Pirates: How Many Divisions Do the Five Elders Have? Convalescence? I Know All About That!

56 years ago, Zephyr, then only 14 years old, joined the Navy because of his heroic act in his hometown and was promoted to officer and entered the Naval Academy.

That year, Garp was 18, Sengoku was 19, and Tsuru was 17. (See picture)

It can be said that Zephyr has had a friendship with these senior naval officers for nearly sixty years.

Moreover, although he is the junior brother, Zephyr's talent in Haki is no less than Garp's, and coupled with Garp more reliable personality, he has always been regarded by everyone as the most likely candidate to succeed Fleet Admiral Kong and become the leader of the Navy.

However, 28 years ago, a sudden change completely altered the trajectory of Zephyr's life.

At that time, 42-year-old Zephyr had already served as Marine Admiral for many years.

Not only is she very successful in her career, but she also has a happy marriage and a lovely 3-year-old son.

However, in that same year, the pirates who hated Zephyr decided to take action against his wife and children.

A pirate spy infiltrated Marine Headquarters learned that the mother and son had left Marineford to visit their hometown.

Ultimately, the mother and son died in a pirate attack.

Zephyr was deeply affected by that, and felt a profound sense of guilt for not being able to protect his wife and children.

He submitted his resignation to the Fleet Admiral Kong, but was persuaded to stay.

Still holding onto hope for the navy, Zephyr chose to retain his rank of Admiral and instead become an instructor at the naval academy.

There, he trained many outstanding naval commanders.

Kizaru, Akainu, Kuzan, Momonga, Comil, Zephyr, Hina Smoker...

It can be said that more than half of the well-known officers and officers in the navy are students of Zephyr.

The long years of teaching, and the companionship and joy brought by seeing each student grow up and succeed, gradually healed the wounds in Zephyr's heart, allowing him to temporarily forget the grief of his wife and children's tragic deaths.

However, another tragedy suddenly befell him.

Five years ago, Zephyr's training ship was attacked by Whitebeard Weevil, the second Whitebeard. All of his beloved students, except for Ain and Binz, were killed, and his right arm was also cut off.

This is undoubtedly another heavy blow to Zephyr, who already considers his students as family.

Since then, Zephyr's will has been consumed by a mixture of hatred and despair.

In the future, he will be completely corrupted after learning that the pirate who cut off his right arm and killed his student, Whitebeard Weevil, the second Weevil, has been invited by the World Government to join the Navy and become Shichibukai.

Zephyr developed strong doubts and distrust towards the Navy, and resolutely left the Navy to establish the "Neo Marines" with the goal of annihilating pirates worldwide.

However, just one year later, he tragically encountered King Luffy again.

Moreover, he met King Luffy in a movie.

Even if Roger came, he wouldn't be a match for King Luffy in the movie...

In the end, after being thoroughly beaten by King Luffy, he was moved by Luffy's persuasive words and chose to help the Straw Hat Pirates hold off the pursuing Marines.

The commander of that navy was none other than Zephyr, one of Kizaru's most outstanding students.

Kizaru, also known as Monkey D.'s second uncle.

He was incredibly lenient with King Luffy, but he was ruthless towards his own teacher.

After his death in battle, Zephyr was buried by Kuzan on a small island.

It can be said that Zephyr's life was that of a doctor who went from one tragedy to another.

Even in the tragic world of One Piece, he was one of the most miserable people.

Fortunately, at this moment, Zephyr has not yet been Backstab by the World Government and completely turned to the dark side.

The World Government does indeed intend to expand the Shichibukai, but their main candidates are Fire Fist D. Ace and Terror of the Seas Gangplank, both newcomers from the East Blue.

[In the original story, the World Government did indeed try to invite Ace to join the Shichibukai that year, but Ace refused.]

Edward Weevil, a reckless pirate with a long history of misdeeds, is not currently on the World Government's radar.

In the original story, it wasn't until a large number of the Shichibukai were removed from the list, leaving the Shichibukai system with numerous vacancies and on the verge of collapse, that the World Government considered inviting Edward Weevil to join.

In short, although Zephyr's mental state is very close to collapse, he still believes in the light and has not had any terrible thoughts of destroying the world.

Today, five years after Zephyr lost his arm, he has barely emerged from the shadow of grief and accepted the surgical plan proposed by the Navy's research department.

A robotic arm "Crusher" equipped with Seastone is about to be installed on Zephyr's right arm.

In this way, Black Arm Zephyr can Jianghu and achieve his goal of hunting down pirates.

As the bell rang, everyone's eyes were drawn to the operating room door.

The door slowly opened, casting out dim light, and the air was filled with a pungent, putrid stench.

Zephyr's imposing body slowly emerged, his Whitebeard gleaming, his bulging muscles riddled with tubes.

The scientists and nurses behind him hurried along, urging, "Lord Zephyr, you need to recuperate after the surgery; this isn't good for your wound healing..."

However, it was clear that Zephyr was not someone who followed medical advice.

He looked at the many colleagues and students outside the operating room and gave a weary smile, "I'm sorry to have worried you all..."

As he spoke, he raised his head. "Sengoku, give me the latest bounty list. I want to hunt down those filthy creatures!"

Sengoku advised, "Zephyr, you should rest for a while. There haven't been any... nothing threatening newcomers appearing on the high seas lately, right, Akainu?"

"Uh... yes... that's right!"

Akainu nodded, and unusually told a lie.

Vice Admiral Tsuru stepped forward and took the surgical records from the doctor, examining them carefully. "Sengoku, grant Zephyr a six-month leave and contact the Sabaody Marine Convalescent Home. He needs a good rest..."

"Convalescent care? I'm an expert in that!"

Garp had been eating beef jerky, suddenly remembered something and stepped forward to hug Zephyr: "Little Z, I happen to have six months of leave that I haven't used up yet. I know a fantastic place to recuperate, much more interesting than that Sabaody, and you won't run into those Celestial Dragons trash. It's definitely worth a visit!"

"I understand the logic, but why does even a Fleet Admiral like you have to come along for recuperation?"

The first half of the Grand Line.

An unremarkable passenger ship, without any markings, slowly sailed toward the Alabasta Kingdom.

Garp was wearing a floral shirt and floral shorts, with Den Den Mushi hanging around his neck, looking like he was on vacation.

However, at this moment, he pointed at Sengoku, who was also dressed casually and even wearing a pair of large sunglasses to conceal his identity, and flew into a Sengoku.

As for slacking off, a semi-retired Vice Admiral like myself, along with a semi-retired Admiral, is more than enough. You, a dignified Fleet Admiral, are not doing that, but instead coming here for a vacation. What kind of behavior is that?

"Garp, do you have some misunderstanding about the position of Fleet Admiral?"

Reclining in his sunchair, Sengoku Guo said calmly, "Do you think Fleet Admiral isn't human? That Fleet Admiral doesn't have annual leave and doesn't need rest?"

"But you haven't taken a break in over a decade!"

"Well, well, isn't the world at peace these days? There haven't been any dangerous elements on the seas for a long time, so I've been able to steal a moment from my busy schedule and give myself a two-month vacation!"

Faced with Sengoku's shameless statement, Garp opened his mouth, but was speechless.

You can't exactly say to Zephyr's face that Dark King Rayleigh Jianghu, Red-Haired Shanks has just ascended the throne, Buggy the Fifth Emperor is stirring up trouble, and his grandson, Roger's real son Ace, has arrived in the New World, and that a storm is brewing on the high seas, can you?

Not to mention that Ace's identity cannot be revealed, the matter of Shanks and Buggy cannot be brought up now either!

Otherwise, Zephyr would never have agreed to take a vacation and would have insisted on going to hunt down pirates.

To be honest, given Zephyr's current physical condition and his somewhat diminished strength, Garp is genuinely worried that he might get beaten up if he encounters someone like Rayleigh or Shanks.

Garp glanced at the desolate, burly figure not far away.

Zephyr, who has replaced his right arm with a mechanical Crusher, is fishing while sitting on the gunwale of the boat.

Although he was holding a fishing rod, both Garp and Sengoku could sense the intense negative emotions emanating from their old friend.

Garp didn't know how to advise him.

In fact, Garp had actually imagined what it would feel like for an older man to bury his younger brother if Ace and Luffy died together one day.

That feeling must be even more unbearable than being torn to pieces!

It was precisely because they didn't know how to comfort each other that Garp and Sengoku kept bickering along the way.

Only in this way would Zephyr occasionally show a smile.

For at least a moment, it felt as if we had returned to more than fifty years ago, when we were all in our prime, full of youthful vigor and ambition at the Naval Academy.

Garp and Sengoku bickered for a while, as usual.

Garp looked up at his watch to check the time.

It's time for my live dance broadcast again.

With a sigh, just as he was about to return to his room, Sengoku quietly followed him and put his arm around Garp's neck. "That kid you mentioned, does he really have a way to heal Zephyr's emotional wounds?"

"Maybe..."

Garp sighed, "Who knows? But I'm certain that if even that kid can't help, then I'm afraid no one in the world can help Zephyr..."

"Is it really that amazing? Even more amazing than a crane?"

Sengoku was somewhat skeptical. "That kid's Big Bird Network is interesting, but it's still far behind Crane's capabilities, isn't it?"

We'll find out then.

Garp turned and went into his room, then slammed the door shut behind him.

Sengoku shook his head, feeling that Garp had been acting strangely lately, acting mysteriously and always hiding from him to secretly train.

We're all getting on in years, there's no need to be so stubborn, is there?

Sengoku, knowing he only had two years left before retirement, couldn't understand Garp's youthful exuberance.

You might call him lazy, but he practices his spirituality at the appointed time every day, rain or shine.

You might say he's diligent, but this guy won't help with even the slightest bit of administrative work!

So much so that Sengoku was almost getting an intestinal obstruction from eating so much official documents these days.

And so, having finally found an excuse to accompany an old friend to a health retreat, I escaped Marineford and avoided the mountain of documents on my desk.

Hateful!

Even Borsalino has started writing work reports, can you believe it?

The Sengoku was utterly disgusted by those beasts.

Useless at everything, but a master at causing trouble!

"Fortunately, Ah He is still as reliable as ever, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to enjoy this short vacation!"

Sengoku stretched, Barry a handful of long-missed senbei into his mouth, and happily prepared to bask in the sun for a while longer.

How much sunshine do older adults need to prevent osteoporosis?

This is a life hack I learned from the Sengoku "[Suddenly, explosive good news! Elderly health care can now be completely assured! Everyone should take a look! Share it with the elderly around you!]"

However, just as Sengoku settled into his comfortable deck chair, a massive fleet suddenly appeared on the distant ocean, with skull and crossbones flags flying on every ship.