The pinnacle of pirates begins with deceiving fate!

Phoenix's cheeks puffed up suddenly, and she gripped John's trench coat shoulder tightly with her right hand, vomiting on him with a "goo".

John quickly slipped away, took off his trench coat, stood up, and then watched helplessly as his beloved trench coat was vomited on.

unacceptable!

John's eyes twitched with anger. He pulled out a pocket camera from his pocket and started snapping pictures of Huang's disheveled appearance.

"Here you go, add you to 'Captain John's Best Collection'!"

He originally used this to record the enemy's ugly behavior, thinking that he would publish it in the newspaper later so that people all over the world could have a laugh.

For example, the scene of the pirates chasing the Golden Ship in a swimming competition when they left God Valley would make many people so angry that they couldn't sleep if brought up now.

"Just wait, kid. One day I'll develop the photos, put them in the treasure chest, and then scatter clues so you can find them yourself."

You'll get what's coming to you!

"vomit!"

Phoenix ignored John's rambling and spat on the trench coat again.

John was speechless, realizing once again what it means for every cause to have an effect.

"John! You bastard!"

A roar rang out, and John looked in the direction of the sound to see Karp leading a female marine strode quickly from the street corner.

Passersby were startled and quickly moved away, but then looked at Garp with admiration.

This is a naval hero!

John remained silent, simply lighting a cigarette and waiting quietly for Karp to approach.

He was hiding a big bomb to feed that old bastard!

Soon, the two arrived at the bench. The female marine quickly helped Huang sit up, took out the ampoule containing the injection liquid, flicked off the cap, and fed Huang the liquid.

Karp reached out to grab John's collar, but John stepped back and dodged.

Seeing that Karp was about to continue, John's eyes flashed with cunning, and he spoke in a low voice:

"I'm going to tell Crane that you're the one who made me get Phoenix drunk."

Upon hearing this, Garp froze as if put on pause, his hand hovering in mid-air, unsure whether to extend or retract.

That bastard!

Tsuru is two years younger than Garp. She is both a comrade-in-arms and a younger sister to him. She is also the only person in the Navy who can make Garp cower in fear.

Karp couldn't even imagine how angry he would be if Tsuru believed John's nonsense.

Moreover, it was indeed he who sent Huang to receive John, and there were some ulterior motives behind it.

"You started this underhanded trick."

John slapped away Karp's hand that was raised in mid-air and leaned forward to put his arm around his shoulder.

"If you want me to shut up, it's simple! Transfer me to the G-5 branch in the latter half of the Grand Line."

"What scheme are you plotting at the G-5 branch?"

Karp shook off the hand on his shoulder and stared at John with a serious expression.

Before, it could be described as playful banter, but now he's really serious.

John's eyelids drooped, his expression one of sadness and regret:

"I just... want to atone for my sins."

However, Karp was not convinced by the genuine emotion. Instead, he laughed disdainfully and looked John up and down as if he wanted to get to know him again.

Don't you find it ridiculous to say that?

He believed John would reform, but that had nothing to do with atonement!

Although he had little contact with John, he felt that John was the kind of person who would wake up every day and say, "Let yesterday be forgotten."

Such a person may feel guilty briefly, but will never dwell on that guilt; they will only look forward.

In Karp's view, John joined the Navy not only because of his "yearning for justice," but also because he wanted to find a place to settle down.

After all, he possesses a huge amount of treasure that is coveted by the world. The only way for him to gain protection and satisfy his undying ambition is to change his identity and join the Navy.

Having ambition is fine; there are plenty of ambitious people in the navy.

Garp was worried that John, driven by ambition, would resort to any means necessary, using pirate tactics to harm innocent civilians.

That's why he wanted to arrange for Tsuru to keep an eye on John, so that John could be transformed into a useful person to the world through the long-term cleansing of the Paramecia-type Wash-Wash Fruit.

"If you don't want your identity to be exposed, then go ahead and tell He Hu."

Karp doesn't take pressure. If John dares to mess with him, he'll just flip the table.

Chapter 83 The story begins with everything being so beautiful.

"Garp, you've changed."

John knew that Karp was bluffing; he was not the type to do such a thing.

But he dared not gamble!

"If you want to be transferred to G-5, then work hard to rise to the rank of Major General and go talk to the Air Marshal yourself."

Karp gave his bottom line: once John reaches the rank of admiral at the Navy Headquarters, he can command a ship independently, and at that point John will no longer be under his control.

Do you think I'm some deserter? That getting promoted is as easy as drinking water?

John muttered something to himself, then turned and left.

The current situation on the high seas is awkward. There are only a few great pirates who could be captured and promoted to the rank of admiral in one step, such as "World Destroyer" Bondiwald and "Lone Red" Barlowry Clydefield.

But he might not be able to beat these guys!

He could use his wisdom to devise a plan to poison someone, but that would require a lot of time investment in the early stages, and he couldn't afford to wait that long.

The bounties for the small fry that you can defeat are all much lower than the bounties for the general rank. You don’t know how many you would have to capture to be able to get promoted to the rank of general.

It also takes time!

"The future is still bright. Even counterfeiters can have a bounty of 300 million Berries on their heads. If they are caught, they can be promoted to lieutenant general in one step."

For the next few days, John did nothing in Marineford.

It's unclear who tipped him off, but Tsuru, who was chasing "Golden Lion" Shiki with Zephyr, noticed him.

He was transferred to Crane's command.

He had no mission until the crane returned.

John, however, wanted to take advantage of this time to go to Ohara to visit Eurydice, or perhaps to Alabasta, the Sky Island, or other places to copy the Poneglyphs.

but……

"Major, how about we go sea king fishing today?"

As soon as I stepped out the door, I saw Huang standing on tiptoe with her head tilted to the side, blinking her big eyes with an expectant look on her face.

John sighed and rubbed his forehead, feeling an unbearable headache.

Phoenix belongs to Crane's unit. She stayed in Marineford to recuperate and take leave because she was injured while capturing pirates.

John has been driven almost crazy by Huang's constant pestering these past few days!

Why is she so free?! Why can't she just have a sweet romance at such a young age? Why does she have to keep bothering me?!

John muttered to himself, then his eyes flashed with an idea.

"I've heard that the Sabaody Archipelago is a lot of fun, let's go check it out today."

"But Mom won't let me run around alone."

Huang was tempted, but the image of her mother Crane's majestic appearance flashed through her mind, and she chickened out.

John was secretly delighted, but helplessly shrugged:

"Well, there's no other way. You stay in Marineford, I'll go by myself."

After saying that, he walked around Huang and was about to leave.

But after taking only two steps, her clothes were tugged at, and when she turned around, she saw someone blinking innocently.

"Major, you are not on leave now and cannot leave Marineford without permission."

"You need to be on standby at all times!"

"If you don't tell and I don't tell, how will anyone know I left? You'll keep it a secret for me, right?"

John smiled, his eyes narrowed, trying to appeal to emotions.

He had actually considered leaving secretly at night and returning in the morning.

However, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit makes too much noise when it flies, and it's easy to be spotted in the Marine Headquarters, where Observation Haki is as common as dogs.

The only feasible way is to first leave Marineford by boat and then fly after reaching a certain distance.

However, this is a military stronghold, and after sunset, ships other than warships are not allowed to leave or enter the port.

"Um……"

Huang looked conflicted, her face pouting. She wanted to keep John's secret, but she was also unwilling to violate her principles.

Instead of directly refusing, John, seeing an opportunity, immediately began to coax and persuade.

"How about this, you come with me to the Sabaody Archipelago, we'll buy beautiful clothes, eat food we've never tried before, and go to amusement parks, etc. I'll pay for everything."

"Hmm..." Huang looked distressed, even more conflicted.

All of this was too tempting for her.

"Let's go!"

John grabbed Huang's wrist and pulled her towards the port behind them.

"Major, no, that won't do!"

"Can't!"