[Pirates] Retired Knight's Logbook

【One hundred and twenty-nine】

"Another King's Shichibukai..." Andrea flipped through the newspaper about the establishment of a new King's Shichibukai, frowned, and couldn't help but murmured.

She probably understood the reason for the King's Shichibukai system - the left and right were just balancing forces.

Let’s not talk about the four sea areas. After all, they are separated by windless zones, so they are relatively safe.

As far as the most important great route is concerned, it is divided into two sections. The first half is paradise, and the second half is a new world.

The New World is currently divided among three major forces - the Whitebeard Pirates, the BigMM Pirates, and the Beast Pirates.

These are considered established forces, and it is quite difficult to carve up territory. Maybe Roger was considered the leader before, but with the disbandment of the Roger Pirates and Roger's execution, naturally this wave of power can be regarded as disappearing.

And...here, we don't look at the individual, but at the power and scale.

The Navy Headquarters, represented by the world government forces, is also in the Grand Line, which can be said to be in opposition to these major forces in the New World.

The King's Shichibukai is an existence conceived by the World Government to act as a buffer zone in between.

This does not mean that the power of the King's Shichibukai is so great that it can compete with the navy or the three major forces... but it is a direction.

It is difficult for pirates who enter the new world to compete with the existing forces. They will be faced with the situation of either joining if they cannot defeat them, or running away or dying. And if you look back...it's the existence of the navy.

This can easily lead to the forces in the new world becoming stronger and stronger - pirates will definitely not join the navy anyway, so if they can't stand on their own, joining a powerful force is a good choice.

The World Government certainly cannot sit idly by and watch this happen. At this time, the appearance of King Shichibukai seems to be a sign, telling the pirates that they can actually cooperate with the navy. There is a buffering gray area between black and white - this This is the so-called political buffer zone.

So fundamentally speaking, the system of King Shichibukai is beneficial to maintaining the existing world order and achieving balance.

Although she hates the World Government, Andrea still approves of this system - although she has good friends with pirates, but from the pirates she has dealt with before, she knows very well what kind of people most pirates are. .

Being able to curb the pirate power is a good thing for civilians.

But at the same time, she also knew very well that the world government was not doing this for the sake of civilians.

The emergence of so many rampant pirates is precisely because of the operation of the World Government - the World Government requires each country to hand over expensive heavenly gold. Those who cannot hand over will not be protected, and naturally become a hotbed of evil, further leading to pirates. The expansion of power.

Because these people cannot survive without becoming pirates, and they will either starve to death or be sold into slavery by human traffickers.

Andrea told him these things one by one while listening to Sabo's questions while teaching alone.

"So... is there a way out for what Mr. Long and the others are doing? Can it change the status quo?" Sabo asked.

"Sabo needs to discover this problem yourself. But in my opinion, if there is a way to change the current structure of this world, it must be Mr. Long and the others." Andrea sighed, looking at Looking at the thoughtful Sabo, he smiled and said, "Today's class is over. Let's go play with Ace and the others."

Andrea watched Sabo run away after answering, then looked at the newspaper again, frowned again, and his expression became solemn - this time the new King Shichibukai was once Tiger's crew member, now the Sun Pirates The captain of the regiment... This must be some kind of deal, right?

It would be better to say that the King's Shichibukai all made deals with the government.

Just like Boa Hancock, the captain of the Nine Snakes Pirates two years ago and the empress of the Amazon Lily Kingdom, she felt that she became the King of the Shichibukai for the sake of the people.

As for the past, did the current Warring States Marshal and former Warring States General want to recruit Hawkeye... was it because of Hawkeye's personal strength and popularity?

Andrea didn't think of a reason, but was interrupted by the noise coming from far and near.

"Let go of me bastard!"

"Is this what your mother taught you?! You should call me grandpa!"

"Mom said you don't need to be polite to rude people! And my grandpa has a white beard!"

"Asshole! Let Ace go!"

"...What are you calling, brat?! It seems that instead of learning well here, you are becoming more arrogant! Come back with me!"

"I don't want it! Mom, help me!"

Andrea was silent for a moment, her mouth twitched, and she stood up and went over. At the same time, she held down Luo, who was about to make a sneak attack to save people: "It's okay Luo, that's Luffy's grandfather after all, give him face."

【one hundred thirty】

Andrea was a little surprised by Garp's arrival, but it was reasonable - this was his hometown, and it was normal for him to come back to see his grandson.

Although……

"Why is this kid still saying he wants to be a pirate?!"

"Lieutenant General Garp, this is your grandson's problem. The other children I raised don't have this problem! You should reflect on yourself and look at your son!"

"Huh? Have you seen a dragon?!"

Garp was surprised that Andrea had met Long, but after hearing Andrea talk about the series of events triggered by Sabo's incident, he understood what was going on.

At the same time, although he was frustrated by his grandson's stubbornness, he also understood that all three of his descendants were stubborn, and it was impossible to really blame Leah for this.

Look at Ace, he has no interest in becoming a pirate, he just wants to be an adventurer.

Garp sighed, looked at Luo who looked unhappy and stared at him with some hesitation, and whispered loudly to Andrea: "Is this your and Hawkeye's son?"

Andrea and Luo retorted with dark faces at the same time: "No! This is my disciple\\I am Teacher Leah's student!"

"That's it." Garp said with an admiring look, "I didn't look carefully when I came here last time. Your disciple seems to be well raised by you! How are you, little guy? Are you interested in becoming a navy?"

For a moment, Luo's expression was not only unhappy, but his eyes became fierce, revealing murderous intent.

Andrea was shocked by Garp's ability to step on thunder - to let an exiled survivor whose entire country was wiped out by the navy become a navy. If Luo really agreed, he would be going undercover to endure the humiliation and destroy the navy.

"How can my disciple go to be a navy!" Naturally, Andrea would not talk about Luo's problem, so she naturally brought the topic up, throwing all the reasons on herself.

Garp looked away and looked at her: "Is it because of the bounty?"

"When will the navy be free to fight the Celestial Dragons, will I let my children go? Otherwise, my children and the children I raised will not be allowed to join the navy. Not to mention..." Andrea smiled slightly Squinting his eyes, "I didn't go to the navy to settle the matter regarding Lujiu, not because I didn't want to. Do you understand, Mr. Garp?"

Garp fell silent and did not speak. He had also sheltered Lu Jiu for a while, and he understood very well how close the relationship between the two sisters was.

"Of course, I have always been grateful for the help you gave us at that time, and I will give you a face in many things." Andrea said expressionlessly, "Then, you didn't come here just to recruit the navy. Right?"

"Ah, that's not the case." Garp sat down opposite her, picked up the senbei on the table, bit it, and said vaguely, "Sengoku wants you to be the king of the Shichibukai."

Andrea: "...huh?"

【One hundred and thirty-one】

Karp's purpose is actually very simple - just to help spread a message.

After Andrea thought about it for a while, she roughly understood the intention of the Warring States Period - if the unstable factors are still difficult to fight, then we can recruit peace.

"Sengoku said that if you agree, the Tianlong people incident will be wiped out. The World Government will promise not to cause trouble for you."

Andrea took a sip of tea and said slowly: "No need. If I see that Tianlong man again next time and he dares to be arrogant, I will kill him directly."

"Young man, don't be so angry! Ace is learning from you, right?" Garp was not surprised that Andrea would refuse.

In addition to the fact that he is familiar with Andrea and knows her temper and thoughts, there is another point...

"So, Whitebeard is really your father?" Garp suddenly asked.

Andrea was stunned for a moment, with a look of helplessness on her face, and said leisurely: "Mr. Whitebeard does treat me as his daughter, and I'm very happy about this. I'm just ashamed. After all, I'm not a pirate and I won't become one. I can't Call him daddy. But in my heart, I treat him like a father."

Andrea's subtext is obvious - she was touched by Whitebeard's protection of her, and Whitebeard simply protected her with no other utilitarian purpose. It's just that she won't be a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, so she can't call each other dad like the others. But in her heart she respected him as much as anyone else.

This statement can be understood by any smart person - such as Long, Shanks, Hawkeye, and Luo, who seemed to be doing his own thing but was actually listening secretly.

But it was Karp who was listening now.

Garp listened with a somewhat complicated look on his face, and his understanding took a twist - so... although they still don't recognize each other, the father and daughter have basically reconciled. Also, judging from the fact that both Lujiu and Andrea live on Badelila Island, the internal situation may be a bit complicated.

Neither party knew what the other was thinking, but strangely they reached a consensus and understood each other, and did not speak on this issue again.

Garp did not leave immediately this time, but stayed for a while and also trained Luffy there. Ace and Sabo were also caught training together.

Andrea did not stop her - her special training method did not provide any better systematic training besides strengthening the physical strength of the three brothers. However, Garp's method of training the navy was quite suitable for the three of them, and she happened to be the one to do it. Luo can be given further special training.

Of course, the cultural lessons for the three of them cannot be left behind.

As for Bebo... Bebo was in a worse situation. Andrea indulged him very much, but because he was curiously watching from the sidelines, he was pulled into special training with the three brothers.

Garp stayed here for a month and told Andrea the subsequent training methods and asked him to supervise the three brothers.

After he left, Luo complained quietly: "Mr. Garp still wants the three brothers to become navy!" He quietly watched around because of curiosity, and found that in addition to teaching the three to fight, Garp also taught naval discipline and concepts. And so on... Of course, the latter was a complete failure.

Luo was not surprised by this - Teacher Leia's systematic, useful and persuasive gentleman education method could only make Sabo learn superficially, Ace learn only one side, and Luffy only know ramen. Garp's indoctrination method would It's weird if it's useful.

"Mr. Garp has also worked very hard." Andrea's words are not complaints - Garp has really worked hard, but his son has become the leader of the revolutionary army, and his grandson has been shouting all day long that he wants to be the Pirate King. That is not what he can do. Controlled.

After Karp left, Andrea looked at the reserves at home and decided to travel again.

Luo's medical books needed to be replenished, and some of the supplies at home needed to be sent outside. Moreover... she had already told Ace about Lujiu, and she wanted to take Ace back to Badelila Island to visit and pay homage to Lujiu. .

And I had made an appointment with Hawkeye to go there before, and the children happened to know Hawkeye, so it should be okay to bring the whole family there this time... right?