Training and Chatting
Normal Special Training Camp life has finally begun.
Although the location is still on Z Island, it's only on the outer beach, and you can't see the central area from this position.
The training was exactly what Vidal had imagined, with the Six Powers as the main content and the basic application of Armament Haki, Hardening and Coating, as secondary content.
As for Observation Haki, due to its special nature, Zephyr only briefly introduced the meditation method and stated that there would not be much related training or explanation in the early stages.
This is because Zephyr believed that the Six Powers, Armament Haki, and self-study alone were enough to drain the students' energy and time.
It is worth mentioning that Sakazuki and Borsalino, being from the North Blue branch, have zero foundation in the Six Powers.
Therefore, they were instructed not to use their Devil Fruit abilities for the time being, until they caught up with the majority of the trainees.
As for Vidal and Dragon, their situations are somewhat special.
Both of them had mastered the Six Powers, the Coating and Hardening with Armament Haki, and their Observation Haki had begun to Awakening.
Therefore, they were separated into a group by Zephyr and trained in combat, but Vidal was forbidden from using his Devil Fruit powers, including Photosynthetic Energy.
Zephyr's purpose was to train Vidal's Haki strength, a fact Vidal himself was well aware of. In terms of Haki alone, he was still far inferior to Dragon.
Therefore, he readily accepted this request!
At the same time, another reason for making them constantly fight using Haki and physical techniques is that Zephyr wants to teach them the advanced application and Emission of Armament Haki.
This is already considered an advanced skill; only Vice Admiral admirals and above in the entire Marine Headquarters are qualified to access and master it.
Even some Vice Admiral might not Haki Emission; this was said to them by Zephyr himself, so there's no doubt about it.
Logically speaking, such advanced techniques shouldn't be taught in the Special Training Camp, but Vidal and Dragon's foundation was just too good.
Both of them were trained by their father from a young Vice Admiral, and they have learned everything they should and shouldn't have learned.
Although the two are not the same thing, the Vice Admiral.
Therefore, strictly speaking, they didn't actually need to come to the Special Training Camp, but not needing to come doesn't mean it was unnecessary.
Admiral Zephyr's status as one of the first students was his greatest asset, which was Vice Admiral Cornell's idea, and that's why he nominated Vidal.
As for what Vice Admiral Garp was thinking, no one knows, but Zephyr could roughly guess what that bastard was thinking.
They must have heard that there were three very high-quality prospects in this year's class, so they wanted to let Dragon connect with elites of the same age.
So they were essentially given special training by Zephyr, getting early exposure to what Sakazuki and the others would be learning later.
There's no way around it; reality is reality. No matter your aptitude or talent, the influence of family background and early training won't disappear.
Perhaps, Sakazuki and his group can master the Six Powers and Haki at a speed far exceeding that of Benson and Comil, and even catch up with Vidal and Dragon's current progress in just one year.
But by then, Vidal and the others will also become stronger. Even if the gap between the four of them isn't as large as it is now, the gap will still exist.
For example, a year Sakazuki, Sakazuki Borsalino mastered the Six Powers, including the Hardening and Coating of Haki, while Vidal and Dragon had just mastered the Emission of Haki.
The gap may seem to have narrowed considerably, but if a real fight were to break out, this gap would still play a significant role.
Unless a few more years pass, and the former also gains control of Emission while the latter hasn't made any further progress, then the four of them will be considered to be on the same level.
But after a few years of initial mastery and in-depth study, it's still different.
Then, several years later, which is ten or even twenty years later, if the latter still hasn't made much progress, the gap will basically be closed.
After all, the power in this world has a limit, unlike the energy in another world which can rise infinitely.
Around 6:30 PM, Vidal finally arrived at the dormitory area with the exhausted 49 people.
As for Borsalino, well, he had just stepped off the warship when he transformed into a streak of light and flew back first.
After all, Master Zephyr only said that we were not allowed to use our abilities during training, but he didn't say that we weren't allowed to use them after we came back!
Although Vidal and the others didn't show it on their faces, they were all more or less envious of it.
Vidal, in particular, if he weren't worried about being discovered and getting into trouble, he would have even tried to grow a tree root connecting the house to the outside world from beneath the square.
This allows him to move in and out of the inside in an instant, much faster than Borsalino's photonization.
However, this idea is worth noting down.
Sure enough, as soon as I entered the house, I saw Borsalino lying comfortably on the sofa with his eyes closed, resting. He must have been exhausted today.
Hearing the door open and close, Borsalino opened his glasses and complained with a pout.
"Don't you think it's a complete waste of time and energy to have a Devil Fruit User train in things like Shave and Geppo?"
He had been keeping these words to himself for a long time, and now he finally couldn't help but confide them to Vidal.
Vidal smiled gently and plopped down on the sofa opposite him.
He was quite tired before, but as soon as he returned to Marineford, he immediately used Photosynthetic Energy to restore his strength, so he is in good condition now.
"Zephyr- sensei wanted to prevent you from relying too much on your Devil Fruit abilities, and learning the Six Powers is also a good thing."
"Why can't we rely on Devil Fruit abilities?" Borsalino retorted. "Devil Fruit abilities are also part of strength. Since our Devil Fruit abilities are strong enough, we should make them even stronger."
Vidal thought for a moment, then casually produced a banana tree nearby, tossed a banana over, and said.
"What if you encounter a situation where you can't use your Devil Fruit ability, or your Devil Fruit ability is countered?"
"For example, someone like me." Vidal also picked a banana and pointed to himself with it.
"Your Glint-Glint Fruit ability won't be very effective against me, but if you also possess strong physical skills or swordsmanship in addition to your Devil Fruit ability, wouldn't you have one or more more options?"
Borsalino was taken aback, but immediately took a bite of a banana, eating it while pondering his words.
"Is there another Devil Fruit ability like yours that can counter me?"
"I wouldn't say you're invincible, but there are plenty of people and abilities who could deal with you, like Bondi Byrnndi World, whom I met a few months ago."
As Vidal recalled the battle, he said, "To put it bluntly, if you were facing him now, you probably wouldn't even be able to run away if he were determined to chase you."
Borsalino's current speed is only at the level of the More-More Fruit at sixty times its normal speed, and that's just in terms of speed. Bondi Byrnndi World's strength, physical skills, and Haki are all far superior to his.
This is also related to Borsalino not having Awakening Observation Haki yet. Without the sensory abilities of Observation Haki, he simply cannot unleash the true speed of the Glint-Glint Fruit.
To put it bluntly, it's because my reaction time is too slow.
Who is Bundy Byrnndi World?
Borsalino became interested when he heard that Vidal had encountered such a formidable enemy before. He loved reading and also enjoyed listening to stories.
"Him."
The two roommates, one talking and the other listening, gradually grew closer without realizing it, after all, they were both still young.
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