"Let me tell you this. Although I hate pirates, I actually don't like the navy very much. It's really unreasonable that they even came up with such a thing as the legal Seven Warlords of the Sea." Nagase said slowly.
The smile on Garp's face froze. He was also very dissatisfied with the existence of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, but this was something that was difficult to change because this system was also related to the World Government and was not something that the Navy could change unilaterally.
Just when Garp felt a little regretful, Nagase spoke again.
"Although I am dissatisfied with the navy, if I can become an admiral, I should be able to have a certain influence on the navy."
"Of course. The admiral is the navy's highest force and a symbol of the navy's strength." Garp nodded. He seemed to understand Nagase's thoughts a little bit.
Nagase smiled at Garp and said, "In that case, I will go to participate in the world conscription you mentioned."
"I have always held a belief that if you don't like something, you should change it yourself. Regardless of the result, at least I have tried my best."
"You are a natural navy." Garp laughed and admired Nagase even more in his heart. He felt that Nagase was perfect for the navy.
He has good values, a strong sense of justice, and strong abilities. It would be a shame if he didn't join the navy.
Garp suddenly felt that he had met Nagaze too late. If he had met Nagaze earlier, perhaps they could have had a master-disciple relationship, and Nagaze might have become an admiral, and the situation of the navy would be better now.
"A natural born sailor? Maybe." Nagase also laughed.
With his positive values in Naruto, he would be considered a good guy in One Piece. After all, if we compare bad things, the Naruto world cannot compare to the One Piece world.
However, Garp's statement that he is suitable for the navy is overthinking. Nagase has no intention of working for the World Government. He just thinks that being an admiral will be helpful for his next actions. There are also many people with special abilities in the navy who can be recruited.
Things like Akainu's magma fruit and Kizaru's Pika Pika no Mi are all good things. Fujitora's gravity fruit is also good, and the Buddha form of Sengoku's Human-Human Fruit is also very good. They are all worth touching.
"When we get to the headquarters, I will introduce Sengoku to you. I think he will like an outstanding young man like you." said Garp.
Suddenly, Garp thought of something, pulled Nagase to his side, and began to plot in a low voice.
"When the time comes, we'll do this first and then that..."
Although the sea is magnificent, it will make people feel bored after watching it for a long time. However, with the company of the interesting old man Cap, the return journey is not boring at all.
Of course, sometimes Nagase would tell some jokes he knew to make Garp laugh, which made Garp know more about Nagase. A young man with good values, strong ability, and so humorous. It was only because Garp didn't have a daughter or granddaughter, otherwise he would definitely introduce him to Nagase. Nagase was very much to his liking.
After returning to the headquarters base, Garp took Nagase to find Sengoku.
Nagase curiously observed the naval headquarters, which he had never been to.
He had been to the Marine Headquarters during the Battle of Marineford, but the Marine Headquarters at that time was Mariner Ford. Now Mariner Ford is the old Marine Headquarters. This new Marine Headquarters is the former G1 branch, which is a strange place for him.
When Garp found Sengoku, he was lying on a recliner, leisurely eating rice cakes and drinking hot tea.
Although Sengoku often scolded Garp for eating senbei during work when he was the marshal, after retirement, Sengoku discovered Garp's happiness and eventually became the person he once hated the most.
Nagase felt a little emotional when he saw Sengoku whose hair and beard had turned completely white. During the Battle of Marineford, Sengoku still had black hair, but in just a short while, it had turned completely white. It seemed that he was indeed under a lot of pressure.
Seeing Garp, Sengoku sat up, called Garp over and said, "Garp, come over and drink tea with us. This is new tea. Take out your senbei too."
But Garp did not take out the senbei. Garp was very familiar with this trick and he often used this method to tease Sengoku before.
Garp laughed and pulled Nagase in front of Sengoku and said, "Believe it or not, I found an admiral for the navy this time."
"Admiral? What do you mean, Garp? And who is he?" Sengoku was a little confused by Garp's words, so he asked Garp directly.
"Aren't we doing some world conscription now? The plan is to fill the two vacant admiral positions. His name is Fujiwara Nagase, and he is an outstanding young man I met during this trip. He is extremely powerful, and I think he has the potential to become a navy admiral." Garp explained.
"You can just go out and meet someone with the strength of an admiral, and he's so young?" Sengoku didn't believe it directly and began to think about the possibility that Garp had Alzheimer's disease.
"I told you that your vision is not as good as mine. You will know if you have the strength of an admiral if you try. But if you guess wrong, you will have to take care of my senbei this month." Garp laughed.
"One month's worth of senbei? No problem. But if you lie to me, Garp, then you will be responsible for my rice cake slices this month." Sengoku agreed readily.
If Garp really finds a newcomer with the strength of an admiral to join the navy, let alone a month's worth of senbei, even if it's a year's worth of senbei, what's the harm in hiring him
No, one year seems too cheap for Cap.
"Haha, it's settled then." Garp laughed and took a gulp of Warring States tea.
After collecting senbei from Sengoku for a month, Garp was very happy.
He was conspiring with Nagase about this matter on the ship before. Garp said that he would not treat Nagase unfairly and would give him half of the senbei after the matter was accomplished.
"Let's go to the training ground for new recruits and let these rookies see what a real strong man looks like," Karp suggested.
Zhan Guo thought there was no problem and nodded.
Nagase didn't care at all. What he was thinking about now was how to pick the fruit of the Warring States. If he wanted to touch the person with special abilities, he would have to touch him for half a minute. A normal handshake would definitely not work.
After arriving at the place where the recruits were trained, Garp used his loud voice to stop the training and asked the Marines to watch the battle between Sengoku and Nagase.
"Fujiwara Nagase, right? First of all, let me confirm that you and Garp are not joking with me." Sengoku asked, pushing his black-framed glasses.
"Marshal Sengoku, just use all your strength. I am serious about being an admiral of the navy. If you don't have the strength, how can you change the current situation of the navy?" Nagase said with a smile.
"To change the navy, it seems that Garp has really found an arrogant young man." Although Sengoku said that Nagase was arrogant, a smile appeared on his face again.
"You don't have to call me Marshal Sengoku. After all, I've already resigned. Since you're going to join the navy sooner or later, I'll just call you Senior."
"Okay, Sengoku-senpai."
The communication between Nagase and Sengoku is quite harmonious, and Sengoku is not the kind of person that Nagase hates.
Upon hearing that the former Navy Admiral was going to fight, a large number of recruits stopped training and came to watch. Coby and Bellemer also came to watch.
After all, he is the Marshal of the Warring States Period, a man who led the navy forward for an era. Even after retirement, he is still an idol of many naval forces.
"Let me be your referee." Garp stepped forward and said. He was already looking forward to seeing Sengoku's jaw-dropping expression at Nagase's strength.
"Begin!" Cap shouted quickly.
Zhan Guo did not launch an attack immediately, but remained where he was, adhering to the idea of letting the younger generation strike first.
Seeing that Sengoku intended to let him take the first move, Nagase didn't hesitate and burst out with strength. His fist was covered with dark armament domineering and smashed towards Sengoku.
Sengoku's Observation Haki noticed Nagase's sudden rise in momentum and his expression suddenly changed. Although he used his Armament Haki fist to counter Nagase's attack in time, he was still beaten back by Nagase, leaving a scratch on the ground of the training ground.
"Hahaha, Sengoku you're in such a mess." Seeing that Sengoku suffered a loss because of underestimating Nagaze, Garp, as an old friend, was the first to laugh at him.
"Garp! You bastard, I'll settle the score with you later." After hearing Garp's ridicule, Sengoku saw the disbelieving expressions of the surrounding marines. His blood pressure soared and he roared angrily.
After suffering a loss in the first move, Zhan Guo did not dare to be careless and used all his strength to fight against Nagase. The gas explosion caused by the collision of their fists almost blew away the onlookers, scaring them so much that they quickly retreated more than ten meters.
But even if Sengoku used his full strength and did not use the ability of his fruit, he was still suppressed by Nagase. Although he was not injured, even the recruits could see that Sengoku was suppressed. It was Nagase who was actively attacking while Sengoku was passively resisting.
"Who on earth is this person? He can actually suppress the Warring States Marshal." A marine was curious about Nagase's identity.
"How is it possible that Marshal Zhan Guo is actually at a disadvantage." Some fans of Zhan Guo felt that their faith had collapsed.
"That's definitely not the case. Marshal Sengoku hasn't even used his fruit ability yet, otherwise it wouldn't be like this." Another Sengoku fan next to him made a discovery that comforted himself.
As the two warring parties were too powerful, even the training ground specially used for training could not withstand the strength of the two and was constantly breaking apart.
"Who is that guy? He's so strong!" Coby looked at Nagase who was suppressing Sengoku with longing.
He was able to suppress the former Navy Marshal Sengoku. How powerful must his strength be? If he has such power, it would not be impossible for him to become an admiral.
"He should be from our navy, but for some reason I don't have any impression of him." Bellemere said.
"Sengoku, be careful when you attack. You've destroyed the training ground." Garp said with a laugh while eating senbei.
At this time, Yongze suddenly stopped and said with a smile: "With our fighting power, if we continue fighting, we will probably cause more damage. Why not call it a draw?"
Zhan Guo thought about it, followed the steps given by Nagase, nodded and said, "Let's call it a draw then."
If people with admiral-level strength really want to fight with all their strength, the damage to the environment will be too great, basically on an island basis. Of course, they can't fight with all their strength, so Sengoku did not use the ability of the fruit.
And Zhan Guo also noticed one thing, Nagase never drew the sword at his waist.
A strong man of this level doesn't carry a sword just to look good.
"Sengoku, what do you think, does Nagase have the ability to be an admiral?" Garp patted Sengoku's shoulder with a sly smile, looking very proud.
"By the way, don't forget the one-month supply of senbei," Garp added.
Being suppressed by his juniors in the battle, surrounded by new recruits, and mocked by Garp after the battle, and he still had to buy a month's supply of senbei for Garp, Sengoku couldn't hold it anymore, snatched the senbei from Garp's hand, and poured it all into his mouth and ate it all in one go.
"Sengoku, you bastard!" Garp was very dissatisfied after his senbei was stolen.
"I'll treat you to a bag of senbei for a month, so what's wrong with you eating one bag?" Zhan Guo said unhappily.
"Let's put things one way or the other. Give me a bag of the tea you drink later. It's quite delicious." Karp said with a smile.
"Give it to me, give it to me later. I'll feed you till you die." Zhan Guo was used to being extorted by Garp.
"Senior Zhan Guo, can I buy a portion of your tea?" Nagase came up to Zhan Guo and said in a familiar manner.
During the battle just now, because there were too many people, Nagase couldn't just pin Zhan Guo to the ground and pick his fruits. As he had just arrived, he had to give him some face.
So Nagase plans to get acquainted with Zhan Guo first, and then take advantage of him when he has the chance.
Yongze was not in a hurry either. There was no time limit anyway, so there was no need to rush for the next one or two days.
"Why bother buying? I'll give you ten bags!" Zhan Guo said proudly.
Garp, who had gotten a bag for free, immediately felt that he had been cheated and said with a smile, "Warrior Country, I wish you would be so generous to me someday."
"If I'm not generous, you won't drink my tea?" Zhan Guo asked back.
"Of course not." Karp puffed out his chest righteously.
Sengoku was speechless for a while, and then ignored Garp and started chatting with Nagase. He found out how Nagase and Garp knew each other and why Nagase wanted to become a navy.
It turned out that Garp really met them while he was wandering outside, and the two sides even had a fight. Sengoku was stunned. The World Government mobilized such a large force and recruited soldiers from all over the world just to find two navy admirals, and Garp met one while he was wandering outside. It was amazing.
"Are you good at using a sword?" Zhan Guo asked curiously.
"If I fight Hawkeye with sword, the position of the world's greatest swordsman will be replaced." Nagase Youyou said, very pretentiously.
"You're worthy of being a talent I discovered. He said he wanted to defeat Hawkeye right from the start. How courageous!" Garp laughed and gave Nagase a thumbs up.
And Zhan Guo also understood what Nagase meant, that his true strength was only revealed when he used a sword.
"What do you think, Sengoku? Do you want to recommend Nagase with me?" asked Garp.
"Once you discover a talent, you naturally have to recommend him." Sengoku nodded, indicating that he and Garp would recommend Nagase together.
Although they only spent a short time together, Zhan Guo felt that Nagase was a nice person.
In the battle just now, Nagase clearly had the upper hand, but for the sake of Sengoku's face, he would take the initiative to propose a draw.
Another thing is that Sengoku believes in Garp's vision and will not make a mistake in choosing someone.