Paper Paper Fruit In One Piece

"Grandpa, I'm sorry."

"I've always made you worry..."

Holding the 'phone paper,' the burly silver-haired old man's lips trembled, unable to speak. His fists, capable of moving mountains, shook like he had Parkinson's, and his expression was a mix of crying and laughing.

Slap,

One hand held the phone paper, the other covered his forehead, hiding his face. Big tears rolled down his cheeks, and Garp's hoarse voice came out.

"Roman, tell me this isn't true."

"Grandpa, I really am Ace! I—"

"Let me explain," Roman interrupted the anxious voice on the other end of the phone paper, Essa—no, Ace. "No matter how you explain, Teacher Garp will think it's a recording or even a hallucination."

So, this and that...

"So, this is all due to a Devil Fruit power?"

"That's right," after explaining his top-notch operation to Vice Admiral Garp, Roman nodded firmly.

"Teacher Garp, you know the Marines had to eliminate Ace and Whitebeard, or they would lose face in front of the whole world."

With Roman's various abilities, he could have taken Ace away alive. But the Marines wouldn't have let it go, and even the usually lazy Aokiji and Kizaru would have gone all out, causing more casualties for the Whitebeard Pirates.

And trying to swap Ace in front of Akainu would be an insult to Akainu's Observation Haki. So:

"So, I used my power to help Ace fake his death and escape. Now he's the acting captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, 'Essa.'—Teacher Garp, don't accidentally let it slip."

After Roman's reminder, Garp, now in a good mood, tossed the phone paper aside and casually picked his nose.

"Those two brats, they've been making me worry! Even my teaching has become long-winded."

"Come on, let's continue!"

Seeing Garp take a fighting stance, Roman was puzzled. Didn't I already learn...

"Hahaha, enough talk, watch my fist!"

Roman's pupils widened as Garp's fist, the size of a pot, rapidly approached.

Oh no—

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"Captain....Roman... ?"

"Boss, are you... okay?"

After finishing their reports and showing off in front of the reporters, Lieutenant Commander Isuka and Captain Bolkin found Roman at the training ground. What they saw was:

"Boss, do you have any last words... cough, do you need us to call a doctor?"

The entire training ground looked like it had been bombed, with huge craters everywhere! These craters were from Roman's missed attacks, while Vice Admiral Garp's punches...

All landed on Roman!

Even with Roman's newly upgraded Armament Haki, he could barely maintain a human shape.

"Don't worry, this is just normal Haki training."

Roman, looking battered and bruised, calmly replied. Isn't getting beaten up during training normal? Let me just— 

Ouch, not enough energy, better lie down for a few more minutes.

"Boss is really hardworking, no wonder he's a Captain at our age."

"Yeah, yeah, even after being beaten like a pig—cough, cough..."

"Boss is amazing, staying calm like this!"

"Yeah, so impressive~~"

Facing a group of second-generation Marines who said they were impressed but were actually making faces, Roman chuckled.

"Since you're all so interested, I'll give you a 'Haki' training session later."

"I just had a 'hands-on' experience with Vice Admiral Garp."

??!!

In an instant, the faces of the gloating second-generation Marines turned ashen. They were already imagining their limbs twisted and faces swollen like pigs in the near future...

"Cough, cough, I think Boss has been training hard. How about we go to Sabaody to relax..."

"Yeah, yeah, balance between work and rest is the way to go!"

"My treat, no one fight me for it!"

"I know a place with... big..."

?

"Ring, ring~~"

"Ring, ring~~"

??

As everyone turned to look, the slender Isuka walked over to a pile of paper nearby and calmly picked up a piece with ears and a mouth.

"Hello, this is Lieutenant Commander Isuka speaking."

???

"Who are you?"

A suspicious voice came from the paper. The only one who could bypass Roman's 'permissions' to call was:

Nami.

"I'm Lieutenant Commander Isuka from Marine Headquarters..."

"Where's Roman?!"

Facing the anxious voice, Isuka replied seriously.

"Captain Roman just finished Haki training and is resting nearby."

"Please—let—Captain—Roman—take—the—call!"

"Let's go, Isuka!"

"Boss, we're leaving~~"

"You chat, we won't invite you."

"Poor Boss, his backyard is about to collapse..."

??

These idiots!

"Nami, it's me."

"Captain Roman, who was that pretty secretary just now?"

?

When did you learn to recognize voices like Sanji? No, no, that's not the point.

"Not a secretary, she's Lieutenant Commander Isuka from Marine Headquarters."

Roman, who had regained some strength, got up and made a gesture. The stack of papers beside him, as tall as a person, flew over and formed a shirt. At the same time, the life force from the blood bottle paper flowed into his body, giving Roman plenty of energy:

"Seimei Kikan!"

As his skin and muscles twisted, Roman, who had just been beaten by Vice Admiral Garp, once again restored his former appearance. It was simply a divine skill!

"You know, I recently joined the Marines."

Roman did not hide his plans from the Straw Hat crew, and they understood: with Roman's status as a Celestial Dragon, if he didn't join the Marines, he wouldn't have the chance to appear on the sea openly.

"Of course I know! But I didn't know there were pretty girl officers serving you closely. Aren't all Marine officers usually fierce-looking old men?"

During the Enies Lobby incident, the Straw Hat crew faced two hundred Marine officers. There wasn't a single pretty girl, not even a female!

No... thinking back carefully, those with particularly developed chest muscles, could they be...

Nami was shocked!

"How would I know?"

Roman said while making a phone call and leaving the training ground.

"This Lieutenant Commander was sent by Marine Headquarters to monitor me, not someone I chose."

"I don't care, I want to join the Marines too!"

??

"Ah, well... it's not impossible, but you'll have to wait a bit."

In fact, Roman had already made plans for Nami, who had come all the way from Skypiea. As a Celestial Dragon, it was normal for him to bring a few 'subordinates' to join the Marines, right?

As for the fact that this subordinate looked exactly like the 'Cat Burglar' Nami from the Straw Hat crew: they were twins, of course!

Wasn't it perfectly reasonable that the war orphan from the Oykot Kingdom had a twin sister?

But even as a Celestial Dragon, Roman couldn't just expect people to believe him without proof. So:

It was time to build his own 'force'.

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"Cough cough, is this the power of CP0?"

Rob Lucci, half-kneeling on the ground, looked up at the masked man in the white suit in front of him. The two of them had suppressed the entire former CP9 team!

Except for Lucci himself, the other former CP9 members were already lying in the ruins. Even with the strong recovery power of their Zoan Devil Fruits, it seemed unrealistic for them to escape together.

"Have you realized the gap between us? Former CP9 genius, Rob Lucci."

"Genius? Hah—"

Lucci snorted self-deprecatingly and stood up with a stern face.

"This period of time has made me realized. Only those who dare to challenge and face difficulties can become true strongmen!"

Spies who waste time in hiding can never stand at the top.

Rip!

Lucci's body suddenly swelled, tearing his suit and revealing his strong half-beast form.

"Come on! No one will die here today! I will protect—"

Facing the desperate Lucci, the masked man in the white suit simply took out a white handkerchief from his pocket and threw it in front of Lucci, who instinctively caught it. His pupils shrank!

The symbol on it was...

"You have passed, former CP9 members."

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"Follow me."

The masked man in the white suit turned and left.

"A 'sir' wants to see you."

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