- Isn't that so? I was really born from you and my mother, how can there be a father who demands his son to worship his Classmate from the very beginning? Don't you believe in me at all? People should always rely on themselves, and it's useless to rely on others. Now, if one day I myself become an admiral of the fleet, wouldn't that be great?
Leonardo listened to his father's words, wiping away traces of milk from the corner of his mouth and silently looking at the sky.
How could a father underestimate his son so much? Although he himself did not know whether he had messed up with the time machine or simply had not paid enough when he crossed paths. All these years, his "system " had not been able to find him. Since childhood, he had known that somewhere in the space of his body there was a small sapling. Several leaves grew on it, but now they were gray, and only the trunk of the tree glowed green. This must have been his "system".
However, this "system" was like a wooden idol. It could not speak or move. It did not even have instructions. Leonardo studied it for several years, and only after a random experiment did he discover that wounds on its body healed in less than a second. Then he roughly understood how this "flawed system" worked. Thanks to this small seedling, he had incredible vitality. After many years of experimentation, he realized that unless the injury was fatal, it would recover in an instant. Of course, he was not going to test whether he would survive a fatal wound - that would be stupid.
In any case, all the big and small injuries he received during training healed without any problems. As for those gray leaves, their purpose was still a mystery. But if this sapling gave such a powerful vitality, then he would probably be able to master the "Six Marine Styles" to the max level, right?
Not to mention the Devil Fruits. A fleet admiral would hardly dare to say that he would get a good Devil Fruit, but Leonardo didn't know if he would be disappointed in the future... He didn't have much of a problem with the idea of eating a Devil Fruit. It was also a way to become stronger. Although they had weaknesses, he had never seen a strong person drown in seawater after eating a Devil Fruit. If the system itself wasn't strong, then wasn't it normal to find other ways to become stronger?
Although this world seems relatively normal, in the end, everything is decided by the power of the fists. The title of naval hero is not given to admirals for nothing - it is given for strength and power. And the son of one of them became the head of terrorists... Bah! This "big boss" not only adopted the son of the pirate king Roger, but his own grandson became a pirate. Doesn't this mean the world government afraid to touch him?
But when it comes to Devil Fruits, anime is so deceiving. In his past life, when he watched anime, aside from the tricks the heroes showed, almost everyone they met in the Grand Line had Devil Fruit powers. He even thought that the first half of the Grand Line or the MarineHeadquarters must be full of Devil Fruits.
But a year ago, he told his father that he wanted a Devil Fruit. His father, wanting to make his son stronger, was trying to find a way for him to become a vice admiral and continue the family tradition. He had been searching for a fruit for some time, but perhaps it was still too early in the day, and the great era had not yet arrived. Devil Fruits were truly scarce. Even at the naval headquarters, there were only one or two useless ones, like the caterpillar fruit or the frog fruit, and the price for them was astronomical. Even with the 20% discount his father, an old vice admiral who had once served with Zephyr and Sengoku, offered, it was worth more than 60 million.
Hearing that price almost made him feel sick. Garp's grandson was still over 20 years away from debuting, and the economy had yet to balloon to the point where minor pirates had bounties worth over 100 million. Now, the "Sea Lord" Rocks had been dead for just over a decade, and the bounties on super pirates like Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, Golden Lion, and Roger were only worth a few hundred million. A vice admiral's annual salary was just over 2 million. Without a way to make money on the side, an honest vice admiral would never be able to afford a Devil Fruit, even a worthless one. It goes to show how rare these fruits were that even the most worthless one was worth a fortune.
As for the most useless fruit and the most useless ability, these fools are simpler than a schoolboy with a blank sheet of paper. Among the three monsters students who just graduated from the Naval Academy, Sakazuki, Borsalino... Why did Garp's son immediately become a Commodore after graduating?
- Garp's son has nothing to do with it, there are people above him. Fleet Admiral Kong calls him his eldest nephew. Garp himself has been in the Marine Service for many years, and his son became a commodore even when he began his career.
And neither Sakazuki nor Borsalino have the connections that Garp's son has. But they too were immediately promoted to Commodore, and two years later became Rear Admirals. Why?
"Is it really just because they have Logia's abilities? Their future achievements are visible to the naked eye, and the Marine Service's top combat strength is in order. And those who graduated with them, like Momonga and Onigumo, are still junior lieutenants because of their Zoan abilities."
It is important to understand that there are four levels between a junior lieutenant and a commodore: captain, lieutenant commander, commander, and captain. Although it is said that officers trained at headquarters are easily promoted, they are usually promoted once every two years. But this gap is too big. Momonga and Onigumo maintain a good mood, while anyone else would have given up long ago.
Until he could find a cool Devil Fruit, he only thought about that little sprout in his heart.
- Hm! You are my son, and I am my father's son. I know you, your abilities are not bad, but the water is too deep here. You are still young and do not understand the seriousness of it. Admiral of the Navy? What's good about that? I'll tell you: don't be the first to stick your neck out when something happens. You can shout slogans, but don't get involved in real affairs. Just be close to the leader, like your old father. My life experience over the past decades tells me that most of those who were in power have already built their army. Why should you be the main one if you can be second and live in peace?
Old Curry quickly cut short his son's unrealistic thoughts.
Didn't he know what his son was up to? Perhaps the living conditions were better now, and thanks to a balanced diet, his talent was more developed than in childhood. But in his decades at sea, he had seen many people with powerful abilities, but only a few had survived and become famous. Most had drowned in the ocean. He was really afraid that one day his son would step in shit and become an admiral of the Navy. This guy would happily agree, if he wasn't warned first. Admiral was good, but vice admiral smelled better!
Just look at his little brother Zephyr...