Chapter 288: Unreliable Karp
The hero Garp, the current vice admiral of the Marine Headquarters, nicknamed Iron Fist, is a top-level figure in this world in terms of combat power.
But even a man like him has a little-known worry, which is that his grandson keeps clamoring to become a pirate and the Pirate King.
Garp had no way to deal with this and could only scold his grandson when he said he wanted to be a pirate, and then educate him with his loving fists.
However, Ace and Luffy were very stubborn and would never change their words even if they were beaten black and blue, with lumps on their heads, or even covered in bruises .
But today, when Garp was educating his grandson in the mountains during his vacation as usual, he unexpectedly met a group of strangers. He also heard Luffy say that he wanted to be a shell and Ace said that he didn't want to be a pirate!
The reason is simply because of the ability of a pink-haired little girl!
Garp was excited. It was the first time he heard Luffy say that he wanted to be something other than a pirate, even if it was just a shell! Even Ace seemed to have new possibilities.
However, after the effect of the ability wore off, the two boys recovered quickly. Luffy didn't figure out what was going on so he stopped thinking about it and continued to clamor for meat. Ace pulled Luffy away from the little ghost and looked at Perona vigilantly.
It seems that Ace and Luffy are fine, and they don't feel any hostility from each other, so Garp wants to let Perona try again, at least to find out the role of the ability. If the effect is good, maybe he can ask her to help educate his grandson?
Perona was a little overwhelmed, and Zhang Da also stepped forward and asked, "Are you Vice Admiral Garp?"
"I've been recognized." Garp laughed heartily, "I'm Monkey D. Garp, indeed a vice admiral of the navy. Those two brats are my grandsons. Come to think of it, I haven't asked your names yet? What's the matter with that little girl's ability?"
"We are a tour group that set out from Shampoo and Politics. We accidentally came to the East China Sea because of the Golden Lion Incident and are now continuing our journey." Zhang Da also introduced the names of his companions present, although he doubted whether Garp could remember them.
"Perona's ability is to make people who come into contact with ghosts become very passive in a short period of time. Just now, it was her subconscious reaction when she saw the child rushing towards her. She had no ill intentions. I'm sorry."
Zhang Da also felt that Garp didn't look like he was about to lose his temper, but he still explained for Perona.
Garp said carelessly: "That kind of thing doesn't matter. Anyway, can you please use this little girl's ability on them again? Ace, Luffy, come here!"
Ace was not so obedient and shouted, "Why do we have to go out of our way to be dealt with by her, you old bastard!"
Although Luffy was still craving for meat, he subconsciously made a face when he heard Ace's words and shouted, "Stinky old man!"
"Damn... old man?" Garp's eyes were blocked by the shadows. He appeared in front of Ace and Luffy in an instant and punched each of them, "Call me grandpa!"
Bang bang!
"It hurts! Why does it hurt so much every time!"
"It's obviously rubber, why does grandpa hit me so hard?!"
The two little ones fell to the ground, holding their heads and screaming.
"With such a brutal blow, an ordinary child would be beaten stupid, right?" Shark Chili looked at the strength in Garp's hand and felt that even if he was hit by this punch, he would definitely feel uncomfortable.
If Kuina was left to Garp to train for a day, she might have died at the age of 11.
Perona looked at Garp fearfully. He was a navy hero, even scarier than a navy admiral... Eh? I seem to be a good person now. Good people don't need to be afraid of him, right?
Wendy and Xia Lulu are commonplace for such scenes of grandpa beating grandchildren, because when their dear president grandpa gets angry, they even use giant magic when they beat people, and they punch the walls and punch the ceiling are very common.
Tom was so scared that he shrank his neck and hugged Zhang Daye's thighs.
Zhang Da also keenly sensed a certain power in Garp's fist, and looked at Altria for confirmation.
Altria nodded slightly: "It should be Armament Haki. It's too much to use this kind of power to teach a grandson a lesson."
Zhang Da didn't know what his expression was at the moment. It seemed that these two guys were indeed beaten by Garp using his Armament Haki since they were young.
"A fist filled with love is irresistible!" Garp explained, picking up Ace and Luffy and placing them in front of Zhang Daye, "Come on, let the little girl start?"
Zhang Da also asked, "They are your grandchildren, right? Is it really okay to teach them a lesson like this?"
"This is all for the purpose of making them excellent marines! I once threw Luffy into the abyss, into the jungle at night, and even tied him to a balloon and let him fly into the sky, all to train him into a strong man!"
Garp proudly introduced his glorious deeds in educating his grandsons, and then said: "Now it's nothing to just let them experience the power of the devil fruit. As long as they become excellent marines, it will all be worth it!"
Ace was still stubborn and said, "I want to be a pirate!"
Luffy followed and shouted: "That's right, I don't want to be a marine!"
Garp corrected: "To become a marine!"
Ace and Luffy retorted, "Pirates!"
"Sea soldier!"
"Pirates!"
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"Snoringzzz..."＊3
Obviously, when the argument was getting intense, the three of them suddenly started to have snot bubbles and fell asleep snoring.
Perona's eyes widened: "Sleep...sleep? Why?"
"What's going on with these three people?" Xia Lulu looked at Zhang Daye, because Zhang Daye seemed to be very familiar with them.
Zhang Da also calmly sat back and picked up his barbecue again, saying, "They will wake up soon, don't worry about them, let's eat first."
When it comes to this kind of problem, Altria is always very cooperative. She sits down and eats as she is told: "Since Tatsuya said so, eat quickly, or the meat will burn."
Tom also obediently sat back and enjoyed the food. The others looked at each other and sat down doubtfully. They took a bite of food and looked at the three people who were sleeping soundly. They always felt that this was very rude, but to be honest, it was the other party who was rude first.
After an unknown amount of time, the roasted wild boar had been eaten up, and only a small portion of the roasted tiger was left.
Cap's snot bubble burst with a pop. "Oh, shit, I fell asleep by accident!"
Before Zhang Daye and the others could say anything, Garp first stared at Ace and Luffy: "You two, is this your attitude to accept a lesson from your grandfather?!"
Bang bang!
“It hurts!” *2
The brothers' screams scared away a flock of birds nearby.
After a while of chaos, Zhang Da also invited: "Would you like to sit down and eat something first?"
"Meat!" Luffy excitedly tore off a tiger leg and started chewing it, mumbling as he ate, "What? So you guys are good people!"
"Luffy!" Ace shouted. He had realized that Perona's attack was a misunderstanding. He bowed and said, "My brother, I am very sorry for being rude! And thank you for your hospitality!"
After Sabo's "death", Ace vowed to take good care of Luffy. In order to thank the red-haired captain who took care of Luffy, he went to Makino to learn various polite expressions.
After a few months, his learning progress was encouraging. Now, after he ate a free meal, he would even apologize to the boss before running away.
Garp glanced at Ace and Luffy who were busy eating, and felt that the barbecue was not enough, so he threw off his shoes and dived into the stream: "I'll be back soon."
Two minutes later, a splash of water occurred downstream of the creek, and a large crocodile flew out of the river, falling to the ground with its eyes rolled back.
"Haha, you run pretty fast!" Cap jumped out of the river, grabbed the crocodile's tail and dragged it to the fire.
Zhang Da also observed a moment of silence for the crocodile. Even Karp praised you for your speed, so rest in peace, crocodile.
Tom rubbed his hands and drooled. Although he was full, he had never tasted crocodile before. Tom felt that he could eat a little more.
"Hey, can this cat cook? It's quite capable!" Garp originally wanted to do it himself, but after looking at Tom's skillful movements, he felt that the chefs of the Navy Headquarters were at most at this level.
"Tom is a great cook. You can try his soup... Just forget it."
While Zhang Da was speaking, Luffy had already picked up the soup pot and drank up all the hot soup.
"Luffy! Why did you drink it all!" Garp was helpless with Luffy. Judging from his eating habits, he believed that Luffy would become very strong in the future.
"It's so hot!" Luffy's fingers were all burned red. He threw the pot on the ground and blew on his fingers.
"Idiot, who would put a pot directly on the fire!" Ace hadn't finished his bowl of soup yet. He had never tasted such a delicious soup.
Altria stared at Luffy, and Aho-ge moved. This kid was a big enemy at the dinner table.
The tiger meat was quickly eaten, but fortunately there was still a large crocodile, and Altria was immersed in the battle with little Luffy.
Cap finally tasted Tom's cooking: "It tastes great... By the way, why does this cat look familiar..."
"By the way! Are you the tour group that killed the Golden Lion?" Garp pounded his palm and showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.
Zhang Da also followed Ye Yan's example and rolled his eyes. This old man was really unreliable: "Didn't I say that when I introduced myself just now?"
"Is that so? Hahahaha... Sorry, I didn't ." Garp put a hand behind his head and laughed awkwardly, "So it's really you guys. Thanks to you, my vacation has been extended!"
"Ah?" Zhang Da didn't react either. By getting rid of the Golden Lion, at most Garp's vacation would not be shortened, but what on earth was extension?
Little Luffy took a moment out of his busy schedule to yell, "You're the ones who extended Grandpa's vacation! So you're the bad guys!"
Ace covered his face, he had seen the future.
Sure enough, Garp knocked Luffy down with one punch: "Don't you really want grandpa to take a vacation to accompany you, Luffy!"
Luffy got up and said unconvincedly: "Because Grandpa, you beat me every time you take a day off!"
Garp clenched his fists: "Even if this is the case, I still want to be loved by my grandson!"
"it hurts!"
A few seconds later, little Luffy, with new wounds on his face, was gnawing on crocodile meat with tears in his eyes. The delicious food could make him forget the pain temporarily.
Ace was already lying down. Although he knew he couldn't stop it, he couldn't help but stand in front of Luffy every time. So every time Garp wanted to teach Luffy a lesson, he was often the first to be knocked down.
After teaching the two kids a lesson, Karp said in confusion, "Ah, where were we just now?"
"Speaking of vacation, because we've extended it." Zhang Da was almost accustomed to this rhythm of communication. As a grandfather, it was reasonable for him to beat up his grandson after saying a few words... right?
Karp said, "That's right. Originally, I didn't want to answer the call from the headquarters. As you can see, I am also very busy during my vacation. If I answered the call, there would definitely be trouble."
Zhang Da also glanced at Ace and Luffy and said, "Yes, you are too busy. You have two grandchildren to beat."
"Later, that guy Zhan Guo called me twelve times in a row. I felt that something big must have happened, so I answered the calls." Garp had a look of disgust on his face and he would definitely eat all the senbei in his office when he got home.
Zhang Da also has a new understanding of Garp's unreliability, so you would rather count the number of times Zhan Guo called you over and over again and not answer? Is this also called being busy during the holidays?
Garp went on to say, "After the call was connected, I found out that there was indeed a big problem. That guy Shiqi was actually planning to come to the East China Sea. At that time, I immediately set sail on a warship just in case, but I didn't expect that you would solve it overnight. You really helped a lot."
Zhang Da also followed up the topic and asked, "What about the extended vacation you mentioned?"
"Since the incident has been resolved, I told Sengoku that I would continue my vacation and let Kuzan do the rest for me. Sengoku said that I could continue my vacation, but I had to pay attention to a tour group during the vacation."
"That tour group is you. Zhan Guo feels that a group like you that has the ability to kill the Golden Lion insists on staying in the East China Sea. Maybe the purpose is not that simple. We can't let you cause any trouble in the East China Sea."
Karp casually revealed the surveillance mission to the target.
Zhang Da was also embarrassed: "Is it okay to tell us directly about this?"
Garp was stunned: "Oh, right, this matter should have been kept secret from you! Hahaha, just pretend I never said anything!"
"How is that possible!" Shark Chili, Wendy, Xia Lulu and Perona complained together.
Garp waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Sengoku is always like this, trying to consider all possibilities. Xiaohe and Gion clearly trust you both."
Zhang Da didn't care about Garp's withdrawal fruit, but asked: "The current marshal is Marshal Kong, right? From your description, why does it seem that the Warring States general is in charge? "
"Because Zhan Guo will soon be the marshal in less than a month. Although he is nominally the general, he actually has almost complete control over the headquarters now."
"That's not right. Lieutenant General Gion said before that the reason why General Sengoku would not come was that the headquarters had to leave a general in charge..."
"Oh no, this matter must also be kept secret, just pretend I never told you!"
