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Headquarters Fortress, conference room.
Nothing had happened that required all the top brass to gather. The World Government hadn't put any pressure on the Marines, either. Everything seemed calm.
Yet they were all there.
At the head of the table, Sengoku sorted through the documents in his hands and passed a stack to Momonga. Vice Admiral Momonga took it and distributed the documents to everyone present.
Once they had all skimmed through them, Sengoku asked, "Zephyr, how long has Loa been training?"
The others looked up at Zephyr, ready to hear his answer.
They didn't know the exact length of time, but they knew Loa had joined the Marines and entered the Recruit Camp only a few months ago. Even by the broadest count, it couldn't have been half a year.
Zephyr gave them the precise answer.
"It took Loa one month to move from the regular Recruit Camp to the Elite Camp. From entering the Elite Camp to applying for his Graduation Exam, it took him three months!"
The room fell silent.
Four months? No, a month spent scrubbing toilets hardly counted as training.
In other words, after just three months of training, Loa was about to set out to sea as a full-fledged Marine!
Everyone there, from the three Marine Admirals to Sengoku and Garp, felt short of breath.
Even the three current Marine Admirals, who had eaten Devil Fruits early on, had needed about a year before applying to graduate.
It wasn't that they had been hiding their strength. Before then, they simply hadn't been capable of passing the Graduation Exam.
And now, after only