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Chapter 176

Thinking of this, Nami immediately turned her head to look at Kalifa.

Then she saw Kalifa frowning and hesitating, as if she was going to give up.

Suddenly, she was overjoyed.

Great, as long as Kalifa quits, this fruit will be mine!

Just as she thought, Kalifa really planned to quit.

She just jumped out to fight for this fruit because she was unhappy with Koala.

Since that woman didn't want it, she naturally had no reason to continue fighting.

Let's leave the opportunity to the girl who came first.

Just when she was thinking this in her heart and wanted to speak out to quit the competition.

Luffy suddenly spoke.

"If it were you two, I'd actually be more inclined to give the fruit to Kalifa."

"Eh? Why!"

"Ah, for me?"

Nami and Kalifa asked in surprise.

Nami's reaction was the biggest. Seeing the fruit in her hand was about to fly away, she immediately grabbed Luffy's arm in a hurry. Her big watery eyes stared at him pitifully.

She looked cute as if she would cry for you if you don't give me a reasonable explanation.

Kalifa also look at him in confusion. She was very puzzled.

She had just confirmed her relationship with Luffy, so why did he give her such a precious gift right away?

Isn't this too extravagant and too trusting of herself?

Facing the puzzled and inquiring eyes of the two.

Luffy smiled slightly, took the fruit in his hand, shook it in front of the two, teased it, and then began to explain.

"The Slip-Slip Fruit, although from the description of its ability, it seems to be just a beauty fruit.

Well, in fact, it has the effect of beauty.

But it is undeniable that its ability is still very powerful.

For example, the sliding attack.

When fighting with the enemy, the ability user can take advantage of the moment when the enemy's attack is slipped away and counterattack.

In this case, Kalifa, who has mastered six styles and has more advantage, and obviously more suitable for this fruit.

As for you, Nami, asking you to fight the enemy in close combat is not much different from asking you to commit suicide."

Listening to Luffy's explanation, Nami pouted unhappily, looking unconvinced.

In fact, she has been receiving training from Ain since she joined the guerrillas.

But she is originally a navigator, not a combatant.

So her usual training is at most the standard of ordinary marines in the headquarters.

It is also because of this that she is at the bottom of Luffy's harem.

Except that the scientist Olivia may not be her opponent, she is just a pure rookie.

Thinking of this, Nami almost shed tears in pain.

Woo woo woo~

Seeing that her eyes were red with sadness, although Luffy suspected that she was pretending, he still comforted her:

"Okay, don't stare at this fruit.

With your talent and keen sense of weather.

I think you are most suitable for eating a logia devil fruits related to weather.

For example, the Rain-Rain Fruit, the Wind-Wind Fruit, the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, etc."

"Logia! Me?!"

As expected, after hearing what he said, Nami immediately stopped crying and asked excitedly while pointing at herself.

After Luffy nodded in approval, the little girl jumped off her chair excitedly and ran around the restaurant.

Looking at Nami who was spinning around the table excitedly,

Hina lit a cigarette leisurely.

Then, when Nami ran past her, she turned around and grabbed her collar.

"Silly girl, don't be happy too soon. We don't have any logia fruits now.

Even if you want to eat them, it will take who knows how long until we found one."

Nami, who was waving her hands and feet and shouting excitedly, fell silent after hearing this.

Yes, after following Luffy to sea for so long, it seems that she has never seen or even heard of the news of a logia devil fruits.

So how long do I have to wait for me to eat this prize?

Thinking of this, her eyes gradually became sad, and she slowly raised her head to look at someone.

Looking at Luffy who turned his head away and whistled awkwardly, she instantly clenched her teeth and began to grind them.

Just when she wanted to condemn this bastard and protest against his behavior.

Garp, who had been silent since just now, suddenly spoke.

"Logia devil fruit, I know where to find it."

Everyone was stunned when he finished speaking, and they all turned to look at Garp, wondering if they had bad hearing and heard it wrong.

Under everyone's gaze, Garp grinned, revealing two rows of neat teeth, and said with a smile:

"Maybe I don't know other questions, but if you want a devil fruit, I do have a way."

The restaurant was silent for a moment, and then Nami was the first to react, struggling in Hina's hands, and asked excitedly:

"Grandpa, please tell me, where can I find a logia fruit?"

The other girls also rushed to ask Garp.

Garp did not keep them in suspense and directly took out a Den Den Mushi from his suit, smiled and gave them a thumbs up.

"Hahaha, for this kind of thing, just ask Sengoku, he will definitely find a way to help you get it."

Chapter 177

As he said that, he called Sengoku under the gaze of several women.

As expected, the call was quickly connected.

"Moshi Moshi, Sengoku, can you hear me?"!!!

As soon as Sengoku heard the voice of this old bastard, he got furious

"Garp, you bastard, you dare to call me!

Do you know that because of your absence from duty, the G2 branch was almost invaded by pirates!"

Listening to Sengoku's scolding, Garp restrained his smile and said in a low, self-blaming voice:

"Ah, I know, it was my fault this time, I am willing to accept any punishment."

Sengoku on the other end of the phone was suddenly breathless.

Why is this guy Garp so...so...

Sengoku was so surprised that he couldn't say anything for a moment.

But before he could think about it, Garp returned to his playful and smiling face.

"Hey, Sengoku, you can judge my crime however you want, but that's for the future.

Now I'm here to ask for credit on behalf of my lovely grandson.

It's been so long, you should have thought of a reward for Luffy."

"This..."

Sengoku was speechless for a moment. To be honest, he really hadn't figured out how to reward Luffy.

If he promoted him to vice admiral, he was afraid that Luffy would get carried away and become complacent.

If he gave him a sum of money, he felt it was not appropriate, it was too ordinary.

Seeing that Sengoku didn't say anything, Garp pretended to be angry and said:

"Hey, hey, hey, Sengoku, you haven't thought about it yet.

This will hurt the hearts of the marines. Or are you just going to use a few medals to get away with it?

I'll be the first to disagree, and all the marines of the G2 branch who were saved by Luffy won't agree either~"

"Garp, you bastard..."

Sengoku narrowed his eyes slightly. Garp, who was always straightforward, suddenly talked to him in a roundabout way, which obviously had bad intentions.

Judging from past experience, the best thing to do at this time was to hang up the phone.

But his understanding of Garp told him that if he dared to hang up the phone now,

Garp would dare to call him continuously 24 hours a day to harass him until he was willing to communicate normally.

"Alas~ Why did I run into such a bastard in my life."

Muttering a few words, Sengoku regained his spirits and asked unhappily:

"Tell me, what do you want to do?"

"Ah~ Hahaha, you are worthy of being the Fleet Admiral, I really can't hide my little thoughts from you at all."

Garp praised Sengoku very sensibly, and received a cold snort from Sengoku.

"Well, I'll just say it straight.

Luffy needs a logia fruit now. Does the headquarters or the government have any in their collection?"

"Huh? Garp, you idiot, are you out of your mind? If the headquarters had such a rare item, it would have been awarded to an excellent marine long ago.

How could you, an idiot, come and grab it!"

"Well, don't say it so harshly. Luffy's achievement is real.

It was exchanged for merit, how can it be called robbery?

Besides, if the headquarters doesn't have it, we can ask the government.

They have accumulated it for so many years, let alone one logia.

Even if they take out ten at a time, I don't think it's strange."

"Bastard, even if I can get it, why should I give it to that bastard?

Instead of giving away a precious logia fruit, I might as well let that kid be a Vice Admiral."

Sengoku was muttering curses, and Nami looked scared after hearing it, thinking that there was no hope. But unexpectedly, after Sengoku finished scolding the grandfather and grandson, he took a few breaths, suddenly sighed, and said helplessly:

"Forget it, I'll ask for you tomorrow.

As for whether the government is willing to give, and what kind of logia they gives, that has nothing to do with me."

"Hahaha, that's enough.

I believe that with your ability, Fleet Admiral, you can definitely pry things out of the government's mouth."

Garp laughed and flattered Sengoku.

Sengoku snorted coldly and interrupted directly:

"Stop talking nonsense! Where is Luffy? He is by your side, right?

Tell him to stay in G2 branch these days.

Tomorrow, the news that he defeated Jack the Drought will be spread all over the world through the World Economic News.

Kaido will see the news and will probably come to avenge Jack in person.

I have already sent Kuzan and Borsalino over, and you also have Hancock.[]

If that bastard dares to come alone, don't hold back, do your best to stop that bastard!"

"Yes, I got it, Fleet Admiral."

After Garp responded loudly with a grin, Sengoku cursed and hung up the phone immediately.

"Hahaha, I think I have some skills.

Nami, you must work hard after eating the fruit, don't slack off."

After Garp put away the Den Den Mushi, he immediately began to take credit for it, and at the same time, he did not forget to ask Nami to train some more.

Chapter 178

Luffy and the others gave Garp a thumbs up.

Nami is hopping again and again, flattering him non-stop. After hugging his chest and looking proud for a while, Garp stood up and clapped his hands, saying:

"Okay, we've finished our meal, and it's getting late, let's all go back and have a good rest."

After saying that, he waved to Luffy, called him over, and turned to walk outside.

The girls waved and said goodnight to Garp.

After the two left, everyone surrounded Kalifa and Olivia.

"Humph, I don't care about a mere Paramecia fruit.

From now on, I will be a noble logia ability user."

Nami said proudly with her hands on her hips.

The girls who were about to take a closer look at the fruits suddenly paused.

They all turned their heads slowly and scanned Nami with scrutiny...

Hancock's forehead was unhappy with a cross shape, and she clenched her fist and asked coldly:

"What did you say about a mere paramecia, huh? Brat?!"

Kujaku also took out her beloved whip and blocked Nami's back.

"Wow, it's great that you can be a logia. May I ask what your ability is?

Oh, sorry, I forgot you are not a devil fruit user yet."

Nami looked at the two women who sandwiched her, and the smile on her face suddenly froze. She turned her head stiffly and looked left and right. Ain and Hina also surrounded her expressionlessly.

In an instant, Nami broke out in a cold sweat, and her hands and feet began to gradually become cold.

Hancock, Love-Love Fruit, Paramecia type.

Kujaku, Whip-Whip Fruit, Paramecia type.

Ain, Back-Back Fruit, Paramecia type.

Hina, Cage-Cage Fruit, Paramecia type.

In addition, Olivia and Kalifa are about to become a paramecia devil fruit user.

Damn, she directly offended everyone except Koala with a taunt.

"Woohoo~ I was wrong, can you be gentler?"

Girls:"What do you think?"

Nami:╥﹏╥...

On the other side, Luffy followed Garp to his office.

Garp, who had just finished his meal, skillfully took out a bag of senbei from the drawer of his desk and began to eat with relish. This was Luffy's first time in this office, so he curiously walked around the room and observed everything.

When he came to a bookshelf, Luffy looked at the bookshelf full of books.

The first reaction in his mind was that it was impossible. This old man would never read a book.

Sure enough, when he took out one of the books and looked at it, he saw all kinds of food and scenery photos inside.

He showed an expression of"as expected, I knew it."

Garp paused in eating the senbei, and his face turned black instantly.

With a whoosh, the senbei wrapped in the Armament Haki in his hand was thrown out.

Luffy casually turned his head to avoid it, reached out to catch the senbei, put it in his mouth and started eating.

"Huh? It tastes good.

Grandpa, where did you buy this? Remember to give me a few boxes when I leave."

"Bastard, if you want to eat, go buy it yourself! And you want several boxes? How dare you say such shameless words!"

Garp scolded angrily.

This brat has become less and less cute as he grows up.

Especially this bastard character who wants to grab some of the things he likes.

Which bastard did he learn this from!

The old bastard Garp thought so

"Luffy, come here."

He called Luffy and asked him to sit down on the sofa.

Garp skillfully took out a small can of tea from the gap in the sofa.

After brewing it skillfully, he poured a cup for Luffy and himself.

"Huhu~Slurp, ha~What a good tea."

After taking a sip, Garp proudly boasted to Luffy:

"It tastes pretty good, right? I secretly stole this from the Sengoku.

He probably still doesn't know his precious tea is lost, hahaha~"

Luffy took a sip, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said exaggeratedly:

"It's rich and fragrant, with a long aftertaste, and it's indeed much better than the garbage you hid yourself."

Garp's face darkened, and he grabbed the bastard by the collar.

"Damn it, I was wondering where my tea leaves went, and it turned out to be you, you bastard!"[]

"Hey, hey, hey, there's only enough for a few times left. You're too stingy, old man."

Garp was so angry that he almost started a fight with Luffy in the office.

Fortunately, he still had some reason and remembered that he had something important to say, so he barely suppressed his anger.

I'll deal with you later!

Thinking of this, Garp coughed lightly and officially started the conversation.

"Luffy, you should have met Ace when you were in the East Blue."

Chapter 179

"Well, of course I have met him. After all, he is my brother in name."

Nodding and responding as a matter of course, Luffy turned to look at him and asked in confusion:

"You went back to the East Blue to see him this time. You suddenly mentioned him to me, did something happen to him?"

It was just a casual question, but as soon as the words fell, Garp's face gradually became heavy.

Luffy was also startled, and he restrained the smile on his face. He sat up slowly with a look of surprise, waiting for his next words.

After holding it in for a long time, Garp said with a heavy heart:

"Ace...is going to be a pirate!"

After saying that, he lowered his head with a painful expression, looking sad and helpless.

But he kept this posture for a long time, and did not hear Luffy's expected surprise and shouting.

So, Garp raised his head in confusion and looked at him.

Beside him, Luffy stared at him with dead fish eyes, as if to say, "Are you kidding me?", and said mercilessly:

"Old man, you are really old and your brain is not working well.

I remember Ace told me that when he was very young, he dreamed of going out to sea as a pirate.

You should have known this a long time ago, why did you react so strangely?"

Garp was stunned when he heard this.

Then he slapped Luffy on the back of his head with a slap, almost making his eyeballs pop out.

"Baka, this is different from before. In two years, Ace will be 18 years old and an adult.

If he doesn't change his stupid ideas now, he will really become a pirate when he comes of age!"

Garp clenched his fists, with reluctance and entanglement in his eyes.

Luffy rolled his eyes and complained in his heart.

Because he knew that in the original work, Ace did not wait until he was 18 years old, but went to sea directly at the age of 17.

And he made a name for himself in a short time after going to sea. Even the government invited , hoping that he would become one of one of the Warlords of the Sea.

But Ace refused and chose to challenge Whitebeard, but was adopted as a son by Whitebeard instead.

"So, Grampa, do you have any good plan to make him turn back from prodigal son?"

Luffy asked with amusement in his heart.

Hearing this question, Garp's tangled expression disappeared instantly.

He clenched his two huge fists with a grim smile and sneered:

"Before I left, I beat that bastard up and gave him a year to think.

If he still refuses to change his ways after a year, I will personally tie him up from the East Blue and throw him to Zephyr to teach him a lesson."

"...Good idea." Luffy praised reluctantly.

Good fellow, by the time you get back, he will have already run away.

It's impossible to catch him.

Garp didn't know what he was thinking, and was still fantasizing.

"After Ace has received Zephyr's training and changed his idiotic idea of becoming a pirate, I want to transfer him to your ship.

Let you two brothers support and grow together."

Luffy scratched his head,"I don't mind, after all, it was quite pleasant to communicate with him in the East Blue.

But in this case, why didn't you bring him to the headquarters like I did when he was young?

If he grew up in the Marine environment, at least he wouldn't be so resistant like he is now, right?"

"This matter is not as simple as you think."

Garp waved his hand, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said with a complicated expression:

"Few people know about this....He is the son of Pirate King Gol D. Roger"

"Pirate King Roger!! That makes sense."

Luffy pretended to hear this news for the first time and said in surprise:

"Grandpa, you are so brave that you actually adopted the child of the man the government hates the most.

But this is not right. I, the son of the leader of the revolutionary army, can join the Marine.

Ace should have no problem."

"No, listen to me first."

Garp shook his head and said bitterly:

"At first, I didn't want him to be a marine, nor a pirate.

Instead, I wanted him to grow up like an ordinary person and live his life out.

But this child has been very emotional since he was young.

After he found out that he didn't have any so-called parents, he kept asking me."

Luffy's mouth twitched,"So you told him?"

Garp closed his mouth in silence and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Luffy slapped his forehead and was speechless.

You are too honest, old man. You really just say lie..

"Then, what happened next?"

Garp put down his teacup and sighed, and continued to tell the story.[]

"Then he began to ask adults about their though of Roger.

Needless to say, Roger, who opened the Great Pirate Era, would not have a good impression in the hearts of ordinary people.

In this way, under the scorn and disgust of the world for his father whom he had never seen, Ace developed an inferiority complex and his personality became extreme."After a pause, Garp suddenly scratched his head and laughed, changing the subject.

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"Ah ha ha, sorry for going off topic, that was all two years ago.

The reason why I didn't bring Ace to the headquarters was because I forgot that I could do that.

When your father handed you over to me, I wanted to take him with me.

That kid said he was used to living in Dadan's house, so I didn't bring him back."

Plop~!

Luffy almost knelt down in front of this old man.

"After talking about this and that for a long time, it turns out that it is because of your unreliability that things have become like this!"

Faced with Luffy's accusation, Garp smiled awkwardly.

"You can't say that. At that time, the government was conducting the most stringent searches for him and it would not be appropriate for me to suddenly bring a child back."

"Nonsense, then when you suddenly bring back a grandson that old next year, will you think it's appropriate?"

Luffy retorted without hesitation, and Garp couldn't find an excuse to refute.

With a helpless sigh, Luffy knocked on the table and asked the most important question.

"So far, all of this is your assumption.

Ace's dreams, aspirations, and ambitions for so many years.

It can't be solved with just a few words or by locking him up in the headquarters for a year or two.

Have you ever thought about what would happen if he refuses to obey or his identity is accidentally exposed?

By then, he will be unable to escape, and the best outcome would be to be imprisoned in Impel Down for life."

Garp's body trembled, and his straight back bent again.

Looking at Garp's now white hair and increasingly old face.

Luffy sighed, leaned over to him, and gently stroked his back.

"Grandpa, Ace has his own path to take.

And no matter what, I believe that as your grandson, he will never do evil things that harm others or kill civilian.

It is enough to guarantee this. There is no need to care whether he is a Marine or a pirate, or other messy identities."

Feeling the care of his grandson, Garp also felt relieved and warm.

However.

After gently tapping Luffy on the forehead with his backhand, Garp stood up and said unhappily:

"Idiot kid, do you think I'm a three-year-old kid? Do I need your comfort?

If you're fine, get out of here. I'm going back to sleep."

Touching his forehead, Luffy stared at Garp, who turned his face away from him.

His anger immediately rose.

"Don't go too far, old man. I'm just trying to comfort you."

Garp snorted, turned around without even looking at him, walked back to his desk, took out a document and started writing.

After finishing, he picked up the document and shook it at Luffy, motioning him to come and get it.

Luffy resisted the urge to beat up this annoying old man in the office.

Luffy took the document with an unhappy look on his face.

Garp didn't wait for him to take a closer look and said it directly with a grin.

"Rear Admiral Luffy, defeating Jack the Drought is a big news that is worth publicizing.

Therefore, I order you to cooperate with the Photographer tomorrow to take 1,000 photos of various types for publicity."

"Hey, hey, hey! Old man, don't go too far!"

Luffy looked at the documents in his hand, his eyes red with anger.

Damn, taking 1,000 different photos, is this something a human would do?!

Hearing how he addressed himself, Garp frowned and slapped the table in displeasure.

"Rear Admiral Luffy, your superior is talking to you. Please refer to your position when you are working!"

Hiss~ You stinky old man!

Luffy took a breath of cold air and his teeth were clenched........

Okay, okay, this is how we play it, right? You wait.

"Report to the base commander, I am affiliated with the Marine Guerrilla Force and not under the jurisdiction of the Marine Headquarters G2 Branch."

Luffy gritted his teeth and replied, but Garp did not buy it.

"Didn't you hear the Fleet Admiral's previous order? You have to stay in the G2 branch for a period of time in the future.

As long as you are in the G2 branch, you are under my jurisdiction!"

Luffy slammed his hands on the table and retorted loudly:

"Don't even think about it. The guerrillas are directly under the jurisdiction of Fleet Admiral Sengoku.

Unless the Fleet Admiral gives an order, I won't listen to you."

Garp glared, stood up from his chair, and argued with him.

"This is my branch, and I am the vice admiral base commander!"

Luffy was so angry that he trembled all over, and finally gritted his teeth and said

"Old man, you will regret this."

After saying that, he immediately turned around and left, slamming the door.

Listening to the footsteps gradually fading away, Garp slowly sat back in his office chair.

He pulled the brim of his hat down to cover the helplessness in his eyes.

Luffy, all this I did was for the Marine.....Huh?

Garp, who was pretending to be deep just now, suddenly took off his military cap in confusion.

Looking at this ordinary hat in the Marine, he scratched his head in confusion and said curiously:

"Where did this thing come from? Have I ever worn a hat today?"