Leiyin winning two matches in a row was something Garp had expected, but most of the Training Camp's students did not see it that way.
What kind of strength could a mere private have?
Besides, both of his opponents had been girls, and they might even have gone easy on him.
His relationship with Ain went without saying, while rumors about his relationship with Verdan had also been spreading everywhere.
The students almost all said that Leiyin had risen through the ranks by relying on women and had no real strength of his own, so many of them looked down on him.
The third Ranking Assessment match soon arrived. By then, only sixty-four students remained in the competition.
The third match was divided into thirty-two sections. Leiyin drew the twenty-sixth section. This time, his opponent was called Shalin Good.
Shalin Good was a Paramecia [Wheel-Wheel Fruit] user. Every part of his body could turn into a wheel, and his physical strength rivaled that of a steel cyborg. He was currently a lieutenant student in the Training Camp and would later become a Navy Headquarters captain.
Before the match began, the students stood facing one another. Shalin Good was broad-shouldered and powerfully built, and just one look at him gave off an intangible sense of oppression. At that moment, he glared at Leiyin like a tiger eyeing its prey.
In the students' eyes, Leiyin's good luck had finally run out. Even if the two women familiar with him had gone easy on him before, Shalin Good and Leiyin barely knew each other. Would he let Leiyin off so easily?
The eliminated students standing around the arena were all waiting to see Leiyin make a fool of himself.
"Shalin Good makes the top eight every year."
"This time, that private who only