One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

Ivan remained silent for a moment, then suddenly took off running and rushed out of the church.

He shouted at the retreating figures of Giger and the others as they disappeared.

"Gig, thank you! And Big Bear and Ginny too! Please take care!!"

Hearing Ivan's shouts behind him, Giger didn't turn around, but just smiled.

He comforted Ginny, who was already sobbing beside him, and turned to the bear, saying...

"Bear, are you worried about those old people?"

Xiong was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that as expected of Brother Jige, he could always see through what he was thinking.

"Yes... they're all old and can't do heavy work anymore. If they have any health problems, they simply don't have the money to see a doctor..."

Giger stopped where he was, stared into the bear's eyes, and said earnestly,

“Bear, there are many people in this world like those old people. You can’t take care of them all. Their suffering is not caused by you, and you don’t need to feel guilty about it.”

Xiong nodded silently. He understood what Jig was saying, but he had spent a long time with those old people, and he couldn't help but feel reluctant to leave them behind.

Giger put away his serious expression and said with a smile,

"Don't worry, Bear, I've got those old folks covered. Look, Spandam didn't come along, did he?"

"Ok?"

......

Inside the church, the ministers and nobles of the Kingdom of Sol stood before Spandam with their heads hanging low, like a group of elementary school students.

Spandain's transformation was like a dramatic change in Sichuan opera; he was completely different from the person he was in front of Giger.

He paced back and forth in front of the assembled ministers, a cigar dangling from his lips, and began to berate them.

"You bunch of useless people! You can't even govern such a small country properly, and so many elderly people don't even have money for medical treatment?"

The two men in suits behind him exchanged glances. Based on their understanding of Spandane, he was a scumbag who only thought about getting promoted and making money. When did he ever care about people's livelihoods?

One of the ministers said weakly,

"Lord Spandam, we didn't want this to happen either. It was all the work of the former King Bekley. He kept raising taxes in order to..."

"Enough! I don't want to listen to your nonsense anymore. If that Beckley is incompetent, then let's change the king!"

"Okay... oh?!"

Amidst the incredulous gazes of the ministers, Spandam exhaled another puff of smoke and said casually,

"That's settled then. I heard the previous king was named Burdog, and he was quite good! Let him be reinstated!"

"However, the change of kings in member states requires reporting to Mary Geoise, doesn't it? I wonder if Lord Spandine..."

"Hmph! Do you even need to tell me that? Do you think I'm the kind of person who doesn't know the rules?"

Aside from Spandam himself, everyone present inwardly scoffed at these words, but no one dared to utter a single word.

Spandam knew that his words were not very convincing, and in fact, he did not have that authority.

However, since he dared to make such a decision, he must have had his reasons, and his reasons came from Jig.

Because these were all things that Giger had just told him, and thinking of Giger, a fanatical look appeared on Spandam's face. He threw away his cigar and wiped his ash-covered fingers on a minister's clothes.

"Let me tell you, this is all Lord Gig's will. He is the god, and his words are imperial edicts! Just do as he says, and you don't need to worry about the rest!"

After saying that, Spandam waved his hand and left, escorted by two men in suits.

Chapter 19 Joining the Army

Marine Headquarters, Marineford

"Joelie Ginny, from the South Sea, 19 years old, skilled with a gun."

"Bartholomew Kuma, from the South Blue, 16 years old, Paramecia-type Paw-Paw Fruit user."

"Darkseid Gigg, born in the South Blue, 15 years old, Logia-type Dark-Dark Fruit user."

At the naval recruitment office, the interviewer stared dumbfounded at the three men in front of him, then looked down at the three resumes on the table. His gaze finally settled on the small print on Gig's resume: "Logia-type Dark-Dark Fruit!"

Major General Babus stood to the side, also looking shocked.

He had long guessed that Giger was a Devil Fruit user, but he never expected that Giger's Devil Fruit would be a Logia type!

He knew all too well the power of Logia-type Devil Fruits, because among the new recruits that Instructor Zephyr was currently leading, there were two Logia-type monsters!

Babus has witnessed the power of the Magma-Magma Fruit and the Glint-Glint Fruit. To sum it up in one sentence, their actions are as devastating as natural disasters!

Fortunately, the current instructor is the former General Zephyr. If it were an ordinary general, he might not have been able to suppress these two Logia-type Devil Fruit users.

The officers in this unit are mostly proficient in Armament Haki, which can help them deal with Logia-type elemental attacks, but the destructive power of magma and flashes of light is simply terrifying!

Even now, Babus still remembers witnessing a Marine Rear Admiral, whose skill level was comparable to his own, being toyed with by the user of the Glint-Glint Fruit. Even with his Observation Haki, he couldn't even touch the user's clothes.

As for the Magma-Magma Fruit user, there's not much more to say. It's not that the Marine Rear Admiral couldn't touch him, but rather that he simply didn't dare to!

That boiling lava would be enough to give that rear admiral a run for his money if he even touched it.

Their prized "iron blocks" are a complete joke in the face of lava!

From then on, Babus knew that Devil Fruits definitely had different grades, and at least in his current opinion, Logia-type Devil Fruits were noble!

Moreover, Gigg's Logia-type Devil Fruit is the opposite of light, which is dark element. Just thinking about it makes you realize that this Dark-Dark Fruit is definitely a top-quality Logia-type fruit that is no weaker than those two fruits!

Babus was so excited that his body began to tremble.

He actually brought back such a monster to the Navy! No, a genius!

The interviewer swallowed hard, unsure whether he was stunned or not, and inexplicably blurted out a question to Giger.

"15 years old? You're a bit too young; you don't meet our recruitment requirements..."

As he spoke, he glanced suspiciously at Giger's nearly two-meter height, thinking to himself,

Is he really 15 years old?

Giger was also taken aback and was about to explain when Babus suddenly sprang up and slammed the interviewer's head onto the table.

"Ugh! (Babus, what are you doing?!)"

The interviewer struggled violently, while Babus, with a constipated-looking smile, grinned at Giggs and the other two.

"Very good, I think the three of you are born to join the Navy!"

To the astonishment of Giger and the other two, Babus's hands moved with a blur as he grabbed the stamp on the table and stamped it three times in quick succession.

Anyone who didn't know better would think that Giger and the other two had signed a contract to sell themselves into servitude.

When the interviewer looked up, Babbs was already holding three resumes and giving instructions.

"You've passed. I'll report to Admiral Sengoku later, and then headquarters will arrange accommodation for you. Rest for a few days, and then you can take these three resumes to the Naval Academy to report!"

Giger glanced at the bright red stamp on the resume and said,

"Shall we go outside for a walk first, and then come back here to wait for you?"

"Of course you can! But don't go too far, after all, you haven't officially joined the Navy yet."

"Ok."

After Giger and the other two left, Babus took the three resumes in his hand and examined them carefully again. He even kissed Giger's resume, which made the interviewer next to him feel disgusted.

He rubbed his forehead, which was red from the bump, and said with a dissatisfied look,

"Hey Babus! You've gone too far. Even ignoring Gigg's age, have you investigated the backgrounds of the three of them? All you know is that they're from the South China Sea?"

Babbs glanced at him sideways and muttered,

"Never mind that for now, this is a Logia type, you know how valuable Logia types are? Tsk tsk, there's also a Paramecia type user here. Although Paramecia Devil Fruits come in all sorts of varieties, maybe this is a pleasant surprise?"

"Tch! Look at your attitude. That girl named Ginny is not bad either. She has a kind of heroic spirit. I don't think many of the girls who came for interviews before have this feeling."

"That settles it! Our navy welcomes this kind of talent! I did nothing wrong!"

Looking at Babbs, who was in a state of frenzy, the interviewer nodded helplessly and said weakly,

"Alright, alright, weren't you going to report to the Warring States General? While you're at it, show him these three resumes too. Sigh! We haven't even investigated their backgrounds properly; we're being too hasty!"

"Yes, I will report this matter truthfully to the Sengoku-shogun, and I believe he will support my actions!"

Babus carefully tucked the resumes of Giger and the other two into his pocket and strode away.

On the way, Babus's excitement gradually subsided, and he began to seriously consider his trip to the Kingdom of Solbe.

Background checks are indeed quite important, especially for Giggs. Compared to Spandam, Giggs's background seems even more mysterious.

However, no matter how he thought about it, he could never have imagined that Gigg was a Celestial Dragon. At most, he guessed that Gigg was probably the illegitimate son of a high-ranking official in the World Government, and that he was arranged to grow up in such a remote country as Sorbet for some shady reason.

He'd heard of this kind of practice before: waiting until the time was right to pave the way for his child.

With a shrug, Babus felt that compared to the Logia-type Dark-Dark Fruit, this little thing was nothing at all!

Thinking of this, Babus quickened his pace and soon arrived in front of Sengoku's office, gently knocking on the door.

"General of the Warring States Period, I am Babus."

"come in."