"Alright runts, listen up. " It was an old geezer who spoke up. His voice deep yet raspy.
"All of you have been chosen to take part in the marine program for elites. We chose you people cause you have the best talent and we will nurture you into the future of the marines.
Some of you are the children of marines"
"Some of you were rescued by the marines"
"And some of you were discovered thanks to your talents."
"But here... none of that matters.
"We will break you down and rebuild you, until you're capable of wielding the title of 'elite' without being laughed at by the scum we call pirates."
"We don't care for your past, nor where you come from, we only care for your future. You were chosen because you have the potential to be the best, and we are going to drag that potential out of you by any means necessary"
"HOWEVER, just because you were chosen, doesn't guarantee your position. If we deem you useless, we will kick your ass all the way to academy for regular students.
What you have here is a privilege and you better GOD DAMN use it.
"Now, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to your home for the next two years."
This was the speech, Chizuki and the rest of the recruits were greeted with their first day in the academy. The man who gave the speech was around 60 years of age.
Slick back gray hair, piercing black eyes and a posture straighter than steel. He was clearly highly experienced with his job and also took pride in it.
All the recruits were currently stood in rows of six by five. Six people side by side and five people behind them. They were ordered by size so Chizuki was stood at the center of the second to last row, though her appearance was giving her quite a lot of attention.
30 Geniuses like herself were participating in this academy, each one supposedly exceptionally talented. All of them were around 13-16 years old and would graduate after two years and would achieve a rank from lieutenant commander --> commander --> captain.
Chizuki's goal was obviously to reach captain and either join Garps crew, or maybe make her own. Though she would rather join Garp since leadership doesn't really suit her. She would rather be given a name and told to kick their ass.
"Right, you little shits, let us start your tortu- *cough* your training. Sorry, I can be quite forgetful given my old age."
A few of the recruits looked quite intimidated by both his words and actions. Some of them gulped. Some of them had cold sweat dripping down their backs. One of them was squeezing his legs together trying not to pee.
One of them was checking the condition of her nails...
Something the old man noticed.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Am I boring your little girl?"
His words caused those stood near Chizuki to hold their breath, thinking he was talking to them. Some of the males even questioned their gender and had to double check.
Chizuki sensed his gaze and looked up to meet it.
"Hmm? No? Why would you say that? It was a brilliant speech, really got the blood pumping. I nearly left to go and fight that old man back home." She replied with a small smile on her face and the old man couldn't decide whether or not she was being sarcastic, not that he cared.
"What's your name brat?"
"Chizuki."
"I see. I'll remember you then. Good luck!"
...
After saying his piece, the old man left, confusing the others.
Nobody dared to speak or move after what occurred. Though some looked at Chizuki with a wary gaze. Most just decided to stay away from the crazy girl.
Silence rained for five minutes, and no one dared to move until someone new showed up. It was a woman, around 30 years old. She had long red hair, and deep blue eyes. She did, however, have a light smile on her face.
A lot of the young men became flustered upon seeing her. Especially her smile.
"Lets go"
That was all she said before she left. Everyone stood still for a few seconds until they saw a flash of silver as Chizuki flashed past them. That was enough for them to break out of their stupor and give chase.
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Chizuki arrived in an open field. In front of her were various courses such as race courses and weights. There was even a machine that tested the force behind your punch.
"Huh what's this?"
"Seems like a training course?"
"Maybe a test?"
"TAHAHA, I'll kick all your asses"
"Oh please, you couldn't beat a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest."
"HUH? Thats rich coming from you. If you fell in a bucket full of tits, you'd come out sucking your thumb you dumb ba-"
"ENOUGH"
The other recruits all started showing up and noticed the course, they then noticed the old man and the smiling woman too.
"Time for a test brats. Each of you are going to be given a number from one to thirty and then split into six groups of five. 1,2,3,4, and five will be one group and so on. You will then be challenging this course and then ranked accordingly.
You will be taking this course every month for the next two years. Your ranks will change depending on your results and of course, your ranks will determine the number of benefits you receive from us. Each month you receive your allowance in points. The amount of points you get will depend on your rank and of course these points can be used to buy various things.
Weapons.
Techniques.
Advice from teachers
... even devil fruits.
Any physical object you can think, we can provide for you for a certain amount of points"
His words brought a wave of surprise from all the recruits. A fire began to burn in their eyes and you could practically feel the battle lust radiating off of them.
Chizuki was no different.
She didn't really have an idea of what she wanted to buy, but she did love a good fight, and the victory would be 1000x times better when standing over her defeated foes...
She nearly shivered in excitement.
"GYahahahaha. It is good to see you all so excited. I look forward to all your performances. Lets begin!"
He then signaled the woman to his side, whose name was Rias, and very quickly the numbers were handed out.
Chizuki was number 16 and was placed in the fourth group, causing her to grumble.
She walked to the side of the track and lay down sideways, with her head resting on her hand, whilst paying attention to the first group. She wanted to see just how powerful these 'geniuses' were.
There were three parts to this test. The first was speed, they were required to run 100m as fast as possible.
The second was the force machine. You had to attack the machine with as much power as you could muster, and finally was the free for all. All five recruits would fight each other.
Whatever position you finished would determine your points. First place gets five points, second gets four and so on.
At the end, your points would be tallied and if you had points similar to anyone else, they would simply ompare your scores and determine the winner.
Five people walked up to the starting line of the 100m race. Three boys and two girls.
Rias walked to the side of the track with a timer in her hand, counted down from three, and then brought her hand down.
The five instantly took off running as fast as their legs would allow them too and Chizuku watched with wide eyes and pure...
Disappointment.
Surprisingly it was one of the girls who won, Tana. She immediately went to Rias and asked for her score excitedly.
"4.34 seconds. Congrats."
"YESS!! A new record."
It was certainly impressive. She was 15 years old and two of the people she was competing against were a year older than her. 100 meters in 4.34 seconds means she covered 23 meters per second. Running at 51 mph.
A lot of the other recruits were impressed as well. Some gulped, some looked nervous, some excited.
Chizuki, however, was feeling pure disappointment. She managed to run 100m in 7.3 seconds when she was eight. four years later and her strength has exploded. Now 7.3 seconds, or even 4.3 seconds, is snail's pace for her.
She came here looking for a fight. For a challenge. But this...
"*Sigh* given the looks on the other participants faces, I'm guessing they're not much different. Seems the academy isn't going to be much fun after all. Maybe I should learn how to use a sword or something. Ughh, how annoying. Should I hold back?"
"No, you certainly should not!"
Chizuki was certainly not expecting anyone to interrupt her during her temper tantrum and was surprised to see it was the old man.
"Jeez, have you ever heard of knocking old man? People have no manners these days"
"Were outside brat, there are no doors for me to knock on?"
"Have you ever heard of sound effects?" You have a voice, you should use it"
"Shut it brat. You better not hold back. The fleet admiral personally called me two days ago and told me to keep an eye on you, so you don't cause trouble."
"Why would he do that? I'm a saint?"
"Yeah right. He also told me about your special circumstances. Like your strength. I understand that these people might not be a challenge for you, but that doesn't mean you should treat the academy as a joke. You should use it to improve yourself as much as possible. Of anything, just treat it as free benefits. If you win, you get points that you can spend on resources."
"And what do you get out of this?"
"Thats a stupid question, I'm sure you've already figured it out. Right?" he asked with a small smile as he looked at the next group ready to run.
"Yeah. You want me to utterly break their minds and spirits and show them how worthless they are." she said with a smirk as she jumped to her feet.
"WHAT? NO!" he shouted, causing a few people to look at him. "I want you to show them the gap between you and them. I want you to give them a goal. Those who are determined will try and catch up to you, training as much as possible, pushing themselves to the limit" He continued.
"And those who aren't, will give up and aim for second best, allowing you to separate the best with the rest." She continued and he nodded.
"Exactly. This academy is used to train the best, we don't settle for less. Thus, I will use you as a a goal for the determined and a hammer that weeds out the incompetent, whilst you get to not only improve yourself, but gain resources whilst doing so. A good deal, no?"
Chizuki began to giggle at his proposal but accepted it none the less since she had nothing to lose.
"Fine old man, I'll punch and kick as hard as I possibly can"
After saying her piece she began to walk away to do some stretches. Leaving the old man to wonder if he made a mistake
"Just don't kill anyone please."
"Phahaha, I told you before old man, I'm a saint."
And of she went...
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