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Chapter 26: Not Joining the Navy? Do You Look_down_on_me?
Chapter 26: Not Joining the Navy? Do You Look_down_on_me?
It might sound unbelievable, but Luk has always been respectful and kind to the elderly.
Carp, a man in his seventies, perfectly fit the criteria of someone who needed support. He was too heartbroken seeing his rebellious and disobedient children and grandchildren.
"Are you... little Luk, what did you just call me?"
Carp stood up, his robust and sturdy frame belying the appearance of a younger man. He poked Luk a few times, almost failing to recognize him for a moment.
"I'm a good friend of Luffy, and you're his grandfather, so I naturally followed along." Luk gave a familiar, genuine smile, calculating how to get closer.
Carp had met Luk a few times before. After all, a stranger suddenly appearing and feeding treats to his beloved grandson would naturally raise some suspicion.
After confirming the other had no ill intentions, he relaxed. He remembered how Luffy used to cry about Luk's time at sea.
"I didn't expect such a big change after a year."
Looking at this physique and this aura, one could easily identify a martial arts prodigy.
"Right... a martial arts prodigy?"
Carp's tense face relaxed, a smile appearing, and he approached Luk warmly.
"Hey, call it what it is. We don't need to be so formal, grandpa and grandson." Carp forced a smile. "Luk, I heard you've been practicing with Frost Sword. How did that go this year?"
It was the Frost month.
"Is this the month of the frosty scholar?" Carp's face immediately hardened, glaring at Luk as if demanding an explanation, "or else I'll get angry."
"What?" Luk waved his hand urgently, not just disliking it, but completely disdaining it as a career for a Celestial Dragon. "The Navy captures pirates and protects civilians. How can you look down on such a noble profession? I've been admiring the Navy for three nights straight."
"Then you must look down on me!"
Carp rolled up his sleeves, ready to start a fight.
"Of course not, as Luffy's grandfather, the Navy hero who captured the great pirate Luffy, ending an era. I have the utmost respect for you."
"No matter how many times you say it, I can't change Luk's mind."
Carp's expression softened, "Do you want to be a pirate? Do you want the freedom to chase One Piece?"
If he answered, he would use his iron fist to correct Luk's thoughts.
"You can't just go around saying you want to be a pirate!"
"I have no interest in such vague and elusive things. If the great treasure is truly valuable, why wouldn't he share it with family and friends, instead of leaving it to the dead crew members and letting others find it?"
Luk's logical analysis was sound and convincing.
"Exactly!" Carp slapped his thigh, speaking with some frustration. "This brat is a pain, even in death, he still pulls this nonsense."
”
Born but not raised, Ace earned a notorious reputation as a pirate, carving out a career and breaking the mold of being just another pirate king's son. His initiation of the Grand Age of Piracy also had Luffy constantly shouting about becoming a pirate.
True rivals, Garp sighed.
Luffy still said, at least he hasn't set sail yet, while Ace had already formed his own pirate crew and carved out his own territory. If his identity were to be revealed...
A few days ago, Garp had barely convinced Sengoku and other Marine officers to include the shallow-rooted Ace in the Seven Warlords of the Sea plan, but didn’t expect the little punk to outright refuse.
That’s why he’s back in the village, thinking about his grandson, hoping to correct his ways, but no matter how much he talked, no matter how many times he used his Iron Fist, Luffy wouldn’t change his mind.
He wants to be the Pirate King!
"You don’t want to be a Marine, you don’t want to be a pirate, so what do you want to do?" Garp pulled himself together and asked the man in front of him.
Luffy scratched his head with a sheepish grin, "It’s a bit embarrassing, but I want to be a pirate hunter."
"That’s also fine." Garp’s brow furrowed, then relaxed, with Luffy and Ace already on the table. Although Ace had already developed resistance to becoming a Marine, the Pirate Hunter, though not a Marine, still had connections to the Marines and could be a viable option.
"Why not just become a Marine? The Pirate Hunter has no official rank and no one has a method to make you stronger."
"Mainly because the Pirate Hunter can claim rewards."
He was flat broke, with only seven million berries to his name, barely enough to feed his appetite, which could sustain a single meal.
"..."
After a moment of silence, Garp burst out into a hearty laugh, "Hahahaha, that's right! You little brat, that's honest, not bad, not bad at all."
Luffy smiled sheepishly, his eyes darting around, and continued, "As for guidance, Grandpa, can’t you guide your grandson a bit?"
You’re calling me Grandpa, and you still haven’t said a thing worth mentioning yet?
Garp snorted, "Good, while I'm here. Luffy brat, I won’t guide you, what can you do?"
"Grandpa, can’t you persuade him?" Luffy asked mysteriously.
"How, can you persuade him?" Garp’s spirits soared, he took a deep breath, and stared at Luffy intently, "If you can make Luffy give up being a pirate, old man, I can train you to be the top martial artist, making you the second Iron Fist."
Luffy felt the hawk on his waist struggling to control, he was helpless and said he was practicing swordsmanship, how could they all make him practice martial arts?
"Even if I can’t make him give up being a pirate, I can make him set sail later," Luffy drew the hawk, assuming an attacking stance, "for example, Grandpa, you can use some force to show him the strength of top-tier fighters, making him realize how small he is now."
"That way, he should also realize his own weight and stay in the village a bit longer to train."
Garp’s lips curled, his eyes glaring at Luffy, he raised his world-famous fists, "It sounds feasible, Luffy brat, but your plan has a flaw."
"What flaw?"
A towering figure appeared beside Luffy without him noticing, a solid iron fist contracting his suddenly dilated pupils.
Boom!
It was like being hit by a speeding train head-on, the punch filled with unimaginable power, sending Luffy flying through the air with the sensation of his bones shattering.
Garp shook his hand, seemingly just recovering his strength, and finished the unfinished sentence.
"The flaw is..."
"You little brat, can I still make you exert two points!"
(End of Chapter)
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