After Blaize and other marines boarded the battleship, it cruised towards the nearest North Blue Marine Base to hand over the captured pirates.
Since this Marine ship is from headquarters and commanded by Maynard, they don't need to arrange everything by themselfs.
On the deck,
A marine challenged Blaize. They want to verify whether he killed the pirates by himself or someone else did it. Since this batch of marines is from headquarters, they are naturally stronger than ordinary marines.
Even though they won't be able to defeat characters like Durd by themselves, they are more than capable of taking him down using their numbers and coordination.
Furthermore, their conviction and determination are also far stronger. What kind of pirates they hadn't seen in Grandline?
Blaize didn't reject their challenge. With both his attributes crossing 5, he isn't an ordinary human anymore. There were many Ensigns in the marine ship but none of them could defeat Blaize.
Blaize also didn't have it easy either, he was only able to defeat them by draining their stamina. If not for his Senju constitution, he would have been easily overwhelmed by them.
"Let me fight him!" A Lieutenant ranked marine came forward while the other marines cheered for him. Meanwhile, Maynard and another marine officer watched the bout from the helm of the ship.
"Captain that Kid is good. He has excellent strength, stamina, and decent fighting skills. If guided properly, he will become a wonderful marine."
"Mn. I forwarded his profile to the Marine Headquarters. They will decide what to do." Maynard agreed.
"Leaving him in the four seas is a waste of his talent. Nowadays pirates are becoming more rampant in the Grandline, it's really a Great age of Pirates.
Higher-ups are also finding it hard to cope with the surging number of pirates. The number of marines is limited after all." Meynard spoke, smoking his cigar.
Next day,
"Blaize, Headquarters decided to enlist you as a 'Seaman Recruit'. And you will be directly entering a training camp organized by the headquarters." Maynard announced.
'What?' Blaize was surprised a little.
He thought it would take time and he needs to gather huge merits before enrolling in training camp but he didn't expect that he will be directly given the opportunity.
"Our ship is sailing towards the headquarters so you will be accompanying us till we reach there. I didn't expect you to be so lucky." Saying this, Maynard left.
Blaize was so excited that he couldn't sit still. Who wouldn't be? In the current timeline, Black Arm Zephyr is the Marine instructor and in charge of training the Marine recruits.
If he trains under him, his strength will progress fast and he will also have a good backing in Marine. Just as he was fired up, he heard a notification in his mind.
[Please wait...support system is being updated...] A row of information appeared in the interface.
'What triggered the update?' Blaize wondered.
It didn't take long for the support system to finish updating. As soon as the system was updated, a new interface with a slight change appeared.
[~ Name: Blaize Hunt
Occupation: Marine
Constitution: 5.0 [Strength: 5.1, Speed: 5.0]
Devil Fruit Potential: 5.3
Haki: None
Items in storage: None
Free attribute point: 0
Tasks: Currently none ~]
[~ Ding...Occupation determined. Since the host chooses to be a Marine, all your tasks in the future will be related to the profession of Marines.
Generating task...
-->Task 1: Do 3000 Push-ups daily for a week.
Time: 7 days.
Reward: 0.1 Constitution + 0.1 Devil Fruit Potential
-->Task 2: Do 3000 Squats daily for a week.
Time: 7 days.
Reward: 0.1 Constitution + 0.1 Devil Fruit Potential ~]
After seeing the interface, Blaize understood the support system is linked to the profession he chose. If he had chosen to become a pirate, the tasks will be related to that.
Without wasting any time, Blaize began his push-up. It won't be easy as 3000 is quite a large number even to him. And, it's the easiest way for him to increase his strength.
It would take a few days for them to reach the Marine Headquarters and he doesn't plan on wasting his time by sitting still.
Apart from training his body, Blaize also trained his mind through meditation. The development of devil fruit abilities is directly linked to his mind and imagination.
A week passed by,
The Marine ship finally reached the Marine Headquarters — Marineford. In Blaize's eyes, it's a legendary location where the world's strongest man fell but now, before him it was still intact without any damage.
When he was on earth, he often dreams about Marineford and what it's like to be in the center of the location. Just hearing the name 'War of the Best' always excites him to the core.
Clenching his fist, Blaize roared in his mind 'One Piece world is the best!'
From the Ship, he noticed countless Marines in white uniforms rushing here and there. What to say? Blaize felt this place is alive with full of energy.
Even the air surrounding this place is fresh and full of spirit. Just looking at Marineford, a strange feeling of Justice arose in his heart.
'I will change the fact of Marine being a World government's lapdog and let Marine become the strongest power in the world.'
"Haha, Blaize, are you shocked to see the Marine Headquarters?" Maynard noticed his excited expression and asked.
"Haha. You should be. We are the greatest power in the world safeguarding ordinary people and bringing justice to all who commit atrocities in the name of pirates.
As a marine, you should feel excited, firm, and responsible; bearing the word 'Justice' behind our backs." Patting his shoulder, Maynard said. "Let's go."
Just as he got off the Marine ship, he saw Monkey D. Garp, a legendary One Piece character. Even though he likes him very much, the fact he let Ace die made Blaize hate him a little.
But now, the Old man had the carefree expression just as he had before the war while a part of his hair is still black. The 'Garp' of now is relishing the prime of his life.
'A man who can fight on pair with Pirate King Gol D. Roger!' Seeing Garp so close, Blaize couldn't control his emotion and unknowingly a strong fighting intent rose from him startling Maynard and other Marines in the vicinity.
As the target of the fighting spirit, Garp naturally knew it was aimed at him. In fact, he was shocked when he noticed it's coming from a young boy.
The fighting intent disappeared as fast as it appeared. It was an unconscious act from Blaize. If it was on earth, no one could sense his intentions and understand what he was thinking but here it's different.
In the One Piece world, a person with little strength can easily perceive other parties' intentions with their extreme sense and haki.
Grinning, Garp made his way towards Blaize. Gripping his fist, Blaize faced Garp's towering figure that stood before him. Strangely, he wasn't the least bit nervous.