The next day.
Early in the morning, Kairo sat by the window in the hotel restaurant, enjoying the breakfast while taking in the scenery of Marinford Town outside.
The town hadn't been affected much by Kaido's sudden arrival the previous day. By early morning, the streets were already bustling with people.
Some Marine officers hurried toward Marine Headquarters to report for duty, while groups of soldiers headed to the training grounds.
Of course, the most numerous were the older men and women out for their morning exercises. One after another, they leisurely gathered in small plazas and beneath groves of trees along the streets, doing all kinds of exercises.
Although Kairo had been in this world for a long time and had visited countless places, he still enjoyed quietly watching ordinary people everywhere go about their daily lives.
Elderly people exercising in the morning, Marine officers heading to work, soldiers training, shopkeepers busy opening their stores...
Scenes like these could probably only be seen in a place like Marinford Town.
But even here in Marinford, such peaceful days couldn't last forever.
After all, following the Summit War in the future, Marinford would be so severely damaged that the Marines would have no choice but to relocate their headquarters elsewhere.
The Marine families living in Marinford would have no choice but to leave as well.
Just as Kairo was staring out the window, somewhat lost in thought, Garp's figure suddenly entered his field of vision.
"Mr. Garp!"
"Vice Admiral!"
The moment Garp appeared in front of the hotel, the pedestrians nearby immediately stepped forward to greet him.
At the same time.
The system's voice suddenly rang out in Kairo's mind without warning.
"Mission: As a great traveler, sharing is better than enjoying something alone. Collect some gossip and secrets that the masses love to hear, and spread interesting stories encountered during your travels to as many people as possible. The wider the spread, the greater the reward. Maximum reward: 200,000 Travel Points."
Sharing is better than enjoying something alone?
Collect gossip and secrets?
Spread them to as many people as possible?
Maximum reward: 200,000 Travel Points?
Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! This is an incredible opportunity!
Two hundred thousand Travel Points!
That was the highest Travel Point reward Kairo had ever seen since activating the system!
Hearing the system's sudden notification, Kairo blinked blankly at first.
Then he became so excited that he mentally screamed three times.
But Kairo quickly calmed down.
Two hundred thousand Travel Points was certainly an enormous amount.
However, the concept of "the wider the spread" was rather troublesome.
Exactly how widespread did something have to become to earn the maximum 200,000 Travel Points?
That was the real question!
Trivial little stories certainly wouldn't spread very far.
He needed explosive gossip and secrets!
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Kairo's gaze fell upon Garp, who was surrounded by a group of people outside the hotel.
His eyes immediately lit up.
"Got it!"
"Let's start with you, Old Man Garp."
"Whether I can earn those 200,000 Travel Points is all up to you!"
With that thought, Kairo decisively accepted the mission.
"System Notification: To assist the host in collecting gossip and secrets, the system has specially prepared a Recording Den Den Mushi. Please check your inventory!"
The instant the notification sounded in his mind, the air before Kairo trembled.
A palm-sized Den Den Mushi suddenly appeared out of thin air and dropped onto the table in front of him.
Perfect!
As expected of the Traveler System!
It had prepared everything so thoughtfully!
Looking at the Den Den Mushi on the table, an increasingly mischievous smile spread across Kairo's face.
With this Recording Den Den Mushi, spreading gossip and secrets would be much easier!
"Hahaha, Kairo, you're up pretty early!"
Just as Kairo put the Den Den Mushi away, Garp's hearty laughter came from nearby.
Looking over, Kairo saw Garp entering the restaurant in high spirits.
Apparently, Kaido's sudden appearance the previous night hadn't affected his mood at all.
He quickly walked over to Kairo.
Looking at Garp approaching, Kairo couldn't help smiling.
In his eyes, Garp was now a walking source of Travel Points!
As long as he could dig some gossip out of Garp, given Garp's influence in this world, it would undoubtedly spread far and wide!
"Mr. Kairo! Mr. Kairo!"
Just then, Tashigi also ran into the restaurant and hurried over to Kairo.
"I'm not late, am I?!"
"No, no, little Kiki!"
Kairo smiled and made room beside him.
After Tashigi sat down, he looked up at Garp again.
"Old man, want something to eat?"
"Nope. I already ate at home!"
Garp casually walked over and sat down opposite Kairo.
"Since you're already up, come out and walk around with me."
"We can also take a look around the Marine Headquarters building!"
The moment Garp finished speaking, Kairo immediately called out to a passing waiter.
"Waiter, get something for the little beauty sitting beside me..."
"Eh, little Kiki, just order whatever you like."
Tashigi didn't hold back.
She immediately ordered several different pastries, apparently planning to make breakfast double as lunch!
After Tashigi finished ordering, Kairo turned toward Garp.
"The Marine Headquarters building is right there. What's there to see?"
"And what's so fun about walking around with an old geezer like you?"
"If we're going sightseeing, we should bring little Kiki along, right, little Kiki?"
"Mm-hmm!"
Tashigi nodded enthusiastically.
"After breakfast, I'll show Mr. Kairo around! There's lots of fun stuff here!"
Watching the two of them sing the same tune, Garp immediately developed a face full of dark lines.
"By the way!"
Before Garp could react, Kairo suddenly changed the subject.
"Old Man Garp, how about we play a little role-playing game?"
"Role-playing? What's that?"
"It's very simple."
"I'll play the role of a reporter and interview you about some everyday matters."
"Interview the old man?"
Garp froze for a moment before bursting into laughter.
"What is there worth interviewing me about?"
"But if you really want to interview the old man, sure!"
"However, you have to agree to come meet Fleet Admiral Sengoku with me!"
"As long as you answer my interview questions truthfully, forget about meeting Fleet Admiral Sengoku."
"I'd even go with you to meet the Commander-in-Chief!"
"Hahaha! It's a deal!"
Garp's eyes immediately lit up.
He straightened his posture, casually picked up the glass of untouched fruit juice on the table, and immediately declared,
"Then let's start right now!"
"Not so fast, not so fast!"
Seeing how straightforward Garp was, Kairo quickly took out the Recording Den Den Mushi and pointed it at him.
"Even though it's role-playing, we still need a sense of ceremony, right?"
"Ahem... we're starting now!"
"Hello, Mr. Garp. I'm Kairo, a traveler!"
"Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to accept this interview. I really appreciate it!"
"Hahahahaha..."
Seeing Kairo genuinely slip into the role of a reporter, Garp couldn't help laughing heartily.
"You're quite a character, brat!"
"Alright. Ask whatever you want!"
Clearly, Garp was very interested in this so-called "role-playing" game.
"Alright."
Kairo paused briefly before getting straight to the point.
"First question."
"Mr. Garp, were you, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, and Vice Admiral Tsuru involved in a love triangle when you were young?"
Garp had just taken a sip of juice.
Caught completely off guard, he immediately spat the entire mouthful out.
Then he stared at Kairo in utter disbelief, his eyes bulging as the expression on his face became extraordinarily colorful.
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