Card Game (2/5)

Just then, a shrill voice sounded behind them, "Do you really want to see me fight Sengoku that badly?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! That much intentional ... "The talking recruit stiffened abruptly and mechanically looked behind him to find a man in a dog cap standing behind them with his neck stretched out obscenely to peek at the card.

"Card ... Vice Admiral Garp, we ... we didn't mean it like that, we just ..."

Seeing the recruits holding the cards with pale faces and hands waving incessantly, so nervous that they couldn't even speak, Garp smiled carelessly, "Don't worry, I'm not a rigid guy like Sengoku. I won't blame you, but this card in your hands is a bit interesting, bring it to me."

Seeing that Vice Admiral Garp was true as easy-going and shelf-less as legend has it, the recruit was so excited that he trembled all over, and hurriedly took out all the cards in his bosom and respectfully sent them to Garp.

"Vice Admiral Garp, these are all the cards I've opened up, so if you want them, you can have them all!"

Seeing that the first man had not been chastised, the surrounding recruits were excited. He was their idol, Vice-Admiral Garp, the marine hero!

"Vice Admiral Garp, we have them here too."

"Vice Admiral Garp, I have Whitebeard and Kaido's here."

"That said, am I the kind of person who takes things from you youngsters?" Garp gave them a disgruntled glance, then began appraising them.

"Pfft ... hahaha! These are interesting." Looking at the cards in his hand make Garp's eyes grew brighter.

"Edward Whitebeard, Attack 12, Blood 12, Be My Son: 50% chance to mutiny an enemy at the end of each round."

"Beasts Kaido, Attack 15, Blood 15, Nature Chaos: 50% of each attack against any target."

"BIG-MOM Charlotte, Attack 10, Blood 10, Charlotte Family: have a son who attacks 5, Blood 5 at the end of each turn."

"Roger the Pirate King, Attack 10, Blood 10, Want My Treasure: shuffle a treasure card into the library."

"Well! After looking at these cards, I had some momentary inspiration, do you guys think this design will work?" Garp stroked his dense beard and said, "The Wise Admiral Sengoku, Attack 10, Blood 10, Old Cunning: shuffle a spy card into the opponent's library."

"Well? Isn't that a great image, hahaha!"

"Heh ... heh!" The surrounding recruits accosted and didn't dare to talk. It was a hit!

"You little guys are no fun." Seeing that the recruits were too afraid to talk, Garp waved his hand in amusement and instead hooked a hand on Longinus' shoulder and pulled him in the direction of Zephyr's location.

"Longinus boy, you did a good job that time in the North Blue six months ago, you're really giving me a good face, quickly tell me what happened then."

It was only after witnessing the two left that someone asked a goofy question.

"Did Vice Admiral Garp forget to return my card?"

"Idiot, that's not even the point, okay? Didn't you hear Vice Admiral Garp say that it's Captain Longinus who was just standing next to us?"

"My greatest admirers in the Marine are Vice Admiral Garp and Captain Longinus, and it's so exciting to see two of them alive at once today!"

"Ah! Was that Longinus-senpai standing next to me just now? I've failed miserably to get a word in anymore!"

"By the way, do any of you know what Vice Admiral Garp just said? A place like Four Seas, it's hard to think of anything else that's worthy of Vice Admiral Garp's special attention."

"If it was six months ago, it must have been a King Dereliction! I heard that half a year ago, Longinus-senpai openly beheaded a king who was abusing his citizens in order to protect justice!"

"I've also heard about this matter, Senior he's really brave, if it were me, I definitely wouldn't have the courage to do that!"

"It's only right to say that Senior's belief in his guardianship of justice is stronger than any of us!"

...

"Eh? Those government assholes didn't even give you a verbal warning? It's not right!" After listening to Longinus' narrative, Garp said with a bitter look on his face, "Obviously, I don't know how many punishments I took when I messed around before, but although I don't care much about those, this kind of differential treatment is too unpleasant!"

"That's because Vice Admiral Garp you're so strong that the government side probably won't even feel comfortable without a few knocks."

"Hahaha! Makes sense! Worthy of being a man whom I favored, he really is much more insightful than that bastard Sengoku." Garp took Longinus's boast without pretense and laughed with pride.

"Speaking of the government's attitude, I wonder, how is Dragon-senpai doing now?" Longinus asked with narrowed eyes.

"That guy." Garp said, looking suddenly odd, "He's probably having a much better time in that little life than even I did, so next year ... forget about him."

"Have you chosen your assessment targets yet this time back?"

"Well! I've made my plans."

"I wonder which bastard is so unlucky as to be on your little monster's radar."

"It's hard to say, but I've given myself, I've picked a pretty tricky target."

"There aren't many characters that even a little monster like you finds tricky, but it's just a graduation assessment, and you're really planning to make a big deal out of it?"

"The effects of that war two years ago have almost worn off, the so-called 'heroes' active on the seas continue to emerge, and if I may, I would like to use this opportunity to cool down the seas that are about to boil over."

"Hahaha! I am somewhat looking forward to what kind of answer you will deliver!" Garp said with a smile.

By this time, the battle in the field was over.

The end of the battle was already decided when the swordsmen who were good at attacking were at a stalemate with Zoan Ability User, who had superior physical strength.

After Doberman's party suffered a loss of stamina, the three were quickly caught in a break by Tokikake and ended the fight with a Nightmare Cluster Syndrome.

"As expected, the strength of the S-class is not something that can be compensated for by numbers, even if it's someone as strong as Doberman-senpai and the others!" The surrounding recruits sighed.

"It's Tokikake-senpai's attack that's so bullying, unless he's defeated with absolute strength, once the battle is at a stalemate and his spirit can't stay at its peak, Tokikake-senpai will be defeated with his mental strength."

"There's another way to completely ignore Tokikake-senpai's soul attack with an incredibly strong will."

"How could anyone possibly do that!"

"This was the method that Longinus-senpai used three years ago to defeat Tokikake-senpai before he established his absolute authority in the tenth session!"

"I wonder if Tokikake-senpai would feel so upset that he would then issue another challenge before he graduates!"