Chapter 124 The Secret That Cannot Be Told! (Two in One)
"That...that man is...Whitebeard!"
"Whitebeard, Whitebeard is here!"
On the shore, the sailors saw the figure standing at the bow of the ship and immediately recognized him.
Exclamations echoed along the coast. Admiral Zhan Guo, who had just helped the navy fend off the tsunami, now stared intently at Edward Newgate on the bow of the Moby Dick and whispered in a deep voice:
"Why would this guy suddenly appear in a place like this?!"
Although Zhan Guo knew that the previous tsunami was probably caused by Whitebeard's ability, when Whitebeard and his ship really appeared at the port of Shuixianxing Island, Zhan Guo still had doubts.
Although Whitebeard was once a member of the Rocks Pirates and has always been active on the sea with the title of pirate, there are still big differences between Whitebeard and ordinary pirates.
Nowadays, most of the pirates on the sea rely on plundering to survive, but Whitebeard is different. He never actively "plunders". The money he spends is basically obtained through three ways: robbing others, treasure hunting, and collecting protection fees.
Generally speaking, if the navy does not take the initiative to cause trouble for Whitebeard, Whitebeard will not cause trouble for the navy.
If the navy is white and ordinary pirates are black, then Whitebeard is that neutral gray.
But now this "neutral" pirate actually took action, which was something Sengoku had not anticipated at the beginning of the plan.
"Whitebeard, what are you doing showing up in a place like this?!"
Facing the Roger Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates at the same time, Sengoku did not think that their navy could be strong enough to this extent. Even though most of their navy's elite troops gathered on Narcissus Star Island, they still could not face these two enemies at the same time.
What Zhan Guo is considering now is to find out the purpose of Whitebeard's trip and avoid direct conflict.
"Gulala!"
"It's the Warring States period!"
"Not listening to others is not a good habit."
"I already said, I'm just here to pick up my brother."
"Kozuki Oden!"
Warring States words finally made Whitebeard regain his attention. He looked at Warring States on the shore and said with a smile.
"Kozuki Oden? We in the navy have never seen this guy."
Zhan Guo frowned and shook his head.
However, when he said this, Whitebeard only glanced at Zhan Guo lightly, turned sideways and said to Marco behind him:
"Marco, go get Oden back."
"Pick him up and we'll be leaving."
"The battle between the navy and Roger has nothing to do with us."
While Whitebeard was speaking, Marco had already walked to Whitebeard's side. Hearing Whitebeard's order, Marco immediately smiled brightly and jumped directly off the bow of the ship.
The next second after Marco's figure disappeared from the bow of the Moby Dick, his arms turned into blue wings and flew directly into the sky, heading towards the depths of Shuixian Star Island.
Zhan Guo looked up and saw Marco leaving quickly, and his face darkened.
Just when Sengoku was planning to continue negotiating with Whitebeard in order to get more information, Rayleigh actually returned to the dock with the crew.
Seeing the Moby Dick docked at the harbor, Rayleigh smiled and greeted Whitebeard:
"Hey, long time no see! Newgate."
Seeing Rayleigh, Whitebeard didn't give him a good look. He snorted and said:
"Why did Oden appear on the island where the navy is stationed?!"
"My brother went sailing with you, not to be your weapon and help Roger fight."
"I heard that your voyage has ended. Isn't it time for Oden to return to our ship?"
Whitebeard has always been resentful about Roger taking Oden away. Although Oden also wanted to sail with Roger at that time, Whitebeard was still very unhappy.
This was the first time a family member had taken the initiative to leave him.
"Hahaha! Of course, we just have two trainee crew members who got lost, and we came here to find them."
"Oden is just helping out."
"Originally, we planned to send Oden back after picking up the crew."
Rayleigh explained with a smile. After hearing this, Whitebeard's expression eased a little. He ignored Rayleigh and looked towards the depths of the island.
As Sengoku listened to the conversation between the two people, the information about Kozuki Oden came to his mind. That "samurai" was a crew member on Whitebeard's ship before, and later appeared on Roger's ship.
Originally, Sengoku simply thought that this was just a flow of personnel between pirates and did not take it seriously. However, after listening to the conversation between Whitebeard and Rayleigh, he realized that Kozuki Oden had a very high status on Whitebeard's ship!
Everyone else is his son or daughter, only Kozuki Oden is his younger brother, isn't this status high enough?!
At the same time, after learning the news, Sengoku's expression became more solemn. The Roger Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates have a relationship through Kozuki Oden. Will Whitebeard sit idly by in today's battle?
Or even if Whitebeard originally didn't want to get involved, once Kozuki Oden got involved to help the Roger Pirates, would Whitebeard just leave his brother alone?!
Others might not care, but Whitebeard definitely won't!
The battle at the dock stopped after Whitebeard and his crew entered.
But at this time, the atmosphere in the center of Shuixianxing Island became increasingly tense.
At the door of Iwaya, both Garp and Roger noticed the arrival of the Whitebeard Pirates. After looking towards the port for a while, they both looked away.
When Roger learned that Whitebeard had arrived, the smile on his face became even brighter. He did not argue with Garp, but turned to Oden and the others and said:
"Oden, take Shanks and Buggy and leave here first."
"Rayleigh and the others are at the port and will pick you up."
"Your elder brother, Newgate, has also arrived. Go and join him."
"The Navy will never dare to stop you!"
Roger had a bright smile on his face when he said this. Although Whitebeard had entered the scene, Roger knew that they would not be able to fight a war with the navy today.
Hearing this, Garp did not refute, but shook his head and said self-deprecatingly:
"Our navy is really being looked down upon!"
Although Garp was reckless, he had a clear understanding of the situation and had no intention of continuing the battle with Roger. This was not only because of Whitebeard, but also because of Yoriichi Tsugakuin.
If he fights with Roger, there will probably be no way to determine the winner in a short period of time. Although Tsugakuni Yoshiichi is now very strong, facing both the Roger Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates at the same time, Garp cannot guarantee that he can protect Tsugakuni Yoshiichi and escape unscathed.
In Garp's opinion, Tsugokuni Yoriichi is far more important than Roger's pirate group.
Some risks should be avoided.
"Roger, what's on that island?!"
Garp had no intention of continuing to attack Roger's pirate group. Roger was about to leave after waiting for Oden and others to leave for a distance, but at this moment, Garp stopped Roger and asked.
He was still a little curious about the island that Roger's pirate group went to. After all, the World Government made a big fuss about this matter. It was impossible for Garp to not be curious.
"Do you want to know?!"
"If you knew, I'm afraid you wouldn't and couldn't continue to be a marine."
"Garp, even so, do you still want to know? If I tell you, will it have no impact on the future of your navy?"
Roger did not directly answer Garp's question, but asked in return, his eyes also looking at Yoriichi Tsugikoku who was behind Garp.
“.”
"Then you don't have to say it."
Garp was silent for a moment, then smiled and shook his head.
Roger smiled and glanced at Garp, then suddenly said to Tsugikoku Yoshiichi:
"Young man, aren't you curious? You're curious about what secrets are hidden on that final island!"
"If you want to know, I can tell you!"
Roger seduced Tsugikoku Yoriichi with a smile on his face. When Garp heard this, his face immediately turned angry, but he did not interrupt Roger. He then slowly turned around and said to Yoriichi:
"I never treated you as a child. If you are really interested, you can ask him. He won't lie to you."
For some unknown reason, both Roger and Garp focused their attention on Tsugikuni Yoriichi. When they looked at Yoriichi, one's eyes were full of expectation, while the other's eyes were full of worry.
Under the gaze of these two people, Ji Guoyuan smiled and shook his head, saying:
"Whatever is buried there, it has nothing to do with me."
"I have things I want to do."
"If I wanted to know, I would go and find it myself."
Hearing Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's answer, Garp secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know what Roger was going to say, since the other party said "he can't be a navy", it must be something that greatly impacted his worldview.
Knowing too much about this kind of thing will only make you upset.
It didn't matter to Garp himself. After all, he felt that he was very firm. He was afraid that a young navy like Tsugikuni Yoriichi would change his position after hearing something "strange".
Now after hearing Yoriichi's answer, Garp felt a little relieved.
When Roger heard Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's answer, he did not show much surprise. Although he had not met Tsugakuni Yoshiichi many times, Roger could feel that the taciturn boy behind Garp had a very strong will. After all, everyone who possessed the domineering aura was such a person.
After taking a deep look at Ji Guoyuan, Roger suddenly said without thinking:
"The future of the navy?"
"You and Shanks and the others will make great partners."
Having said that, Roger turned around and walked towards the dock.
When Garp heard this, he frowned and turned his head to look at Yuichi Tsugakuin. Yuichi Tsugakuin also looked at Garp and said with a smile:
"Maybe Shanks and the others want to become marines."
When Garp heard this, he rolled his eyes at Yuanyi. Garp knew with his butt that this was not what Roger meant.
But Cap didn't say anything more. After all, what the future will be like depends on what we do now!
Garp believes that under his training, Yoshiichi Tsugakuni will never go astray. As for who gave Garp such confidence, perhaps only Garp himself knows.
The imprisoned Shanks and Buggy were taken away by Kozuki Oden, and Roger helped to "cover their retreat" and followed the crew only after they had left for a distance.
Garp watched Roger and others leave, thought for a moment, and prepared to go to the dock with Yunyi.
But just as the two were about to leave, a green "birdman" in the sky flew towards them at a high speed.
In the blink of an eye, it appeared in front of Garp and Ji Guoyuan, hovering in the air.
Garp and Tsugakuinichi both looked up at the "birdman" in mid-air. Garp's face first showed a hint of surprise, and then he pointed at Marco and introduced him to Tsugakuinichi:
"Hey, Yunyi, you probably haven't seen this birdman before."
"The crew members on the Whitebeard Pirates' ship are users with the ability to eat the Animal-type Bird-Bird Fruit, Mythical Beast Species, Phoenix Form."
"Rumor has it that this kid has the ability to recover like a phoenix!"
Garp recognized Marco. Marco was only in his early twenties now, still a young boy, but he was quite famous in the New World.
He is now a pirate with a bounty of 150 million berries. Garp, who has always been paying attention to the situation at sea, naturally knows him.
At this time, Yunyi's eyes were also on Marco, looking him up and down.
Marco's devil fruit ability is very rare. When Tsugikuni Yoshiichi observed him through the transparent world, he found that the parts of his body that had turned into "Phoenix" no longer had any so-called "muscles" or "bones".
It looks like those places are a ball of fire with a unique "breath".
When Marco heard Garp calling him a "birdman", his face showed some displeasure. Without stopping, he looked up at the rock house behind Garp and Yoriichi and prepared to leave.
But at this moment, a flying slash suddenly came out from Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's hand. The surrounding air was compressed by Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's slash and turned into a powerful wind blade, flying directly towards Marco, and accurately hit his "wings" when Marco was about to take off.
The outstretched right wing was inflicted with a penetrating wound by Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's attack, but it was soon covered by blue flames and returned to its original state in the blink of an eye.
"The recovery ability is really strong!"
Seeing this scene, Jiguo Yuanyi nodded and sighed. Marco, who had been attacked for no apparent reason, was really angry at this moment and shouted at Jiguo Yuanyi:
"Navy! Why are you suddenly attacking me?! I didn't initiate any attack on you!"
"Are you planning to fight our Whitebeard Pirates?!"
When Ji Guoyuan saw that Marco was angry, he just glanced at him lightly, raised the long sword in his hand, and after a buzzing sound, a black slash surrounded by red lightning flew directly towards Marco.
In a split second, the slashing blow was already approaching Marco, so fast that Marco had no time to dodge. Just as Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's slashing blow was about to hit Marco, a loud shout echoed from the forest, and a figure appeared directly behind Marco. With a kick, Marco was sent flying, and then the two swords in their hands slashed directly at Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's slashing blow.
“Boom!!!!”
A muffled sound followed, and Garp and Yoriichi Tsugakuni looked carefully, and saw that Kozuki Oden, who had already left, had returned and directly helped Marco block Yoriichi Tsugakuni's attack.
"Bang!!" Marco's figure was kicked from the air into the ground by Oden. He quickly stood up from the "pit" and looked up at the sky.
Seeing Kozuki Oden, Marco was delighted at first, but then he couldn't help complaining: "Mr. Oden, why did you kick me?!"
“It hurts!”
Marco seemed unaware while he was speaking that a blood mark had appeared on his cheek. Even under the cover of the blue flame, the blood mark still did not disappear.
"Is there no way to recover from the damage caused by Haki using the power of the fruit?"
Yoshikazu Tsugakuni just glanced at Oden who had returned, then turned to look at Marco, noticed the bloodstain on the other's face, and thought to himself.
When Garp saw Kozuki Oden coming back, he shouted:
"Pirates, what are you planning to do?!"
"You can escape but you don't? Are you so angry that you plan to fight our navy?!"
"If that's the case, then our navy will definitely accompany you!"
(End of this chapter)
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