Comic series: Starting from Pirates to Cultivate the True Self

After Zhan Guo put down the hung up Den Den Mushi, he stood up and paced back and forth in the office, thinking about it.

He knew that Ace's affair would sooner or later be reported in the newspapers and spread all over the world, and that old bastard Garp would definitely not be able to hide it.

Rather than letting him read the news, it would be better for an old friend like me to tell him in person.

So he went back to his desk and picked up the Den Den Mushi.

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Because all the current members of the CP department had been dispersed a year ago to assist Mo Xingchen in his sea train project.

They will first go to various islands and kingdoms to discuss the project. They don’t say much, just ask if you agree or not!

If you agree, everything will be fine.

Those who disagree will have their opinions recorded directly and then sent back to the office of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and then go to the next one. Whether the kingdom is waiting for pirates or the revolutionary army in the future is none of their business.

Therefore, the CP9 members lurking in the Water City had already withdrawn and no longer focused on Franky's Pluto drawings.

However, after some misunderstandings and fights, the Straw Hat Pirates finally got to know Franky and successfully invited him on board, gaining a boatman.

Although Luffy and his crew did not experience many battles along the way, the Merry, a small sailing ship with not very good workmanship, crossed the Upside-Down Mountain from the East China Sea, and then experienced various bad weather conditions in the first half of the Grand Line, and was still scarred.

Between changing the ship and repairing it, Luffy and his companions strongly and firmly chose the latter, trying to save this "partner" who had accompanied them all the way.

Franky and Iceberg, the two brothers, were also deeply moved by Luffy and his crew's passion for the ship, so they made drastic repairs and improvements to the Merry.

In the iceberg mayor's villa, they had not yet received the news that the Merry had been repaired, but instead they had received the news that Garp had followed them all the way.

After beating Luffy up, he realized it was a misunderstanding after being persuaded by Vivi.

But Garp would not apologize to them. Not arresting them was already the greatest mercy he could show.

"Yohahahaha, that raccoon cat over there, I heard you're very strong! Let me test your tolerance!"

Chopper, who was hiding behind Usopp with most of his body exposed, heard Garp's praise and his body instantly turned into a noodle, twisting around.

She touched her head shyly and said with red cheeks:

"I won't be happy even if you praise me, you bastard!"

Suddenly, he put on a ferocious look and yelled at Garp:

"I'm not a raccoon cat! I'm a reindeer!"

Garp looked at Chopper twisting his body around again and laughed out loud.

"Yohahahaha, you are indeed very strong! I recognize you!"

At this time, Bogart came in with a Den Den Mushi and whispered something in Garp's ear. Garp's smile disappeared immediately. He took the Den Den Mushi and walked out of the villa with a gloomy face.

This sudden change made the Straw Hat Pirates very confused. After all, they had just learned about Garp's identity, and something that could cause the navy hero's expression to change so drastically must not be simple.

After a while

Garp came back and stood at the gate of the villa. He looked at Luffy with a complicated expression, opened his mouth, but said nothing in the end.

"Bogart, go!"

After saying this, he turned around and left without waiting for any reaction from the people in the room.

Bogart also looked at Luffy with a complicated expression, and finally shook his head slightly, which turned into a sigh, and followed Garp.

Luffy and his crew were left looking at each other, wondering in their hearts what had happened.

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Garp, who suppressed his emotions along the way, rushed back to the Navy Headquarters as quickly as possible.

He was going to ask Zhan Guo for mercy. Even while he was on his way, he had already made up his mind to sacrifice his old face. He didn't care whether he had to be unreasonable or throw a tantrum as long as he could save Ace.

But from the moment he stepped off the warship and onto the land of Marinford, it seemed as if an invisible and huge pressure instantly pressed down on his heart.

This man, who had never been afraid or confused in his life, felt for the first time that even lifting his foot and taking a step forward, an action that seemed to be as simple as it could not be, actually required tremendous courage.

This overwhelming pressure did not come from outside, but from Garp's own heart. It was the justice he had believed in all his life and the honor of being a naval hero that he shouldered.

He is also the vision of the lower-level naval soldiers who regard him as their idol and role model and who are willing to sacrifice their lives for justice.

Garp walked forward slowly in a daze, as if he was carrying a mountain on his back.

It was also the first time that Bogart saw a hint of fatigue and hunchback in this upright figure.

When Karp finally stood at the door of the marshal's office, he did not have the courage to push open the door.

He stretched out his proud iron fist towards the door handle of the office door, then retracted it, and then stretched it out again, back and forth for a long time.

Finally, he closed his eyes with melancholy, sighed, turned around and prepared to leave.

At this time, the door of the office was opened from the inside. Zhan Guo looked at him with a complicated expression and said softly:

"come in."

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At this time, there were only Garp and Sengoku, two elderly men in their seventies, in the office. Bogart was tactful enough not to follow them in.

Zhan Guo did not sit on the office chair that symbolized the status of marshal, but sat on the sofa with Garp. The two of them sat there quietly, and no one spoke.

After a long time,

Looking at Garp who was sitting on the sofa with his head down and silent, in a trance, Sengoku was the first to break the silence and chuckled:

"I thought you, a bastard, would beg me..."

Zhan Guo originally thought that Garp would get angry and quarrel with him like before when he heard his teasing, or he would be shameless and unreasonable to irritate him.

But this time, Garp just kept his head down. This silence made Sengoku feel a little at a loss, so he immediately stopped talking to ease the atmosphere.

He and Garp have had a deep comradeship for decades, and they can trust each other completely. To put it bluntly, they are not like brothers, but they are better than brothers.

Now that he is at the same age, he can fully understand what is going on in Garp's heart at this moment.

On the one hand, there is the career and ideals that I have been committed to for my whole life, and on the other hand, there is my grandson whom I have watched grow up.

how to choose?

If he helps Ace, then what is the point of his lifelong perseverance?

There are people who can openly and without hesitation choose to sacrifice their own relatives for the sake of justice, but how many of them are there?

At least Zhan Guo did not think that he was such a selfless person. So what qualifications did he have to admonish his old friend?

The reason why humans are human beings is that they possess richer emotions than beasts. Whether good or evil, these are part of what makes up humanity.

So it seems that no matter what choice Cap makes, it will be wrong, and no matter how you look at it, this will be a dead end.

Zhan Guo couldn't help but feel sorry for the old man sitting there. He sighed and said softly:

"Tell me a story about Ace!"

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