Garp: "Kate! Where the hell have you been!!!"
A roar came from afar, scaring a sleeping figure on the treetops into falling heavily!
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!"
Kate, whose head landed first, was clutching the big bump on his head.
Garp noticed the commotion here immediately. With a flash of his figure, a fist wrapped in faint Armament Haki landed directly on Kate's head!
By the time Kate reacted, it was already too late to dodge.
Kyle's head hurt so much now that he wanted to roll around on the spot. Falling from a tree normally only hurt for a little while, but getting hit by Garp's fist was different; it was imbued with advanced Armament Haki.
Seeing that Garp was about to go for another round, Kate hurriedly shouted: "Ah! Old man, have you lost your mind? Who uses Haki to hit a kid?"
Seeing Garp deliver another merciless punch, Kate decisively conceded: "I was wrong! I will never dare do it again next time!"
Garp said angrily: "Kate! You brat! Your promises aren't worth believing a single bit. Taste my Fist of Love first!!!"
Looking at Garp's aggressive appearance, Kate said: "Stop, stop, stop! Old man, I'll go, all right."
Garp immediately changed his tune, patting Kate on the shoulder and saying: "Hahaha! As expected of the good grandson I value the most, Kate. Let's go! We're heading to Marineford right now!"
"I've got to make that guy Sengoku take a good look at just how outstanding the grandson I raised is!" Garp's undisguised pride left Kate speechless for a moment.
Hey, hey, hey! he thought. Are you sure this power of mine was raised by you? Can you not be so shameless, hey? Also, can you stop patting my shoulder, hey? It hurts like hell, you bastard, hey!
Unfortunately, Garp didn't read minds, or else Kate would have suffered another 'Fist of Love'.
Kate stood up and reached into the System Space to pull out a Zanpakuto.
Garp was already used to Kate's ability to pull items out of thin air. At first, he had suspected it was Kate's Devil Fruit ability, but later he found out that Kate wasn't only unafraid of seawater, but could even play around with Seastone.
Although Garp was very suspicious of Kate's ability, in order not to cause unnecessary trouble, he still kept the matter hidden!
Ding!
Quest completed!
Quest reward: Kido has been issued!
Right after Kate took out his Zanpakuto, the system's voice inside his body rang out immediately!
Kate felt a warm current flow into his body, and these energies were specially used to drive Kido! All the techniques and incantations regarding Kido were carved into his mind.
An interface that only he could see lit up before Kate's eyes. In the quest menu section of this interface, a question mark had been placed behind cultivating Observation Haki to the intermediate stage.
Kate looked at his next quest: Please have the host head to Marineford to become the new Admiral!
As expected! Kate thought to himself. This was his third system quest since coming to this pirate world!
Kate's first two quests were to join the Marines and perfectly master the Rokushiki, and the rewards obtained corresponded to the fists and steps of the Shinigami system—meaning Hakuda and Shunpo!
The second quest was the enhancement of the Three Types of Haki that he had just completed. Kate had finished them all and obtained Kido.
Now, coupled with the Zanpakuto:[Ryujin Jakka] that Kate had obtained from the starter pack right when he first transmigrated!
This Zanpakuto was the strongest Zanpakuto in the fire category! In the long time since Kate transmigrated, he had long since fully mastered the Ryujin Jakka in his hand and reached the point of using Bankai!
In other words, Kate's strength had already squeezed into the front-line standard, and he now had plenty of confidence to complete the quest of becoming a Marine Admiral!
While Kate was heading to Marineford, Marine Headquarters was already arguing up a storm!
The reason was very simple: Garp had submitted a list of candidates for Marine Admiral and bragged that his grandson—meaning Boscas Kate—was already strong enough to take on the role of Admiral.
In the Marine Headquarters conference room, Akainu slammed the table and said: "What a joke! How old is that stinking brat? How can someone without real strength serve as a Marine Admiral!!!"
"Don't be rash, Sakazuki. Since Garp can affirm that his grandson is capable of holding the Admiral position, his strength must definitely have been recognized by Garp," Sengoku, sitting at the head of the table, said calmly.
Momousagi, sitting in the lower seat, said with great interest: "Garp's grandson, Kate? I wonder how his strength is?"
Chaton, sitting next to Momousagi, looked at the documents in his hand and said dismissively: "I really don't think much of Kate. The documents on the table show that he's only seventeen? Isn't this guy probably just a rookie?"
At this moment, Vice Admiral Tsuru of Headquarters suddenly spoke up: "You guys must not underestimate this kid Kate! He spent a period of time over at Zephyr's place, and even Zephyr spoke of him with unceasing praise! I think you must know about this, Sengoku."
Sengoku pushed the toad-style glasses on the bridge of his nose, nodded, and said: "Whether it's Zephyr or Garp, those two guys keep droning on about this kid! It's pretty hard not to know about him."
To be honest, even Sengoku wanted to see what Kate himself was like. You had to know he was a young fellow who could make those two old buddies praise him unceasingly.
Before Sengoku could speak again, Akainu said: "Humph! Wanting to become an Admiral is no easy task; I'll take charge of evaluating this kid's combat assessment. I suppose you guys have no objections!"
The conference room fell quiet for a moment. Sengoku frowned and said: "This part is supposed to be Kuzan's responsibility!"
Before Sengoku could finish, Akainu's gaze immediately landed on Aokiji, who was dozing off secretly.
Akainu spoke in an unquestionable tone: "Hey! Kuzan, leave the matter of evaluating Kate's strength to me!"
Aokiji lazily stretched, glanced at the aggressive Akainu, and said in his usual slurred words: "What a pain! I'll leave this to you. It's just right so I can have more time to sleep."
"Hey, hey, hey! Who gave you guys permission to change my decision at will? Do you still have any respect for me as the Fleet Admiral?" Sengoku said with dissatisfaction.
At this time Kizaru, who had been slacking off the entire time, spoke up: "If we calculate by time, Vice Admiral Garp should be arriving soon, shouldn't he?"
Who among everyone present wasn't an elite among Marines? Prompted by Kizaru, everyone's Observation Haki was cast toward the direction of the port.
They saw that a dog-head warship had already docked at the port, and an old man and a young man were slowly walking off the ship.
The older one wore a dog-head hat and continuously ate senbei from his hand. The younger one had a blade hung at his waist, his hands resting behind his head, and looked around the entire Marine Headquarters with curious eyes.
Akainu's eyes narrowed, and his figure vanished from the conference room.
Kate, who was on his way to the Headquarters Fortress, hadn't even reacted before he felt a substantive hostility coming right toward him!
Garp, standing beside Kate, picked his nose at this moment and said: "Oh? Is that fellow Sakazuki? Why is he coming at us so aggressively?"
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