Chapter 47: Unreliable Garp.
Will John follow me? Fine."
Hearing that Tsuru suggested that John follow him, Garp naturally didn't refuse, but agreed with a smile.
"There's a guy who uses his head like a Boer, I heard he's been causing a lot of trouble lately, Kong asked me to teach him a lesson, so it's time to take John with you and show him his place."
"Garp, I leave John in your hands, if anything happens to him, don't expect any mercy from me." Tsuru warned Garp.
Garp patted his chest and confidently said, "John will be completely safe with me, Tsuru, don't worry about it."
"John, this guy Garp, although he doesn't look like that, is a very reliable person, you will learn a lot by following him."
Garp exclaimed in frustration, "Tsuru, when was I unreliable? I am not only reliable, but also very strong. If John follows me, you can be sure that if he can master a few of my techniques, he can hit the Golden Lion and kick Whitebeard."
In the new world, Golden Lion is now the strongest, followed by Whitebeard and Roger, then Charlotte Linlin's turn comes, as for Kaido, he has not yet begun to develop his reputation and is just a relatively strong pirate.
Hearing Garp boast, neither Tsuru nor John cared, John didn't know as much about Garp as Tsuru did, but he knew what kind of person Garp was.
"Alright Jon, you'll go with Garp now, he'll be sailing away soon, you should get ready."
Tsuru instructed John, Garp came to her today to say goodbye, it so happened that she was thinking about what task to give John, Garp came just in time, if John follows Garp, he will not only be safe, but also learn a lot.
"Yes, Vice Admiral." John saluted loudly.
Tsuru looked at Garp and asked "Have you left yet?".
"Leave, where to go? Ah, yes, I'm leaving, so I'll go then, Tsuru."
Garp scratched his head, he wanted to talk to Tsuru some more, but instead he was told to leave and could only leave with a depressed expression.
"John boy, get moving, I'll be waiting for you at the port."
John, of course, did not hesitate and, leaving the office, immediately returned to his yard and, having grabbed everything he needed, set off on foot to the port.
"Haaaah, I knew he was unreliable, so why did I believe him."
John, in high spirits, arrived at the port, only to find that there was no Garp at all, let alone Garp, not even the troops under Garp's command, it was obvious that none of them were yet ready to travel.
John was furious when he watched the anime, he thought the sassy and untrustworthy Garp was pretty funny.
But now that it hit him, he really couldn't keep laughing.
He had no other choice but to wait.
This wait lasted a full two hours before the men under Garp's command arrived at the port and began to band together and check the warships, as for Garp himself, he still hadn't arrived.
"John, what are you doing here?"
Suddenly, a surprised voice was heard, and John, turning his head, saw that it was Dragon, and his mood improved significantly: at last he met someone he knew again, a roommate who had lived with him for a whole year.
"I've been temporarily transferred to Vice Admiral Garp's command and Vice Admiral Garp asked me to wait for him here, but as a result I've been waiting for over two hours and still haven't even seen him."
Dragon laughed and said, "How can you believe my father's words? He's probably looking for food in some alley right now."
If asked who is the most unreliable person in the world, he would answer without hesitation that it was his father.
His father, being a role model for him in terms of strength, could only lead him astray, and whether he could become successful would depend not only on his own efforts, but also on training, the teachings of his father.
P / p: It means that everyone has their own path to strength. And trying to repeat someone else's path can greatly affect that person.
Jon chuckled bitterly; sure, Dragon could talk about Garp with impunity, but he didn't have the qualifications.
P / n: It means that Dragon is the son of Garp, and Jon is nobody for Garp. Yes, and even the title, he is much lower. The Marines, after all, a military formation, there are punishments for slandering a superior.
"Ha, it's only been half a year or so since I've seen you, and you've already become a commodore?"
John was shocked when he saw the rank of Dragon, as far as he knew, even Sakazuki and Borsalino in the New World had only reached the rank of commodore so far.
When Dragon graduated from the academy, his rank was one rank lower than both of them, but now he was actually ahead of them, which made him wonder if Dragon had taken advantage of the connections, after all, his father was a hero of the watch.
"Just by looking at your eyes, I know what you are thinking, just remember my father, do you think he will help me?".
Seeing Jon's look, Dragon realized what Jon was thinking and with a bitter smile, told the truth.
Jon thought about it, Dragon was right, Garp was unreliable, he would most likely not help his son, rather one could say that he often exploits Dragon.
"Dragon, where are we planning to go this time?"
The dragon replied, "From what my father said, it looks like this is a campaign against a big pirate from the Land of Kano (Flowers) named Don Qingjiao, a man who practices Hasshoken and uses his head as a weapon, he is very strong, with a reward over 500 million baileys, he fought the Golden Lion and other famous people from the new world."
"Don Qingjiao?"
As soon as John heard that name, he immediately thought of the old man who fought against Luffy during the events of Dressrosa, leader of the Chinjao family, 12th Commander of the Happo Navy, Happo is also a very powerful pirate group that is backed by the state. Although Don Qingjao was defeated by Garp in the anime, there is no doubt that the man was also a famous pirate at sea before his defeat.
"John, how's fruit grower's strength progressing?"
Garp hadn't arrived yet, so naturally the crowd couldn't board the ship and sail away, Jon only had to have a conversation with Dragon, he was the only one he knew.
"Fruiter's powers? Everything is fine, I gradually mastered it and developed several techniques, I just haven't come up with strong attacking techniques yet."
John's technique so far, the strongest is the birth of the tree world, developed according to Mokuton, but this technique is good against ordinary people, against strong people, it is pointless.
"Don't rush, it's only been a year since you ate the fruit, you still have plenty of time to do so."
Dragon advised John, then suddenly remembered something and took a box from his pouch.
"John, these are the seeds of some plants, I know that you need them, and I collected them, I found them a long time ago, I would have given them to you a long time ago, only I rarely returned and did not see you, so they are just right ".
"Seeds?"
John was very surprised, because it was no secret to anyone that he needed plant seeds, he just did not think that Dragon would collect them for him.
"Yeah, I just don't know much about them, it seems there are some special plants in the seeds, but since a lot of time has passed, I forgot whether they are still useful or not."
John took the box from Dragon and sincerely thanked him, "Thank you, Dragon."
"What's the point of being polite to me." Dragon smiled weakly.
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