One Piece: Initially tricked into joining the Marines by Garp

Chapter 2 One Year Later

A year later, on an unnamed island in the East China Sea, a man with disheveled long hair, wearing only a pair of shorts, lay supine on a high mountain. On the mountain was something resembling a wooden watchtower.

This person was Luo Xia. Compared to his naivety a year ago, Luo Xia had become much more composed and his strength had also improved.

Luo Xia had a rice cracker in his hand and mouth, his eyes fixed on the distant sea, as if he were expecting something.

They previously robbed a small pirate crew and stole their food.

In that year, Rorschach only raided three pirate crews. At the time, he thought he could keep raiding, but the East Blue lived up to its reputation as the weakest sea, with not even many pirates.

Perhaps it's because of Garp, but that doesn't stop Rorschach from thinking that way.

"Ugh, this is so boring!"

Luo Xia idly fiddled with the rice cracker in his hand, but the next second his eyes narrowed as if he had seen some treasure.

A ship was slowly approaching in the distance, but he didn't know what kind of ship it was. However, Luo Xia knew that if it was a ship, it must have something good on it, and he had to snatch it!

In an instant, Luo Xia flicked his wrist, and the bracelet that was originally wrapped around Luo Xia's wrist quickly returned to its original Tiger Hunt form.

With his longsword drawn, Luo Xia swung it forward dozens of times, unleashing a blazing sword shadow that slashed directly at the distant ship.

"Although my swordsmanship practice over the past year isn't enough to cut a large ship in half, I'm confident I can handle a small one!" Luo Xia murmured.

In the distance, on a dog-headed warship, all the soldiers stared wide-eyed at the approaching fiery blade shadows, dumbfounded, staring blankly at them.

An elderly man with a full head of white hair was fast asleep on a recliner when suddenly the bubble on his nose burst. The old man on the recliner looked at the approaching shadow of the knife.

The old man shouted, "Everyone, stand back!"

After saying that, the old man disappeared on the spot, and with a forceful stomp of his feet, he completely destroyed the spot where he had just been standing.

The old man punched so hard that he shattered the sword shadow that Luo Xia had just unleashed.

If Rorschach were here, he would definitely recognize who this person is, but unfortunately, Rorschach's eyes are not telescopes.

This man was none other than Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp of the Navy Headquarters.

For Rorschach to attack his ship is like an old man eating poison; he's tired of living!

As soon as Garp landed, his adjutant Bogart said, "Vice Admiral Garp, there are people on that island. The attack we just saw was launched by someone on the island!"

"Lieutenant General Garp, should we go take a look?"

Karp cracked his neck, making a snapping sound. "Of course I want it!"

"I remember when I came here last time, there was no one on that deserted island. This time, there's actually a swordsman there!"

Karp grinned, clearly intrigued.

"Everyone, full speed ahead!"

With the order issued, the dog-headed warship sped toward the isolated island at full speed.

However, Rorschach, who was leisurely lying on the watchtower, had no idea that he was about to encounter danger.

"Those pirates I just slew and sent into the sea should be arriving soon!"

"Hurry up, so I can rob you all!"

Rorschach thought excitedly.

About three minutes later, the dog-headed warship stopped near the island. Garp jumped off the warship and looked around immediately.

Suddenly, Garp looked toward the observation deck, where Rorschach was resting.

Luo Xia, who was thinking about how to reason with and appeal to the emotions of the robber, suddenly sat up. He had just felt as if he was being watched by some ferocious beast.

Rorschach looked around, but his eyes met Garp's during the process.

A sentence suddenly popped into Luo Xia's mind.

"Damn it, what's Garp doing here?"

Garp, who was staring at Rorschach, laughed heartily, "Found you, brat! You dared to attack my warship? Get ready to be beaten by my iron fist!"

In the blink of an eye, Garp seemed to appear in front of Rorschach instantly.

Rorschach stared blankly at Garp, seemingly frozen in place, not moving an inch.

It's not that he doesn't want to move; it's that he simply can't move. His legs are still trembling.

Rorschach only breathed a sigh of relief when Garp grabbed him by the back of the collar and jumped down.

"Phew, as long as they don't start beating me up right away, that's fine!"

The marines looked at their Vice Admiral Garp as he grabbed a man from a distance, and they knew that this was the man who had just attacked them.

When they saw the others, the group of sailors were somewhat bewildered.

"Wait, why does this guy seem like he's a refugee?"

"He might be a ragpicker; look at him, he doesn't even have a single decent piece of clothing on him!"

"And that hair, it's been years since it was cut!"

As Luo Xia listened to the marines talking about him, it was fine at first, but the more they said, the uglier it got, and his face darkened completely.

"Hey, you navy guys, can't you speak properly?"

"Does the Navy ever slander people like this?"

"asshole!"

Upon hearing Rorschach reprimand them, the marines immediately shut their mouths.

At that moment, Garp sat down directly in front of Rorschach and asked, "Kid, who are you? What are you doing here?"

Rorschach looked Garp up and down before replying, "Hello, Lieutenant General Garp!"

"My name is Rorschach, and I'm an orphan!"

"It's gone!"

Bogart, standing behind Vice Admiral Garp, couldn't stand it any longer and asked directly, "Kid, why did you attack our navy ship?"

Hearing someone speak, Luo Xia brushed aside his long hair to see the face of the person who asked the question. The person had a sword at his waist, so he should be a swordsman, but his face was expressionless, as if he had facial paralysis.

Rorschach recalled for a moment and learned the man's name: Bogart, Garp's adjutant.

"Ahem, sorry, I usually attack pirate ships, and I didn't see clearly just now because it was too far away."

"I was planning to sink your ship, then you'd swim to my island, and then I'd rob you... rob you!"

Rorschach's voice grew weaker and weaker until he finally shut his mouth.

There was nothing they could do; they had no choice but to submit. This was a pirate world where the strong were respected!

Why rob?

"Bogart asked."

Rorschach spread his hands. "I'm different from you guys. You're in the Navy, and I'm just an orphan. I'm hungry!"

As he spoke, a flash of blue light appeared in Luo Xia's left hand, and several senbei suddenly appeared in his hand.

"As you can see, there aren't many animals on the island; I've eaten them all. Sometimes I can only eat rice crackers!"

"If there's no food, of course we'll have to fight for it!"

"Besides, senbei isn't very tasty; you'll get tired of eating it!"

Krosha had no idea that his move had shocked everyone present. Everyone on Garp's ship knew how much they loved eating senbei.

Garp stared intently at Rorschach's left hand, afraid he might be mistaken.