Arriving at the nearest Marine branch to Foosha Village, the group was immediately stopped by a group of Marines at the gate.
However, they only stopped them because they recognized the uniform Chinatsu was wearing as that of the Marineford recruit training camp.
“May I ask, what is the matter?” “Well, I’d like to borrow a ship.
If you happen to be heading back to Marineford, it would be great if you could give us a lift,” Chinatsu said with a smile, clasping her hands together.
The Marine guards at the gate were stunned upon hearing this.
Someone actually coming to borrow a ship—this was a big deal.
“Do you have an authorization letter from a superior?” “Hmm…
I believe I am the superior.” Chinatsu pointed a finger at herself, and the two guards in front of her blinked blankly.
Seeing this, Ace quickly handed the newspaper to them.
“The, the youngest Marine Rear Admiral!!!” Upon seeing it, the guards trembled, quickly cleared a path, and took out a den den mushi to notify the person with the highest authority at the branch.
The highest-ranking officer here was a Captain.
Not to mention that Chinatsu’s rank of “Rear Admiral” was undoubtedly higher than a Captain, Chinatsu was also a Rear Admiral directly under Marineford.
In terms of same-rank positions, Marineford personnel had much greater authority than branch personnel.
Currently, the only people above Chinatsu were Marineford Vice Admirals, the five Vice Admirals executing the Buster Call, Admiral candidates, as well as Admirals and the Fleet Admiral.
It wasn’t a lot, but it wasn’t a little either.
The key point was that Chinatsu was only 11 years old this year.
Arriving inside the branch, the Captain, the highest-ranking officer there, rushed to Chinatsu’s side.
Although he had to salute someone much younger than himself, that was just how the Marines were—obeying superior orders.
In the Marines, rank was the most important thing.
“Rear Admiral!
The ship you requested is ready!” It was a medium-sized Marine warship.
Of course, for this East Blue branch, this was likely the top-tier size.
“Sorry for the trouble.
Once this is resolved, I will return the ship.” After saying this, Chinatsu brought Luffy and the others onto the Marine warship.
As they set sail, they officially embarked on the route back to Marineford.
Who was steering the ship?
Naturally, it was Chinatsu.
There was no way she could let three brats steer, even if Chinatsu’s steering was terrible.
But with the assistance of Observation Haki, she could easily avoid complex water currents.
They departed at noon and returned to Marineford in the dead of night.
The three brothers got off the ship and scanned their surroundings with vigilance.
“Luffy, be careful.
This is Marineford!” “I know.
Look over there!
It’s Marines, so many Marines!” “I’ll take care of those few over there, you guys go take…” Three fatal iron fists descended from the sky.
Following Garp and Dadan, Chinatsu took over this important punching duty.
“This is Marineford, behave yourselves!” “Okay…” The three brothers looked helpless.
Luffy’s expression was twitching, and he kept muttering, “It hurts!
It hurts!” “No way, Luffy, aren’t you immune to punches?” Ace and Sabo looked at Luffy’s pained state in surprise and asked, puzzled.
“I’m not afraid of Dadan’s punches, but I don’t know why Garp’s punches are especially painful.
Big sister’s punch just now felt the same as Garp’s.
I also want to know why it hurts so much,” Luffy muttered, wanting to cry.
He wondered if he had eaten a fake Gum-Gum Fruit.
At this moment, the three brothers didn’t know what “Haki” really was; at most, they had only heard of Haki from Chinatsu.
Armament Haki can strengthen the body’s hardness; it is the strongest spear and the strongest shield.
High-level usage allows for long-range attacks and internal destruction.
Observation Haki can perceive everything around, replacing the eyes.
Once learned, it can dodge others’ attacks.
High-level usage is seeing the future, though only a few seconds into the future.
Haoshoku is the symbol of a king and is the only Haki that cannot be learned later in life.
Ordinary Haoshoku can intimidate weak people and knock them unconscious.
High-level usage involves applying it in actual combat to achieve the effect of “true damage and enchantment.” Chinatsu had already mastered two of these three types of Haki.
As for Haoshoku, Marines basically didn’t have it, and Chinatsu had no desire to become a king.
Becoming this strong now was entirely due to being “forced” into it.
However, the miserable days were over!
Chinatsu was now liberated!
Although her strength hadn’t reached its peak, even if the Four Emperors were hunting her down, Chinatsu was confident she could escape (as long as they didn’t chase her to the death…).
The Marines aren’t free?
The fundamental problem is just being too weak.
Garp isn’t free?
Garp dares to scold the Celestial Dragons.
If one had to say where Garp wasn’t free, it was that he was bound by the heart of justice within him, but that had nothing to do with the Marines.
Chinatsu brought Luffy’s group to the Marineford central building.
Those working here were, at the very least, Vice Admirals.
If Luffy and the others were a bit stronger, they would discover that this place was truly terrifying, filled with immense pressure.
Chinatsu and the others arrived at the door of a room.
She raised her hand and knocked on the door, thump thump thump.
Without waiting for the person inside to speak, Chinatsu spoke first: “It’s me, Chinatsu.” The person inside didn’t speak; only a series of footsteps came from within.
But those footsteps…
Ace and the others didn’t know why, but they suddenly got goosebumps.
Was it an illusion?
Of course it wasn’t an illusion.
As the door opened, the three, Luffy, were startled and trembled.
They quickly wanted to turn and run, but were forcibly stopped by Chinatsu.
“Why are you running?
I need to go find Zephyr-sensei.
You three definitely need to find a place to sit for a while.
This place is pretty good, hurry up and go inside and sit~” Chinatsu looked at them with a smile.
The person who came out of the room was none other than the Marine Hero, Luffy’s grandfather, Garp.
Garp looked at the three brothers beside Chinatsu, his face full of joy.
“Chinatsu, well done!
I didn’t expect you to actually be able to bring this brat Luffy, as well as Ace and Sabo, to Marineford!” Garp said with a loud laugh.
“The ideological education isn’t complete yet; bringing them to Marineford was already my limit.
The rest is up to you, old man.
I still need to go see Zephyr-sensei, so I’ll take my leave.” Chinatsu turned and ran after saying this.
Luffy and the others wanted to run away with Chinatsu, but at this moment they were stopped again.
This time it wasn’t Chinatsu, but someone even more terrifying.
“Little ones, since you’ve come to Marineford, hurry up and come in and sit with me.
I’ll chat with you about your future as Marines!” Garp picked up the three little ones and threw them into the room.
Before the door closed, the three brothers let out a desperate cry, but Chinatsu didn’t hear it.
She had already reached the recruit training camp, where she saw Zephyr-sensei teaching the recruits Armament Haki.
But this teaching…
cough cough, looking from a third-person perspective, it was completely Zephyr going on a rampage, one punch per “little friend”…