Elite Camp Assessment

Half a month later.

In the harbor directly in front of Marine Headquarters, large warships raised their sails, ready to depart.

At the harbor, lines of navy soldiers boarded the warships in orderly formation.

Soon,

the warships left the harbor and sailed out to sea.

These navy soldiers were recruits from previous years who had come to take the Elite Camp Assessment. The warships would carry them to this year's assessment site—Monster Island!

Yet after all the warships that had raised their sails had already departed, one was still moored at the harbor, its sails not even raised.

In fact, there wasn't a single person aboard!

At the harbor where the warship was docked, this year's recruits stood in neat formation, gazing expectantly into the distance.

But their instructor still hadn't ordered them aboard!

Seeing the other warships already depart, the recruits in formation grew restless. They whispered among themselves, speculating that their Elite Camp Assessment might have been canceled or something!

All the recruits from their New Recruit Camp were there, and the warship was ready. What other reason could there be?

The instructor in charge looked at the recruits below, a bead of cold sweat forming on his forehead as he anxiously gazed into the distance.

Half a month earlier, he had received word from Marshal Sengoku that a new recruit had joined their camp.

A recruit personally singled out by Marshal Sengoku was someone he took very seriously!

But after waiting for more than ten days, that recruit still hadn't reported in.

Then, just now, Vice Admiral Garp's adjutant, Bogard, had come to tell him that this new recruit was Vice Admiral Garp's grandson!

That had scared him badly. So until he saw the recruit arrive, he hadn't dared let the others board!

Just as he was about to despair, two figures finally came walking over from the distance.

One was unmistakably Vice Admiral Garp, while the other was very young. He had to be the new recruit!

"Yo, you're all here bright and early!"

Vice Admiral Garp beamed, clearly in a great mood. It seemed the past half month of intensive training had pleased him very much.

"Mm. We still have one minute before departure. We made it just in time." Luo Sa was perfectly calm.

The recruits: "..."

"Hahaha, Vice Admiral Garp, you're finally here! I take it this must be the... child joining our New Recruit Camp?"

The instructor hurried over as if he'd just seen his savior. When he saw Luo Sa, he froze for a moment. This recruit was way too young!

Had he eaten some kind of Devil Fruit that had stunted his growth?

The recruits: "What? A new recruit? Weren't all the recruits at our camp already here? What kind of new recruit is this? And we've all been left standing around because of him? That's ridiculous!"

"Huh? Where are the other warships?" Garp asked, eyeing the empty harbor suspiciously.

"Hahaha, they only just left. We're right on time, right on time!" The instructor gave an awkward laugh and urged the recruits to hurry aboard!

The recruits: "They just left, sure, but we haven't even boarded yet! Right on time? Aren't you ashamed of twisting the facts like that, Instructor?"

"Mm, we checked the time on the way here. We were a minute early. You people are really inefficient, huh? You still haven't boarded!" Garp said frankly, voicing his thoughts.

The instructor and recruits: "Damn it, I don't know if I should say what I'm thinking! Didn't the instructor tell you we were supposed to assemble and board half an hour early?"

Soon, all the recruits had boarded the ship. Luo Sa waved to Garp, then followed them aboard.

"Hmph, even if he's connected to Vice Admiral Garp, this is too much! I'm not letting this go!"

Watching Luo Sa standing alone at one corner of the deck, Sakartam, the strongest recruit in this year's New Recruit Camp, gritted his teeth.

"Exactly! Count me in. He dared to make the entire New Recruit Camp wait around for him. He's got a death wish!"

"Count me in!"

"Me too!"

The other recruits chimed in one after another, united against him.

Luo Sa sensed their hostility, but didn't care. With his current strength, he was sure that even if every recruit on this ship attacked him at once, they still wouldn't be a match for him.

His confidence came from the intensive training he'd undergone over the past half month.

During that time, Garp had drawn up a complete training regimen for Luo Sa.

After all, Garp was known as Iron Fist, and his physical strength ranked among the greatest in the world!

Under his training, Luo Sa's body had gone from something he'd developed haphazardly on his own to genuine steel and iron!

Although Navy regulations prevented Garp from teaching Luo Sa the Marine Six Styles and Haki in advance,

the body-conditioning method he'd used to forge his Iron Fist had already benefited Luo Sa enormously!

Garp had truly given Luo Sa everything he could, without holding anything back!

"Too bad my Winged Gull form can't conjure up a pair of fists. Garp's Iron Fist Technique is going to waste!" Luo Sa looked at his hands and shook his head slightly.

At the same time, another idea occurred to him.

What would happen if he transformed into Fighting-type Pokémon like Machop or Primeape, then combined that with Garp's Iron Fist?

Just thinking about it got him excited!

Besides his dramatic physical improvement, Luo Sa had also kept developing his Winged Gull form.

He'd grown more and more adept at using his Winged Gull body.

Now, even in his Winged Gull Half-Beastman form, he could fly!

And as he continued to develop his abilities, he'd mastered more skills, while the energy of his Flying Attribute had grown increasingly powerful!

One last thing worth mentioning: after completing his Winged Gull transformation, his energy had risen to 270 points!

That was right. Since his last transformation, only a month had passed, yet he'd managed to accumulate 270 points!

After all, the last time he'd gathered enough energy to transform into Winged Gull, it had taken him a full four months!

The difference said it all about how much he'd progressed lately!

"Right now, I have three ways to increase my energy: training, fighting, and absorbing the energy in food."

"As long as I keep pushing past my limits, I won't have to worry about running out of energy. Looks like my dream of collecting every Pokémon might actually be possible!"

A glint flashed in Luo Sa's eyes as he looked toward the distant horizon, his gaze filled with longing.

At the same time, his eagerness to grow stronger only increased. He was determined to master things like the Marine Six Styles and Haki, which could clearly boost his strength!