Cruelty Is Reality!

The sky was a spotless blue as the warship carrying the Navy's rising stars sailed steadily across the waters toward the first half of the Grand Line.

"Teacher Zephyr! Teacher Zephyr! I've mastered Soru from the Six Powers. That means I can serve as a Navy officer now, right?"

The trainee before him, dressed in a Navy soldier's uniform and carrying a bamboo-green katana on his back, eagerly demonstrated his skills, making Zephyr, who stood on the deck, burst into laughter.

"You still have a long way to go! Binz, with your Devil Fruit powers, you're almost there, but the standards for officers at Marine Headquarters are much higher than you imagine!"

"Honestly, all you do is pester Teacher. Aren't you annoying? If you want to reach my position, you should at least master half of the Six Powers first!"

A long-armed man with dark brown skin and a face full of beard strode over from nearby and reprimanded him without mercy, making Binz curl his lips in displeasure.

"Tch, what's so great about that? You just enlisted over a decade before me and have been serving as Teacher Zephyr's assistant all this time..."

"Oh? You got a problem with that? If you do, we can have a spar at the training ground later. I'll take you down in ten moves!"

The long-armed Navy officer Shuzo snorted coldly, and Binz immediately backed down and turned to leave.

If he could beat him, he really would have wanted to teach that arrogant bastard a lesson.

"One after another, all you know how to do is fool around. When will you ever be able to stand on your own? And you call yourself a Navy officer, Shuzo!"

Among the many Navy rookies, a beautiful, tall woman stepped out from the crowd. Her