After hearing what Garp said, Seti's expression suddenly became extremely subtle.

At this moment, he even doubted whether Garp had some kind of mind-reading ability. Otherwise, how could he say everything he wanted to do before he could speak his request?

His original plan was to stay in the East China Sea and watch Luffy's adventures and wait until the war began, and then rely on his outstanding performance in that war to dominate the new world.

When he heard Garp say that he wanted to take him back to Marineventor, he was still thinking about whether he should tell Garp the news that Zephyr had told him, "The world government is looking for an opportunity to kill you."

As a result, before he could say anything, Garp directly arranged a task for him to take care of Luffy... He was so sleepy that someone brought him a pillow.

In the original novel, Garp didn't seem to care about Luffy that much, so why did he suddenly let himself look after Luffy now?

Because things went so smoothly, Sett couldn't help but wonder if there was some big conspiracy hidden in it that he didn't even know about.

"Why, you don't want to?"

Seeing Sett's frown, Garp thought that Sett didn't want to have anything to do with Luffy. Not only was he a little anxious for a while, but his tone also became much fiercer.

Seeing Garp's appearance, Seti thought to himself:

Maybe he was overthinking it, after all, the Garp in front of him didn't look like the type to play tricks.

As soon as he thought of this, Seti quickly smiled and said:

"No way, old man, you misunderstood me. I happen to be very curious about your grandson, so it's up to me to help look after Luffy."

Hearing that Seti agreed to his request, Garp immediately turned from sunny to cloudy. He pulled Seti's shoulder with a smile and said:

"There's no need to take care of him or anything, just relax in Donghai and pay him a visit when you have time to spare.

In addition, if you find that boy has done something that makes you unhappy, you don’t have to give me face. Just hit him if you need to. Just give him a good beating and let him see how powerful our navy is. Haha.

Ha ha……"

…………

In this way, Garp and Seti fulfilled their respective needs by accident.

After the two returned to Branch 153 to rest for a night, the next morning, Garp took Ying Ju and Mu Ku and escorted "Axe King" Mengka on the journey back to Malinfando.

What happened during this period was the same as in the original work. When handing over the hostages, Garp stood up very nervous and fell asleep. "Axe" Monka took the opportunity to injure Garp and took the opportunity to kidnap his son Beru.

Mabel tries to escape.

As Garp's deputy, Bogart had already decided to fire the cannon, but at the critical moment, Kirby stepped forward and stopped the cannon with his own flesh and blood.

Belumeber also made a vow on the boat that he would not only draw a clear line with Mengka, but also capture Mengka with his own hands one day.

The actions of the two were appreciated by Garp, and the axe-man Monka began his escape journey, while Belumeb and Kerby joined Garp's command as "miscellaneous soldiers" and launched a series of adventures.

their fate.

After sending Garp away, there was nothing left to miss in Shields Town. After running to the Navoli branch in Shields Town and Reiju for a brief summary, the steamship set off again towards Navoli.

Leaving for Li's Donghai headquarters.

Seti's suggestion to go to Navoli Donghai Headquarters first instead of going to Barati actually had his own little idea.

In his memory, after Luffy boarded the ship in Razoulon, he visited three places: Orange Town, Rare Beast Island, and Silob Village, before arriving at Barati, a restaurant on the sea.

Seti wanted to spend some time at the Donghai headquarters first, and then meet all the members of the Straw Hat team in Donghai directly in Barati.

This is mainly to make Reiju feel at ease, and also to prevent her from having the idea of ​​taking Sanji to run Navoli together.

Sett needed Sanji, his brother-in-law, to give Reiju a reassurance and let go of the grudge between him and Reiju, but he didn't want Sanji's life trajectory to change.

On the one hand, it was the feeling in his heart that he hoped that all members of the Straw Hats would not change. On the other hand, he was worried that if Sanji and Reiju lived together, what would Sanji do when he knew about the existence of Baby-5 and Hancock in the future?

It will not interfere with it and cause any additional twists and turns in the matter.

Although Sanji is a perverted cook, he has always adhered to the so-called spirit of chivalry, and he also values ​​​​his sister Reiju. He is really afraid that Sanji will bring out his chivalry spirit and make everyone angry.

Difficult to do.

Therefore, in order to prevent any accidents in their emotional life, Sanji and Reiju should maintain some distance from each other as in the original work.

Reiju didn't know that Seti still had such twisted thoughts in her heart. She had some attributes of a "strong woman" who prioritized work. In addition, she heard some time ago that the "Creek Pirates" had already

News of arrival on the Grand Line.

Therefore, the last worry in her heart was put down, and she showed a mentality of "it's been so many years since we last met, it's just a few days".

It took the steamship three days to arrive at the headquarters of the Navoli Chamber of Commerce in the East China Sea. Sett and Reiju took another day to express condolences to the staff here who were attacked by the Creek Pirates, and inspected the headquarters of the East China Sea.

Operating model.

After confirming that there were no problems here and that everything was operating normally, Reijiu finally felt relieved. This East China Sea inspection trip by the top brass of the Navoli Chamber of Commerce only left one location like Barati on the Sea.

went.

"After waiting for so long, I can finally see Sanji. You must be very excited now, right?"

On the deck of the Navoli steamship, Seti was blowing the sea breeze while turning his head to look at Reiju beside him with a smile.

Perhaps the long-term travel has brought the relationship between the two parties closer, or perhaps Sett had a "life-saving grace" for Reiju when they were in the strong world.

In short, after coming down from the sky island, although Reijiu still avoids some physical contact, she no longer deliberately puts on a cold look when chatting on weekdays.

If Reiju's current attitude toward Sett could be summed up in six words, it would probably be "no initiative, no rejection."

Hearing Seti's question, Reiju raised her hand to tuck her hair that was blown by the sea breeze behind her ears, and whispered while looking at the sea:

"Rather than saying I can't wait, it's better to say I'm uneasy. After all, we haven't seen each other for so many years, and I wasn't a qualified sister back then..."

Having said this, Reijiu seemed to have thought of something. After a moment of silence, she suddenly turned around, leaned on the railing and said to Seti:

"Sanji's childhood was not happy at all. In order to oppose his father...and Gaji's plan to transform people, his mother drank a secret medicine that caused great harm to herself.

But even so, the plan was not successfully stopped. Among the quadruplets, only Sanji was affected by the secret medicine and retained his human emotions, but he also lost his powerful blood factor transformation and exoskeleton.

.

Because he didn't have these things, he was the most mediocre among the five siblings. Because of his mediocre performance and the fact that his mother's health was deteriorating, Gaji didn't like Sanji.

This kind of indifference affected Iji and others, making them take pleasure in bullying Sanji since they were young. At that time, I knew clearly that what they were doing was wrong, but I did not dare to express any objection.

Even in order not to be disliked by Gaji, I had to laugh with them at Sanji.

When I was a child, I didn't pay much attention to Sanji. At most, I bandaged him after he was injured and helped him escape after he was imprisoned in the dungeon.

If the Kingdom of Germa is a hell to him, then I am also one of the evil spirits in that hell.

Now, after so many years, this evil ghost like me has come to him again, and I don’t know how Sanji will react."

Speaking of this, Reijiu's eyes flashed with sadness, but she forced a smile on her face and said:

"No matter how sarcastic or harsh he is when it comes to us guys, it's us who created his childhood where he couldn't feel any family affection at all..."

By the end of the sentence, Reijiu's voice was slightly choked with sobs.

Sett actually knew Sanji's story very well, but he still listened attentively and refused to miss a single detail.

When he noticed the choking in Reiju's words, Seti stretched out his hand and gently held Reiju in his arms:

"Don't be sad. This is not your problem. You didn't do anything wrong. You are not the devil who created his unfortunate childhood. On the contrary, it should be said that you were the only warmth besides his mother in his unfortunate childhood.

Bar."

"Really, really?"

Hearing what Sett said, Reiju's body trembled. She raised her head and carefully looked at Sett's expression, as if expecting to judge whether Sett was telling the truth or a lie in this way.

"Of course it's true."

Seti stroked Reiju's silky hair and comforted her softly:

"He may have forgotten many things about his childhood, but he will certainly not forget that it was a gentle sister who helped him that gave him a chance to escape from Germa."

Feeling Seti's warm chest, Reijiu couldn't help but press the side of her face against it. There was no coldness from the armor or a stern tone. This kind of warmth was something she had never felt in the past twenty years.

"Thanks."

After listening to Seti's strong heartbeat for a while, Reiju struggled out of Seti's arms with some reluctance, and looked at the shallow line where the sea and the sky meet in the distance again.

I wish I would always think like what Seti said...

…………

When Seti and others took the steamboat towards the sea restaurant Barati to evolve rapidly, far away on the other side in the sea area of ​​​​Siluobu Village, there was also a ship moving rapidly in the direction of Barati.

Different from the latest steam-powered ship that Seti and others are riding on, this is an old-fashioned caravel sailboat with a very peculiar sheep's head shape on the bow.

The sails are also graffitied with the pirate flag of the Straw Hats. If Seti were here, he would definitely be very excited, because the ship in front of him is officially the original pirate ship of the Straw Hats in the distance, and once gave birth to the pirate ship.

Ship Elf's "Golden Merry"!

"Haa~"

On the bow of the Golden Merrie, Luffy was lazily lying on it:

"My stomach is almost full of hunger...Hey, Nami, how long are we until the next island? My stomach is almost full of hunger."

The long-nosed boy at the top of the watchtower subconsciously rubbed his belly when he heard this:

"Really, I feel like I just left Xiluobu Village not long ago, but my stomach is already almost starving."
To be continued...