By the time the planned training was finished, fewer than half the people aboard had passed.
Still, with such a large pool to draw from, those who passed were enough.
At least, they were enough for a fledgling major pirate crew.
"Captain Buggy, we'll reach Loguetown tomorrow."
"Do you want this place?!"
Uchiha Kazama spoke with a smile.
They had started by seizing Shells Town!
Then, expanding through the Arlong Pirates' territory, they had brought a vast stretch of islands around Cocoyasi Village under their control.
They had also conquered the Goa Kingdom, making Buggy its king.
Now, they were approaching the so-called starting point of the Grand Line, the starting point of the Great Pirate Era...
Of course, this place also held a special meaning for Buggy.
Under the circumstances, Uchiha Kazama had simply asked him.
"Loguetown?!"
"If we occupy that place, then..."
There was still some worry on Buggy's face.
"We've already started putting bounties on Marines."
"Taking another place that belonged to us pirates in the first place shouldn't be much of a problem, should it?!"
Uchiha Kazama, on the other hand, was utterly relaxed.
Indeed, there really wasn't much in this world that could worry Uchiha Kazama...
"First Mate!"
"If you really can take Loguetown and hold it..."
"I'll support every decision you make from then on, unconditionally!"
"And you..."
Buggy didn't finish.
But the worry in his eyes was written all over his face.
Loguetown might only have housed a branch...
But for the Marines and the World Government, it was a place they absolutely could not yield.
Otherwise, so many pirates wouldn't have been stopped there every year.
After all, any pirate with even the slightest ambition of finding the Great Treasure, or even the smallest expectations of themselves...
Would gather there first, making