"I, Raditz, swear to protect the boss with my life!"
The moment Lind finished speaking, Raditz, who had always faded into the background, suddenly blurted out that startling declaration in excitement.
He gave Lind quite a fright.
"Hahaha, good, Raditz! I've got high hopes for you. If your strength satisfies me, I'll make you my personal bodyguard."
Seeing Raditz's earnest expression, Lind offered him some encouragement.
While Lind was speaking, the others also came to their senses.
They privately lamented that Raditz had stolen the spotlight and wondered how to make up for it.
"Hahaha, you're all the future pillars of Oran Island. You can't all be my bodyguards. That would be such a waste."
"Just work hard to get stronger and protect Oran Island. I'm sure none of you want to see this jewel of an island destroyed."
Lind spoke up in time to interrupt the others before they could follow Raditz's example and swear their loyalty. He wasn't a Celestial Dragon. Why would he need so many powerful bodyguards?
He hadn't put in all that effort and used so many devil fruits just to find himself bodyguards.
"All right, get back to training. I've got work to do later," Lind said, quickly shooing them away when he saw they still wanted to speak. He wasn't particularly fond of this sort of thing.
Lind had already sensed everyone present with Observation Haki. He didn't need to hear so many formal declarations.
After that, everyone who had eaten a devil fruit threw themselves wholeheartedly into training.
Peace settled over Oran Island once again as it entered a period of all-around development.
During that time, aside from occasional clashes between the World Government and the pirate faction led by the Rocks Pirates, everything remained calm.
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