"Cover Story Serial: Straw Hat Pirates Arc 10: 'That brat actually dared to call again?'"
"At Marineford, Garp had been snoring soundly when the Den Den Mushi's blaring ring suddenly woke him. The old man sleepily frowned as he picked up the receiver. Out of the corner of his eye, he had just noticed a green hood gradually growing atop the Den Den Mushi's head when a long-lost familiar voice came from the other end. He instantly jolted awake and flew into a rage."
"Yet the voice on the other end was incomparably low and weary, carrying a faint note of pleading. After hearing it out, Garp was first stunned, then stroked his chin with a complicated look and sank into thought..."
"Flam."
Iceburg's expression was complicated. "I wronged you..."
He took a deep breath and turned to the fish-man Tom. "Let's go, Teacher. We should head back. That important figure must be getting impatient waiting there by now. Just as Flam said, we absolutely have to secure the order for his flagship this time..."
"No, no, no." Tom rubbed his belly and laughed heartily. "I don't want to go back, and I don't want to see that man."
"Huh?"
Iceburg and Franky both froze.
"Why?" Franky asked in disbelief. "Old man, this is the best opportunity..."
"A dignified Marine Headquarters vice admiral trusted you after your recommendation and came all this way to a dump like this. That always makes me feel rather uneasy." Tom chuckled. "If Iceburg had brought him here, that would be nothing surprising..."
Was he saying he looked like some unreliable punk because he was so sloppy?
Franky flew into a rage and was about to argue when Tom looked around. After confirming that no one was nearby at either end of the alley,