Kenji sneered, "Heh heh! What do you mean he hasn't graduated? I think he hasn't even entered Marine School, has he?"
"Eh? How did you know?"
Garp was shocked, then realizing his slip, he quickly waved his hand to amend, "Although he hasn't officially joined Marine yet, but...hmm, he really is a talent."
Garp clearly wasn't good at praising people, making Kenji just want to laugh.
However, Kenji came back to his senses and, after careful consideration, felt that Kuzan was indeed a good candidate for a temporary aide.
He had previously recalled Sakazuki and Magellan, who were stationed in Loguetown, and they had also returned to Marineford with him this time.
But honestly, Kenji had never considered either of them as potential assistants.
Because neither of them was suitable to be a assistant, at least not Kenji's assistant.
Especially Magellan, who came with his own poisonous gas domain. Keeping a poison human by his side all day...Emmm, Kenji had no particular fondness for poison.
And the other, Sakazuki, was equally unsuitable. Kenji didn't want to have him follow him around, always with a gloomy face, overflowing with negative energy...Just thinking about it gave him a headache.
In fact, ever since leaving Samo Island, Sakazuki had temporarily served as his assistant, and Kenji's experience, well, it wasn't very good.
Kenji felt that the role of assistant was too much of a waste of Sakazuki's talent. He was more suited to be a vanguard leading the charge.
"Although Kuzan looks a bit informal, his sense of justice is still fine right now. He should be okay as an assistant...right?" Kenji finally nodded in agreement.
Upon seeing this, Kuzan excitedly rubbed his hands together.
Garp, standing nearby, also laughed heartily, reaching out to pat Kuzan's shoulder and encouraging him, "Work hard!"
After speaking, he stood up, looking somewhat relieved and ready to slip away.
"Wait, Garp!" Kenji's heart stirred, and he called out to stop him.
"I need your help with something."
"Hmm, a small matter."
Hearing this, Garp turned around and nodded without hesitation. "No problem, just say what it is. Is it to subjugate a pirate? Or to handle conflicts between major powers?"
Kenji smiled slightly, reaching out to take a paper document and handed it over.
"It's not that troublesome. You just need to sign this document."
Garp took the document and scanned it, finding it stated 'Privateering Permit' or something, with signatures of some Marine high-ranking officials, including Kenji, at the end of the document.
He didn't quite understand it, nor was he interested, so he simply made a grand stroke, signing his name below Kenji's.
"Hmm, with this, it should be about done." Kenji took back the document, looked at all the signatures at the end, and nodded with satisfaction.
A few days later, in the Fleet Admiral's office.
"The matter you proposed last time has a result." Kong said, standing in front of his desk, a hint of confusion in his eyes and a strange expression on his face.
"Your matter...was not opposed."
"Not opposed?" Kenji raised an eyebrow, a slight curve forming on his lips.
"So this counts as...agreement in principle?"
"Agreement in principle? Oh, that's an interesting way to put it." Kong thought for a moment and nodded.
"That's pretty much what it means."
"However, are you sure Amazon Lily will obey the dispatch order?"
"Well, that's hard to say." Kenji shrugged.
His words weren't entirely complete. If it were a dispatch order from the World Government and the Marine, it would be difficult to say whether Amazon Lily would be willing to obey.
Kong was clearly not satisfied with such an answer.
But the next moment, his eyes suddenly flickered, and he didn't pursue the matter further.
He returned to his desk and sat down as usual, reaching out to pull a document from the very bottom of a stack on the table.
"This is the information you wanted about the Land of Giants - Elbaph." With that, Kong handed over the material.
Kenji had just received the information and hadn't had time to examine it closely when Kong suddenly spoke again, "Actually, there's an important mission recently related to Elbaph..."
Kenji's eyebrow twitched, but he didn't respond.
Kong's eye twitched slightly as he continued, "I believe this mission is best handled by you."
Kenji carefully examined the information about Elbaph in his hand.
Kong finally couldn't hold back, tapping his knuckles on the table, his tone full of dissatisfaction.
"Hey! Can you give me some reaction? I just helped you a great deal!"
"Helped a great deal? Heh." Hearing this, Kenji almost laughed out loud.
"That kind of thing, even without permission, I can handle it myself."
"You... Sigh!"
Kong was immediately stumped, heaved a sigh, and rubbed his forehead helplessly, "This sudden incident is very troublesome. Elbaph's safety is threatened, and the opponent is the BIG MOM Pirates."
"You know, ever since that incident many years ago, Elbaph finally agreed to establish contact with us and send Giant warriors. Now, there are quite a few Giant generals in the Marine."
"The leader of the enemy BIG MOM Pirates, Charlotte Linlin, was one of the top executives of the former Rocks Pirates, and her strength is very formidable."
"We are currently in the middle of the World Conference, and Marineford simply cannot spare more high-level combat power..."
At this point, Kong looked at Kenji and said earnestly, "Please, you are the most suitable person to handle this mission."
"Hahaha! Since you've asked so sincerely..." Kenji's lips curled up, and he finally couldn't help but laugh.
In truth, he had originally intended to find an opportunity to visit Elbaph to find more of the Giant race to compare with his awakened Giant bloodline.
And to gain a deeper understanding of various information about the Giant race.
"Alright, I'll handle this mission." Kenji nodded with a smile, then stood up and left.
"That hateful fellow..." Kong watched Kenji's retreating figure, seemingly annoyed, and gritted his teeth silently.
"He's almost worse than Garp... No, he's already worse than Garp!"
Only at the very end did Kong realize that Kenji had actually planned to take on the mission all along, but he deliberately played hard to get, which was truly excessive.
"Forget it, at least a difficult problem has been properly resolved." After his anger subsided, Kong sighed and shook his head, deciding not to think about it anymore.
Meanwhile, Kenji, who had walked out of the Fleet Admiral's office, returned to his office and took out a special Den Den Mushi.
This was the Den Den Mushi he specifically used to contact the CP0 members who originated from the wanderers.
Soon, the Den Den Mushi connected.
"I want to know if there have been any unusual movements from the World Government recently? Hmm, have there been any actions related to Elbaph?" Kenji asked directly, getting straight to the point.
"Hmm, for this, I might need some time to investigate." A young voice came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.
"Okay, be careful!"