I've Got Red-Eye Disease Too!

Kingdom of Goa, Foosha Village

Foosha Village was a small village, not much different from Syrup Village. It was quiet and peaceful, with few pirates coming to cause trouble. It was also the hometown of Marine Hero Garp and the future Pirate King.

A warship was docked at the harbor. This was nothing unusual to the villagers, and it also meant that the Marine Hero had returned to his hometown.

A pirate ship slowly approached the shore. The Marines brought by Garp immediately perked up, raised their weapons, and aimed the cannons at the pirate ship. Just as Garp's adjutant Bogard raised his hand to order his men to fire, he saw Rodney standing at the bow and immediately ordered them to wait.

"Adjutant Bogard." Rodney greeted Bogard.

The pirate ship came to a stop. The pirates aboard had pale faces. They had lived under Rodney's control for more than half a month. Although nothing had happened to them, his ruthless methods had thoroughly frightened quite a few of them. They had thought that once they sent this scourge away, they would regain their freedom. They never expected him to deliver them straight to the Marines.

"Mr. Joestar." Bogard nodded in greeting. Rodney smiled and said, "Adjutant Bogard, I'll leave these fellows to you. Pirates don't have a single clean hand among them."

"Understood. Thank you for your righteous assistance." Bogard immediately had his men arrest the group. The pirates did not resist, knowing that resistance was futile. They could only let the Marines lock them up. When Garp left, he would take them along and throw them in prison.

"Is this Vice Admiral Garp's grandson? You really captured him and brought him back?" Bogard asked in surprise when he saw Ace behind Rodney. Ace looked thoroughly displeased, though his face had become somewhat rounder.

Ace was much plumper than he had been on the day Rodney captured him. He had not exercised along the way and had been waited on hand and foot, eating the finest food. Still, that little bit of extra flesh would disappear after one training session.

The guy ate as much as an entire ship's crew, forcing Rodney to hunt two small Sea Kings along the way just to make up for the consumption.

"Yeah. Where's Vice Admiral Garp? I've brought his eldest grandson back."

"The Vice Admiral is at the only tavern in the village," Bogard replied.

"Alright, Ace. Let's go."

"No! I don't want to see that old geezer!" Ace tried to resist Rodney with what little strength he had, but how could he possibly be a match for Rodney while wearing Seastone Handcuffs?

"These are Seastone Handcuffs? Has Vice Admiral Garp's eldest grandson become a Devil Fruit user too?"

"Yeah. He's a Logia user at that. It took me quite a bit of effort to capture him. By the way, I borrowed these Seastone Handcuffs from Colonel Smoker. He had me wanted for three million Berries, so..." Rodney looked at Bogard apologetically. The meaning was obvious.

Oliver understood immediately and said with a smile, "No problem. Revoking a bounty of less than ten million is very simple. I'll notify them right away and have your bounty revoked. I never expected you to capture a Logia user."

They had spent several days aboard the same ship, so they knew Rodney had no Haki. Facing a Logia user should have put him at a considerable disadvantage. Bogard was genuinely surprised that he had managed to capture Ace.

"Haha, it was all luck. I'll be going now. I'll leave things here to you." With that, Rodney hoisted Ace over his shoulder. No matter how much Ace struggled, it was useless.

"Ace? Isn't that Ace?" Foosha Village was not very large, and the people at the harbor recognized Ace at a glance. They could not understand why he had suddenly returned—and had been captured at that.

"Old man, could you tell me how to get to the tavern?" Rodney stopped an elderly man wearing a yellow shirt with hearts on it.

The old man pointed in one direction and said, "Go that way and take the third shop after turning right. Why did you capture him?"

"Capture him? His grandfather told me to." Rodney answered without a second thought.

The Ace brothers had grown up here. If anyone truly intended to hurt the two brothers, the simple villagers who had watched them grow up would never agree to it.

"Vice Admiral Garp? Then go on." Realizing what had happened, the old man stepped aside. He exchanged a glance with Ace on Rodney's shoulder, then smiled. The sight made Ace feel awful.

He had set out from Foosha Village full of lofty ambitions, only to return in such a sorry state and lose all face.

This was not how he had imagined it. He should have returned after becoming the Pirate King, so everyone in the village could see that he, Ace—the child in their eyes—had become the Pirate King, surpassing that father he both respected and hated!

"Hey! Rodney, put me down! I don't want to come back here!!" After all these days, Ace had grown familiar with Rodney, but no matter what he said, Rodney remained unmoved. Whenever Ace said this, Rodney would stuff food into his mouth.

"Sorry, Ace. I need my Six Powers, so thanks for your hard work. After this, we'll have no grudge between us." Rodney said this as he walked.

"Bastard! You dragged me back here tied up. How could we possibly have no grudge? Once I break free of these lousy handcuffs, I'm going to beat you senseless!" Ace said this while looking at the familiar surroundings and villagers, his shame and anger growing stronger by the moment.

"This is the place, right?" The two arrived in front of the tavern. Before they could enter, they heard Garp's roar: "Luffy, you little brat! How many times have I told you that you're going to become a great Marine? Take this fist of love!"

"That hurts!! Grandpa!!" A boy's scream rang out, mixed with a gentle woman's attempt to dissuade him. "Vice Admiral Garp, stop hitting him. You've made Luffy's face swell up."

When Ace heard that Luffy's face had swollen, he shouted, "You old geezer, you're hitting Luffy again! Rodney, put me down! I have to protect Luffy!"

Rodney pushed open the door and set Ace down. Facing the old man by the bar, who was holding a straw-hatted boy by the collar while sleeping soundly with his fist raised, he said, "Vice Admiral Garp, I've brought back the person you wanted."

The tavern proprietress Makino was astonished to see Ace. "Ace? Didn't you go out to sea?"

"Ace?" The other patrons in the tavern were also surprised to see him.

Pop!

Garp's snot bubble burst, waking him up. "Oh no, I fell asleep." Seeing his grandson sleeping soundly in his hand, he punched him again. "How long are you planning to sleep, Luffy?"

"Aaah, that hurts! Let go of me!" Facing the grandfather who had beaten him since childhood, Luffy, who would never give up, had no desire to resist at all. It was clear that Garp had left an indelible psychological shadow in his heart.

"You old geezer, let Luffy go!!" His entire body was weak and limp, so Ace could only threaten Garp by shouting.

Garp and Luffy were both drawn to him. Garp was delighted, while Luffy was stunned.

"Hahaha! Well done! Rodney, you did a great job completing your mission. Want to join the Marines and work under me?" Garp burst out laughing when he saw Ace bound up, thoroughly satisfied with what Rodney had done.

As he laughed, the system also announced that the mission was complete. Great Fire Annihilation, Three Tomoe Sharingan, and eight hundred Mission Points were all credited.

A special form of Chakra was born in his mind and gathered toward his eyes, leaving Rodney's eyes sore and swollen. He could not help rubbing them. As he rubbed and rubbed, his eyes turned red.

Three black tomoe slowly revolved around his pupils. His eyes were filled with evil and ominousness, making Garp freeze for a moment. "Rodney, what's wrong with your eyes?"

"Nothing. My eyes occasionally do this." After gaining the Sharingan, the entire world looked different. Everyone's movements appeared incredibly slow to him. Although he was not from the Uchiha Clan, the system had helped him perfectly synchronize with these eyes. He only needed time to adapt to the slowed world before him.

I've got red-eye disease too!

"Let Ace go! Gomu Gomu no Pistol!" Luffy escaped from Garp's grasp. When he saw Ace tied up on the floor, his arm suddenly stretched out and struck Rodney at astonishing speed.

The speed was clearly very fast, but to Rodney, it was as slow as a butterfly weaving through flowers.

Rodney dodged to the side and seized Luffy's arm, then used the force of his momentum to throw him out of the tavern.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Rodney had put his enhanced vision to use.