One Piece: I Weave the Pirate Codex with My Zanpakuto

"If I borrow it, do I not have to pay it back?" Xiong Tianzhen asked.

Pay back?

Ross looked strange. He didn't like being called a creditor or debtor, so he usually lent money in one go.

He had no debts once the creditor was gone.

"The ocean is so vast, accidents are bound to happen. Anyway, they didn't ask me to pay back the money, probably because they didn't care about that small amount."

Taking a rare break and soaking in the hot spring, Ross simply got off the recliner.

"Bear, come help."

"Let's start today's workout with weighted push-ups."

"Yes, coming right away~"

……

Meanwhile, at Marine Headquarters, Marineford Island---

Garp, who had also seen the news, stood by the window, gazing into the distance with an increasingly complex expression.

Ross...

The man finally revealed his true colors.

"Kap, have you read the newspaper?"

Sengoku, who came from behind, looked hurried and casually opened the door to the general's office.

"Come in and talk. My application for promotion to admiral has been submitted to the World Government. We should hear back in a while."

Garp walked into the room, sat down, crossed his arms, and looked thoughtful.

"I rarely see you with that expression. Is something wrong?"

Vice Admiral Sengoku from the Navy Headquarters brought over two cups of tea, with a bag of seaweed-flavored senbei tucked under his arm.

"Sengoku, do you remember when I told you about healing?"

Tearing open the senbei packaging, Sengoku nodded: "You're talking about what happened after you were rescued by the Roger Pirates, right?"

Garp nodded in agreement, absentmindedly eating his senbei.

"That healing ability is indeed troublesome, but considering that the other party was once a member of the Rocks Pirates, the World Government took the initiative to include him on the wanted list."

"I don't care about that."

Garp put down the half-eaten senbei and sighed softly:

"Ross, that man is dangerous. His hidden ambitions have been activated by the death of Lox."

"The reason I accepted the deal was that I wanted to find out what kind of man that guy really was."

"What kind of person~ crunch~~"

Sengoku, enjoying the premium senbei, showed an excited expression.

"Hmm, this level of senbei is really delicious, but it's too expensive."

After enjoying the delicious senbei, Sengoku carelessly licked the remaining seaweed bits off his fingertips.

"Don't worry too much, Garp."

"Lox's death is like a whale dying at sea; he is dead, but the nutrients he created will surely become a target for robbery."

"Let those pirates fight it out for a while."

"Look."

He gestured with his lips towards the newspaper on the tea table during the Warring States period.

"Haven't Shiki and Ross already started fighting?"

"Once they return to the Grand Line, an even bigger battle will break out. That will be the time for our navy to take action."

"And don't forget."

“Beeh Island is now the eye of the storm in the New World. When Rocks was still alive, most pirates dared not launch a war rashly.”

"But now that he's dead, Beehive Island has become an unclaimed bun, and everyone wants a bite."

"Wang Zhi alone cannot easily defend that place."

Even after his friend's words of comfort, Garp still looked preoccupied.

"Warring States Period,"

"I,"

"He's not the hero described in the newspapers."

As he said this, Garp sighed again.

“Rocks was killed by the Knights of God. Roger and I only managed to restore Rocks to his original state with our attacks.”

"That damned journalist Morgans is reporting nonsense!"

"Never mind, Garp,"

Zhan Guo put away his joking expression, and the steam rising from the teacup he picked up veiled his round glasses with a layer of white mist.

"It was the World Government that made the move. They must have bribed that journalist with Pelé."

"Even if you go to settle accounts with that guy, it won't do you any good."

"There are too many people in the world who obey the orders of those in power. Even if I notice the crazy things those in power are doing, I can only pretend I didn't see them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sengoku seemed to realize that it was inappropriate and added, "Just like that time at God Valley."

"You bastard who only cares about promotions!!"

Rekindled by past grievances, Garp punched Sengoku away, roaring:

"If you know, why pretend you don't!"

"Shut up, you brute!"

Sengoku stood up and kicked Garp away.

The two men were fighting each other in the office.

"Shouting at the bottom of the cliff won't change anything!"

"hateful!!"

After being knocked down by a punch, Garp got up but didn't attack again. Instead, he picked up his Justice Cloak, kicked the door open, and walked out.

"Sengoku, you better watch out!"

"If you become like that, I will definitely kill you!"

As Garp disappeared from the room, Sengoku, who was sitting cross-legged on the floor, put his hands on his knees, lowered his head, and shouted.

"Kapp!!!"

At the corner of the corridor, Garp stopped, intending to listen to what Sengoku had to say.

"Don't resign! No matter what you've seen, don't lose faith in the Navy's justice!"

Garp continued forward with his head down, muttering to himself:

"Idiot Sengoku, I still have many things to protect, I will not leave the Navy."

Chapter 15 The Giant King with the Broken Horn, Dragon's Doubts

[Naval Headquarters, Underground Detention Center]

Da·Da·Da··

Dorag, imprisoned in the cage, did not look up; his jaw was clenched, and his expression was gloomy.

Until a tall figure appeared outside the cell.

"Dad, I want to leave the Navy, I want to leave this godforsaken place!"

Garp remained silent for a long time, and finally only let out a soft sigh.

"As a righteous vice admiral, are you not going to say anything at all!?"

Dorrag raised his head, his face mostly obscured by dried blood and grime.

But his genuine anger was quite evident in his expression.

"How could you condone such inhumane things?! Father!! Answer me, why has the Navy become like this?!"

"What kind of justice can a navy like this have?!"

Garp remained silent, but this time he casually tossed a key aside and turned to leave.

There was no explanation, no answer.

He left the cell under Dragon's watchful gaze.

"Answer me, Dad!!!"

"Justice! What happened to the Navy's justice? Why has it turned out like this?!"

Squeak~~Bang!

The gate closed, and Garp looked grim.

"Dorag..."

"Report! Report!!!"

Just then, the hurried and panicked voices of marines suddenly came from afar.

"Lieutenant General Garp!"

"The ships of the King of Elbaf's army are approaching!!"

"King Harald the Giant ignored all warnings and insisted on landing at the port of Marineford!"

"What did you say!?"

Garp's expression changed slightly as a loud shout suddenly rang in his ears.

[To all high-ranking officers of the Navy and officials of the World Government!! Please allow me to finish speaking!]

Please let me atone for my sins, for 1000 years. I will surely atone for the crimes the giants committed...

Garp had no interest in listening to the rest.

Using the Shave and Moonwalk techniques alternately, they rushed towards the headquarters building at top speed.

"Harald, that idiot!!!"

[...Even if it means becoming a slave, please let the giants and humans live together!!]

Garp, flying in mid-air, had a gloomy expression. At the end of his vision was the Giant King, whose two horns were broken and whose face was covered in blood.

"Has that guy gone mad?!"

……

A few days later, Ross, far away in the Western Sea, saw a report about Harald in the newspaper.

"The mad giant king? What an outrageous report, Morgans."

"You must think so too, Nishizuku-giri."

A large, wriggling ray rubbed against Ross's body.

As Harald is comparable to Kozuki Oden in "level", Ross doesn't want to comment further.

If these two people had any normal brains, they wouldn't have ended up like they did in the original story.

Top-tier physical attributes, yet paired with a third-hand intelligence processor...

"Let's go, Uncle Ross!"

"Eee~ya~!"