"When I heard about this, I wanted to tell it to you when you came next time, but who would have thought that you would come back after three years? Even when I wanted to contact you, I found out that you didn't give me any contact information, and even if I couldn't get in touch with you, there's a Marine branch here in East Blue, and why even the Marine branch didn't contact you for so long? but now you appear in front of me, you don't know about that at all?"
A series of questions spewed out of 12-year-old Luffy's mouth, and Garp's face was getting darker, veins were bursting out of his forehead, and he was on the verge of rage.
"Those goddamn bastards! They do such a thing right under my nose." Without doubting what Luffy said, the astonishing aura came from Garp's body, not Conqueror's Haki, but because of his experience in battles. The aura of a strong man who fought countless times, even though this aura deliberately avoided Luffy, it still gave Luffy the feeling of being out of breath.
(I will not join Marine, the constraints of the World Government rules and the existence of Celestial Dragons make me feel bad for the non-affiliated kingdoms and Marines, whose justice are pure, but I will solve the injustice I see in my own way. Even if I become a Pirate for this, it doesn't matter if there is a bounty.) Fearlessly looking at Garp, who was furious at this moment, Luffy said his thoughts word for word.
And when this sentence was finished, Luffy seemed to have unraveled some kind of knot in his heart, which was the unease he had always felt as a transmigrator, and the arrogance that seemed to be outside the world and out of tune with this world.
The astonishing momentum burst out, forming an invisible air wave that swept all around the surrounding leaves, as if being swept by a gust of wind. The whole world seemed to have lost its color at this moment. Luffy found and determined his future path, and the power called Conqueror's Haki that originally existed in his body finally awakened.
Although it was his first time awakening the Conqueror's Haki, Luffy instinctively controlled the momentum, letting it only erupt between himself and Garp and not deter others in the tavern or nearby.
"Luffy, you kid..." Garp stared blankly at his grandson in front of him. Luffy, who was only 12 years old, was still a little kid. At this time, he seemed to have grown up suddenly, and there was a hint of sadness in addition to his happiness.
They haven't seen each other for 3 years, but Garp has a feeling that something is wrong. Moreover, the momentum just now was Conqueror's Haki, but it's not either. Luffy has awakened this unique Conqueror's Haki. Those rules and regulations may become a hindrance for him as he embarks on the road to becoming a strong man in the future. This time, Garp had to give up the idea of forcing Luffy to be a Marine.
"This time to clear the Arlong Pirates, I want to go with you, Grandpa." After speaking, Luffy lifted the wine barrel that had just been put on the ground, opened the door, ignored Garp, and walked towards the warehouse.
Putting down the arrogance of being a transmigrator, Luffy called out the word "Grandpa" for the first time.
"Huh? It took you 12 years to call me grandpa for the first time, brat? as expected of my grandson BWAHAHAHA." said Garp.
It seems that this vacation has to end early. After the pirates are eliminated, I have to go back to Marine Headquarters as soon as possible to talk to Sengoku about the current problems with Marines and the damned garbage Celestial Dragons. Thinking like this, Garp finally just clenched his fist and restrained his momentum.
"I don't know what Luffy's path will be in the future, but I think it will be very exciting, right? But since you can't become a Marine, if you become a Pirate by then, don't blame the old man for being a ruthless, Luffy brat." Looking at the blue sky, Garp's originally clear eyes were now a little hazy, and he couldn't help muttering to himself, but his face, which was already a little old, was not as serious as usual at this time.