Rocks's Ruthlessness

"Where's Dragon? How is he?!"

The group returned to the site of the explosion.

By then, the center of the blast was already completely empty, with nothing left behind.

Only a pitch-black crater remained.

"Cough!"

Luffy, the weakest among them and the one who had exerted himself the most, spat out a mouthful of blood in his overwhelming grief and collapsed headfirst.

Garp swayed as well, unable to keep his footing, his sorrow beyond words.

"Luffy! Luffy, are you okay?!"

Shanks hurried forward to examine Luffy, while Zephyr supported Garp by the arm.

The matter of KEEP OUT came to an end.

Lin Qi left the island.

Garp had Zephyr with him, and Luffy had his companions. Staying with them for too long might not necessarily be a good thing for them.

A week later, funerals for Dragon were held simultaneously in Foosha Village and within the Revolutionary Army.

The funeral in Foosha Village was arranged by Garp and Zephyr. Because of Dragon's special identity, Garp could not hold a funeral for him within the Navy.

He wanted to place Dragon's gravestone in the place where Luffy had grown up.

Dragon had been busy in the past, only able to spare time each year for a hurried meeting with Luffy.

Now it was different. Dragon could watch over the place where Luffy had grown up forever.

In just a few days, Garp's hair had turned completely white.

If it had once merely been a mixture of black and white, now all that remained was a deathly pallor.

Losing a son in old age was even more devastating than he had imagined.

Aside from Zephyr, the only ones who came to the funeral were a group of mountain bandits.

Garp had Dragon's grave placed deep among the mountains to prevent