Indispensable

"Luffy?" Li Ziming looked hesitantly at the captain before him. Jinbe was right beside him, though he didn't seem to be tied up. When he saw Li Ziming, his face was filled with blatant embarrassment.

"Ming..." Jinbe called out awkwardly.

"What kind of situation is this..." Li Ziming definitely wasn't worried about Luffy. Seeing the snot bubble still hanging from the other man's nose, he felt there was no need to care about such an idiot.

"I was the one who tied him up..." said a voice Li Ziming was very familiar with.

"Mr. Garp?" Li Ziming tugged at the corner of his mouth. He had never expected to encounter Garp here. "Then did Mr. Sengoku come too?"

"You're right. But how did you guess..." Although Sengoku and Garp's hair had turned white, they seemed to be in far better spirits than when they had held important positions.

"Heh, who couldn't guess that? Everyone knows the two of you are best buddies..."

Bang! A fist wrapped in Armament Haki slammed into Li Ziming's head.

"Watch your mouth, brat..." Garp said irritably. "Or didn't you see this brat?" Garp pointed at Luffy. "If you keep running your mouth like that, I'll tie you up too and let you keep this good-for-nothing Luffy company..."

"I'll pass. I think I'm fine like this..." Li Ziming shrugged. "All right, all right, it was only a guess. Although the two of you have retired to the second line, this incident is of tremendous importance. It wouldn't make sense for you two not to come. It's just that..." Li Ziming glanced at Luffy with mixed feelings. "I didn't expect our captain to be so stupid that he'd get caught by you just like that. I thought he hadn't shown up these past few days because Kaido