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

Upon hearing this, Kong breathed a sigh of relief, and a look of gratitude appeared in his eyes as he looked at Jig.

To be honest, the person in the most difficult position in this conference room is him, the top leader.

Those present were all key figures, and he truly didn't want to offend either side. Giger had essentially solved a major problem for him.

Garp's eyes lit up, but before he could even rejoice, Giger said calmly,

"But I must state in advance that if anyone disobeys my orders during the mission, they should not blame me for being ruthless."

Kap paused for a moment, then immediately agreed. The others didn't think there was anything wrong with it, just taking it as Giger giving himself a way out.

To everyone else, Giger had made a concession on his own initiative, so there was nothing wrong with saying something harsh.

Furthermore, no one thought that anyone would disobey orders during this mission. Although Garp was usually unreliable, since he had already made a guarantee, there shouldn't be any problems.

After speaking, Giger's usual smile reappeared on his face, and he sat back down in his chair.

The meeting proceeded smoothly, and Sora wanted to end it quickly to prevent Garp from causing any more trouble. After making final personnel arrangements, he adjourned the meeting.

As he was leaving, Garp smiled and thanked Giger.

Chapter 136 Collecting Rent

When Dragon learned that he would be involved in escorting the Celestial Gold, Garp was surprised by his calm demeanor, simply replying with a curt "..."

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"okay, I get it."

However, the more Long acted this way, the more uneasy Garp became, but he couldn't do anything about his son.

It makes sense. Given the rebellious bloodline of the Monkey family, Garp, who is already an oddity for being a dutiful Marine, is already quite an anomaly. So don't expect him to be able to manage his descendants.

A month passed quickly, and the World Government's ship to collect the Celestial Gold arrived as scheduled. Giggs took Lucia and Ginny aboard.

The World Government sent an old acquaintance this time, namely Spandam, Zig's number one henchman.

He excitedly rushed forward as soon as he saw Giger.

"General Ji... Black Dragon! I'm so happy to see you again!"

Under the watchful eyes of the navy and men in suits on the ship, Giger smiled and shook hands with Spandam, which prompted Spandam to shower him with compliments until Garp and his son arrived, at which point Giger finally shut up.

However, Spandam was not as enthusiastic when facing Garp. He only gave a perfunctory greeting before running to Giggs to fawn over him.

Garp naturally noticed Spandam's change in attitude, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and simply said to the dragon,

"Dragon, you see? This is the true face of officials in the World Government. You can take this opportunity to get used to it in advance, since you will inevitably have to come into contact with them in the future."

Long gave a faint "hmm," but a hint of disgust flashed in his eyes.

He didn't want to look at Spandain's disgusting face anymore, so he turned to face the sea and silently said to himself,

"Does such a world government still have any reason to exist?"

......

The atmosphere on the ship was fairly harmonious throughout the journey, except for the Karp father and son.

Aside from spending some time wandering around on the deck, the two of them usually stayed in their room, and seemed to be quite well-behaved.

Along the way, they also encountered some pirate crews who were rushing to their deaths, but they were all pitifully weak.

After all, the Celestial Gold isn't exactly a secret. It's just that this year the World Government specifically announced the ship's weaponry and emphasized the presence of Gig and Garp.

Any pirate with a brain knows that this year's Heavenly Gold is not something they can get their hands on.

Most of the pirate crews that dared to come and risk their lives were new to the sea and were still in the inflated ego phase, ending up as casualties.

The rest were those with some strength, but not many; their fate was the same as the previous group—their ship was destroyed and they perished.

Gigg didn't even lift a finger during this time; it was almost entirely Lucia and Ginny who handled things, so it was just a way for them to earn some battle merits.

Spandam dared not have any other thoughts about the two beauties, Lucia and Ginny. Every time the two women wiped out a pirate crew, he would immediately run out and praise them, then exaggerate their achievements and write them down, patting his chest and saying that he would definitely recommend them for credit when he got back.

However, Lucia and Ginny didn't really pay him any attention. They usually stuck to Gigg's side when they had nothing to do. It was a bit tough for Lucia, though, because she couldn't go to Gigg's room at night like last time...

The ship sailed along the established route, and the countries along the way voluntarily handed over a large number of rare treasures, including two Devil Fruits.

However, the quality of the fruits was generally poor. There were people on the ship who specialized in identifying Devil Fruits, and after identification, they were found to be just two ordinary Zoan-type fruits.

It's worth noting that there are over 170 member states that pay the Heavenly Gold, and they receive a few Devil Fruits every year, so it's not surprising that there are people who specialize in identifying Devil Fruits.

Giger has instructed Spandine to deliver the two Devil Fruits directly to Vegapunk for his research once he returns to Mary Geoise.

After less than a month of sailing, the giant ship's cabin, specially built to collect the celestial gold, was already about one-third full.

This also allowed Giger to witness the wealth gap between countries; the gold handed over by Dressrosa alone was equivalent to that of ten countries.

One of the two Devil Fruits originated from this country.

There are also a few countries that can't afford to pay the Heavenly Gold. Giger doesn't play the good guy or the bad guy. When he encounters such a situation, he lets Spandam step in and handle it as he sees fit.

However, Spandam's actions were clearly terrible for Dragon, which deepened his hatred for the World Government.

He wanted to rush over and deal with Spandam several times, but Garp stopped him each time.

Giger observed everything, and calmly continued to direct the ship's voyage until they reached the East China Sea.

The East Blue is the hometown of Garp and Dragon, but the father and son did not feel any joy upon returning here, because they had come to help the Celestial Dragons amass wealth, which made them feel speechless in front of their hometown elders.

So since arriving in the East China Sea, the father and son have completely disappeared from public view, staying in their room all day and choosing to bury their heads in the sand like ostriches.

However, Giger wouldn't let them hide like that.

That day, Garp and his son stayed in their room as usual. Bored, the two even played Chinese chess. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

Long went to open the door, and standing outside was Spandam, whom he hated the most.

Upon seeing that it was Spandam, Long turned and left without saying a word, then sat back down on his bed.

Garp didn't want to pay any attention to Spandam. He picked his nose, pretending not to see Spandam, and casually asked,

"Dragon, who is that person standing outside the door?"

Dragon sat on the bed and continued playing chess with Garp, talking as he played.

"I didn't see any people, I only saw a dog."

"Huh? Are there any dogs on the boat?"

Garp and Dragon exchanged words, their conversation filled with sarcasm directed at Spandam.

A shadow fell over Spandam's eyes. He admitted that he was indeed a dog in front of the Celestial Dragons, especially Jigsing, but outside, even the king had to address him as Lord Spandam!

What right do those two bastards have to call themselves dogs?!

He clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth,

"How dare you insult me? Do you know what's behind me?"

To Garp and his son, Spandam's anger was nothing more than impotent rage. Garp picked out a booger from his nose and flicked it at Spandam, which landed right on Spandam's white collar.

Long raised his eyes, his gaze calmly fixed on Spandam, whose face was ashen, and said,

"I don't know. All I know is that if you say another word, I'll throw you into the sea."

Chapter 137 Conflict

Spandain could no longer tolerate it. With a wave of his hand, a row of men in suits appeared behind him instantly.

However, before the men in suits could even obey Spandam's orders, they were suddenly swept away by a gust of wind and crashed heavily onto the edge of the deck.

call!

Still in a daze, Spandam only felt a gust of wind rush towards him, and the next second the dragon appeared in front of his door.

Spandam's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in surprise,

"you......"

Snapped!

Dragon grabbed Spandane by the neck and lifted him up, saying coldly,

Calling you a dog is an understatement; even a dog wouldn't be as disgusting as you!

Garp watched from behind with his arms crossed, but said something along the way.

"Alright, Dragon, you can't be so rude to World Government officials. That's enough!"

The dragon chuckled dismissively, staring at Spandam's terrified face, and said...

"I'm going to make the most of today..."

Before he could finish speaking, a streak of crimson light flashed by, and then the dragon's body flew backward, crashing directly into the wall of the room behind.

Spandam knelt down with a thud. Seeing the person beside him, he even ignored the bruises on his neck, grabbed the person's leg, and cried out.

"General Black Dragon! You've finally arrived! I was almost strangled to death by that dragon!"

The newcomer was Giger. He glanced down at Spandam and said softly,

"I've already seen it, and I'm sorry you've been wronged."