Konoha's Mission Master

"What exactly are you planning?"

"Let's just go straight for Mary Geoise in the future."

"Well, you are quite straightforward."

Garp was somewhat surprised by Yakumo's frankness, and pondered the truth of his words in his heart. At the same time, he began to plan his escape.

“If you plan to run away, I really will kill you.”

"You really are ruthless."

Garp smiled wryly. He could sense the killing intent in Yakumo's tone; although it wasn't intense, it was very pure.

"Is that plan serious?"

"of course."

Garp slowly withdrew his fist, exhaling a long breath of white air, like a white arrow of air, which spread out for several meters before slowly dissipating. His gaze was slightly fixed on the horizon where the sky met the sea in the distance.

"You lack a sense of awe."

He sighed softly, seeing his younger self in Yakumo. Those eyes were so beautiful, full of ideals and dreams, and never afraid of any difficulties.

“I wasn’t like this before.”

A look of reminiscence appeared before Yakumo's eyes, and he couldn't help but think of Yahiko, who exuded idealism and romanticism. As their contact increased, he inevitably became influenced by him.

Perhaps, I am a good person at heart.

"This is dangerous. Mary Geoise is a hundred times more dangerous than you imagine. Can you afford to lose Masako Mori and Chiyuki?"

Karp's tone was somewhat persuasive, sounding earnest and earnest.

"No, as long as it's strong enough, that's enough."

Yakumo never planned to attack Mary Geoise in the near future. Before that, he needed to get through the anniversary and New Year's events next year, which would allow him to obtain four Dao Transformation Scrolls and continue to improve his Wood Release.

Is it strong enough?

Garp repeated the sentence, but still shook his head.

"You can help others by actively enhancing the abilities of Zoan-type Devil Fruits, right?"

Yakumo nodded. He had never intended to hide this from Garp. Although he was severely injured, it did not mean that his Observation Haki was affected. The fact that those Zoan-type Devil Fruit users could rapidly increase their strength was impossible to hide.

"Is this your trump card?"

"Just one of my trump cards. Your recovery speed has exceeded my initial design."

"However, it's not a big problem."

Yakumo answered Garp.

The core of the entire plan's success lies in his ability to kill Im; otherwise, this prerequisite will be unattainable.

Otherwise, even the most perfect plan is useless.

"You seem to trust me completely."

Garp was secretly delighted. He had gathered a lot of information during this time, and the internal injuries to his body no longer affected his escape plan. He just needed to wait for Yakumo's main body to go out once the opportunity came!

He was never one to sit idly by and wait for death, but unfortunately he was unaware that his emotional changes had been completely controlled by Yakumo.

Are they planning to escape?

"You're not going anywhere."

Upon hearing this, Garp was startled and instinctively moved away.

However, he was severely injured, and his instinctive reactions were far from his peak condition. Moreover, the enemy had already gained the upper hand.

Yakumo made a lightning strike, placing his right hand on Garp's body and grabbing the blocking wrist with his left.

Chains made directly of life energy quickly penetrated into Garp's body, growing rapidly between his flesh and blood, eventually forming complex patterns.

This is the Yin-Yang Seal, which can seal everything, not only the flow of energy or physical objects, but also seal them as locks to suppress muscle power, etc.

Currently, it is impossible to seal away the intangible soul.

"I have suppressed your muscle strength and buried a golden blade of energy at the core of the lock, where your heart is. If you try to break the seal, your heart will explode."

Yakumo stepped back calmly, explaining with a smile on his face.

But his smile sent chills down Garp's spine, and he coldly uttered a few words.

"I didn't realize that was so ruthless."

"This is Dragon's suggestion to me. After all, he really doesn't want to kill you. Otherwise, my initial idea would have been to hand you over to the Revolutionary Army, but they lack the means to control you."

"That unfilial son!!!"

Garp didn't believe Yakumo would lie to him about something like this.

“I originally wanted to lock you in a cell made of sea stone, but Long said that the Revolutionary Army had limited funds and that the craftsmanship was not as good as that of the Navy.”

"Hehe." Garp chuckled.

Yakumo still had a smile on his face.

"As long as you don't try to run away, we're friends."

He asked me to pass on his apologies to you!

"hehe."

After saying this, Yakumo calmly turned around, went to the platform where the kitchen utensils were piled up, and began to prepare today's breakfast.

Plain congee is good for the stomach, fried eggs provide nutrition, and grilled meat is filling.

Before long, wisps of smoke rose from the chimneys, and Yougu Qianxue also came to help.

"Karp seems a little down."

Masako Mori looked at the silver-haired old man who was eating with his head down and asked softly.

"His knee was stabbed by his own son."

Yakumo offered an explanation with a light laugh.

After the meal, he noticed that Garp seemed to have recovered and had returned to his usual lazy state.

This elderly person has a really good ability to adjust psychologically.

Inside the laboratory, Yakumo took out the blood he had extracted before; this was the third time he had analyzed Garp's blood.

The first two attempts yielded no valuable discoveries. Karp's gene sequence was no different from that of a normal human, and even the fragments that Yakumo could observe showed no difference.

He seemed like an ordinary human being, but the combat power he could unleash and the speed at which he recovered from injuries were abnormal, even comparable to Yakumo's recovery speed.

Yakumo's speed is due to the enhancement of his life force by Yang Release chakra, which generates a beneficial reaction that is almost instinctive.

Garp doesn't have Yang Release chakra in his body, so how come he recovers from injuries so quickly? Is it just because he's the protagonist's grandfather?

This is not scientific. What Yakumo wants to find is the scientific logic beneath the unscientific surface that can explain his extraordinary combat power.

Currently, Yakumo possesses the blood of both Ace and Garp, both of whom belong to the so-called D clan. However, comparing the genes of the two bloodlines yielded very disappointing results for Yakumo.

The result was zero gain.

This surprised Yakumo, yet it also seemed to be expected.

These repeated failures have left him somewhat frustrated.

Yakumo took out the blood he had collected before, which came from ordinary people in the East Blue region, and compared this blood with Garp's blood.

There is no difference between the two, but the difference is very small.

The two types of blood were mixed and compared for further analysis.

Half an hour later, Yakumo abandoned the comparative experiment.

I stood up and pushed open the laboratory door.

sunny.

Spring was still in full bloom outside, and the disappointment in my heart gradually faded away.

After thinking for a moment, Yakumo returned to the laboratory, took out the quartz test tube again, and poured Garp's blood into the center of his palm.

This time, he planned to try a different approach. Instead of activating his Life Mastery skill, he entered the Soul Eye state, using his own soul to rapidly traverse the energy within his blood.

Yakumo divides his soul energy into many parts, like countless slender tentacles grasping at observable energy within his blood.

The experiment didn't keep Yakumo waiting long. Soon, his soul energy was attacked by an extremely domineering will, which reminded Yakumo of the will possessed by Zoan-type Mythical Beasts.

This will is not Garp's will, yet it is somehow connected, as if the two share the same origin.

Yakumo sensed that this was a very high level of will, surpassing ordinary Devil Fruits, and it was not just will; this invisible energy was very difficult to deal with.

Unfortunately, the number was very small. After the observation ended, Yakumo began to withdraw his own soul energy, but after this ordeal, that will had become very thin, as if it might completely dissipate at any moment.

This time he got the answer he wanted. It turned out that the truly magical thing about Garp's blood was not its genetic power, but the will that was intertwined with his genes.

When his fighting spirit is high, this will will come into play, allowing Garp to unleash physical strength beyond his limits. When his fighting spirit subsides, this will will be hidden again.

Those wills are ingrained in the blood and can be passed on to one's children, but this will should initially be in a dormant state. To increase its activation level, a great deal of combat is required.

In that case, this will inherited through blood can indeed be named... the Will of D, an exclusive advantage belonging to their race.

This is equivalent to carrying around a Lesser Mythical Zoan Fruit with you?

Although the will contained in that drop of blood was weak, it was at an extremely high level.

It can be predicted that the full extent of the will hidden within Garp's body must be extremely powerful.

More questions arose in Yakumo's mind, and this time he collected the blood back into the quartz test tube.

Not long after, the Zoan-type Devil Fruit users entered the laboratory and began a new round of enhancement experiments.

Under the suppression of Yakumo's soul energy, this enhancement proceeded without any unexpected incidents.

Two of them had their Devil Fruit activation levels reach their limit after reaching 75%. According to the initial agreement with Dragon, someone would pick them up and take them away tomorrow morning.

The other person's activation level has reached 97%, and he still hasn't reached the limit.

It is expected that it will reach 100% capacity tomorrow.

Yakumo can tell you which field corresponds to 100% activation.