The news that Traveler Kairo D. Arashi had come to Marine Headquarters quickly spread throughout Marineford.
Especially after they heard that Vice Admiral Momousagi had actually confessed her feelings to Kairo D. Arashi in the Marine cafeteria, the entire Marine Headquarters was buzzing with excitement. Quite a few officers and commanders rushed straight to the cafeteria at the first opportunity.
However, by the time they arrived, Kairo D. Arashi had already left the cafeteria.
Walking ahead of Kairo D. Arashi, Tashigi was inexplicably excited. Every now and then, she would sneak a glance back at Kairo D. Arashi and Gion walking side by side, unable to stop herself from curling her eyes into crescents and smiling especially sweetly.
"Today really is a happy day!"
After watching them for a while, Tashigi suddenly stopped. She blinked her lively eyes at Kairo D. Arashi and seriously asked, "Mr. Kairo D. Arashi, Aunt Gion, I want to ask you something!"
"Hmm?"
Seeing Tashigi's serious expression, Kairo D. Arashi and Momousagi both froze for a moment before asking in perfect unison, "What is it?"
Tashigi only hesitated for a moment before decisively asking, "I want to know whether Auntie and Mr. Kairo D. Arashi are a couple now! Hehe~~"
Hearing this, Kairo D. Arashi and Momousagi once again looked at each other, then exchanged a smile!
"What?"
Seeing that Kairo D. Arashi and Momousagi had simply smiled at each other without saying anything afterward, Tashigi unhappily puffed out her cheeks. "What's with that reaction? Can't you say something?"
"Why are you, a little kid, sticking your nose into this?"
Kairo D. Arashi slowly walked up to Tashigi and rubbed the top of her head before smiling. "It's getting late. Let's go back to the hotel!"
"Why go back to the hotel?"
Tashigi continued pouting, her expression adorably innocent. "Hotels are so expensive! Let's go to Auntie's house instead. Auntie's house is huge, and most importantly, she has enough rooms for ten people!"
"Tashigi!"
Momousagi, standing to the side, instantly panicked. She hurriedly said, "Y-You… what are you talking about?!"
"I'm not talking nonsense."
Tashigi tilted her head and giggled. "Auntie's house really is very big! Wow, Auntie, are you embarrassed?"
Momousagi blinked blankly. This little girl really knew how to add fuel to the fire!
However, thinking about how Kairo D. Arashi had come all the way to Marineford only to stay in a hotel, she also felt that it was somewhat inappropriate. Her house really was quite spacious, with many rooms sitting empty. If Kairo D. Arashi was willing…
Uh!!
At that thought, Momousagi's cheeks immediately turned even redder.
Kairo D. Arashi naturally didn't go stay at Momousagi's house. After parting ways with Momousagi and Tashigi, he returned to his hotel room alone and promptly took out the Video Transponder Snail!
It contained the recording of Garp's interview, so he had to keep it safe.
However, although he had the interview footage, he still had to figure out how to spread it. That was a major problem! It was obviously impossible to find a newspaper company and publish the interview as an article. The only option was to broadcast it through a Video Transponder Snail!
All right!
Compared to conducting the interview, spreading it was actually the most difficult part! He didn't know where the upper limit of "how widely it spread" was. If he blindly chose a Video Transponder Snail to broadcast it and failed to reach the maximum possible audience, he'd be losing out big time!
Huh!
Suddenly, Kairo D. Arashi's eyes lit up.
"Sabaody Archipelago!!!"
Because the Sabaody Archipelago was a necessary stop for anyone heading to the New World, it was frequented by countless pirates, merchants, slave traders, and bounty hunters.
If he broadcast the interview footage on the giant screens of the Sabaody Archipelago, the effect would definitely be explosive!
Thinking of this, the corners of Kairo D. Arashi's mouth curved upward. He secretly thought, "Old Man Garp, for the sake of 200,000 Travel Points, I'll have to sacrifice you a little. Don't blame me!!"
No, no!
Just as he was about to broadcast Garp's recording on the giant screens of Sabaody, Kairo D. Arashi suddenly tightened his expression and murmured, "For the sake of safety, I should interview a few more people and dig up more juicy secrets that the masses love to gossip about!! But who should I interview next?"
There were only a few major figures at Marine Headquarters who were hot topics of discussion. Aside from Garp, whose name had the widest recognition around the world, there was Fleet Admiral Sengoku.
After all, he was the Fleet Admiral. Just that title alone was enough to attract people's attention!!
But what juicy secrets could there be about Sengoku?
After thinking it over for a while, Kairo D. Arashi gradually came up with a plan!
The night passed without incident.
The next morning, just after Kairo D. Arashi got up and finished washing up, Garp appeared again!
"Hahahahaha… I can't believe it… I really can't believe it!"
The moment he knocked on Kairo D. Arashi's door, Garp burst into laughter as he walked over and sat down in a chair. He looked up at Kairo D. Arashi and shamelessly said, "I never thought Gion would actually do something so shocking! Come on, brat, tell me. What does it feel like to have the beautiful Gion confess her feelings to you?"
"Don't you have anything to do every day?"
Looking at Garp casually strolling into his room, Kairo D. Arashi was covered in black lines. He helplessly said, "You're a Marine Vice Admiral, after all… Shouldn't you report to Headquarters first thing in the morning? Why do you keep coming here?"
"I'm just showing concern for you. I'm worried you won't be used to life in Marineford!"
Garp grinned slyly, his words clearly insincere!
"Let's go!"
Kairo D. Arashi couldn't be bothered to waste words with the old man and simply said, "Take me to see Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
"Seriously? You're actually willing?"
Seeing that Kairo D. Arashi had taken the initiative to suggest meeting Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Garp couldn't help freezing for a moment. He then waved his hand grandly. "I don't know what you're up to, brat, but since you're the one who suggested it, this old man couldn't be happier. Let's go!"
Soon, the two entered Marine Headquarters and arrived at the foot of the Headquarters building.
It was the morning rush, and Marine officers, commanders, and personnel from various special departments were constantly greeting Garp as they passed by. Then, after turning around to leave, each of them would cast a curious and astonished glance at Kairo D. Arashi!
When Kairo D. Arashi followed Garp toward the Fleet Admiral's office, the Headquarters staff members who had just greeted Garp quickly gathered together.
"That man… is he the Traveler Kairo D. Arashi Garp is always talking about?"
"He's so young. He looks completely ordinary!"
"Completely ordinary? You clearly didn't see the footage of him taking Kaido's attack!"
"I did see it. At the time, I thought Kaido's kanabo would send him flying. But who would've thought… that guy really is incredibly strong…"
"My instincts tell me that the reason he's appeared at Marine Headquarters this time is probably because he's planning to join the Marines!"
"Could he be promoted directly to Vice Admiral?"
"It's possible! Very possible!"
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