An infinite journey starting from the big pirate

The moment Gladius stretched out his hand, a golden cone suddenly shot through the air and hit his back.

"Who!?"

Gladius hurriedly dodged sideways, but he did not expect that the golden cone suddenly exploded in mid-air, splashing gold powder all over himself.

Then a figure suddenly appeared in front of him and slashed with a sharp aura.

As Gladius retreated, he hastily pulled out a pistol and blocked it in front of him.

The light of the sword was embedded in the pistol, instantly cutting the barrel in two, and then slashed at Gladius with unabated force, spattering a trail of blood.

Unfortunately, he dodged in time and the blow was not fatal.

"It's you!?"

After retreating a certain distance, Gladius covered his wound and saw clearly that it was Carlo.

Where is the young master?

Gladius was immediately stunned. He knew that Doflamingo went to deal with this brat, and now that he appeared here, what happened to his young master?

"Gion, are you okay?"

While Gladius was in a daze, Carlo quickly squatted down and supported Gion.

Looking at the girl's body that was scarred by the explosion, Carlo felt as if his heart had been cut by a knife several times.

"Carlo."

Gion couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Carlo appear, and then gently held Carlo's hand, "Be careful, this person can make anything he touches explode."

"I know. But don't worry, he has already lost."

"Have I lost? You are so loud, kid."

Gladius decided to deal with Carlo quickly and then go to see the situation of Dover, so he picked up a stone and said, "Let you taste the explosion!"

Just as he was about to throw the stone at Carlo, he suddenly froze.

Um? Why can't I move my arms?

Gladius looked down and was shocked to find that his entire torso had turned golden.

"what is this?!"

Gladius struggled in vain for a few times, and found that he was completely unable to stop the spread of gold, and gradually everything below his neck turned into gold.

It turned out that the gold powder Carlo had just splashed on him entered his body along the wound on his chest under Carlo's control. Carlo is a person with the ability to awaken from the Golden Fruit, which can turn people who have been penetrated by gold into a golden elephant.

The gold continued to spread, and Gladius didn't expect that he would be defeated without even having time to use his abilities due to his carelessness.

This is a duel between ability users. Weird situations may occur, so there must be no carelessness.

Gladius finally stared blankly at the sky and murmured, "I'm sorry, young master, I let you down..." and then was completely transformed into a golden elephant.

After briefly treating Ain's wounds, Carlo carefully carried the two of them into a nearby room to rest. I am preparing to set off to see what is going on with other navies and why they have not come to support them for so long.

When he arrived, he discovered that Dover and Gladius seemed to be the only ones coming from the Don Quixote family.

The large navy force was held back by a sudden uplift of a mountain-like rock fault. Zefa and the other two lieutenant generals were angrily fighting giant rock men.

This rock giant is at least a hundred meters tall. To it, Zefa and his party are really as small as ants.

The Rock Giant was created by the superhuman Stone Fruit ability of Pica, one of the top leaders of the Don Quixote family.

Zefa's high-level weaponry has been practiced to the point of perfection. With one punch, a large piece of the rock giant's body will break into pieces. But compared with the rock giant, he is still too small after all, and there is nothing he can do with Pika for the time being.

Although the other lieutenant generals also showed their own special powers, the damage caused to the rock giant was still minimal compared to the whole body. They fell into the same predicament as Zefa. He only had brute strength, but for a while he was as powerful as Pika. Nothing can be done.

To control so many rocks, the consumption of physical strength must be very intense, so they can only hope to continuously consume Pika's physical strength and make it exhausted as soon as possible.

At this moment, a bright golden mass suddenly flew from the distance. Carlo took a closer look and saw that it was Doflamingo carrying the golden statue of Gladius.

Dover had temporarily taken care of his injuries and came to look for Carlo. He only found the golden Gladius, so he had to take him with him to find his own army.

The ability of Dover's Thread Fruit allows him to freely manipulate and generate threads, and can even tie the threads to clouds to swing back and forth in the sky, achieving the effect of flying.

Dover hung Gladius with a thread and landed on Pika's shoulders, saying, "Let's retreat!"

Then I saw that the shoulders of the rock giant seemed to have melted, wrapping Dover and Gladius inside. Then the entire rock giant leaned against the tall pines in the center of Jianshan Island, Dragon Tooth Mountain, and then the whole body slowly sank in. .

"Damn it, that was the Thread Fruit just now."

Zefa, who was on the ground, recognized the person who had just arrived, gritted his teeth and said, "It's Don Quixote Doflamingo!"

……

After Dover and his party evacuated, the navy finally took control of the island and began post-war statistics.

Ain and Gion were also taken to hospitals on the island.

Carlo stayed with Gion beside the hospital bed, but he felt a little irritated in his heart. Why did he feel that he had forgotten something?

In a large pit on the island, Jia Ji weakly stretched out his hand to the sky, "Help, I'm dying..."

Fortunately, he was soon discovered by the residents who came out to clean up the battlefield on the island, and was sent to the hospital in time without any serious injuries.

After the war, the leaders of the Pirate Alliance had all been confirmed dead or captured, and after subsequent investigations by the navy, they also figured out the reason for the sudden appearance of the Don Quixote family.

Askey and the others placed a huge weapons order with Doflamingo, but they failed to pay the balance, so they were found. The navy coincidentally started the operation a few hours ahead of them.

This explanation seemed to make sense, but Carlo didn't think it was the truth.

With Dover's caution, he realized that the navy would not appear suddenly even if it was dispatched, so he chose to fight head-on with the navy. But he killed Askey in front of Carlo, and it didn't look like he was in a group.

what is going on actually?

Carlo knew there was a conspiracy here, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

It wasn't until later that Zefa accidentally mentioned something in front of him that Carlo suddenly realized it.

"You guys ran into Doflamingo, but you were safe. It's a blessing among misfortunes."

When Zefa came to visit the injured Gion and Ain, he said with emotion, "And on the island, I also found a good seedling worth cultivating. You can get to know him in the future."

A good seedling worth cultivating? On the island?

Carlo immediately smelled something keenly.

"His name is Vergo, and he is the coach of the martial arts school on the island. He has a large part of the credit for our victory this time. Without his help, several of our troops would have fallen into the pirates' trap."

Zefa continued, "Several of his students died in the pirate invasion. He expressed his desire to join the navy and contribute to the peace of the sea."

Virgo? No way! Such a coincidence? !

When Carlo heard this familiar name, he immediately expressed his desire to meet this "good young man".

Zefa immediately agreed.

Although the real-life version of Vergo is still somewhat different from that in the animated comics, he has a characteristic that allows Carlo to recognize him at a glance.

You said everything was fine, but why did you stick a piece of steak on your face? !

Carlo saw Comrade Vergo for the first time and expressed curiosity.

Are you really not a person with the ability of "food that sticks to your face"?

"Oh? This? Please don't care!"

Vergo said this as he saw Carlo staring at the steak on his face.

Vergo is a very polite young man, and it feels good to give Carlo a second impression, because the first impression was obtained from the original work.

"Hello, my name is Vergo."

"My name is Carlo."

Carlo shook Vergo's hand, got to know each other, and left.

Zefa was complacent and said, "So, he is a good young man."

"That's right. One of the top cadres of the Don Quixote family, codenamed 'Corazon'."

Zefa was stunned immediately, "What did you say?"

"That Vergo is a spy of the Don Quixotega family. If you don't believe it, just ask Rosinandi to take a peek at him and you will know."

"Wait, isn't it... huh?"

Zefa's eyes widened immediately, "How do you know about Rosinandi?...No, how do you know about Vergo and Rosinandi!?"

"At this point, my true identity can no longer be concealed."

Carlo sighed and continued, "Actually, I am a Celestial Dragon."

When Zefa heard this, he immediately stayed where he was...

"Hahaha! You, a poor boy who can't even afford breakfast and always takes advantage of me, will you be a Tianlong? Hahaha, don't make me laugh."

Carlo was furious and immediately took out the ID chip he had always carried with him and waved it in front of Zefa.

Zefa is a former navy admiral, so he would not be able to recognize what this is, and his smile gradually solidified.

"haha a!?"

……

Zefa did not dare to neglect, and carried Carlo's collar like a rabbit back to the office on the ship. First, he called He on the phone to tell her the shocking news, then called Sengoku, and finally called Kong. …

It turns out that I have been kept in the dark by you three all this time! ! !

Zefa instantly lost trust in all the senior management, and finally hesitated for a while before calling Garp again.

"What? Carlo is a Celestial Dragon? Who is Carlo? What happened to those trash from the Celestial Dragons?"

Zefa hung up the phone with peace of mind, thinking that it was good to have you.

On Garp's side, Zefa just felt confused after hanging up the phone.

"Carlo...wait, I seem to have heard of this name..."

Garp vaguely felt that he had grasped something, and began to think hard...

Back at Zefa, Carlo has explained to him why he left Marigioa and how he entered the naval school with a new identity with the help of Crane.

"In other words, you couldn't stand what happened in Mariejoia, so you ran away. You knew that your identity was a drag, so you worked hard to improve your strength."

Zefa nodded and continued, "But this doesn't explain why you know Vergo's identity. Did you still have contact with Doflamingo after you escaped?"

Carlo couldn't say that I read it from the comics, so he immediately made nonsense and said, "Actually, Marie Joa's CP0 has always been concerned about Doflamingo's situation. I also happened to know about it when I was at Marie Joa."

"No wonder."

Zefa suddenly realized it, and then became a little annoyed.

"Those cp0 bastards knew such important information and didn't tell the navy. It seems it's time to crack down."

Far away in Mariejoia, Ant, the new CP0 captain, suddenly felt a chill down his spine for no reason. He vaguely seemed to see a black pot falling from the sky, and he couldn't help but shudder.

Although he was a little shocked for a moment after learning Carlo's true identity, Zefa had seen great storms and experienced great joys and sorrows, and he did not regard Carlo "differently" because of this.

He took care of Carlo for two years and knew what kind of person this child was.

"Does Rocinante know your identity?"

"He doesn't know, but I think Doflamingo already knows. I used the power of the Golden Fruit in front of him."

Zefa suddenly said, "Golden Fruit, it's been two years, and I still don't know that you are an esper... No wonder you are always absent from swimming classes. So next, if you confess your identity to me at this time, what are your plans? Bar?"

"Yes." Carlo continued, "I'm going to leave for a while and go back to Mariejoia."

"Huh?" Zefa asked in confusion, "You finally escaped, why do you want to go back?"

"I am already thirteen years old. I can come and go of Mariejoia freely as I wish. Moreover, I still have my relatives up there. I miss him."

"Won't other Tianlong people make things difficult for you?"

"CP0 will not intervene in the internal problems of the Tianlong people. No one among the Tianlong people can beat me now. It's good if I don't make it difficult for them."

Carlo thought in his heart that he didn't know how Bai Yena and Luna were doing. It would be best to find an opportunity to go to Nine Snake Island to see them.

This internship operation is originally a kind of graduation assessment. After the operation, most of the students will be sent to work in various places. But there are still some students who Zefa believes have potential and can continue to dig deeper. They can choose whether to stay and continue to be taught by Zefa, or accept the appointment and leave the school. Smoker and Tina are like this, they have been following Zefa for several years. However, this internship was also their last. After this time, Tina and Smoker had to accept the assignment from the top management and go to work in a certain branch base.

Both Gion and Ain chose to stay. They were still young, and Zefa was planning to continue nurturing them for a few more years. Carlo had always planned to leave in two years.

First of all, his coming to Malinfando was the result of a strange combination of circumstances. There were people he missed waiting for him on Nine Snakes Island, and he missed them very much. Also, even if the top brass of the Navy help cover him up, it is impossible for him to hide his identity from the eyes of the World Government for long.

As the top student of the new generation of the navy, it is impossible for the world government not to pay attention to it. Sooner or later, he will be exposed. It doesn't matter if he goes back early or late, and he is not prepared to hide it for the rest of his life.

The days of eating soft food and selling your dignity and body for a few gold bars are over. It's time to become a rich man like a real Celestial Dragon.