Chapter 211: Garp Arrives

Early in the morning, Nami, who was sleeping in bed, opened her eyes, sat up, and stretched.

The quilt that had been draped over her body seemed completely unable to cling to that smooth, delicate skin, sliding straight off and revealing a glimpse of spring.

"Huh!? This sound is..."

Hearing the sounds of exercise outside, Nami's expression turned strange. After changing her clothes, she pushed open the door and happened to see Uchiha Feiyu, who was in the middle of his workout.

"Did you not sleep at all last night? You exercised all night? Isn't that going a bit too far!"

A look of disbelief appeared on Nami's face. She was very clear about the heavy intensity of Uchiha Feiyu's daily training. In Nami's view, Uchiha Feiyu's training plan was almost constantly dancing on the edge of human limits; adding any more to that workload wouldn't be called training, but suicide.

Admittedly, the disparity in human physical constitutions in this One Piece World might be even greater than the gap between a person and a dog. Some can use their bare bodies to withstand attacks from firearms or even rocket launchers, while others would die from falling down a staircase less than two meters high, so the intensity of their natural training is completely different.

However, after these few days of sparring, Nami was fully certain that Uchiha Feiyu's physical constitution and strength talent, while significantly higher than an ordinary person's and barely qualifying as gifted, could absolutely not be called a monster. The training plan he scheduled every day had already reached this guy's limit.

Under these circumstances, adding more training would not only fail to yield better results but would instead cause him harm.

Yet, looking at Uchiha Feiyu's spirited appearance, he didn't seem to have suffered any harm; on the contrary, his aura seemed even stronger? Even his muscles seemed to have bulged a fraction.

"Don't worry, my body's current tolerance is much stronger than it was before."

Uchiha Feiyu waved his hand and said confidently.

Seeing this, Nami took a closer look and confirmed that there were no signs of overtraining on Uchiha Feiyu's body, only then believing that nothing was wrong with him.

"You better be careful, you guy. If something really goes wrong, don't blame me for not keeping my promise; I don't want to acknowledge a paralyzed guy as my captain."

The tone didn't sound very pleasant, but that tsundere implication proved that Nami had basically accepted Uchiha Feiyu.

"Don't you know me by now? When have you ever seen me do something I wasn't sure about?"

Hearing this, Nami was quite in agreement. Uchiha Feiyu, if nothing else, was certainly no less cautious than she was when she acted as a little thief cat. He would maintain his training at his body's limit, and as for when it came to fighting...

Nami had only seen Uchiha Feiyu fight once. That time, even though Uchiha Feiyu's strength was not inferior to Alvida's in the slightest, he still pushed himself out as bait first, then pulled off a sneak attack by digging into her back, which could be called cautious to the extreme.

Thinking of that battle, Nami recalled the scene where Uchiha Feiyu absorbed Alvida's body, and suddenly, she seemed to understand something.

That must have been a power to strengthen himself. She remembered that after Uchiha Feiyu absorbed Alvida, he seemed to have become much stronger...

Could the change in Uchiha Feiyu's physical tolerance this time also be because of this reason?

It seems that last night, this guy probably did something.

Nami's guess was soon proven correct. When it was nearly noon, quite a few Marines suddenly appeared in the town, seemingly looking for someone.

However, after searching for an afternoon, these Marines returned to the base and took no further action.

In reality, it was also normal. Coby, to put it bluntly, was just a Marine Handyman. It was only because he had disappeared from the Marine base without a sound that it caused a little bit of attention, leading Marines to come out and search. But searching for an afternoon was already enough to be worthy of his rank as a Handyman.

Otherwise, in this chaotic sea, the Marines don't even know how many people die every day; where would they care about a Marine Handyman? Especially one who had joined the Marines for less than half a month.

And so, just like that, without a sound, the matter of Coby's disappearance passed. Except for Uchiha Feiyu, the person involved, and Nami, who had some guesses, no one else cared about this missing Marine Handyman.

Three or four days passed quickly. Three or four days was not a long time, but Uchiha Feiyu's strength had undergone a earth-shaking change.

In just three or four days, the results of Uchiha Feiyu's training were stronger than all the training results he had accumulated from the moment he arrived in this world until he absorbed Coby's potential!

At least Nami had seen with her own eyes how Uchiha Feiyu progressed from the beginning—which was splitting a boulder as tall as a person—to being able to easily cut a stone the size of a two-story building in two.

This strength was about on par with Zoro when he first went to sea. And even if it was just when he first went to sea, Zoro's strength was already in the strongest tier of the East Blue. If he were cautious, he would have a high chance of soloing the entire Arlong Pirates.

Because of this, Nami's trust in Uchiha Feiyu grew day by day. With Uchiha Feiyu's speed of progress, even if they didn't run into Garp, training for another month or two would definitely be enough to help her wipe out the Arlong Pirates.

Of course, Nami's speed of progress during this time was not slow either. Not only had the basic abilities of the Slippery-Slippery Fruit been used with ease, allowing her to be immune to a large degree of physical attacks and providing extremely fast speed, but she had also developed quite a few advanced applications.

It must be said that as a Navigator, Nami's advanced applications of the Slippery-Slippery Fruit also had a very distinct Navigator style; they were abilities completely related to wind and water.

Among the two applications she developed, one was controlling the air within a range of her skin, achieving an effect near invisibility through the air sliding over her skin; the other was treating the sea as an ice rink, riding the wind and waves on the ocean to slide directly.

In the process of developing the Devil Fruit, Nami also gradually broke free from her fear of Arlong—as the saying goes, "with a sharp blade in one's heart, the desire to kill arises." The original Nami had limited potential, and no matter how she trained, it was hard to defeat Arlong. But after having the Devil Fruit ability, she already had the capital to resist, and naturally, her fear of Arlong began to gradually dissipate.

Of course, the little thief cat's personality also determined that Nami was not a stubborn kid like Luffy or Zoro. If she could latch onto Garp's thigh and solve the Arlong Pirates without having to risk her own life, that would be the best ending for Nami.

This morning, Nami pushed open the door again, looked at the open space at the entrance, and yawned slightly. By the time she was completely awake from her sleepiness, her expression was a bit strange:

"Huh! Where did that guy Feiyu run off to? Is he not training this morning?"

Usually, when Nami woke up, she could always see Uchiha Feiyu training outside, which could be described as rain or shine, but today she didn't see his shadow, which made her feel a bit puzzled.

Just then, a knock came from the door. A moment later, the door opened, and Uchiha Feiyu walked in from outside.

"Why are you still staying here? Today is the day the transport ship arrives. Let's go to the pier and take a look; Garp should be arriving soon."

"What? The Marine Hero is coming over?"

A look of nervousness flashed across Nami's face. She hurriedly tidied herself up, swallowed, and followed behind Uchiha Feiyu, walking toward the pier.

While walking, this girl's body was still a bit stiff, and she almost walked with a clumsy, uncoordinated gait.

Looking at the nervous Nami, Uchiha Feiyu didn't say much. Once they reached the pier and saw that single-celled Garp, Nami would probably be able to recover.

The two soon arrived near the pier, which had already been surrounded by the Marines of the 153 Marine Base. After taking a look at the surroundings, Uchiha Feiyu pulled Nami and jumped directly onto a tree, looking out at the distant sea.

A huge Dog-Head Battleship was sailing across the sea. This time, Uchiha Feiyu didn't need to say much; Nami had already recognized this warship, which was famous throughout the One Piece World.

"It really is the Marine Hero's warship! I never thought... a mere Marine Colonel could actually provoke such a big shot!"

Nami's face was full of surprise. A Marine Colonel, when converted to a Headquarters rank, was only at the level of a Headquarters Captain. And although Garp was only a Marine Vice Admiral, his true status within the Marine was definitely no worse than that of the Admirals.

To draw an analogy, it would be equivalent to a company commander committing a crime, and as a result, a commander of a certain major military region personally coming out to escort him. Clearly, this was not something that would happen under normal circumstances.

Even if the hierarchy in the One Piece World wasn't very clear and the higher-ups were quite willful, this kind of thing was too much of a fuss; it was even more wasteful than using an anti-aircraft gun to hit a mosquito.

"Now I believe that the Straw Hat kid who punched Morgan is Garp's grandson... Otherwise, the matter of this guy Morgan wouldn't even reach the ears of this Marine Hero!"

Nami muttered a few words. Soon, the Dog-Head Battleship had docked, and a wooden ladder was lowered from the warship.

Several Marines from the 153 Base escorted the tall and strong Morgan toward the warship. Even though these Marines could be called burly, compared to Morgan, they could only be described as thin and small, and they were having a very hard time holding this guy down.

On the warship, a tall old man wearing a dog-head hat stood on the deck, his head slightly lowered, his posture straight, as if he possessed an aura that commanded respect without anger.

Looking at that old man, Nami couldn't help but hold her breath, and a look of awe appeared in her eyes:

"That is the Marine Hero, the guardian of the East Blue, Vice Admiral Garp who once captured the Pirate King! It really feels very imposing..."

"Are you ready, Nami?"

Just then, Uchiha Feiyu suddenly asked. Nami was slightly stunned for a moment and looked at Uchiha Feiyu:

"Prepare?? Prepare for what!?"

"Prepare to go on stage!"

Uchiha Feiyu chuckled, and while Nami still wore a look of utter confusion, he suddenly grabbed the back of her clothes.

"Wait, wait a second, wait a second!! You, you, you... what do you want to do? Don't—!!"

"Garp, you bastard! I'm going to settle the score for your grandson with you properly!!"

Uchiha Feiyu grabbed the back of Nami's clothes, descended directly from the sky, landed on the warship, and then slammed an Iron Fist fiercely into Garp's dog-masked face.

With a boom, Garp, who offered no resistance, was sent spinning like a top by Uchiha Feiyu's punch, flying backward over ten meters, spinning seven or eight times, before crashing into the cannon on the bow with a clang, unable to get up for a long while.

The elite Marine headquarters soldiers originally standing on the warship, and the branch Marines escorting Morgan, were all stunned, their tongues and eyes bulging out as if they had seen an alien.

Please, the one who was sent flying is Vice Admiral Garp! He is that monster who uses warships as punching bags when training his fists, and who can level eight mountains with his fists just by doing some casual special training! To think he was actually sent flying by someone's punch... who is this person? Is it Red-Haired Shanks or Beast Pirates Kaido?!

"Ahhhhhhh!! What are you doing, you guy? Why are you attacking the Marines!!"

"Have you forgotten that Straw Hat boy ruined our ship? He owes us a huge sum of money! Isn't it only natural to collect the debt from his grandfather?"

"Ah!? What..."

Nami, having suffered a violent impact, turned pale; listening to Uchiha Feiyu's nonsense and incomprehensible words, she really wanted to retort that we haven't even met that Straw Hat boy at all!

However, she was, after all, the clever girl known as the Little Thief Cat, who had swindled countless Pirates throughout the East Blue; in terms of intelligence, she was far superior to the average person. In just an instant, she understood Uchiha Feiyu's intent, and at the same time, thought of the consequences if the matter were exposed.

Uchiha Feiyu had packaged the two of them as victims, and in this way, they could establish a connection with Garp... although she didn't know what kind of person this Marine Hero really was, could the situation get any worse?

If she didn't go along with what Uchiha Feiyu was saying, the two of them would have directly attacked a Marine Vice Admiral; that charge would be enough to get them into Impel Down, right!

Thinking of this, Nami could only grit her teeth and, following Uchiha Feiyu's lead, continued:

"But you can't just attack the Marines directly; it was the Straw Hat boy who ruined our big ship and owes us money, it has nothing to do with his grandfather."

So it was the grandson who ruined someone's ship and refused to pay back the money? The group of Marines had expressions of realization, looking at each other in dismay. They hadn't expected Garp's grandson to be such a person; he was practically sabotaging his own grandfather.

"Could that Straw Hat boy you're talking about be my grandson Luffy?"

With a clatter, Garp pushed aside the cannon that had been pinning him down and stood straight up. His dog-skin hat had fallen off, revealing his slightly bruised face, but he didn't care in the slightest; instead, he had a smile on his face:

"To think he actually ruined your ship—that's my grandson for you!"

(End of this chapter)