Chapter 453: A Reward Order

"Mari... Marine?"

Higuma unconsciously took a few steps back, looking at Garp, who had thrown a snow-white cloak of a Marine officer over his shoulders.

Although he only steals in the Kingdom of Goa, the Navy forces sometimes come here to destroy some of the criminals gone mad, because this kingdom is part of the World Government.

But...

Beginning to recover from the shock, Higuma was suddenly surprised to find that it appeared that only Garp and an ordinary Marine were present.

The bandit snorted coldly, quickly regaining his composure, "I really didn't expect to meet marine here... but only two..."

Auge!!!

Higuma had not yet finished his sentence, and a huge fist had already landed on his jaw, severely deforming his face and knocking out several teeth.

Garp, who was standing a few meters away from the bandits, suddenly disappeared abruptly and instantly appeared right in front of Higuma.

In the face of the Navy Hero's blow, Higuma spun several times in the air and collapsed to the ground.

The incident greatly frightened not only the mountain bandits who were following Higuma, but also aroused terrible and painful memories of this fist in little Luffy.

"Boss!!!"

After a few seconds of silence, the mountain bandits exclaimed in fright and someone ran to Higuma to lift him off the ground.

Higuma's face turned to mush from this blow from Garp, and his mind went into complete chaos.

Higuma screamed like a madman as soon as he regained his thoughts a little, "Ah... ah.... kill that bastard!!!"

But.

When the bandits had not yet reacted to Higuma's order, without knowing when, even a stone appeared in Garp's hand.

Garp squeezed the fingers of a huge palm, turning this ordinary stone into gravel, and waved his hand in the direction of a dozen mountain bandits.

Many pieces of gravel flew through the air with a speed not inferior to bullets, falling on the heads of a dozen bandits.

The bandits first abruptly froze in place and then began to fall to the ground one by one.

Shanks shook the fragments from the bottle and looked at Luffy, who was standing next to him, with a smile, "Hey, Luffy, it's time for me to go."

Luffy, who was still looking at his grandfather with a frightened expression, turned to Shanks and said decisively, "Take me on a trip with you!".

"hahaha, if you want to go out to sea, then grow up and do it yourself."

Shanks laughed out loud and then thought of something, he took off his straw hat and put it on Luffy's head, "Look for me and return this hat to me when you grow up, Luffy".

After saying that, Shanks turned around and walked quietly into the distance.

Nearby.

Garp then contacted the nearest Navy branch to pick up Higuma, and when he returned, he was surprised to find Shanks' straw hat on Luffy's head.

Garp was stunned at first, then ripped the hat off Luffy's head and angrily exclaimed after Shanks left, "Hey, you red-headed bastard, take your damn hat!"

But it was too late.

Luffy gripped the straw hat tightly with both hands, preventing Garp from taking it from him, "Grandpa!!!"

Shanks didn't look back, just smiled and waved, his back to Garp and Luffy, then walked away with Beckman and the others.

Dragon, Luffy's father, was lost in thought, then smiled into little Luffy's face.

Only Garp continued to growl irritably, trying to take the straw hat from Luffy.

In the end, Garp picked up the straw hat and threw it in the direction the Redheaded Pirates had gone.

The straw hat flew off the island and fell into the water, and the crying Luffy was grabbed by the back of the neck and Garp carried him home.

Garp thought this would be the end, but the next day, Luffy came home with a big smile and a straw hat on his head.

At the top of the mountain.

Yeruashi shook his head and smiled, looking off into the distance, "The desire for freedom is inherited from generation to generation."

Garp can safely be called the freest of Marines, and it is not worth talking about Dragon.

This person not only seeks freedom, but wants to liberate all people, freeing the world from the oppression of the Heavenly Dragons.

Luffy also inherited the desire for freedom.

Yeruashi did not feel negative emotions about the desire for freedom, because in fact, he also fights for freedom, but his freedom is different from the freedom of Luffy, Dragon and Garp.

On the way to his freedom, Yeruashi will have to go through many more hardships and strive many times harder.

"..."

Robin looked at the thoughtful Yeruashi with a smile, but gradually her gaze became complicated, "Sir had his own problems from the beginning, even though he should be the freest person in the world by now."

"Yes."

Yeruashi looked at Robin and gently stroked her cheek with his hand.

Robin looked Yeruashi in the eyes, "Can you tell me about it?"

Robin thought that he should be the closest person to Yeruashi in the whole world, knowing every inch of his body, but she still had many questions.

For example, Yeruashi's past, which he never told about.

Robin rarely took the initiative in such matters, because she adhered to the role of a servant and did not seek to learn as much as possible about Yeruashi in any way.

Even now, Robin asked about it as carefully as possible, so as not to irritate him and just to see if he would like to share it himself.

"I'll tell you later sometime."

Yeruashi smiled kindly at Robin.

...

Marine Patrol Branch 134.

The Marine docked at the base's pier, after which a dozen mountain bandits descended from it, accompanied by dozens of Marines.

At the head of the mountain bandits was a man with a swollen, blackened face.

"This old man turned out to be a vice admiral..."

"That's what happened."

Higuma, bound by chains, lowered his head dejectedly and muttered something to himself.

While being transported to the Navy branch, after being beaten by Garp, Higuma discovered that he was the Vice Admiral of the Navy.

Just his bad luck, since he managed to stumble upon a Vice Admiral in a small backwater town, at the same time at the very moment he was making fun of some scumbag....

Higuma was sure he would have been able to get away with it if this old man hadn't turned out to be a Vice Admiral, because before that he had always managed to escape from ordinary marines.

Auge!!!

As Higuma walked dejectedly forward with his head down and his heart full of resentment, a marine suddenly rushed out from around the corner and crashed into him.

Both were taken by surprise and fell to the ground, and a pile of documents fell from the marine's hands and scattered on the floor of the corridor.

"Oh, it hurts so much.... What are you doing?!"

The marine stood up and exclaimed in irritation at the realization that he had encountered a criminal in chains.

Even some marine from a branch dared to be rude to me....

Higuma was greatly offended, but was forced to apologize, not daring to contradict the angry patrolman.

"Hmm, be more careful next time and pick up the papers."

The marine grunted irritably.

Higuma immediately bent down, starting to pick up the papers and pamphlets that had fallen out of the marine's hands.

But just as Higuma picked up a stack of documents and was about to pick up an old award booklet that was lying a little to the side, he suddenly froze in amazement.

Whoosh!!!

The documents fell out of his hands and fell back to the floor.

"Are you kidding me?!"

The Marine shouted angrily and kicked the bent Higuma, knocking him down.

But Higuma, whose face was very pale, and his eyes betrayed strong shock and disbelief, seemed not to realize at all that he had just been kicked.

He stretched out his hand, clutching an old prize booklet lying on the floor.

In this booklet was the face of a man who had completely ignored him that day.

The incredibly handsome face of this bastard made a deep impression on him.

"One million, ten, one hundred.... A billion..."

"How... how is this possible..."

Higuma's hands began to shake violently and his back was drenched in cold sweat.

3 billion 248 million 200 thousand belli!

What the hell is this?!

At the moment Higuma was shaking, unable to believe his eyes, a marine approached him and said, understanding exactly what had happened, "Ah, this is the Traveler's reward, no wonder you're so surprised."

"World class criminal rewards are generally not issued in East Blue, but only documented at Marine bases, because they are not found here anyway."

The Marine shook his head.

Although these pamphlets are stocked at all Navy branches, this is certainly not something an ordinary Marine like him should worry about.

When he first saw the booklet with such an award, he was in the same state as Higuma was right now.

"That's enough, give it back to me!"

"Don't get in the way here!!!"

The Marine said irritably, putting the Traveler's reward in a pile of documents.

But Higuma was still sitting motionless on the ground, as if petrified.

Even as the two marines dragged Higuma towards the cells, his thoughts were still in complete chaos.