Chapter 326 Nami in the Library, Luffy's Best Friend
"Major General Gaspard, this place looks pretty good. It seems that the navy here should be quite responsible?"
"Who said that? And I told you that you don't need to use your military rank when you are outside. Just call your name. Didn't you work undercover in the pirates? Why can't you remember this kind of thing?"
"Well. When I was undercover, I was a mute."
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Assuming that Rosinante didn't set up a mute persona for himself, the date of his exposure would probably be a while earlier.
"Forget it. There are not many people here now. Remember to pay attention when there are people. If you really can't remember, just think that you are still performing an undercover mission and continue to be a mute."
Gaspard didn't ask the other party too harshly. It was just such a small matter. He didn't have to argue with the relatives of the Warring States.
And apart from the problem of address, Gaspard agreed with Rosinante's point of view. This place does look good.
You can't expect all places to become economic centers. In Gaspard's opinion, if the people in a place are not hungry or cold, it is qualified.
Kokoyasi Village almost meets this standard.
In the Kokoyasi Village of the original timeline, after Aaron ruled here, he forcibly collected protection fees at the standard of 100,000 Beli per month for adults and 50,000 Beli per month for children.
Most people in this village can pay this standard. If Bellemere had not adopted Nami and Nochigo, he could also pay his share of the money.
At that time, Bellemere's main source of income was the orange orchard.
The consumption standard here is not high. If there is no external influence, the people of Kokoyasi Village are self-sufficient enough.
Aaron is still under the control of Tiger, at least it is impossible for him to appear here now.
At this time, there are only Rocinante and Gaspardi here, and the other soldiers accompanying him were left on the shore by Gaspardi.
If only the two of them appeared here, their identities would be easy to explain. If more than 20 people appeared together, it would be troublesome.
More than 20 strong men suddenly appeared in a strange village, and it would be good if they were not regarded as bandits.
They hadn't met any locals yet, but Rocinante suddenly poked Gaspardi's shoulder and pointed to one side.
"It's really haunted, how come there are ghosts here too."
"Haunted?"
"You heard wrong, I didn't say that word."
In the direction Rocinante pointed, there was a three-story building that looked quite large. Most importantly, there was a wooden sign in front of the building with a special gear-like mark on it.
"It looks like a library? I read in the newspaper before I went there that their king seemed to advocate building a public library around the world."
"Well, you're not wrong, but I didn't expect it to be built in such a place."
Since the last world conference, Oran formally proposed the library plan, but except for the library in Frevans, which he had reviewed himself, Oran didn't pay much attention to the libraries in other places.
There were many countries that opposed it, and there were also many people who agreed with it. If even these small things had to be reviewed in person, then Oran wouldn't have to do anything else.
Rosinante felt that the other party was doing a good deed, but in Gaspard's heart, this feeling was a bit strange.
Gaspard now had a feeling that he was always under the surveillance of Piltover and could not get rid of the other party no matter what.
"Hey, kid, I told you that the books here can only be read and not taken away. If you do this again, I will permanently ban you from entering!"
When Gaspard and Rosinante were looking at the newly built library outside the door, a person who looked like an administrator came out with a little girl with orange hair and threw her aside unhappily.
The administrator was an employee recruited by Tezoro during his years of struggle in the East China Sea. He had been developing in the East China Sea for so many years, and he was not alone. At least he could still find a few available people.
Although the library is free to read, the administrator and the like are still in charge of Piltover people.
"Stingy uncle! Obviously, reading books is free, why can't you take them away!"
"Because reading books is free, I can't let you take them away! Do you think these books fell from the sky!"
The orange-haired girl who was thrown out was Nami. Although she was only seven years old this year, she was already very interested in drawing nautical charts and navigators.
It's just that talent alone is not enough for such things. There must be enough ways to get in touch with it before it is possible to learn such things.
In the past, there was only one bookstore in Kokoa West Village, and it was the kind that did not allow borrowing.
Although the library is free, it has strict time limits. Those business hours are not enough for Nami, so she always has some thoughts of taking books away.
"Uncle, this is an exception. I will take good care of the book. When I finish reading it, I will definitely return it to you intact."
"No means no. This is the rule of the library. No book is allowed to be taken out of the library. I know whose child you are. If you don't leave, I will go to your house to complain!"
Keko Yaxi Village is so small that even if this administrator is from outside, they have known each other for so long.
"I am still short of staff here. If you really want to read it, you can come and help me pack up the books after closing. There is no salary, but food is provided and you can read as much as you want."
When Nami left here dejectedly, the administrator seemed to be a little soft-hearted, leaving this sentence and closing the door of the library.
"Let's go, don't look, this village seems to be fine."
"Yeah."
After that, Rosinante and Gaspard checked the surrounding situation one after another, and found no evidence of corruption in the navy. Now the base chief of the 16th branch is not a rat.
This year's rat is only 23 years old, and even in the Four Seas where promotion is relatively easy, he has not sat in the position of base chief.
So far, the biggest stain that Gaspard has eliminated is Admiral Nelson Roy of the 8th branch.
He spent a lot of manpower and material resources on searching for unknown creatures such as the Millennium Dragon, and even turned the 8th branch into his own one-man show.
Although the navy did not force each branch to hand over a certain number of pirates, under the efforts of Nelson Roy, the navy of the entire branch was mostly corrupted, and even wanted to silence the inspector.
There is no need to find evidence now. The military ranks of Gaspard and Rocinante are a bit inflated in the Grand Line, and their strength belongs to the floor of this rank, but it is different in the Four Seas.
Gaspard is walking sideways in this place, and except for Roy's diehards, most of the navy are unwilling to follow him and go against the navy of the headquarters.
Roy overestimated his control over the navy. He made such a rebellious act without any name, and it is destined that not many people are willing to follow him.
Even some navy who were originally loyal to him finally gave up this guy. The inspector who came now is only a major general, but the number of major generals in the navy is unknown.
Kill this one, and it is hard to say who will come next time.
At the same time, in Windmill Village, a dog-headed warship is leaving the port.
"Grandpa Tie! Goodbye!"
Unlike usual, Luffy actually came to the seaside this time and took the initiative to see Garp and others off.
In the past, when Garp ended his vacation and left the East China Sea, Luffy would never do this. Even if he came, he would only laugh and celebrate that Garp was far away from him.
"Haha, this kid has finally changed!"
On the warship, Garp was also laughing, and seemed to be extremely happy about Luffy's change.
But Bogart, Garp's adjutant, looked a little strange. If he heard correctly, Luffy was calling Grandpa Tie.
Luffy is Garp's grandson, and Bogart, Garp's adjutant, naturally knows it. Adding the word "Tie", the meaning changes.
However, the rough-lined Garp did not notice this problem.
In fact, Luffy's goodbye was not said to Garp, but to the Project version of Garp.
Also belonging to the Project sequence, Project·Garp and Project·Shiki are very different.
Project·Shiki is an absolutely loyal mechanical warrior, even if it lowers some of the upper limit for this.
Project·Garp is still in the growth stage, but he has many secret doors, such as thinking. Project·Garp has a higher sense of autonomy. According to the current growth method, the future actions will be closer to Garp himself.
In general, he will be more unserious, but not as erratic as Garp himself. When he is forced to execute some orders that he is unwilling to execute in the future, he may defect.
Under normal circumstances, orders > Project Garp's own ideas. When encountering special circumstances, no one can say for sure.
This situation can certainly be handled. As long as it is brought back and restarted, all these problems will be solved. However, only Orlan himself, who holds the highest authority, can do this.
As for whether defection will cause any impact, it has nothing to do with Orlan. At the beginning of manufacturing, Orlan finalized all the details with the navy and also described the possible risks.
What will happen specifically, Orlan himself cannot predict, it all depends on the growth process of Project Garp.
Moreover, when setting the initial module, Project Garp has a more rational parenting module. Garp has been plowing the land outside during this period. After all, he has been back to the East China Sea for several months, so he has to do something.
Now that Garp is cleaning up the pirates and Gaspard is cracking down on the navy's stains, the East China Sea has ushered in the purest time.
After Garp left, the task of taking care of Luffy was entrusted to Project Garp. After a while, Luffy found that this iron grandfather was more like a human than his own grandfather.
At least he would not adopt the Spartan-style extreme training, and he would even play with Luffy occasionally, which even Garp himself was very satisfied with.
If there were no other requirements from the headquarters, Project Garp would have to return to Firefly Island regularly for inspection and upgrades, and Garp would have planned to leave this thing here as a nanny.