Chapter 90: Karp's Kindness
The duel between Galen and Luffy took place on the beach not far from the tavern.
The duel was a big deal and a lot of attention, with Karp, Nami, Bucky, and the rest of the Windmill Village all coming out to watch with great interest.
However, the duel ended extremely quickly and was not spectacular.
But this is also an inevitable result:
Luffy, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, was already far weaker than Galen, and his rubber fruit ability was even more restrained by Galen's silence effect.
Galen's "fatal blow" only needs to touch Luffy's body slightly, and he can no longer freely control the expansion and contraction of the rubber body.
And the silence effect only restricts the activation of the ability, but does not change the existing ability transformation state:
For example, Galen's silence does not make the thorns that Miss.'s fingers have already spawned disappear, but only prevents her from spawning more thorns for the time being.
And this silent effect is put on Luffy, a rubber man, and it reflects a different kind of fun:
Luffy, who was silenced by Galen's skills, couldn't even recover his deformed body.
That stretched arm couldn't be retracted, and Luffy could only temporarily drag a hand more than ten meters long to fight Galen.
However, in two or three rounds, Luffy was completely defeated by Galen's sword, and then he was forced to shout the slogan "One Piece" in a gamble.
After Luffy shouted that slogan, he immediately clenched his fists and roared at Galen:
"Knight!"
"I will, I will definitely defeat you in the future and take back the name of 'One Piece' from you!"
"Huh?"
Galen raised his eyebrows and said with some amusement:
"You haven't won against me yet, so you can't just mention those three words!"
Luffy's expression froze, and this aggrieved depression made him suffocate and swell.
It's "expansion" in the physical sense, and it's easy for Luffy's rubber body to do that.
Galen, however, walked out of the venue to the "audience" contentedly, and said to Karp with some pride:
"Lieutenant General Karp, I've barely settled part of your grandson's matter."
"Hahaha..."
Karp laughed out loud and said to Galen again:
"You've gotten yourself in big trouble!"
"With my grandson's character, he will never give up if he doesn't take back that name from you!"
"Then he'll have to beat me."
Today's Galen is not short of self-confidence.
"Speaking of which..."
Karp glanced at Galen thoughtfully:
"One Piece and One Piece, are they different in your eyes?"
"Of course."
Galen replied earnestly:
"I'm disgusted with pirates who do evil, not mere adventurers like your grandson."
"In my eyes, he's not a pirate."
After saying that, Galen was suddenly silent.
Galen suddenly understood the off-string sound in Karp's words:
Karp was asking where he stands.
For ordinary people, there is a big difference between an adventurer like Luffy and a real pirate:
One is kind and harmless, the other is fierce and greedy.
But from the standpoint of the Navy and the standpoint of the world government, both of these people are "thieves" who need to be sanctioned.
And compared to ordinary pirates who burn and loot, Luffy's adventurers who want to find the "Great Secret Treasure" are more hostile to the World Government.
Because the real pirates only threaten the lower classes, they are suffering from scabies for the rulers.
But those adventurers who can dig up the truth of history at any time are the henchmen who can threaten the legitimacy of the world government.
One is a bandit, the other is an anti-thief, and it is self-evident which one has a higher level of threat.
And for Galen...
How could he look at things from the standpoint of a world government?
After understanding Karp's intentions, Galen simply asked rhetorically:
"Vice Admiral Karp, what do you think of the difference between a pirate and a navigator?"
"Me?"
Karp smiled heartily and replied meaningfully:
"I became a navy to fight 'pirates'."
Such an answer was expected by Galen.
After all, Karp has never taken the world's nobility seriously, and even more so deaf to his son who is a revolutionary and his grandson who wants to be the king of the pirates.
Although he is a navy, he also hates the ills of the world government, and has repeatedly called the Draconians "garbage".
"Ugh..."
Karp sighed lightly and said to Galen:
"You are a young man with a lot of potential, and it has been a long time since a new star like you appeared in the East China Sea."
"In less than two months, you've grown to this point."
"When I was on vacation in the windmill village, I could read fresh stories in the newspaper every day about the righteous knights who fought against evil."
Although Karp's words were full of praise, Galen could tell that Karp was trying to say more than that.
So he waited quietly for Karp's words.
I saw that Karp's expression became a little solemn:
"But..."
"Every time a 'new star' character appears in the East China Sea, it will have a huge impact on the world."
"When I first met you, I was worried that you would deviate from the path of justice."
"And now, I'm starting to worry a little about whether your justice will go too far."
From Galen's movements these days, Karp has read something unusual:
Unlike his revolutionary son, Galen used more modest and subtle methods.
Galen's organization has reached a cooperation with the East China Sea Navy, and what he is currently doing is to fight pirates and maintain law and order, and has never revealed his intention to fight against the world government.
But Galen still has an indelible contradiction with those high rulers, that is:
The right to interpret "justice".
How to interpret justice has always been the standard of the world government;
And how can the justice that Galen wants to practice be consistent with the justice of the world government?
Karp was a little worried: as soon as this young man's brain was hot, he would cross the line and stand on the opposite side of the world government.
"Overdone?"
After listening to Karp's words, Galen asked bluntly:
"Lieutenant General Karp, do you think what I'm doing right now is wrong?"
"Nope."
Karp is very honest about his opinion:
In his opinion, Galen's vigorous rectification of law and order in the East China Sea is naturally not wrong;
Because of the emergence of Debang Logistics, an organization of "enthusiastic people in the East China Sea", hundreds of small pirates were arrested in a short period of time, and the security of the surrounding waters centered on the former Klick territory has been greatly improved.
"If you haven't gone wrong, how can you go too far?"
Galen took a serious stand in front of Karp.
Karp pondered for a moment, and the solemn expression on his face suddenly turned into a hearty smile: "This is also true!" ”
"But..."
Karp admonished again:
"You have to be careful, at least..."
"Don't make any bigger moves until you have the strength to evade me!"
Hearing Karp's admonition, Galen was slightly moved:
"I understand!"
In fact, there is no need for Karp's warning, Galen also understands the truth of "accumulating grain and slowing down the king".
Until he becomes strong enough, Galen will never show the banner of League of Legends.
Karp patted Galen on the shoulder vigorously and said expectantly:
"I haven't seen someone who has the patience to teach children to be kind."
"The world needs more young people like you!"
"Get stronger!"
In Galen, Karp faintly saw the shadow of his son.
As he spoke, Karp suddenly turned his head to look at Bucky, who had been idle, and said something that was not related to the previous topic:
"Bucky?"
"Come here, let me check your cultivation results!"
"Huh?"
Bucky's body trembled slightly, and he immediately asked in a trembling voice after being beaten out of the psychological shadow by the iron fist these days, "Didn't you fight today?" ”
"It's not for you to play against me!"
Karp smiled and said, "I'm just asking you to show you the results of your cultivation on the 'Six Styles of Shaving'. ”
"Oh..."
Bucky's face suddenly improved, and he stood in the distance in the open space under Karp's instructions.
Galen didn't quite understand why Karp suddenly changed the subject, but the fact that Bucky the Clown was going to practice Six Style Shaving managed to pique his interest.
I saw Bucky hold his breath for a moment, and then suddenly shouted out the name of his unique skill in the most middle two way:
"Split, Shaved!"
This trick really made Galen's eyes shine:
I saw Bucky's body split and float on the ground, and the feet that were left alone on the ground...
I used the high-speed movement of the six-style shaver.
Only then did Galen suddenly realize the mystery of it:
The magic of the bucky fruit is that after his body is torn apart, he can still exert his strength like a normal person;
So his feet could use the muscles of his whole body to give enough strength, but only need to carry the light weight of a pair of feet.
As a result, Bucky's feet moved incredibly fast after mastering the Six Styles Shave, almost like a lightning bolt moving across the ground.
The feet that must remain on the ground, which are the lifeblood of Bucky's fruit ability, have undoubtedly increased their self-preservation ability greatly after having this high-speed movement method.
"Awesome!"
Galen expressed his thoughts very frankly, and Bucky, who appeared in front of people, also smiled smugly.
But Karp's purpose is not to show off his teaching results.
After Bucky's performance, Karp called Bucky directly in front of him and said:
"The Six Styles are the secret of our navy, you must cultivate it well!"
Without waiting for Bucky to answer, Karp preached to himself:
"Bucky, I'll give you a second look at the essentials of the Six Styles of Shaving..."
"First of all..."
Galen's expression was stunned:
Karp was just beside him, and in an extremely loud voice, he talked about the cultivation method of "shaving" grandly...
Galen immediately understood Karp's intentions, and his heart was even more grateful to the elder.
After silently listening to Karp's teaching lesson, Galen couldn't help but be moved and said:
"Bucky!"
"Do you want to practice the moon step again?"