Who Is This Guy?

Who Is This Guy?

A few minutes later.

Beside the stream lay a giant python more than ten meters long, skinned and stripped of its tendons. It had gone still, while Noah hummed to himself and crouched by the water, deftly rinsing the snakeskin.

That was right. The figure he had caught out of the corner of his eye was this giant python.

In the primeval forest, a python of such terrifying size stood near the top of the food chain and moved astonishingly fast. But escaping Noah was another matter.

"Done!"

Noah finished washing the skin and stood up. He looked at the "True Snake-Skin Bag" in his hands and nodded with satisfaction. "Sturdy enough, big enough. A few hundred chips will fit in here, no problem."

Now it was time to start hunting in earnest.

Noah looked deeper into the forest. Faint sounds came from several directions, clearly the noise of Elite Training Camp cadets fighting combat robots.

His gaze passed over them without lingering. He kept searching carefully until, with the help of Observation Haki, he picked up something unusual in the seven o'clock direction.

Trees were falling in swathes over there, and the ground rumbled and shook. Something enormous seemed to be charging through the forest.

"An AE-Type Robot. Finally found one..."

Without hesitation, Noah used Geppo, springing off the treetops as he raced toward it. A cold glint flashed in his eyes. "You'll be the first!"

AE-Series Robots were comparable in strength to Marine Headquarters commodores. Most recruits avoided them at all costs, but Noah was the exact opposite.

From the moment Dr. Ent announced that there were eight AE-Type Robots in the forest, the points those eight big machines offered had become Noah's top priority for the next three days!

Forget everything else for