Chapter 574: Bubbling Hot

(PS: The color scheme of the young Garin in the animation is finally out. It turns out that he doesn’t have red hair. Shanks just follows his mother! Wahaha!)

Garin, who had never known what fear was, was suddenly afraid of seeing Shanks. He didn't know how to face this son who had been wandering outside for decades.

Makino noticed that Garin was acting strangely and asked softly,

"Lord Jialin, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Kalifa, who was standing by, couldn't help but twitch her mouth when she heard Makino's question. The probability of a strong man like Garin getting sick is not much different from the probability of a meteorite hitting the earth. Let's ignore a certain Pirate King here.

Jialin sighed and said,

"It's okay, go in first. This is the courtyard for you and your daughter. When Sosia grows up, we'll build a separate one for her."

After seeing the land of the Fegalando tribe, Makino has become accustomed to Garin's words about building a courtyard.

Just as Garin was about to lead Makino and others into the courtyard, a voice came from not far away.

"We're here so soon? It's faster than I expected."

Whenever he heard this voice, the corners of Jialin's mouth would unconsciously rise slightly. He looked back and saw his great nephew Jiger walking slowly towards him.

Kalifa opened her eyes wide, and knelt down with the maids who had just stood up, shouting,

"Saint-sama Jiger!!"

Makino also hurriedly bent down towards Jiger who was walking towards him, and called out "Saint Jiger".

The next second, her body was lifted up by an invisible force. Jiger walked to Makino and said with a smile,

"Makino, this isn't the first time we've met. Why are you calling me sir? Just call me big brother like Shanks did."

While speaking, Jig stretched out a finger to tease Sosia in Machino's arms. Sosia grabbed Jig's finger and kept babbling.

Makino smiled as he watched Jiger teasing Sosia and whispered,

"Then I'll call you Brother first."

Jiger didn't dwell on this title, he smiled and said,

"As you wish."

Then, Jiger looked at Jialin and said,

"Uncle Garin, I just came back from Shanks. He is already preparing to disband the pirate group. He will be here soon."

When Jialin heard this, he was delighted at first, but then he quickly restrained his smile and coughed lightly.

"Ahem... Really? He's quite quick, is he afraid that you will surround and destroy him, the new Pirate King?"

Jialin's next sentence was a rare joke. Jiger laughed and said with his hands spread out,

"How could that be? That's my lovely Ou Doudou."

Hearing Jiger use the word cute to describe Shanks, a "rough guy", Makino suppressed his laughter and said,

"Brother, I would like to thank you on behalf of Shanks for your care over the years."

Jiger waved his hand and said,

"We are all family, so there is no need to say thank you, right, Uncle Jialin?"

Jialin smiled and nodded, recalling that he had said the same thing to Jiger many years ago.

At that time, Zig was still young and still needed the protection of his uncle. However, in the blink of an eye, Zig has grown to his current level, and even pushed Figalando's status, which had been difficult to improve for 800 years, to the peak, and truly stood at the top of the world.

Whenever he thought of this, Garin's eyes would be filled with pride when he looked at Jiger.

At this time, Zig glanced at Kalifa, who had been standing behind Makino with her head down, and called her name.

Kalifa, who was called, quickly looked up at Jiger, who smiled and said,

"You've done a good job. Thank you for your hard work during this period."

Kalifa straightened up and responded with a serious face.

"It is my great honor that Lord Jiger has entrusted me with such an important task of taking care of Machino Palace and Sosia Palace!"

After saying this, Kalifa bowed deeply to Jiger again and continued,

"If it weren't for Saint Jiger, Luchi and I wouldn't be where we are now. We swear to be loyal to you until death!"

Khalifa's words truly came from the heart. In the eyes of these former CP9 members, if it weren't for Zigg, they would either still be on the run or have died on the way. How could they have returned to the organization like they are now or even made further progress in the organization?

Although this was just a trivial matter for Jiger, for them, it could be said to have directly changed their destiny.

From that point on, their allegiance shifted from the general image of the World Government to one person, Zigg.

Khalifa has a great figure to begin with, and with the slightly tight black suit, this bend down completely reveals her proud cleavage to Giger's eyes.

Of course, for Giger, who owns an entire top-notch girl group, such a scene would not make him lose his mind. At most, he would just take a second look.

But in just a moment, Khalifa raised her eyes as if she had sensed something, and met Ziger's gaze.

She was moved and thought,

"Master Jiger is looking at me..."

Thinking of the latter, Khalifa's face suddenly turned red, and at the same time she felt a little secretly happy in her heart.

However, what she didn't know was that as the master of the Throne of the Sky, Ziger already had the ability to read minds at any time. When Kalifa showed a strange look, Ziger had already read Kalifa's inner thoughts.

Although Khalifa, who came from a secret service agency, has never experienced this kind of "actual combat", her understanding of this aspect is not comparable to those inexperienced young girls. She has even automatically sketched out a series of erotic scenes in her mind, and the male protagonist is naturally Giger.

Zig raised his eyebrows, thinking that Kalifa was somewhat similar to Robin. She looked like an intellectual mature woman, but in fact, she was a reserved and sultry type.

He looked at Kalifa with a half-smile, and when the latter was still immersed in her fantasy, he suddenly asked,

"Kalifa, what are you thinking about?"

"what??"

Kalifa finally came back to her senses. She looked obviously flustered, and even Makino beside her noticed it.

Makino tilted his head and looked at Kalifa, saying,

"Kalifa, why is your face red?"

It would have been fine if she didn't say anything. Once she said it, Kalifa's face became even redder, and she even unconsciously activated the power of the devil fruit, and pink bubbles popped up on her head.

Kalifa held her hot cheeks with both hands, bit her lips and said,

"Thank you for your concern, Master Makino. I'm fine, just a little hot..."