Chapter 118: Abuse Marco, Freedom to Go to Sea
It is precisely because of the existence of the Four Emperors that the Navy's control over the New World is far lower than that of other sea areas. Only a very small number of people in the Navy can run rampant in the New World, and Garp is one of them.
The process of intercepting the Whitebeard Pirates on their expedition was even more difficult than chasing the Roger Pirates.
On the way, Garp's warship encountered two storms in total, and also took care of three rookie pirate groups that had just arrived in the New World from the Grand Line.
The person in the navy who fought with Whitebeard the most was Sengoku, while Garp focused more on Roger's pirate group.
However, now that Sengoku is the only top admiral, he is asked by Cyborg to guard the headquarters, and more combat tasks naturally fall on Garp.
Garp, who couldn't sit still, naturally took on whatever he could get his hands on and became a model worker in the Marine Headquarters.
Therefore, serving under Garp often requires fighting against powerful opponents. After all, Garp doesn't even look down on ordinary people.
This is a risk for others, but it is a great opportunity for Lu Kai, because it means that Lu Kai can accumulate military merits faster than anyone else.
Two months later, Garp, Luke and his crew finally met the Whitebeard Pirates on an uninhabited island near the Kingdom of Majiakaz.
Because they were not familiar with each other, Garp did not waste time talking to Whitebeard, but rushed forward directly and went straight for Whitebeard.
In order to prevent their fight from affecting other people, the two men exchanged three moves and then moved the battlefield to the other side of the uninhabited island.
The 46-year-old Whitebeard and the 50-year-old Garp were both at their prime, and the battle between the two was extremely earth-shattering.
Lu Kai teleported and appeared in front of Blackbeard and his sons.
“Hey, isn’t this Lu Kai who has become famous recently?” As soon as Lu Kai appeared, a young man with a pineapple head stopped him and said in a slightly frivolous voice.
"Marco?" Lu Kai recognized him immediately when he saw the other person's pineapple head.
The 17-year-old Marco seemed very immature, without any of the domineering attitude that he would have more than years later. Instead, he was a little cynical.
"You know me? It's an honor!" Marco said with a smile.
As he spoke, a figure forced back the marines fighting him and came to Marco's side, saying, "The news said you tied with Rayleigh and Jabba. Is that true?"
The one who spoke was Bista, who was called Flower Sword. After seeing Luke, he looked eager to try.
Not only Vista, but also Joz and Sachi, who heard the conversation not far away, came over and looked at Luke unscrupulously as if he were looking at a rare beast.
Lu Kai faced the four men alone but he was not panicked at all. He shook his head and said honestly: "What's the point of a tie? It's really important to be taught a lesson by them!"
"That's what I told you. I have to admit that your navy's ability to write news is getting worse and worse." Marco said with an expression of expectedness.
Lu Kai chuckled and said, "It's true that I can't beat them two, but I think I'm more than enough to deal with you rotten sweet potatoes and stinky bird eggs."
"Hey, are you serious? It would be ugly if I beat you up and you cried." Marco said sarcastically, not taking Luke seriously at all.
Thatch suddenly laughed and said, "By the way, what do you think the Navy News would write if he cried after being beaten by me?"
"It is estimated that Luke will fight against the four men under Whitebeard alone, and there will be no winner." Marco said.
Lu Kai shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "You are wrong. It was Lu Kai who crushed the four of you."
After he finished speaking, he disappeared from the spot in an instant, leaving the four people slightly stunned.
Then Luke suddenly appeared behind Marco and kicked him on the butt, sending him flying.
"Be careful, there's something strange about his fruit ability!" Vista warned with a stern look in his eyes.
But before Vista could finish his words, Luke appeared in front of him, and he had already pulled out the ghost sword on his back and swept it towards the man in front.
"when!"
The sound of weapons clashing rang out, but Lu Kai remained motionless. However, Bista was forced back three feet and looked at Lu Kai in disbelief.
On the other side, Marco, who was in the Phoenix form of the Bird-Bird Fruit, flapped his wings and flew back, kicking Luke at a very fast speed.
"Empty shield!"
Luke pointed a finger at Marco, then ignored him and suddenly appeared beside Joz who was rushing forward.
The rushing Joz was frightened by Lukai so much that his whole body shuddered and his movements became deformed.
Lu Kai took advantage of the moment when Joz was not yet stable and grabbed his left arm with both hands, then used the Fishman Karate: Space Overhand Throw to throw him heavily out.
During the raid, Sachi's knife almost hit Luke, but Luke suddenly disappeared, and the one flying towards him was the extremely fast Joz.
Unable to dodge in time, Sachi and Joz hugged each other and flew out.
At this time, Marco kicked the empty shield that Luke had just released. Not only did he fail to break the empty shield, but he was also knocked back several feet by the rebound force of the empty shield, and his feet were also hurt.
At this time, the four of them looked at Lu Kai as if he were a monster, with disbelief on their faces.
It's really a crushing victory?
"How is it? Am I strong enough?" Lu Kai glanced at the four people and said with a smile.
The four of them immediately felt deeply humiliated because this was not a battle at all, but a game.
Lu Kai never really launched an attack from beginning to end.
Apart from the humiliating kick towards Marco, the four of them were completely powerless to resist, whether it was counterattack or defense.
In anger, Marco and his four companions immediately launched a desperate attack on Luke.
However, just as Luke started fighting with them, the battle between Whitebeard and Garp had already extended to this side. The confrontation between the two caused waves of air and space fluctuations, forcibly interrupting the battle here.
Whitebeard didn't want to fight any longer, and after sensing that his sons were in danger, he no longer wanted to fight with Garp.
After arriving at the main battlefield, Whitebeard activated the ability of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, punched the void, forced the navy to retreat, and then retreated directly on the Moby Dick with his sons.
Whitebeard's sons were in deep self-doubt. Was the news really fake? Or were we just too weak?
After Whitebeard retreated, Garp did not order a pursuit, because he and Whitebeard were evenly matched just now, and it would be difficult to achieve any result if he continued to chase him.
So Garp simply took Luquet to chase other pirates in the New World and never returned to the headquarters except for supplies.
During this process, Lu Kai met many masters.
Garp consciously left the strongest opponents to Luke and never interfered. Several times, Luke almost died at the hands of some super powerful pirates.
After all, not all powerful opponents would show mercy to Lukai like Rayleigh, Jabba and Roger.
Those powerful men who have been famous for a long time have extremely rich combat experience, and some are even powerful devil fruit users.
In order to quickly improve his strength, Lu Kai always chooses to fight his opponent head-on.
Experiencing these battles was also of great help to Lu Kai. In this process, Lu Kai also became more and more clear about the direction of his practice because of his rich combat experience.
Time passed as Luke went on endless missions, battles, and training. Only one year after joining the navy, he had already made a name for himself in the New World and became a legend.
Over the past year, many people knew that a monster had appeared under Garp's command, and even many famous pirates had suffered great losses at his hands.
It was also at this time that Cap made a decision that no one expected. He equipped Luke with a warship and gave him the right to sail freely.