Doriki Value

A sleepless night.

The next day, Luo Sa rose early. After a morning workout, he ate a hearty breakfast, then tidied himself up.

He wore his new recruit uniform neatly, enough to show how much he valued this Ranking Tournament.

"Luo Sa, are you ready?"

Hina's excited voice sounded from outside the door.

"Coming."

These past few days, Hina had become a regular visitor to this small courtyard. After mastering the Kankan Fruit, she often came to seek advice from Luo Sa, a senior Devil Fruit user.

Luo Sa held nothing back, combining his past life's experience to give Hina plenty of useful tips, making her fruit abilities more and more adept.

"Luo Sa, do you think I can make it into the top twenty?"

Hina still seemed a bit nervous, constantly asking Luo Sa along the way.

According to the Elite Camp Assessment's Ranking Tournament rules, as long as one ranked in the top twenty, they could become an apprentice in the Elite Camp.

And if they took the top three, they could directly become a full member of the Elite Camp.

In Hina's mind, the top three of the Ranking Tournament were already taken by Luo Sa, Drake, and Smoker, so her goal was the top twenty.

Smoker was the strongest new recruit and also Luo Sa's toughest opponent.

"Don't worry. Before you got the Kankan Fruit, your strength was enough for the top twenty. Now it's even more solid."

"Mm, thank you, Luo Sa."

The two walked at a leisurely pace and soon reached the entrance of the New Recruit Camp.

At the entrance, a crowd of civilians had already packed the area, leaving no room to move.

These civilians were all Marine families and ordinary people living in the town of Marineford.

They were now filing in under the orderly direction of the Marines, heading to their designated spectator seats.

"This feels like going to a stadium to watch a match in my past life."

Luo Sa chuckled inwardly and entered the New Recruit Camp with Hina through a passage reserved for the participating new recruits.

Once inside, he saw that the New Recruit Camp's training ground had been transformed into a Roman Colosseum-style arena.

High walls surrounded it, and beyond the walls, spectator seats rose in tiers.

At the very front of the entrance, there were no spectator seats; instead, rows of chairs were set up.

From the highest single chair, down to three chairs below it, then sixteen chairs, and finally over a hundred chairs at the bottom.

From the arrangement, it was easy to tell these chairs were for Marshal Sengoku, the Three Admirals, and a group of Marine officers!

As his gaze swept around, it was suddenly drawn to a precision instrument at the center of the arena.

"That's a machine for testing Doriki Values. Before the Elite Camp Ranking Tournament, we have to pass through this machine's test."

"Then they'll pick the top fifty from among us to participate in the final Ranking Tournament!"

The knowledgeable Hina immediately explained to Luo Sa, the inexperienced rookie.

"Oh! So that's the machine for testing Doriki Values!" A flicker of surprise crossed Luo Sa's eyes.

In the One Piece anime, the Doriki Value setting appeared alongside CP9.

In his memory, the highest Doriki Value belonged to Rob Lucci, hailed as CP9's strongest in 800 years, with a Doriki Value of 4000!

And Jabura, who had come to kill him last time, had a Doriki Value of 2180.

Of course, those were their Doriki Values ten years later. What they were now was anyone's guess!

"Ohhh, it's Drake! I wonder how high his Doriki Value will be?"

"You mean Drake?"

"He's an ancient Allosaurus fruit user. His Doriki Value might go through the roof!"

Just then, Drake entered the New Recruit Camp's training ground, instantly drawing a wave of screams.

"Ohhh, is that Smoker?"

"Smoker's here too. I wonder who'll have a higher Doriki Value, Drake or Smoker?"

"I think if it's just Doriki Value, Drake will definitely be higher. But in the final Ranking Tournament, Smoker, as a Logia fruit user, will have the absolute advantage!"

With Smoker's entrance, the atmosphere in the arena was ignited once more.

"Go Drake!"

"Go Smoker!"

"Go Sakartam!"

All kinds of cheers began to echo through the New Recruit Camp's training ground.

"New recruits, gather over here. I'll call your names in order."

At this moment, Momonga, the person in charge of the Elite Camp Assessment, stepped forward again and began directing the proceedings.

Before long, the main force had assembled, standing in neat formations, awaiting the start of the test.

"First up, Aura."

This man named Aura was a burly giant, appearing to be around thirty years old.

He was the type who had repeated countless grades, single-mindedly aiming to enter the Elite Camp.

In the New Recruit Camp, there were quite a few like him who refused to graduate and set their sights on the Elite Camp.

Strictly speaking, Drake and Smoker also fell into this category.

However, after the recruits hoarded in the previous classes either graduated or entered the Elite Camp, Drake and Smoker had finally made it through.

This class belonged to the two of them!

Aura stepped onto the platform, walked familiarly to the Doriki Value measuring device, and without waiting for Momonga's instructions, gathered all his strength and threw a heavy punch at the instrument.

Boom!

The immense force caused the measuring device to tremble violently, then the numbers on it began to spin, finally stopping at a value of 400.

"Recruit Aura, Doriki Value 400!"

The instructor in charge of the instrument immediately announced the result.

"Damn, no wonder he's the most senior veteran in the entire New Recruit Camp. With that strength, he's definitely a lock for the top three!"

Hearing the result announced by the instructor, a wave of murmurs spread through the recruits. Clearly, a Doriki Value of 400 was uncommon even among past classes of recruits!

"A Doriki Value of 400? If I recall, ten years from now, the weakest member of CP9, Kalifa, has a Doriki Value of 630. By that measure, 400 is pretty decent!" Luo Sa thought to himself.

During this time, the remaining recruits went up for testing one after another.

And sure enough, everyone who had passed the Survival Trial had some real skill, with Doriki Values concentrated between 200 and 300.

Now, the one about to test was Drake, the user of the Ancient Zoan Allosaurus Fruit.

As Drake stood on the platform, the entire venue fell silent, and all eyes turned to him with growing anticipation.

They wanted to know just how many Doriki points this so-called genius could score!