"What?"

Not expecting Orion to give him such a mission after so long, Garp was immediately displeased.

He snatched the dog hat off his head and complained, "Orion, do you have some kind of prejudice against me? Zephyr and Sengoku became rotating Gorosei, so why am I stuck with these trivial tasks? Making me take over Zephyr's role as an instructor is one thing, but you even want me to go catch these brats!"

"What? You want to be a Gorosei too?"

Orion blinked and said bluntly, "As long as you bring all these brats on the list to headquarters, i will let you become the next Agriculture God and enter the Chamber of Authority!"

"Really?"

Garp's eyes instantly lit up, "I can become a Gorosei? Aren't you afraid I'll beat Saturn, Nusjuro and Warcury to a pulp?"

Orion waved his hand: "No matter, they're immortal. Even if you beat them to pulp, they won't die!"

"Ahahaha, I'll take this mission!"

'I never expected it would be so easy to become one of the Gorosei, and I can even beat up Saturn and the others whenever I feel like it.'

Garp's mood instantly brightened, and he snatched the list as if afraid Orion would change his mind, then dashed out of the office in a flash.

...

"Vice Admiral Garp, what brings you to the headquarters building?"

No sooner had Garp rushed out of the Fleet Admiral's office than he encountered a middle-aged man wearing a cloak and a fedora approaching him.

Bogard, Garp's aide—a formidable man of immense strength who remained low-key, always staying by Garp's side.

"Bogard, you came at just the right time!"

Garp handed the list to Bogard and continued, "Take this list and come with me to the East Blue. Orion has given me a new mission: capture all the kids on this list and bring them back to headquarters!"

"A list?"

Bogard was completely stunned.

"What kids? And they require you to personally handle it?"

As he spoke, Bogard promptly opened the list.

When he saw the first name, his pupils couldn't help but contract sharply.

"Monkey D. Luffy. Vice Admiral Garp, isn't... isn't this your grandson?"

As Garp's aide, and having fought alongside him in the God Valley Battle thirty-two years ago, Bogard naturally knew many of Garp's secrets that outsiders were unaware of.

"Right, right, right! This unfilial grandson of mine was deeply influenced by Shanks and has been shouting since childhood that he wants to become the Pirate King. This time, Orion personally ordered him to be brought to headquarters. I refuse to believe he can still go out to sea and become a pirate!"

Hearing this, Bogard glanced at the tightly closed door of the Fleet Admiral's office, then leaned closer to Garp and lowered his voice.

"Vice Admiral Garp, aren't you the least bit curious why the Fleet Admiral suddenly asked you to do this? If the Fleet Admiral knows about Luffy's existence, he must also know who Luffy's father is!"

"No need for you to worry about that!"

Garp raised his hand and patted Bogard's shoulder.

"Orion not only knows who Luffy's father is but has also met him—right in the Fleet Admiral's office."

Pausing briefly, Garp suddenly changed the subject, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his heart, and said with a relaxed expression.

"I was hesitating before about whether to tell Orion about Luffy. It seems I was overthinking it. All the things we were worried about aren't problems in Orion's eyes. We'll just solve them one by one."

"Let's go, follow me to capture the people on this list!"

With that, Garp decisively strode out.

Bogard didn't dare delay and quickly followed him out of the headquarters building.

Soon, Garp's warship set sail from Marineford and headed straight for the East Blue.

"Vice Admiral Garp, have you looked at this list?!"

On the deck of the warship, Bogard sat opposite Garp, staring at the list in his hand with a puzzled expression.

"Not all the kids on this list are in the East Blue. There's even one who isn't human!"

"What do you mean?"

Garp picked up a rice cracker and tossed it into his mouth, mumbling indistinctly.

"Who isn't human?"

"This one!" Bogard placed the list in front of Garp and pointed to a name.

"Brook. Physical description: skeleton body, afro, dressed like a gentleman."

Garp waved his hand carelessly.

"So he's a skeleton. Just capture everyone on the list and bring them all back to headquarters! As for the rest, Orion must have already made arrangements!"

Talk is talk, but Garp was still curious about who else was on the list besides his grandson Luffy, so he casually took the list over.

"Hmm!"

The moment his eyes scanned the list, Garp's pupils dilated sharply, and he stood up with a horrified expression.

Right after the name Monkey D. Luffy on the list, the words 'Portgas D. Ace' were prominently written.

Not only were there notes on his appearance and characteristics, but even his address was included.

"How is this possible!"

Looking at the name 'Portgas D. Ace' on the list, Garp lost his composure.

Panic was evident on his face as he muttered, "Even Ace's full name is noted here. Does Orion already know about Ace's origins?

Seeing Garp's reaction, Bogart quickly approached.

"Vice Admiral Garp, do you know this Ace on the list? Who is he to make you react like this?"

Instinctively, Garp wanted to find an excuse to cover it up.

But he immediately realized that since Orion had even noted Ace's full name on the list, it was clear he already knew about Ace's background.

After a brief silence, Garp sighed inwardly and nodded softly.

"This Ace is Roger's child. Before his execution, Roger entrusted the child to me. After Roger was executed, I found Ace and placed him with a bandit family on Mount Colubo in the Goa Kingdom within the East Blue."

"Since Orion knows his full name, it's obvious he has investigated everything. There's no need for me to hide it from you anymore!"

"I understand!"

Bogart nodded with a grave expression.

"The Fleet Admmiral suddenly assigned you this task because he wants to see what choice you will make."

Garp nodded.

If Orion had only asked him to bring Luffy to headquarters, he wouldn't have made this connection.

After all, Orion had already met Dragon before this and wouldn't hold any prejudice against Luffy just because his father was the leader of the Revolutionary Army.

Most importantly, he had always been training Luffy as his successor, hoping Luffy would one day shoulder the future of the Marines.

If Orion suddenly wanted him to bring Luffy to headquarters, he would naturally be pleased.

But with Ace's name appearing on this list, things were no longer as simple as he had thought.

"Vice Admiral, you must not make a choice that would disappoint the Fleet Admmiral at this critical moment."

Seeing Garp fall silent, Bogart straightened up and said solemnly.

"The Fleet Admiral has brought unprecedented glory to the Marines, ensuring our justice is no longer trampled by the Celestial Dragons who stand above the World Government. Isn't this exactly what we've always wanted but couldn't achieve? If you continue to hide things from the Fleet Admiral regarding this matter, given his way of handling things, he will surely eliminate all potential threats at their roots once and for all!"

"Moreover, this might not be a bad thing!"

"Because the Fleet Admiral didn't say to arrest them, but asked you to bring them all back to headquarters for him to personally train!"

"This means the Fleet Admiral doesn't care whose descendants they are. After all, he's the unprecedented Fleet Admiral who even the Gorosei have to make concessions to, fully capable of controlling everything."

"Not to mention the descendants of Roger, even if Rocks from the God Valley War were to return from the dead, they wouldn't cause much of a stir before the Fleet Admiral."