One Piece Dragon King - Chapter 34
After the three left, Sengoku took off his hat and stroked the seagull perched on it.
The seagull seemed a bit uncomfortable and moved slightly.
“Maybe you should move more,” Sengoku said to the seagull.
“Forget it, better stay as you are. Otherwise, the Marines’ face will be lost.”
The seagull seemed to understand and nodded.
“Garp, that bastard. What’s with his grandson? So annoying.”
Sengoku scratched his hair, noticing a few strands turning white. It must be Garp’s fault. I’ll dock his pay.
Yes.
Garp had no idea his salary was about to be docked.
Of course, Sengoku would probably never actually dock Garp’s pay.
“Hals, you shouldn’t provoke Sengoku too much in the future. He’s an old man now. Don’t get him too upset.”
Aokiji glanced at Garp.
Garp, you really lack self-awareness. You’re the one who usually makes Sengoku the angriest.
Aokiji said nothing more, giving Garp enough face.
Hals nodded, but honestly, isn’t provoking superiors a Marine tradition?
Like Fujitora and Akainu, Smoker and who-knows-who else.
Never mind, Grandpa said not to provoke the old man.
Fine, I’ll listen to Grandpa.
Wait, maybe giving Sengoku a few [Healing Potions] would work.
Not harmful to the liver.
To fix the liver damaged by anger.
[Healing Potion]
Good for him, good for you.
Never mind, I forgot the exact ad slogan.
Deal with it later.
Aokiji chatted with Hals for a while, feeling that Hals wasn’t like a typical child.
His previous antics were just deliberate.
Poor Fleet Admiral.
Aokiji and Garp took Hals to a classroom. Aokiji spoke to a teacher for a few minutes before leaving with Garp.
The teacher felt honored.
“Well, I guess I’m here.”
Hals felt a bit nervous in front of the teacher.
Maybe it’s because he was a poor student before.
But now, the teacher was the nervous one.
This was a child brought by both Admiral Aokiji and Vice Admiral Garp, Garp’s grandson.
He had to take good care of him.
The teacher, named Faeska, wore silver glasses and had black hair with a high hairline.
Well, my hairline is also high.
Hals didn’t remember his exact appearance.
The classroom had Ain and Binz. As for the others, I do not have much memory.
Ain was a blue-haired girl, very cute.
Hals remembered she had the Return-Return Fruit, which could reverse the age of living beings or objects by twelve years.
Her name was Admira L. Ain.
Hals was simply interested in her.
Hals tried to find a seat in the back, having been a poor student who never sat at the back during class, but the teacher placed him in the front.
Hmm~~
Pouted.
Alright.
Hals said nothing more.
The teacher continued the lesson.
“Ahem, let’s welcome our new student. This is Admiral Aokiji’s…”
The teacher suddenly stopped, almost saying Aokiji’s grandson. But Aokiji didn’t even have a son.
“…the esteemed Vice Admiral Garp’s grandson.”
Whew—
Almost caused a problem.
“Hello, everyone. I’m Monkey D. Hals, Vice Admiral Garp’s grandson.”
Hals stood up reluctantly and greeted.
“Tch.”
Binz looked disdainful, muttering to himself.
Ain didn’t react much, just watched normally.
Forgotten Shuzo: “So this is Vice Admiral Garp’s grandson. Doesn’t look… weak.”
Shuzo felt Hals’ aura suddenly grow strong for some reason.
Ah, greetings are so annoying.
Hals hated self-introductions.
Soon people would come to ask all sorts of questions. Better scare them off.
Hals used a bit of Dragon Might, just enough to seem strong like he could easily handle Bluejam.
Then he sat down.
The desks were separate, like those in elementary school. With more boys, there was no boy-girl pairing.
The lesson continued.
These were just kids, not expected to learn much. Overtraining would tire their bodies. Kids didn’t need excessive training.
So, they had cultural lessons.
Mainly to tell them pirates are bad. Look at Whitebeard, he’s bad. Look at Shiki, he’s bad. Look at Red Count, he’s bad too.
Boring.
For Hals, the good thing was there were no assignments or exams, just listening.
But these kids were mainly the children of Marine officers or orphans harmed by pirates, so these lessons greatly fostered loyalty to the Marines.
Hals didn’t care. Should I tell these kids I’ve killed many pirates? And be worshiped by them?
Boring, Hals wouldn’t do that.
He felt no discomfort when killing pirates.
Sometimes, Hals wondered if he was too cold-blooded.
But even if it’s true, so what?
Not long after, the lesson ended. Because of the aura he released earlier, no one approached Hals.
Peaceful—
The next class was physical training, basically exercise.
Unlike schools where cultural lessons dominate, here training dominated.
But some students didn’t like missing class, maybe because training was hard.
As the class was about to start, everyone gathered and headed to the field.
The field had other students training. There were several fields, so no crowding.
“Garp, I’m in class. Why did you call me over?”
An old man with purple hair looked displeased at Garp. He was training students, creating future Marines, and Garp called him over to see his grandson.
This guy.
Zephyr felt helpless.
“Zephyr, I tell you, my grandson is a talent. I want you to train him to be the strongest Marine.”
Seeing his old friend’s excitement, Zephyr couldn’t refuse.
“By the way, I heard from Sengoku that you don’t pick your nose anymore, right?”
Zephyr looked at Garp’s hand on his shoulder and said.
Garp: “………..”
What’s with this guy, so annoying.
Suddenly, he remembered his grandson’s similar question.
“Negative emotions from Garp +10000”
Hals: “………..”
What happened?
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