Garp and John
The next morning, as the sun was just rising, it cast its light upon this broken mountain that was inexplicably half a meter shorter than the seven surrounding peaks.
There was an extremely rough exit halfway up the mountain, which looked like a cave that had been smashed open by someone. Inside the cave, Garp, who was sleeping on a wooden bed, slowly opened his eyes.
At forty-six years old, he is in his prime, with a head of jet-black short hair and even more gleaming muscles, exuding a power that is terrifying to behold.
He had no blanket on him, only a clean white Justice Coat, which he put on as he stood up.
Beside the bed was a Den Den Mushi (Den Den Mushi) with a naval theme, and inside the hole was a grill with the remains of some kind of wild animal on it, as well as charcoal that had been extinguished all night.
Next to the wooden shelf were various bottles of wine, kettles, rice cracker bags, and other miscellaneous items, making it look messy and like a man's room.
Garp got out of bed, squatted down, picked up the water bottle, and took a sip. The refreshing feeling of the water instantly swept away any lingering sleepiness.
"Call--"
He let out a sigh of relief. He had gone to bed late last night, not because he was playing around, but because he had received several phone calls.
First, the Fleet Admiral Kong talked to him about Bullet, saying that he hoped Bullet would be taken under his wing after he graduated from the Zephyr Special Training Camp.
He didn't answer directly at the time, but just laughed it off, but who knew that Tsuru would call him right away.
Good heavens, in his eyes, Tsuru's face was far more important than Kong's, so he could only obediently listen to the other party bring up Bullet again.
However, compared to the Fleet Admiral Kong's constant emphasis on Bullet's talent, Tsuru mainly talks about Bullet's personality and his previous experience as a child soldier.
She felt that normal teaching methods wouldn't be very effective for a teenager like Bullet, and that Garp's unconventional approach seemed to be more effective.
Upon hearing this, he became enraged and wanted to argue with the other person about where their parenting had gone wrong.
Isn't Dragon pretty good now? He'll be an excellent naval officer sooner or later!
Kazuru knew him too well, so she simply said, "I've finished speaking. You decide what to do," and then hung up the Den Den Mushi on the spot.
Frustrated and helpless, Garp could only run out late at night to find a wild beast to vent his anger on and, incidentally, get himself a meal.
To be honest, while I was eating grilled meat, I started thinking about Bullet, and also about watching the video projected by the Image Den Den Mushi.
The video naturally shows Bullet's feat of taking on 400 enemies single-handedly, including his arrogant declaration at the end that he would defeat all the Rear Admirals, Vice Admirals, Admirals, and Fleet Admirals to become the strongest navy officer.
Seeing this, Garp already had an idea in mind. He didn't care about anything else for the time being, he just wanted to beat this brat up with his own hands!
Especially after seeing Zephyr go up and punch him, his hands suddenly felt itchy for some reason. That's right, this is one of the reasons why he went out to cause trouble for wild beasts in the middle of the night.
After reading it, he was just about to go to sleep when he was about to get up at six o'clock sharp in the morning to go out and hammer the mountain, as planned.
Although these things meant he was well past bedtime, he wouldn't change his wake-up time on his own.
Even if no one is watching him!
But who would have thought, he had barely lain down, and his eyes had barely closed for three seconds, when the Den Den Mushi rang again! It rang again!
At that moment, Garp really wanted to smash the Den Den Den Mushi, but thankfully he held back with his strong will and stood up again to answer the phone.
The caller was his son, Dragon!
Well, what can I do? Although I complained to them and threatened to beat them up, I didn't hang up the phone.
Even though Dragon was talking to him about Bullet, even though his research on Bullet wasn't as deep as the previous two, and he only gave the same old descriptions of the other person as a genius or a monster.
After he finished speaking, Garp didn't rush to end the conversation. Instead, he chatted with him in his own style about the previous Z Island conflict.
Although, if outsiders heard this, they would only think that he, as a father, was too harsh and strict with his son.
Why do you always resort to hitting your child? Is this proper parent-child communication?
Neither father nor son felt anything was wrong; they were used to it, and this was their way of getting along. Dragon still respected Garp as much as ever, and Garp was genuinely proud of Dragon.
However, Garp gave a clear answer to Dragon: he would personally come to pick Bullet up after he graduated from the Special Training Camp.
It's worth noting that neither Kong nor Tsuru received a clear answer before.
He just felt that he really didn't want to hear the name Bullet anymore lately; he was in a bad mood!
Clearing his mind of thoughts about Bullet, he strode out of the cave, his goal being to flatten all the mountains on the island with his fists, Haki Infusion!
While honing my Haki, I'll make my fists even harder, and then I'll go to the New World to settle things with that 'Chinjao's' cone-shaped head!
Vidal's situation remained the same, except that he had switched rooms with Dragon and was temporarily living with Sakazuki.
The two of them studied together at 6 p. m. after dinner, and took the opportunity to correct Sakazuki's incorrect way of memorizing.
During their cohabitation, he discovered that Sakazuki wasn't so difficult to get along with after all, since the guy was targeting pirates.
Furthermore, Vidal was quite certain that Sakazuki still harbored some affection for him, since he had previously gifted the latter a pirate-themed gift set!
In addition, he knew that the future Sakazuki loved bonsai, and he himself also happened to like plants, so the two of them gradually started to have more to talk about.
Several days passed, and nothing else happened, but the number of potted plants in their cottage increased.
The trimming was a mess, since neither of them were experts in this area and they were just messing around, but they seemed to enjoy it.
However, the two occasionally argued about the style of bonsai due to their different styles.
Sakazuki believed that plants should be upright, just like people, so all branches and leaves below the very top should be pruned.
The beauty of bonsai lies in the straightness of the trunk and the degree of trimming of the top branches and leaves.
Vidal, of course, disagreed with this idea. He believed that bonsai should be beautiful, with lush foliage and artistic pruning as a foundation.
In the end, neither side could convince the other, resulting in the potted plants on the side of Sakazuki's room being completely bare, with only a small clump of leaves at the very top.
The potted plants on Vidal's side of the room were thriving, their green canopies providing ample shade; he thought they looked quite nice.
But neither of them were children, and they didn't have any complaints or conflicts because of this. Instead, the politeness between them completely disappeared.
On this day, the second battle on Z Island began, but Sakazuki was unable to participate due to failing his monthly exams and could only sit on a bench on the warship and watch the live broadcast.
That same noon, Kong received a report in his office that Admiral 'Sengoku had found traces of the John Pirates.