"Marine … Marine?"
Sieg looked at Garp who was wearing the Marine's Justice Cloak and his body subconsciously shrank back as his eyes showed a touch of horror.
Although he is a bandit in this country, most of the world is the sea, and this country is a member of the World Government, so it is under the jurisdiction of the Marine. Sometimes the Marine will enter the country to clean up some criminals.
But.
After a short fright, Sieg noticed that there were no other Marines present. It seemed that there were only Garp and the Marine who gave Garp his coat. Sieg calmed himself down a little, regained his composure, and snorted, "That's right, that's right.
"There is a Marine … But only the two of you …"
Boom!
Before he could finish his sentence, he received a solid punch on his chin. His entire cheek tilted to one side, and a few of his teeth flew out.
Garp, who was not far away a moment ago, instantly appeared in front of Sig as if he had teleported. He punched Sig, sending him flying in the air and crashing to the ground.
This scene didn't just scare the bandits that Sig brought along, even Luffy who was standing beside him was startled. He briefly recalled the fear of being dominated by Garp's fists.
"Boss!!!"
After the atmosphere froze for a few seconds, the horrified bandits all cried out in alarm. Someone ran over in a panic and helped Sig up.
Sig's brain seemed to have been blown away by Garp's punch, and he felt like he was in a daze. After he regained some consciousness, he said in confusion, "Go … Go! Kill them!! "
But.
Before the bandits could respond to Sig's order, Garp, who had a dark expression on his face, suddenly had a stone in his hand. He squeezed it with his big hand and crushed it into countless pieces. Then, he threw it at the bandits in the distance.
A large number of pieces of stone fell down like raindrops. The power was comparable to bullets, and the bandits' heads were bleeding. They fell to the ground in an instant.
The scene finally became quiet.
Shanks looked at this scene and gently shook off the broken glass shards on his body. He then looked at Luffy and said, "Luffy, I'm leaving."
Luffy was still looking at Garp in horror, but after hearing Shanks's words, he suddenly turned his head and said, "Ah … I want to go sailing too!"
"Hahaha, if you want to go sailing, you should wait until you grow up and go sailing by yourself."
Shanks laughed, and then he thought of something. He grabbed the straw hat on his head and put it on Luffy's head, saying, "This hat is for you. When you grow up and find me, you can return it to me."
After finishing this action, Shanks turned around and walked away.
Not far away.
Garp was ordering his subordinates to use the Den Den Mushi to summon the Marines and take them away. When he recovered, he found that Shanks's straw hat was on Luffy's head.
After a short pause, his face suddenly changed. He rushed over and grabbed the straw hat on Luffy's head and angrily said to Shanks's back, "Hey! Red-haired boy, take your hat back!! "
But it was too late.
Luffy's hands tightly grasped the brim of the hat, he didn't let go and said:
"Grandpa!!"
Shanks sensed what happened behind him, but he didn't look back. He just smiled, raised his arm and waved to Luffy and Garp, then walked towards Beckman and the others and walked into the distance with Beckman and the others.
Luffy's father, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, looked at this scene with a thoughtful look. Finally, he looked at Luffy with a slight smile on his face.
Only Garp was left angrily pulling the straw hat in Luffy's hand.
In the end, Garp still grabbed Luffy's straw hat and threw it in the direction of Shanks. The straw hat flew out of the island and fell into the sea. This made Luffy cry, but Garp grabbed him by the neck and brought him back home.
He thought that this was the end of the matter. But the next day, Luffy ran out and when he came back, the straw hat that was thrown away appeared again. He smiled and put it on his head.
Somewhere on the top of a mountain.
Maple, who was looking at the scenery in the distance, retracted his gaze, shook his head and chuckled: "The pursuit of freedom has been inherited from generation to generation."
Garp is the most free Marine. Needless to say, Dragon not only wants his own freedom, but also wants to restore freedom to the world and no longer be dominated by tenryubito. In the end, Luffy also has the same idea.
Maple has never hated the pursuit of freedom.
In fact, he was also looking for freedom, but his freedom was different from Luffy, Dragon, and the others. He had to put in more effort and endure more hardships in order to achieve it.
"…"
Robin, who was standing next to him, has been observing Maple.
She looked at Maple's gaze, which gradually changed from a chuckle to a slightly complicated one, and suddenly said in a small voice: "Actually, Sir, you've always been troubled by something. Although the people on this sea seem to think that you're the freest person."
"Yeah."
Maple retracted his gaze and looked at Robin. He reached out and gently stroked Robin's cheek.
Robin held Maple's hand and asked with a glint in her eyes: "Can you tell me about it?"
She should be the person who understands Maple the most in this world. It can be said that she knows almost every inch of Maple's body like the back of her hand. However, there are still many things that she doesn't know. For example, Maple's past, Maple's experiences, and so on. Maple has never told her about these things.
Robin rarely takes the initiative to ask about these things because she has always adhered to the principle of being a maid. She won't try to pry into more things about Maple.
Unless it's like now, she wants to see if she can share some of Maple's burden. Only then will she take the initiative to ask about it. Moreover, she will carefully test Maple without causing him to resist.
"Next time."
Maple looked at Robin's appearance and a trace of gentleness flashed in his eyes.
…
134th Marine Branch Base.
A warship slowly entered the base. Then, dozens of Marines escorted a dozen or so bandits down from the warship and walked towards the branch base.
The leader of the bandits had a swollen chin and half of his face was fat. His hands were shackled and he was dejectedly escorted by the Marines.
"That old man is actually a Vice-Admiral …"
"What bad luck."
Sigurd kept murmuring to himself. He was in a bad mood.
After being beaten by Garp and being escorted here, he already knew that Garp was a Vice-Admiral of the Marine.
When he was bullying a group of kids, a Vice-Admiral happened to be in Windmill Village and happened to see him being arrogant. This can only be described as bad luck.
If he hadn't met a Marine Vice-Admiral, he would still be at large. If a Marine Captain came to catch him, he would have escaped and he wouldn't have fallen into this situation.
Boom!
When Stigma was walking with his head down and his heart full of resentment, a Marine soldier suddenly appeared from the corner in front of him and bumped into him.
Caught off guard, both of them fell at the same time. The stack of documents in the arms of the Marine were like scraps of paper, scattering all over the corridor.
"It hurts … What are you doing?!"
The Marine stood up and saw that the person he bumped into was a prisoner wearing shackles, he suddenly showed an annoyed look.
How dare a lowly sea soldier talk to me like this …?!
Stigma's heart was full of resentment, but at this time, he was pointed at by a nearby Marine, so he didn't dare to talk back. He could only bow his head and apologize.
"Next time, open your eyes and pick them up!"
The Marine cursed.
Stigma apologized profusely in humiliation. He quickly picked up the old documents and bounty posters that were about to be taken away to be dealt with.
But just as he picked up a pile of documents and was about to pick up an old bounty poster that had fallen around the corner, his movements suddenly froze.
Crash!
The documents in his hand fell again and fell on the floor.
"What are you doing?!"
When the Marine next to him saw this, he was annoyed and kicked him, making Sieg fall forward and fall to the ground.
But at this time, Stigma didn't show any change in expression because of the kick. His face became pale and his eyes were filled with disbelief.
He stiffly picked up the bounty poster in the corner.
The person on the bounty notice was one of the people sitting on the empty ground that day. At that time, he had ignored him and directly walked away. That devilishly handsome face had left a deep impression on him.
"Ten, Hundred, Thousand, Ten Thousand …"
"This … How is this possible …"
Stigma's fingers trembled and he felt as if his whole body was in a cold freezer. His back was cold and his clothes were soaked in cold sweat.
3.32 billion 482 million Berries!
What is this bounty!!
While Sieg was still in disbelief, the Marine who was holding the documents came over and looked at the bounty poster in Sieg's hand and said: "That's right.
"It's a Traveler's bounty poster, no wonder you're scared."
"The bounty for these world-class criminals won't be issued in the East Blue. It's only recorded in the Marine's internal information. It's impossible for you to meet them in the East Blue."
The Marine shook his head.
This is just the information recorded by each branch, it's not something they need to think about. When he first saw this, his state was similar to Stigma's.
"Okay, get out of here!"
"Don't get in the way!"
He picked up Feng Ye's bounty order and other documents one by one, then said impatiently.
Sieg was still stiff and motionless in the same place as if he was petrified. Even when he was being dragged by two Marines towards the prison, his mind was still chaotic and his thoughts were like glue.
