Garp Appears!

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After leaving the cafeteria, Loa did not immediately start running.

If he really wanted to hurry, he could move very fast. There was no way a big dumb bear like Arudo could keep up with him.

But there was a problem. Although he had basically already been earmarked as a member of the Elite Camp, and was confident he could pass the full-camp battle in a few days—

He was not an Elite Camp member yet. What if the people serving food at the cafeteria did not recognize him?

So he stared at Arudo until the latter's scalp began to tingle.

"W-What is it?"

"I was thinking it would be safer to go with you. If they refuse to serve me food, I can drag you out to vouch for me."

Without waiting for Arudo to recover from his daze, Loa clasped his hands together and gathered his magic power.

"Ice Make: Ice Wolf!"

Awooo!

Two canine creatures made of ice appeared before them. Their bodies were over two meters long, gleaming brilliantly beneath the sunlight, as captivating as diamonds.

Arudo stared at the lifelike Ice Wolves in surprise. One of them even squatted down and scratched its neck with a hind paw. After a while, he finally asked, "Your ice can move freely? That's not scientific!"

Even Logia Devil Fruit users could transform elements into all kinds of shapes, but they absolutely could not make them this lively!

This was not just a simple chunk of ice. It was practically a new species that grew ice instead of flesh!

"You know about Devil Fruits, yet you're talking to me about science?" Loa gave him a contemptuous look, then flipped onto the back of an Ice Wolf. "Get on already. Hurry up. It'll definitely be faster than running."

The Ice Wolves naturally had no life, but as Arudo said, the ice could move freely. It was simply unscientific.

This was also one of the limitations of the One Piece world. The One Piece world did not possess a complete cultivation system. Its combat strength was indeed formidable, but its use of energy was crude and rudimentary, just like the Saiyan Race Frieza had destroyed.

Even with the protagonist's halo, after Mr. Kakarot, the son of a low-ranking warrior, learned how to use ki, it did not take long before he could crush those high-ranking warriors.

Besides that, the One Piece world also lacked clear divisions of strength.

Take swordsmen, for example. Those who comprehended the Iron-Cutting Secret Art were called Swordsmen. Here, Swordsman was not a strength rank, merely a title. There was no term before or after it to represent the strength of the corresponding stages.

And if a Swordsman was stronger than ordinary Swordsmen and famous enough, the title gained another word: Great Swordsman.

It had once left Loa, who was used to level-up stories, utterly speechless.

This limitation made the natives of the One Piece world unable to understand the concept of magic power. Loa could not be bothered explaining it, so he simply attributed it to the special nature of his Devil Fruit to fob Arudo off.

Loa would ponder the movement and stillness within Maker Magic whenever he had nothing better to do.

But after repeated tests, he discovered that, at his current stage, smearing a static spell like an Ice Bomb across someone's bear face was more efficient than sending an Ice Wolf out to bite them.

The biggest unresolved issue was the strength of Maker Magic.

His magic power was indeed ice-element Dragon Slayer Magic power, but it only made the ice he created harder than ordinary ice. It could not reach the level of Dragon Slayer Magic, where it was as hard as steel and could smash through a deck when loaded into a cannon and fired.

So Loa would not waste magic power on pointless efforts in battle.

The only dynamic spell that had ever satisfied him was when he had just developed Icefall Burial and tricked Kuzan. At the time, he controlled the chunks of ice on the surrounding floor that he had seemingly abandoned, catching Kuzan while he was stunned.

But the result was as stated earlier. Because the ice was not strong enough, Kuzan endured it directly with his powerful physique, not to mention using elementalization. Aside from looking a little disheveled, he was completely fine.

Urged on by Loa, Arudo clicked his tongue in amazement and climbed onto an Ice Wolf.

But the very next second—

Loa laughed so hard that he rolled right off his mount.

The Ice Wolves were over two meters long even without counting their tails! Loa could even turn around on one while riding it.

But he had forgotten something. This idiot Arudo had not noticed it either: Arudo was a full four meters tall!

What did four meters mean?

It was enough to make someone with severe acrophobia faint just from looking down.

Wolves were not horses or cows. Their evolutionary structure had never been intended for riding, so their legs looked rather short when they crouched on the ground.

Arudo sat on it, and the Ice Wolf rose to its feet. Yet Arudo's feet were still planted on the ground!

What kind of mount was that?

Watching Loa laugh himself into a roll on the ground, Arudo's face darkened. His wooden clogs tapped crisply against the floor, producing a series of thuds.

After enduring it for a while and seeing that Loa could not stop at all, Arudo roared, "Enough! What's so funny? Is it my fault I'm tall? No, being tall is an advantage! What do you know?!"

Seeing this, Loa knew he had better stop laughing. Otherwise, the embarrassed and angry Arudo would want to have a real fight with him later. Though this guy looked rough and sturdy, he was actually thin-skinned.

Puffing out his cheeks to suppress his laughter, Loa gestured for Arudo to stand up. Then he pressed his hand against the Ice Wolf and activated his magic.

The Ice Wolf rapidly began expanding. As it grew larger, its limbs and head also changed.

Soon, Loa withdrew his hand. What reappeared before Arudo was an Ice Horse over three meters tall.

Only then did Arudo relax. He flipped onto the Ice Horse, grabbed the reins made of ice, and let out a sharp whistle. "Let's go!"

Clip-clop, clip-clop~

The Ice Horse galloped away over frost, leaving an icy path behind it. Loa hurriedly mounted an Ice Wolf and followed. "Wait for me! I don't know the way!"

The military camp's cafeteria was much larger than the one in the Recruit Camp. It had three floors in total, luxuriously decorated without losing its solemn atmosphere.

Even from far away, Loa could smell the aroma of food. Full and satisfied Marines streamed out through the main entrance one after another, exchanging a few words with friends before going their separate ways.

An Ice Wolf and an Ice Horse running side by side down the avenue naturally attracted plenty of attention.

Arudo's distinctive build was conspicuous, and many people knew him. But who was that short guy beside him?

After hearing from those in the know, everyone quickly learned who that kid was.

Damn it! This was the brat who had been disturbing everyone's sleep at night every now and then this month!

Go on, beat him up!

The person who said that was scorned by his companions and shrank back into the crowd with red ears.

It could not be helped. This kid had been personally trained by Admiral Kuzan, and it was said that he had even killed a Silverback Great Ape during the assessment. Forget officers like them—even some weaker flag officers might not be able to take Loa down.

Thus, a group of people could only glare helplessly from where they stood, watching Loa stop at the cafeteria entrance and enter with Arudo while chatting and laughing.

Loa swiftly darted over to the serving window. After sweeping his eyes around, he immediately decided on his menu.

"This and that, bring me the whole pots! And rice too, bring the whole pot. Also, the fruit over there hasn't been cut yet, right? Bring the basket."

The uncle serving food stared blankly at Loa, then suddenly seemed to remember something and shouted, "You're Loa, right? I know you! The biggest rice bucket in the Recruit Camp!"

Loa's face darkened as he eagerly prepared to eat, and a vein popped on his forehead.

He grabbed the uncle by the collar and roared viciously, "Who are you calling a rice bucket?! Believe it or not, I'll beat you up! I'm a foodie! Being able to eat is a blessing, understand?!"

Arudo hurried over to break them up, using one huge hand to separate them. He awkwardly nodded to the veteran Marines looking over. "Sorry, sorry. He gets upset when he hasn't eaten."

With Arudo's persuasion, Loa finally let the food-serving uncle go and happily carried his food off to find a seat. Though Arudo was embarrassed, he still unceremoniously took an amount of food not much less than Loa's and left the window.

All that remained behind were the dumbfounded food-serving uncle and a counter as neat as new.

The two sat facing each other. At a huge table, only the two of them were there, shoveling mouthful after spoonful of food into their mouths.

As they ate, Loa smacked away Arudo's large hand and pointed at the huge pot beside them. "That one is yours!"

The veteran Marines in the cafeteria wiped cold sweat from their foreheads as they watched the two wolf down food.

At that moment, the cafeteria's noisy chatter suddenly fell silent in unison. Several excited voices merged into one cry: "Vice Admiral Garp!"

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