Pirate: I'm about to do something big!

Luffy has a very loud voice, waking up the marines living nearby early in the morning, including Aokiji who was wearing an eyepatch.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Garp's grandson? That guy Ran is really diligent, getting this kid started training so quickly."

"Speaking of which, is Ran having this kid deliver milk? No wonder he called me last night to order milk from Uncle Mick."

"Little Luffy, do you have any of my milk?"

A group of officers, ranging from colonels to lieutenants, were either leaning out of the windows or walking to the door, all joking about Luffy, Garp's grandson.

Garp is undoubtedly a "hero" of the Navy. Whether at Marineford, the Navy Headquarters, or at naval bases and branches throughout the world, Garp is a living, breathing symbol, and every marine respects him.

Furthermore, on the day Alyosha brought Luffy and the others back to Marineford, Garp personally acknowledged that Luffy was his grandson. This news spread throughout Marineford in less than a day. Although they didn't know who Garp's son was, they still loved Luffy, Garp's grandson, because of him.

This enthusiasm for looking after one's own nephews and nieces prompted Luffy to loudly respond to the naval officers who were teasing him.

"Yes, I have them all, sir!"

"Ah, that's wonderful! Old Man Mick's milk is the best here."

"Huh? Why are they all empty?"

Hearing Luffy's energetic answer, the naval officers were amused and spontaneously came out of their homes to gather around Luffy, ready to pick up the milk they had ordered.

Then they discovered that all the milk bottles in Luffy's box that were being delivered to this place were empty. No, not all of them were empty; at least the milk bottle delivered to Aokiji was full.

Looking at Luffy's round belly, everyone immediately understood the reason.

"I woke you up so early in the morning."

Aokiji's lazy voice came from the room. He opened the door and, wearing an eye mask and looking like he hadn't woken up yet, saw a group of his subordinates gathered at the door, along with a grinning Luffy.

"It's you, Mr. Garp's grandson. Are you going to be bringing me milk starting today?"

"Yes, Mr. Kuzan, this is your milk."

Luffy nodded with a grin, stretched out his arm and handed the only unfinished bottle of milk to Aokiji before carrying his box back to the dairy factory.

The group of naval officers watched as Luffy strode away, their faces filled with disbelief.

"I suddenly realize this kid really is Mr. Garp's grandson..."

"Damn it! Even if he's Mr. Garp's grandson, he can't steal our milk! I paid for it with my own savings!"

Ignoring his subordinates' resentment, Aokiji simply watched Koji's departing figure and looked at the unopened bottle of milk in his hand before complaining, "Oh dear, I think I've gotten myself a troublesome disciple."

On the other side, at Sakazuki's residence.

Unlike Luffy, Ace didn't steal milk; instead, he dutifully completed the milk delivery task assigned to him by Alyosha.

The physical strength Ace had honed in the desolate and rugged land of the junkyard on the outskirts of the Goa Kingdom's capital in the East Blue allowed him to complete the deliveries without any pressure. However, when delivering the last order, which was the milk ordered by Akainu Sakazuki, Ace was stopped by Sakazuki.

"Kid, your name is Portgas Ace, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Sakazuki."

Ace answered Sakazuki's question with neither arrogance nor servility.

"Answer me, why do you want to be a pirate?"

"Because my mother was killed by my father, who was a pirate!"

Ok?

"And what about your pirate father?"

"He's dead."

"So you still want to be a pirate?"

"Besides my pirate father, the Navy was also responsible for my mother's death, Mr. Sakazuki."

"That's the price we have to pay to eradicate such a necessary evil as pirates! Kid! If you hate the Navy and pirates so much, why did you come to Marineford?!"

"Because Grandpa wants me to be an excellent Marine, Mr. Sakazuki, I've delivered your milk. Enjoy your meal, Mr. Sakazuki."

He could only watch Ace's departing figure, take the milk back to his residence, and slam his magma fist onto the desk, burning a hole in it.

His eyes blazed as he gazed at the plaque on the wall proclaiming absolute justice, the very creed he upheld.

"I must become a marshal and thoroughly uphold my justice within the navy!"

Sakazuki said so.

"Oh, so you've become sworn brothers with Mr. Garp's grandson like this? It's quite interesting that a nobleman from a kingdom would think of going to sea to become a pirate."

"Mr. Kizaru, please tell me why the World Navy would protect the nobles of a corrupt kingdom like the Goa Kingdom. Isn't the World Navy there to maintain peace on the seas?"

"Maintaining peace on the high seas? Don't be ridiculous. We're just tools of the world government. Justice? Peace? Only children would believe that."

"In that case, I understand, Mr. Kizaru."

Sabo watched Kizaru leisurely lounging in a chair, basking in the sun. Not getting the answer he wanted, he politely said goodbye to Kizaru.

Kizaru, meanwhile, sipped his milk, watching Sabo's departing figure, and muttered, "What exactly are you trying to do, Alyosha?"

At noon, at the Marineford milk factory.

Whether it's Luffy and his two brothers, Law's small group, the junior members of the Donquixote Family, or the two Marine offspring, Kuina and Koala, who were brought in, they are all included.

They all successfully completed the milk delivery task assigned to them by Alyosha. For these little guys who had been trained since childhood, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, completing the first stage of the Turtle Hermit Style training method without any weight was not difficult.

However, this was only the first step in the training that Alyosha had arranged for these little guys.

At lunchtime, Alyosha came to the children's table with a smile, but did not have them serve the lunch they wanted.

"It seems you all did very well on your first day of training. But Luffy, didn't I tell you that you can't steal the milk meant for the guests? Why did Kuzan call me and say you only gave him his share?"

Seeing Alyosha's smiling expression, Luffy glanced away and pouted.

"Teacher, you yourself said that milk is okay to drink."

"The teacher and Uncle Mick said that as long as you finish on time, you can drink milk and eat whatever you want when you come back. But because Luffy didn't finish on time and even stole the customer's milk, Luffy, you won't have lunch or milk today."

Alyosha sat calmly in his seat and announced his punishment.

Everyone was taken aback when they heard Alyosha say that there was no food to eat that day.

At Alyosha's suggestion, lunch was served to everyone except Luffy and Alyosha.

This method of punishment prompted Ace and Sabo, who were sitting next to Luffy, to immediately voice their opposition.

"Teacher, even if Luffy is to be punished, he should at least be allowed to eat first."

"If you make a mistake, you have to correct it before you can eat. Drinking milk without the customer's permission is wrong. Luffy has to deliver the milk again and apologize before he can eat. As Luffy's teacher, I'm the same. Once you've completed your mission, you'll naturally get to eat. Eat your food."

Despite Ace and Sabo's protection, Alyosha answered with a calm expression.

This answer caused Ace and Sabo to exchange a glance and simultaneously push their lunch aside.

"Then we won't eat it either."

"Hey, what are you three brothers up to?!"

Law, who was about to eat, saw Luffy and his two brothers making their own show of advancing and retreating and immediately slammed his fist on the table and stood up.

"As the older brother, how can I eat in peace when my younger brother makes a mistake? Luo, you guys eat your food, don't worry about us."

"Tsk, PayPal, Shaki, Peggy."

"Boss?"

"You're not allowed to eat it. I don't want to owe them a favor."

"what?"

As Luo's underlings, these three kids didn't understand what their meals had to do with owing favors, but after hearing Luo say that, even though they wanted to eat, they pushed their lunch aside, just like Luo.

"Ronald, are you looking down on the Don Quixote family?!"

Seeing this, the chubby Buffalo was even more displeased. He already disliked Law, the traitor who had defected from the Don Quixote family. Seeing Law's tough stance, Buffalo, unwilling to lose, also pushed his lunch forward and followed suit.

Sugar and Baby-5, both former members of the Don Quixote family, followed suit.

Luffy, however, had sharp eyes. He saw the employees eating at the other tables, stretched out his arm, and was about to show off his bad habit of sneaking food in front of Alyosha. Alyosha responded with a finger flick, giving Luffy a flick on the head from a distance.

"Ouch! Why aren't I getting any food, teacher!"

"Because you made a mistake, Luffy, if you want to eat, you have to deliver milk again, without stealing any, and you have to apologize to every customer whose milk you stole before we can eat. We can eat whenever you finish."

"No, I need to eat when I'm hungry!"

"If you do something wrong, you won't get any food. Even the teacher won't get any food. You'll have to deliver the milk again and apologize."

"don't want!"

"Apologize!"

"don't want!"

"Then let's both go hungry."

Alyosha responded to Luffy's stubbornness in the same way.

"Hmph, so be it if I'm hungry!"

Alyosha was no exception.

Just missing one meal made Alyosha feel extremely hungry, and the other kids were also suffering. However, none of them dared to disobey Alyosha's orders and leave their seats. They could only sit there and wait for Luffy to admit his mistake.

Meanwhile, Old Man Mick from the dairy factory also realized that something was wrong and tried to mediate, but was scared off by Alyosha's look.

Soon, outside the dairy farm in Marineford, Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr, Tsuru, Akira, Ao, Kyo, Smoker... all the mid- to high-ranking Marines heard about the incident and gathered there to watch the showdown between Alyosha and Luffy.

"Hey, even if it's for education, it's not right to let a bunch of kids go hungry. I'll go and talk to Brigadier General Alyosha."

Some marines couldn't stand it anymore and were about to go into the dairy factory canteen to try and persuade him, but Garp interrupted them.

"Don't give me any unnecessary work!"

"Mr. Garp?"

"Since I've chosen Alyosha to be my grandson's teacher, then I'll accept Alyosha's instruction of Luffy. You all stay here and watch!"

After saying that, Garp crossed his arms and sat cross-legged on the ground.

The sun rises from its highest point to its lowest point amidst the interplay of three generations—old, middle-aged, and young—both inside and outside the house.

At the dining table, the little ones, who had been working since early morning and hadn't eaten a single grain of rice, were so hungry that they were slumped over the table. But at this moment, they were quite united, and none of them gave in to Alyosha.

Meanwhile, at the dining table, Alyosha, being an adult and possessing a monstrous physique, was able to sustain himself. This monstrous physique, which allowed him to repair injuries and restore his strength through eating, combined with the Life Return skill, enabled Alyosha to store a large amount of life energy within his body to sustain a long and protracted battle.

However, in order to correct Luffy's bad habits, Alyosha also ruthlessly pushed himself, exhausting all his stored life energy in advance. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to subdue this stubborn donkey, Luffy.

Luffy's ability to persevere for a longer period of time is due to his habit of secretly drinking milk in the morning.

But just because he could persevere doesn't mean Ace and Sabo could.

"Luffy, you're not allowed to bow down to your teacher."

These were the last words Ace said to Luffy before he collapsed from hunger, but Luffy, seeing his two older brothers slumped over the table, too weak from hunger, and other children his age, could no longer hold on.

He couldn't ignore his two older brothers who were implicated because of him. When he saw Alyosha, who had starved to the point of being emaciated along with him, tears welled up in Luffy's eyes.

"Haven't you realized your mistake, Luffy? If you were a captain, your crew members are losing their lives right now because of your mistake!"

Seeing that Luffy's stubbornness was beginning to weaken as Ace and Sabo fell, Alyosha mustered his strength, pointed at the unconscious Ace and Sabo, and spoke in a voice as loud as thunder.

This loud roar completely shattered Luffy's mental defenses.

"I'm so sorry, Ms. Ran!"

Luffy's tears flowed like a burst dam, and his body trembled as he cried.

Alyosha smiled, struggling to his feet as he pushed the prepared milk over.

"Then the teacher will go with you to apologize to the customers whose milk you stole."

"Um."

Seeing the milk so close at hand, Luffy suppressed his hunger and followed Alyosha out of the dairy factory to make up for the day's milk shortage before the sun completely set.

Just as Alyosha led Luffy out of the cafeteria, footsteps sounded behind them.

"Teacher, as older brothers, we should help correct our younger brothers' mistakes. We can't leave it to you to do this all by yourself."

Ace and Sabo helped each other to their feet, and said weakly.

"That makes sense, but what's your reason, Luo?"

"Don't misunderstand, Teacher Ran, I just don't want to owe this straw hat kid a favor."

"We are the same."

This is what the younger members of the Don Quixote family and others said.

"Let's go together then."

Alyosha, with a smile on his face, left with the group of kids, passing by Garp and his group who were waiting outside the cafeteria.

"Phew, it seems that Ran really can train these kids into excellent marines. Garp, you can rest assured now, Garp?"

"Aww! I'm so happy right now!"

Without Sengoku needing to say anything, Garp, who had watched Luffy and his two brothers fight side by side from beginning to end, was already in tears. He snatched the senbei that Sengoku had hidden in his arms and poured it into his mouth.

"Huh? Garp! You bastard!"