Chapter 134: The World Might As Well Be Surnad After Your Family
"Whoa! Today is really nice weather! Let’s go for a stroll later."
Zoro stood at the window, gazing outside. Behind him was a long table, fully seated.
Sanji brought out platters of food. Luffy, dozing beside him, subconsciously grabbed food and put it into his mouth, like an automatic eating machine.
"I heard Galley-La Company has a swimming pool behind it."
Nami scooped up a spoonful of salad, turned to the figure beside her, and said, "Let’s go swimming later, Robin."
Robin smiled faintly. "That’s a good idea."
"Swimming!!!"
Hearing the keyword, Sanji’s eyes turned into hearts. He instantly transford into a love-struck fool and rushed over. "I’ll prepare refreshnts~~ Please allow to serve you~~"
"Have you ever considered that you yourself are the one preventing your luck with won?"
Reiner looked at him speechlessly.
"Mah~ If he wasn’t a pervert, he wouldn’t be Sanji," Usopp chuckled from the side. "Or we could just wait for Chopper to invent a cure for perversion."
"Incurable."
Chopper shook his head helplessly. "Just like being directionally challenged, I’m powerless."
"Hahaha!"
"Is it very funny?" Veins popped on Zoro’s forehead as he looked at them.
Just then, a commotion seed to occur outside. A burst of noisy shouts drew their attention.
"What’s that noise?"
Zoro had just turned his head when he saw, outside the window, a troop of Marines mposingly storming towards their location.
Seeing this, he imdiately turned back to look at the others, his expression grave. "It’s the Marines."
"Has our location been exposed? This is a bit troubleso."
Sanji frowned, his voice heavy. "The Going rry is still under repair. We can only leave here first and hide for a few days."
"Too late! Run!"
Zoro suddenly yelled in panic. A figure wearing a dog-head hat pushed off the ground forcefully. He didn’t even have ti to react before his opponent was right in front of him.
BANG!!
The window, along with the entire wall, was blasted open. Zoro’s body was sent flying instantly, crashing heavily into a corner.
"Zoro!"
"Who’s there?!"
Everyone jumped up in alarm, poised to act, their gazes locked intently on the newcor.
"So you’re the ones called the Straw Hat Pirates, huh?"
A teasing voice ca from under the dog-head hood. The tall figure stood behind the still-sleeping Luffy.
"ZZZ~~"
"Old ca all this way, and this is how you greet ?"
Seeing Luffy, head tilted and still snoring, Garp’s anger flared. He raised his fist and smashed it down directly, roaring:
"The sun’s already baking your butt and you’re still sleeping!? Wake up for , brat!!"
BANG!!!
Luffy’s head slamd hard onto the tabletop, snapping it in two. All the bowls and plates clattered and shattered on the floor.
Under this violent impact, he was forcefully yanked out of his slumber.
"So painful! Which bastard was that!?"
Luffy clutched his head, yelling indignantly. He whipped his head around, saw the newcor clearly, and was instantly so scared his face turned green!
"What did you just call ?"
A red glint shone in Garp’s eyes, like a ferocious beast. Behind him, it was as if a volcano was erupting.
"W-w-wait!! Just a mont!!"
Luffy collapsed onto the floor in panic, scrambling backward, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. "I was wrong! I’m sorry! Wait! Don’t co over here!"
"Luffy actually apologized?!"
"Hey! Are you kidding !?"
"He can actually feel fear?!"
Watching Luffy’s reaction, the others looked as if they had seen a ghost, their expressions growing even warier.
ZING—!
Crackle-crackle-crackle!
Zoro imdiately drew his swords and stood up. He and Sanji were about to charge forward. Nami, too, had electric sparks flashing around her body, ready for battle!
"Wait! You guys, stop!"
Luffy yelled, thrusting his arm out to block them, his eyes still filled with imnse terror. "Absolutely do not fight him! You’ll be beaten to pulp!"
Hearing this, Robin couldn’t help but size up the opponent again.
"Don’t tell ... he’s that Marine Vice Admiral!"
The man’s face suddenly overlapped with a certain figure in her mory!
"Marine Hero, Garp the Fist!"
"He’s my grandpa!"
Luffy and Robin shouted loudly at the sa ti. The entire crew instantly froze on the spot.
They all tilted their heads, looking at Luffy with utterly baffled expressions.
"Eh?"
"Hm?"
"Huh?"
"You said he’s..."
The next mont, everyone suddenly reacted, a wave of incredulous exclamations bursting forth!
"GRANDPA!!!"
"Hey Luffy! What on earth is going on!?"
Sanji gritted his teeth, looking at him. Is this guy friend or foe?
Who on this sea didn’t know the na Garp the Fist? For decades, the two most widely circulated nas were ’Roger’ and ’Garp’; even three-year-olds had heard of them!
What gives!? Suddenly one of them is your grandpa!?
"So you still know Old is your grandpa, huh!?"
Garp furiously grabbed Luffy by the collar and lifted him up. "Look at the fine ss you’ve made! Bastard! All these years I’ve spent cultivating you! Forget not joining the Marines with , you actually ran off to beco a pirate!"
"Let go of , bastard! Haven’t I always said I want to be a pirate!?"
Luffy struggled continuously, tightly gripping the large hand on his chest, his legs dangling in the air, kicking at nothing.
"Still dare to talk back!? It was that Red-Hair brat who led you astray!"
Bang!
"Owww~ I’m sorry!"
"Still want to be a pirate, do you!?"
"I’m definitely going to beco King of the Pirates!"
"Still unrepentant!"
Bang!
"Ouch!"
"Learned your lesson yet!?"
"I was wrong! But I’m definitely going to beco King of the Pirates!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Clang!
Watching this chaotic scene of dostic discipline, the others stood frozen on the spot, unsure what to do.
What a display of ’grandfatherly love and grandsonly responsibility’!
"Hey... is this okay?"
"Looks like there’s a problem, but also like there isn’t."
They didn’t know how to react either. But since Luffy said not to fight, there probably wouldn’t be any major issues, right?
BANG!!
Luffy’s figure shot out straight, landing outside and smashing a deep crater in the ground.
"Hoo—"
After hamring Luffy until his head was covered in bumps, Garp finally let out a satisfied breath and grinned, shouting towards the outside.
"Ahahaha! Next up is your turn."
As his words fell, a white figure shot straight towards Luffy, simultaneously letting out an furious roar:
"Long ti no see, Straw Hat!"
"That voice is!"
A familiar figure surfaced in Luffy’s mind. He perford a kip-up, looked at the newcor, and was instantly alard.
"Smoker!?"
"Looks like you still rember !"
Smoker’s lower body turned elental, trailing billowing white smoke as he rushed before Luffy, his right arm bent back and then striking out fiercely.
His arm instantly transford into smoke and shot out, a Haki-blackened fist smashing down violently!
"White Snake!"
BANG!!
The heavy punch landed squarely on Luffy’s face, the powerful impact sending his entire body flying.
BOOM!!
Luffy rolled several tis on the ground until he crashed into a wall and stopped, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"So painful!"
Pushing himself up from the ground with both hands, a trickle of blood he couldn’t stop flowed from his nose. Luffy wiped it away, looked up at his opponent, and said with a grave expression:
"You bastard... you’ve gotten a lot stronger than before."
"I’ve put in quite a bit of effort training, all so I could arrest you with my own hands."
Smoker’s voice was deep, his expression serious and unsmiling as usual. He raised his hand and drew the weapon from his back; his Haki wasn’t proficient yet, and he was used to this jitte.
After all, against ability users, Seastone was much more effective than Haki.
"White Net!"
As he raised his hand, the dust kicked up by the earlier impact seed to co alive, nimbly transforming and coiling around his opponent!
"White Launcher!"
Smoker’s lower body once again transford into smoke as he shot towards his opponent, jitte in hand!
"Wait! What the heck is this stuff!?"
Luffy struggled within the smoke. It was clearly smoke, yet it bound him as if it had physical form!
Seeing his opponent about to reach him, his legs, as if turning into pumps, stomped down hard, his skin rapidly turning red.
"Gear Second!"
Luffy pushed off the ground hard, his body finally breaking free from the smoke and vanishing from his spot.
When he reappeared, he was already beside his opponent, white steam rising from his entire body as he raised his palm, right hand held beside his chest.
"Gum-Gum Jet Pistol!"
His fist shot out rapidly, striking with a speed invisible to the naked eye.
However, the expected impact never ca. It was as if a hole had been blasted through his opponent’s body, the powerful force rely dispersing a few wisps of white smoke!
"Aaargh! This move again, bastard!"
Luffy was exasperated. He bent backward, dodging his opponent’s swinging jitte, then with a ’whoosh’, retreated backward.
"It’s useless, Straw Hat!"
Smoker grinned savagely, the smoke from his cigars curling up to obscure half his face.
"Whether it’s 500 million or a billion! Without mastering Haki, you can’t possibly defeat , a Logia user!"
"Looks like before entering the New World, you’re still just a fledgling rookie pirate after all!"
"What are you talking about, bastard Smoker!"
Luffy yelled indignantly, "What rookie pirate!? I’m definitely going to beco King of the Pirates!"
Bending his legs into a firm horse stance, his hands beca a blur of motion, fists flying out like a torrential downpour!
"Gum-Gum Jet Gatling Barrage!"
The rapid, dense punches generated a powerful airflow. Although they couldn’t threaten Smoker, the chaotic wind pressure made it difficult for his smoke to coalesce, even giving the feeling that he was gradually losing control.
"Bastard Straw Hat!"
"Bastard Smoker!"
"Your attacks are useless against !"
Smoker charged towards the fists, his entire body rapidly being pumled into smoke.
As the two drew closer and closer, Luffy also gritted his teeth, swinging his fists with all his might.
Until a powerful punch passed through the white thick smoke and struck directly onto the long jitte.
Crack!
A broken section plunged directly into the smoke. The Seastone tip embedded in it instantly made Smoker’s entire body go limp, his elentalized body rapidly solidifying.
"Nani!"
BANG!!
Smoker’s pupils contracted. Unable to even condense Haki, he could only watch helplessly as the red fist smashed into his abdon!
"Puwah!"
He couldn’t help but spray out a mouthful of blood. Smoker’s body shot backward like an arrow loosed from its string, crashing straight into a group of Marine soldiers!
"Eh?"
Luffy paused, the white steam from his body gradually dissipating. "I can hit him again?"
"Pfft-hahahaha!!!"
Witnessing this scene, Reiner and Garp collapsed onto the ground, roaring with laughter!
"A talent! What a talent!"
Reiner almost choked from laughing so hard. "A Logia user! Carrying his only weakness around with him! How on earth did you teach him, old man!?"
"Wahahaha! This is killing !"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Garp was laughing so hard tears almost stread down his face, his large hands continuously pounding the ground. "And I thought he could give that brat Luffy a good beating! Turns out... wahahaha!"
"Slly old man! What’s so funny!?"
Smoker, propping himself up on his elbows, his face dark, looked at the old man and young man in the distance who weren’t being serious at all, his anger flaring.
"’Black Snake’ Reiner!"
His gaze fell upon the other figure. Smoker gritted his teeth, transford into smoke again, and charged forward.
"That shot you took at last ti! I rember it crystal clear!"
"Alright, Smoker. You can’t beat him."
Garp gently raised a hand, stopping him, and laughed heartily. "You still need to go back and train your Haki properly. Co on in and have so tea."
"What tea are Marines and pirates supposed to drink together!?"
Smoker yelled angrily, his figure pausing in mid-air. He knew Garp wasn’t here to arrest them this ti.
But to have him sit together with pirates... Are you kidding !?
"Aiya ya. Relax a little."
Garp leisurely walked back into the room. "Once or twice is nothing. In this regard alone, you and Aokiji are nothing alike."
"Hmph. I think he’s the one who got corrupted by you."
Smoker slowly landed. He subconsciously reached to put his jitte back on his back, then suddenly paused, realizing only half of it remained.
"Tch!"
Clang!
He casually tossed the broken weapon aside and followed Garp inside resentfully.
Soon, a bizarre scene unfolded.
A pirate crew that had just committed a sensational incident was actually sitting around a table with several Marines led by the Marine Hero!
Regarding this scene, the Marines outside found it not strange at all. Garp went to Foosha Village on vacation every year; many who had followed Garp for years knew about this, and quite a few had even t Luffy.
They had long grown accustod to how absurdly this Vice Admiral did things.
"Don’t look so glum, Smoker."
Garp sat cross-legged at the table, smiling as he picked up a teacup. "Just consider today a day off."
"Give a break, slly old man."
Behind him, Smoker stood with his arms crossed, leaning against the wall, his expression serious. "That Aokiji fellow... only beca so lazy because he spent too much ti with you."
As he spoke, he shifted his gaze to Luffy and said gravely:
"Straw Hat. This ti, on account of the Alabasta incident, I’ll let it slide. Next ti we et, I will personally drag you to Impel Down!"
Luffy grinned cheekily in response. "Ah! Thanks for that then!"
"Tch!" Smoker turned his face away, saying no more.
"Speaking of which, Luffy... your grandpa is actually Garp the Fist!?"
Nami looked at him, puzzled. "How co you never ntioned it before?"
"Huh? Why ntion him?"
Luffy picked his nose with a disgusted look. "He’s just a short-tempered, slly old man. I almost died at his hands several tis back then..."
Through Luffy’s words, the others finally learned about them appallingly brutal experiences of his childhood.
Garp, in the fine na of training him...
Don’t say it... really, don’t say it... He really did train him up.
"Sounds just like sothing you’d say."
Nami glanced again at Reiner beside her. "You seem to know Vice Admiral Garp too, right? Luffy aside, how co you never ntioned it either?"
"It’s more fun this way," Reiner just smiled faintly. "If you know everything, adventure loses a lot of its charm."
"Ah! Right!"
Garp suddenly rembered sothing and said to Luffy, "Speaking of which, your dad told before that he saw you off in Loguetown, didn’t he?"
"Eh?"
Luffy listened, stunned, then tilted his head. "I have a dad?"
"Of course you have a dad, idiot!!"
Usopp couldn’t help but yell, "Were you born from a rock or sothing!?"
"You know... it’s not entirely impossible," Sanji said with a mock-serious expression.
"Uh... I don’t know," Luffy scratched his head, looking puzzled.
However, it was Smoker, leaning against the wall behind, who spoke up first. "Well, I’ve t Dragon."
The fact that Dragon was once a Marine and also Garp’s son was known to few in the Navy, but it wasn’t a huge secret either.
"Speaking of which, your three generations are truly exaggerated."
Smoker exhaled a smoke ring and said coolly:
"Marines, Pirates, Revolutionary Army... your family has taken all three major world factions. In a couple of years, is the world going to be renad after your family?"
"Revolutionary? Wait a minute!"
Robin was instantly stunned. "Don’t tell you’re talking about... that Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army?!"
"NANI!!!"
Thump!
A large number of people in the room instantly collapsed!
"Hey Luffy!"
Sanji, utterly shocked, grabbed him by the collar. "What’s with that blank look!? Your dad is the leader of the Revolutionary Army!"
"What’s what?"
Luffy continued picking his nose. "I don’t know him. And what’s a revolutionary? Aiya, so complicated! Forget it, whatever."
"WHATEVER?!"
Nami’s eyes widened. "Do you have any idea how powerful your background is!?"
Is this the spirit of the Pirate King!?
With this background, if he could utilize it properly...
Oh... it’s Luffy. Then yeah, forget it.
"Ai~~"
Nami sighed, shaking her head helplessly. "Clearly has such a strong background, yet this idiot has no idea how to use it at all."
This is just the tip of the iceberg, Reiner couldn’t help thinking. You haven’t even t his second uncle and second maternal uncle yet.
Once you enter the New World, there’s still Red-Hair, with his 3 billion bounty, waiting for you.
"Mah~ That’s why this idiot can be our captain, isn’t it?"
Zoro was completely unconcerned by all this. If Luffy were that kind of person, he probably wouldn’t have hit it off with Luffy back then.
"That’s true."
Hearing this, the others also felt relieved and smiled faintly.
Reiner knew Luffy had, more or less, benefited from this network of connections, but what others wanted to do was their own business.
There were only so many top-tier powerhouses on the sea; who wasn’t related to whom in so way, near or far? Kaido and Big Mom, as two Emperors of the Sea, could even join forces to deal with Supernovas just entering the New World.
At least Luffy himself had never thought of relying on these things. And precisely because of this simplicity – or foolishness, if you will – they firmly believed Luffy was the man who could beco King of the Pirates.
"He’s gathered quite a group of fine companions."
Garp chuckled, unable to help feeling emotional. "Looks like you’re quite lucky, slly brat."
"Heeheehee! Of course!"
Speaking of this, Luffy was extrely proud. "After all, they’re the crew of the future King of the Pirates!"
BANG!!
"Hmph! Goodbye, brat! Old should be heading back too."
Garp gave him a "Fist of Love," then stood up with a dissatisfied look. "Let’s go, Smoker. Still need to train more when we get back."
With that, Garp strode straight out the door. Smoker followed close behind. Before leaving, he turned back, looked coldly at Luffy, and said in a low voice:
"Next ti we et, you guys will probably have reached the New World. Wash your necks and wait, Straw Hat."
"The New World, huh? We won’t be caught by you that easily!"
Luffy grinned widely. Only after they left did he turn and ask:
"New World... which island is that?"
Reiner: "."
"The Grand Line and the Red Line encircle the world perpendicularly to each other."
Reiner explained simply, "The Grand Line is divided in two. We are currently in the first half, known as ’Paradise’. ’New World’ is what people call the second half."
"Soka!" (I see!)
Luffy smacked his fist into his palm. "Then our next target is the New World, right!?"
Usopp blinked. "Did you really understand that, Luffy?"
"Didn’t understand!"
"I KNEW IT!!" Usopp yelled at the top of his lungs.
"However, Luffy isn’t wrong," Reiner said in a low voice. "Our next target... is indeed the New World."
After Water 7, the Log Pose points towards...
Fish-Man Island! Located 10,000 ters under the sea, beneath the Red Line!
But first, they must pass through the mist-shrouded sea region—the Florian Triangle!
And also the Sabaody Archipelago, ford from the roots of the Yarukiman Mangrove!
(End of this Chapter)
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