Vidal's One-Handed Strength!
The news of Garp defeating Chinjao only caused a stir in Sabaody for two days before everything returned to normal. After all, too many things happen in the world every day, and the fact that the World Economy News Paper would publish an extra issue for this was already a great honor for Chinjao.
If it weren't for the involvement of naval Garp the Hero, there might not have been a supplementary issue; it would have simply been placed in the next issue of the newspaper.
The conclusion of the Z Island melee at the third Special Training Camp brought a simpler, more unpretentious life to Base Vidal.
He gets up at eight o'clock every day, washes up, and enjoys breakfast specially delivered by Lieutenant Isoka at nine o'clock, which is actually just some fruit and a glass of juice. At ten o'clock, he sits in his office to handle affairs within the base, which mainly involves monitoring the consumption of various supplies. If replenishment is needed, he calls headquarters. He also has to send people to transport the pirates imprisoned in the prison to Impel Down, which requires his personal signature on the documents.
His lunch break is from 11 a. m. to 12 p. m., which is also the time he spends playing with the manatees. His work hours are from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m., but depending on the amount of paperwork he has each day, he often leaves early or works overtime.
After all, it's just the Sabaody Archipelago. If he hadn't regained control of it from the navy, he would probably be even more idle now, like Vice Admiral Antoine before him, spending most of his time in his office reading newspapers, smoking cigars, and drinking coffee.
Oh, and Colonel Noel also sends reports from time to time on the development and construction of Area 0.
In addition, he had a group of officers under his command, including Major General Gary, Brigadier General Eller, Brigadier General Bivis, Major Rogers, Major Gummier, Major Vincent, Captain Labani, Captain Simpson, and Lieutenant Vinnie. He didn't need to worry about the actual control tasks; they could handle any trouble they caused themselves.
Therefore, after 3 o'clock, Vidal devoted all his time to his own things: cultivation, transformation, and managing the family.
He wasn't particularly dedicated to cultivation, feeling he'd reached a bottleneck and that further advancement would require several more life-or-death battles or some opportunity that Awakening his Devil Fruit abilities.
But when he saw Bullet's rapid growth in the Special Training Camp, he felt a certain amount of pressure, especially after learning how high the kid's future potential would be.
It was 2:40 PM that day.
"Base Commander, the equipment you ordered has arrived and is currently being placed on the Sports Field." Lieutenant Isoka entered the office.
"Really? Let's go take a look!"
Vidal quickly put down his pen and documents, and led the other person out of the room with anticipation.
"Wow!"
As soon as he arrived on the Sports Field, the little manatee, who was sparring with Captain Simpson in the distance, stopped its movements and called out to him loudly.
"Alright, you keep practicing, I'm about to start too."
He said something to the little manatee, and then Vidal's gaze fell on several huge objects on the ground, one of which was a huge Tekkai that was two heads taller than him, three or four meters wide, and nearly two meters thick.
This Tekkai is a real Tekkai, not the 'Tekkai' in the Six Powers, but a punching bag he found for himself to practice punching!
"From the 'Future Kingdom,' Baldimore, this special alloy, mixed with Seastone, is said to possess a hardness surpassing that of diamonds and a slow self-healing function. It's an excellent tool for high-level experts to cultivate, and it's worth 220 million Beli," Lieutenant Isoka timely revealed information that Vidal already knew.
After all, this was something he had asked the other party to order from Baldimore. In this world, apart from high-intensity combat, there are generally two common cultivation methods.
One method is to continuously punch and pound one's own fists and body. If one has mastered the power of Armament Haki, then one needs to add a layer of Haki when punching. If the Haki is depleted, then one can punch purely with one's physical body. In this process, the Haki will naturally recover. By repeating this process, both one's physical body and Haki will gradually improve.
Just like Garp flattened eight mountains in two years, further enhancing his strength, and Luffy later mastered Emission and internal destruction by simply hammering against an iron wall in Wano Country for a few days.
However, Vidal discovered that ordinary sandbags or iron gates couldn't withstand even a few punches from him, which made him understand why Garp had gone to Hammer Mountain. But as the base commander of the Marine Base in Sabaody, how could he leave so easily?
Fortunately, in this world, as long as you have money and there are no unexpected incidents during delivery, you can basically buy what you need, after all, the ocean is vast.
He had no problem with money, of course. As for the delivery, well, he simply had Rogers take two warships with him.
Whether this counts as misuse of public resources is not worth arguing about; nobody here cares about that.
Another method of training is the kind of asceticism that Nonoroya Zoro will undergo in the future. Find a sufficiently heavy piece of equipment and train every single day. As long as you persist long enough, there will eventually be a qualitative change!
This year is 1494, a full six years before the start of the Great Pirate Era in 1500. Vidal feels that there is plenty of time.
So next to that large Tekkai of Seastone alloy was a set of specialized strength training equipment.
Triple barbell, back muscle trainer, leg press trainer, triceps trainer, and each of these is an oversized version tailor-made for him!
Especially the weight plates on the triple barbell, which were only a few centimeters lower than him, and were more than a meter thick.
Let me see if the portion is enough.
Vidal walked over and gripped the triple barbell with one hand. He first felt the weight with his arm strength, then used his waist to lift it up. Under the shocked gazes of dozens of marines and Isoka, he instantly lifted it above his head with one hand. Even the manatee and Captain Simpson, who were not far away, were stunned.
"That's six tons, that's heavy enough." Vidal looked at the huge barbell above his head with satisfaction.
Each end of this barbell weighs three tons, so the total weight is six tons.
Don't be fooled by how easily he picked it up now; it's only the first time. Judging from the weight he felt, he'll likely feel tired very quickly during formal training.
However, as long as I persevere for a few years, I believe my physical strength will definitely increase several times over. The strongest example of this in the original work should be Whitebeard Newgate during the Paramount War, who stopped the Filial Son Icebreaker at full speed with one hand. It's hard to imagine how terrifying this guy's physical strength is.
What about Garp? What about Big Mom?
"Let's build a roof here first; it rains a lot in the Sabaody Archipelago." Vidal slammed down the barbell, looked up at the bright, sunny sky, and then slammed his palms together in front of him.
[Smack!]
"Come out, Forest House!"
[Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!]
First, a smooth wooden plank appeared on the Sports Field surface in this area. Then, one wooden pillar after another rose up, and before everyone could even react, a beautiful little wooden house quickly formed, perfectly covering the alloy iron Tekkai, oversized barbells, and other equipment.
Suddenly, a small wooden hut appeared at the edge of the Sports Field, which would become Vidal's personal training room!
Thank you so much to "Who's Crotch" for the 2-point donation! Thank you, thank you!
In the original manga, Zoro's training equipment after leaving Little Garden was a 100kg x 5 barbell for practicing sword swings, while the barbell used to train his arm muscles was 200kg. Florian Triangle, the weight of the barbell Zoro used for training soared to 4 tons, but it was clear that he was struggling with his arms.
Vidal's strength at this time far surpasses that of Zoro two years ago. A force of around six tons with one hand is reasonable. Note that this refers to pure physical strength, without any other amplification.
Therefore, you can speculate on just how strong Whitebeard, Garp, and Zephyr were with just one hand!