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

The three of them exuded an aura that was so powerful that Huang Mu swallowed hard and didn't dare to say a word. Qing Zhi was completely dumbfounded. He couldn't understand why the dragon was so brave.

Dragon, however, remained unmoved, staring directly into Giger's eyes.

The atmosphere among the group grew increasingly tense, and the temperature gradually rose.

Zephyr initially thought Dragon was putting on airs because of his connections and was about to reprimand him, but upon seeing this scene, he immediately sensed something was wrong. It seemed that Akainu and Kizaru were about to gang up on Dragon.

He cursed inwardly.

"Garp, why haven't you come over yet? Go see your good son!"

Actually, Giger was the one with the most normal emotions. He glanced around and smiled.

"Sakazuki, Borsalino, why are you two looking so fierce? This junior is just discussing justice with me. It's normal for our ideologies to be slightly different."

Akainu snorted coldly, staring at Dragon before slowly retreating. Kizaru, on the other hand, made a sarcastic remark.

"Oh~ It seems this junior has his own unique perspective on justice. No wonder he's Vice Admiral Garp's son!"

The dragon seemed a little vulnerable, and said, word by word,

"Can you please stop mentioning my father? I've already said it, joining the army was my own choice!"

Kizaru raised his hand from his pocket, picked at his ear, and retreated to Akainu's side as if he hadn't heard anything.

Seeing that the two had quieted down, Giger continued.

"Dragon, from what you're saying, do you think strength is unimportant, or do you think pirates shouldn't be killed?"

Long took a deep breath, his face regaining its composure, and said calmly,

"Strength is certainly important, but I believe that one person's strength is limited, and not all pirates are heinous criminals. Only through inclusiveness and equality can we unite everyone's strength and achieve true justice!"

It has to be said that the Dragon's justice actually sounds quite plausible, but Giger couldn't help but chuckle a few times.

In his view, this idea might be possible to realize on Earth, since one person's power is indeed limited.

However, in this world with supernatural powers, a person's power truly has unlimited potential. If so-called justice is not achieved, it can only be said that the power is not enough.

Jig's laughter was so grating to the dragon's ears that he asked angrily,

"Senior Giger, I don't understand what you're laughing at!"

Giger ignored him and continued to laugh until the dragon's face turned ashen. Only then did he stop laughing, and a deep darkness flashed in his eyes.

"You seem to know nothing about power."

Chapter 74 The Boiling Situation

Inside the headquarters building, Garp was in his office, lying back in his chair with bubbles coming out of his nose, clearly asleep.

The man sent by Zephyr knocked on the door for a long time but received no response. If he hadn't heard Garp snoring through the door, he would have thought Garp wasn't there.

Left with no other option, he increased the force of his banging on the door, finally waking Garp. Garp rubbed his sleepy eyes and mumbled incoherently,

"Who is it? Come in."

The man opened the door, gave a military salute, and said...

"Lieutenant General Garp, your son is at the recruitment office, and General Zephyr wants you to come over."

"Oh, I see... What!?"

......

Recruiting office

The dragon narrowed its eyes, a gust of wind gradually rising around its body. It took a few steps forward, almost touching Gig, and said calmly,

"Senior Giger, may I experience your so-called power?"

Giger slightly stretched his shoulders and neck, looking at the dragon in front of him with a half-smile, and said,

"Want to fight me? Fine, I'll take this as an opportunity to test your strength for Teacher Zephyr."

After saying that, Giger turned his head to look at Zefa and said,

"Professor Zephyr, what do you think?"

Zefa thought about it and decided that it wouldn't be bad to let the dragon fight Gig. From his perspective, the dragon was a bit too arrogant.

It's good that you have your own sense of justice, but what's with you coming here and pointing fingers at other people's sense of justice?

Everyone knows that Giggs is someone who has actually fought against pirates, and he was even part of the Whitebeard Pirates. The value of this experience is extremely high.

Not only Zefa, but everyone present felt that the dragon was not qualified to give instructions to Gig.

Zefa felt it was necessary to let Gig fight Long. Not only could it show Long's strength as a newcomer, but more importantly, it would make Long realize his own limitations and understand that there are always people stronger than him.

As for the fact that Giger lost, he didn't even consider that possibility. He knew Giger's strength better than anyone else; it could be said that Giger already possessed the combat power to single-handedly guard a G branch.

However, since Dragon was, after all, the son of Zeff's old friend Garp, in order to prevent Dragon from losing too humiliatingly, Zeff's final decision was...

"Okay, let Aramaki and Kuzan come along too, Gig. That shouldn't be a problem for you, right?"

Giger smiled slightly and said,

"Of course, no problem. I'd love to have a friendly spar with the three juniors. But shall we start here? You're all from the Department of Natural Sciences."

Zephyr waved his hand dismissively and said,

"They're fine here. I'm not worried about the three of them. But you, watch out, especially with your Shinra Tensei!"

The recruitment office originally had this huge open space for testing new recruits, but Jig and his group, being "specially recruited talents," skipped this step.

Moreover, this isn't a naval academy that Zephyr is in charge of, so even if the damage is severe, it's Sengoku's responsibility to deal with it.

Kong has been gradually delegating power to Sengoku, and it's no secret among the naval high command that Sengoku is about to become the next Fleet Admiral.

After Zefa agreed, Huang Mu rolled his eyes at the dragon and muttered to himself,

"Where did this fool come from? How could I possibly fight Lord Jigsang? No, I absolutely cannot get involved in this!"

Thinking of this, he raised his hand to refuse, but Aokiji had already rushed forward, pulling him along as he did so, saying,

"Let's go! I never thought I'd have the chance to spar with Senior Giger. This is fantastic!"

"..."

Without another word, the dragon transformed into a whirlwind and flew at incredible speed toward the center of the open space. Gigg's figure gradually twisted and disappeared into the dark vortex that appeared behind him, arriving at his position before the dragon.

Aramaki was pulled over by Aokiji, his face full of reluctance.

Before the battle even began, many generals had already rushed over upon hearing the news, having also heard about the arrival of three more new naturalist recruits that day.

Of course, the main reason they came here was Giger.

Giger has been making headlines lately—a mere 17-year-old major general with real power! Even if he's an extremely rare Logia-type Devil Fruit user, this shouldn't be this outrageous, right?

Many people still hold prejudices against this, believing that the newspaper exaggerated the performance of Giger and others in order to promote the navy.

After all, apart from Zephyr, Garp, and Tsuru, who had briefly fought against Giger, none of the other generals had personally witnessed Giger's strength.

Their impression of Giger was still that of a "top student".

The impact of this battle grew increasingly significant. After a while, even Garp, Tsuru, and Sengoku, the iron triangle, arrived at the scene. Zephyr was somewhat bewildered upon seeing the three of them and went up to ask...

"What brings the three of you here?"

Karp peeked at the dragon on the field, about to speak, when Zephyr interrupted him.

"You don't need to say anything, I know you've come to see your son."

"..."

Sengoku and Tsuru exchanged a glance, and Sengoku spoke.

"I also want to see what kind of strength our youngest rear admiral in the navy is, especially since there are three super rookies. Their battles are definitely worth paying attention to!"

He nodded, indicating that she thought so too.

Zefa sighed and rubbed his forehead, saying...

"With so many people here, the venue is a bit crowded, and there aren't any seats prepared for you!"

After hearing this, Sengoku smiled and pointed to the group of naval commanders watching, saying,

"It's alright, let's all just stand here and take a look, there's no need to be so formal."

As they were talking, another group of people surged over from not far away. Ze Ding looked closely and saw that it was a group of students led by Ginny and others.

As soon as Ginny saw Zephyr, she ran over and said with a smile,

"Professor Zephyr, everyone wants to see Giggs's fight, so this shouldn't count as skipping class, right?"

Zefa had already started preparing. He casually waved his hand and said,

"Go ahead and watch if you want, but this is a one-time exception."

With Zefa's approval, the trainees cheered and squeezed into the group of generals. The generals were quite tolerant of the young people, and none of them held it against them.

They even made room for the female trainees, allowing them to squeeze into the front row.

Ginny looked at Giggs on the field and shouted loudly,

"Go, Jige!"