[Congratulations, host! Mission complete!] [Inheritance progress +%!]
Hearing the system's voice in his mind,
a faint smile rose to Xiu's lips.
"That loser made a bit of a contribution, at least..."
Before the platform, the elite class students were stunned by Xiu's inhuman strength!
He was clearly a boy their own age,
yet Xiu could already defeat a vice admiral!!
"He... he's so strong!!!"
"Hina wants to follow him!!"
At that moment, Xiu still had no idea
that this duel had already won him a beauty's heart.
"Hey, old man! I won."
Sengoku had actually expected from the start that Xiu wouldn't lose!
It was just... he had never imagined Xiu would win so decisively!
Even somewhat effortlessly!
"Xiu, your strength has increased considerably again..."
Xiu smiled noncommittally. "I'm still growing... my strength increases pretty quickly."
Growing, my ass... that's called young adulthood...
Sengoku silently grumbled to himself,
then finally remembered that an unconscious vice admiral was still on the platform.
"Oh, right! A few of you from the elite class! Hurry and take Akainu to the infirmary!!"
Kizaru and Kuzan, who had been standing nearby, also walked over.
"How frightening, young man..."
"I imagine you'll become an admiral very soon~"
An unreadable gleam flashed in Kizaru's eyes behind his glasses.
Listening to Kizaru's drawn-out words, Xiu felt goosebumps rise all over him.
"Thanks, old man Kizaru."
Kuzan scratched his head too, speaking to Xiu in his deep voice:
"Young Xiu, even though your ability is fire, we should be able to become good friends..."
After all, you're just as lazy as I am~
Kuzan didn't say that last sentence aloud.
But Xiu understood his meaning perfectly.
"Good grief, we can go have a drink together later... holy shit!"
Before he could finish, Sengoku delivered a headbutt.
"Like hell you're drinking, you little brat!"
Xiu: "???"
Can't you fucking see I'm 190 centimeters tall?!
No matter how you look at me, I'm not a little brat, okay??!
Don't I have any dignity?!
Feeling Xiu's resentful gaze,
Sengoku coughed twice.
"All right, the proposal to make you a commodore is hereby approved."
"Of course, we'll still have to hold the commissioning ceremony!"
Beside him, Zephyr said with some concern:
"Sengoku, is that necessary?"
What worried Zephyr more was Xiu's young age.
Word of the commissioning ceremony would definitely spread throughout the Four Seas and the New World!
The pressure Xiu would face then was easy to imagine!
Sengoku waved a hand and said confidently:
"Zephyr, don't you understand yet?"
"The future of the Navy... will be his sooner or later!"
Hearing such certainty in Sengoku's words,
Zephyr could hardly say anything more.
"It's your decision!"
And so, Xiu's commissioning ceremony was scheduled for three days later.
Sengoku, who had intended to make Xiu famous in the first place,
had already sent word to nearly all the naval officers at headquarters.
But Sengoku received word that Garp was still pursuing Roger
and couldn't attend...
This left Xiu, who had been hoping to meet Garp,
feeling somewhat disappointed.
Still, there would be plenty of time to get to know Garp later.
And almost all the other headquarters officers replied immediately,
wanting to meet the youngest naval commodore in history!
After saying goodbye to Sengoku and the others,
Xiu returned to the small two-story villa Sengoku had arranged for him.
He still had to receive the treatment he was entitled to...
Then he called up the system.
"System, open my status panel."
[Host: Aila.. Xiu] [Inherited character: Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto] [Inheritance value: .%!]
"Ah... my Reiatsu has increased quite a bit..."
"But... that dot really is painful to look at..."
Xiu shook his head and soon threw himself back into training.
After all, although he had memories of skills such as swordsmanship, hand-to-hand combat, movement techniques, and spellcraft in his mind,
practice made perfect. He had to make his body proficient in them!
Three days passed in a flash.
At last, the day of Xiu's commissioning ceremony arrived.
Marineford's harbor was especially lively that day.
Countless warships were moored along the shore.
Naval officers stepped off the warships from time to time.
"Hey, long time no see... Tokikake!"
"Oh! Onigumo!"
"Well, if it isn't Mole!"
"Yamakaji!"
The four relatively well-known vice admirals walked toward headquarters side by side.
"I heard that boy really defeated Akainu?"
Mole, who wore his hair in a mohawk, spoke up.
Yamakaji exhaled a puff of cigar smoke and chuckled.
"It's true. I heard from the elite class students that Akainu actually passed out! Hahahahaha..."
Mole: "..."
Onigumo: "..."
Tokikake: "..."
"What's wrong? Why aren't you saying anything?"
Mole kindly nudged Yamakaji with his elbow,
signaling for him to look to the side.
Then he saw a gloomy-faced Akainu radiating an unapproachable aura
as he walked off into the distance...
Yamakaji swallowed with difficulty.
"Did you fuckers set me up?!"
Mole immediately protested. "Be reasonable, hey! Who set you up?!"
"Exactly! Exactly!!"
"You're the one who laughed out loud..."
Yamakaji: "..."
Wronged and miserable. o(╥﹏╥)o.
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