Opening the Fourth Gate, Heading to Marine Headquarters!
"Of course I know. But I can guarantee that Feng Lei is no worse than Kuzan and those other two!"
Garp was utterly confident.
Mastering the Six Powers in a single day, awakening Conqueror's Haki, and killing Don Krieg—such a growth rate was far more terrifying than that of Aokiji and the other two.
Given enough time, he could surpass not just Aokiji and the other two, but even Garp himself.
Hearing Garp's confident answer, the person on the other end of the Den Den Mushi fell silent for a moment.
"All right! Since you're confident, I'll give him a special admission slot, but he won't be exempt from the required assessments. If your disciple can't pass them, don't blame me for showing no leniency."
Out of trust in his old friend, Sengoku agreed.
"Hahahaha, don't worry, Sengoku! My disciple won't disappoint!"
With that,
Garp laughed and patted his chest as he made the promise.
Three days later.
The East Blue, in the waters near Foosha Village.
A pirate ship sailed across the sea, a pirate flag bearing a wolf's head fluttering above it.
The Werewolf Pirate Crew.
Its captain, Duoweili, was a werewolf who had eaten the Wolf-Wolf Fruit. Soon after forming his crew, he had made a name for himself across the East Blue through brutal methods, earning a bounty of eight million Beli from the Marines.
At that moment,
the ship was filled with celebration.
"The captain is amazing!"
"Those Marines were no match for him!"
Duoweili grinned at his subordinates' flattery.
"Of course! I'm a Devil Fruit User! The man who's going to become the overlord of the East Blue!"
Such lofty ambitions naturally earned him a chorus of praise from the pirates.
However,
just then, an indifferent voice suddenly rang out.
"Oh? Overlord of the East Blue? I beat the last overlord of the East Blue to death!"
"Who!?"
Duoweili started and looked toward the voice.
Then,
he was astonished to find that, at some point, a person had appeared on the bow of their pirate ship.
A very handsome young man with black hair and black eyes.
When they saw the Marine uniform on the young man, every pirate was startled.
"It's a Marine! How did he get aboard?"
"What are you afraid of? There are so many of us. Can't we handle one kid?"
"That's right! Our captain is a Devil Fruit User!"
Duoweili narrowed his eyes as well.
He hadn't expected the Marine before him to dare board his pirate ship alone.
Wasn't he asking for death?
"Hey, little Marine! How do you want to die?"
Duoweili walked toward the bow one step at a time. He had already decided to torture the Marine before him to death, bit by bit.
However,
the Marine standing on the bow vanished from where he stood.
Duoweili froze, wondering if he had imagined it.
But the next moment, he suddenly looked in front of him.
Boom!
Feng Lei drove a punch straight at him.
Duoweili's body shot backward like a cannonball and slammed into the wall, smashing a huge dark hole through it in an instant.
Then,
his body crashed straight through the wall on the other side of the ship. After flying dozens of meters, he fell into the sea with a splash.
Looking at the hole that ran through the entire hull, Feng Lei frowned. "I made a point of not holding back because you're a Devil Fruit User. I didn't expect that to be all you had."
Hearing that murmur,
every pirate on the ship wore a look of terror.
One punch?
He'd taken out the captain in an instant!?
The captain was a Devil Fruit User with a bounty of eight million Beli!
While they were still in shock, Feng Lei's voice rang out again.
"Now it's your turn!"
With those words,
a tremendous aura suddenly erupted from Feng Lei, sweeping over the entire pirate ship like a transparent tsunami.
Thud!
Thud!
One pirate after another fell, foaming at the mouth and rolling their eyes back.
After Feng Lei used Conqueror's Haki to take them all down, a warship slowly approached.
"As expected of Vice Admiral Garp's disciple!"
"Isn't he growing too fast? He's a monster!"
"That's the tenth pirate crew he's wiped out, isn't it?"
On the warship,
the Marines looked at the defeated Werewolf Pirate Crew and couldn't help feeling a measure of admiration for Feng Lei.
Over the past three days, they had seen Feng Lei wipe out ten pirate crews by himself. Every one of their captains had a bounty of more than five million!
By himself, he had cleared the pirates from the waters around Foosha Village.
"Koby, do you really see him as someone to surpass?"
Helmeppo looked at the werewolf Duoweili, who had been hauled out of the water.
He felt that Feng Lei was already on a different level from them.
In just three days, the strength Feng Lei had displayed had even drawn repeated praise from Captain Boka, who considered himself no match for Feng Lei.
Could they surpass him?
"Of course!"
Koby nodded firmly.
"Feng Lei is strong, but he's still a long way behind Luffy. My ultimate goal is to surpass Luffy and become a Marine Admiral, so of course I have to surpass Feng Lei."
Helmeppo nodded thoughtfully.
Three days ago, he had passed Garp's office and happened to overhear something about Luffy—Luffy had defeated one of the Shichibukai!
By comparison, Feng Lei was strong, but he really wasn't as strong as Luffy.
At that moment,
Feng Lei returned to the warship.
After he defeated Krieg, Garp had entrusted him with the task of sweeping the surrounding area for pirates.
For Feng Lei, it was exactly what he wanted.
Actual combat always sent his learning progress climbing.
[Eight Gates: learning progress 35.9% (Gate of Pain)]
[Earth Release: Earth Spear: learning progress 20%]
[Sharingan: learning progress 25% (Mitsudomoe)]
"Can I open the Gate of Pain now?"
Feng Lei glanced at the system panel. After three days of grinding progress, all three Ninjutsu had improved considerably.
The Eight Gates had advanced the most. The Gate of Pain was the fourth gate, and only upon reaching this level could one be said to have truly entered the Eight Gates. The increases in every aspect would undergo a qualitative leap.
What surprised Feng Lei was that
his Eight Gates didn't seem to cause much damage to his body.
He didn't know whether it was because of the system or because training in the Six Powers had made his body so strong, but the side effects of the Eight Gates were not obvious.
Or is the pirate world different? Are people generally stronger physically?
Compared with Hokage,
the humans of the pirate world were ridiculously strong.
Garp, for example, could punch through a mountain with his bare fist. Big Mom's Iron Balloon made her a veritable moving fortress. Then there was Kaido, who had survived a fall from ten thousand meters, and Whitebeard, who could stop a ship with one hand.
Their physical strength was terrifying.
In Hokage, meanwhile, Ninjutsu was powerful, but in terms of physical strength, its people were far below those of the pirate world.
At that thought,
Feng Lei felt slightly less worried about the side effects of the Eight Gates.
After all,
the only side effect of opening the Eighth Gate was death.
If he trained his body to be as strong as Garp's, or even stronger, perhaps he could withstand the side effect of the Eighth Gate!
"Ahahaha, good work, kid!"
As Feng Lei was pondering, Garp strode over, his eyes full of appreciation.
"Teacher Garp, do you have any information on other pirates?"
Feng Lei asked.
He had been able to wipe out ten pirate crews over the past three days thanks to the information Garp had provided.
Garp shook his head. "I've swept through the East Blue again and again. There aren't any particularly strong ones left. So, let's head back to Marine Headquarters."
"That's where you can bring out your potential!"
These past few days, he had also had Feng Lei sweep the East Blue for pirates in his place to temper him.
Now it seemed
the pirates of the East Blue were too weak. For Feng Lei, they barely counted as training at all.
"Marine Headquarters?"
Feng Lei's eyes lit up, and he felt a measure of anticipation.
Although he could advance his learning progress by training on his own, it was too slow.
If he could spar with the experts at Marine Headquarters, he might soon be able to use the three Ninjutsu he had learned in full.
Besides,
there were quite a few Devil Fruit Users at Marine Headquarters.
Given the system's bug, he wondered what kind of surprise that would bring him.