"Th-That was incredible!" Binz muttered, looking utterly stunned.
"If I remember correctly, wasn't Senior not a Devil Fruit user?"
"Could pure physical strength really achieve something like this?"
Forget the trainees—even Zephyr was startled by the commotion Longinus had caused. He first scrutinized him uncertainly before sighing with relief. "In the end, I was still surpassed by my own student!"
Longinus mocked himself. "I never thought I'd have a moment like that. I accidentally hit too hard and even spared him the procedures of Enies Lobby and Impel Down."
The trainees around them said excitedly:
"Letting such a vicious and despicable pirate live for even one more second would be a desecration of Justice."
"That's right, Senior! Giving him Justice's punishment is enough!"
"Alright, it's not like I need you all to console me. Go back and rest. Make sure you properly reflect on today's gains and losses," Longinus said with a smile.
"It's Senior and Teacher Zephyr who should go back and rest. Cleaning up the battlefield is naturally our job!" the trainees declared passionately.
"Then I'll be lazy for once. Sorry for the trouble."
"It's no trouble!"
After Zephyr and Longinus left, the others' excitement still had not cooled.
"That move just now had to be Rokuogan, right?"
"It really did look like it, but wasn't that shockwave a little too powerful?"
"Isn't that obvious? With Senior's strength, even an ordinary punch could probably sink an island!"
"He clearly didn't eat a Devil Fruit, yet he's still unbelievably strong!"
"If only I could be as amazing as Senior!"
"Don't think too much about it. When Senior was our age, he went alone to challenge the World Pirates and used World, the Great Pirate with a five-hundred-million bounty, as the answer to his graduation test. The gap is simply