Let the Storm Come with Greater Fury

"Damn Kalens, he really turned into a dog of the Celestial Dragons!"

Garp strode over, his face ugly as he looked at Xia Le.

The Conqueror's Haki in the air had not yet dissipated, and this powerful aura shook the void, causing ripple-like patterns to emerge.

"Kid, what's your name?"

Garp shouted in a deep voice.

Xia Le moved his lips, and based on memories from his past life, recognized the identity of the man in front of him: "Xia Le."

"Good, from today on, you'll follow by my side."

Garp said in a loud voice.

Kalens, who had fallen not far away, shook his body, and then hurriedly scrambled up: "You can't do that, Vice Admiral Garp, that will offend the Celestial Dragons!"

"Shut the hell up!"

Garp turned and roared angrily.

Xia Le did not say a word, silently tapping the plus sign next to Conqueror's Haki on his panel.

The very next second, an even more tyrannical aura roared out, directly striking Kalens and causing his eyes to roll back into his head, making him lose consciousness completely.

"Good kid! To think you can master Conqueror's Haki the moment you awaken!"

Garp said in astonishment.

Subsequently, he helped Xia Le up.

"I heard you can't be killed?"

Xia Le pursed his lips: "For now, that's indeed the case."

"But it doesn't rule out the existence of other special methods."

Not only was he unkillable, but the number of times he died would also increase his points, and these points, through the test just now, he already knew could enhance the skills he mastered.

What didn't kill him would only make him stronger.

For now, after coming to this world, he had acquired a strange cheat.

"Is it a Devil Fruit ability?"

Garp asked.

Xia Le shook his head.

Although from the anime in his past life, he could roughly deduce the other's personality, this was reality after all, and before understanding the man, he did not plan to have excessive communication.

Garp seemed somewhat delighted. Meeting a youth with special abilities who had also awakened Conqueror's Haki filled him with keen interest, and he kept asking questions left and right.

Yet what puzzled him was that the youth's answers were merely nods or shakes of the head.

It seemed the boy was not very willing to communicate with him.

"From today on, you come with me, and I'll arrange for you to join the Marines."

Garp laughed.

"I offended the Celestial Dragons, this might bring you trouble."

Xia Le hesitated and said.

"Those scum, you don't need to worry about them."

Garp said with disdain.

The brief exchange allowed Xia Le to make a judgment: this Hero of the Navy Vice Admiral was at his youngest, peak moment, and therefore much more aggressive and crazier than in the future.

Equally, he was also extremely careless.

Because he practically ignored the fainted Major Kalens, he removed the shackles from the boy's body and brought him toward the dog-head warship at the harbor.

"Hahahaha!"

"If Sengoku finds out I took in such a fine sapling, he'll definitely be very happy too!"

After boarding the warship, Garp laughed loudly.

Clearly, in the man's logic, by awakening Conqueror's Haki, he himself possessed quite good talent, completely failing to consider that in other aspects, he was infinitely close to zero.

Xia Le remained silent, offering no response, and instead tapped the plus sign behind Conqueror's Haki 9 more times, making the panel show its level as 10.

At the same time, an inexplicable sensation swept through his entire body.

He instantly realized that his mental power had grown stronger, his radiation range had increased, and his control had become even better.

A simple stat-allocation test allowed Xia Le to confirm that his cheat possessed the ability to allocate points and upgrade mastered skills.

And death could grant system points.

Only, he wondered if he could exploit bugs through actions like suicide.

"Bogard, get this kid a set of Marine trainee clothes."

"From now on, he's my man!"

Garp's loud shout came over.

Xia Le raised his head, looking at the man beside him who wore a beige suit, a hat, and was just as silent as himself.

Bogard glanced at him, then nodded in acknowledgment, turned around, and left.

At that moment, a tall figure walked out slowly from the warship's cabin, wearing a lazy expression with eyes hidden behind sunglasses.

Upon seeing Garp, excitement surfaced visibly on the man's face.

"I heard the Headquarters is going to propose once again to promote you to the position of Admiral!"

"Vice Admiral Garp!"

Hearing this, Garp grinned: "Hahahaha, mere Admiral, I have not the slightest interest in that."

Kuzan exclaimed in admiration: "That's an Admiral we're talking about!"

"Escorting scum like the Celestial Dragons—I have not the slightest interest in doing that!"

"Being a Vice Admiral is much more free and easy!"

Garp laughed heartily.

Afterwards, he pointed at Xia Le, who had been standing silently and completely lacking presence, and introduced him: "This is Xia Le, the fellow I newly recruited into the team."

Kuzan was taken aback, and then cast his gaze onto the boy: "Someone who can win the favor of Vice Admiral Garp must be very strong too!"

Xia Le raised his head, looking at this one of the future Three Admirals.

Then he fell silent.

This caused Kuzan to scratch his head somewhat awkwardly: "Another person as taciturn as Bogard."

At that moment, Garp slapped his forehead, as if suddenly remembering something: "Almost forgot, this kid killed the Bokan family and clashed with the Celestial Dragons, so what can you do?"

"It's not easy to be a Marine, and if you want to survive in battle, you must possess a certain amount of strength!"

Xia Le pursed his lips: "I never said I wanted to be a Marine."

Garp laughed heartily: "Of course you're a Marine! Don't tell me you're going to be a pirate?"

Xia Le curled his lip, though he didn't object further. For now, he truly had nowhere else to go.

"Bokan, that seems to be the name of a noble? Clashing with the Celestial Dragons, this kid!?"

At this moment, Kuzan was shocked.

Immediately following that, excitement and worship shone in his eyes.

Kuzan, in his twenties, was right in the most passionate, rebellious period of denying everything in this world. From the bottom of his heart, he admired someone who dared to swing a blade at nobles and confront the Celestial Dragons head-on.

Because if such a thing were placed on himself, bound by his thinking and status, he really might not dare to do it!

Meanwhile, Garp was also asking questions to further understand the youth he had taken in.

"Do you know swordsmanship?"

Xia Le shook his head.

Garp didn't mind; he himself wasn't proficient in swordsmanship either.

"Hand-to-hand combat?"

Xia Le still shook his head.

Garp smiled, and then spoke again.

"Marksmanship?"

Xia Le remained silent.

Garp froze, looking at him with a strange expression.

"Have you ever undergone training targeting physical fitness, strength, or anything like that in the past?"

Xia Le shook his head once more.

Garp opened his mouth, and Kuzan widened his eyes even further.

"You haven't learned anything at all, so how did you kill the Bokan family and escape from a noble estate like that?"

Kuzan asked loudly.

"They couldn't kill me, so I killed them!"

Xia Le raised his head and answered earnestly.

Pausing for a moment, he added.

"Biting with teeth, smashing with rocks, using a snatched knife."

"I always found a chance."

These words left both of them speechless. They could almost imagine what kind of crazy scenes the youth had experienced when facing the ferocious Bokan family Security Force before finally managing to walk out.

Garp took a breath. Thinking of how that bastard Kalens had been trying every possible method to cause the youth's death not long ago, he couldn't help clenching his fists again, anger flaring up.

"I'll train you!"

"But you must also prepare yourself; my training methods are very likely to result in injury."

Xia Le nodded.

Towards strength, he currently held an indescribable craving—perhaps because he had suffered too many hardships and experienced too many deaths.

Bogard quickly brought a well-fitting Marine uniform. Xia Le silently changed into it and washed his face.

"So handsome!"

Kuzan gave a thumbs-up, respect in his eyes.

Xia Le smiled.

Garp wore his Justice Cloak, arms crossed, looking at the black-haired youth who had changed into a Marine uniform, washed his face, and couldn't help smiling as well.

"Kid, tell me your age."

"Seventeen."

Xia Le said.

"That makes you the same age as Kuzan, maybe you two can be good friends in the future."

"Bogard, you need to speak more."

Garp laughed.

Bogard nodded in silence.

"Aside from Conqueror's Haki, you really don't know anything else, do you?"

Garp asked.