"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Makino!"
Garp hung up the Den Den Mushi, turned to look at Dragon with a stern face, and under Dragon's questioning gaze, opened his mouth wide and rebuked him.
"Look at the way you raised your son! Luffy's Luffy a pirate, do you even know that, as his father?!?"
Dragon squinted, his face receiving Garp's application of star-like particles. Only after Garp finished did he speak slowly and deliberately.
"Father, as you know, Luffy has hardly ever seen me since he was little. It seems like he's spent more time with you than with me, right?"
Garp blew his beard and glared at him as he spoke.
"What? You mean I, the grandfather, am to blame for this?"
Dragon nodded seriously. Garp clenched his fist, veins bulging on his forehead. Just as he was about to unleash his Fist of Love, the door was suddenly pushed open roughly.
Two slightly thin figures rushed in; it was Sabo and Ace.
Ace rushed in and shouted excitedly,
"Luffy still went to be a pirate? That idiot! Why does he have to go against Senga?!"
Although Sabo was more composed, his expression wasn't good either. He said in a deep voice,
"Things aren't looking good. I have a feeling something's off about Luffy lately."
Over the past few years, Ace and Sabo have visited Foosha Village quite often, and they have both witnessed Luffy's changes. The Luffy of the past would never have shown such a strange expression.
Dragon frowned. He wasn't as familiar with Luffy as these two brothers were with him when he was a child. Hearing this, he immediately asked,
"Sabo, what did you mean by what you just said? What happened to Luffy?"
"I can't quite put my finger on it, but I just feel that Luffy's personality has changed so much that it gives me the feeling that he's become a completely different person."
Listening to their conversation, Ace gradually calmed down and said,
"With Luffy's strength, he'll definitely make a name for himself very soon, and by then it will be too late!"
A moment of silence fell over everyone in the room. Suddenly, Garp looked at Ace and asked,
"Ace, what would you do if Luffy one day completely turned against the Navy?"
Ace took a deep breath and said with a firm expression,
"Then I definitely won't hold back. Going against the Navy is going against Brother Senga. Brother Senga is the king who saved the entire world. I will never allow Luffy to do such a thing!"
Ace witnessed Senga's rise to power from a young age, and if there were a ranking of die-hard fans, he would definitely be at the top.
Sabo patted Ace on the shoulder, about to say something, when Ace suddenly shouted,
"No! I have to stop Luffy before he does something stupid!"
After saying that, he turned and rushed towards the door. Sabo was stunned for a moment, then followed him.
Garp and Dragon, father and son, exchanged a glance. Garp asked hesitantly,
"Are these three brothers going to start fighting?"
Dragon shook his head, gazing thoughtfully in the direction Ace and Sabo had gone.
He recalled a piece of information he had once stolen from the World Government, concerning Luffy's Rubber-Rubber Fruit.
According to intelligence, the World Government at the time seemed to attach great importance to the Rubber-Rubber Fruit, but in the end, the fruit did not fall into their hands and was snatched away by Red-Haired.
"The Rubber-Rubber Fruit... This fruit seems rather special. Could Luffy's changes be related to it?"
After Ace and Sabo left, Dragon went to find Senga.
Senga said with a look of surprise and doubt,
"So Ace and Sabo went to capture Luffy?"
Long nodded solemnly and said,
"Yes."
Upon hearing this, Senga's expression became somewhat subtle. So Ace and Sabo were now doing what Naruto did back then?
Long assumed Senga was angry, and he immediately said in a firm tone,
"Don't worry, King. If Luffy dares to disrupt the stability of the world, I will definitely not hold back!"
"Uh, I understand. You don't need to get so worked up. Let's talk about it after Ace and Sabo get back."
East Blue,
Luffy sailed aimlessly on the sea in his small boat. The East Blue was now extremely safe, and even the Krieg Pirates, the former rulers of the East Blue, had been wiped out.
Of course, this so-called overlord was pitifully weak and extremely unlucky. He encountered a dragon returning home to visit its family and was swept away by a hurricane, turning into sea dust. He didn't even know how he died.
Luffy lay sprawled on his small boat, gazing at the bright sun in the sky and muttering...
"How boring! We haven't even encountered a decent opponent. The East Blue is just too weak!"
He drifted on the sea in his small boat until a small island appeared in the distance.
Upon seeing the island, Luffy's eyes lit up. He patted his somewhat shrunken belly and excitedly shouted,
"Finally, I can see the island! I'm starving!"
However, as he got closer, he noticed several Marine warship anchored on the shore, as well as the tall Senga statue in the center of the island.
Looking at Senga's statue, Luffy paused, a memory of the fear he felt when Senga dominated him years ago resurfacing in his mind.
"Why is he everywhere...?"
After grumbling, Luffy lowered his head and silently rowed towards the island. Two Marines on guard duty on the shore watched in surprise as he approached alone in his small boat. They went over and asked him...
"This is Konoha. Who are you? What do you want here?"
Both naval soldiers were very polite. Since the purging of Captain Mouse, most of the naval personnel sent here had been transferred from headquarters after rigorous testing.
Although there are few opportunities to make a name for oneself in the East Blue, for many naval personnel, this is the homeland of their king, and protecting it only makes them proud.
Luffy scratched his head and answered honestly.
"My name is Luffy. I'm hungry, so I came here to find something to eat."
Luffy did indeed look harmless, and the two marines would never have imagined that there would be a fool in this day and age who would be eager to go to sea and become a pirate. So, after briefly checking Luffy for weapons, they let him in.
Upon entering Konoha, Luffy was quickly captivated by its prosperity. The wide, clean streets, the diverse shops, and the various people coming and going made it seem like a village at all.
Wearing a straw Straw Hat and a pair of his heirloom flip-flops, Luffy looked like a country bumpkin visiting the city, and some girls passing by couldn't help but laugh when they saw him.
However, Luffy wasn't one to care about such things. He adjusted his straw Straw Hat and plunged into the crowd, searching for food shops on both sides of the street.