In the forests of Mount Colubo, Garp paid no mind to the two boys' feelings as he freely swung his "fists as big as sandbags."
Thunderous booms rang through the woods from time to time. Under Garp's attacks, the dense forest was quickly reduced to a complete mess, broken trees strewn everywhere.
Under Garp's threats, Ace and Sabo constantly darted and dodged through the forest. Their movements were agile, giving no indication that they were both children under ten years old.
Not only were their evasive movements nimble and practiced, but they also accurately grasped Garp's attack intentions. Although Garp was deliberately holding back, in Tsugikuni Yoriichi's eyes, Ace and Sabo's talents were already far beyond ordinary people.
Yoriichi's New Marines had also taken in many orphans. After receiving the New Marines' aid and education, those children would often become New Marine reserves as early as fifteen or sixteen, then continue their studies at the Marine Academy in Dressrosa.
Only after reaching adulthood would those trainees be assigned to the ranks.
Yoriichi had once inspected the Marine Academy managed by Shimotsuki Koushirou. Even its most outstanding students probably could not have reached this level at Ace and Sabo's age.
An ordinary person could train for two or three years and still never possess the abilities Ace and Sabo had now.
After all, not everyone had a "weapon of time" like Koby, allowing them to work two hundred times harder than the Marines at Headquarters.
Although Garp's methods of training children were hard to watch, there was no denying that Ace and Sabo had grown remarkably under him. Their abilities were formidable.
"Don't just keep dodging!"
"A real man living on the sea will always encounter enemies stronger than himself. When facing opponents like that, are you only going to run