When Rock returned to the training ground, he heard a chorus of chaotic screams from afar.
"Wait!"
"Teacher Zephyr!"
"I just got back from the New World—!!!"
At the center of the training ground, Enel and Ze Yi were running frantically, one after the other.
Both had specially made Seastone weights locked around their wrists, with heavy iron rings strapped around their ankles as well.
With every step they took, the iron rings smashed fiercely against the ground.
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
The dull impacts rang out continuously, making the watching Marines' eyelids twitch.
Especially Enel.
His usually outrageously arrogant face had completely twisted into a ridiculous expression.
His long ears flapped wildly in the wind, his mouth hung wide open, and his eyes were filled with terror.
"Ze Yi!"
"Aren't you the deputy commander?!"
"Think of something, damn it!!!"
Ze Yi's face had gone pale, and cold sweat covered his forehead.
"What am I supposed to do?!"
"You insisted on coming to watch the show yourself!"
"I've already been trained for half the day, and now I have to do extra training with you too!!!"
Behind them, a gigantic humanoid beast was chasing after them with heavy strides.
Zephyr wore a savage grin, his muscles bulging as he carried two thick training iron rods in his hands.
How did he look anything like a gentle chief instructor?
He was practically a raging beast draped in a Marine cape.
"You two little brats!"
"Being hooligans on the sea is fun, is it?!"
"Relying on your Devil Fruit abilities to run around everywhere makes you feel mighty, does it?!"
"You think having a little talent means you can swagger through the New World?!"
As he spoke, he stomped down.
"Boom!"
He shot forward like a cannonball.
A huge shadow fell over them. Enel