46: Chapter 46 The Long-Awaited Evening TrainingWang Luffy hugged Shirahoshi affectionately for a while, then felt that the time was about right.He figured if he hugged her any longer, Kuina would probably find out.Not wanting to cause any more trouble, Wang Luffy said to Shirahoshi:
"Alright, we've already hugged her.If we stay any longer, your senior sister Kuina will be here soon.You don't want her to get angry again, do you?Let's go to the restaurant first.Dinner should be ready by now."
Shirahoshi reluctantly left Wang Luffy's embrace and said, "Okay, I'll listen to Luffy-sama.Let's go to the restaurant to eat first, and not leave any for that bad senior sister, hehe."
Then a voice came from outside the door, "What?You didn't leave any for me?I didn't expect you to talk bad about me behind my back, Bai Xing.I'm going to get angry, hmph."
Then the door opened, and Kuina entered the room with a fierce-looking expression.
Bai Xing was startled and quickly said, "No, I didn't say anything bad about Senior Sister.Just now, I just."
Bai Xing had never lied before, and not knowing what to say next, she could only look at Wang Lufei with her big, teary eyes halfway through her sentence.
Seeing this, Wang Lufei laughed and said, "Don't be afraid, Kuina is just joking with you." He then went over and patted her to comfort her.
Then, turning to Kuina, he said, "Nana, and you too.Stop scaring Shirahoshi.She's easily frightened and can't lie.What if you scare her badly?"
Seeing that Shirahoshi was about to cry, Kuina felt a little guilty and stepped forward, saying, "I'm sorry, I was just joking, don't cry!"
Then, Bai Xing nodded, forcing back her tears, and said, "It's okay, I was wrong too.I shouldn't have talked about you behind your back like that, boohoo."
Thus, these two little girls once again went through the ups and downs of their relationship, switching between enemies and friends.
After they apologized to each other, Wang Lufei consciously walked to the door, giving the two of them space to have a heart-to-heart talk.
After waiting for a while, Wang Lufei felt it was about time, went inside, and called them to go to the restaurant for dinner together.
The meal went very well.The previous conversation had turned the two little girls from ordinary friends into best friends, and they got along very well during the meal, showing no signs of the fight that had happened on their first meeting.
After finishing dinner, Wang Lufei and Kuina prepared to go for their evening training.Shirahoshi, somewhat curious, followed them to the training ground.(As for where the training ground came from, it was the training ground of the Imperial Palace Guard.)
Upon arriving at the training ground, Wang Lufei gave a few instructions and then began warming up with Kuina.Shirahoshi was in the audience and cheerleading squad.
After Wang Lufei finished running 50 laps, Kuina gradually couldn't keep up; after Wang Lufei finished running 100 laps, Kuina stopped and slowly walked to catch her breath.
After Wang Luffy ran 200 laps, Kuina finished her warm-up exercises and prepared to begin her slashing training; after Wang Luffy ran 500 laps, Kuina finished her slashing training.Then, she and Shirahoshi stared in disbelief as Wang Luffy ran.
Somewhat surprised, Kuina asked Shirahoshi, "Luffy, how many laps have you done?Why are you still running?"
Shirahoshi was also somewhat surprised and said, "Lord Luffy should have run his 500th lap.That's too many to remember."
Having received a reply, Kuina swallowed hard and prepared to begin the next stage of training.She decided that if Wang Lufei didn't stop running, she wouldn't stop training either.
Then she gave up.When Wang Luffy reached the 999th lap, his speed hadn't decreased at all; Kuina really couldn't hold on any longer.
Seeing Kuina's training progress, Shirahoshi was also worried about Luffy's condition, so she shouted to Luffy, "Luffy-sama, stop!Don't wear yourself out!"
Then Wang Lufei stopped after completing his 1000th lap, took a deep breath, and looked at the exhausted Kuina and the dumbfounded Shirahoshi, saying:
"Don't worry about me.My physical strength was already superhuman when I was six years old thanks to my master's training.And Nana, don't compare yourself to me.I'm just warming up.The training ahead will be even more tiring."
Then, under the watchful eyes of two female fans, Wang Lufei began his real training.
The training session was so intense that time was lost in the moment.By the time Wang Lufei finished training, he saw the two little girls sleeping soundly, snuggling together.
Wang Lufei shook his head helplessly, grew larger, placed the sleeping Kuina on his shoulder, and carried Shirahoshi back to the bedroom in his princess carry.
After settling them into their respective rooms, Wang Luffy returned to his own room, took a shower, and then picked up a Den Den Mushi to call Garp.
Then a slightly sleepy voice came from the Den Den Mushi, "Moshi moshi, who is it, calling in the middle of the night?"
Wang Lufei said somewhat embarrassedly, "Sorry, Grandpa.I was on the phone and got so caught up in training that I forgot the time."
"You little bastard, you always call me in the middle of the night.Don't you know that old people need enough sleep?" Garp said angrily.
Wang Lufei thought to himself, "That's what normal old people say; you could go three days without sleep and nothing would happen to you." However, he didn't dare say that aloud, and only apologized:
"I'm sorry, Grandpa, I'll be more careful in the future.But I really have something important to discuss with you before I call this time."
Garp knew that Luffy wouldn't joke about important matters, so he said somewhat seriously, "Important matters?Then hurry up and tell me, I'm listening."
Wang Lufei cleared his throat and said, "Ahem, it's like this.I recently came to Fishman Island and discovered through contact that Queen Otohime of Fishman Island very much hopes that humans and fishmen can live together.After I revealed my identity, she really wanted to use my grandfather's reputation as a naval hero to fulfill this wish."
However, according to yesterday's intelligence, there are many opposition figures on Fishman Island stirring up trouble to launch a counterattack against humans, and many ministers who supported Otohime's ideas have also been killed.
Otohime's safetyIt's not guaranteed, but I think it's necessary for the Navy to protect Otohime.Fishman Island would be a great asset to the Navy's independence.We can't let a potential ally be lost for nothing.
I think you should come over, Grandpa.Also, Otohime will be talking to you tomorrow using my Den Den Mushi; use that as an excuse to come to Fish-Man Island.
After listening to Luffy's words, Garp fell silent for a while, and after hesitating for a long time, he said, "I will discuss the specifics with Sengoku again."
Fishman Island is indeed something our Navy needs, but the World Government probably won't allow us to interfere so openly.You need to be prepared, Luffy.
Wang Lufei replied, "I know, Grandpa.That's all for now.We'll talk again tomorrow.Sayonara."
"Sayonara," Garp replied, hanging up the Den Den Mushi before getting up and heading towards the Marshal's lounge.
Garp arrived at Sengoku's residence without knocking and went straight in.Sengoku, who had naturally woken up when he saw someone outside, asked, "Garp, what are you doing here in the middle of the night, you old bastard?"
After activating his Observation Haki to interfere, Garp said with a serious expression, "We're in trouble, Sengoku."
Then, after Sengoku finished recounting what had happened while looking deep in thought, Garp finished speaking.
(Brothers, there's one more chapter today, which is a bonus chapter since we've already reached 100,000 words, a milestone.Let's celebrate with an extra chapter, hehe.)
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