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"Ikki, I've finished counting the Berry. The Marines were quite trustworthy this time - not a single Berry was missing. You guys chat first, I'll store the Berry in the warehouse." With an excited smile on her face, Nami picked up the bag containing Berry and ran toward the cabin.
"Well, that's settled then." Garp scratched the back of his head. "The matter is over, Chaton, let's go back."
Since the invitation to Ikki had failed, and the Straw Hat Pirates had left again, Garp had no reason to stay here anymore. Thinking of Ace who was about to be executed, Garp sighed deeply. He was somewhat glad that he hadn't encountered the Straw Hat Pirates in Water 7. If he'd met them, Garp felt that he might not know how to face Luffy.
"Wait, Vice Admiral Garp, I have something extremely important to do." Chaton suddenly took out a small square-shaped box from his pocket, knelt down on one knee facing Gion and opened it. A sparkling ring appeared in the box.
Seeing such a scene, Gion immediately twitched the corner of her mouth and slapped her forehead with her palm. "Here we go again... ugh!" She sighed.
"Gion, please marry me. After what happened this time, I'm even more worried about you. We've obviously gone through so much, and I want to be by your side all the time." Chaton raised the ring high and said extremely seriously.
The sudden scene made Nojiko and Vivi, who didn't know the situation, look over with interest.
"A proposal! This is the first time I've seen someone propose. Nojiko, do you think he can succeed?" Vivi whispered in Nojiko's ear.
"Haha, I don't know if it'll work out, but the Vice Admiral Gion he's proposing to is currently holding our captain's hand. Vivi, don't you think this scene is quite weird?" Nojiko laughed.
Vivi looked down at the hands held by Ikki and Gion, then looked at Chaton who was kneeling on one knee facing Gion, and nodded. "It's really weird!"
'This is really... troublesome. This is already the 101st time. I obviously refused so clearly before.' Gion put her forehead in her hands and sighed softly, feeling restless in her heart.
She turned her head and looked in Ikki's direction, just in time to see him looking at her with a smile on his face, as if he was watching a good show. Gion pursed her lips, and suddenly a bold idea came to her mind.
"Sorry, Chaton. You and I have never started anything, so please don't say misleading words. I don't want the person I like to misunderstand." Gion suddenly let go of Ikki's hand and hugged his entire arm into her chest, with a slight blush on her face.
Ikki raised his eyebrows and looked at Gion, who seemed a little shy in front of him. He instantly understood her thoughts. 'Good grief, am I going to be used as a shield against this guy?' Ikki twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at Chaton, suddenly feeling that the man in front of him was particularly pitiful.
"Gion... you, you mean, you like the man in front of you?" After a few seconds, Chaton finally came to his senses and looked at Ikki in disbelief.
"Yes, in fact I had a crush on Ikki when he taught me swordsmanship. He put a lot of effort into pulling me out of my current state. I can confirm that I've really fallen in love with him." Gion nodded seriously to Chaton, then turned to look at Ikki, winking at him from an angle that Chaton couldn't see.
Ikki sighed inwardly and nodded slightly when Chaton looked at him. After all, Gion could be considered a friend now. He could still do things like fending off suitors for his friends. He never thought that what he had to do in his previous life, he'd have to repeat again after coming to the pirate world.
"No... I don't approve! Why does this man get your approval, Gion? His strength and appearance are simply not worthy... not worthy..." Chaton's voice became smaller and smaller as he suddenly realized that the Ikki in front of him was already capable of defeating Golden Lion Shiki with his partners. In terms of appearance, he was even more ahead of him. It seemed that there really was a reason for Gion to like Ikki.
"No, this man is much shorter than you. And he's younger than you, too. Gion, how could you fall in love with such a man?" Chaton didn't seem to want to give up yet and looked at Gion questioningly.
"Unless... unless, you two can kiss. If you like each other, you can definitely do it." While speaking, Chaton's face was already flushed with desperation.
Garp on the side took out a stack of rice crackers from somewhere. While looking at the situation with Ikki and the others, he ate the crackers leisurely.
"In terms of height, you're shorter than me anyway. Also, height and age aren't issues. I like younger brother-type men. If you want a kiss... of course we can do it. After all, we like each other, right?" Gion smiled slightly, lifted her silky hair back, hugged Ikki and moved to kiss him.
At this time, Garp took out a camera from somewhere and kept pressing the shooting button at Ikki and Gion.
As for Chaton, after seeing the close distance between Gion and Ikki, his face began to distort, and his psychological pressure continued to grow. At the end, Chaton finally couldn't bear the pressure and rushed toward Ikki and Gion like a wild boar.
"No! Stop!"
Ikki was startled when he saw Chaton charging at them. Just when he was thinking about kicking him away, Gion raised her palm and slapped Chaton on the face. The powerful force actually sent Chaton flying directly back to the Marine warship.
"No... no, why does Gion fall in love with someone else? I don't accept it, I don't accept it!" Chaton lay down on the deck, twisting his body constantly, looking so pitiful that the Marine soldiers beside him were speechless.
"Vice Admiral Garp, what are you doing?" Gion pulled back her hand and looked at Garp who was holding the camera.
"Of course I'm taking pictures of you kissing. Quick, you were interrupted just now by Chaton. Continue what you were doing. I can show it to Tsuru when I get back." Garp excitedly raised the camera and pointed it at Ikki and Gion.
Gion sighed, took Ikki's hand and walked to Garp, raised her hand and crushed the camera in his grip.
"No! My camera!" Garp opened his mouth and roared.
Gion ignored Garp's complaints and directly picked up Garp's collar and threw him toward the Marine warship.
Seeing this scene, Ikki couldn't help but raise his hand and give Gion a thumbs up. "As expected of Miss Gion, there are probably not many people in this world who can treat Garp like this."
Hearing this, Gion smiled and looked up at Water 7 not far away. "Compared to this, we'd better go to Water 7 quickly, don't you think?"