Physical Examination

On the open ground, Zhou Qi first reached out and grabbed a handful of white ash, scattering it on the ground to create a starting line.

Then he grabbed a tape measure, marked out a 100-meter track, and drew a line at the finish.

"There are four items we're testing!" Zhou Qi said. "Speed, strength, reaction time, and explosive power. Let's start with speed!"

He then took out an electronic stopwatch that looked like a pocket watch and walked over to Koshiro.

"Master, look, this thing has a button here. When you press it, time starts, and pressing it again stops it. When you hear the gun, press it the first time, and when she reaches the finish line, press it again. Can you do that?"

"No problem!" Koshiro curiously examined the small, dark gadget in his hand and tried it a couple of times.

It was a simple stopwatch to operate, and he got the hang of it in no time.

Then he took his position at the finish line, waiting for the gun. With his reaction time as a great swordsman, he figured he could get the manual timing infinitely close to the electronic timing.

Zhou Qi pulled Tashigi to the starting line and said, "Stand behind this white line. I'll count down three, two, one, and then fire. When you hear the gun, run towards that white line. Give it your all the entire way, at your fastest speed!"

"Mhm, mhm!" Tashigi nodded seriously.

"You can stretch your legs and take a deep breath. Tell me when you're ready!" Zhou Qi said as he walked to the side and took out a starter pistol.

Of course, he wouldn't use a real gun; bullets were too precious.

A starter pistol wasn't a real gun, so it was legal. However, because there was little demand, they weren't available online yet. Zhou Qi had to pull some strings to get one from South China University.

He checked the starter pistol; it was fine. Then he looked up at Tashigi.

If it were just a simple run, Tashigi wouldn't be nervous, but the thought that this experiment might be very important to Qi-kun made her unconsciously tense up.

I must be in the best condition and perform at my strongest!

"Hoo, hoo, hoo..."

She exhaled deeply a few times, nodded at Zhou Qi, and then stood behind the white line.

"Alright, three, two, one!"

"Bang!"

Tashigi immediately turned into a gust of wind and shot forward.

Koshiro, at the right moment, pressed the stopwatch, watching Tashigi rapidly approach him.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, four seconds, five seconds...

Tashigi maintained an extremely high speed, not slowing down at all until the finish line!

The three of them immediately looked at Koshiro, who looked up at the opportune moment. "9.45 seconds!"

"Holy crap!" Zhou Qi's eyes widened. "How much?"

"9.45 seconds!" Koshiro handed the stopwatch to Zhou Qi. "Take a look!"

"This..." Zhou Qi looked at the numbers on the stopwatch, feeling a bit speechless.

On Earth, the women's 100-meter dash record was 10.49 seconds, and the men's record was 9.58 seconds!

Tashigi's run not only broke the women's 100-meter world record but also the men's record!

The key was that Tashigi had never specifically trained for sprinting; she was a sword practitioner!

Her starting posture was wrong, her starting reaction speed needed improvement, she wasn't wearing professional running attire but military uniform, and the track they had set up temporarily wasn't a professional rubberized track but a dirt road.

"This is the One Piece World for you!" Zhou Qi shook his head. There was no comparison.

Here, a Marine's Power Level of 5 was roughly equivalent to the fittest people on Earth, but here, there were plenty of people with Power Levels of three to five hundred, or even three to five thousand...

"How do you feel? Do you need to rest?" Zhou Qi asked, looking at the somewhat excited Tashigi.

"No, I feel very excited!" Tashigi said.

"Let's rest for a bit anyway!" Zhou Qi said. "We're not in a hurry!"

"Right, right, right!" Smoker nodded, then also stood behind the white line. "Um, Tashigi, you rest for a bit, and can you time me too?"

He had raced others before when he was in the elite training camp, but he had never had a precise time in seconds and fractions of a second.

Watching Tashigi run just now had immediately piqued his interest.

"Oh?" Zhou Qi blinked in surprise, then nodded. "Of course, no problem. Master?"

He still needed him to operate the stopwatch.

Koshiro voluntarily took his position at the finish line.

"Alright, ready, three, two, one, bang!"

Smoker instantly turned into a white hurricane. Zhou Qi couldn't even see him clearly for a moment!

But Koshiro could, and he clearly recorded Smoker's crossing time.

"7.52!"

"Whoa!" Zhou Qi was speechless. A 100-meter dash in 7.52 seconds, what kind of concept was that!

"How much? How much?" Smoker asked immediately after stopping, running over to inquire about the time.

"7.52 seconds!" Koshiro replied.

"Just a little over a second faster than Tashigi?" Smoker frowned.

Zhou Qi was speechless. What did one second mean in a 100-meter dash? That was over ten meters! What more could he be dissatisfied with?

But Smoker was indeed unhappy. "I'm so much stronger than Tashigi, how can my speed only be a little faster?"

"Let me try again after I use Soru!"

Smoker stood at the starting line again and looked at Zhou Qi.

"Got addicted to running, huh..." Zhou Qi had no choice. Of course, he was also curious about how fast Soru was.

"Ready, three, two, one, snap..."

Smoker had vanished from his spot. Zhou Qi quickly looked towards the finish line, only to find that Smoker had already crossed it!

"2.16 seconds!"

"My heavens?" Zhou Qi's eyes widened. "How much?"

"2.16..." Koshiro looked as if he was used to it, as if he wasn't surprised by the result.

He handed the stopwatch to Smoker, who had come over to check the time. "Let me try too..."

"Alright!" Smoker's eyes held a smile, but also a challenging glint.

Even though they were all on the same side now, internal competition was still everywhere.

I ran 100 meters in just 2 seconds. You, a great Sword Saint, shouldn't be slower than me!

However, since he had the confidence to challenge me, perhaps...

Thinking this, his expression immediately became a little more serious.

Koshiro was still wearing his robe and glasses, his eyes narrowed.

Zhou Qi looked down and realized he was wearing a pair of wooden clogs.

This doesn't look like something for a sprint at all!

"Okay, ready, three, two, one..."

"Bang!"

"Whoosh!"

Zhou Qi felt a sharp gust of wind sweep past him. He quickly looked towards the finish line and found Koshiro already standing there!

Moreover, unlike Tashigi and Smoker who had run far past the line, he was standing just outside the finish line, his feet still touching the white line.

"This..." Zhou Qi stared, dumbfounded. Is this something a human can do? He couldn't even overcome inertia?

He quickly looked at Smoker. "How long?"

"1.02 seconds!"

"Huh?" 100 meters in one second? Is he even human?

Tashigi watched from the side, not daring to even raise her head.

Weren't I the protagonist? Why are these two powerhouses playing around, and their results are so far ahead of mine?

"Alright, alright, let's not compare with these freaks. Let's measure the next item!" Zhou Qi said as he walked to the starting line, swung his arms, and then jumped hard.

"This is called a standing long jump. It really tests explosive power. You try it, see how far you can jump!"

"Okay!" Tashigi quickly walked over.

"Try twice first, to get a feel for it!" Zhou Qi said.

"Mm!" Tashigi nodded and took her first jump.

Zhou Qi watched from the side, quite speechless. He had just been demonstrating, but to avoid losing face, he had actually used his full strength!

He jumped 2.24 meters, and he was quite pleased with himself.

But he didn't expect Tashigi to jump farther than him on her first try.

Then came the second, the third, each jump farther than the last...

"Alright!" Tashigi finally understood what this standing long jump was about. She stood back at the starting line and looked at Zhou Qi.

"This doesn't need a starting gun. You jump with all your might, and I'll measure the distance!" Zhou Qi said.

"Mm!" Tashigi nodded, and then saw the two powerhouses crowding around again.

She immediately became nervous again.

"No, what are you two doing? You're interested in this too?" Zhou Qi said speechlessly.

"Although jumping this isn't very useful, it's extremely effective for measuring strength!" Koshiro said. "By measuring your limits every day, wouldn't you be able to see your progress directly?"

"Yes!" Smoker nodded. "I'll promote this in the Marines when I get back. Let's see the results first!"

"Fine!" Zhou Qi nodded. "Tashigi, ignore them, just jump your own jump!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a blur of motion flashed before his eyes and landed two to three meters away!

Zhou Qi quickly took out a ruler, measured, and gave the answer.

3.68 meters...

The world record for the standing long jump for women is 3.14 meters, and for men, it's 3.476 meters.

She broke both the men's and women's standing long jump world records today.

Zhou Qi was already getting used to it.

"Next event, reaction speed!" Zhou Qi opened a Space Gate and brought out a table and chair, then also brought over the computer and placed it on the table.

He plugged in the mouse, opened a webpage, and had Tashigi sit down. He then pointed to a light green dot on the screen and said, "See this dot?"

"Mhm!" Tashigi nodded. How could she not see such a large dot?

"This is called a mouse, used to control this mouse pointer on the screen. Move it around, click it a bit, get a feel for it!" Zhou Qi put the mouse into her hand again. "Just place your hand on it like this, click gently, no need to use too much force..."

It was Tashigi's first time using a computer, but it really wasn't difficult. Even elementary school students could learn this operation, and she got the hang of it after a couple of tries.

Zhou Qi was just afraid she'd click too hard and break the mouse.

Even though his mouse was quite good quality.

"Next, the important part!" Zhou Qi pointed to the green dot on the screen. "Place the mouse pointer on this green dot. Soon, this green dot will turn red. You need to click the mouse the instant it turns red. It will then turn green again, and you click it again the next time it turns red..."

"This is used to test reaction speed?" The two big shots had appeared behind them at some point.

"Did you guys test the long jump?" Zhou Qi asked.

"Mhm!" Smoker nodded. "But I only jumped nine meters, and I lost to him again..."

Koshiro smiled shyly. Everything was unspoken.

Zhou Qi was speechless. He decided not to look at them and instead operated the mouse to start the test before returning the mouse to Tashigi.

3, 2, 1...

After the countdown that filled the entire screen passed, the green dot suddenly turned red.

Tashigi immediately clicked the mouse.

The green dot turned red again, and Tashigi clicked immediately.

Turned red, click.

Turned red, click...

Smoker and Koshiro watched silently from behind. They understood why this could test reaction speed and realized it required a lot of concentration, so they naturally didn't make a sound to disturb them.

However, just like before, they felt the urge to try again.

Perhaps it wasn't just an urge; it was that the One Piece World truly lacked a real, effective, and universally recognized standard for measuring strength.

To gauge how strong someone was, you could only look at their record.

Therefore, the two of them had no real idea of their own strength.

Although only four data points were measured today, they at least had a rough idea now.

If they could pull in colleagues, superiors, and Dragon to test later, wouldn't they know what level they were among the experts/top players?!!

One minute later, the green dot on the screen suddenly flickered and then formed three numbers.

189!

"Holy crap!" Zhou Qi's eyes widened again. "189 milliseconds?"

"Is this speed fast or slow?" Tashigi blinked and asked.

Zhou Qi was speechless. Could he tell her that his fastest was 258, and the scientific community's perceived human reaction limit was 100 milliseconds?

But actually, it wasn't that bad. 189 wasn't something humans could never reach, as top athletes could achieve around 140 milliseconds.

"Come on, let me try!" Smoker was already reaching for the chair.

"Mhm, I'll try too..." Zhou Qi's 258 was from before. After meditating for so long now, he should have improved!