Zephyr's eyes flashed with surprise. He had expected to hear some ambitious aspirations from Garp's grandson.
After all, he wants to become the Pirate King. Even if it is just a child's delusion, it is probably accompanied by some grand ambitions.
But Zefa didn't expect that he would hear such an answer from Luffy's mouth.
free
No one has ever associated the so-called freedom with the title of Pirate King.
The word "One Piece" is often associated with treasure, power, fame, strength, etc.
"Freedom? Hahaha!"
Zephyr suddenly burst into laughter. When Garp heard Luffy's answer, he couldn't help but gently touch Luffy's head and shook his head.
"Even the Pirate King may not have much freedom."
"When you grow up, you'll understand!"
Zefa didn't take Luffy's words to heart. It is normal for children to not have a correct understanding of the world and always have "inexplicable" ideals in their hearts.
Everyone wanted to be a "scientist" when they were young, but that was just the most "noble" profession in the limited cognition of children.
The same goes for Luffy. One day, Luffy will understand that there is no such thing as a truly free person in this world.
Human beings will always be bound by things of one kind or another and will never be able to obtain the so-called true freedom.
If any.
He must be the enemy of everyone in the world!
"Luffy, you must become a powerful marine."
"Perhaps only if you become a powerful navy can you gain the freedom you imagine."
Garp said as he and Zephyr drank.
However, what the two of them said was of no use to Luffy now. It was not easy to change Luffy's already formed ideas.
After a short stay in Windmill Village, Garp took Luffy to the home of the village chief, Up Slap. During Luffy's time in Windmill Village, Up Slap was still taking care of him. Every time he came, Garp would leave Luffy's support money.
Garp is a powerful navy, but he is not necessarily a good grandfather. Even though he never deprives Luffy of food, clothing and other necessities, it is obvious that Garp cannot give Luffy what a child of his age wants.
After a brief reunion between the grandfather and grandson, Garp and Zefa left and headed towards the Dadan family's stronghold on Mount Korpo.
This time when returning to the East China Sea, there are two important things for Garp. One is to visit Luffy, and the other is to take Zephyr to visit Ace and Sabo.
The world conscription launched by Yoriichi Tsugikuni caused a big stir, and Garp was also closely following the various events happening in the Ten Thousand Nations.
As the Wan Kingdom was founded, the Navy's understanding of the Wan Kingdom gradually deepened.
Garp knew that Tsugikoku Yoriichi had opened a naval school for young orphans in Wanoku. He was very interested in this thing and was thinking about replicating it in Marineford.
If Marinford could open such a school, he could bring his grandson back to the headquarters with good reason, and he would not need to go back to the East China Sea to visit his grandson often.
Perhaps the biggest problem is that after Luffy is brought back to the Marine Headquarters, Dragon may not be able to secretly see his child.
However, when Garp realized the influence of Red Hair on his grandson, he also made up his mind to take Luffy back to the headquarters of the Navy.
Mount Korpo is rarely visited and the road up the mountain is not easy to walk on.
Zefa followed Garp up the mountain and enjoyed the natural scenery on the mountain. He hadn't relaxed like this for many, many years.
"roar!!!"
Halfway through the journey, a tiger roar came from the mountainside and echoed throughout the forest.
Hearing this voice, Zephyr and Garp couldn't help but look at each other and quickened their pace.
On an open space on the mountainside.
A nearly two-meter-long tiger crouched down slightly with its mouth open, growling loudly from its throat.
In front of the tiger stood a freckled boy wearing a red short-sleeved shirt and holding a steel stick. Right behind the tiger stood a toothless boy wearing a tattered suit, a black top hat and holding a steel pipe.
The two children, one in front and one behind, actually trapped the tiger in the middle and confronted each other.
(End of this chapter)
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