Chapter 170: Garp: Son is Revolutionary Army, Grandson is a Pirate?

After the smoke and dust dispersed.

Garp climbed out of the deep pit, stumbling; his entire body was tattered, and even his dog-head hat was shredded into rags.

"To think he wasn't knocked into a resurrection state?"

Dragon looked with suspicion at Garp, who, though disheveled, had not suffered any overly heavy injuries.

The dragon claw condensed from Feng Yuansu Moha, while still having a massive gap compared to the body of a true giant dragon, would have made it impossible for even Garp—at his full strength outside the Trial Tower—to remain uninjured.

Was it those Fighter abilities again?

"Hahahaha, you brat, you really don't know how to respect your elders, striking so ruthlessly."

Garp also felt a lingering fear.

If he hadn't used up all his Reward Points at the final moment to rapidly upgrade 【Body Armor】 to Lv. 10, he likely would have been flattened into a meat patty by Dragon's move.

A Fighter, through constant tempering of the physique, can project physical energy outward as armor, enhancing physical defense and stamina for a short time, while also possessing a Body Armor state.

Armament Haki was classified as a Blue skill.

And Body Armor was a higher-tier Purple skill; when skills of the same level clashed, it could directly smash the Armament Haki of experts in the Pirate World.

"If I don't strike ruthlessly, the one falling would be me."

Dragon did not want to tangle with Garp; if things continued like this, more and more Navy would surround them.

He took a deep breath, preparing to unleash the strongest Feng Yuansu Moha he had comprehended from his bloodline, when

A four-person team wandered into the street.

"Don't pester me, you guy!"

"Our ship is short a cook, come be a Pirate!"

Sanji, in a crisp suit with black lines all over his head, kicked Luffy, who was stuck to him, away with force.

He had followed the game merchant's guidance, and after landing on Death Island, began the operation of hunting Pollution Monsters.

The Contract had been completed.

The destiny goods exposed to his sight almost made his eyeballs pop out.

Recipes for all kinds of delicious cuisine.

There were desserts that could restore stamina after eating, 【Flame Dumpling】 that enhanced fire-attribute Resistance, and 【Fierce Ice Fresh Sea Bream Mountain】 that strengthened ice-attribute attacks.

Strange and peculiar ingredients, kitchenware with various abilities.

Just as the game merchant said, this was not a realm an ordinary cook could reach; this was essence cuisine that could only be nurtured by a higher-level world.

"Sanji, the Flame Dumpling you made is delicious, can you let me have another bite?"

"No."

Sanji looked at the pot-bellied Straw Hat Pirate, his face speechless.

Earlier, he had been surrounded by a group of vengeful spirits, and it was this Straw Hat Pirate, who claimed he would become the Pirate King, who stepped in to help.

He had made a plate of newly learned dumpling cuisine to repay the other party.

He didn't expect to be pestered immediately, insisting he become the cook on their ship; although he was a bit tempted, how could he agree to such a thing at a time like this?

"Once, I shallowly believed that cuisine could only keep people from being hungry."

Sanji deliberately struck a lonely pose, leaning his body to present his perfect profile to the orange-haired beauty, and said: "However, after meeting the game merchant and witnessing a more advanced culinary realm, I discovered that food is not only for filling one's stomach, but also a weapon to protect one's companions."

These dishes were classified by the system as consumables.

Flame Dumpling was only a relatively low-level Green recipe, yet it could allow the consumer to be immune to fire burns for several seconds.

The power of other recipes was even stronger, even allowing an ordinary person to possess the powerful combat strength to defeat a ten-million-level Pirate for a short time after eating.

To fill people's stomachs, to allow people to protect those they want to protect.

This was Sanji's latest culinary spirit.

Especially...

"Nami-san~ I am the head chef of the Baratie floating restaurant, don't worry, as a chef, I can definitely protect the woman I love!"

Sanji twisted his whole body, feeling his eyes turning into pink hearts, his heart thumping wildly.

It wasn't that he hadn't met beautiful girls, but a young woman like Nami-san, who possessed a hint of independence and stubbornness within her pure and gentle beauty, was simply his ideal partner.

This was also the reason he could endure Luffy's pestering all this time.

"Boring."

Zoro was not interested in these things, lifting his eyelids to search for the mansion where the red-clothed vengeful spirit was located.

They acted as if no one else was around,

Without the slightest regard for the gazes of the Navy and the Revolutionary Army, which had all fallen upon them.

"Luffy?"

"Who called me?"

Garp's voice suddenly rang out.

Hearing this voice, Luffy only felt a chill down his back, subconsciously looking toward the direction of the sound.

When he saw the familiar figure wearing a Navy uniform with stubble on his face,

Luffy's jaw dropped in shock, the elasticity of the Rubber Fruit fully displayed on his face.

"Grandpa..."

Nami and Zoro were both stunned.

They turned their heads, and after confirming that Luffy was speaking to that old Navy man, Nami said in disbelief: "Luffy, were you scared silly by the Navy?"

"The Navy is your grandpa?"

Zoro's words were a bit ambiguous, but the general meaning was expressed.

On both sides of the spacious street,

Upon seeing them, Colonel Nezumi's face lit up with surprise: "The Orange Devil with an 80 million bounty, and Caomao Lufei with 50 million."

With Marine Hero Garp here,

he could forget about monopolizing the mission to capture the Revolutionary Army, and besides, given the combat power just displayed, it was questionable whether they could even catch the Leader of the Revolutionary Army.

But the Straw Hat Pirates before him were evil Pirates who had genuinely attacked a Celestial Dragon.

Most importantly, they lacked the powerful combat strength of the Revolutionary Army Leader, making them perfect stepping stones for him.

It's all Garp's fault.

Colonel Nezumi cursed inwardly; he had finally run into a Marine Hero and Vice Admiral from Marine Headquarters, and he had used every subtle hint he could, even lending the other man the Reward Points he had painstakingly skimmed from his subordinates.

Garp had accepted everything, yet acted as if he couldn't understand the subtext of his desire to be transferred back to Marine Headquarters.

In his heart, Garp was the biggest and most ruthless Vampire; he had never seen any Marine general with such a massive appetite.

Since the path of buttering up the Marine Hero was a dead end,

he would have to capture the Straw Hat Pirates and see if he could gain the appreciation of Buggy Saint.

"Luffy, you bastard, how did you end up here?"

Seeing his own grandson, Garp's expression darkened.

He had come to Windmill Village in the East Blue this time, only to be told by Makino that the brat Luffy had already set sail under a Pirate flag to become a Pirate.

Failing to raise Dragon properly was already a pain in his heart.

He never expected that his grandson, whom he had instilled with the necessity of becoming a great Marine since childhood, would also be led astray by that bastard Red-Haired, dreaming every day of becoming the man who would be Pirate King.

This feeling of being repeatedly backstabbed by his own kin made Garp wake up halfway through his sleep and sit by the window to smoke two packs of cigarettes.

Fortunately,

Luffy had just set sail, so he surely hadn't caused any major trouble yet, nor would he be noticed by the Navy.

At this moment, as long as he used his Iron Fist of Love to make him turn back from his misguided path and follow him to Marine Headquarters for Marine training, everything could still be salvaged.

"Vice Admiral Garp, do you know the Pirates of the Straw Hat Pirates?"

Nearby, a Marine asked curiously.

Garp was slightly stunned.

Straw Hat Pirates?

It certainly sounded like a name his idiot grandson would come up with, but how did the Marines around him know? Could it be that he had talked in his sleep and told them his grandson wanted to be a Pirate?

Seeing Garp's bewildered face, the Marine whispered a reminder: "Monkey D Luffy, Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, was just given a bounty of 50 million Beli for assaulting a Celestial Dragon."

Garp didn't react at first, then two seconds later, his eyes widened abruptly.

"Ha!?"

(End of chapter)