"I believe he'll catch up to Yasopp and the others soon, too."
Chris had spotted Van Augur's potential long ago, so he had always paid him special attention.
And Van Augur's growth had been satisfactory.
But not entirely satisfactory.
Chris murmured, "After this war, Van Augur will realize where he falls short."
"Once he can spot his own problems, improving will come easily to him."
That was exactly what Chris hoped to achieve with this training battle.
Van Augur wasn't alone. The others all had problems of their own, to varying degrees.
Chris hoped fighting the Pudora Kingdom would help them find those problems.
Only then could they improve faster.
This battle wasn't enough to reveal the Division Commanders' true strength.
Even so, it had already exposed a few minor issues.
Enel floated cross-legged in midair. With a faint smile, he murmured to himself, "Go on, make all the trouble you want!"
"It's in an easy fight like this that your problems become most obvious."
"Once the next battle begins, you won't have so many chances to correct them."
Enel had noticed plenty of little problems himself.
But none were serious. There was still time to fix them!
The problems coming to light now were precisely the ones they could avoid in the real battle ahead!
Chapter 802
At Pudora Kingdom Port, the battle between the two sides grew fiercer.
Foxy strolled through the battlefield beneath his peculiar hairstyle.
With an unusual gesture of his hands, he fired a purple ray every so often.
"Noro Noro Beam!"
Any Pudora Kingdom soldiers caught in the purple ray slowed to a crawl.
Even at his leisurely pace, Foxy could weave freely among them.
He even kicked down anyone he didn't like along the way.
Foxy said casually, "Fighting these guys is no