I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

It was only because he possessed the Encouragement Fruit that he encouraged the two people in one after another with an impassioned tone, which made the whole thing seem a bit strange.

Figo turned to Mia and said, "Sister Mia, let's continue our reminiscing later. Someone has noticed something unusual about our two warships."

On the headquarters side, an officer in charge of guarding the dock saw the situation and approached with a small warship and dozens of marines.

……

The two warships were moored at the dock.

To settle the marines who were stunned by Conqueror's Haki and couldn't wake up for a while.

Together with Mia, they escorted the seven giants, the Worry Demon, the nun, and Jellal to the Marine Headquarters prison, which took nearly an hour.

Then Figo and Mia went up to the high-rise building of the Navy Headquarters to see Admiral Oku. On the way, he deeply felt how popular Mia was.

Fortunately, in the world of One Piece, or at least in the Marine Headquarters, there's no fighting or jealousy.

The marines could only hold their hearts like Xi Shi, instantly master paper drawing, and twist and turn in the same way as Sanji, with hearts appearing in their eyes, and shout "Admiral Mia" from afar.

At most, I'd add, "Who's that man next to Major General Mia who's not in uniform? I'm so envious!"

Upon reaching the top floor, in the Marshal's office, the two were told, "The Marshal has gone to the Holy Land of Mary Geoise and will not return for two days."

Pounced empty.

'He promised to bring back the Worry Demon so he could personally celebrate my victory,' Figo thought to himself. But he also knew that the Fleet Admiral's trip to the Holy Land was likely related to his trip to Huoyu Island.

It's unknown what the final outcome will be, or what will become of the seven giants.

“Figo, how about we go to Professor Doug’s house together?” As they left the headquarters building, Mia suggested to Figo, “What I said before was true; Professor Doug has indeed mentioned you quite often these past few years. And now that he’s gotten older, Professor Doug rarely leads the fleet on voyages anymore, so he really enjoys it when we students tell him about our experiences.”

"You actually caught that villain, Worry Demon! Your teacher will be so happy!"

Lieutenant General Doug is 71 years old.

Figo didn't hesitate much: "Okay."

As a transmigrator, he started as an orphan, a common occurrence. There was hardly anyone left in his family, and he hadn't lived in his home at the Marine Headquarters for eight years, so he didn't know how dilapidated it was. He didn't care if he went back later.

The area behind the Naval Headquarters is where the families live, and as a top-ranking vice admiral, Doug's home is very close to the Naval Headquarters.

Mia must be a regular visitor, because she quickly brought Figo there and knocked on the door.

The door was opened by a little boy, about three or four years old, with a pointed head. His eyes lit up when he saw Mia, and he turned and ran: "Grandpa! Sister Mia is here! She brought a man I've never seen before!"

Mia smiled and said to Figo, "This is Teacher Doug's grandson, Kong."

Figo was taken aback.

Soon, the tall, robust, white-haired old man from my memory came out of the inner room and laughed heartily, "You're back, Xiaoya? Has the pirate who attacked the Celestial Dragons been captured?"

Upon seeing Figo, he paused for a moment, then adjusted his glasses. "Hmm, you're... Fickel from Impel Down? Oh right, you were transferred from Impel Down. What brings you here with Xiaoya? Hahaha, welcome, welcome!"

Mia's expression turned strange for a moment.

Figo glanced at her and said helplessly, "Teacher Doug, I'm Figo."

"Oh, right, Figo, Figo."

Despite his muscular and strong physique, Lieutenant General Doug was quite mild-mannered. He apologized to Figo for misremembering, saying, "Sorry, sorry, really, my memory is getting worse every year. Your name was right on the tip of my tongue, but I still managed to call it by the wrong name."

“It’s alright.” Figo smiled, glancing at the little boy peeking at him from behind Doug, then looking at Doug again, and indeed, he did resemble the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Steel Bone, in a striking resemblance…

"This is your grandson? This is the first time I've seen him. He's a very handsome boy. It's clear he'll inherit your strength and spirit, become a great naval officer, or even surpass you, becoming an admiral or a fleet admiral, and be etched in the history of the navy!" Figo's voice was filled with excitement.

"I, Figo, firmly believe this!"

Mia chuckled.

Doug was quite pleased: "Hahaha, really? I believe it too! Come, come in and sit down, Xiaoya, Fickel!"

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PS: (There is no official information about Kong's age. One theory is that Sengoku called Kong "Big Brother," so Kong should be about ten years older than Sengoku, around eighty years old. If that's the case, his father probably hadn't even grown up yet at this point in time.)

However, I think this view is invalid. I found a One Piece game setting that Oda was involved in, in which there is a line that says that Kong, as the Marine Fleet Admiral, faced the legendary pirate, the Crimson Earl, at the age of eighty. He was already eighty years old when he became the Marine Fleet Admiral.

He abdicated to Sengoku after the Great Pirate Era began, and with another twenty years or so, he should have been over 100 years old by the time the story started. He would most likely be a powerful old man like Garp whose strength wouldn't diminish with age.

As for the Warring States period calling him "elder brother"... a seventy-year-old man calling a hundred-year-old man, without blood relation, wouldn't he call him "uncle"? I don't think calling him "elder brother" proves anything. Baidu Encyclopedia says they were from the same era, which only means they were active in the same era. Moreover, Baidu Encyclopedia has made mistakes more than once or twice. He should at least be a contemporary of Rocks, right?

This book adopts this setting.

Chapter Twenty-Three: Sapphire

"Teacher, my name is Figo."

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry." Doug led Figo and Mia to sit on the sofa in the living room, then turned around and pulled Kong over, introducing, "This is your brother Figo, also a naval officer that Grandpa taught. He's very capable, only... 28 years old this year, right? The Au family told me that he will soon be awarded the rank of vice admiral."

"Hello, Brother Figo." Xiao Kong was very polite, and his manner was quite serious.

"Hello, Xiao Kong," Figo replied seriously, "Actually, shouldn't I call you Uncle?"

“You and Xiaoya aren’t married yet, so you can just call each other brother and sister.” Lieutenant General Doug shook his head, gesturing for Kong to go back to his room to play, and then asked Figo about his experiences in Impel Down over the past eight years.

In fact, he did know most of it. Ever since the news of the fishmen's invasion of Impel Down and their capture by Figo seven years ago was relayed back to headquarters, Doug had indeed paid some attention to Figo, the former nobody student, just as Mia had said. But he hadn't expected that Figo would grow up so quickly.

"Eight years of locking up and interrogating prisoners every day were truly tedious and arduous," Doug sighed, then asked again, "So how did you and Xiaoya end up together here?"

Mia, who had been quietly listening, finally spoke up, recounting her encounter with Figo at sea and the suicide of Jellal, the captain of the Mad Laughing Pirates.

"He was indeed arrested. A man with Conqueror's Haki?" Doug said. "He chose to commit suicide to avoid implicating the other crew members. He's quite a tough guy. If the Mad Laughing Pirates continue to roam freely in the New World, the Navy usually won't launch a large-scale attack. Why... would they go to Sabaody to provoke those Celestial Dragons?"

Was it really because he provoked the Celestial Dragons that this general was brought here? Figo overheard a bit of this when he entered the room, but at that time his attention was on Sora. Now, hearing it again, he also showed some curiosity.

The captain of the Mad Laughing Pirates only had a crime index of 25. Although he had committed many evil deeds, this index was not worthy of his bounty of 640 million Berries. Compared to the villains on the fifth and sixth floors of Impel Down, he was a good person.

Therefore, even if he is SSR1, the benefits of capturing him will not be as great as capturing the nun, not to mention that the capture participation rate is only 35% - thinking of this, Figo casually selected his benefits.

[Benefit: Swordsmanship +552 → 9886 (Level 3 Iron-Cutting Swordsman)]

Sure enough, that's all.

Having seen the profits of two or three thousand, Figo felt that the few hundred was too little.

On the other side, Mia sighed softly when she heard Doug's question, and said, "On the way back, he did tell me his story, but I don't know if it's true. If it is... I really don't know what to do."

As Mia recounted the story, Figo subconsciously felt that Gerald's first character event was likely the same thing. Character events are generally what a character most wants to do or some kind of obsession.

So he activated the character events as he listened.

Doug listens to stories, and he watches cartoons.

An eight- or nine-year-old black-haired boy, who was wandering the streets, found an abandoned baby girl in a corner of an alley.

The baby girl was unique, with a pair of pure, jewel-like blue eyes that shone in the sunlight. She reached out to him and smiled.

The homeless boy hesitated and looked back several times, but finally picked up the baby girl.

And so the story begins.

Figo, however, was starting to lose interest: 'Another little girl, another tragic story…'

In the world of One Piece, tragedy is always happening.

……

In the end, he didn't cut off the screen, because Mia was indeed telling the same story.

The following scenes are themed around survival.

The homeless boy earned pocket money by carrying water for wealthy families. One bucket was full of water, and the other bucket contained the baby girl he had found.

The homeless boy collected scrap metal and wove a small cart out of an iron pot to carry the baby girl.

When the homeless boy set up a stall to sell the "treasures" he had found, a slightly older baby girl would sit next to him, giggling and trying to attract customers.

Before, he only had to support himself, but now he has to support two people. The homeless boy is living a more tiring life than before, but he has become happier. Every time he sees the baby girl's pure blue eyes and innocent smile, he will also show a smile from the bottom of his heart.

As the days went by, the boy gradually grew into a teenager, and the baby girl gradually grew into a young woman.

When the girl was five, their lives suddenly improved. In the scene, after walking past several piles of garbage, the girl suddenly pointed to one of them, and the boy went to look for it, always finding something valuable without exception!

A naturally powerful Observation Haki!

Thanks to the girl's abilities, their lives improved day by day. They got new clothes and even bought a small house to live in.

The turning point came when the girl was seven years old, when a well-dressed couple found them, tearfully claiming that the girl was their lost child.

"We encountered pirates at the time, and in our panic, we just put her in a corner..."

"She wasn't there when I got back..."

"Thank you, thank you, young man. If you're willing, we'll be your parents from now on, and we'll be family!"

The two spoke earnestly and their emotions were genuine.

The boy looked at the timid girl, remembering that pirates had indeed been rampant on the island at that time, and recalling the girl's question about why they didn't have parents. With caution, he still agreed to their request.

The four formed a new family, and their lives became happier and happier. One month, two months passed, and not only the girl, but the couple also treated him very well, as if they really treated him as their own child.

The boy gradually lowered his guard.

Until one day, after he went out, the place was deserted!

What followed was a frantic, endless search. One year, two years, three years passed, and the boy acquired his first knife, killed his first pirate, and grew stronger and stronger with his exceptional talent.

When the boy was 23, he looked very much like Gerald, who had been arrested, and finally found the couple who had adopted them!

Sure enough, it was a pair of human traffickers.

They had been eyeing the little girl with special abilities for some time. Homeless children are wary, and they went to great lengths, even disguising themselves for three months, before finally succeeding in abducting the girl!

The two men trembled under Gerald's knife and confessed everything.

"Where's the sapphire?! I'm asking where the sapphire is now! Who did you sell her to?!"

The male human trafficker stammered, "We...we specifically brought her to Sabaody Archipelago, thinking we could get a good price. But...but the damn Celestial Dragons made an offer, and nobody dared to compete. We really...didn't get many Berries."

"I didn't ask how much you sold it for! Celestial Dragons?" Jellal gritted his teeth, on the verge of exploding. "Damn it! Sapphire became a slave? Which Celestial Dragon, and when!"

But this time, no matter how he asked, the human traffickers refused to say anything, until Gerald found the auctioneer with a knife.

"A little girl with blue, blue eyes?"

"I...I remember...it was Saint Casilla who bought it! It has nothing to do with me, nothing to do with me!"

“Saint Casilla…” Gerald took a deep breath, feeling that he was one step closer to finding the sapphire. Suddenly, he noticed that the host’s eyes were darting around. He thought that if that was all there was to it, there was no need to hide it from the despicable human trafficker.