Therefore, the World Government has never publicly disclosed Dragon's surname, and only relevant personnel know that he is Garp's son.
However, this information has now been prematurely revealed.
The Warlords are no longer interested in pursuing Garp; their priority is to control the situation with the Fishman Island.
Today has been filled with too many events, especially those related to Garp. Any one of them, if it happened to any other Marine, would be enough to get them fired on the spot or even sent to Impel Down for trial.
But Garp is a Marine hero. After his participation in the Battle of God Valley, the World Government and the Marines wanted to claim exclusive credit for defeating the then-ruling Rocks Pirates. They downplayed the role played by Roger's crew in that battle.
Thus, they heavily publicized Garp's outstanding contributions and portrayed him as a Marine hero.
One could say that Garp's image, to some extent, is synonymous with the Marines.
If Garp's image is tainted, it would be a stain on the reputation of the Marines.
And Garp has had his fair share of troubles and controversies. The previous incidents were already quite egregious, and now Dragon's connection to Garp has been exposed. The already dire situation has become even worse.
A Marine hero having the son of the Revolutionary Army's leader and the grandsons of two notorious pirates. What kind of message does that send?
If people start thinking that the next generation of Marines is rotten to the core, how can they have faith in the Marines?
Afterward, they need to quickly distance Dragon from the Marines. As for Luffy and Ace, they can shift the blame to Red-Haired Shanks. They can also portray Garp as a heartbroken father, shedding tears for his disobedient descendants. This indirectly highlights the hardships and sacrifices of the Marines' work, where they have to sacrifice their personal lives for the greater good...
The Warlords have already come up with a plan to address these thoughts. Once things settle down, they will contact Morgans and have him spin the news accordingly.
As these thoughts crossed his mind, Garp glanced at Sengoku once again, noticing the look in his eyes. He thought Sengoku was blaming him again.
Garp felt a bit helpless and gave Sengoku a look that said he wasn't going to take the blame for this. After all, it was Sengoku himself who had voluntarily exposed this information. It had nothing to do with Garp; he was innocent.
However, Sengoku ignored him and issued a command to:
"Spread the word, immediately place a bounty on Monkey D. Luffy. The bounty will be one billion berries. Send the wanted poster to all branches."
Officer was slightly taken aback by the order. He couldn't help but glance at Garp before responding, "Understood."
It was rare to see a pirate receive a bounty of one billion berries right from the start, especially when Luffy hadn't caused any major disturbances on the seas. At most, he had clashed with Vice Admiral Smoker in the East Blue, but even Smoker himself had some issues, and the incident didn't have a significant impact. That's why there was no bounty on Luffy at that time.
But now, a bounty of one billion berries. Although it surprised them, no one felt that the bounty was inappropriate.
Even if Luffy hadn't accomplished anything significant, just the fact that he was the son of the Revolutionary Army's leader, Dragon, was enough, not to mention the things he would do in the future.
This bounty of one billion berries was likely to break the record for the highest bounty in the East Blue.
Garp's expression changed upon hearing Sengoku's words, but he knew there was nothing he could do about it.
The impact of this live broadcast was immense. It was like placing the still-developing Luffy directly in the spotlight.
Luffy's journey ahead was going to be even more difficult.
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Meanwhile, on a deserted island in the East Blue, Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, also had a slight change in his expression as he thought about this. Luffy had just set sail and didn't have enough strength to protect himself. Being targeted now would likely result in his premature demise.
Dragon had to pay him a visit to prevent his son's life from ending at the age of seventeen.
Meanwhile, at the Baratie, a floating restaurant in the East Blue, Luffy had a look of confusion on his face.
He had never heard before that he had a father or even knew what the Revolutionary Army was. However, judging from the expressions of Garp and the others in the footage, it seemed to be a formidable force.
So his dad was such an impressive person?
Luffy blinked and snapped out of his thoughts, only to see Klack and his crew, along with the staff of the Baratie, staring at him wide-eyed.
They had already thought that this kid had an outrageous background: the grandson of a Marine hero, guided by Red-Haired Shanks, and the older brother is Whitebeard's 2nd division commander.
And now, it turned out that his own father was the leader of the Revolutionary Army.
Wow, he had managed to get involved with the most influential forces in the world. Wasn't this a bit too unbelievable?
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