Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
Pangaea Castle, Chamber of Power.
When Kong entered, the Gorosei were already waiting for him.
The Gorosei sat from left to right. They were the highest leaders of the World Government.
At that moment, the old man seated on the far left, dressed in a black suit, spoke. "Can you guarantee their loyalty?"
The old man had white curly hair, a thick white beard, and a flat cap. A scar ran across the left side of his face, giving him an imposing appearance.
Kong replied, "Although each of them has his own personality issues, they have remained loyal to the World Government so far."
At that moment, the old man seated in the middle, dressed in a dark-blue suit with long, straight white hair and a very long beard, said, "All three of them have the potential to become admirals. We can begin observing them."
The long-haired old man expressed his opinion.
At that moment, the blond old man in a deep-red suit, without a tie and with a scar across his chest, said, "The Marines' strength does need to increase. What happened ten years ago cannot happen again."
The bald old man in a dark-green suit, with two drooping mustaches, chimed in as well. "If something similar happens again, it will be an outright disgrace."
Four of the Gorosei had already made their positions clear.
After hearing the four responses, the old man in the white robe, wearing glasses and the only one among the Gorosei not dressed in a suit, rested the samurai sword in his hands across his legs. "Go back. We will make the best arrangements."
"Yes." Kong turned and left the Chamber of Power.
After Kong left, the curly-haired old man said, "Regardless, we must ensure their loyalty."
His words made the other four members of the Gorosei nod simultaneously.
At that moment, the old man in the white robe looked at Victor's file.
This file had not been provided by the Marines. It had been compiled by CP0.
Victor's file detailed his background and personality.
Victor liked forming factions, lining his own pockets, and showing off.
To make money, Victor truly stopped at nothing.
His abandonment of Branch 189 to its fate, and even his deliberate delay in sending aid while allowing pirates to loot William Port, were proof of that.
The old man in the white robe smiled. "Although he will not be loyal to justice, I believe he will be loyal to the World Government."
His flaws did not outweigh his merits.
Victor stopped at nothing to achieve his goals. For money, he could even abandon his bottom line.
The Gorosei actually felt more at ease using people with such stains on their character.
If Victor had possessed too strong a sense of justice, the Gorosei would have had to think twice.
Of course, it was still too early to make a decision. They needed to observe him further.
Branch G5 training grounds.
Victor was teaching Lite and Connor the Six Powers inside the training grounds.
At that moment, he was demonstrating Flying Shigan.
A steel pillar thirty meters away was struck by the air bullets Victor fired, leaving one deep crater after another.
This was a steel pillar!
Next, Victor began using Tempest Kick.
"Tempest Kick · Crescent Moon Sky Charge!"
Victor decisively kicked at a steel pillar ahead and to one side. A white, crescent-shaped slash flew out and severed nearly a hundred steel pillars at the waist!
The sight stunned not only Lite and Connor but also the G5 Marines watching nearby.
Although the G5 Marines had heard that Victor was powerful, hearing rumors and witnessing it with their own eyes were completely different experiences.
"I wrote in the book that the body is the key to mastering the Six Powers."
After saying that, Victor removed his shirt, revealing a strong, well-built physique with muscles like a sculpture.
Victor's appearance was as elegant as a prince's, and he never wasted movement in battle. Yet after taking off his shirt, he gained several more points of a battle-hardened tough guy's presence.
"Our power is hidden within the human body. If we can draw it out and unleash its greatest force, that is what we need to master."
At that moment, Victor's body underwent an obvious change. His right arm grew thicker and more muscular.
"It's Life Return!"
Lite, Connor, and the surrounding officers all thought the same thing.
"You all know that Life Return allows you to freely control your body, hair, and internal organs. As long as you pour your consciousness into them, you can control any part of yourself at will."
"And now, we will mobilize the energy throughout our entire bodies."
As Victor spoke, he aimed at the steel plate in the distance.
With a bang, a massive air bullet erupted from Victor's fingertip.
The air bullet struck the steel plate and punched a huge hole through it.
Victor then deactivated Life Return. "I was only giving you an example. I hope you can understand how to use Life Return in actual combat."
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm." Lite and Connor looked at Victor with admiration.
"I still have something to do. Continue practicing."
After saying that, Victor turned and left the training grounds.
Borsalino watched everything from a distance and muttered, "He still loves showing off just as much as before."
At that moment, several G5 Marines approached Lite and Connor.
"May we borrow Colonel Victor's cultivation notes to read?"
A lieutenant colonel seriously asked Lite.
Lite replied, "Of course."
Lite believed that Senior Victor would not mind.
In his eyes, Senior Victor was a great and selfless man who was always willing to help others without holding anything back.
Victor returned to the dormitory from the training grounds.
His dormitory was extremely clean.
However, he had not cleaned it himself.
Victor now had more and more fans.
There were naturally plenty of people eager to handle chores such as cleaning his dormitory.
Victor sat before his desk and picked up a fountain pen. He was preparing to write Notes on Haki Cultivation.
As an advanced volume for training in the Six Powers, Victor would still make it public so that more Marines could cultivate it.
As for the benefit of doing so, it would naturally be the creation of more followers.
By utilizing the power of his followers, Victor could establish a faction of his own in the future.
Knock, knock, knock.
At that moment, a knock sounded from outside the door.
"The door's unlocked," Victor said casually.
The door opened.
Vice Admiral Nunn walked in. He came behind Victor, and after looking at what Victor had written, he could not help frowning. "You intend to share something this valuable as well?"
The methods for cultivating Haki had always been secrets of the strong.
Only those who followed the strong could obtain them.
Without guidance from a powerful expert, many ordinary people would never be able to master Haki in their entire lives!
Victor said calmly, "If the Marines had been strong enough ten years ago, so many people would not have had to die."
After hearing Victor's words, Nunn nodded. "The God Valley Incident truly should never have happened."
He had been misled by Victor.
Nunn thought Victor was selflessly strengthening the Marines because his parents had died.
Victor put down his pen and said seriously, "Uncle Nunn, sooner or later, I will make the world clean."