The office was dead silent. The man behind the desk ran his hand over his face, leaving a black line of tension on his skin. Old Curry, usually calm and confident, had never seen anyone barge in through the back door so unceremoniously.
- Garp, have you completely lost your mind? Do you even understand what knocking at the door means? - Zephyr couldn't help but say, turning to Garp.
Nima originally came through the back door to avoid attracting too much attention. But now everything is for naught. Garp barged in with such a noise that the entire base now knows about his visit.
"Don't bother with those details, you know how busy I am chasing Roger. Quickly write down Kuzan, I still have that bastard to chase," Garp waved off, holding a donut in one hand and picking his nose with the other, then licking his finger with such an expression on his face that everyone in the office almost had a fit of nausea.
"Hey, is this the guy you were telling Sengoku about?" Zephyr suddenly noticed, looking at the young man behind Garp.
Rumors of Garp finding a talented boy along the way had spread throughout the base before they arrived. Now, for the first time, they saw this "little monster" that Garp had talked about so much.
Leonardo looked at the future admiral carefully. Kuzan was a tall, confident guy, who looked a couple of years older than him. He didn't seem as lazy as in the legends, but there was still some insolence in his eyes.
"Hmm..." Kuzan, in turn, studied the three in front of him: a strong elderly man, a refined purple-haired middle-aged man with a penetrating gaze (this was the former admiral Zephyr) and a lazy boy who, judging by the conversation, was the son of the first.
Kuzan sighed inwardly. Even Marine Headquarters was not without bureaucracy. He knew all too well how it all worked.
In fact, he didn't want to become a marine. He had a great life in his gang: food, respect, and he was practically the second person in the hierarchy. His boss even promised to give him his daughter in a couple of years and make him the leader. But everything went wrong when he ran into pirates and was accidentally spotted by Garp. Now he's here, and staying alive is his main goal.
"Haha, that's Logia's power - freezing. A rare talent like Sakazuki and Borsalino. Now that's something I found!" Garp laughed smugly, patting Kuzan on the shoulder.
Now no one will say that all he can do is chase Roger. After all, he also finds talents for the Marine Corps!
- Logia? You really have found a valuable fighter for us, - nodded Zephyr, understanding the significance of Garp's find. He knew all too well how powerful Loggia's abilities could be.
Although he considered physical training to be the foundation and the Devil Fruit abilities to be merely auxiliary, he couldn't help but admire Loggia's power. The difference between what he had taught before, whether it was Sakazuki or Boesalino, and the other students was huge, especially in Borsalino's case. The Glint Glint Fruit, although he didn't share Borsalino's idea of neglecting physical training, he had to admit that this fruit was incredibly strong. It could be called a fruit with no weaknesses: speed, destructive power, and explosiveness. If he had to find a weakness, it would be that it was impossible to turn while moving with the Glint Glint Fruit, and this would probably lead to a decline in the future...
He had seen pictures of Borlsalino before - he was a handsome young man, but now he looked even younger and more agitated.
Old Curry winked at his son, looking at Kuzan.
"The logia is a serious force," he said.
Leonardo looked back at him:
- Accepted.
Zoan fruits are the most common on the market right now, followed by Paramesia. Zoan fruits are easy to understand: they give physical strength, transform into an animal, and after awakening, provide incredible endurance and become even stronger. Paramesia, on the other hand, are varied, difficult to develop, and unless you are an intellectual or a scientist, there is a high probability that a strong Paramesia fruit will simply be thrown away.
Then comes Loggia. There are many Paramesias and Zoans described in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, but there are only a few Logias. It can be said that in the first half of the Grand line , Logia is a rarity, and it is almost impossible to lose with it.
After that, there are even rarer monstrous Zoans, but we won't talk about them for now. And now, Marine have instructed Garp to find a owner of a Logia after the Red Dog and Yellow Monkey. Zephyr and old Curry were delighted.
"God bless the Marines!" he thought.
"Brother Curry, go back with Garp now. Little Curry will stay with me. I'll take care of the formalities and then send him off for the test," Zephyr said to old Curry when he had calmed down.
Although Zephyr was an honest man and did not like to look for roundabout ways, the older brother had only one son. He did not understand how little Curry could get into his class, because he was a former admiral of Marine and only taught the elite. He would not accept some random person, it would be a loss of face.
But the older brother came with a request, and since he himself had no one to take care of him, Zephyr couldn't refuse. As for Kuzan, sent by Garp, even if the test results were bad, Loggia's abilities would still allow him to study...