Strength Beyond One Person!

The main purpose of Vidal Lasseter Forest Palace was to work with Brian and others to prepare more comprehensive learning and training facilities for Camille and the others who would be officially living there soon.

When he came with Nacil, he only did a simple setup and didn't really know what was needed at the time.

But now that we have a head steward, we can get everything arranged. As for training facilities, he directly copied those from the Marine Headquarters. He's very familiar with this area, and the Navy is the world's largest military organization; there shouldn't be a more mature training system than theirs.

For example, he can create professional kendo dojos, shooting ranges, training halls, and various exercise equipment using his abilities!

Of course, there are also heavy-duty fitness equipment that can't be 'molded', after all, no matter how much wood it's made of, it won't weigh much.

However, these can be purchased from Cobra. The Alabasta Royal Army definitely has these things; it's just a matter of money, isn't it?

Just deduct it directly from that one billion every year!

In terms of living facilities, several bathrooms must be prepared. First, there are private small bathrooms in the individual rooms of family members, then two large baths for men and women to share, followed by two large baths for the retainers, as well as tables, chairs, dressing tables, wardrobes, wooden beds, quilts, ladles, bowls, and so on.

Those problems that Vidal could solve were solved directly for them; those that he couldn't solve, Brian and his team had to pay for themselves to handle.

Starting today, these retainers will have to live here, so he specially built a plant greenhouse similar to the one at the G-8 Branch, the kind with a transparent, specially made glass ceiling.

All sorts of delicious plants grow here, and when they get hungry, they can come here to pick them. Once they pick one, as long as there is sunlight and water, it will grow back in a few days!

This way, they wouldn't have to cook for themselves, which excited Brian and the others. They couldn't believe how amazing the head of the household's Devil Fruit ability was—how could he create anything?

There were also fruit orchards. When Vidal first came here, he cultivated a fruit orchard in the forest belt near Apis Divine Lake. After a few months, he found that it was growing well, but the nutritional value was not as high as that of gourmet plants; they were all ordinary fruits.

Finally, there was the herb patch. I simply harvested the mature herbs and stored them in the warehouse, fortunately, the climate in Alabasta is dry.

"You are the first retainers of the Forest family, so I do not wish for your strength to be too weak."

That afternoon, after finishing his work, Vidal gathered Brian and ten others together. Actually, he should have called Woonan and the others over as well.

However, he was reluctant to let two of the spies enter Forest Palace, so in order to keep them in check, he had no choice but to leave eleven people with him.

"Over the next three days, I will teach you the Six Powers, the Konoha Style Kicking Techniques, the training methods for Armament Haki, and the key points of the Three-Three System Tactics. I hope you can master these as soon as possible, and then you can teach them to the children who come after you!"

Vidal's words made Brian and the others excited and their blood boil. You have to understand that they were originally just the lowest-ranking pirates, not even a minor character, just cannon fodder among cannon fodder.

But now that they've come into contact with these rare powers, they no longer want to think about the past, nor do they want to leave this place!

"Remember, you are servants of the Forest family, not slaves. You serve the family, and the family will do its best to cultivate you. In the future, you may even be allowed to marry and have children. After you turn sixty, you can live a peaceful and comfortable old age with your family."

Having said that, Vidal glanced at the ten men and continued without hesitation, "But there's one thing I must make clear: your children will also be retainers, and the family will raise them just like everyone else. Any form of unauthorized departure will be considered betrayal!"

He wasn't discussing this with Brian and the others, nor was he soliciting their opinions. Rather, he was informing them that if anyone stepped forward to offer their opinion and refused to accept this point, he would need to consider how to deal with that person.

Fortunately, the ten people present were all adults who had experienced years of fighting at sea. Although they did not have much intelligence, they still had basic brains.

They knew perfectly well what retainers were; to put it bluntly, they were a family's private army!

Seeing all ten nod in agreement, Vidal smiled with satisfaction. "Then today I'll teach you the Konoha Style. It'll be much easier to learn the Six Powers after you've mastered it. Stand in a circle around me!"

"Yes!!" Brian and the others responded in unison, and then quickly got into position. Once they were in place, Vidal began to demonstrate the basic movements.

Starting with the Konoha Whirlwind, a spinning high kick, followed by the Konoha Gale, a spinning low kick, the Konoha Great Whirlwind, a full-range spinning kick, the Konoha Rising Wind, which targets the chin or abdomen, and the Shadow of the Dancing Leaf, a speed-boosting charge, plus some highly effective Spring Leg kicks.

Although he deliberately slowed down to make his retainers see clearly, his long legs still kicked the ground with great force, constantly cutting through the air with each step.

He then had Brian and the others practice the routine themselves, based on their memory. He then corrected their mistakes one by one. By evening, the ten men were able to perform the complete routine skillfully.

However, they're definitely not ready for actual combat yet; they're just mimicking the movements. But they'll need to practice diligently on their own to achieve that.

The reason Vidal taught them so much in three days was not only to improve their strength, as mentioned before, but also to give them something to do in the Forest Palace.

After all, they would be staying with Camille and Talon for several years, and the monotonous life there was enough to make a person depressed or lose patience.

But if there's something in their favor to do, that's a completely different story. The Konoha Style Kicking Techniques, the Six Powers, the Three-Three System Tactics, plus Armament Haki —that's enough for them to learn for years!

Don't assume that everyone can be like Luffy in the future, mastering Armament Haki from scratch to a level of Internal Destruction that surpasses even Emission projection in just two years.

As far as he knew, in the Marine Headquarters, promotion to the Assistant Colonel allowed access to the training of Armament Haki, but they often only mastered the Hardening techniques when they reached the Colonel.

The time required during this period is generally more than five years. If someone is distracted by other things, such as Devil Fruit abilities, it can even take seven or eight years!

Seven or eight years is enough time for this newly established family to smoothly transition to a more complete stage. By then, all of the dozen or so retainers will have the strength of a Colonel or even stronger, Camille and the others will have come of age.

Thinking of such a bright future, Vidal didn't find Professor Brian and the others boring at all; on the contrary, he taught them with great enthusiasm and patience.

He thoroughly enjoyed the anticipation of building up his power. Every time Brian and his team finished a set of Konoha Style, it felt like an experience boost was popping up above their heads – it was incredibly fun!

Vidal was never the type to work alone or do things by himself; he preferred to sit behind the scenes and let his subordinates do things for him.

Therefore, he wanted to become Fleet Admiral, and he wanted to establish the Forest family. What he truly pursued deep down was power and influence.

But he understands even more clearly that in this world, the foundation of money and power stems from personal strength, so he never neglects to make himself stronger.

However, what he wanted was not just the strength of one person.