From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 256 Garp's Anger!
Bane has rarely been to the Garp family, especially after moving to the new headquarters of the Navy.

However, he acted as if he was back home. He walked through the courtyard and into the house. When he saw the sofa, he sat on it very familiarly and said shamelessly, "Hurry up and give me a cup of tea. I'm so thirsty."

Cap didn't care about Bane's attitude. On the contrary, perhaps it was because of Bane's casual attitude that he could get along so well with Bane.

"Don't the young people nowadays know any etiquette at all?" Cap said cursingly.

But he quickly made a pot of tea and poured it for Bane and Ian.

"Thank you for the trouble, Mr. Cap." Ian took the teacup with great respect.

Ben was such a shameless guy that he took a bite and said, "It's just so-so."

Before Garp could get angry, Bane put a bag of tea on the table and said, "I brought this from Nine Snake Island. It's definitely a rare commodity. The Empress said it was good after drinking it. Don't say I didn't think of bringing you a gift."

This action made Cap feel helpless, and he couldn't say anything more to Bane.

"I didn't expect that Borsalino would be in trouble this time. It seems that the Pirate Queen of Nine Snake Island is really not simple." Garp smacked his lips.

"That's pretty impressive indeed," Bane agreed.

The two chatted casually for about five or six minutes before Ben asked, "How's it going? Did you find your great grandson?"

"Not only that, but things are getting even weirder." Garp said with a serious expression, "Afterwards, I contacted that bastard Dragon. He was also quite surprised when he heard about Luffy's disappearance. I am also sure that this was not done by the Revolutionary Army."

"You can still contact Dorag!?" Bane looked at Cap in surprise.

He thought that the father and son had no connection with each other anymore.

"It was only two years ago, in the East China Sea, that we reestablished contact. Why are you so surprised? Even though that guy is a rebellious son, he is still my biological son after all. But don't even think about getting any information about the Revolutionary Army from me. That guy won't reveal a single word." Garp said calmly.

"Although the Revolutionary Army's affairs now fall on our navy's shoulders, I have no interest in them at all, don't worry." Bane shook his head, then said, "If it wasn't done by the Revolutionary Army, then there must be a traitor?"

When talking about this, Garp's face darkened and he said, "I also suspected this at first. The fact that Luffy was taken away without anyone noticing at the headquarters makes it very likely that it was an internal crime. But so far, I haven't found any signs. What's more important is that usually this kind of kidnapping or abduction requires a demand. I have been waiting for someone to contact me and make some requests to me, but now I have no clue at all."

It has been a while since the World Conference. At first, Garp thought that someone wanted to use his grandson to threaten him to do something, but until now, no one has contacted him, as if this incident had never happened. He is now extremely confused.

"Couldn't that kid just run away on his own?" Bane raised his eyebrows.

Although he asked this, Bane actually felt that it was unlikely. With Luffy's style and nerves, how could he sneak away from the heavily guarded Marine Headquarters without being noticed?

Even though most of the navy's elite went to Marijoa because of the World Conference at that time, Bane still found it unlikely.

According to that guy's style, he would cause some trouble once he left this yard. Even if he managed to escape to the sea and become free, he should now hold high the banner of pirates, shout that he wanted to be the Pirate King, start calling his friends, and even make some noise.

In this situation, how could Karp not find any clues?
"Unless he drowned when he went out to sea, it is impossible that there has been no movement until now. I even checked the life card. The guy's life card is intact, but it has lost its guidance function. This alone is enough to prove that he was taken away by someone." Karp said in a deep voice.

The life card showed that vital signs were normal, but they could not be tracked, which meant that the other party was well prepared and used special means to block certain functions of the life card.

"The technology to shield life cards is very advanced, and only a few major forces have it." Bane said softly.

This thing is like the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia. There is a threshold and ordinary people can't get it.

In fact, this shielding technology was developed just a few years after the birth of life card technology. This is normal. The battlefield is extremely chaotic and no boss can say that he has never been injured.

If you are injured, there is a possibility that body tissue will be left behind. Once this thing is obtained by the opponent, they will make a life card for you and study your condition and movements all day long. No one can stand it.

Especially someone like Kaido, who has been captured and studied by the World Government many times in the past, and even his fruit abilities have been copied. How could they not take the opportunity to get a life card from him?

Apart from anything else, as an admiral of the navy, Bane had seen Kaido's life card at the headquarters of the navy, but it was useless. Not to mention tracking Kaido's behavior, even the display of vital signs was blocked.

Unless Kaido dies, this life card will not move.

Before Garp could respond, Bane continued, "Putting aside the possibility that he escaped personally, it can almost be determined that this was an abduction or kidnapping. But no one contacted you afterwards. What about Dragon? Did anyone use this matter to threaten him?" "No, so it was neither directed at me nor Dragon," Garp said in a deep voice.

"That's purely targeting him personally." Bane nodded.

"This makes me even more confused. Does Luffy have any special value? Who is targeting him specifically? Is it a big force? If the Red Hair Pirates were still there, I might have doubted them. Now even they have been sent to Impelton. There is no reason for a little guy who came out of the countryside in the East China Sea." Garp said very troubled.

Eliminate all possibilities, and the remaining answer, no matter how absurd, may be the only correct result.

Especially since, in Bane's opinion, this was not absurd.

"Mary Joa." Bane said immediately.

Karp was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked: "Why?"

This is his home. No matter how careless Garp is, he will definitely take good care of his nest, so Bane doesn't have to worry about being eavesdropped on or anything.

He took a sip of tea, looked at Garp and said, "It seems that you really don't know about the rubber fruit."

"What's wrong with the rubber fruit?" Garp asked in confusion.

But after asking this question, he immediately realized that Bane might have guessed something and knew some secrets that even he didn't know!

"In fact, the devil fruit that your great grandson ate is not a superhuman one." Bane opened his mouth and struck with lightning. Garp looked very surprised when he heard this.

"From the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia," Garp said halfway, and then stopped talking. Instead, he said in a serious tone, "Speak to me."

"That was the smoke bomb released on Marijoa. The Rubber Fruit is actually related to a secret that happened hundreds of years ago. Although you certainly haven't studied the historical text or anything like that, as a veteran in the navy, you should have heard something about Joy Boy, right?" Bane asked.

"Forbidden knowledge." Garp nodded slightly, and then said: "I don't know much about the people from eight hundred years ago. I just heard a little about them by chance. It seems that they are the enemies of the world government, the warriors of liberation, etc.?"

"That's about right. He's the one who has the ability of the so-called 'Gum Fruit'." Bane didn't keep anyone in suspense when he said this, but continued, "The Gum Fruit is not actually a superhuman ability. It's just a rough manifestation of rubber before awakening. It's a very special ability. Its real effect is the Animal Type·Human-Human Fruit·Mythical Beasts·Ordinary People. Ahem, sorry, it's a slip of the tongue, Nika form. You may not know much about Nika. To put it simply, it's the Sun God that was circulated hundreds of years ago."

"What? A mythical beast species!?" Garp looked incredulous.

"Well, only by awakening this ability can we truly perceive the change in its nature. In the past few hundred years, no one has been able to do this since Joy Boy. In order to avoid a similar situation to Joy Boy, the World Government has blocked the true information about this fruit from various information channels, and even specially marked it as a superhuman ability in the Devil Fruit Atlas. At the same time, over the past few hundred years, the World Government has also been trying to recover this Devil Fruit, but it has never really succeeded." Bane briefly introduced the situation.

Garp's expression became more and more gloomy as he listened.

"Red hair." Garp whispered through gritted teeth.

"I'm not sure whether the Red Hair Pirates knew about this, so there's no way to judge whether this was something they had planned long ago. But there's no point in saying this now. Back then, the Red Hair Pirates 'accidentally' snatched this devil fruit from the CP agency in the East China Sea. It was supposed to be transported to Marijoa, and later it was eaten by your grandson by mistake. If he had stayed in that country place and not come out, the World Government might not have found any trace of it, but..." Bane said softly.

"But I brought Luffy to the Marine Headquarters, right under the nose of Marijoa. With my status, they would definitely pay a little attention to this matter. As a result, they discovered Luffy's ability." Garp said this in a gloomy tone, and then looked at Bane and said: "In order to obtain this ability, they took the opportunity to take Luffy to Marijoa while I was lax?"

"There's no actual evidence, these are just my speculations," said Bane.

"I won't ask too much about this rubber and Nika thing. After all, it's your secret. But how did you think of suspecting Marijoa?" Karp asked with some confusion.

"During the World Conference, the Five Elders invited me to a meeting. During the meeting, they mentioned something that sounded very important but they didn't mention a word about it. They said that I needed to do it after pacifying the pirate scourge in the New World. I was very confused at the time. What was so important? But they couldn't reveal any information in advance? Of course, I was just curious for a while and didn't think much about it, until you contacted me and said that your great grandson was gone." Bane said this and stretched out a finger with a dark aura lingering on it.

Garp was stunned for a moment, then a fierce look flashed in his eyes and he said, "They want to use you to take the fruit out of my grandson's body!?"

"It's still just my speculation." Bane nodded.

"But now, it seems to have become the only reliable and correct direction." Karp took a deep breath and calmed his excitement.

If this is true, then at least before Bane takes action, his great grandson should not be in danger of his life.

Otherwise, the devil fruit will be randomly reborn and disappear from the hands of the world government.

(End of this chapter)