One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

Garin crossed his arms and said with a disdainful look,

"Of course they know that, but without you, the navy is no longer as effective as before. Even that Vochuli admitted it. At the time, he didn't want Sengoku to become the Fleet Admiral."

Chapter 262 The Troubling Warring States Period

Giger has never been stingy with his praise for Vochuli.

"That old bastard Vochuli has lived for hundreds of years and it's all gone to waste. He even ate a boar fruit. From now on, he might as well change his name to Incompetent Boar."

Even Garin laughed when he heard this, shaking his head and chuckling.

"That's called a Fengxi, not some wild boar."

"almost."

"Alright, let's stop talking about him. He's really disgusting. Don't go anywhere tonight, just stay here and have a drink with me."

“Of course, no problem, my dear Uncle Galin.”

That night, Jig and Garin, uncle and nephew, drank until the wee hours. Neither of them could get drunk; they were both heavy drinkers and neither could get the other drunk.

When Giger returned to his palace, he found that Lucia and the others were still awake and waiting for him in the hall. A sumptuous meal had been laid out, but the food had already gone cold.

Lucia wanted the servants to prepare another meal, but Giger stopped her. It wasn't that he was particularly frugal; he simply felt it was a waste of time.

After having his servants reheat the dishes slightly, Jigge spent time drinking and chatting with his maids outside until the sun rose.

For the next period of time, Giger spent almost all his time with the people around him.

Of course, Giger knew he couldn't stay immersed in a life of luxury forever; after all, he still needed to expand, strengthen, and sustain his "family business."

After spending a month in the Holy Land, Giggs took Lucia and Ginny and prepared to return to Marineford.

Before returning to Marineford, Giggs first went to see the Five Elders, and when he left there, he was carrying several documents in his arms.

......

Marineford, Naval Conference Room

Sengoku sat in the previously empty seat, with Tsuru sitting to his right, Garp and others below him, and Akainu and others led by Zephyr to his left.

Zephyr slammed a bounty poster on the table, stood up, and questioned Garp.

"Monkey D. Luffy, Garp! Can you explain why, besides your family, there's anyone else in the world with this surname?"

Garp was speechless. Tsuru, standing to the side, spoke up.

“Zeff, Garp has been working in prison all these years and has never returned to the East Blue. Even if Luffy really is Garp's... grandson, you can't pin his mistakes on Garp, don't you think?”

"What about the dragon? If it weren't for Garp back then..."

Before Zefa could finish speaking, Sengoku said in a deep voice,

"Zeff, that's enough! Garp has already paid a heavy price for this."

Hearing Sengoku and the others arguing, Garp lowered his head even further, looking as if he had aged several years.

Zephyr and Garp were comrades who had crawled out of piles of corpses together, and seeing Garp like this, Zephyr felt a little sorry for him.

Since Zig fell into a deep sleep, Zephyr's temper has become increasingly volatile, while Garp, who returned to the Navy, seems like a completely different person, appearing lost and devoid of his former vigor.

Zefa sighed and slowly sat back down in his seat.

Sengoku clearly didn't want to continue this topic. He coughed lightly, looked at Aramaki, who was sitting second to last in Zephyr's row, and said,

"Aramaki, your appointment as an admiral has been rejected by the World Government again. You'll just have to wait a while longer."

Huang Mu curled his lip and spread his hands, saying,

"It's okay, I don't care whether I get promoted or not. Being a general candidate is not bad either."

However, while Aokiji remained calm, Aokiji became anxious first, and he said angrily,

"Who exactly is denying Huang Mu's merits? His military achievements over the years are no less than mine, so why can't he be promoted to general?!"

"I can't help it," said Sengoku helplessly.

"This is an instruction from the highest level of the World Government, but I don't know why."

"So, Marshal of the Warring States, couldn't you just ask them directly?"

Aokiji's tone sounded rather impolite, and Sengoku frowned, saying in a deep voice,

"Kuzan, watch your attitude!"

However, Aokiji was already intoxicated; a misty white vapor rose from his body as he retorted,

"What is my attitude? This is completely unfair to Aramaki! As the Fleet Admiral, why can't you stand up for Aramaki? If it were Senior Giger..."

"Alright, Kuzan, stop talking!"

A green vine grabbed Aokiji and pulled him back to his seat. Aokiji abruptly turned to look at Aramu and said,

"Huang Mu, why won't you let me speak? Am I wrong?"

Huang Mu was somewhat dumbfounded, and at the same time, a deep sense of emotion welled up inside him. He shook his head and said softly,

“You’re right, but if Senior Giger were really here, he wouldn’t have let you be so stunned… well, impulsive.”

Upon hearing Jig's name, Aokiji finally calmed down. Of course, he was already cold enough, and the air around him had begun to condense into frost.

Kizaru, standing next to Aokiji, pulled his yellow striped suit tighter around himself and said,

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, I think we should discuss the Straw Hat Luffy issue first. He has already defeated two consecutive Shichibukai. If this continues, the Shichibukai system will become a joke."

Akainu snorted coldly and said,

"It's a joke to begin with. I don't know about Crocodile, but that Moria is a complete idiot who's just filling in the numbers."

The topic that Sengoku had just changed was pulled back by Kizaru. He rubbed his forehead, feeling a bit of a headache, and said...

"Okay, do you have any suggestions?"

Kizaru immediately shut up and looked at Akainu. Akainu slowly turned his head, met Sengoku's gaze, and said in a deep voice,

"Have someone find out the Straw Hat Pirates' location and route. I'm going to wipe them out."

These words startled all the generals in the conference room. Sengoku glanced at Garp out of the corner of his eye, then hesitated before speaking to Akainu.

"Sakazuki, Straw Hat Luffy is just a rookie pirate after all. He's not worth a Marine Admiral like you personally taking action, is he?"

Akainu responded calmly.

"Marshal Sengoku, don't you think that straw hat he's wearing is a bit of an eyesore? And that so-called rubber fruit."

Sengoku naturally didn't want Akainu to go. He was 99% certain that Luffy was Garp's grandson. If Akainu really went, Luffy probably wouldn't even leave behind a complete corpse.

Just as he was trying to find a way to evade the question, a dark vortex appeared behind Akainu.

Upon seeing this familiar scene, the generals were momentarily stunned before their eyes widened. Akainu and the others all stood up abruptly, their eyes fixed on the dark vortex until Giggs appeared in the spot.

Giger looked at the crowd in front of him with a smile and said,

"Everyone, long time no see."

Chapter 263 A Powerful Return! (Volume 3)

After a moment of silence, the conference room suddenly erupted into a thunderous shout.

"Gig!!!"

None of the naval officers present were ordinary people; their voices were louder than the last, almost enough to lift the ceiling off the conference room.

The sound even penetrated the walls, and many soldiers on guard duty near the headquarters building heard Giger's name.

Many of these soldiers joined the army during the years when Jig was asleep. When they first heard the name "Jig," they all looked puzzled. It wasn't until the veterans excitedly said that it was the real name of General Black Dragon that they suddenly realized.

An idea popped into the minds of all the soldiers.

"What could have excited these generals so much? Could it be that General Black Dragon has returned?!"

Inside the meeting room, even Sengoku and the others stood up, and all eyes were focused on Giger.

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Giger stood at the very front. If it weren't for the fact that Giger was still wearing his general's uniform, anyone who didn't know better would have thought he was the naval admiral.

Because Giger's appearance was so sudden, people overlooked his youthful appearance and his tied-up silver hair.

Or rather, for some people here, Jig has always been perfect, and they would find it unacceptable if Jig became a scruffy, middle-aged man.

Under his powerful aura, Giger's white navy cloak fluttered even without wind. His gaze swept from Zephyr to the bear at the very end, and he said softly,

"You've all changed quite a bit."

Akainu habitually raised his hand to press down the brim of his hat and said in a muffled voice.

"It's because you've been gone for too long."

"Yes, it's been twenty-two years..."

Kizaru, hands in his pockets, a gleaming light shimmering on his tinted glasses, leaned slightly forward and said, half-jokingly,

"Gig, it's so boring without you. I'm thinking of retiring early."