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Chapter 103 Heading to Dressrosa (Please Subscribe)

"Garp-senpai, I'd like to ask, how do the Marines take leave?"

Kitahara Tsune scratched his head and asked somewhat embarrassedly.

Since joining the Navy, he has been training at headquarters and has not yet inquired about the Navy's leave system.

However, the Navy does have leave.

In the months since returning from the Sabaody Archipelago, Hina had asked him for leave.

However, the CP department doesn't have any real holidays.

Basically, after completing a mission, you return to Enies Lobby for two days before being sent to another location to continue your mission.

There wasn't even much extra time for cultivation.

"On leave?" Garp thought for a moment and said, "You're a major general now, right?"

"I remember there was a two-week family visit holiday every year."

"And there are also 4 days of optional vacation each month."

"Ah, that should be it."

As a naval hero, Garp can basically go wherever he wants unless he has an extra mission.

He even forgot that he had a holiday.

After all, every day must be a holiday for him.

"What's up, kid? Want to take a vacation?"

Garp placed the letter back on the table and looked at Kitahara Tsuneo. "That's true. Since you joined the Navy, you've either been on business trips or patrolling locally. I've never seen you go on vacation."

"If you want to relax, you can go to a resort island."

The resort island that Garp mentioned is an island specifically for the Navy personnel to relax and vacation.

Navy personnel usually take leave to relax in that place unless they are specifically going back to visit family.

Kitahara Tsune shook his head, turned to look at the sea outside the window, and said, "I want to go and see this new world."

"That's fine, young people should go out and explore more."

Karp agreed.

"Do I need to apply to the Sengoku Marshal in advance?" Kitahara Tsune asked.

"Your mission is now complete, so you are entitled to a vacation."

Garp said, "I can speak to Sengoku about this for you."

"Don't forget to tell Master Zephyr," Kitahara Tsune added.

"That's natural," Karp replied.

After learning about the Navy's leave policy, Kitahara Tsuneo decided to use up all of his leave this year, including the few days he hadn't taken in the previous months.

Kitahara Tsune will then have nearly a month of paid leave.

This is a privilege reserved for officers of the general rank.

Ordinary soldiers have almost no holidays.

Paid leave is only available at the school level.

Kitahara Tsune emerged from Garp's warship and reconvened the Navy headquarters.

Last night, he led this group of headquarters naval personnel to work all night long.

However, instead of shrinking in fear, they were all in high spirits, as if they had vented a great deal of anger.

Kitahara Tsune looked at the group of marines and said to them, "If you want to return to Marine Headquarters to continue your training, you can do so now with Vice Admiral Garp."

"Or we can wait a while longer, until I return from the new world, and then we can work together to reorganize the G5 branch."

Faced with these two choices, the group of naval personnel almost unhesitatingly chose the latter.

"I choose to stay here and wait for the commander to return. Then we'll take care of those fake marines who look like pirates together."

"Don't worry, sir, we'll definitely train hard here."

Having completed advanced training, I have a basic grasp of the Six Styles. Reorganizing the G5 branch should be a piece of cake.

The few marines Kitahara Tsune brought from headquarters were all well-trained.

Those who were originally going to Kintoki Island to carry out the mission were also moved by Kitahara Tsune's belief in the atmosphere of the past few days and chose to wait for his return here.

Only one voice was slightly different.

"Sir, can I go with you to see the new world?"

It was Dolly who was speaking.

He raised his hand and looked at Kitahara Tsune with hopeful eyes.

He preferred to stay with Kitahara Tsune rather than continue training at Punk Hazard.

Staying by Kitahara Tsune's side not only made him feel safer, but also, having followed Kitahara Tsune for so long, he had figured out a set of rules that he didn't know if they could be considered patterns.

That is, as long as Kitahara Tsune personally teaches, the other party's progress will definitely be very fast.

Dolly felt this most acutely because he was the one who received the most instruction.

He felt that anyone who had received guidance from Commander Kitahara Tsune would have noticed this.

Upon hearing Dori's words, Kitahara Tsuneo turned to Garp and asked, "Garp-senpai, can I still bring people along while on vacation?"

"Of course you can. You're a major general now, so you can choose someone to be your deputy. That person can help you with some of the usual chores."

"That can help you with some everyday chores."

Garp chuckled and patted the man with the hat and gloomy face standing next to him.

"I haven't introduced you yet. This is my adjutant, Bogart. He's a very reliable person."

"I think this kid named Dolly, with some training, could be quite capable of being your assistant."

Hearing this, Dori looked at Garp with emotion.

That's a naval hero!

Dolly was quite excited to receive the praise.

When he was a child, his father was still a naval officer, and the man often told him stories about the naval hero Garp.

Dori's ability to maintain his sense of justice within the pirate crew is more or less influenced by the heroic stories of Garp, the naval hero.

"Alright, then you can stay by my side."

Kitahara Tsune nodded and agreed to Dori's request.

When the naval soldiers saw this, they were all annoyed, wondering why they hadn't thought of it. They realized they could choose to stay by their superior's side!

At this moment, Dori asked Kitahara Tsuneo, "Sir, where do we go next?"

Kitahara Tsuneo answered without hesitation: "Go to the nearest island, Dressrosa."

"Dresrosa?" Upon hearing this, Garp immediately became interested. "Are you going to participate in the competition there?"

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Kitahara Tsuneo paused for a second, then asked, "What competition?"

"World Swimming Championships"

Garp casually remarked, "It's one of the more famous races in the Grand Line."

"I remember going there once when I was young, but I didn't really achieve much back then."

As if recalling his youth, Garp smiled slightly.

"Could you tell me more about it?" Kitahara Tsune asked.

If it really is a world swimming competition, then he really went to the right place.

The purpose of this trip to Dressrosa was to see if we could leverage the dwarf race's tendency to easily trust others to improve the quality of the entry.

"Let me think about it. It's been a long time since I've been there, and I don't know if the rules have changed."

Garp pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, it's just that the swimmers come here from all over the Grand Line to have a swimming competition. There's not much to say about it."

"However, there are indeed no restrictions on the races that can be used to participate in the competition."

"And the first-place prize is, as is customary, a Devil Fruit, which is quite interesting."

"It's ironic that the person who won the championship is arguably one of the best swimmers in the world today, yet the reward is a Devil Fruit."

Kitahara Tsune listened, a complex expression on his face, and said.

"But it's strange, the fishmen who are good at swimming have never won the championship in these competitions."

"Kapu said."

"Would Vice Admiral Garp be interested in coming with me?"

Kitahara Tsune politely asked.

"I won't be going. After this mission is completed, I will return to Mary Geoise immediately. The World Conference is still ongoing."

Karp shook his head.

"If you're not going to Dressrosa for the World Swimming Championships, then what are you going to Dressrosa for?"

"I thought you were going to Thunder Island nearby," Karp asked.

"When the Don Quixote family was arrested, I glanced at the intelligence report submitted by Corazon."

"It mentions that the Donquixote Family wanted to seize Dressrosa a few years later."

"I want to see what kind of country is so coveted by the other side."

The next day, with Garp returning to Mary Geoise, Punk Hazard returned to its former tranquility.

Caesar continues to research weapons in Punk Hazard, but his personal freedom has been severely restricted.

On ordinary days, they not only have to wear sea stone handcuffs, but also a collar that will explode if they step out of Punk Hazard.

If the other party wasn't a ruthless scientist, Kitahara Tsune would have really felt sorry for them.

With the help of a group of scientists on the island, Kitahara Tsuneya built a sturdy enough small boat.

Kitahara Tsuneo, with Dori by his side, boarded the ship.

Just then, Vegapunk's voice rang out from the side: "After you return, Punk Hazard can provide some new weapons to help you reorganize the G5 branch."

Kitahara Tsune was somewhat surprised and said, "I thought you wouldn't get involved in this."

Vegapunk said calmly, "While I don't want anyone to get hurt, the G5 branch has already endangered the lives of others."

"However, according to regulations, Punk Hazard can only provide some more robust ships and more powerful cannons."

"As for the weapons of mass destruction that Caesar was researching, forget about them."

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Kitahara Tsune laughed and said, "I never intended to use those things in the first place."

Any one of the weapons Caesar researched could easily destroy life on an island.

"It's good that the navy is staying on the island. The laboratory is short-handed and can help tidy up the B-sector laboratory."

"The place is a complete mess—"

Vegapunk paused, reminding Kitahara Tsune of the situation in the B-sector laboratory.

After a chaotic fight between him and Jack, a small portion of the buildings there had collapsed, and safety hazards were everywhere.

"I suggest you find another place to conduct your research," Kitahara Tsune said.

A voice came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi: "That's exactly what I was planning to do."

"I'm going to pause my research on lineage factors for a while and focus on things related to clones."

Vegapunk said, "You helped me make this decision. Maybe the next time we meet, you'll see a different me."

"Looking forward to the next time we meet."

Kitahara Tsune laughed and hung up the Den Den Mushi.

Dori and Kitahara waved to the navy on the shore, and the ship gradually moved away from Punk Hazard and headed towards Dressrosa.