Tsugikuni Yoriichi carefully flipped through the documents on Yamato in his hands, a troubled expression appearing on his face.
Zephyr noticed Yoriichi's expression and could not help growing curious. He asked, "Yoriichi, you look rather conflicted."
"What's wrong? I only asked you to speed up the selection process so Tom wouldn't have to wait too long. There's no need to make that face, is there?"
Zephyr teased with a smile. Ever since Yoriichi had returned, the old man had been smiling much more often.
"It's not because of Tom."
"Teacher Zephyr, do you remember this young person?"
As he spoke, Yoriichi handed the documents to Zephyr. Curious, Zephyr took them and casually flipped through a few pages. He did not spot anything unusual in Yamato's file, and a puzzled look appeared on his face.
"Yamato!"
"I've heard of her. A very outstanding young woman."
"She's one of the rare female Marines in our New Marines system."
"Strong, resolute, hot-blooded—she's just like a boy."
"Her Devil Fruit ability is also a rare Mythical Zoan. And she's an orphan. If I remember correctly, she was sent over by the Preparatory Class in Dressrosa."
Clearly, Yamato had left a deep impression on Zephyr. He barely needed to look through the documents before casually listing quite a bit of information about her.
"An orphan? From the Preparatory Class in Dressrosa?"
The information in the file did not include Yamato's origins. Everything recorded there was related to her service after joining the New Marines.
What Zephyr had just said was something Yoriichi was hearing for the first time.
He was quite surprised to learn that Yamato had been sent over from the Marine Preparatory Class in Dressrosa.
The so-called Marine Preparatory Class was, bluntly put, an orphanage funded by the New Marines. After the New