Chapter 306: Fishman Island's Ambition, World Conference! (Two-in-One)
"How about we arrest this guy right here?!"
Garp's words made Shanks' face change slightly. When Jiguoyuan heard this, he glanced at Garp who was smiling, and walked towards the parasol not far away with Uta in one hand, and said to Garp as he walked:
"Vice-Admiral Garp, no one can stop you from doing anything you want to do."
"As you please."
Jiguoyuan walked away as he spoke. Uta heard the conversation between the others and, already somewhat frightened, she stuck her head out, looked at Garp, and shouted:
"Shanks is not a threat to world peace!"
"Shanks is a good pirate!"
Uta's childish voice reached Garp's ears. Hearing this, Garp supported his right elbow with his left hand, touched his chin, looked at Uta in Yunyi's arms, raised his eyebrows and asked:
"Yuichi, who is this little guy?"
Although he asked this question, Garp obviously did not want to get an answer from Yuankou. After a pause, he continued:
"There are no such things as good pirates in this world."
"If you're a good person, why would you become a pirate?"
"What a naive little brat!"
“Hahahahahaha!”
Garp laughed loudly, and then ignored Uta, unbuttoning a few buttons on his floral shirt below his neck with one hand. Then he clenched his fists, and the crisp sound of bones cracking reached the ears of Shanks and Yoriichi Tsugakuin.
"Hello, hello, hello"
"Although it's natural for the navy to catch pirates, but Yoriichi, aren't you being too hasty to get rid of them?"
Seeing Garp preparing to attack, Shanks tightened the sword in his hand and a wry smile appeared on his face.
"Don't talk nonsense. I am me, Vice Admiral Garp."
Jiguo Yuanyi walked under the parasol, placed Uta on Shanks' lounge chair, and walked to the side, lying comfortably on the chair.
Garp glanced at Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's actions, curled his lips, and jumped directly towards Shanks.
"Really"
Shanks opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.
But Garp would not give Shanks a chance to hesitate. In the blink of an eye, he came in front of Shanks and punched him on the head.
Garp held back, of course, not because he didn't want to catch Shanks, but simply because there were children at the scene, and he just didn't want Uta to be affected.
There is no so-called friendship between Garp and Shanks.
Before coming to the Goa Kingdom, Garp also learned about some of the plans of the Five Elders from Sengoku. Although Sengoku concealed Shanks' true identity from Garp, Garp knew that the Five Elders intended to create a "Seven Warlords of the Sea", and Shanks was one of the candidates for this Seven Warlords of the Sea.
Goa Kingdom is Garp's hometown, and more importantly, he raised his grandson in the Windmill Village of Goa Kingdom. Garp doesn't know what kind of person Shanks is, and he doesn't want to know what kind of person Shanks is. In short, he will never allow pirates to stay in Goa Kingdom.
He planned to send Shanks into Impel Down before the World Government officially issued the order.
Can a pirate in Impel Down still become one of the so-called Seven Warlords of the Sea?
"clang!!!!"
On the beach, Shanks reacted very quickly to Garp's attack. He quickly raised his long sword and held it in front of him to block Garp's fist.
When Garp's fist and Shanks's blade collided, a crisp golden sound was heard, and a strong wind suddenly formed on the coast and spread out in all directions.
"Huh?"
When Garp saw that his fist was blocked, he raised his head slightly and looked at Shanks who was holding the sword with one hand, feeling a little surprised.
He had never thought that a kid like Shanks could possess such a powerful Haki. Not everyone could withstand Garp's attacks.
Even Karp had reserved some strength.
"We can't let a little brat like you wander freely on the sea."
"The guys on Roger's ship are going to be a big problem in the future!"
Garp's expression hardened, and he quickly raised his left foot and in an instant, he struck Shanks directly in the face.
Shanks didn't have time to put away his sword to block, so he could only raise his arms and defend himself.
"Bang!!!"
A muffled sound was heard, and the moment Garp's attack was about to hit Shanks, his armed color domineering was directly shattered. In an instant, Shanks' figure flashed and turned into a stream of light and disappeared on the beach.
On the sea, Shanks' figure was like a small stone being skipped on the water, bouncing up and down on the sea.
As Shanks' figure flew past, a long white wave appeared on the sea. The wave stretched for hundreds of meters before stopping.
"Shanks!"
The sudden change made Uta open her eyes wide and scream.
Garp stood on the beach, looking up, with a smug smile on his face, and murmured softly:
"Is that all?"
Shanks is really too young. He is far from reaching his peak. The strength of his Armament Haki cannot be compared with that of Garp in his heyday.
"Don't be impatient. Your father is not so weak that he can't withstand an attack of this magnitude."
Yunyi grabbed Uta who was about to rush out and spoke softly.
As if to verify what Tsugikuni Yoshiichi said, a column of water suddenly shot up into the sky from the sea in the distance, and a figure also rushed out of the sea at a high speed, rushing towards the shore along the sea surface.
Shanks held the long sword in one hand and came directly in front of Garp in the blink of an eye. He swung the long sword in his hand and slashed it down at Garp.
"Squeak--" Dense black thunder gathered on Shanks's sword, making a sharp sound, like the singing of thousands of birds.
Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's figure had come to Uta's side at some point, covered Uta's ears with his hands, and looked at the two people in the distance.
"Heroic color entanglement?!"
Seeing Shanks' attack, Garp couldn't help but widen his eyes and looked quite surprised, but his movements were not slow at all. Facing Shanks' attack, he had no intention of dodging at all. His sandbag-sized fist smashed directly onto Shanks' blade.
"Buzz—"
A muffled sound suddenly erupted, and a strong hurricane suddenly broke out directly on the beach, raising waves and stirring up sand.
Yoshiichi Tsugakuni protected Uta behind him, with domineering aura surging in his body, resisting the aftermath of the battle between Garp and Shanks.
"Hahaha, you have quite a bit of strength!"
The hurricane gradually dissipated. In an open space in the distance, Garp held Shanks's long sword with his fist, looking relaxed and at ease.
"As expected of Vice Admiral Garp."
As Shanks spoke, he glanced at Tsugakuin Yoriichi in the distance. Seeing that Tsugakuin Yoriichi had protected Uta, his expression relaxed a little.
Shanks had just been attacked by Garp, and he was a little angry for a moment. He didn't think too much and just counterattacked.
"Where are you looking?"
Suddenly, a loud shout exploded in Shanks' ears. Without waiting for Shanks to react, Garp grabbed Shanks' blade with his backhand, and then quickly stretched out his left hand, grabbed Shanks' face, and slammed it hard to the ground.
"boom!!!"
The soft sand was of no use to Shanks in reducing the damage. As Shanks was knocked down by Garp, a huge deep pit appeared on the beach.
In the pit, Shanks was lying on the ground with his arms and legs spread out, with many scratches on his face and arms.
"Um?"
Garp held Shanks with one hand, and just when he thought he could make Shanks surrender, he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his palm.
With a soft murmur, Garp quickly let go of Shanks' blade, but it was too late. A long blood mark had already appeared on Garp's palm.
Shanks's domineering entanglement actually broke through Garp's defense of Armament Haki and caused damage to Garp's body.
Looking down at the wound on his hand, Garp seemed to sense something and quickly let go of Shanks and then quickly raised his head. The next second, a blade passed directly in front of Garp's eyes.
Shanks never shows mercy when facing his opponents.
He knew very well that Garp's Haki was much stronger than his own, so when he fought back, he chose to attack Garp's "weakness".
But his attack was a little too weak for Garp.
"call out!!"
Karp quickly jumped back and left the pit.
After Shanks missed his sword swing, he quickly stood up and climbed out of the pit in a slightly embarrassed manner.
"Roger."
Karp lowered his head to look at the wound on his hand, his eyes suddenly became a little blurry, and he whispered.
The feeling that just came from Shanks' knife made Garp think of the old friend who had been dead for several years.
Shanks's method of using dominance can be said to be in the same vein as Roger's.
Although Shanks is still a little immature now, Garp can still see a strong "shadow of Roger" in Shanks.
“Wow—”
Dust and gravel fell to the ground as Shanks stood up. He grabbed the knife and looked intently at Garp in front of him with a look of vigilance.
However, at this moment, Garp had no intention of continuing to fight with Shanks. He just clenched his right fist lightly, and blood oozed from between his fists.
"Shanks, right?"
"Don't follow Roger's footsteps."
Garp suddenly became a little bored, turned around and walked towards Jiguo Yuanyi.
"Hmm?"
"What's wrong, Vice Admiral Garp? Aren't you going to arrest him?"
When Ji Guoyuan saw Garp approaching, he looked at Garp with some confusion.
"You can't set a bad example in front of your children!"
"And if I really caught him, wouldn't it give you a headache?"
"I know much more about what kind of country the Kingdom of Goa was originally like than you do."
"Whether it's his credit or yours, anyway..."
"Not bad, isn't it?"
"Let him go this time. Next time we see him, we'll capture him and bring him back to Impel Down. Hahahahaha!"
At the end, Garp laughed out loud.
From the beginning to the end, Garp was not an "impartial" person. If he were really an impartial person, he would have caused trouble for Dragon long ago.
Karp is very open-minded about some things. His judgment of people is one-sided and willful.
He would strike hard against pirates, but he was not the kind of person who firmly believed in "identity-only theory".
"Headache?"
"Only a little bit."
Yoriichi shook his head and answered casually. Between him and Shanks, it was just a simple deal. Shanks managed the Kingdom of Goa well, and in return, Yoriichi Tsugakuin would not attack the Red Hair Pirates.
"snort"
"I don't know what you are thinking."
"I have news to tell you. A world conference is about to be held."
"Then the World Government will establish the Seven Warlords of the Sea, select seven powerful pirate groups from the sea, and allow them to plunder legally. In exchange, these pirate groups will become their swords when the government needs them."
"On the surface, this policy is aimed at the great pirates in the New World."
"But actually, the target is you!"
"I heard that King Riku of Dressrosa will attend this World Conference."
"Also, news has come from Ryugu Castle on Fishman Island that King Neptune and Princess Otohime are also interested in attending this World Conference."
"With something so serious happening, do you still have the time to stay here?"
Garp spread out his palm, and the bleeding on his hand had stopped. Shanks saw that Garp had no intention of continuing to attack, so he walked to Uta's side.
While comforting Uta softly, he also heard this explosive news from Cap.
"Recruiting pirates to form the Seven Warlords of the Sea?"
"Fishman Island is going to participate in the World Conference?"
Garp heard Shanks' exclamation and suddenly realized that he had revealed too much in front of a pirate. He said belatedly:
"Well, it doesn't seem good to let the pirates know this news."
"I take back what I just said."
"That little brat, just pretend you didn't hear what I just said."
Seeing Garp's out-of-touch look, Shanks' eyelids couldn't help but twitch. Shanks could actually see the shadow of Roger in Garp.
"Dragon Palace City is going to participate in the World Conference?"
Yoriichi Tsugikuni was not surprised that the government was forming the Seven Warlords of the Sea to target pirates and himself.
Although the wheel of history has been slightly deflected by fate, the progress of history is still rolling forward.
Tsugikuni Yoriichi doesn't care about the World Government's Seven Warlords system. He just wants to wait until the Seven Warlords are selected and then eliminate them.
On the contrary, the news that Ryugugu Castle was going to participate in the World Conference was somewhat surprising to Yuichiro.
Due to some historical issues, although Fishman Island is a member of the World Government, they have never participated in the World Conference and have never paid Celestial Gold to the Celestial Dragons.
But what is strange is that Fishman Island’s seat as a “member state” has been retained.
A few years ago, Celestial Dragons had visited Fishman Island and returned safely, and as Tiger spent more and more time as a marine in the Sword of Dawn.
Princess Otohime seemed to feel that the time was ripe and wanted to use this opportunity of convening a world conference to deepen the relationship between fishmen and humans.
With just a little thought, Jigoku Yoshiichi was able to guess what the couple from Fishman Island were thinking.
However, Yuichiro Tsuchikuni was not optimistic about the prospects of the fishmen attending the conference.
Given the Celestial Dragons' style, Fishman Island's participation in the World Conference may not only fail to resolve conflicts, but may even trigger new conflicts.
"Come to think of it, Fishman Island also participated in the World Conference in the future world."
"But after that World Conference, did the relationship between the murlocs and humans improve? It seems like apart from creating a new wave of hatred, there wasn't any progress to speak of, right?"
At this moment, many past memories flooded into Jiguo Yuanyi's mind.
Princess Otohime was not attacked, so maybe people from Fishman Island will really show up at this World Conference, but what will happen if they attend?
What rights does Fishman Island have? What current situation can they change?
It seems not.
"World Conference?"
"This seems to be a good opportunity for me!"
A thought flashed through Ji Guoyuan's mind, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"I hope they will welcome me."
(End of this chapter)
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