Sea Calendar 1510.
Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
On a cliff in the back mountain, a little boy was lying on the ground with an unnamed blade of grass in his mouth.
His eyes were slightly closed, feeling the breeze blowing, a faint curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Sigh.
After an unknown amount of time, the boy suddenly let out a sigh and sat up from the ground.
"My golden finger, when are you finally going to arrive?"
The boy's name was Kyle. He was six years old and a transmigrator.
As for how he transmigrated, he didn't know either. He only knew that he went to sleep and when he woke up, he had become a baby in swaddling clothes.
The world he transmigrated to was the One Piece world, which he was extremely familiar with.
And his identity was also quite remarkable.
He was the grandson of the current Marine Fleet Admiral, Sengoku the Buddha. Biological grandson!
A top-tier military second-generation, just like Monkey D. Luffy!
Although his background was incredibly impressive, Kyle deeply understood that in this world, personal strength was the most important thing.
So he had consciously trained his physique since childhood.
As Sengoku's grandson, his talent was not weak.
Although he was only six years old now, several ordinary adult Marine soldiers were no match for him.
However, such strength was still far too lacking compared to monsters like Big Mom who could kill a giant bear with one punch at age five.
But it was of little consequence. He was only six. There was plenty of room for development in the future.
Wasn't Monkey D. Luffy also a weakling as a child, getting rubbed into the ground by the Mountain Bandit King?
Kyle did a kip-up, jumped straight to his feet, patted his body a few times, and then turned to walk down the mountain.
He was hungry!
Not long after, Kyle returned to the residential area and slowly walked towards the location of his home.
Suddenly, he caught sight of two figures, one big and one small, appearing ahead.
One of them he was very familiar with. It was his grandfather's good friend, the Marine Hero Monkey D. Garp!
As for the other person.
Kyle looked over. The moment his gaze met that person, an electronic sound suddenly rang in his mind, causing him to freeze in place.
[Ding. Detecting a recruitable genius nearby. Genius Recruitment System activating.]
[Activation successful. The Genius Recruitment System is at your service.]
[The system automatically identifies the host as a top-tier military second-generation, automatically assigns to the Marine faction. The Genius Recruitment System aims to recruit geniuses recognized by the system. The host will receive corresponding rewards based on the potential level of the genius.]
[Detecting the presence of a genius nearby. Loading genius profile.]
[Name: Monkey D. Luffy]
[Introduction: A man determined to become king, the child of the world's fortune, the person with the most background in the entire world. Influenced by the Yonko Red-Haired Shanks, he embarks on the path of a pirate. However, his life is full of hardships. He witnesses his brother die before his eyes. In pursuit of freedom and the elusive title of Pirate King, he overdrafts his body's life force. His final outcome is unknown.]
[Recruitment Suggestion: The future has not yet happened, everything can still change. Perhaps, becoming king does not necessarily mean becoming the Pirate King. The Marine King is also a possibility.]
[Recruitment Reward: Physique Enhancement Pill, Supreme Grade Blade, one of the 12 Supreme Grade Swords 'Purple Lightning', Conqueror's Haki, Devil Fruit, Logia type, Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Purple Heaven Divine Lightning form. (No side effects version.)]
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Kyle was stunned for a moment first, then his pupils suddenly widened. Immense joy enveloped him, making him unable to hold back from shouting out loud.
"Yahoooo."
The sudden shout startled both Garp and little Luffy on the other side.
Following the sound, when he saw the familiar little runt, Garp spoke irritably.
"Kyle, you little brat, are you sick? What are you shouting about?"
Kyle ignored him, still immersed in the joy of the system's activation.
It hadn't been easy.
Six years after transmigrating, he had finally waited for it.
Genius Recruitment System? Recruit geniuses to get rewards?
He knew how to do this.
In this world, if you wanted to brainwash someone, you could easily use passion, the future, hope to emotionally manipulate them. Wasn't that a simple matter?
Especially since the first target was a single-celled organism like Luffy.
Most importantly, those rewards were really tempting.
Should he say, as expected of the Child of Fortune?
He was determined to recruit Luffy. No one could stop him from pulling Luffy into the Marines.
Luffy at this time was only five years old. He hadn't been taken by Garp to Foosha Village to be cared for by Dadan yet, and he hadn't met Shanks.
This was the best time to indoctrinate... shape his worldview.
Kyle looked at Luffy, his eyes flashing with intense brilliance.
This was his first time seeing Luffy.
It was all Garp's fault. If he had brought Luffy in front of him earlier, he might have activated the system sooner.
But it was still okay now. It wasn't too late.
Without hesitation, Kyle immediately ran towards the two. Arriving in front of them, he first glanced at the still somewhat silly and cute Luffy, then shifted his gaze to Garp and said calmly.
"Old codger, you're not suited to raise a grandson. Hand your grandson over to me. I will definitely train him to become the strongest Marine King."
"Huh."
Hearing this, Garp was stunned for a moment first, then immediately glared, his beard and eyebrows seemingly bristling. He squatted down, his thick eyebrows and big eyes staring intently at Kyle.
"Stinking brat, are you questioning my teaching ability?"
"No."
Kyle shook his head, curled his lip, and mercilessly mocked.
"Do you think you have even a tiny bit of teaching ability? Do I need to question you?"
"Your so-called Spartan-style training will only make Luffy resist you more and more. If you don't believe me, turn around and look at him."
Hearing this, Garp subconsciously turned his head to look at Luffy.
The moment their eyes met, little Luffy's body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and a trace of fear was also revealed in his eyes.
Exactly as expected.
Kyle, watching Luffy's reaction from the side, thought to himself.
Although Luffy's cockroach-like vitality was indeed trained this way, considering Garp's inhumane training methods.
Ask yourself, which child of a few years old can accept being thrown into a bottomless abyss or into a forest full of vicious wolves?
It would be weird not to be afraid.
In the original story, every time Luffy mentioned Garp, his face was full of fear.
Garp, of course, also saw the flash of fear in Luffy's eyes, but this did not affect his thoughts in the slightest.
It wasn't the first day Luffy had been afraid of him.
As the Marine Hero, how could he be so easily persuaded? Especially by a snot-nosed brat about the same age as his grandson.
Garp shifted his gaze from Luffy back to Kyle and said disdainfully.
"Hah. Brat. Do you think saying a few words like that will make me listen to you? Dream on."
As he spoke, Garp also struck his classic mocking pose, his pinky finger digging into his nose.
A slight smile appeared at the corner of Kyle's mouth. He wasn't angry because of this. Instead, he said calmly.
"How about we make a bet?"