One Piece: Start as a mythical beast, practice to become stronger

"I'll handle it, Vice Admiral Garp."

Jin An withdrew from his thoughts and gave a simple answer.

"Jin An, I have another matter to discuss with you, out of concern as a friend, and to give you a reminder." Garp's expression turned serious as he spoke to Jin An.

Jin An smiled brightly: "Hahaha, this is the first time I've heard you, Garp, call me a friend."

The age gap between him and Garp was almost 20 years, and the other party was a high-ranking vice admiral. Jin An had always treated him as a senior.

"You brat, I'm talking to you seriously!" Garp was furious.

Jin An restrained his smile: "Speak."

Garp took a deep breath and said, "Four people with special identities, four days ago, were originally heading to the North Sea, but for some reason suddenly changed direction and went to the South Sea."

Special identities... and Garp emphasized the word 'human,' so those who are coming are definitely not small figures...

"I'll keep an eye out," Jin An nodded.

He was quite curious about the identities of these four people, but in his memory, nothing major seemed to have happened this year.

Hiss... Jin An frowned, as if he suddenly thought of something...

"Could it be that incident... according to the timeline, it seems like it really could be that incident."

Matters involving the Celestial Dragons are not easy to handle...

The people of the South Sea are warm and hospitable, with simple folk customs, so terrible incidents shouldn't happen... right?

"Then I've said all I need to say. Prepare yourself..."

In Garp's view, even if the Celestial Dragons arrived in Jin An's territory, they wouldn't do anything out of line. The purpose of reminding Jin An was to prevent him from contacting those people.

He knew how much the people of this world hated the Celestial Dragons and didn't want Jin An to get involved.

......

Four days ago, Mariejois, the Holy Land.

"Ah!? Are you crazy? Saint Homing! How can someone of your status..."

"Are you willing to abandon your status as a god to become an ordinary person?"

A group of Celestial Dragons surrounded Saint Homing, their faces full of incomprehension and anger.

Saint Homing stood opposite these Celestial Dragons with his wife and children, looking at them with a smile, "We have always been human."

The Celestial Dragons' faces were filled with indignation: "Are you saying we are the same as you?"

"It's simply blasphemy! What do you take the Celestial Dragons for?!"

"You damned traitor, you've been an oddball since the beginning!"

"That's right! You traitor!"

No matter what the Celestial Dragons said, Saint Homing remained calm: "I don't care what you think of me, but I believe humanity is great."

"Living as a human will definitely be a meaningful thing, allowing me to live a more fulfilling life."

"That is my belief."

Doflamingo, wearing sunglasses, had no expression on his face. He didn't know why his father insisted on leaving this place, which was clearly so wonderful.

Hearing what Saint Homing said, the Celestial Dragons couldn't understand at all, only feeling a naked betrayal.

"Do you know what you're saying? You're really too arrogant!"

"Since you want to leave so much, then get out of Mariejois quickly!"

"......"

Three days ago, the edge of the North Sea.

"Rear Admiral Kuru, can you send us to the South Sea?" Saint Homing looked at the newspaper in his hand, a smile on his lips. This was the reason he yearned for humanity.

The headline at the top of the newspaper read: Jin An, the spiritual leader of the South Sea, has now been officially awarded the rank of Commodore by the Navy Headquarters, commanding the entire South Sea!

"It's possible..." Kuru hesitated, "But we haven't made preparations there in advance..."

"Your residence may need to be rearranged."

Saint Homing said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, any accommodation will do."

"Then may I ask, Saint Homing, which island would you like to go to?" Kuru asked for his opinion.

Saint Homing glanced at the place name on the newspaper: "Send us to the Sorbet Kingdom."

Kuru was stunned. This place felt very familiar to him.

"It's the island Vice Admiral Garp once visited. The person in charge there seems quite interesting."

"That's right, that's why I want to go there..." Saint Homing looked south, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

He really wanted to meet Commodore Jin An, who was respected by the people of the South Sea.

...

"Fire Fist! You little brat, get over here!" Jin An's loud shout came from the office.

Fire Fist shuddered and immediately stood up from his seat, then rushed to Jin An's office without stopping.

"Commodore, what do you need me for?" Fire Fist was a little uneasy, afraid that what he had been worried about would become a reality.

"Why so nervous..." Jin An showed a smile that was not quite a smile: "Have you done something bad and are afraid of being discovered by me..."

Fire Fist shook his head like a rattle drum, directly denying it three times in a row: "I didn't, I'm not, I don't know!"

"Alright, don't be so nervous. Just treat this place like your own home," Jin An said earnestly.

Fire Fist nodded repeatedly, but in his heart, he only thought Jin An was talking nonsense. At home, he only ate and slept. If he really did that, Jin An would definitely beat him up.

"Recently, has the Navy responsible for investigating the situation in the South Sea reported any special ships entering the South Sea?" Jin An asked.

Fire Fist was confused. The range Jin An gave was too large, and he was not sure what kind of ship information Jin An needed.

For the Navy, pirate ships that are specially monitored, the ships of member state kings, and the ships of the World Government are all special...

"What kind of 'special' are you referring to?" If the range was too large, then he could only continue to ask.

"World Government ships," Jin An replied.

Fire Fist thought for a moment: "There have been many World Government ships entering the South Sea recently."

"Most of them are merchant ships purchasing supplies for the Celestial Dragons, but those ships go directly to the supply procurement locations and there's nothing that needs special attention."

"Is that so..." Jin An stroked his chin.

Could it be that Garp's information was wrong? Those people didn't actually have the South Sea as their destination, but were just passing through.

"Alright, that's all, go do what you need to do," Jin An waved his hand, indicating that there was nothing else here.

Fire Fist was dumbfounded. You called me here so urgently, and that's it?

Just as Fire Fist was about to leave, hurried footsteps sounded in the corridor.

Soon, Kuzan appeared in front of the desk.

"Commodore Jin An, a World Government ship that did not give prior notice is about to dock on the coast of the Sorbet Kingdom," Kuzan said directly, not having time to greet Fire Fist.

Jin An glanced at Fire Fist, a dangerous aura flowing in his eyes...

Fire Fist: Commodore, listen to my defense... explanation!