Thinking of this, Garp instead let out a sigh of relief.
His consistent idea had also been for Ace to become a Marine, but he dared not bring him to Marine Headquarters because of the issues surrounding his parentage.
Fearful that problems might arise, he had no choice but to entrust the newborn Ace to Dadan's care.
But now, with Sengoku's authorization...
Then what was he afraid of!!
Pick him up, go pick up Ace right now!!
A smile appeared on Garp's face, his furrowed brows relaxing.
This resolved a knot in his heart.
"So Vice Admiral Garp, can I follow you on your mission now? When the time comes to recruit someone into the Marines, I think I should be able to help a bit!"
Kyle asked again with a smile.
This time, Garp's answer was completely different from before.
"No problem! Of course you have to come. You're the key person, how can you not come?"
At this moment, Kyle had become Sengoku's proxy in Garp's eyes. Kyle's meaning was Sengoku's meaning.
It was just that because Sengoku was in his position, many things couldn't be dealt with openly, so he could only tell some things to his grandson, letting his grandson handle them for him.
No wonder Kyle was so precocious, it was because Sengoku had trained him since childhood.
Now, Garp finally understood the full picture.
Sengoku: ??????
And so, the two who had mutually achieved their goals looked at each other and laughed.
"Hahahahahaha..."
,
The next day, a dog-headed Marine warship was docked at the port of Marineford, with Marines continuously loading supplies onto the ship.
On the dog head of the warship, Kyle and Luffy were lying there, legs crossed, chatting.
"By the way, Luffy, have you been to Foosha Village?"
"I don't know! I don't remember if I've been or not, I can't remember!"
"Is that so. Then you can look forward to it. This trip should be quite fun!"
"Really?"
Luffy's eyes sparkled.
For Luffy at this age, loving to play was his nature.
So now, hearing that the journey would be fun naturally filled him with anticipation.
Kyle smiled, about to reply with something, when suddenly he heard a commotion from not far below.
He couldn't help but turn his gaze there.
He saw a government ship slowly docking at the port, and then several men in black uniforms walked down from the ship.
When Kyle saw the face of the leading man, his expression suddenly stiffened.
He knew this person. He hadn't met him in reality, but had seen him in the anime.
One of the Flying Six of the Beast Pirates in the future, Who's Who!
Thinking of this, memories about Who's Who flooded his mind.
Who's Who, former CP9 member. Later, because he lost the Gum-Gum Fruit during its transport, it was taken by Red-Haired Shanks.
Afraid of being killed upon returning to the World Government, he fled and later pledged allegiance to Kaido.
The Gum-Gum Fruit, also known as the Zoan Type, Mythical Model, Human-Human Fruit, Nika Form.
It was a fruit bearing the name of a god.
And judging by Who's Who's current attire, he was clearly still in his CP9 period.
In the original story, Luffy ate the Gum-Gum Fruit when he was seven years old, which was in the year 1512 of the Sea Calendar.
Then the time Red-Haired Shanks took the Gum-Gum Fruit was most likely 1511. And now it was 1510, which meant...
Kyle's gaze sharply turned towards that World Government ship.
There was a certain probability that the Gum-Gum Fruit, or rather the Nika Fruit, was currently on that ship?
With this thought, Kyle immediately stood up and spoke to Luffy beside him.
"Luffy, wait for me here. I'll be back soon!"
Before the words finished, Kyle dispersed into purple lightning, leaving only Luffy behind who hadn't reacted yet.
In just the blink of an eye, Kyle appeared in a hidden corner of that ship.
He peeked towards the deck below. There were only a few CP organization members on the ship.
These were obviously just underlings.
Who's Who, as a CP9 member, most likely hadn't mastered the two types of Haki yet, let alone these guys.
So Kyle wasn't worried at all about them discovering him.
After observing the people outside, Kyle extended a finger. A tiny purple lightning arc shot from his finger towards the interior cabins.
The purple lightning arc was extremely minute, undetectable to ordinary people.
And Kyle's method wasn't for attack, but for scouting the situation.
He indeed hadn't mastered Observation Haki yet, but that didn't mean he couldn't achieve a similar effect to Observation Haki through the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
Fruit development was related to a person's imagination.
Theoretically, as long as one's imagination was sufficient, the power of the fruit had no upper limit.
As a transmigrator, Kyle had more than the usual number of ideas in his mind.
Did bioelectricity count as electricity?
Since it counted, could he utilize it?
What Kyle was doing now was precisely this, using bioelectricity to ascertain the number of people inside the cabins.
The next second, a look of surprise appeared on Kyle's face.
The result he sensed made him somewhat unexpected.
Huh? Not a single person?
What are you guys doing?
No one keeping watch? What if something inside gets stolen?
Normally, Kyle's thinking wasn't wrong. If there was something important, someone should definitely be guarding it.
But the problem was, where was this?
This was Marine Headquarters.
Needless to say, the security level here.
These CP organization members would never have imagined that someone would be so audacious as to steal something in a place equivalent to their own stronghold.
Who could have thought of that?
So now it gave Kyle an opportunity.
Since you're not setting up any defense at all, then don't blame him.
Time to teach you a lesson.
Kyle turned into purple lightning again, slipped through the door gap, and rematerialized inside the cabin.
Kyle's gaze swept around the surroundings as he moved, continuously scanning.
Suddenly, his eyes fell on a locked box not far away.
He walked to the box, glanced at the lock on it, and snorted with derision.
A flash of purple lightning, and the iron lock instantly cracked, falling onto the table.
Opening the box, what met his eyes was a strange fruit. Its appearance was purple, spherical, with the characteristic spiral pattern, overall looking like a small cantaloupe.
In an instant, a strong gleam erupted in Kyle's eyes.
That's right, this was it. This was the Gum-Gum Fruit. It had appeared more than once in the original story, so Kyle couldn't mistake it.
He never expected the Gum-Gum Fruit to really be here.
Ah, this...
He could only gratefully accept it.
Luffy's life trajectory had already been altered. He wasn't sure if this fruit would still be taken by Red-Haired Shanks, or if it would be eaten by Luffy again.
So, he could only be the one to break these uncertainties.
Without hesitation, Kyle immediately stuffed the Gum-Gum Fruit into his pocket. At the same time, his gaze turned towards the storage room in the cabin.
Since I'm already here, not looting a bit more would be a disservice to myself.
...