บท 201: Chapter 201
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"Admiral Zephyr, look at Garp's grandson; he's already formed a crew and set out on adventures. You're still all alone here. Why not take Naruto as your grandson?" Dak didn't give Zephyr much time to think, voicing his suggestion quickly.
If he pondered too long, Zephyr might just lead an attack on Konoha Village.
"Huh?"
Zephyr's face stiffened. He knew Dak was up to no good. First, it was forcing Growlithe on him, and now he wanted to stick him with a child?
If this had happened in the past, Zephyr would have turned and walked away, but considering Naruto's living conditions and what Dak said about Garp's situation, Zephyr hesitated.
Zephyr wasn't as emotionally closed off as he used to be. Growlithe's playful antics had gradually helped him come to terms with his past.
Moreover, nothing like what happened to Zephyr's wife and child would happen on Pokémon Island.
These reasons kept Zephyr from immediately refusing.
"Naruto, call him Grandpa," Dak saw an opportunity and encouraged Naruto to speak up.
"...Grandpa," Naruto said timidly, filled with hope. Would he finally have a family?
"..."
Zephyr didn't respond, possibly because he felt too awkward.
"Arcanine!" The large dog happily accepted Naruto, lifting him onto its back and running circles around Zephyr.
"Wow! So cool!" Naruto shouted excitedly, clinging to Arcanine's mane.
Watching this scene, Zephyr felt a pang of nostalgia, remembering his son riding his dog decades ago. If his son were alive, his grandson would be about Naruto's age.
Zephyr sighed.
Seeing this, Dak knew it was settled. Zephyr had decided to take Naruto in.
"I still need to take Naruto back to his world to get some things. Want to come along? See for yourself if what I said is true." Dak grinned, trying to persuade Zephyr further.
Dak knew forcing Naruto on Zephyr wouldn't help them bond quickly. He needed another way to foster their relationship.
Zephyr, known for his kindness and empathy, would surely be moved if he saw Naruto's suffering firsthand, leading him to feel a stronger obligation to care for the boy.
Moreover, Konoha's leadership wouldn't easily let Naruto go. A confrontation between Zephyr and Konoha's leaders was inevitable. Dak wasn't worried; ordinary shadow-level ninjas couldn't compete with top-tier marines like an admiral.
Figures like Hiruzen, at best, were equivalent to vice admirals. To challenge Zephyr, they needed someone on the level of Might Guy or Hashirama.
Once Zephyr thrashed Konoha's leaders and Naruto witnessed his strength, the boy would idolize Zephyr, strengthening their bond.
"Hold on, I need to prepare," Zephyr agreed but turned away to get ready, leaving Dak puzzled.
What's there to prepare? Just go, he thought.
Dak stayed behind, watching Arcanine and Naruto play. They looked so alike, with Arcanine's golden fur and Naruto's blond hair.
After about fifteen minutes, Zephyr returned, followed by a group of marines in white uniforms. Leading them was the famous trainer "White Hunter" Smoker.
Is he bringing reinforcements? Dak thought, surprised. This might escalate into a full-scale battle with Konoha.
"So cool!" Naruto exclaimed again, amazed by the marines' disciplined formation. This increased Zephyr's stature in Naruto's eyes.
"If you're ready, let's go," Dak decided. If a fight broke out, he could intervene and stop it.
"Big brother, are we going back?" Naruto asked, his tone mixed with reluctance and attachment to both Pokémon Island and Konoha.
Naruto had made friends at the ninja academy. The Ino-Shika-Cho trio, Kiba, and Akamaru didn't ostracize him, possibly because their elders hadn't told them about Naruto's secret.
Not all ninja clans were power-hungry schemers. Many were decent, like the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, who avoided trouble and supported each other.
"Yes, you need to attend school obediently."
"Oh," Naruto lowered his head, disappointed. He thought he might stay with Zephyr and Arcanine forever.
"Don't you want to play with your friends?" Dak asked.
"I do," Naruto admitted.
"That's right. So, you need to go to school. But your grandpa will pick you up afterward, and you'll come back to Pokémon Island. You can even invite your friends over."
Dak's eyes twinkled mischievously. If he could get the heirs of various clans to visit Pokémon Island, they'd witness the power of Pokémon firsthand. The clans wouldn't be able to resist.
The concept of summoning beasts was widespread, but how many ninjas actually had them? Not many. Strong summoning beasts, like those of the Legendary Sannin, played crucial roles even in later battles.
However, most ninjas with summoning beasts had mundane creatures compared to the Legendary Sannin's. Few could access the three great sacred places where the most powerful beasts resided.
Now, with the emergence of stronger, faster-growing, more trustworthy partners in Pokémon, these clans wouldn't be able to resist.
"Really? I'll be living with Grandpa?" Naruto's eyes sparkled with excitement as he hugged Zephyr's leg. "Please take care of me, Grandpa."
Zephyr nodded stoically, but Dak and Arcanine knew he was deeply moved. Zephyr was just too proud to show it openly.
If Whitebeard were in Zephyr's place, he'd have already launched an attack on Konoha for hurting his "son."
"Poor Konoha almost faced destruction," Dak thought, shaking his head.
Despite being in an era of peace, Konoha was weak compared to its early days or future strength, lacking the power to stand against the One Piece world's top forces.
Unless Hiruzen and others used every forbidden technique and resurrected all the past Kages, they stood no chance against an admiral-level force.
"Let's go," Dak said, grinning at the sight of the determined marines.
"Don't sweat too much, Konoha leaders," he thought.
(End of Chapter)
บท 202: Chapter 202
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A disciplined and imposing army suddenly appeared in Konoha Village. Which Kage wouldn't break into a sweat under such circumstances?
At this moment, Hiruzen was already feeling overwhelmed by the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki being kidnapped, and now the Anbu reported that an army was parading with the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki on the streets of Konoha.
Moreover, the mysterious figure had appeared again, seemingly the leader of this army.
"Send people immediately to eliminate them all."
Danzo decisively spoke from the sofa beside him.
A drop of cold sweat trickled down the Anbu member's forehead. He was one of those who had fainted earlier due to Dak's Conqueror's Haki.
To be honest, he didn't think the Hokage Advisor's decision was a good idea.
Given the strength of that green-haired man, even the combined forces of the Anbu and Root wouldn't be able to defeat him. Perhaps only the Hokage himself could stand a chance.
"Wait, the other party has returned the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki and has not directly harmed anyone in the village. This shows that they may not have malicious intent. Let's negotiate first and see."
Hiruzen spoke up.
This wasn't cowardice.
If a group of Cloud Ninjas had brought their troops into the village without permission, and Hiruzen decided to negotiate, that would be cowardice.
Because Konoha had no reason to fear Cloud Ninjas but still chose to avoid confrontation, allowing the enemy to trample on their pride.
But Hiruzen had already witnessed Dak's capabilities. So, choosing to avoid confrontation for now was wise and prudent.
"What's there to negotiate? They've already kidnapped the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki once, what's there to talk about?!"
Danzo truly couldn't understand.
His point was valid. Dak had previously taken the village's living weapon right under their noses.
"No more discussion. I will handle this matter."
Hiruzen shook his head.
He believed Danzo was being too naive. The other party was in the village center with so many people. If a fight broke out, what would happen to the villagers who might get hurt or taken hostage? Moreover, they had no idea of the strength of these people. Just the leader alone was challenging enough.
"Hiruzen, you will regret this!"
"Danzo, I am the Hokage!"
Danzo, furious, stormed out.
Click.
"Sigh."
Watching the Hokage office door close, Hiruzen sighed.
Every month, the funds spent on this door amounted to hundreds of ryo. He didn't know why Danzo needed so many doors.
He stood up, donned the traditional Konoha hat, and addressed the Anbu member beside him who didn't dare to speak, "Let's go and see who these people are."
Meanwhile, on the streets of Konoha.
Dak was leisurely walking along the streets of Konoha, observing the scenery.
Despite being a seemingly humble village, it gave off a special feeling.
Perhaps it was the nostalgic memories adding to the charm.
Zephyr stood beside Dak, looking at the village with a cold gaze.
Since he had no particular memories of "Naruto," Konoha was just an ordinary village to him, nothing special or noteworthy.
In the pirate world, many islands had similar villages. Konoha was just a well-developed village, perhaps deserving the title "Konoha Town."
At this moment, Zephyr had lost his initial curiosity and interest in this world.
He saw no significant differences in the people here. If anything, their physiques were too weak, and they were generally too short.
This was Zephyr's honest opinion.
Standing at three meters tall, he was a giant in the pirate world, but in the Naruto world, he was a towering giant.
The Marines behind him averaged over two meters in height, all muscle-bound men, with Smoker being a 210 cm tall hulk.
This gave an idea of the pressure the villagers of Konoha felt facing this Marine army.
They looked overwhelmingly powerful.
Moreover, the Pokémon beside the Marines were not in their first evolution stages, far from "cute."
These Marines were among the first few hundred trained by Sengoku, and they had fought with their Pokémon on the seas for a year, at least evolving to the second stage.
Particularly, these Pokémon had adopted the pirate world's characteristic — large physiques.
Zephyr, leading the way, was increasingly disappointed with this village, seeing nothing special.
And the looks the villagers gave Naruto.
Zephyr understood it was because of their presence around Naruto, making the villagers restrain themselves.
In the past, when they weren't around, who knew what would have happened.
"Grandpa, look, Ichiraku Ramen is really delicious! Teuchi-ojisan always takes care of me. Sometimes when I don't have money, he treats me to ramen. He's one of my favorite people in the village."
Naruto, sitting on Arcanine's back, was flanked by Dak and Zephyr.
This made the little guy look very prestigious, like a prince of the Navy.
That's right, this was fitting for Naruto's identity and status. What was before?
"Is that so?"
Zephyr looked over.
He saw the "young man" standing in the ramen shop, who seemed a bit nervous under his gaze but showed no malice, rather a bit of concern for Naruto.
Zephyr didn't have superpowers to see through people's hearts.
But his Observation Haki was top-notch on the seas, and having lived almost seventy years, he could tell such things.
Indeed, a good person.
"Smoker." Zephyr turned to his cigar-smoking disciple.
"Yes."
Smoker responded respectfully, momentarily distracted while observing Konoha Village.
"Brought any money?"
"Belli?"
"Do you think Belli is useful in this world?"
"."
Smoker paused, realizing the truth.
Each world had its currency. Belli could be exchanged for gold, silver, and copper on Pokémon Island, and Pokémon Island's gold, silver, and copper could be exchanged for Belli in the pirate world, aside from being used in Pokémon Centers and nursery branches.
But this world hadn't started cooperating with the Pokémon Alliance.
Smoker gathered a little gold from the team, roughly equivalent to a few million Belli.
"Is this enough?"
Zephyr asked Dak beside him, trusting Dak understood his intention.
"More than enough. By my understanding, 10 Belli in your world equals 1 ryo here, so this is worth hundreds of thousands of ryo."
Hundreds of thousands of ryo, roughly the bounty for an A-rank mission or three to four B-rank missions.
Dak's explanation was based on the system's exchange rate: 1 Pokémon Coin = 1000 ryo, balancing the economic differences between the pirate world and the Naruto world.
Dak had considered the system's reference standard.
The final conclusion was based on underground exchange bounties.
Asuma's head was worth 35 million ryo, roughly 3.5 billion Belli in the pirate world.
Roku's bounty of 50 million would be 5 billion Belli in the pirate world.
Given Sarutobi Asuma's and Roku's status, their bounties converted to the pirate world seemed low.
The former was the son of the leader of the most powerful organization, and the latter was one of the nine tailed beasts; equivalent to Im's son and one of the twelve supreme swordsmen in the pirate world, deserving bounties in the tens of billions.
But considering their modest strength, the bounty was already generous.
So, Dak found the system's exchange system fairly balanced, bridging the economic gap between the two worlds.
The only oddity was an underground exchange bounty of '7.8 billion ryo,' equivalent to '780 billion Belli' in the pirate world. Dak chose to ignore this person.
"Got it."
Zephyr nodded, memorizing the exchange rate.
Now he knew how much allowance to give Naruto, avoiding turning him into a spendthrift or leaving him hungry.
He signaled the Marines to stay put and approached Ichiraku Ramen alone.
When Zephyr stood in front of Ichiraku Ramen, Teuchi was already sweating profusely.
Too terrifying. A giant stood outside, and Teuchi couldn't even see Zephyr's head.
"Thank you for taking care of Naruto. This is for his past meals, and the extra is for future ones."
Zephyr bent down, placing the gold and silver in front of Teuchi.
"Oh, no, it's nothing."
Teuchi, seeing Zephyr's friendly demeanor, relaxed a bit. "Naruto is a pitiful child. A few bowls of ramen are nothing. May I ask, who are you?"
"Alliance Navy Chief Instructor, Zephyr, and Naruto's grandfather."
Zephyr's introduction was simple yet imposing.
This carried the aura of a former 'Admiral' and Zephyr's inherent dominance.
It was like Jiraiya telling Teuchi, 'I am one of the Sannin, Jiraiya, Naruto's teacher.'
"Eh? Naruto's grandfather? This is the first time I've met Naruto's family. Please take care of him."
Teuchi was genuinely shocked.
As for the title 'Alliance Navy Chief Instructor,' he hadn't heard of it.
But if Zephyr claimed to be Naruto's grandfather, not many in Konoha could dispute it, as few knew Naruto's true identity as the son of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze.
They only knew him as the vessel of the Nine-Tails.
Teuchi wasn't a fool. Given Naruto's small stature and Zephyr's giant frame, they didn't seem to share the same genes.
But that didn't matter.
To Teuchi, 'family' was about emotional bonds, not blood ties.
"I heard from Naruto that your ramen is the best in the village?"
"Not at all, hahaha, you're too kind. Would you like to try? I'm confident in my skills."
Teuchi, slightly embarrassed, adjusted his chef's hat, smiling with pride.
For a chef, nothing was more validating than a customer's praise of their culinary skills.
"I have quite a few people here."
"Hmph... I, Teuchi, am not one to boast. Bring it on."
Teuchi's eyes sharpened with determination.
He wasn't one to give up easily.
(End of Chapter)
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