With Garp's questioning voice echoing.
The Navy soldiers, who had been filled with grief and indignation upon seeing Zephyr appear, were momentarily stunned.
Especially upon seeing Zephyr's arm completely intact.
Could it be that they had misunderstood the situation?
Was the intelligence about the former Marine Admiral Zephyr having his right arm severed by Whitebeard's second generation, Weevil, false?
"Haha, seeing your ghost-like expressions makes me happy too. It seems I'm not the only one surprised!" Zephyr laughed heartily and patted Garp's shoulder.
"Originally, I thought this arm was lost for good. I never expected Lord Saitama to reattach it in just three or four moves, like a magician."
"See? The strength in that punch I just gave you is quite formidable, isn't it?"
As he spoke, Zephyr deliberately pointed out the residual connection points on his arm for Garp and the others to see.
Seeing the healed flesh and the mysterious patterns.
The closer they got to the truth, the more unsettled they became.
They were all people who lived by the sword on this sea.
Injuries were commonplace.
Especially cases of severed limbs, which they had encountered numerous times.
It could be said that once such a situation occurred, it meant they were only a step away from retirement and moving behind the scenes.
This was true not only for Navy soldiers but also for some generals.
They never expected to witness a result today that would overturn all of this on Zephyr.
"Zephyr, quickly have that kid Saitama come out and see me. If we can get him to join Marine Headquarters..." Garp suddenly exclaimed.
However, before he could finish, Zephyr interrupted, "Garp, you also think that kid's skills are comparable to Vegapunk's, right!"
"But you should give up on that idea. I've already tried to invite Saitama to join Marine Headquarters, but he flatly refused."
"He just reattached my arm, and he should be coming out now."
As soon as he finished speaking, the tightly closed cabin door was pushed open.
Kai yawned and walked out briskly.
This time, since he couldn't deactivate the Saitama character template and use his original body's medical ninjutsu.
Kai found it difficult to control such delicate treatment. It took him a full day to barely repair and reattach Zephyr's arm.
Seeing Garp suddenly appear, Kai looked somewhat surprised.
"Kid Saitama, your defeat of Weevil this time has greatly shocked that stubborn old man Sengoku, and he's been clamoring for you to join Marine Headquarters," Garp said with a smile.
"Normally, this would be against the rules. However, you not only saved Zephyr and all the new recruits."
"You also possess extraordinary medical skills to easily reattach Zephyr's arm. With these trump cards, as long as you're willing, no one will oppose you joining Marine Headquarters."
With that said, Garp glanced at Saitama, who had dead fish eyes, and then lowered his voice.
"I heard you intend to improve your strength, and this rescue of Zephyr was also for a Devil Fruit."
"Brother Saitama, you should know that on this sea, our Navy is the strongest power, with an intelligence network spread across the entire ocean. As long as you're willing to join the Navy, you'll have the opportunity to obtain even more powerful Devil Fruits."
"For example, Ancient Zoans, Mythical Zoans, or even more powerful Logia types are not a problem!"
His somewhat lengthy speech echoed across the vast deck, lingering for a long time.
Looking at Garp, who was so earnestly and enthusiastically inviting Saitama aboard. The Navy soldiers present.
And even Zephyr were somewhat dumbfounded.
In their eyes, Garp, the Hero of the Marines, was always a mischievous old man who acted flippantly.
If he had half of Sengoku's seriousness, perhaps the Four Emperors wouldn't exist on this sea.
He would have already paid them daily visits.
However, it was precisely because of Garp's earnest invitation.
It was enough to prove that Saitama's appearance was crucial to Marine Headquarters at this moment.
"Cap... Vice Admiral Garp, did you say Devil Fruit?" Tina suddenly spoke with a stiff expression. "I just saw Lord Saitama feeding a Devil Fruit to a worm!"
"Fed it to a worm?"
Everyone present was stunned.
Subconsciously, they followed Tina's gaze, and the first thing they saw was a strangely thick caterpillar in the cabin, gnawing on a Devil Fruit with mysterious patterns on its surface.
A Devil Fruit that would be worth at least hundreds of millions in the outside world.
"This... isn't this the Porcupine Fruit from the Devil Fruit encyclopedia? It's worth at least hundreds of millions of Beli on the black market!" Navy Rear Admiral Kanyou, wearing sunglasses, couldn't hold back.
No!
It should be said that at this moment, their hearts were bleeding.
Many people spent their entire lives trying to obtain a Devil Fruit to change their destiny, using all their luck.
Yet, they couldn't achieve it.
Now, someone was feeding a Devil Fruit worth hundreds of millions of Beli to a strange, thick caterpillar.
This was truly a display of immense wealth!
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, who would believe this was real.
"Saitama... Brother Saitama, are you planning to turn the caterpillar into a porcupine?" Garp couldn't help but ask.
"Even if it can react to the Devil Fruit's abilities, I think its effect and combat power increase will be very low, right?"
Many people present fell silent at Garp's words.
In their eyes, no matter how much a worm transformed, it couldn't become a dragon, right?
It certainly couldn't become an effective combat force.
At this moment, Kai's actions were akin to the extravagant behavior of Celestial Dragons feeding their pets.
"Mr. Garp, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have completely forgotten about it," Kai's dead fish eyes flickered.
He directly opened Caterpie's status panel.
"Ding-dong! Congratulations to the host. Caterpie has successfully absorbed the Animal-type Devil Fruit ability, gaining 5,000 experience points, and is now Level 25!"
The system's ethereal prompt sounded at the opportune moment.
Kai's eyebrows twitched, showing a bit of surprise.
An Animal-type Devil Fruit could instantly raise Caterpie by twenty levels.
Now, Kai still had another item in his hand, suspected to be more advanced than an ordinary Animal-type Devil Fruit.
If he gave that to Caterpie as well.
Could he gain even more experience points?
With this thought, Kai withdrew from his consciousness space and, under the astonished gazes of everyone, walked directly towards Caterpie.
Then, in full view of everyone, he took out another wooden box containing a Devil Fruit.
As the wooden box was opened, the first thing that met their eyes was a Devil Fruit with mysterious patterns.
It made everyone's pupils contract sharply.
At this moment, an extremely absurd thought flashed through their minds.
In the world of the wealthy, are humans less important than insects?
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