Garp's Request
"Hmm, this is troublesome!"
Garp punched his palm with an exaggeratedly theatrical expression, "To be able to fight Kizaru, he's no ordinary pirate. We have to use our full strength! Smoker!"
"Exist!"
Looking at Garp's unreliable face, Smoker had a bad feeling.
"Because a more troublesome target has emerged, the original plan to ambush Spade Ace at Reverse Mountain is immediately cancelled. I order you to accompany me to assist the East Blue 16th Branch in quelling the rebellion of the remnants of the Sun Pirates!"
"Yes!"
Smoker agreed listlessly, his face bearing the constipated expression once again.
Although Vice Admiral Garp's order seemed perfectly reasonable, Smoker felt that something was amiss...
Those Fish-Man only knew from hearsay that they had fought Admiral Kizaru, but there are many others who have fought Admiral Kizaru.
This guy has no reputation to date; he's probably just a low-level Shichibukai at best.
You, Shichibukai, shouldn't be someone you, a naval hero, could easily defeat?
What do you need a colonel like me to do?
Wouldn't it be better to split up and act separately?
Smoker thought to himself, but there was nothing he could do to disobey Garp's orders.
If the USS White Hunter were still around, given Smoker's personality, he might not have given face to anyone and would have directly disobeyed orders to intercept Ace at Reverse Mountain.
But now Smoker's ship has sunk...
Convincing the old scoundrel Garp to take him back to Loguetown would be a completely different story.
In short, Smoker, who had been fighting Ace for more than half a year, had no choice but to give up his pursuit of the latter.
Smoker secretly vowed that if he ever encountered another brat clamoring to become the Pirate King, he would never again entrust his affairs to the wrong person.
I must personally pursue him, even if it means chasing him to the ends of the earth, to the New World, to Wano Country, I must catch that kid and lock him up in Impel Down.
Ma Qiao then tried to sell Smoker the Big Bird Brand Den Den Mushi).
Although Smoker had no interest in the so-called "Smart Touchscreen Den Den Mushi," he still spent another 200,000 Beli to buy one because he admired Ma Qiao.
200,000 Beli, the same price as a regular Den Den Mushi), was something Ma Qiao had seriously considered.
The price of the phone shouldn't be too high; the focus should be on opening up the market. There are plenty of other ways to make money through content creation later, so there's no need to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
"Um, 200,000 Beli, right...?"
Suddenly, Garp pulled out his wallet, counted out a wad of cash, and handed it to Ma Qiao.
"Uh... Garp- senpai, that Den Den Mushi you have is a gift from me, it's free!"
Ma Qiao quickly shook his head.
200,000 Beli?
This is like trying to fob off Delia!
I'm going to make a hundred or a thousand times more money off you, you old scoundrel!
That's what Ma Qiao was thinking.
To everyone's surprise Garp shook his head and pointed to the Den Den Mushi hanging around his neck, "This isn't money for this little thing; I'm planning to buy another Big Bird Den Den Mushi..."
After thinking for a moment, Garp sighed and said, "Actually, the reason I came to the East Blue this time is to visit my grandson. He's such a troublesome fellow... I've never brought him any gifts in all his years, so I'll give him a surprise this time!"
Garp thought that, as a gift, this strange Den Den Mushi was definitely more interesting than Shanks's damn Straw Hat!
Although Garp is a carefree guy, Ma Qiao could still detect a deep sense of helplessness in his words.
He had finally managed to release one of his grandsons from the sea, but now there was another grandson who was even more worrisome.
One by one, can't you all just listen to me and be a navy officer? Even a rogue navy officer like that kid, the flying Momonga, would be fine!
Etc?
It seems the Momonga's younger generation has turned over a new leaf?
Garp glanced at Twitch, who was awkwardly dancing with Garen, and a deep envy appeared in his eyes.
He turned his head and looked directly at Ma Qiao: "Hey, Scarf Kid, oh no, Professor Ma Qiao, I've heard you're quite skilled at educating young people?"
Ma Qiao gave an ambiguous answer to Garp's request.
Just kidding, who is King Luffy?
Forget about a male lecturer who's an expert on human nature; even if a female boxer herself were here, that kid would definitely be sent flying with one punch.
Reasoning with him is completely ineffective.
As for using games or something to wear down his will...
Ma Qiao didn't think it would work either.
That's King Luffy, the man destined to change the world after eating the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika.
Didn't the Five Elders know about King Luffy's Devil Fruit ability at least since the Alabasta arc, yet they posed for over a thousand episodes without daring to seriously attack him, just watching him Awakening his Sun God?
And even if they discover that he Awakening his Sun God form, why not send Admiral to intervene, instead of just having a CP0 fodder with severely inferior combat power launch a sneak attack as a show of force?
In short, Ma Qiao doesn't believe that efforts to stop King Luffy a pirate will be effective.
On the other hand, while Ma Qiao may lack experience in cultivating a teenager into a pillar of the nation, he is quite experienced in turning a promising young man into a useless one.
He had practiced it on himself in his past life.
So even though he felt the results wouldn't be great, Ma Qiao didn't immediately refuse, but promised to try and find a way.
Having received Ma Qiao's promise, Garp was delighted and drank quite a bit more wine.
The night was deep.
Everyone at the banquet lay sprawled out and drifted off to sleep.
The snot bubble that Garp was blowing suddenly popped.
He rubbed his eyes, half-asleep.
Didi--
Garp vaguely heard a strange sound.
He looked around and finally realized that the sound was coming from the Den Den Mushi (a type of Den Den Mushi) on his neck.
Upon opening the screen, the penguin icon on the Den Den Mushi was seen shaking continuously.
[A lonely night, a lonely you, beautiful lady, may I have the honor of dancing with you?]
Garp made the same expression as an old man on a bus looking at his phone.
Is this Den Den Mushi broken?
Garp mentioned the Den Den Mushi, wanting to give it a piece of meat to treat it.
Fortunately, he's not a single-celled organism like Luffy; he's at least a two-celled organism.
He remembered that Den Den Den Mushi) couldn't eat meat.
He didn't have any mushrooms or anything like that...
"That's right!"
Garp clenched his fist, "This Den Den Mushi seems to like eating banknotes!"
Garp pulled another wad of cash from his wallet and stuffed it into the Den Den Mushi's mouth, hoping it would make him feel better.
However, despite having fed it nearly ten million Beli, the Den Den Mushi's screen continued to display various obscene and harassing messages.
Garp did some research, trying to find a way to block these messages.
However, at that moment, a new message appeared.
[Dear Navy Sister, which branch are you in? I want to send you some delicious meat dishes. It would be my greatest honor to let you enjoy the meat sauce I made myself... heart. jpg]
[Stranger Mr. Prince, requesting to add as a friend]
[Agree]
[Reject]
"Eat meat?"
Garp picked his nose. "Who would refuse someone who brings you meat?"
After clicking "agree" and sending the mailing address of the 16th Branch, he fell asleep again.