"Senior Victor!"
Seeing Victor appear, Wright and Connor immediately perked up.
Nunn looked at Victor, then at the direction from which Victor had appeared.
He went to deal with Jonathan first, didn't he?
Nunn thought to himself.
At that moment, Roh's eyes widened as he lowered his head and looked at his abdomen.ŴŴŴ.
He had been slashed by the Crescent Slash Victor had kicked out!
"How is this possible!"
Roh stared ahead in disbelief.
Although his strength was not the greatest within the Jonathan Pirates, his defensive power was the strongest.
When they encountered the Roger Pirates, Roh had even blocked Pluto Rayleigh's slash!
Victor calmly walked over, every step putting pressure on Roh.
Roh threw away his shield and clenched both fists as Armament Haki covered his entire body.
"Ah!"
With a loud roar, Roh drew courage from his own shout.
Roh and Victor were less than a hundred meters apart.
After a few great strides, Roh reached Victor. He suddenly stopped, clasped both hands together, and slammed a cannon punch down at Victor.
With a deafening boom, the earth shook violently. Dust thrown up by the force of the punch obscured everyone's vision.
At that moment, Sakazuki, Borsalino, and the others were all watching the scene ahead.
They had already mastered Haki during their graduation internships.
Just how strong is he, exactly? Borsalino wondered.
During their time at the military academy, Victor had already displayed terrifying talent and frightening strength.
Although Victor, Sakazuki, and Borsalino's names stood side by side, all three were monster-like existences.
Borsalino, however, believed that Victor was the true monster.
Or rather, a monster among monsters!
As the dust cleared, they saw Victor casually blocking Roh's cannon punch with only one hand, while Roh's eyes bulged with fury, his teeth bared, and the veins across his body bulging.
Clearly, Roh had already given it his all.
"You did your best."
Victor said calmly.
As soon as his words fell, Roh felt an immense force, and his entire body was blasted away.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!!!
Roh's body rolled across the ground again and again, smashing through countless trees, rocks, and hills before finally coming to a stop.
Nunn's brows drew tightly together, and the shock in his eyes was impossible to conceal.
He had originally guessed that Sengoku wanted to temper the new generation of the Marines.
But after witnessing Victor, Sakazuki, and Borsalino's strength, he seemed to understand Sengoku's intentions.
This was not merely about tempering them. Sengoku also wanted them to accumulate military accomplishments and prestige in a short period.
He was grooming the three of them!
Especially Victor.
Victor had already displayed the strength of a 'monster'!
Under everyone's horrified gazes, Victor maintained the posture of throwing a punch.
That single punch had just sent Roh flying more than a thousand meters!
Wasn't that far too outrageous?
The battle was over.
All that remained was to clean up the battlefield.
The medical team began treating the wounded, while the Marines who had died in battle were placed into body bags.
Victor came before Wright, Connor, and the others.
Wright's left arm was fractured, four ribs were broken, and his heart, lungs, and liver had all suffered some damage.
Connor's injuries were not serious, but he would still need to recuperate for a while.
"Are you all right?"
Victor took the initiative to ask Wright and Connor.
"Just a minor injury." Wright tried to sit up, but the doctor pressed him back down.
Victor said to Connor and the others, "Sweat more during peacetime, and bleed less during war. You need to train harder."
"Yes!" Wright and Connor pulled themselves together and answered loudly.
"Good. All right, get some proper rest. Only after recovering your bodies will you be able to punish evil."
After saying that, Victor turned and left.
"When will I be as strong as Senior Victor?"
"Senior Victor's Tempest Kick just now was incredible."
"I remember that move was called Crescent Moon Sky Charge."
"Yeah, I want to learn it too, but it's so difficult."
After Victor left, Wright and Connor began discussing Victor's Tempest Kick.
Tempest Kick: Crescent Moon Sky Charge.
In Rokushiki Cultivation Insights, Victor believed that to master offensive Body Arts such as Finger Pistol and Tempest Kick, one first had to temper the body into a weapon.
When using kicking techniques, one had to treat the leg like a blade and use Iron Cutting as the standard for training.
While the two were discussing the Rokushiki, the Marines finally found Jonathan.
Jonathan was still alive.
However, Jonathan's body had suffered severe injuries.
His internal organs were damaged, his bones were fractured, his muscles were torn, and his blood vessels had also been destroyed.
It was all thanks to Jonathan being a Zoan Devil Fruit ability user.
Otherwise, Jonathan would have been certain to die.
When a group of Marines dragged Jonathan to the seaside, Nunn and the others saw his condition.
"Other than taking a heavy kick to the face, he basically has no external injuries."
"However, the injuries to his internal organs are extremely severe."
After reading the examination report, Nunn turned his gaze toward Victor. He was very curious how Victor had managed it.
Marineford, Marine Headquarters.
Sengoku received a report from Branch G5.
The Jonathan Pirates had been wiped out.
Jonathan, Great Shield Roh, and Black Shark Usare had been captured alive, while Zombie Rex had been slain.
The number of pirates eliminated had reached more than 1,600, and nearly 400 pirates had been captured.
The results of this operation were extremely fruitful.
However, Sengoku cared more about Victor, Sakazuki, and Borsalino's performance.
In fact, Nunn's guess had been correct.
Sengoku had sent Victor and the others to Branch G5 not merely to temper them. He also hoped that the three of them would accumulate military accomplishments and prestige.
Over the next few decades, Victor and the other members of the new generation would become the future of the Marines.
Victor's performance also left Sengoku very satisfied.
Nunn's evaluation of Victor's strength had been 'monster.'
Victor was only twenty years old!
Moreover, Victor had not even eaten a Devil Fruit.
How should Victor and the others be nurtured so that they could become the Marines' strongest combat power?
Sengoku needed to discuss it with Kong and seek the Gorosei's approval.
Sengoku believed that the Gorosei would take this matter seriously.
Inside the Fleet Admiral's office.
The current Navy Fleet Admiral, Kong, was reading the battle report Sengoku had submitted.
The mission to capture Jonathan alive had not been an order Sengoku had issued on his own authority.
Sengoku was not Garp. He would not do something that displeased his superiors.
After reading the battle report, Kong said, "I'll go speak with the Gorosei."
The World Government controlled most Devil Fruits, while the Marines and the agents directly under the World Government were also constantly recovering Devil Fruits.
However, to ensure 'security,' the World Government needed to observe and test people to confirm their 'loyalty' before providing them with Devil Fruits.
The rarer and more powerful the Devil Fruit, the less room there was for error.
Otherwise, if a betrayal occurred, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The World Government certainly did not want to be devoured by its own power!
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