"Mr. Chen Fan, long time no see! I'm Koby. Do you still remember me?" Koby came before Chen Fan, bowed, and spoke.
"The kid who followed Luffy and wanted to become a marine. Looks like you made it into the Marines after all. Not bad. Work hard from now on, make something of yourself, and change this rotten World Government." Chen Fan patted Koby's head as he spoke.
Even Garp had nothing to say when Chen Fan called the World Government rotten right to his face. The facts were right there.
"Kid, if you think the Marines are so rotten, why not join them and work to change things? With your strength, you could even become an admiral directly. And there are plenty of young girls in the Marines. I heard you like young girls—the part on your wanted poster was written in by me." Garp gave Chen Fan a knowing look as he tried to persuade him.
"So you're the bastard who did that!" Chen Fan bared his teeth and shouted at Garp. So this was the guy who had ruined his reputation. Even now, plenty of families locked their little daughters indoors whenever they saw him, leaving Chen Fan utterly speechless.
Chen Fan shook his head. "I don't have a good impression of either the Marines or pirates, and I won't join the Marines. I don't want to be restrained anymore. I've always been bound by rules—I want to be freer here." Chen Fan still held Garp in fairly high regard. Everyone had to have a bottom line. There were good and bad people in the Marines alike. In fact, eighty percent of Marines had joined with the intention of protecting the people, so Chen Fan generally did not slaughter Marines indiscriminately. They were merely following orders.
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