One Piece : Admiral Falcon is Pissed off again today!

"Bwahahaha Ace, look, it's grandpa."

Garp made funny faces at the one-year-old Ace, but the child responded with a look of disdain.

Thanks to Michael's interference, Ace wasn't born after an extended twenty-month pregnancy but was delivered normally.

Thus, Ace was a full year older than in the original timeline.

"Grandpa, ugly."

"Ahahaha! You little rascal sure know how to crack jokes!"

Garp confidently patted Ace's tiny head—kids say the darndest things! Just kids being kids!

"Father, Admiral Sengoku is here."

Rouge's voice came from outside the courtyard.

Garp looked up just as Sengoku pushed the door open.

Sengoku wasn't wearing his Marine uniform but a standard-issue white suit distributed internally.

"Have you lost all sense of responsibility? It's been a whole month since Michael's promotion ceremony and all you do is stay home playing with your grandson! I don't expect much from G3's operations, but at least show your face at the HQ!"

"Hmph! What would an old bachelor like you know about the joy of spending time with a grandchild!?"

"At least remember your actual job before doting on your grandson, you old fool!"

Sengoku snapped at Garp, seeming slightly relieved after venting, then sat down beside him.

He extended a finger and gently poked Ace's cheek.

In that moment, the leader of the marines and the son of the pirate king shared an oddly heartwarming first meeting.

Sengoku moved carefully—he had little experience handling infants.

Even Rosinante and Michael were already somewhat grown when he found them.

"Get lost, your finger's thicker than Ace's arm." Garp swatted Sengoku's hand away in disgust.

"You didn't come here just to yell at me, did you?"

"Yell at you? I'd rather strangle you!" Sengoku fumed.

"Your precious son, Monkey D. Dragon, formed the 'Freedom Fighters' after leaving the Marines! Now he's overthrown an entire kingdom's government!"

"W-what? I knew the Freedom Fighters Army interfered in Sorbet Kingdom's civil war, but they actually manage to topple a regime!?"

Garp was stunned.

He knew how strong his son was, but overthrowing a nation wasn't something achievable through sheer individual power.

Even someone as formidable as Kaido had to install a puppet government when invading Wano.

Sorbet Kingdom was a major power in the South Blue and one of the strongest opponents to abolishing human trafficking and slavery, following the Celestial Dragons' example.

And yet, its government had been overthrown just like that?

Sengoku was well aware the kingdom's ruler was a tyrant.

He knew its actions had nothing to do with "justice."

But for the sake of balance and "relative peace," he had to turn a blind eye under the World Government's orders.

Personally, he even agreed with Dragon's actions.

But… he was a Marine Acting Fleet Admiral, the highest authority in the Marines.

An organization like the Freedom Fighters could not be tolerated.

"I'm here to inform you that starting today, Monkey D. Dragon will be listed on the Marines' bounty posters."

"Bounty amount... One billion berries."

Sengoku had expected Garp to be shocked, even furious, at this news.

Instead, he found his old comrade hadn't even lifted his head.

For a moment, he was taken aback—but then he remembered one of Garp's infamous traits...

"Zzzzz..."

Watching the bubble of snot inflate and deflate with each snore, Sengoku swallowed back everything he had planned to say.

Then he turned and walked out of the room.

"Admiral Sengoku, are you leaving so soon?" Rouge, who was hanging laundry in the yard, asked curiously when she saw him emerge.

"Yeah, well, that old fool fell asleep again."

Sengoku's gaze lingered on Rouge's platinum-blonde hair.

He hadn't paid much attention before, but now that he looked, the color was unmistakable—identical to that of a certain adopted son of his.

Even the shine was exactly the same.

"By the way, Rouge, what was your child's name again? Ace?"

"Yes, he's already one year old."

"What a coincidence..." Sengoku shook his head, then gave Rouge a deep look.

"The education of children must be taken seriously."

"We can't let Ace follow Dragon's path, joining the Freedom Fighters Army or even becoming a 'pirate' or something like that..."

****

Three days later, in the Sorbet Kingdom.

"Overthrowing a tyrannical nation was far easier than expected" Ivankov said, tilting his enormous head while performing a bizarre yoga pose at the desk.

"But the reconstruction afterward is just too difficult! Hee-Haw!"

"It may be challenging, but it's a necessary step we must take" Monkey D. Dragon replied, seated at a desk equally buried in documents.

"Our goal is to liberate the people, overthrow the oppressive nobility and bring equality and peace to the nation—not just leave behind a broken mess."

"Dragon is right. Simply overthrowing a country by force won't bring peace to the world. Establishing a new order afterward is the key."

A white-haired woman carrying more files walked in through the door and spoke these words.

It was Olvia, now dressed in Freedom Fighters Army attire.

"Well, if our chief strategist says so, then I guess I'll have to drop all complaints and work hard! Hee-Haw!"

"Before work, I think you should take a look at them first."

Olvia smiled, set down the documents and swung the door wide open again.

Two people entered.

Ivankov leaped to his feet, flipping over the desk with a spinning jump.

"Kuma! Ginny! My dear juniors! You actually look the part in those uniforms!"

"Just like I said when I broke you out of prison—let's change the world together!"

"And the first step to changing the world is tackling these documents together! Hee-Haw!"

Saul, sitting outside the door, lowered his head and laughed at the excited Ivankov.

"Dereshishishi, you're just trying to slack off, aren't you?"

Instantly, the room was filled with cheerful laughter.

****

Though the Sorbet Kingdom was in ruins, its people were filled with hope for a new life.

Thus, not long after the war, they had already begun rebuilding their homeland.

The living honored the war's victim in this way, keeping themselves busy to heal their wounds with labor and time.

The Freedom Fighters led by Monkey D. Dragon was no exception, joining the reconstruction efforts across all sectors.

Among them were Ginny and Kuma, who were highly respected in the Sorbet Kingdom.

But today, as Ginny and Kuma arrived at the church that had once treated the wounded civilians of the Sorbet Kingdom, they found a strange man sitting there.

He wore a Marine officer's uniform, had wings on his back and a shining light in his hands.

After a while, a severely ill elderly man miraculously recovered.

"Thank you, Marine-sama."

"May God bless you, old man."

After seeing the elderly man off, the stranger turned to face Kuma and Ginny.

Then, he smiled warmly and said.

"Could you two take me to see Big Brother Dragon?"

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