Negotiation

"You could have just let the Government do their job and not meddle. Why would you do something like stopping them?" Garp asked. But his tone was more like he was convincing himself and not one for reprimanding them now. Calling the Buster Call to Water 7 was really an over the top thing.

"Do their job? Like the way they did with Tom when he was taken away and Franky had to take the blame? Or the job of destruction of Ohara? Or the way Crocodile was let free in Alabasta for such a long time and nobody paid attention? If Government did their job, there wouldn't have been such problems in the world but here we are. We are both defending on what we believe in and Grandpa, you also know who you actually support."

Garp choked on the words. All these years, Ken had always had a penchant for debates and it was one of those things that Garp dreaded for his grandson. He was the most intelligent of the four but that also meant he wasn't good at listening to orders. He hoped that as he grew older he would be more obedient, but now it seemed like this guy had acquired too much knowledge.

Garp and Ken looked at each other for a while, but at the end, Garp sighed. He knew that it was a lost cause. He held anger for what they had done to him before, but that was only momentary, and it wasn't like he didn't let them go.

He couldn't be super aggressive when it came to his grandsons, and he just hoped that his grandsons didn't do something disastrous, but it seemed like he had hoped too much. They had now become too much of a headache. So much so that Sengoku had to send him to negotiate with the Straw Hats.

Yes, he was here to negotiate, not actually catch them.

"Sigh. Oye. Somebody repair the wall." Garp called out He didn't want to have a debate for a long time, and he was sure he would lose his cool and hit Ken with much harder fists of love just because he was always correct.

"Then why did you break the wall in the first place? You need to help us repair it." The soldiers got angry, and one of them called.

"Huh... Alright." Garp admitted that it was his fault and went to work repairing it. Meanwhile. Ken, Luffy, and Zoro came out to talk with Coby. Helmeppo was also there, but he was forgotten by Luffy and Zoro, but Ken remembered him.

It was he who went to look for comrades when Koby was kidnapped. Though he was a coward before, he did mend his ways. So it was better to give him recognition. It was Ken who went and talked with him. While the wall was getting repaired, Garp asked Luffy.

"I heard your father went to Logue Town to meet you."

"My father?" When Garp asked that question, everyone surprisingly turned to Ken. They were going to talk about this with Ken before since he seemed to know something, but now that Garp had brought the topic up, they got interested.

His grandfather and him were so outrageous, they wondered who his father was.

"Yes. You father is Dragon. Your full name a Monkey D. Dragon. He is a revolutionary."

This made everyone's eyes and jaws drop on the floor, including Iceburg, the Galley La workers, and the soldiers. This was such a huge reveal that it blew away the minds of everyone.

"Who is this Dragon?""

"You mean to say Dragon is the son of Garp-san?"

"And Luffy-san is the son of Dragon?"

"And then they have a brother like Ken?"

"What the hell is wrong with this family?"

"Oye.. Dragon.. I have heard the name... Oh, yes, I remember. Sabo's superior was this Dragon, right?" Luffy asked. Not at all fazed by the fact that Dragon was his father. He had never seen him; why should he have feelings for such a man?

It took a long time for everyone to calm down, and Garp just casually told others not to talk about it. He was really crazy.

"Straw hat Luffy.. We are here to negotiate the release of prisoners." Garp said at the end, after repairing the wall. At this moment, he was representing the Navy and was trying to be as serious as possible.

"Prisoners?" Luffy was confused about He had almost forgotten about them.

"You can have the prisoners, but only three won't be given back." It was Ken who replied. Actually, the Navy also wanted Garp to ask about their devil fruits. They had seen in Den Den Mushi videos what they had done to the ships, but Garp knew it was useless to ask them. He never found out, even when they were kids.

He always knew that Ken had some unusual devil fruit, but he never asked about it or spoke about it with Sengoku. He knew what to say and what not to say. Sengoku might be the Fleet Admiral's best friend, but that doesn't mean he will share everything.

"Three people?"

"Rob Lucci, Kaku, and Spandam won't be given back." Ken said this with no hesitation.

"Spandam?" Garp didn't care about the CP agents that had been caught, but Sengoku asked him to bring back the agents and Spandam too since he was superior to the CP9 agents and he knew many secrets. He was important to the government.

"Spandam is important to the govern..."

"I don't care. It was your ex-favorite student who gave that asshole the power of the Buster Call. If you have problems, take them up with him. He has made his bed, and now he will suffer for it." Ken stopped his grandpa from talking more and just said what needed to be said. Since Garp was acting like someone from the Marines, he needed to act as the Vice Captain of the Straw Hats.

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