Garp Returns to Action!
The following day, the major powers on Sabaody Archipelago discovered that the Marine Base, which had been bustling with activity the day before, was completely silent today. The gates were tightly shut as usual, with only a few marines patrolling and standing guard coming and going.
Has the newly appointed base commander really calmed things down?
That would be great!
Little did they know that Vidal was sitting in a dark conference room with Dragon, who was waiting for the warship to be coated, and Gaili subordinates, including Rear Admiral Rogers, Major Vincent, Major Vincent, and Major Comil, who had not gone out at all.
All eyes were on the screen projected onto the other end of the screen by the Image Den Den Mushi.
The screen now shows bare hills of varying sizes, with occasional craters and scattered piles of molten rock.
After a while, we came across a grove of fruit trees growing by the river, the most eye-catching of which were several banana trees laden with bright yellow fruit.
That's right, this is Z Island, the training island used exclusively by the Zephyr Training Camp!
"Hey, this place is kind of nostalgic. I didn't expect the banana tree to still be here, and it's doing quite well. I thought it was gone in the last melee," Vidal remarked, watching the live stream.
"Hmm, it seems there weren't any particularly destructive students in the last cohort." Dragon nodded.
"Oh? You watched the chaotic battle from last year's competition?"
Vidal looked at him in surprise. He hadn't paid attention to the Z Island melee during the second Special Training Camp because there weren't any noteworthy figures and he was busy with various other matters.
Moreover, that Special Training Camp didn't cause much of a stir and passed by very naturally.
Dragon nodded. "Well, I don't have anything else to do in Mary Geoise."
"Alright," Vidal said understandingly, then chuckled, "But this year's is quite interesting. Like ours, it's already attracted the attention of many mid- to high-level officials."
"A Logia Kuzan, Mythical Zoan Bullet, and Giant Tribe Saul —they are indeed comparable to you from the first generation," Comil said with a laugh, leaning back in his chair with his arms crossed.
Major Vincent, sitting opposite him, added, "This year's outstanding graduates Gion Tokikake, should also be quite good, especially the latter, who is a powerful Paramecia user."
"Gion still too inexperienced. Although the school has praised her as a kendo genius, we all know that in the field of kendo, no matter how talented you are, if you haven't reached the level of a sword master, then you're nothing special. Besides, she's only fifteen years old this year."
As a true swordsman Major, Comil was naturally qualified to say these words, and many of the officers present were also swordsmen who understood this principle.
Although some talented Swordsmen, even if they haven't reached the level of a sword master, are capable of taking on ten or even a hundred opponents at once, just like Zoro in the future.
But even when Zoro debuted, he was already eighteen or nineteen years old!
It's worth mentioning that although there were quite a few people present, there wasn't a trace of cigar or cigarette smoke in the air, which is actually quite unusual. But what could be more true? Rear Admiral Vidal, the commander-in-chief, disliked the smell of smoke.
"It's a pity about Tokikake's Devil Fruit ability. Although the ability is quite good and has great potential for development, it's not Special Paramecia," Vidal sighed softly.
It's not that he thinks Paramecia are necessarily worse than Special Paramecia, but Tokikake's ability is a fluid-type super-creation. If he were to add a superhuman body, it would definitely be 'elementalized'!
"It's about to begin." At this moment, Dragon suddenly reminded everyone in a deep voice, causing everyone's attention to turn back to the screen. Sure enough, the camera had already focused on the trainees.
The forty-nine students of the third cohort stood in five rows on the deck of a ship, facing their teacher, Zephyr, who was watching them.
Saul, due to its excessive size, occupied the other warship all to himself.
Two warships have arrived near Z Island!
"This kid's about to lose his temper, huh? Tsk tsk tsk." Vidal chuckled inwardly as he looked at Bullet's slightly upturned lips and the naked fighting spirit in his eyes.
Actually, let's not even talk about him; the audience is also looking forward to his performance. Who is stronger, Bullet or Kuzan? That's a question everyone is curious about.
As for Saul, that Giant Tribe, although he also received considerable attention, that was about it.
Meanwhile, at the Marine Headquarters, Kong Sengoku, Tsuru, and several Vice Admirals were also sitting in the highest conference room. Interestingly, the air here was also very clean, after all, Vice Admiral Tsuru was present.
"I have no idea what incredible luck our navy has had; so many monsters have emerged in just three short years."
The Fleet Admiral Kong laughed heartily, "The first generation included Vidal, Dragon, Sakazuki, Borsalino, plus this third generation includes Bullet Kuzan —one Special Paramecia, three top-tier Logia, one Mythical Zoan, and Garp's son!"
"Oh, by the way, Gion, Tokikake, and Saul are pretty good too!"
However, he also knew in his heart that Gion and the others were probably only at the level of Vice Admirals, and could hardly compare to those real monsters.
Vice Admiral Tsuru was well aware of this. Just like herself, in terms of raw strength, she was indeed no match for Sengoku, Garp, and the others. This was the upper limit determined by innate talent, so she did not raise any objections.
"By the way, I heard that bastard Garp is coming out soon, and he'll probably be heading to the West Blue soon." Sengoku suddenly mentioned this.
"Really? He's mastered his boxing?"
Kong and the other Vice Admirals were overjoyed, as this meant the Navy would soon have another top-tier combatant.
"I don't know. Garp told me he couldn't explain it either. He doesn't know his current situation or what's going on. We'll only know after we clash with that Chinjao's cone," Sengoku said.
"I can't explain it?"
"It seems his Armament Haki has advanced further, reaching a level we haven't yet reached." Hearing this, Kong's expression turned serious. What is the realm beyond Haki Emission (Ryuo)?
"Indeed, all I hope for now is that he can get rid of that Chinjao as soon as possible, and then get back to the New World. According to intelligence, the situation there is a bit strange."
Sengoku, recalling the intelligence he had seen a few days ago, said thoughtfully, "The Whitebeard Pirates should have already arrived in Wano Country, and the Roger Pirates are wandering around aimlessly. What are they doing?"
"Don't think about it anymore. It's not good to investigate Wano Country too deeply. Let Garp take Dragon to chase after Roger and the others. A lot of things will come up then."
After saying that, Kong deliberately changed the subject, pointed to the screen in mid-air, and laughed, "Let's enjoy these little guys' performance today, and give your brain a break too."
Bullet and his crew began landing on Z Island from various directions!
When it was Bullet's turn to disembark, he didn't take the small wooden boat that had been prepared. Instead, he used Geppo to leap from the deck and attack the island.
This enraged Zephyr, who grabbed the railing and yelled at Bullet as he walked away, but he ultimately did not intervene.
"Ha ha!"
Laughter filled both the conference rooms in Marineford and those in Sabaody Archipelago.
"No wonder he's the Bullet who can take on the whole school single-handedly, his personality is really reckless."
"He's probably just too eager to beat someone up," Vidal couldn't help but mutter.
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