Finally Partners

Reiju's sucking power is no joke; Ma Qiao wouldn't dare try it lightly.

Garp's shouts grew louder and louder in the next therapy room.

After Master Kennen finished the electrotherapy, it was Master Tahm Kench's turn to perform the traditional Fish-Man Island back-stepping ritual.

It must be said that, as a catfish-like Fish-Man, Tahm Kench's feet have a very good texture.

After a series of powerful stomps, the old scoundrel Garp felt extremely satisfied.

When he emerged from the physiotherapy room in his bathrobe, stretching his neck and looking quite content, his beloved grandson was also wheeled out of the operating room.

Upon seeing the white cloth covering Luffy's head, Garp's old face paled in shock, and he leaped to the cart. "Luffy? What happened to Luffy?"

"I can't attend the banquet..."

Shen lifted the white sheet, revealing Luffy's face as he slept soundly, blowing snot bubbles. "This patient simply fell asleep during the alveolar bone splitting surgery; there's nothing seriously wrong with him."

Garp let out a long sigh of relief, followed by a Fist of Love: "Idiot, falling asleep during surgery!"

Luffy jumped up, clutching his head, and roared at his grandfather, but could only make "woo woo woo" sounds.

This is what it looks like right after surgery.

Shen explained, "For the next 48 hours, you should eat only liquids and apply ice packs frequently."

"Liquid food? I'll just chew up the meat and feed it to him, right?" Garp said, picking his nose.

Luffy's eyes widened, and he quickly covered his mouth, shaking his head vigorously.

"You unfilial grandson!"

Garp delivered another powerful punch. "Back when you and A... and your brother were still babies, I fed you with meat sauce like this, bite by bite. Otherwise, why do you two love eating meat so much?"

King Luffy:???!!

His face slowly turned white, then blue, and finally he vomited with a "yue" sound.

"What a hopeless case! Sorry for making the hallway dirty, doctor."

Garp, carrying Luffy, strode towards the lounge.

Suddenly, he stopped and turned to Ma Qiao, saying earnestly, "Scarf Kid, that Moss Head boy must be treated with the best possible care. Don't try to save me money; please make sure he gets rid of his inability to distinguish directions!"

"Okay, no problem!"

Ma Qiao gave a thumbs-up, his expression as reliable as ever.

Garp nodded.

Garp is increasingly trusting Ma Qiao, this very capable young man.

If the other party hadn't explicitly stated that he wouldn't join the Navy, but only help the Navy find young recruits with strength, ambition, and integrity like that Captain Garen, Garp would have definitely poached Ma Qiao into the Navy.

Garp left satisfied, with a large bag of beef jerky in his arms, seemingly on his way to feed his grandson "liquid food".

Ma Qiao silently mourned for his classmate, Sun God, for a second.

However, in a way, this is also the will of Heaven.

After all, in the Whole Cake Island arc of the original manga, Luffy once yelled at Vinsmoke's cat cart, "Sanji, I only eat your cooking! If you don't cook for me, I'll starve to death here!"

Now, the Sanji made with his own hands, after passing through the hands of that old scoundrel Garp, has finally been eaten by him.

Perhaps this is what they call Destiny!

Ma Qiao sighed, "As expected of the world of One Piece, fate is truly terrifying! Don't you think so, Miss Reiju... Miss Reiju?"

Ma Qiao turned his head and saw Reiju's mouth agape in an "O" shape, then she rubbed her eyes frantically. "Garp? It really is the Navy Garp the Hero?"

Speaking of which, Garp is a legendary naval hero, while Germa 66 is a legendary supervillain.

However, the supervillain Germa 66 is only partially real, while Garp, the naval hero, is the real deal.

How could someone as great as Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King, be here?

A thousand thoughts raced through Reiju's mind.

Cipher Pol, Baroque Works, the Shichibukai, the Fifth Emperor of the Sea, Marine Heroes...

Reiju couldn't even imagine what kind of enormous force these individual terms could ultimately combine and form.

I want to be alone...

Reiju walked away, looking utterly dejected.

Ma Qiao knew that she must have been reporting new information to Vinsmoke Judge via Den Den Mushi.

"Are there too many spies around me?"

Ma Qiao stroked his chin, lost in thought for a moment, "The enemy is too cunning, repeatedly using female spies to test me, a private entrepreneur!"

With the cautionary tale of Dong Ge's downfall still fresh in everyone's minds, Ma Qiao decided he had to be extremely careful.

But...

Reiju's professional skills, Vivi, as a spy, is a disgrace to the spy world, a pair of brilliant foes with Igaram.

According to information provided by Robin, the Alabasta Kingdom has recently begun screening plus-size transgender people.

A series of arrest warrants, so abstract they brought Sanji to tears, appeared at the city gates of Alabasta's various cities.

Needless to say, this is the masterpiece of Vivi's six months of infiltration around Ma Qiao.

Honestly, with this level of intelligence, what more could you ask for...?

However, considering her various mischievous behaviors in the original work, this is just standard practice.

Ma Qiao recalled that in the original story, after Bon Clay fell into the water and was rescued by the Straw Hat Pirates, he spent most of the day partying with them, then shed tears like an Okama, parted ways, and jumped back onto his Swan.

Meanwhile, Bon Clay's men shouted, "Mr. 2, you're finally back!" The entire Straw Hat crew was stunned.

Only then did Vivi belatedly realize, "I was so stupid, really. All I knew was that Mr. was a tall ballet dancer who liked to refer to himself as a woman, and that his ballet costume had the words 'Von Clay' written on the back..."

This astonishing intelligence even elicited a look of disdain from Luffy, who is usually terrible at recognizing people.

Ma Qiao shook his head. "Being cautious and careful? To hell with that!"

I often feel out of place among the silly people in this world because I'm too wise...

Akali preserved Luffy's teeth using liquid nitrogen.

This is the most important trump card in the plan to defeat Enel.

Once Reiju recovers, a cloning team consisting of Heimerdinger, Reiju, and Dr. Mundo will begin cloning research on the Sun God's Teeth.

But before that, Dr. Mundo had another surgery to perform.

Zoro, bound hand and foot and even chained, was taken into the operating room.

The red light displaying the words "[In Surgery]" lit up again.

It was very similar to the previous surgery.

Liu Zoro, a violent criminal with a long criminal record, also attempted to assault the doctors, but was subdued on the spot by the doctors from Big Bird Medical.

Speaking of which, Liu Zoro is actually a wanted person by Baroque Works.

If Ma Qiao is not mistaken, his good brother Bon Clay is still searching for this Moss Head all over the East Blue.

With a sigh, Ma Qiao thought that Bon Clay would never be able to cause Zoro any trouble in his lifetime.

Not to mention that this guy is like Brownian motion, if it weren't for King Luffy's power to converge the world lines, it would be impossible to find him in the vast sea of people.

Just considering Garp alone, Bon Clay wouldn't be able to get past him.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, Ma Qiao could tell that Garp intended to take full responsibility for Zoro.

After all, he damaged someone's head; ignoring it wouldn't be Garp's style.

However, Zoro is different from Sanji.

Sanji's life goal is to find AllBlue, but Ma Qiao feels that's a false goal. The perverted kappa's real life goal is probably to get involved in pornography.

If this kid really wants to find AllBlue, the fastest way is definitely through the behemoth that is the Navy.

The only fear is that the so-called All Blue that Sanji read about in a book when he was a child might not even exist in any sea in the world today.

At least in his previous life, Ma Qiao had heard of one theory: the so-called All Blue actually refers to the sea created after King Luffy commanded Pluton to blast open the Red Line, merging the four seas into one.

Ma Qiao doesn't know the truth of the matter, but one thing is certain: becoming a Marine is not in conflict with Sanji's life goals.

But it's hard to say about Zoro.

His goal is to become the world's greatest swordsman.

And how could a great swordsman be without Conqueror's Haki?

Zoro possesses the potential for Conqueror's Haki.

However, once they become part of the Navy and the Celestial Dragons' henchmen, whether they can actually fulfill these qualifications becomes a big question mark.

Based on current intelligence, it is unlikely that naval officers Awakening Conqueror's Haki.

I wonder if that old Garp has something up his sleeve.

After all, he was a naval outlier who refused promotion to avoid being directly ordered around by the Celestial Dragons.

Just as Ma Qiao was worrying about Liu Zoro's future development, the operating room lights finally dimmed.

The surgery is over.

Zoro was wheeled out in a wheelchair, his expression blank, as if he were questioning the meaning of life.

"Dean, this patient will never get lost again."

Dr. Mundo reported this with great pleasure.

Ma Qiao was startled. "Dr. Mundo, you didn't perform a lobotomy on Mr. Liu Zoro, did you? I asked you to cure his directional impairment, not to turn him into an idiot!"

"Of course not, Dean! I have obtained the patent authorization from the genius Dr. Heimerdinger!"

Then, Dr. Mundo asked Liu Zoro, "What's to the south?"

Cuckoo~

A thumb-sized South Bird popped out of Zoro's Moss Head, its structure resembling the small wrench sticking out of Heimerdinger's head!

The South Bird quickly turned to a different angle and chirped merrily, "This is south! This is south!"

Dr. Mundo bowed obsequiously and said, "Dean, look, it's perfect, and the patient is very satisfied."

"Satisfied... satisfied my foot!"

Zoro jumped up from his wheelchair, picked up his three swords from the corner, one in each hand, and one in his mouth. "I'm going to kill you, you unscrupulous doctor! Three-Sword Style: Oni Giri!~"

Zoro chased after Dr. Mundo and unleashed a flurry of attacks, Dr. Mundo quickly activated his ultimate attack and ran away at lightning speed.

It's a pity that Zoro really doesn't get lost anymore.

When he couldn't tell which way was which at the crossroads, South Birds North Bird, north, East Bird, West Bird would occasionally jump out above his head.

Even with these tiny birds to guide him, Zoro still gets lost, just like he still gets lost in Dressrosa even with the Tontatta in his chest.

However, unlike the Tontatta scouts, these tiny birds will fiercely peck at Zoro's head when he goes astray, displaying unusual ruthlessness and strictness.

And so, while being pecked and swinging his sword, Zoro hacked his way from the operating room to the morgue, and from the morgue to the outpatient department, until finally, at the information desk, he was knocked to the ground by the information desk attendant Nami's invincible iron fist, thus ending this farce.

Lying on the floor, Zoro stared at the ceiling, tears streaming down his face.

But just then, he saw the Straw Hat boy being forced to eat by that muscular old devil, and for some reason, he wasn't so sad anymore.

"Luffy, is that right? Let's set sail together! I'll take you to Laugh Tale!"

Zoro slammed his fist on the floor and roared, "Let's change this world together!"