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One Piece: Biggest Scum in Marine History - Chapter 145
July 28
Light and darkness intertwined before the eyes, and the sacred cloak soared in the strong wind. Kuzan stared blankly ahead, looking at the thick, mountain-like back in front of him, as if something hot was gradually pouring out of his chest.
Zephyr... teacher...
This scene seemed to have some shocking power and was deeply engraved in the deepest part of his soul. After a full five seconds, the scorching light slowly stopped. The strong wind died down, and thick smoke billowed from the ground.
A group of marines, who had fallen to the ground, stood up with their sabers propped up and looked at the school field with shock on their faces. Thick smoke obscured their view.
How's it going?
Did they escape?
What kind of power is that...
Is this actually a colleague who participated in the training camp with us!?
Each of their faces was filled with surprise and uncertainty. Soon, the thick smoke dispersed under the breeze, and the scene in the school grounds came into view. Their eyes widened instantly, looking horrified.
A huge charred groove stretched across the ground of the school ground. There were still lingering, swaying flames in the groove, spreading from Darren's feet to the end of his sight, and stopping abruptly in front of a burly figure.
Teacher Zephyr...
It's Teacher Zephyr!!
He saved Kuzan!!
The navy shouted in surprise, and the boulder hanging in their hearts was finally put down. The majestic Zephyr stood in front of Kuzan like an insurmountable mountain, raising one hand.
The index finger, covered with armed domineering force, firmly pressed against a rapidly rotating coin. The black luster on the coin slowly faded away like a liquid, and the high heat generated by friction with the air emitted wisps of white smoke.
It's actually a genius idea to wrap the armed Haki around the coin...
Zephyr grabbed the coin that had lost its momentum and fallen from mid-air. He raised his head and looked at the panting and pale-faced Commodore. After a moment of silence, a smile of admiration gradually appeared on his face.
Darren, how did you come up with this idea?
Darren took a deep breath to calm his ragged breathing slightly. The activation and use of all Devil Fruit abilities consume the physical strength of the Devil Fruit user. This is the iron law of this sea. My own magnetic fruit is no exception. And this move of his is precisely through the form of magnetic field overload, which consumes most of the physical energy reserves and instantly increases the magnetic field loaded on the coin to an exaggerated and riotous intensity, thus achieving the power of the electromagnetic gun.
The most important thing is that after wrapping the armed Haki around the coin, the physical strength consumed by this move far exceeded Darren's expectations, at least twice as much as without wrapping the Haki. However, it can be seen from the power of the attack just now that his thinking is absolutely correct. Armed Haki can cover and wrap around weapons and can stay for a short time after leaving the body.
According to Darren's knowledge, in the original plot, the female warriors of Amazon Lily on Nine Snake Island would wrap their armament-colored domineering energy around their bows and arrows to increase the penetrating power of the arrows. However, once the weapon breaks away from contact with the body, the amount of domineering energy wrapped around it will decrease at an extremely fast speed and eventually be reduced to zero. It was just an attempt, but I didn't expect it to actually succeed. Darren wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled.
Now that Zephyr is here, he can use all his strength unscrupulously and even exceed his own limits without worrying about hurting Kuzan. The name Black Wrist Zephyr was once a nightmare in the eyes of countless pirates. This can be seen from the fact that Zephyr blocked his ultimate move, the electromagnetic gun, with one finger.
Zephyr laughed when he heard this.
What a madman...
He turned around, patted Kuzan, who was still in a daze, and said with a smile:
"What's wrong, Kuzan? Are you okay?"
Seeing the hearty smile on Zephyr's face, Kuzan suddenly came back to his senses. He smiled and scratched the back of his head.
"I'm fine. Darren is really too strong. I lost."
Kuzan looked at Darren with sincerity and wonder. That sense of threat between life and death just now... Kuzan thought to himself that he would never be able to avoid Darren's blow. What are the consequences of being unable to escape? The coin wrapped with armed haki... I guess my body would have exploded in an instant. Well, it really exploded.
"You are already good enough. Sakasuki and Borsolino back then were not necessarily better than you," Zephyr comforted him earnestly. While speaking, he glanced at Darren.
That's not to say that the combat power displayed by Darren at this time is stronger than that of Sakasuki and Borsolino. After experiencing the practice in the training camp, those two guys have grown up. Although Darren was strong at this time, he was still far away from the two of them. After all, Sakasuki and Borsolino entered the training camp earlier than Darren and Kuzan. Of course, as time goes by, maybe one day Darren will catch up to them soon. After the observation just now, Zephyr is confident that through his own teaching, Darren and Kuzan will have an explosive growth in strength during the period of training in the training camp.
Hearing Zephyr's compliment, Kuzan's eyes shone brightly again.
"Hahahaha, did you hear that Darren! Although I lost to you this time, I will definitely catch up!"
He gave Darren a thumbs up. "Don't be careless!!"
Darren smiled and said: "Of course not. With a monster like you chasing after me, how could I be careless, Kuzan..."
"Good!!" Zephyr laughed with satisfaction.
"Everyone has... assembled!!" he shouted loudly.
The words fell, and all the marines present arranged their uniforms one after another, trotted to the school grounds with solemn expressions, and formed a simple square array in front of Zephyr. The bright sunshine was shining down, and the young, youthful, sunny, and enthusiastic faces seemed to be shining with golden light.
"Uh-huh!" They raised their hands in unison and saluted Zephyr.
"Teacher Zephyr!"
A proud smile appeared on Zephyr's face and he said loudly, "Then I will now officially announce the list of the top five seats in this elite officer training camp... The fifth seat, Huoshaoshan! The fourth seat, Kake! Third seat, Gion! Second seat, Kuzan! And our chief..."
He paused here and his eyes fell on the black-haired marine at the front of the crowd.
"Rogers Darren!!"
"Now, we join together in congratulating Darren on this honor."
After the words fell, everyone clapped vigorously and looked at Darren with sincerity.
"Deserved!"
"Ah, very good…"
Zephyr waved his hand, and the applause gradually stopped.
"Of course, this ranking is only temporary." His eyes swept across the faces of everyone present. "During this period of training camp, all of you can challenge the top five seats. The person who succeeds in the challenge will directly get the seat of the person being challenged! Don't complain; this is life. It's like the military academy, and it's like the journey of life. If you relax a little, you will be surpassed by others. So… Keep getting stronger! Keep running! Keep fighting! I will always stand behind you, no matter what your achievements will be on this sea in the future, no matter whether you can become the pillar of the navy or even the admiral of the navy…"
Zephyr took a deep breath, and his voice shook the world.
"As long as you still fight for the justice in your heart, I will always be proud of you."
He grinned.
"...my disciples."
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This day, the third elite training camp for officers of the Navy Headquarters has officially begun. The person who temporarily took over the title of Chief is the Navy Admiral from the North Sea... Rogers Darren!