"Haha, Sengoku, it seems like your old face isn't good enough to be respected." Garp didn't know where he had gotten a large basin of donuts from and laughed wantonly.
"However, this kid's strength is pretty good. If you're willing to join the Marine Headquarters, I guarantee that you'll be a Commodore."
"Don't think that the position of Commodore is a bit low. Look at the Marine generals over there. Which one of them didn't start as a private?"
Speaking of this, Garp picked his nose, flicked away the huge booger, and lowered his voice with a sly look and said, "That Admiral Aokiji, you should have heard of him, right? That kid was a trainee on my ship when he debuted."
"As long as you nod your head, I'll guarantee that you'll become an Admiral in the future!"
Watching Garp, who had suddenly become full of enthusiasm and was spouting nonsense.
Sengoku rolled his eyes unhappily and said, "You old man, get out of here quickly."
"Kid, if you change your mind, you can come to the Marine Headquarters to find me. I still have things to deal with. I'll leave first."
After dropping these words, Sengoku signaled his adjutant to settle the compensation matters and then dragged Garp away.
In his eyes, if he let Garp continue to boast.
He was afraid that even the position of Marine Fleet Admiral would be handed over.
After all, the Marine promotion also had its own set of rules. If it went too far.
It would cause dissatisfaction among others, at least those veteran Vice Admirals.
The guys who had been waiting for a long time to be promoted would probably be the first to stand up and object.
No!
It should be said that the old guys who were hiding in the recruit camp and training new recruits would be the first to blow their beards and stare.
After all, his students were all over the Marine Headquarters, and even the current three Admirals were outstanding students who had been personally trained by him.
If he knew that a newcomer was promoted to Marine Headquarters Commodore without undergoing proper brainwashing training.
That would be a complete embarrassment for him, Sengoku.
"Hancock, release your Devil Fruit ability." Kai took the bank deposit slip and signaled.
Faced with Kai's words, Hancock had a hint of blush on her face and said, "Husband, I'll go now!"
Watching Hancock, who had suddenly become infatuated and was walking with lotus steps, Kai rubbed his nose helplessly and looked at Granny Nyon, who was standing in front of the cabin room door, and the baby standing beside her and smiled playfully.
"What, what do you want to do? Don't touch me!" Bonney's porcelain doll-like pink cheeks turned white all of a sudden.
Remembering that she was naked and had turned into a child on the bed, and was being hugged by this hateful guy with those warm hands.
That feeling almost made her faint.
However, Bonney had only recently come into contact with this Devil Fruit ability. Once she regressed in age, she wouldn't be able to undo it in a short time.
Watching Kai, who was walking over quickly, Bonney screamed first and suddenly turned around and rushed into the room.
Witnessing this scene, Kai couldn't help but purse his lips into a playful smile and said, "Little sister, be good. Big brother will take you to see the goldfish!"
For a time, the screams rose and fell one after another in the huge pirate ship.
On the coast of the Sabaody Archipelago.
Rayleigh and Shakky didn't leave immediately. Watching the warships that were gradually sailing away and those two old faces that even he felt were tricky leave, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After taking a sip of the strong wine with a backhand, he said with a smile, "This kid's methods are simply endless. I thought he was going to fall into the hands of those two old guys, Garp and Sengoku. I didn't expect him to fool them in the end."
"I knew long ago that this kid wouldn't capsize in the gutter!"
At first, Rayleigh and Shakky were also shocked that Kai was able to have Hancock personally come to greet him and resolve the situation.
At the same time, they believed that with a Shichibukai coming forward, Kai and Bonney would be able to leave smoothly.
But they never expected that not only would the two Admirals, Akainu and Kizaru, come, but even Garp and Sengoku would personally arrive.
Under this kind of lineup, even the Roger Pirates in their prime would feel a headache.
Not to mention Kai and Hancock.
"Tch, who was so nervous just now that they even crushed two wine pots?" Shakky spat out a mouthful of cigarette smoke and rolled her eyes and said, "If it wasn't for that kid's great methods, which allowed things to turn around."
"I think you, this old man who has been in seclusion for a long time, would have been unable to hold back and taken action long ago."
Speaking of this, a trace of solemnity appeared on Shakky's face, and she looked at Rayleigh and said, "Old man, is that kid really that important? More important than Roger's son?"
Ace's background might be a mystery to others.
But for Shakky and Rayleigh, it wasn't.
At least, they had met Roger before he died.
Faced with Shakky's question, a trace of desolation appeared on Rayleigh's face. After a brief silence, he shook his head and said, "I don't know either."
"Originally, I stayed on the Sabaody Archipelago because I wanted to see how high Captain Roger's son could reach."
"Hearing that he had become a new star, with a bounty of 400 million, and that he had declared that he would take Whitebeard's head, his madness made me very satisfied."
"After all, this kind of madness hasn't appeared on this sea for a long time. I've only seen it on Captain Roger."
Watching Rayleigh, who had suddenly fallen into reminiscence, Shakky couldn't help but fall silent.
Just imagine a pirate crew that was in its prime and at its peak, disbanding at will.
And having to watch their captain be publicly beheaded, that kind of aggrieved and lost feeling couldn't be described with words at all.
The only thing they could do was to place their hopes on the next generation.
Right now, after waiting bitterly for more than ten years, they had finally waited for a glimmer of hope.
They never expected that it would be subverted all of a sudden.
"Old man, you probably didn't expect that there would be someone even more crazy than the Pirate King on this sea, right?" Shakky pinched out the cigarette in her hand and looked at Rayleigh and said, "However, you don't need to worry. Ace has only stepped onto the sea for a year. He still needs time to grow."
"Moreover, you've already had Whitebeard personally guide Ace. In time, he will definitely become a great pirate who can stand alone and inherit Captain Roger's will."
"Don't forget, no matter how young that kid is, he's an existence who came out of Impel Down. Being imprisoned inside and not having any traces of his existence that can be found, and being someone who is so valued by the Marine Headquarters and even the World Government, he's definitely not an ordinary person. It can be said that the sea in the future will probably not be peaceful."
These words made Rayleigh nod silently.
Just as Shakky said, although Ace was growing under Whitebeard's training, compared to someone who came out of the even more terrifying Impel Down.
Who was stronger and who was weaker was already very clear.
The only thing they could compete with next was who could grow faster.
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