Chapter 52: Garp

The next morning.

Brrr-brrr-brrr~

"Karl, phone, go answer it, it should be for you."

Karl opened his sleepy eyes and saw the lewd-looking "Chrysanthemum" Den Den Mushi. He didn't even need to think; it must be Kizaru.

"Hello, Admiral Kizaru, mm-hmm, I know. Then I'll just wait one more day at Navy Headquarters. Alright, alright, hanging up."

Karl hung up the phone, yawned, and hugged Mo Nika, who was wearing a camisole nightgown.

"What's wrong? Are you going on a mission so soon?"

Karl played with Mo Nika's curly hair listlessly and sighed: "Yeah! But I can still rest for one more day today, and I won't leave until tomorrow. I can accompany you for one more day."

Mo Nika revealed a sweet smile, kissed Karl on the face, and then felt something waking up.

"You were tossing and turning all night yesterday, how are you still so energetic?"

Karl looked innocent. Who told you to insist on being the knight? Besides, under the dual blessing of 【Still as a Virgin, Moving as a Hare】, he wasn't even holding back, okay!

Training ground.

Zephyr looked at the empty playground and revealed a smile. The students all had their own futures, and as their teacher, he was naturally happy for them.

"Hey! Zephyr, you guy really haven't lost your vigor from back in the day! I heard you killed a pirate with a bounty of 300 million Berries a few days ago?"

Listening to this off-key voice, Zephyr couldn't help but grin: "You guy, is your vacation over?"

Garp, who was walking toward him, laughed and picked his nose: "It's been over for a long time, I've just been chasing that bastard Red-Haired lately."

The two bumped fists, each found a spot to sit down, and crossed their legs.

"I heard you taught another good apprentice?"

Zephyr grinned slightly. Originally, he didn't want to show off, but he didn't expect Garp to force him...

"Hahaha, how did you know, you guy?"

Garp curled his lips: "I saw it when I was looking for rice crackers in Sengoku's office. It's that little guy named Karl, right?"

"That's right, he is the most talented new-generation Navy member I've encountered in the last ten years. Given time, he will surely achieve great things."

Hearing this, Garp looked at Zephyr in surprise: "Such high praise, is that kid also a Logia user?"

Zephyr chuckled. He guessed that Garp wouldn't look carefully, because if he had looked carefully, he wouldn't have asked such a question.

"No, he is a Paramecia user."

Garp scratched his head. Paramecia, just like his troublesome grandson.

Thinking of Luffy made Garp angry. Damn it, what kind of soul-stealing soup did that bastard Red-Haired feed Luffy? He was determined to be a pirate, and even beating him to death wouldn't make him change his mind.

"Not an ordinary Paramecia?"

"That's right, the Devil Fruit he ate is called the Holy Light Fruit. It can release holy light and has the effect of healing and strengthening the physique. The point is, it can also take effect on other people."

Garp was immediately dumbfounded: "Nani!! There is such an ability in the world?"

Garp had been in the Navy for a lifetime and had seen countless ability users, but he had never heard of such a Devil Fruit ability. Just hearing about it, it sounded very suitable for the Navy.

"Yeah! In previous internship missions, there were always a few students who died at the hands of pirates, but after Karl, there were no student casualties in this internship mission."

"And relying on Karl's healing and strengthening effect, they annihilated two pirate crews. There was even a student who was shot more than 20 times, and Karl was able to save him."

"Now you should know how powerful his ability is!"

Garp gasped and quickly asked: "Then does this kid have a place to go now? If it really doesn't work out, handing him over to me to lead is fine too!"

"Hmph~" Zephyr sneered disdainfully: "Too late! You can't even imagine how sought-after Karl is!"

"Then who is he with now? Akainu?"

Zephyr shook his head: "No, Akainu invited him, but he refused. If there are no accidents, he should be going to report to Kizaru."

"Kizaru?! Are you sure?"

Garp almost dropped his jaw. He originally thought it would be Akainu or Aokiji. Who would have thought it would be this unfathomable guy Kizaru.

"Sigh~ it's a long story..."

Then Zephyr told Garp about Kizaru discovering Karl's ability and some subsequent events, enjoying Garp's surprised expression.

After an unknown amount of time, Garp's curiosity about Karl grew stronger and stronger, so he simply said: "Zephyr, why don't you call Karl out and let me see him! Just let me feel that so-called holy light too!"

"I'll try..."

Crescent Bay, Karl, who was accompanying Mo Nika for a walk, took out the Den Den Mushi and placed it in front of him.

"Master Zephyr?"

"That's right, it's me. Are you still at Navy Headquarters? If you are, come to the training ground, someone wants to see you."

Karl was stunned, thinking that since he had nothing to do anyway, he might as well go.

"Alright, Master Zephyr, I'll be there right away."

After putting away the Den Den Mushi, Karl took Mo Nika's hand: "Let's go, let's go together!"

Mo Nika quickly waved her hand: "This, is that okay?"

"Pfft, what are you afraid of? Master Zephyr won't eat people, let's go, let's go!"

Inside the training ground.

Garp, who had sharp eyes, saw a handsome and cheerful young man walking in with a blonde girl in his arms and quickly asked: "Zephyr, is that Karl?"

"It's him, no doubt."

"Master Zephyr, uh, Vice Admiral Garp!"

Karl saw that it was indeed so. On the way here, he had vaguely guessed that the person who wanted to see him was most likely the Navy Hero Garp, because he had basically met all the high-ranking Navy officials, and only Garp was someone he had heard of but never met.

To be honest, he had always been curious about what kind of person the Navy Hero Garp was, after all, what he heard most often were his deeds.

Today he finally saw the real person. Just as in his memory, he was tall and burly, and even with a head of silver hair, he still couldn't hide his fierce aura. He was worthy of being the representative of the older he gets, the more monstrous he becomes.

"Hahahaha, I am indeed Garp. Zephyr didn't brag less about your ability to me just now!"

"Uh... hehehe, Master Zephyr is too kind, I'm just an ordinary Navy member."

Garp and Zephyr looked at each other and smiled. Garp stood up and patted Karl on the shoulder: "Kid, I won't talk much nonsense. Let me feel that so-called holy light, right?"

"No problem."

Karl immediately condensed a ball of holy light and integrated it into Garp's body. Garp closed his eyes and felt it carefully.

After a long time, Garp slowly opened his eyes and looked at Karl with a complex gaze, feeling a little emotional in his heart. No wonder Zephyr valued Karl so much. This kind of ability was exactly what the Navy needed.

"Karl, work hard! Don't let your ability down." ===== CHAPTER 54 =====