Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 211, Garp Arrives

In the early morning, Nami opened her eyes, sat up, and stretched.

The blanket that was originally hanging on her body seemed to have no chance of holding onto her smooth and delicate skin, and it slipped down, revealing a patch of spring.

"Huh!? That voice is...?"

Hearing the sounds of training outside, Nami's expression turned strange. After changing her clothes, she pushed open the door and saw Uchiha Touu training.

"You didn't sleep at all last night? You trained all night? Isn't that a bit too much?"

Nami's face showed a hint of disbelief. She knew very well how arduous Uchiha Tou's daily training was. In Nami's opinion, Uchiha Tou's training plan was practically pushing the limits of human endurance. Adding any more training would not be training, but suicide.

Admittedly, the difference in physical strength among humans in this pirate world is probably greater than the difference between humans and dogs. Some people can withstand attacks from guns or even rocket launchers with their bare bodies, while others will die from falling down a flight of stairs less than two meters high. Naturally, the intensity of their training is also completely different.

However, after these few days of sparring, Nami is now completely certain that Uchiha Tou's physique and strength talent, although much higher than that of ordinary people, can be considered a rare talent, but he is definitely not a monster. The daily training plan has already reached the limit of this guy.

In this situation, adding extra training will not only fail to provide better training results, but may also cause harm to oneself.

However, Nami looked at Uchiha Touyu's radiant appearance, seemingly unharmed, and even his aura seemed stronger. His muscles even appeared to have swelled slightly.

"Don't worry, my body can handle much better now than before."

Uchiha Touya waved his hand and spoke confidently.

Seeing this, Nami took a closer look and confirmed that Uchiha Touyu did not show any signs of overtraining before believing that he was alright.

"You better watch out, buddy. If anything goes wrong, don't blame me for not keeping my promise. I don't want to have a paralyzed guy as my captain."

Her tone wasn't very pleasant, but the tsundere undertone proved that Nami had basically accepted Uchiha Touu.

"Don't you know me well enough? When have you ever seen me do anything I wasn't sure about?"

Hearing this, Nami wholeheartedly agreed. Putting aside other aspects, Uchiha Tou's sense of caution was definitely no less than hers, even when he was a petty thief. He would maintain his physical limits during training, and as for combat…

Nami had only witnessed Uchiha Tou's battle once. Even though Uchiha Tou's strength was in no way inferior to Alvida's, he still pushed himself out as bait before launching a sneak attack from behind, demonstrating extreme caution.

Thinking back to that battle, Nami recalled the scene of Uchiha Touyu absorbing Alvida's body, and suddenly seemed to understand something.

That must be a power that enhances oneself. I remember that after Uchiha Touyu absorbed Alvida, he seemed to become much stronger...

Could this change in Uchiha Touyu's physical endurance be due to this reason?

It seems this guy probably did something last night.

Nami's guess was soon proven true. Around noon, a number of marines suddenly appeared in the town, seemingly searching for someone.

However, after searching for an afternoon, the navy personnel returned to their base and took no further action.

It's actually quite normal. To put it bluntly, Koby is now just a menial naval officer. It's only because he disappeared silently from the naval base that it attracted a little attention and some naval personnel came out to search for him. But if they could find him for an afternoon, that would be enough to justify his menial rank.

Otherwise, with countless lives lost on this chaotic sea every day, why would the navy care about a mere naval handyman? Especially one who had only been in the navy for less than half a month.

And so, without a word, the matter of Coby's disappearance passed. Apart from Uchiha Tou, the person directly involved, and Nami, who had some speculations, no one else cared about this missing Marine errand boy.

Three or four days passed quickly. Three or four days is not a long time, but Uchiha Tou's strength underwent a tremendous change.

In just three or four days, the training effect of Uchiha Touyu was stronger than all the training effects he had received since arriving in this world until he absorbed Koby's potential!

At least Nami witnessed firsthand how Uchiha Touya progressed from simply splitting a boulder the size of a person to easily cutting a boulder more than two stories high in half.

This strength is roughly comparable to Zoro's when he first set sail. Even if he had only just set sail, Zoro's strength was already among the strongest in the East Blue. If he were to be cautious, he would have a very good chance of taking on the entire Arlong Pirates single-handedly.

As a result, Nami's trust in Uchiha Touyu grew day by day. Given Uchiha Touyu's rate of progress, even if he didn't meet Garp, he could definitely help her destroy the Arlong Pirates after another month or two of training.

Of course, Nami's progress during this time was also quite fast. Not only has she mastered the basic abilities of the Smooth-Smooth Fruit, which grants her immunity to a large number of physical attacks and provides extremely fast speed, but she has also developed many advanced applications.

It must be said that as a navigator, Nami's advanced application of the Smooth-Smooth Fruit also shows a very obvious navigator's style, as it is an ability completely related to wind and water.

One of the two applications she developed involves controlling the air around the skin to achieve near-invisibility by gliding through the air. The other uses the ocean as an ice rink, allowing users to ride the waves and glide directly across the sea.

In the process of developing her Devil Fruit powers, Nami gradually overcame her fear of Arlong. As the saying goes, "He who has a blade in his heart will surely kill." Originally, Nami's potential was limited, and no matter how much she trained, it would be difficult for her to defeat Arlong. However, after gaining the power of her Devil Fruit, she had the means to fight back, and naturally, her fear of Arlong began to gradually disappear.

Of course, Nami's cat-like personality also means that she's not a headstrong person like Luffy or Zoro. If she could get on Garp's good side, she wouldn't have to risk her life to defeat the Arlong Pirates, which would be the best outcome for her.

That morning, Nami pushed open her door again, looked at the empty space in front of the door, and yawned slightly. When she was fully awake, her expression was a little strange:

"Hey! Where did Feiyu go? Didn't he train this morning?"

On ordinary days, when Nami was awake, she could always see Uchiha Touyu training outside, rain or shine, but she didn't see him today, which made her a little puzzled.

Just then, there was a knock at the door, and a moment later the door opened and Uchiha Hiyu walked in.

"What are you still doing here? Today is the day the escort ship arrives. Let's go to the dock and see. Garp should be here soon."

"What? The naval hero is coming?"

A hint of nervousness flashed across Nami's face. She hurriedly tidied herself up, swallowed hard, and followed Uchiha Touyu toward the dock.

As he walked, his body was still a bit stiff, and he almost couldn't walk with his feet in the same direction.

Seeing Nami's nervousness, Uchiha Tou didn't say much. He figured that once they arrived at the dock and met the simple-minded Garp, Nami would recover.

The two quickly arrived near the dock, which was already surrounded by the Marines from Marine Base 153. After glancing around, Uchiha Touma grabbed Nami and jumped onto a tree, looking out at the distant sea.

A massive dog-headed battleship sailed across the sea. This time, Nami didn't need Uchiha Tou to say anything; she already recognized this warship, which was famous throughout the entire pirate world.

"This is truly a warship belonging to a naval hero! Who would have thought... a mere naval division captain would attract such a powerful figure!"

Nami's face was full of surprise. A Marine Division Colonel, when converted to a Marine Headquarters rank, is equivalent to a Marine Headquarters Captain. Although Garp is only a Marine Vice Admiral, his actual status in the Marines is definitely not much lower than that of the three Admirals.

To draw an analogy, it's like a company commander committing a crime, and then being personally escorted away by the commander of a major military region—clearly not something that would happen under normal circumstances.

Even if the hierarchy in the pirate world isn't very clear and the higher-ups act quite arbitrarily, this kind of thing is making a mountain out of a molehill, more wasteful than using an anti-aircraft gun to kill a mosquito.

"Now I believe that the straw-hatted brat who punched Morgan is Garp's grandson... Otherwise, Morgan's affairs wouldn't even reach this naval hero's ears!"

Nami murmured a few words, and soon the dog-headed warship had docked, with a row of wooden ladders being lowered from the warship.

Several naval personnel from Base 153 pushed the tall and strong Morgan to the front of the warship. Even though these naval personnel could be described as burly and strong, compared to Morgan, they were only thin and small, and it was quite difficult for them to hold him down.

On the warship, a tall old man wearing a dog-head hat stood on the deck, his head slightly bowed, his posture upright, as if he had an imposing aura.

Looking at the old man, Nami held her breath, a look of awe appearing in her eyes.

"That's the naval hero, the guardian of the East Blue, Vice Admiral Garp who once captured the Pirate King! He certainly exudes an aura of power..."

"Are you ready, Nami?"

Just then, Uchiha Touyu suddenly spoke up and asked a question. Nami was slightly taken aback and looked at Uchiha Touyu:

"Preparing?? Preparing for what!?"

"Get ready to go on stage!"

Uchiha Touyu chuckled and, while Nami's expression remained completely bewildered, suddenly grabbed the back of her clothes.

"Wait, wait a minute, wait a minute!! You... what do you want to do? No!!"

"Garp, you bastard! I'm going to settle this score with you!!"

Uchiha Touyu grabbed Nami's clothes from behind and descended from the sky, landing on the warship. Then, he delivered a powerful punch to Garp's face.

With a loud bang, Garp, who offered no resistance, was punched into a spinning top by Uchiha Tou. He flew backward for more than ten meters, spun around seven or eight times, and crashed into the cannon at the bow of the ship with a thud. He didn't get up for a long time.

The elite marines from headquarters who were standing on the warship, as well as the branch marines who were escorting Monka, were all stunned. Their tongues and eyes bulged out as if they had seen an alien.

Please, that guy who got knocked away was Vice Admiral Garp! The monster who uses warships as punching bags when practicing his punches, and who can flatten eight mountains with his fists after a little training in his spare time! And he got knocked away with a single punch… By the way, who was that person? Shanks or Kaido?!

"Aaaaaaahhhhh!! What are you doing?! Why are you attacking the Navy?!"

"Have you forgotten that Straw Hat Boy wrecked our boat? He owes us a huge sum of money! It's only right that we ask his grandfather for it!"

"Huh!? What...?"

Nami, pale from the shock, listened to Uchiha Tou's nonsensical and incomprehensible words and wanted to retort, "We've never even seen that Straw Hat Boy before!"

However, she was, after all, a clever girl known as the Little Cat Thief, who had deceived countless pirates throughout the East Blue. Her intelligence far surpassed that of the average person. In just a moment, she understood what Uchiha Tou meant and also considered the consequences of being exposed.

Uchiha Touya packaged the two of them as victims so that he could get in touch with Garp... Although he didn't know what kind of person this naval hero was, could things get any worse?

If they didn't follow up on what Uchiha Tou said, they would have been accused of directly attacking a Marine Vice Admiral, a crime that would almost certainly land them in Impel Down!

Thinking of this, Nami could only grit her teeth and continue, following Uchiha Tou's words:

"But you can't just attack the navy directly. If you damage our big ship, it's Straw Hat Boy who owes us money, not his grandfather."

So, it turns out the grandson damaged someone else's ship and isn't paying back the money he owes? The group of marines looked at each other, suddenly realizing what had happened. They never expected Lord Garp's grandson to be like this; he's practically ruining his grandfather's life!

"That straw hat kid you're talking about, could he be my grandson Luffy?"

With a whoosh, Garp pushed away the cannon that was pressing down on him and stood up abruptly. His fur hat had fallen off, revealing his slightly bruised face, but he didn't seem to care at all; instead, he had a smile on his face.

"You've even managed to damage your ships—no wonder you're my grandson!"

(End of this chapter)