"I didn't expect Luffy's father to have such a big background..." Nami said, swallowing hard.
"So who is he, exactly?" Luffy asked, tilting his head.
"Robin?"
"That's a long story." Nico Robin said, "Your father..."
Nico Robin began explaining Dragon's story word by word, allowing Xi Yan to understand what kind of person he was.
"I didn't expect someone like that to exist here..." Xi Yan remarked.
"Oh, I see." Luffy nodded calmly, without much of a reaction.
He was just a bastard father he had never met anyway. What was there to care about?
Nico Robin was left somewhat helpless by his indifferent response. What kind of reaction was that?
Meanwhile, while Nico Robin was speaking, Garp repaired the wall together with his subordinates.
After handing the hammer to one of his subordinates, Garp said, "Luffy, go see your friends."
"Friends?"
"Hmm, they're outside." Garp laughed. "Hey, Koby, what are you two waiting for?!"
The moment he heard Koby's name, Luffy immediately remembered who it was. Zoro also looked surprised, clearly not expecting him to have come here with Garp.
"I came here this time not only to see you. These two also wanted to see their friends."
"Zoro, let's go!"
"Yeah!"
Zoro looked excited as well. Friends they had not seen in so long had come to visit them; that was something worth being happy about.
After watching the two leave through the Great Gate, Garp's smile faded. He turned to Xi Yan and said, "Kid, let's talk alone."
The Straw Hat Pirates all frowned at those words, clearly not expecting him to bring that up now.
Merry even climbed onto a stool, pulled out her hammer, and said, "old man, are you going to bully Xi Yan again?!"
Garp:...
What did she mean, again? He had never