Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

As a vice admiral in the Navy Headquarters, and someone who repeatedly cornered Roger and was known as a "Naval Hero," Garp believed he had a certain degree of fame on the high seas, so taking on a commoner girl as a student was more than enough for him.

However, to everyone's surprise, the title of "naval hero" seemed to have no effect on the girl.

When asked about Garp's idea of ​​taking her on as a disciple, Ain politely declined, saying that she wanted to be Admiral Zeff's student because he was the teacher of her most admired older brother.

If Ain wants to investigate the truth behind Wood's betrayal of the Navy, then Zephyr, as Wood's teacher, is someone she can't avoid.

The fact that the other party not only did not hate Wood, the student who had become a pirate, but also wanted to protect his family was very strange.

Therefore, Ain believed that General Zephyr must know something.

In order to obtain this information, Ain believed that becoming the other party's student was the fastest way.

Undeniably, Vice Admiral Garp in front of me might know something, but it's all shrouded in uncertainty.

While Ain was still weighing the pros and cons, Garp was already surrounded by an invisible low pressure.

He never expected that Garp would be so lacking in prestige. He thought he could beat Zeff to the punch, but instead, Zeff chose Garp over him.

In terms of strength, Garp acknowledged that Zephyr was indeed a rare powerhouse, but if it came down to a head-on confrontation, Garp felt that Zephyr would have a better chance of winning.

As for military rank... well, although Garp is only a vice admiral, he can guarantee that Garp will definitely advance faster in the Marine Headquarters than Zephyr.

Besides, Zephyr has a lot of students, while Garp has never had any formal students. Comparing the two, no matter how you look at it, Zephyr has a brighter future than Garp.

Garp's earnest advice wasn't because he cared so much about Ain's student status, but because he, Garp, had personally come to her door and still couldn't win over Zephyr, who was far away at headquarters. This made him feel a little embarrassed.

Unfortunately, Ain seemed determined to become Zephyr's student, just like her brother Wood, which left Garp feeling quite helpless.

Thinking he could get there first, he ended up being a gofer, making a free long-distance trip to help Zefa find another student with good potential.

In a bad mood, Garp returned to his hometown, Windmill Village in the East Blue. With nowhere to vent his anger, he gave his two grandsons, Luffy and Ace, a good dressing down.

Garp had high expectations for Luffy and Ace. Just based on the bloodline in their veins, Garp was certain that these two kids would become powerful figures on the sea in the future.

Garp actually intended to bring Ace and Luffy back to Marineford during his return to Windmill Village, and then personally train them to become excellent marines.

However, Ace and Luffy's identities are far too sensitive.

One is the orphan of the Pirate King Roger, and the other is the son of the Revolutionary Army leader. If these two children were to go to Marineford, Garp wouldn't be confident he could protect them.

Chapter 197 Little Ace and Little Luffy's idols

It was because of Ace and Luffy's special identities that Garp left them in Windmill Village to be raised by the bandit Dadan.

Garp's wish is for Ace and Luffy to become excellent marines, but before taking them to Marine Headquarters, they must first have the ability to protect themselves.

Because Luffy and Ace spent years hanging out at the garbage dump, and the person who raised them was a bandit like Dadan.

So, as the years went by, Ace and Luffy, with their increasingly mischievous personalities, drifted further and further away from the exemplary Marines that Garp envisioned.

Ace and Luffy both have strong personalities and greatly admire the strong people on the sea. So, in order to find good role models for them to learn from, Garp told them the story of Wood when he returned to the village a couple of years ago.

When they heard that Wood had personally destroyed several pirate crews and protected the peace of Red Leaf Island when he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, Ace and Luffy couldn't help but feel admiration for him.

Ace and Luffy admire Wood, who is a Marine, which is a good thing for Garp.

If things had proceeded as planned, Garp would have soon introduced Wood to Ace and Luffy, allowing him to mentor his two grandsons and help them become excellent Marines. Everything should have been going well.

However, when Garp returned to Windmill Village this time, he was surprised to find that his two grandsons had been raised in a way that went astray without his knowledge...

As for the reason, it's actually quite simple.

Ace and Luffy weren't particularly interested in the Marines like their grandfather; they simply admired the strong. Wood happened to be someone who was young but extremely powerful.

Now, the main characters in Grandpa's stories have changed from the Navy to pirates, and Ace and Luffy feel that the other is more to their liking.

They had longed to go there before, and the stories of Wood were so thrilling that the two children were completely captivated and were now training hard every day in order to be able to set sail as soon as possible.

Garp should have been happy to see his two grandsons training so hard, but when he heard that their goal was not to become excellent marines, but to become pirates, Garp almost exploded with anger!

"That Wood that Grandpa always praised, isn't he a pirate now, and a pirate with a billion Berries?"

It's clear that being a pirate is much more interesting than being a navy officer, so we want to be pirates when we grow up.

"That's right, that's right. I've heard Shanks and the others say that being a pirate is much more fun than being a marine."

Ace was talking, and Luffy was agreeing with him. Then, Luffy pulled out a pirate bounty poster from somewhere and waved it in front of Garp.

Garp reached out and snatched the bounty poster from Luffy's hand. He immediately recognized it as Wood's latest bounty poster, which had only been out recently.

The young man in the wanted poster has black hair, holds a knife in both hands, and stands against the wind. He is as handsome as could be.

But looking at the bounty poster in his hand, Garp felt a surge of anger erupt from the top of his head. He tore the poster to shreds with both hands and then gritted his teeth, saying, "It's all that old man Sengoku's fault for being so nosy. I finally set a good example for them, and now I've become a negative example!"

Garp had everything arranged perfectly, but he never expected that the Warring States would send Wood to be that old bastard's undercover agent!

Wood wanted to reveal the truth to his two grandsons, but it was a secret of the Navy, and Luffy and Ace were still children. If he were to reveal it carelessly, it would be extremely dangerous for Wood.

"Where did you get this bounty poster? And who told you about Wood? It couldn't have been that Dadan guy!"

The East China Sea is known as the weakest sea, and Windmill Village is located in a remote, desolate place.

Newsbirds generally don't fly to places like this. Even if news does reach here, it's usually much slower than on the Grand Line.

Karp's return to the East Blue was largely due to his desire to cover up the "truth," but he did not expect that his two grandsons would be so well-informed, having already learned about Wood's information before he even arrived.

"It was Shanks who told me. Shanks said that Wood should be the strongest young pirate in this generation."

He wreaked havoc in Impel Down, single-handedly stormed the Marine branch and killed a Marine captain, and now he's even breached Enies Lobby!

The two kids had absolutely no idea what "Imperial City" and "Enies Lobby" were for.

But if even a powerful pirate like Shanks says Wood is strong, then it must be true.

Moreover, Ace and Luffy had also seen in the newspaper that even their grandfather, who was like a demon king in their eyes, had failed to defeat Wood, which made the two boys admire Wood even more.

There's no other reason than that in the two kids' minds, Garp has always been a nightmare-like figure. No matter how much they train, they can't compare to even a single finger of their grandfather.

If even Grandpa couldn't defeat Wood, then Wood must be incredibly powerful.

It's all gone wrong. My two grandsons, who could have become excellent naval officers, have now been completely spoiled.

At this moment, there are three people Garp hates the most!

The first one was Sengoku, who disrupted his grand plan of training Wood by assigning him an undercover mission.

The second one is that damned Red-Haired Shanks, who always feeds Luffy useless pirate information every time he comes to Windmill Village.

If Shanks hadn't been away from the island every time he returned, Garp would have swung his head in frustration!

As for the third person, Karp didn't hate Wood, but himself!

If he had known that Ace and Luffy would idolize Wood, who had become a pirate, he shouldn't have held back on Enies Lobby. He should have taken Wood down directly and established the image that the Marines were invincible.

But obviously it's all too late unless Garp can drag Wood to Windmill Village and beat him up in front of Ace and Luffy.

Otherwise, these two kids would already be convinced that Wood is as powerful as their grandfather.

Meanwhile, someone unaware that he had been targeted by the grandfather, grandfather, and grandson was sailing the first half of the Grand Line aboard the "Dark Maru II," passing Fishman Island, and preparing to head to the New World.

After the Enies Lobby incident came to an end, Wood's first priority was to go back and bring Robin back. As for the people from Tom's Works, they definitely couldn't go back to Water 7.

Leaving aside Franky and Iceberg, who are both teenagers, Tom is now a wanted criminal by the World Government, and because of "Pluto," the bounty on his head is not low.

Chapter 198 First Meeting with Queen Otohime

Wood and his crew's pirate ship, the Dark Maru, which had been seized by Enies Lobby, was bombarded by the World Government and was so badly damaged that not even a single plank could be found.

Without their pirate ship, Wood and his crew had no choice but to hitch a ride with Tiger and his crew to the Sabaody Archipelago.

To repay Wood and his friends' kindness, Tom and his two disciples used readily available materials to create the so-called "Dark Pill II" for Wood and his friends free of charge.

Unable to return to Water Seven, and with Tom becoming a wanted criminal by the World Government, he eventually joined the Sun Pirates on Tiger's advice and became their shipwright.

Tiger and his group were all wanted by the World Government, and since they were all fish-men, Tom's joining them was without any barriers.

However, when Iceberg and Franky saw their mentor join the Sun Pirates and wanted to join as well, they were rejected by both the Sun Pirates and Tom.

The Sun Pirates refused for two reasons. One was that Franky and Iceberg were human, and their Fish-Man race did not want to live with humans day and night.

As for the second reason, it's that Arlong and his crew thought Franky and Iceberg were too weak and would seriously lower the overall level of their pirate crew.

Most of the fishmen in Fishman Street wanted to join them, but they all refused. They had no reason to let two weaklings who were also human join them.

Tom's reason for refusing Iceberg and Franky's joining was simpler: he didn't want his two apprentices to become pirates, but rather to live as excellent shipwrights.

He joined the Sun Pirates out of necessity, since he had no way to protect himself with the bounty on his head.

However, Iceberg and Franky were not put on a bounty, and they were able to continue living as ordinary people.

For this reason, Iceberg and Franky were left in the Sabaody Archipelago and opened a shipyard on the island.

As the starting point of the New World, the Sabaody Archipelago not only has a developed coating industry, but also offers great potential for shipbuilding.

In order to enter the new world, Wood and his "Dark Pill II" successfully entered Mermaid Island after completing the coating and officially entered the new world.

Entering Mermaid Island, which is 10,000 meters deep, often involves enormous risks for ships.

Besides the skill level of the workers who apply the coating to the pirate ship, there are many other factors involved.

For example, an attack by sea kings, or insufficient oxygen in the soap bubble.

If the bubble enveloping the pirate ship bursts during its descent into the ocean, even the world's top warriors will face certain death at sea.