Chapter 408: The Tragedy of Windmill Village

Luffy almost crawled in front of Garp. He looked up at Garp's face shrouded in shadow and said in a trembling voice,

"grandfather......"

The restrained Bogart cried out,

"Lieutenant General Garp!!!"

Lindbergh looked at the devastated environment around him and the countless revolutionaries lying in pools of blood, and a look of sadness appeared on his face.

I originally planned to come to the East China Sea to develop secretly for a while, but it turned out like this.

Kildeo said solemnly,

"Linde, we can't stay here any longer. Garp holds an important position in the navy. Once the navy gets the news of Garp's death, they will definitely send more than one admiral to the East China Sea. We can't fight against them with our current strength!"

Lindbergh knew the seriousness of the matter. He didn't want to fight with Garp from the beginning because no matter whether they won or lost the battle, it would not benefit their revolutionary army at all.

Just like now, with so many of them facing off against one Garp, they only won a miserable victory, and even after winning they were thinking about running away... What kind of victory is this!

Thinking of this, Lindbergh felt extremely depressed.

In front, Luffy was still staring at Garp blankly, and Nami ran over and hugged Luffy in her arms.

Luffy finally came back to his senses and whispered,

"Nami, how are Chopper and the others?"

Nami responded softly.

"Don't worry, their lives are not in danger, they just fainted from injuries."

Luffy nodded slightly, but then said sadly,

"But my grandpa..."

As he spoke, tears began to flow uncontrollably from Luffy's eyes.

Seeing Luffy in grief, Nami felt distressed but also relieved. It was a very contradictory feeling.

Because in her opinion, Luffy who can feel sad is definitely not the Joy Boy who can only laugh. Even if that kind of smile appears on Luffy's face, it still makes her feel very disgusted.

At this time Lindberg also came over and repeated to Luffy what Kildeo had just said, meaning that they had to evacuate immediately.

Luffy stood up silently and looked at Garp. Seeing this, Lindbergh seemed to understand something and said,

"This is your grandfather's hometown. You should leave him here. Someone will take care of his body. We don't have time. Let's go, Luffy!"

Nami tugged at Luffy's sleeve, and Luffy turned around numbly and staggered towards the back.

When he returned to the revolutionary army, Bogart suddenly struggled and yelled at him,

"You bastard! How could Vice Admiral Garp have a grandson like you! Are you still stubborn after all this?!"

Luffy looked at Bogart with empty eyes. At this moment, Lindbergh suddenly appeared and slapped Bogart on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.

Then Lindbergh reorganized the army and ordered a retreat.

Some time after the revolutionary army left here, the young people of Windmill Village came here to investigate the situation under the leadership of the village chief Slab.

When they saw the scene around them which looked like it had been hit by an earthquake and corpses scattered all over the mountains and fields, they were all so frightened that their faces turned pale.

Someone suddenly pointed forward with a horrified look and shouted,

"Look! Isn't that Vice Admiral Garp!?"

Upon hearing this, Slab hurriedly brought his men to Garp. Looking at the motionless Garp, Slab had a bad feeling in his heart. He raised his hand tremblingly to feel Garp's breath, then his legs went limp and he sat down on the ground.

Several young men stepped forward and tried to move Karp, but were stopped by Slab.

"Don't move! Quick! Go outside and find the navy!"

At this time, everyone present also realized what had happened. Some people fell to their knees and cried,

"Mr. Cap!!!"

The rest of the people followed the instructions of the village chief and hurried to the nearby naval base, while others ran directly back to the village to call for help.

Soon, all the villagers rushed over. When they saw Cap covered in blood, the old, weak, women and children all burst into tears.

Although Garp is a senior general in the Navy Headquarters, he is not arrogant at all. Thanks to his protection, Windmill Village has been peaceful for decades, even in today's Age of Discovery.

Even though he was sent to prison because of the dragon incident, the people in Windmill Village still remembered his kindness and respected him very much.

Makino covered his mouth tightly in the crowd, his eyes filled with tears, and his whole body was shaking.

She couldn't accept that the old man who had just been drinking in the bar, the naval hero, the pride of Windmill Village, had turned into a cold corpse.

After a while, a large number of navy rushed over after hearing the news, led by an officer from a nearby branch with the rank of colonel.

When he and his men saw Garp's body, their reaction was similar to that of the villagers before. They did not dare and were unwilling to accept the fact that Garp was dead.

In the end, the colonel mustered up his courage. He first asked someone to take pictures of the surrounding scene and Cap, and then he went forward himself and tried to slowly lay Cap's body flat.

Four military doctors immediately came forward with a stretcher, carefully lifted Cap up, and then slowly covered him with a white cloth.

All the naval officers and soldiers present saluted. Seeing this scene, the men who had been trying hard not to cry could no longer hold back and started crying like children.

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Marinford, in the Naval Academy,

Zhan Guo had just finished giving a naval warfare theory class to the students. After the students had dispersed, he walked out of the classroom alone.

The current Zhan Guo is the director of the academic affairs office of this naval school. Compared with when he was a marshal, his image has changed a lot.

His hair was gray, and he wore a light blue short-sleeved shirt on the upper body, a navy cloak casually draped over his body, and shorts and slippers on the lower body, which highlighted his casual look overall.

Zhan Guo stood at the door of the classroom, frowning slightly, feeling an inexplicable sense of palpitations.

Shaking his head, he said to himself,

"Tsk, I really look old. It's still early, let's go sit with Zefa."

As he said that, he walked towards Zefa's principal's office.

Zhan Guo came to the door of Zefa's office, pushed the door open without knocking and walked in.

Zefa had not finished the work at hand. When he saw Zhan Guo walking in, he naturally reached out from the drawer, took out two bags of scallops and threw them over.

Zhan Guo took the senbei with a smile, walked to the sofa and sat down, saying with a smile,

"It has to be you, Zephyr. Unlike that guy Garp, who always steals my senbei! Hey, I just feel that your senbei tastes a little off!"

Zefa smiled helplessly and said,

"They were all sent by the logistics department, how could the taste be any different? I think you're thinking about Kap!"