"I Am Justice!" (1/3)
"Of course, that's also because I truly think highly of you. Otherwise, I wouldn't care about Zephyr's request." At the end, Garp added haughtily.
"Phew!" Longinus took a deep breath. Rather than putting on any childish airs, he nodded steadily and calmly. "I understand. I'll do my utmost to train under you, Vice Admiral Garp."
"There's no need to be too nervous. With your talent and conviction, learning my Iron Fist won't actually be difficult. The hard part is what level you'll be able to use it at in the future!" Garp casually sat down on a reef.
Longinus stood to one side and listened attentively.
"Quite a few people at Marine Headquarters have trained under me, but most of them couldn't bring out the true power of the Iron Fist. The only one who completely grasped its essence was actually my son, Dragon."
But Garp's proud expression quickly turned displeased. "Unfortunately, Dragon insisted on making some changes to my Iron Fist. Fine, if he wanted to change it, whatever—but he actually turned it into some effeminate finger-pinching martial art. I was so mad that I beat the hell out of him right then!"
Longinus's mouth twitched. The technique Dragon had improved on was probably the Dragon Claw Fist that Sabo would use in the future timeline, right?
To turn the Fist of Love into the Dragon Claw Fist that shattered tyranny showed that Dragon's conviction and Aura had surpassed ordinary people's from a very early age. Such a genius creation would undoubtedly be worthy of admiration in most people's eyes. Unfortunately, his father was not most people.
"Wait, could Dragon's mindset of resisting tyranny have come from his father's brutal rule?" Longinus suddenly thought. "If that's the case, could Luffy's initial yearning for freedom have