Chapter 64 The student who finished his internship first!
In mid-October, autumn begins to deepen.
A breeze mixed with light rain, and a misty rain covered Marinford in the early morning.
At the naval port dock of the Navy Headquarters, a middle-aged man was sitting on a pier, looking out at the vast sea. His white cloak of justice fluttered in the wind, and the drizzle wet the man's purple hair.
“Click…”
"Hey, Zefa, why are you sitting here?"
"Is there nothing going on in school today?"
At this moment, a burly middle-aged navy man walked behind the purple-haired man and asked in confusion.
"Oh, Garp!"
Zefa turned around and saw Garp standing behind him, chewing senbei and looking at him suspiciously.
"Nothing, judging by the time, Yunyi should be here this morning."
"Since I have nothing to do, I'll go to the dock and take a look."
Zefa replied casually, then seemed to remember something and asked Garp, "What are you doing at the dock? Are you going to sail?"
"Hehehe."
"No, I haven't heard from Roger in a while. What's the point of sailing?"
"I came to the dock. Haha, my purpose is the same as yours!"
Hearing Garp's words, Zefa couldn't help but frown, and asked in a cautious tone, "Are you going to pick up Yunyi? What are you going to do with him?"
"What are you talking about? I was the one who brought Yoriichi Tsugikuni back to the navy. I care about him. Isn't that normal?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Garp swallowed the senbei in his mouth and answered with a big laugh. However, upon hearing this, Zephyr's face changed. He stood up from the pier and said to Garp loudly:
"You bastard Garp! Can you please stay away from that brat Yoriichi?!"
"He's only been sailing with you for three months, and he's picked up all your bad habits!"
"Don't you know what that kid did in the West Sea?!"
"He's a cadet at the Naval Academy, a private on a training trip to the West Sea. He did something so outrageous. Wasn't it because of you?!"
Hearing this, Garp calmly stretched out his little finger to pick his nose, not caring about Zefa's attitude at all. He turned his head away from Zefa, looked at the sea, and replied with a smile:
"Don't say that. How could this be influenced by me?"
"You clearly gave me permission, don't think I don't know."
"Zhan Guo told me everything, and you asked him to give the order to promote Yunyi to major."
"Haha, a 12-year-old major in the headquarters is promoted really fast!"
As Garp spoke, he flicked the booger from between his little fingers with his thumb and didn't take the blame. Instead, he glanced at Zephyr with a teasing look. Zephyr saw Garp's little look, and it made Zephyr, who was already a little angry, even more furious.
"Isn't that just to clean up that brat's ass?!"
"If it weren't for that kid's willfulness, would this matter have become so serious?"
"Internal investigations should be conducted covertly, but he arrested them all? Afraid others wouldn't know, huh?"
"He used to be such a good kid! He was calm and composed, how did he become like this?!"
"Garp, stay away from Yuanyi. Your stupidity has infected him."
“Go away.”
As Zephyr spoke, he made a driving gesture towards Garp and made a "go away" sound with his mouth, as if he was driving away some wild cats or dogs.
“Hahahahahaha!”
"You did a good job, very decisive, like someone who is going to do something big!"
"Zefa, I can't influence that kid. Although he's young, it's obvious that he has something he insists on."
"You should be able to feel it too!"
As Garp spoke, a mast appeared on the empty sea surface in the distance, along with a few sails bearing the logo of the 133rd Navy Branch. Garp noticed the sails, turned his head, and grinned.
"Something that sticks"
"You don't need to explain this to me. I already know that he has his own understanding of justice, which is why I chose to clean up this guy's mess."
"My judgment is absolutely correct. Yunyi is the future of our navy!"
"That's why I will never allow him to become a jerk like you!"
After Zefa finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the warship on the sea. His sullen face softened at this moment.
"I didn't expect you to be back so soon."
"It's only been over a month, and I haven't done anything at all, but the internship is already over."
“It felt anticlimactic.”
On the warship of the 133rd Navy Branch, Tsugumi Yuichiro stood at the bow, his hands on the railing, looking at Marinford who had appeared in his sight, and couldn't help but sigh.
It has been just over a month since we left Marinford for the West Sea in early September, and the voyage back and forth between the West Sea and the headquarters took nearly twenty days.
In other words, Yoriichi actually only stayed in the West Sea for twenty days.
In such a short period of time, Yoriichi's rank was indeed promoted from private to major, but Yoriichi Tsugikuni himself knew that he had not learned anything from his internship.
Practiced my nautical knowledge? No. Mingled with the lower-level sailors? No.
Perhaps what he gained from his apprenticeship was that he relied on the sharp sword in his hand to display the aura of a "Major of the Headquarters" and made himself known as Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
As for uncovering the corrupt officials in the branch, it was just a matter of convenience for Yuichiro, and it made him very upset, and it even detracted from his impression of the navy. It couldn't be considered a gain.
The biggest gain from this trip to Xihai was his current military rank of major, and he also met Nicole Olbia, Robin's mother.
Yunyi still vaguely remembers the depressed look on Kuzan's face after he sent Nicole Olbia back to O'Hara. Every time he thinks of it, Yunyi finds it funny.
At this moment, he couldn't help but smile.
"It's really rare, Yunyi, look at the dock."
Just when Yoriichi was thinking about Aokiji's grief-stricken look, Victor walked up to Yoriichi, pointed at the two figures at the naval port dock, and reminded him in a surprised tone.
Yunyi looked in the direction Victor pointed, and saw the figures of Zephyr and Garp. His smile grew even wider, and he couldn't help but whisper:
"I'm back."
The 133rd Navy's warship approached the harbor and began to slow down. It soon entered the harbor and came to a steady stop in the center. The anchor had barely been lowered into the sea, and the wooden ladder hadn't even been lowered when Tsugikuni Yoriichi vanished from the bow.
At the dock, Zephyr and Garp both looked up at the warship parked in front of them. The next second, they both noticed something almost at the same time and looked away.
"It seems that you have made great progress in the past month or so, boy!"
Garp turned his head slightly and glanced behind him out of the corner of his eyes.
"Ah! Indeed, the speed has increased a lot. The combination of Armament Haki and Shave is already perfect."
Zefa also turned his head with a smile and looked behind him in admiration.
Behind the two of them, Ji Guoyuan was wearing a neat white navy uniform, a navy cloak of justice, and a long sword on his waist. He was looking at Zefa and Garp with a smile.
Unlike the image of a "henchman" wearing a Marine sailor uniform more than a month ago, the current Tsugikuni Yoriichi really looks like a naval officer.
"Vice Admiral Garp."
"Long time no see."
"Teacher Zefa, I'm back."
(End of this chapter)
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