Unexpectedly, Garp was so idle that as his subordinate, Ortolan had nothing to do after graduating for a week aside from collecting some benefits!
"I should've seen this coming!"
At a tavern called the Marine Club in Marineford's residential district, Ortolan sat across from Kuzan and couldn't help complaining, "Whenever I went back after school, Garp was either sunbathing or taking a nap. He looked like someone with nothing to do. Sure enough, after becoming his subordinate, I had nothing to do either. At this rate, getting promoted to Rear Admiral is probably a distant dream. Is there any way you can help transfer my personnel assignment? I heard Admiral Sengoku is very busy, and I want to do my part for justice!"
Kuzan poured the wine and said with a chuckle, "How else do you think I developed such a lazy personality? But as someone who's been through it, let me give you some advice. Don't be in such a hurry. Although Mr. Garp usually has nothing to do, whenever something major happens, they definitely can't do without him!"
As one of Marine Headquarters' top Vice Admirals, Garp should have been very busy in theory. After all, the Marines were such a vast organization. Teacher Zephyr had gone off to focus on education, and Admiral Sengoku was under immense pressure handling everything on his own.
But according to Kuzan, when Teacher Zephyr had first stepped away from management, Admiral Sengoku had repeatedly assigned Garp to help. Yet Garp's unreliable way of doing things gave Sengoku endless headaches. Tasks that weren't particularly troublesome to begin with somehow always turned into absurd farces in Garp's hands. Not only did he fail to ease Sengoku's workload, he often made it even worse.
As a result, unless it was an emergency, Admiral Sengoku