章 35: Chapter 35 - Attracting the Attention from Big Shot!

A few days later, the report of Smoker's defeat was placed on the desk of the Fleet Admiral.

After all, Smoker was not an ordinary navy, and it was up to the Fleet Admiral to decide how to handle this matter.

"I didn't expect that after so many years, there would be another character in the East Blue."

Sengoku sighed, but the expression on his face wasn't very nice. He had placed a high hope for Smokers' future, but to be quickly defeated after being assigned there was something he didn't expect no matter what.

Even though he had sent Smoker down to the East Blue Sea branch to sharpen his temperament, hoping that he would grow up to be a qualified admiral who would obey orders, he did not expect this.

As stubbornly old-fashioned as he was!

"Hahaha! Although the East Blue has become the weakest of the four seas due to the focus of the navy over the years, don't underestimate the people who go out from the East Blue."

"The East Blue Sea has always been a precious land for breeding great men!"

Naturally, the one who dared to speak to the Fleet Admiral this way was his good friend, the man known as Garp, a naval hero!

At this point, Garp looked happy, and the scraps of senbei he was eating were all over the place, many of which were crashing into Sengoku's face.

"Garp, remember who you are!"

Hearing that his old friend was babbling again, Sengoku was helpless.

"Did I say anything wrong? All the reports about this kid are on your desk, including how he went from a hero who saved the village from fighting pirates to a wanted pirate and don't you know all the ins and outs of that better than anyone?"

Garp was even more rude, after all these years, ever since his old friend had taken the position of Fleet Admiral, the two of them had become further and further apart in their philosophy.

In addition, his son who created the revolutionary Army who is against the world government, Dragon, and his grandson who want to become a pirate king, Luffy, who is always making noises about being the king of pirates, have all become points of conflict between them.

All became points of contention in their conflict!

If it wasn't for old feelings and the fact that he couldn't bear to leave this mess to Sengoku, Garp would have lived a relaxed, retired life, eating sembei and drinking wine, and teaching his grandson Luffy, saving him the trouble of being a naval hero who always had his family against him!

I miss the old days...

Rocks... Golden Lion... Roger...

Thinking about it... Garp fell asleep…

Bang!

Sengoku was so angry that he almost smashed the table in half!

"Who are you scaring..." The 'awakened' Garp indifferently continued to spew out crumbs of senbei.

"Whatever! Assaulting the Navy is a felony!"

"And the Navy's righteous image cannot be denigrated! I think this needs to be handled very well!"

Sengoku roared loudly!

This is the difference in philosophy between the two. As a Fleet Admiral, the first thing to consider is the interests of the entire navy.

Is Sengoku wrong?

How can the public trust the Navy if the whole world knows how dirty they are? Where does the Navy go from here?

So Garp chose to cut himself off from the promotion path, Admiral or Fleet Admiral, he can't do it, it's more important to be safe and secure until retirement and keep Luffy in check.

"You're the Fleet Admiral and you're in charge! I'm taking a leave of absence! I don't know what the redhead has put into that bastard Luffy, who is always clamouring to be the King of Pirates, but I have to let him have a good taste of his grandfather's iron fist of love."

The veins on Sengoku's forehead popped out when he heard that Garp was going to take another leave of absence, but he couldn't do anything about his old friend.

He also knew that there had been more and more arguments between the two of them over the years about their philosophy, but what could he do?

The World Government, the Five Old Stars, the Dragons...

If he was the only voice in the Navy, how could he make such a fuss that his old friend needed to express his displeasure in this way?

Alas...

The Navy needs you, and you are a naval hero to inspire the boys.

"Hopefully, the day the truth comes out, so I, a 'naval hero', won't be a disgrace to the Navy."

Garp words brought Sengoku to silence.

"No, it won't! You being you, Garp will always be a Navy hero!"

"Don't give me the high hat, by the way, when the hell are you going to approve my retirement application! Do you really want me to die of old age in the Navy?"

"Retirement is out of the question, not in this lifetime! In fact, I've always thought that the Fleet Admiral position would be better for you to take."

"Forget it, if I were to be the Fleet Admiral, I might bring the Navy completely into the abyss."

The two old friends who were inseparable looked at each other and then let out a loud laugh!

After laughing, Sengoku said, "This time, when you go back in the East Blue Sea, if you meet a guy who makes that prick Smoker eat his heart out, capture him."

"A good discipline may not be impossible to become a righteous navy."

"You're not afraid that someone will come after you?"

"Faah! But I'm even more afraid that you and I will go farther apart! I'll just give the news agency a shout and tell them that I made a mistake, and then withdraw the reward, and what else can they do to me?"

"There's the example of a kid before, what happened to the Navy recruiting a pirate who was only wanted because of a 'mistake'!"

Speaking of which, Sengoku had a rare moment of dominance.

Garp was laughing with tears, this old friend of his ah...

"I'm leaving, if I can really meet him, I'll catch him for you."

"If I don't, I hope he stays true to his heart and doesn't do evil."

Garp walked away with a straight chest, but somehow it looked so sluggish to Sengoku's eyes.

Hopefully, it wouldn't be another 'good guy' who hated the Navy because of the injustice they had done and gave up on his own...

After Garp left, Sengoku once again picked up the report that contained all the information about Will. And reading it, he gave three speculations about Will's strange behaviour.

The first is that Will is presumed to be a person with double Devil Fruit ability who is not afraid of seawater or seafloor stones, but the latter is highly unlikely, as Will's case is really too special.

The second is that Will's various abilities are either innate or acquired, so it is somewhat convincing to say that he may be some undiscovered strange species.

Finally, there is an enlarged photo of Will's infinity gauntlet, with two circles clearly circled on it.

It was exactly what the shrunken devil fruit looked like!

The pink one, which was also confirmed to be a slippery fruit after the intelligence personnel consulted the Devil's Fruit Diagram, matches one of Will's demonstrated abilities!

The third theory given by the intelligence officers is that the gauntlet that Will was wearing is suspected to be a carrier weapon that can display the abilities of multiple devil fruits, and because they don't need to be eaten, they don't have the weakness of being afraid of seawater and seafloor stones!

Plausibility: unknown!

This is the reason why Sengoku paid special attention to a small pirate who ran away from the East Blue.

It was as important as the original Vega Punk!

If the Navy can master this technology...

The calculating Sengoku put a big X on the application that wanted to increase the bounty on Will!

He needs to be observed him for a while!