Compared to the sea area where the New World war is in progress with dark clouds pressing down on the city and threatening to destroy the city, Marineford located in the first half of Grand Line is much quieter and more peaceful.
Under the darkness of night, Marineford is not much different from usual.
Akira, wearing a Marshal coat, stood in the yard, looking up slightly at the bright moon as Tianlong gradually dived into the clouds with the arrival of dawn, and asked softly, "Ain, New World, is there any latest information?"
Ain, who had been with Akira all night, took a step forward, glanced at the quiet Den Den Mushi in his hand, and shook his head silently.
Then, she looked up at Akira and asked tentatively, "Is Lord Marshal worried about Sakazuki Admiral?"
"It's not that I'm worried, I just feel that this war has been going on for a long time!"
After a slight pause, Akira suddenly changed the subject and asked, "What about those Shichibukais? Are they all keeping to themselves?"
Ain nodded. "Everyone in the dormitory became quiet after the lights were turned off."
Hearing this, Akira took out his watch, looked at it, and simply said, "Go, let Noah wake them all up."
"Ah?"
Ain blinked her beautiful eyes, thinking she heard wrong, "Now?"
"I didn't even have time to take a nap, they just slept for a few hours!"
Akira left immediately, leaving these words behind and walked quickly towards the dormitory building where Shichibukai and his family or subordinates lived.
Seeing this, Ain was stunned for several seconds before coming back to his senses, and then he couldn't help but cover his mouth with laughter.
She knew without thinking what Akira was going to do next. She would definitely use the same tactics she had used to train her subordinates to ideologically reform Shichibukai and his subordinates or family members.
Because in the years after she experienced the attack on the training ship, Akira would not only take the time to practice swordsmanship with her and Binz, but would also drag them to the training ground to train with other soldiers.
At first, she thought Akira's training was no different from the previous training of the headquarters. However, after personal experience, she found that the previous training methods for recruits and officers were like playing house.
The most important thing is that when Akira is training soldiers, he is completely different from his usual self. The Akira at ordinary times is loyal, warm, and very defensive, but the Akira during training is an out-and-out devil.
Of course, Ain also knows why Akira suddenly thought of this.
Although Akira said he was not worried, his words and actions had long betrayed his inner thoughts. He asked her at least a dozen times tonight about New World's situation.
You know, as a colonel Rear Admiral Vice Admiral, Akira was already known as a protector. Now as a headquarters Marshal, how could Akira not be worried.
Even if Sakazuki and Gion are so powerful that no accidents will happen, and the other Vice Admirals can handle everything, the soldiers who follow the warships are not capable of acting alone. As the anxiety of the war continues, the casualties of the soldiers will inevitably increase.
Under such circumstances, Akira will naturally find something to distract his attention.
When Akira and Ain arrived at the Shichibukai dormitory, the dormitory was already brightly lit.
There were constant knockings and shouts in the corridor.
"Bang bang bang--"
"Get up get up!"
"Emergency gathering!"
In the corridor, Noah quickly knocked on the door of each dormitory with two soldiers with a long sword at his waist. With his penetrating voice resounding in the corridor, the dormitory doors opened one after another, and soon bleary-eyed heads poked out the door.
"Are you crazy? Wake us up at this hour!"
"What kind of emergency gathering? I'm Donquixote..."
"Ahem, it turns out to be Mr. Noah. Get up, get up, let's get up right now!"
As all kinds of curses came out, members of the Donquixote Family rushed out of the dormitory first, followed soon by members of Baroque Works, and finally the three weirdos from Thriller Bark.
"Ahhhhhh~"
"This princess just fell asleep for a while!"
"Is this Noah a devil? It's not cute at all!"
The last person to walk out of the dormitory was Ghost Princess Perona from Thriller Bark.
With a pair of panda eyes, she didn't have time to run down the corridor, so she floated out of the window holding a red umbrella.
Perona, who floated out of the window and floated next to Moria, was about to say something to Noah, but was immediately frightened by a look from Akira, who was standing opposite and wearing a Marshal coat.
"I'm not disturbing everyone's dreams, are you?!"
After everyone calmed down, Akira slowly walked forward to Moria, the tallest one, and said unhurriedly, "Nothing else, I just have a bit of insomnia recently. I have nothing to do anyway, so why don't I come over and care about you all."
Saying that, Akira very considerately raised his hand to help Moria button up the clothes, and pinched Perona's bulging cheeks.
Before Perona could react, Akira had already walked past Hogback, and a gentle voice came out, "Since you have chosen to bow to me, you can no longer do whatever you want as before. Your lazy habits must be changed, and basic discipline must be observed."
"So, I have created a training method tailored for you!"
"From now on, Mihawk, Jinbe and Hancock are a group, Moria and members from Thriller Bark are a group, Members Crocodile and Baroque Works are a group, and members Doflamingo and Donquixote Family are a group. The points for each group are one hundred points. In the following training, points will be added to the group with good performance, and points will be deducted for the group with poor performance."
At this point, Akira, who returned to Moria, suddenly stopped, and then said with a smile, "Don't worry if you lose 100 points, I won't kill you, at most I will throw you away to Impel Down to continue the transformation!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone present widened their eyes in surprise.
Ain, who was standing behind Akira, wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh out loud because she knew this scene too well!
Noah is naturally no exception. They all know deep down in their hearts that at this time, Akira looks amiable, but in fact the devil in their hearts has awakened!
If they are not careful, they may also be involved in this training.
"That--"
Perona, who was standing next to Moria, looked around and saw that everyone was looking at her. She blinked blankly at first, then cautiously raised her head to look at Akira, and shouted in a voice as thin as a mosquito's fly, "Akira, I..."
"What's wrong?" Akira slowly came to Perona, as gentle as a big brother next door. "Is there any problem?"
Perona coyly said, "I... I want to go to the toilet, is that okay?"
"Of course." Akira smiled and nodded gently.
Hearing this, Perona was immediately overjoyed, turned around and prepared to float to the dormitory.
But the moment she turned around, Akira's voice that was as gentle as water a second ago suddenly turned into a devil's roar:
"Anyone who interrupts me while he is speaking will be deducted five points!"
"Those who call me by my first name during training will be deducted five points!"
"Moria group deducts ten points!"
Listening to the sudden devil's roar, the smile on Perona's face froze instantly.
The next second, Perona was so aggrieved that he burst into tears on the spot.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,"
"Lord Moria, Akira bullied me, I... I want to go home."
Before Moria could react, the devil's roar came out again, "Another ten points will be deducted from the Moria team!"
As soon as these words came out, the little Loli's crying stopped abruptly.
Immediately afterwards--
"Pfft..."
A laugh that seemed to have been held in for a long time suddenly came out.
Looking through the comments, I saw Bon Clay, a member of Baroque Works, who was wearing weird heavy makeup and false eyelashes. Her face was red and she wanted to laugh out loud but didn't dare. Her expression was extremely funny.
Crocodile, who was standing nearby, saw Akira turning his head and looking over. Knowing that something was wrong, he turned his head and glared at Bon Clay fiercely.
Sure enough--
"Crocodile group, five points deducted."
Hearing this, Crocodile's facial muscles couldn't help but twitch wildly.
Seeing Crocodile's reaction, although Donquixote Family members held it back, Doflamingo became accustomed to it and let out a bad laugh while taking pleasure in others' misfortunes.
"Baaaaaaaa--"
"Huh?"
Just as he burst out laughing, Doflamingo suddenly woke up. He immediately raised his head and looked at Akira. He pursed his lips and tried to make a sound but it felt like he was stuck in his throat.
Because, the moment he raised his head, the devil's voice came as expected.
"Doflamingo group, ten points deducted!"
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The third update ends today and will continue tomorrow.
In addition, the next first chapter update will be at 8 am.