After a brief conversation with Ain, Chinatsu discovered that Ain truly respected Zephyr.
Her attitude was serious, and she had quite an obsession with exterminating pirates.
Moreover, her strength was not weak; among her peers, apart from Chinatsu, she likely had few rivals.
It was getting late.
They had only just gotten to know each other, so they said their goodbyes; after all, now was not the time.
The NEO Organization was still in the secret stages of being established, and Ain’s strength was not yet sufficient.
As for Chinatsu’s strength…
well, let’s just say she could run if she couldn’t win, but she still couldn’t defeat an Admiral or one of the Four Emperors in a direct fight.
After all, those guys were old veterans, and Chinatsu was only 11 years old.
After bidding farewell to Ain and Zephyr, Chinatsu did not return to Garp’s place to meet the three brothers, but instead returned to her private dormitory.
The cursed sword gifted by Kizaru was still placed to the side.
Chinatsu had originally thought Zephyr would teach her swordsmanship, but to her surprise, he hadn’t taught her even a shred of knowledge in that regard, so this cursed sword had just been gathering dust.
After returning to the dormitory, Chinatsu merely glanced at the cursed sword, then lay back down on her soft bed, closed her eyes, and slept straight until noon the next day.
She used to have to wake up at 5 a.m., but now that no one was urging her, it was clear she had rebounded.
The next day, at noon.
Chinatsu opened her eyes groggily.
Seeing the sunlight streaming in through the window, she was so startled that she jumped out of bed on the spot, though she realized what was going on by the time she reached the door.
“I really have no words for myself.
I almost rushed over to Master Zephyr’s place,” Chinatsu muttered to herself, then returned to the room to tidy up her messy hair and clothes a bit.
“Hmm, this is good enough.” Having prepared enough, Chinatsu nodded with satisfaction and turned to leave, but she stopped again when she reached the door.
She turned her head faintly to look at the cursed sword leaning against the wall.
After considering it again and again, she decided to take the cursed sword and strapped it to her waist.
“It was brought to me personally by Kizaru, after all; it can’t just keep gathering dust like this,” Chinatsu convinced herself, then pushed open the door and walked out.
The first stop after leaving the dormitory was naturally the Marine recruit training camp’s drill ground.
Zephyr was still outputting a lecture to those new Marine recruits as usual.
Although it was very rough, it had to be said that it was indeed very effective; one had to remember that the three Marine Admirals came from his tutelage.
Relying on Devil Fruit Ability?
In fact, the three Marine Admirals only consumed their fruits after becoming Vice Admirals.
Before that, they relied on Haki and martial arts.
Back then, when Kizaru was accused by Zephyr of relying too much on his Devil Fruit Ability, he immediately used his Devil Fruit Ability to conjure a sword and launched a barrage of attacks at Zephyr.
Chinatsu walked past the recruit training camp silently, fearing that Zephyr might suddenly notice her and drag her over to be a “model student.” Leaving the recruit training camp, Chinatsu naturally headed straight for Garp’s office; she wanted to see how the three brothers, Luffy, were doing now.
Chinatsu thought about it and concluded there were only three possibilities.
One: They were successfully brainwashed by Garp to join the Marines, though Chinatsu felt this was unlikely.
Two: They were enduring Garp’s brainwashing and were currently still sulking around Garp.
This possibility was quite high, but compared to this, Chinatsu thought the third possibility was more…
Just as Chinatsu thought of this, she suddenly saw the three brothers, Luffy, sneaking around and looking everywhere in a small alley of the Marineford building.
“Th-this place is safe~” “If it’s safe, hurry up and go.
It’ll be a disaster if Grandpa Garp finds us.” “Sister Qianxia is truly hateful.
When I get stronger, I’ll definitely teach Sister Qianxia a good lesson!” The three brothers muttered to each other, attempting to escape from this place, but was this idea really likely to succeed?
Of course, it was impossible.
Are you kidding?
This was Marineford, a place where almost everyone knew Observation Haki.
These three brats really thought they hadn’t been discovered; likely, everyone in this building just ignored them because they saw they were just three kids.
However, it was possible that Garp really hadn’t noticed, as Garp had a bad habit of falling asleep at any moment…
Chinatsu sighed helplessly, flashed behind them using Soru, rolled up her sleeves, and three shots of the Fist of Justice struck their heads.
“Who was it that said they wanted to teach me a lesson just now~” “It was Sister Qianxia!” “I didn’t say it!
I didn’t say it!” “It was Ace who said it!” “…” Ace’s face froze instantly.
He met Chinatsu’s gaze, and another Fist of Justice was swung out, but this time it landed squarely on his face!
Pfft!!!
Ace was sent flying with a punch.
However, Chinatsu didn’t use Haki, nor did she use her full strength, so hitting someone with good physical fitness like Ace definitely wouldn’t result in any loss of life.
Ace rubbed his face and slowly crawled up from the ground, his mouth full of “Ouch!
Ouch!
Ouch!” “I’m telling you, can’t you guys just stay in the Marines?
What’s so good about being a pirate?” Chinatsu said helplessly with her hands on her hips.
“Freedom!
Of course, it’s freedom!
I am the man who will become the Pirate King!
The Pirate King is the freest man in the world!” Luffy answered with a grin, rushing to speak.
Of course, Ace and Sabo’s answers were about the same.
Chinatsu was quite helpless about this.
Luffy’s personality had been completely influenced by Red-Haired Shanks, and Luffy was stubborn; he definitely couldn’t be persuaded.
“It’s not because he is the Pirate King that he is free; it’s because he is free that he is the Pirate King.
And with his strength, even if he didn’t become a pirate, he would definitely be the freest man in the world…” Chinatsu muttered softly.
The three, Luffy, didn’t hear clearly, and Chinatsu couldn’t be bothered to explain it to them in detail.
When they grew up, they would definitely have a better interpretation of “Pirate King” and “freedom.” Before that, just let them roam.
Chinatsu yielded the path to the three brothers.
Seeing this action, the three brothers couldn’t help but be stunned, not knowing for a moment what Chinatsu was trying to do.
“Hmm?
Why aren’t you leaving yet?
Do you really want Grandpa Garp to wake up and drag you back?” The three brothers shuddered upon hearing this and hurried to run outside.
Watching the backs of the three brothers as they ran away, Chinatsu really had the illusion that she wasn’t their sister, but their mother.
“Before transmigrating, I was less than twenty years old; how could I have this kind of illusion…
Forget it, I have to leave too.
If Grandpa Garp finds out I let them go and catches me on the spot, it’ll be quite painful for me.” After saying this, Chinatsu quickly followed the three brothers and arrived one step ahead on the Marine warship they had taken to get there.
As the three brothers boarded the ship, Chinatsu immediately set sail to return to Foosha Village.
After returning to Foosha Village, Chinatsu decided to go to one more place before resting.
The birthplace of Pirate King Roger, the entrance to the Grand Line.
“Loguetown”