Chapter 73

Crunch.

Garp took a bite of his donut: "He's fine; he's gone to the science division now. The scientists there seem to be preparing to build him a mechanical arm; apparently, he proposed it himself. Old fellows like him, even after retiring, still won't stop."

"Is that so..."

Luo En said nothing more.

After sitting for a while longer, Garp prepared to leave.

Luo En looked at his retreating back and said, "Old man, you're heading to Impel Down soon, right?"

"Correct. What of it?"

"Take me with you."

The next day.

Luo En departed Marineford together with Garp's warship, bound for Impel Down.

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64, Passing Enies Lobby, Young Lucci (1/8, please subscribe!)

To travel from Marineford to Impel Down, one must first arrive at Enies Lobby, pass through the Gate of Justice behind it, and finally reach the Great Underwater Prison, also known as Impel Down.

After the warship arrived at Enies Lobby, Luo En disembarked alongside Garp.

Those who came to greet them were Spandam, the current chief of CP9, the World Government's direct secret special agency stationed at Enies Lobby, accompanied by two others.

One was a young man in his early twenties, the other a man in his early thirties.

Luo En's gaze fell upon the young man in his early twenties, wearing a tall black hat, with a pigeon perched on his shoulder.

If his guess was correct, this fellow was the future captain of CP9, the World Government's ace assassin, the strongest killing weapon... Rob Lucci!

While Luo En was sizing him up,

Lucci's gaze also landed on him, carrying a hint of scrutiny and doubt.

This kid... is he the intern famously specially recruited by Navy Headquarters?

Their eyes met.

Luo En, carrying Lei Qie on his back, shifted his gaze away, letting it land on the pigeon on Lucci's shoulder; pinching his chin, he murmured, "This pigeon is quite plump and white; I wonder how it would taste roasted."

Hearing his words, Lucci narrowed his eyes slightly.

At that moment, sailors on the warship carried out a huge steel cage, inside which was a towering, burly figure with sharp horns on his head, hands and feet bound by Seastone shackles, and body wrapped in massive iron chains.

"Th-this guy is... the Tyrant King, Avalo Pizarro!"

Spandam, Spandine's son standing beside him, stared wide-eyed at the figure within the cage, exclaiming in extreme shock.

Hearing Spandam's shocked voice,

Lucci also turned his head to glance in that direction.

"Spandine, I'll leave this fellow to you."

Garp spoke to Spandine, who had a cigar dangling from his mouth.

Luo En looked at him.

This fellow with a pair of triangular eyebrows was Spandine, the one who had obtained from Sengoku the authority over the Golden Den Den Mushi, the trigger for the Buster Call, and who activated the Buster Call that destroyed Robin's homeland, Ohara...

"Hahahaha. This is a guy with a bounty of 160 million! To think he was actually captured by Vice Admiral Garp; truly worthy of the Hero of the Navy, Vice Admiral Garp!"

Spandine, gazing at the Tyrant King Avalo Pizarro inside the cage, laughed loudly at Garp while still holding his cigar in his mouth.

"We will issue the judgment result as soon as possible; until then, please, Vice Admiral Garp, rest briefly on Enies Lobby."

"Lucci, take this fellow to the courthouse."

Lucci nodded, swept a glance over Luo En, and then led his men to take charge of the imprisoned Tyrant King Avalo Pizarro, heading toward the courthouse.

"That young man is Rob Lucci? I hear the World Government holds him in high regard."

Garp glanced at him and smiled at Spandine: "You have a very capable subordinate."

"Isn't Vice Admiral Garp the same?"

Spandine looked at Luo En standing beside Garp, carrying Lei Qie on his back, and grinned: "This young lad must be the famed Navy special recruit, correct? Is he Vice Admiral Garp's disciple?"

"Wahahaha, I am certainly not this kid's teacher!"

Garp laughed heartily.

"Is that so..."

Spandine glanced at Luo En, then turned back to Garp with a smile: "Vice Admiral Garp, I still have some matters to attend to; forgive me for not continuing to host you."

"No problem, no problem; I've been to Enies Lobby a few times before. Go attend to your business; I'll wait for you over at the Hesitation Bridge."

Garp waved his hand.

"Understood."

Spandine nodded and departed, taking with him Spandam, who had not yet taken up his post in CP5.

【Ding. Detecting host location—Enies Lobby. Check-in conditions met. Proceed with check-in?】

The system's voice rang out in Luo En's mind.

"Check in."

【Check-in complete. Reward received: Vitality +10.

Reward received: Senzu Bean ×1】

"Senzu Bean? The Senzu Beans from Dragon Ball?"

A flash of surprise passed through Luo En's eyes.

Before he could even examine its attributes,

Kapu's voice rang in his ear.

"Luo En kid, do you know that young man with the black top hat beside Spandam?"

Luo En looked at him.

Kapu, wearing his dog-head hat, crossed his arms and looked in the direction Spandam and the others had left, saying:

"Luo Bu·Lucci. Joined CP9 at thirteen, twenty years old this year. Countless criminals have been executed or captured by his hand. Known as the strongest and most cold-blooded killing weapon in CP9's history, the strongest in CP9's eight hundred years."

"What are you trying to say?"

"What I mean is, try not to provoke him in the future. Whether it's the World Government behind him or his own ability, he's a very troublesome fellow."

Kapu turned his head and grinned at Luo En: "And as for strength, if you faced him now, how many chances of winning do you think you'd have?"

"Ten out of ten."

Luo En said flatly.

Kapu: "…………"

This kid is this confident now?

Luo En wasn't blindly confident.

Rather, just now through the Transparent World, Luo En had already roughly grasped Lucci's current strength.

Although very strong, he was by no means a match for the current Luo En.

Luo En, who had mastered Observation Haki, Armament Haki, and the Transparent World—even without swordsmanship, his current strength was probably already greater than Luffy in the original work who, nine years later, activated Second Gear and defeated the Lucci of that time.

Let alone the current Lucci.

…………

The Bridge of Hesitation.

Usually retracted, it only opened when escorting prisoners to the Gates of Justice, with the Gates of Justice at its end.

Kapu's warship was waiting at the end of this bridge for Judicial Island to send over the judged Evil King Abalo·Pizarro.

About four hours later.

The Bridge of Hesitation opened, and Lucci slowly walked over from the other end of the bridge with the imprisoned Evil King.

After the warship took custody, it left this place, heading toward the slowly opening Gates of Justice.

Lucci stood at the end of the Bridge of Hesitation, watching the warship slowly depart.

When the warship passed through the Gates of Justice.

The system notification sounded again in Luo En's mind on the deck.

【Beep, detected host location—Gates of Justice, sign-in conditions met. Sign in?】

The system's voice rang in Luo En's mind, and Luo En was quite pleasantly surprised.