After the smoke and dust dispersed.
Garp stumbled out of the deep pit, his whole body tattered, and even his dog-head hat was torn to shreds.
"He wasn't even put into a revival state?"
Dragon looked at Garp, who, though disheveled, hadn't sustained serious injuries, with surprise.
Although the Dragon Claw condensed from wind elements was still vastly different from a true giant dragon's body, even outside the Trial Tower, a full-powered Garp wouldn't have been able to avoid injury.
Is it those martial artists' abilities again?
"Hahahahaha, you brat, you really don't know how to respect your elders, your attacks are so ruthless."
Garp also felt some lingering fear.
If he hadn't used up all his reward points at the last moment to rapidly upgrade [Indomitable Armor] to Lv.10, Dragon's move might have directly flattened him into a meat patty.
Through continuous physical training, Sanda can release physical energy as armor, temporarily enhancing physical defense and stamina, and providing an indomitable state.
Armed Haki is judged as a blue skill.
And Indomitable Armor is a higher-tier purple skill; a skill of the same level can directly smash through Armed Haki masters in the Pirate World.
"If I don't attack ruthlessly, I'll be the one who falls."
Dragon didn't want to get entangled with Garp; if this continued, more and more Marines would gather.
He took a deep breath, just about to unleash the strongest wind element magic he had comprehended from his bloodline, when...
A four-person team leisurely strolled into the street.
"Don't cling to me, you guy."
"Our ship needs a cook, come be a pirate!"
Sanji, in a sharp suit with black lines all over his face, forcefully kicked away Luffy, who was clinging to him.
Following the Game Merchant's guidance, he landed on Death Island and began hunting Pollution Monsters.
The contract fruit was already completed.
The destiny items exposed in his sight almost made his eyes pop out.
Various recipes for delicious dishes.
There were desserts that could restore stamina after eating, [Flame Dumplings] that enhanced fire resistance, and [Blazing Ice Sea Bream Mountain] that strengthened ice attacks...
Strange ingredients, and cooking utensils with different abilities.
Indeed, as the Game Merchant said, this was simply not a realm that ordinary chefs could reach; these were exquisite dishes that could only be nurtured in a higher world.
"Sanji, your Flame Dumplings are delicious, can I have another bite?"
"No."
Sanji looked at the Straw Hat Pirate with a bulging belly, his face full of speechlessness.
Earlier, he was surrounded by a group of specters, and it was the Straw Hat Pirate, who claimed he wanted to become the Pirate King, who helped him out.
He cooked a plate of newly learned dumpling dishes to repay the other party.
He didn't expect to be immediately entangled, insisting that he become the cook on their ship. Although he was tempted, how could he agree to such a thing at this time?
"Once, I naively thought that cooking could only keep people from being hungry."
Sanji deliberately put on a forlorn expression, leaning sideways, presenting his perfect profile to the orange-haired beauty, and said, "However, after meeting the Game Merchant and witnessing a higher realm of cooking, I discovered that food can not only fill one's stomach but also be a weapon to protect one's companions."
These dishes were judged as consumables by the system.
Flame Dumplings, just a relatively low-level green recipe, could make the eater immune to fire burns for several seconds.
The power of other recipes was even stronger; they could even allow ordinary people to possess the powerful combat strength to defeat million-level pirates for a short period after eating them.
To fill people's stomachs, to allow people to protect those they want to protect.
This was Sanji's newest chef's spirit.
Especially...
"Nami-san~ I am the head chef of the Baratie Sea Restaurant, rest assured, as a chef, I will definitely be able to protect the woman I love!"
Sanji twisted his body, his eyes seemed to turn into pink hearts, and his heart pounded.
He had met beautiful girls before, but a young woman like Nami-san, with a hint of independence and stubbornness amidst her pure and gentle beauty, was simply his ideal partner.
This was also the reason he could tolerate Luffy's persistent pestering.
"Boring."
Zoro was not interested in these things. He raised his eyelids, searching for the mansion where the red-robed specters were located.
They acted as if no one else was around.
They completely disregarded the fact that the gazes of the Marines and the Revolutionary Army had all fallen upon them.
"Luffy?"
"Who called me?"
Garp's voice suddenly rang out.
Hearing this voice, Luffy felt a chill down his spine and subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound.
When he clearly saw the familiar figure in a Marine uniform, with a face full of stubble,
Luffy's jaw dropped in shock, the elasticity of the Rubber Fruit fully displayed on his face.
"Grandpa…"
Nami and Zoro were both startled.
They turned their heads and, after confirming that Luffy was speaking to that old Marine, Nami said in disbelief, "Luffy, are you scared silly by the Marines?"
"The Marine is your grandpa?"
Zoro's words were a bit ambiguous, but the general meaning was conveyed.
On both sides of the wide street,
Commander Nezumi's face showed pleasant surprise when he saw them: "The Orange Devil with an 80 million bounty, and the 50 million Straw Hat Luffy."
With Navy Hero Garp present,
he couldn't hope to monopolize the task of apprehending the Revolutionary Army, and given the combat power just displayed, it was still debatable whether the Revolutionary Army Leader could be captured.
But the Straw Hat Pirates before him were genuinely evil pirates who had attacked a Celestial Dragon.
Most importantly, they didn't possess the formidable combat power of the Revolutionary Army Leader, making them very suitable as his stepping stone.
It's all Garp's fault.
Commander Nezumi cursed inwardly. He had finally met the Navy Hero, a Vice Admiral of Headquarters, and he had used all sorts of subtle hints, even lending him the reward points he had painstakingly embezzled from his subordinates.
Garp accepted everything but seemed to not understand his underlying hints about wanting to be transferred back to Navy Headquarters.
In his heart, Garp was the biggest and most ruthless vampire; he had never seen a Marine general with such a huge appetite.
Since flattering the Navy Hero was a dead end,
he could only capture the Straw Hat Pirates and see if he could gain the favor of Buggy Saint.
"Luffy, you scoundrel, why are you here?"
Garp's face darkened when he saw his grandson.
He had returned to Windmill Village in the East Blue this time, only to be told by Makino that the scoundrel Luffy had already set sail as a pirate with a pirate flag.
Not having properly raised Dragon was already a pain in his heart.
He never expected that his grandson, whom he had instilled with the belief of becoming a great Marine since childhood, would also be led astray by that Red Hair bastard, constantly dreaming of becoming the Pirate King.
This feeling of being repeatedly betrayed by his own family made Garp wake up in the middle of the night, sit by the window, and smoke two packs of cigarettes.
Fortunately,
Luffy had just set sail, surely hadn't caused any major trouble yet, and wouldn't be noticed by the Marines.
At this moment, as long as he used his Fist of Love to make him see the error of his ways and follow him to Navy Headquarters for Marine training, everything would still be salvageable.
"Vice Admiral Garp, do you know the Straw Hat Pirates?"
Next to him, a Marine asked curiously.
Garp was slightly stunned.
Straw Hat Pirates?
It certainly sounded like a name his idiotic grandson would come up with, but how did the Marines next to him know about it? Did he talk in his sleep and tell them his grandson wanted to be a pirate?
The Marine saw Garp's bewildered face and reminded him in a low voice, "Monkey D. Luffy, captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, has just been given a 50 million Berry bounty for assaulting a Celestial Dragon."
Garp didn't react for two seconds, then his eyes suddenly widened.
"Huh!?"
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