"Welcome! Mr. Monkey D. Garp. Have you been briefed about the mission?"
Minerva's voice was incredibly soothing, and from the tone of her voice, she was a little surprised at the sight of Garp.
"Briefed? Not at all. That brat told me I would not believe him even if he told me, so he just tapped me, and I found myself here. You look surprised to see me."
Garp was quite shocked in his heart at this point. He had already spread his Observation Haki to its maximum limit, but the result was the same as the one he felt with Kitse.
This hall was in the middle of the starry sky too!!
Minerva quickly returned to a neutral expression and stuck out her tongue a little.
"I am indeed surprised. Although the mission briefing was issued with the tagline of Kage-level or higher, I didn't expect it to be assigned to a powerhouse like you."
"That brat Kitse said I was the first person to join the guild. Perhaps he didn't have an option."
Garp was as easygoing as ever.
"Kitse??" Minerva's eyes dilated a little, and even her voice trembled slightly.
"He was re-deployed?"
But in an instant, her expression returned to normal, and she looked at the two in front of her with an apologetic smile.
"I apologize. I lost control over my emotions."
"Ohh. Looks like you know the brat. Care to share some info with this old man?" Garp asked with his pinky up his nose.
Minerva didn't seem to mind his actions, though.
"Bloody Butcher Kitse, one of the ten titled Rangers of the Nexus. I had no idea he was redeployed."
"Hmm?" Garp and Minato were both extremely intrigued by Minerva's words, and the curiosity was clear in their eyes.
"What's a titled Ranger?"
Minerva smiled apologetically.
"That is information neither of you currently has clearance to receive. Maybe you will be able to know about this matter in the future. For now, let us continue with the mission, shall we?"
Minerva took out a small blue gem from the counter and handed it to Garp.
"Please place this gem in your hands and channel your Haki into it."
Garp studied the gem for a bit and followed what Minerva asked of him.
Boom!
Instantly, a torrent of information was transmitted into his head.
Tailed Beast
Chakra
Five Great Villages
Konohagakure
Namikaze Minato
Uzumaki Kushina
Uzumaki Mito
Ninjutsu
Taijutsu
Genjutsu
Fuinjutsu
Juinjutsu
Within a minute, Garp already had an elementary grasp of the shinobi world.
His eyes widened instantly, and even his Conqueror's Haki spread out instinctively. He suppressed it immediately, but that was enough to show his own mental state.
Minerva was fine, but Minato's eyes widened in an instant, and he stepped back immediately.
'What a powerful aura! What is this power?'
Minato was a Kage-level fighter with extremely strong willpower, but even he was slightly affected by the Haki released by Garp.
'It feels like willpower, but not quite. He's projecting it outward. No, that's not right. There is something else mixed into it. People with weaker mental strength would directly pass out from the aura alone!'
Minato knew Garp was strong, but the Conqueror's Haki was enough to warn him. The goofy old man was not someone to be messed with.
"No wonder that brat said I would not believe him. It's actually a different world! There are actually multiple worlds!"
Garp's emotions were hard to describe at the moment. Initially, even with the absurdities he had observed from Kitse, he had believed it to be a mysterious Devil Fruit, but now his understanding of the world was flipped inside out.
This was no ordinary matter. He seemed to have stumbled upon something extraordinary.
Minerva and Minato let Garp process the matter for a while. They knew it was Garp's first mission, so they let him adapt.
"So the childbirth is expected to be tomorrow?" Garp questioned after adapting to the information passed to him.
"Yes. If nothing goes wrong, then it should be tomorrow," Minato answered.
"Then let's keep moving. I am supposed to be a bodyguard, right? I'll follow your instructions then." Garp was now pretty interested in this world. It was so different from his own. He wanted to go out and explore the entire world, but he didn't forget about the mission.
Minato placed his hands on Garp's shoulder and vanished alongside him.
Minerva, on the other hand, closed her eyes and chanted silently.
"God's Eye."
Garp found himself in a simple office in the center of Konohagakure alongside Minato. With the information he received, he naturally recognized the Flying Raijin technique and couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.
"Tora." Minato called out, and an ANBU instantly flickered in front of him.
"Hokage-sama."
"This is Garp-san, an honored guest from the guild. Take him on a tour of Konohagakure and let him explore freely."
Garp was pleasantly surprised at Minato's arrangement and instantly formed a decent opinion of him.
The ANBU called Tora saluted Minato and took Garp around the village.
Garp remained silent and observed the village around him. He saw children playing happily, students training with intensity, and shinobi flickering endlessly. Overall, the village was completely peaceful, Garp thought to himself.
They explored various places like the Hokage Monument, Forest of Death, Ninja Academy, and so on.
Garp occasionally asked a few questions that were extremely strange to the ANBU.
Like when he asked, "Can you sense the chakra in me?" or "Come, brat. Let's see what your Ninjutsu looks like."
But out of everything, the thing that shook Garp to the core was water-walking.
The simple chakra control skill was something life-changing in his eyes. Unfortunately, he didn't possess chakra and couldn't learn it at all.
By the time they completed the tour, it was already late, so Tora took him back to the Hokage Building.
Minato ultimately decided to arrange a room in his own house. After all, he had commissioned the old man for protection.
Namikaze household.
Uzumaki Kushina was currently lying down, caressing her belly with a warm smile on her face.
The door opened slowly, revealing Minato and Garp.
Looking at Garp's tall figure, Kushina revealed a surprised expression on her face.
Garp, on the other hand, had a serious expression on his face as he stared at Kushina.
"So this is a Jinchuriki. What a strong malice!" he muttered quietly.