I, a Celestial Dragon!

But it just so happens that you are here, and you are willing to talk to me about this.

So, Newgate, talk to me about the difference between fruit and fruitlessness."

"Gulala, what difference does it make? It's just a matter of preference!"

Whitebeard waved his hand generously.

“If you want to ask whether or not to eat the fruit, then I must tell you something as the best in the world.

It makes no difference whether you eat the fruit or not!"

Whitebeard pointed to his heart and continued to speak to Gawain.

“The reason why this fruit is called a devil fruit is because from the very beginning, it represents a deal with the devil.

What deal?

Exchange a lifelong weakness for a lifelong miracle!

But think about it carefully, Gawain. No matter how many weaknesses a person has in his life, they should not be able to bring about any miracles.

As for the devil fruit, as long as you are willing to accept the price of being rejected by the ocean, you can save decades of training time and transform yourself from an ordinary guy into a powerful person with sufficient strength.

A few days ago I read in the newspaper that a young man had eaten the Flame-Flame Fruit.

When I saw it, I thought, haha, isn’t this a lucky little devil?

I don't know what that little brat looked like before.

But after he eats the Flame-Flame Fruit, I can almost assert that as long as he doesn't sit in the well and be complacent about his current strength, he can at least reach Marco's level.

It's funny, right? But this is actually the essence of the world. A fruit can completely make up for the height that countless people cannot reach despite their lifelong efforts!

It’s like there is a wall in front of you, the wall is thirty meters high, and you have to jump to the other side of the wall.

At the beginning, you can only jump one or two meters high, so you keep working hard and keep trying.

In the end, many people relied on their hard work to train themselves to the point where they could jump five or six meters.

But even so, they will never be able to jump over this wall in their lifetime.

There were some people who worked harder, so they kept jumping and jumped until they reached a height of seven or eight meters.

That way even if they still can't jump over the wall, at least they've jumped over others.

There are some people who are so talented that others can only jump seven or eight meters high after practicing for a lifetime, but they can jump thirty meters high after practicing for a lifetime and jump to the other side of the wall in one go.

These people include Garp, Roger, Zephyr, Sora, Rayleigh, and that bad-tempered female navy.

In addition to this type of people who climbed over the wall, there was another type of people who, while jumping, saw a ladder.

So they brought a ladder.

But everyone's luck is different. Some people bring ladders that are more than ten meters high, while some people bring ladders that are not even higher than the height they jump.

There were some lucky people among them who brought a ladder more than 20 meters long.

So they stood on the ladder and jumped!

Although they could only jump seven or eight meters originally, they finally jumped over the wall!

When I say this, you may ask, what would happen if a person who can jump over the wall by himself stood on a ladder and jumped?

The result is that no matter how strong a person is, if they choose the ladder, the only achievement they can achieve is to jump over the wall!

We are only looking at whether we can jump over the wall. We are not looking at who can jump higher, gulalalalal!

Standing on the opposite side of that wall are the old man, Linlin, Kaido, that brat Shanks, Garp, Sora, Sengoku, and some younger ones like Red Dog and Green Chicken.

This is what I want to tell you, whether you eat the fruit or not, it makes no difference in the world of the strong!

We only consider whether the other party can fight with us. Who would care about such boring questions as why he can fight with us!

Because at our level, it doesn’t matter who jumps higher. Only the weak will keep staring at their own and others’ heights!

Lingling and I have been fighting for decades, and I have also been fighting with Zhan Guo and his men for decades. It is true that we have our own strengths and weaknesses, but for us, what does it matter who jumps the highest?

In terms of height, this old man and Garp are probably the ones who have jumped the highest in the past thirty years.

Cap relied on talent and hard work, while I relied on ladders and hard work.

But what can we do? As strong as we are, I would die in the sea even if I fight to the death with two admirals, and Garp would flee in panic even if he is surrounded by two pirate emperors.

Even Rocks back then...

Gulala, that guy is really strong, his strength is almost on par with that Red Earl!

But when Rocks was besieged by Roger and Garp, he was defeated easily.

As for the Red Earl, he was also the guy who claimed that he could fight against an entire team of Pirate Emperors including me and Lingling with his own strength.

But let me be honest, it doesn’t matter to me, Linlin, or Kaido.

Even if I don't bring my crew with me, even if we are alone, we can still fight against an entire group of pirates from the Four Emperors.

After all, apart from a few of us, whether they are the Three Disasters or the Three Generals, those little brats can be knocked down with just two punches, right?

So Red Earl meets Sora, and after the two of them battle it out, Red Earl wins.

But soon after, the Red Earl was captured by Garp who had just arrived.

Is he definitely not as good as Garp?

Not necessarily. That guy and Garp will have a long fight. They will have to fight for at least several days and nights to determine the winner.

But he was easily taken down, because even though we jumped much higher than others, we were no match for the combined attack of the two guys who jumped over the wall!"

"I see."

In response to Whitebeard's explanation, Gawain nodded in understanding, then he smiled and said to Whitebeard.

“In fact, I have always had an idea, which is to rely on exercise first to push myself to my limit.

If there is really no way to make progress, I will choose to eat the fruit. "

"Goo la la la!"

Gawain's words made Whitebeard burst into laughter. While laughing, he patted Gawain on the shoulder.

"You actually have such childish and hot-blooded thoughts!

This really makes me laugh, Gawain!

I can guess that Rayleigh and that female navy officer must be very supportive of your idea!

Since they themselves have reached their current level through exercise, they will of course support your decision, and they don't even want you to eat the fruits.

After all, they are all guys who succeed without eating fruits. None of them will think that their choice is wrong, and they are willing to tell you the choice they think is right!

But let me ask you, Gawain, is your goal just to become the best in the world who doesn't eat fruits?

Your goal is clearly to unify the entire world!

As a person who is determined to unify the world, even I am treated as a tool by you. Then, shouldn’t your own strength also be just a tool?

Since it is just a tool, of course you should choose the fastest, most convenient and most efficient tool!

You are such a smart kid, can't you figure this out?"

"Haha, that makes sense, Newgate!"

Whitebeard's words really woke Gawain up. He nodded thoughtfully and then spoke heavily.

"I will think about your suggestion carefully in the next few days!

But that's all in the future. For now, you and I should just enjoy the hot spring.

By the way, can you also tell me more about your past? I am very interested!"

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Time flies, and two hours passed in a hurry.

On the Chabaoti Archipelago...

Because the Xuanniao had not made any movement for a long time, the TV broadcast ended long ago.

By now, the news about the previous clashes between the Whitebeard Group and the Gawain Group had already spread to Sabaody and the world.

The newspaper office in Morgans is now working overtime to print this news.

And near the Chabaodi Pier...

Looking at the calm sea in the distance, Aokiji and Borsalino stared at each other.

Unable to bear it any longer, Aokiji quietly woke up Garp who was sleeping there.

"Mr. Garp, your observation Haki is much stronger than mine, so...how are they doing now?"

"Humph?"

Being woken up suddenly, Garp was in a bad mood, but looking at the junior he admired, he thought about how he had beaten him up a few days ago.

So Karp responded unhappily.

“All I could see was that the guys from the two regiments were sitting together drinking.

As for Newgate and Gawain, they are inside the big ship and I can no longer see them!"

After he finished speaking, Karp rubbed his head with his hand.

"Why is everything so weird, from Peach Rabbit to Rayleigh, and now even Whitebeard has become weird.

He is a Celestial Dragon. How come these old ghosts don’t mind his Celestial Dragon identity?

Even I am too lazy to talk to those celestial dragons. What’s wrong with them? Why are they rushing to the front?

Is there something wrong? ! ! "

After saying that, Karp shook his head depressedly.

Borsalino curled his lips as he listened to what Cap said.

"Hey, old man, didn't you see that fascinating confrontation of domineering colors and domineering auras just now?

Tsk tsk, even I feel fascinated when I see that kind of domineering color. It is normal for Gao Wensheng to be admired for having such a domineering color~."

At this point, Kizaru looked at his watch. It was only half past four...

So he raised his head out of boredom and looked at the sun in the sky.

Regarding the problem that the navy gets off work too late, resulting in the inability to get enough rest and thus being unable to do their best to strangle the pirates, I should take the time to talk to Marshal Sengoku and Marshal Kong about it!

On the side, ignoring Kizaru who was always so lazy, Aokiji said to Garp thoughtfully.

"Mr. Karp, how about... let's get closer and take a look!

Gao Wensheng is a Celestial Dragon. Even if he goes out to sea and builds his own power, he is still a Celestial Dragon!

I feel really uneasy about a person like this disappearing with Whitebeard!

If there is any problem..."

"Oh?"

Listening to Aokiji's words, Garp looked at Aokiji curiously.

"Kuzan, why are you getting nervous about a celestial dragon?

If you were the old you, you would have ridden your bike away if you encountered this kind of thing, right?

Something is wrong, something is really wrong!"

Having said that, Karp strode forward and waved his hand as he walked.

“But you’re right. Humph, no matter how much I despise those celestial dragon trash, I still have to take care of them.

Plus, the two legendary pirates Rayleigh and Whitebeard are also here!

Haha, it’s time for me to go meet them and talk to them about the rules of the navy again!”

"Tsk tsk, Vice Admiral Garp, you just want to catch up with an old friend, right?"

Kizaru pouted and smiled, and while laughing, he and Garp Aokiji boarded their warship.