On the windless zone, warships are passing through.
Thanks to the research of the famous scientist Vegapunk, in recent years, the Navy's standard warships have been doped with seastone components on the bottom to avoid the attention of large sea kings.
From now on, the navy can directly cross the windless zone without detouring to the upside down mountain, and travel back and forth between the Grand Route and the four seas at the fastest speed.
In the early morning, the sea is as clear as the sky and stretches as far as the eye can see, with a light mist surrounding it.
After finishing breakfast in the restaurant on the second floor, Nuoxia ran into Rosinandi and Shiliu as soon as they got out of the cabin.
"I just asked the old helmsman on the ship. If we leave the windless zone tomorrow night, we only need to sail in the West Sea for three or four days to reach Celeste Island."
Rosinandi was gearing up, her delicate face full of anticipation.
"Hey, brother Nuo Xia, Shiliu, after we land on the island, how about we form a team of three and hunt down those cadres everywhere? It's no fun to deal with ordinary pirates!"
"I have no opinion."
Nuo Xia shrugged, he actually thought the same thing in his heart.
"To be honest, I actually want to go it alone."
Xiliu held a cigarette in his mouth and glanced at Rosinandi. He seemed to think about it for a moment before saying calmly:
"However, considering that you are a weakling and can easily be fooled, I still reluctantly agree and protect you by the way."
"Tch, arrogant."
Rosinandi was naturally dissatisfied with this response, and the two started to quarrel noisily.
It wasn't until the three of them walked through the long corridor and arrived at the training room at the stern of the ship that they finally stopped.
The training room on this warship is extremely large and bright, enough to accommodate fifty or sixty people for training at the same time.
It seems that Zefa specially asked people to modify it in advance, so that the disciples participating in the actual combat assessment would not be completely wasted during the more than ten days of traveling back and forth.
"Hey, why are there so many people so early today?"
Looking at the bustling figures inside, the three of them stopped subconsciously. Rosinandi scratched his head, looking confused:
"Obviously not many people came to practice yesterday. It's strange..."
Originally, according to common sense, seven or eight people in the training room at this point would be overwhelming, but now at a glance, there are at least forty or fifty people, and what's even weirder is that the vast majority of these people are girls.
"It's easy to guess. Here, look over there."
Xiliu on the side put out his cigarette butt and pursed his lips towards the northeast corner.
Nuo Xia and Rosinandi looked in the direction he pointed, and happened to see the tall Taotu leaping high in the heavy wall of people, with a cold expression on his face, and slashed at another young woman on the opposite side with a slashing kick.
navy.
Whoosh!
The sound of breaking wind came, and Lan's feet touched the iron-wrapped wall, leaving deep dents.
The girl, who had tried her best to escape the blow, was breathing heavily, with a look of surprise on her face.
"I escaped, I finally escaped!"
She screamed in joy, rushed forward with joy, and directly put her arms around Peach Rabbit's neck, as if her whole body was hanging on the latter:
"Thank you for your advice just now, Brigadier General Gion!"
"You're welcome."
Taotu smiled and put the excited little girl down, moved her neck slightly, and then looked around at the other female marines.
"So, what about the rest of you, does anyone want to discuss with me?"
Her voice was clear and sweet, like gurgling spring water, ringing softly in the huge training room.
"I!"
"me!"
"Choose me, Brigadier General Gion!"
An extremely enthusiastic response instantly came from the surroundings. Peach Rabbit picked one at random, and the lucky one suddenly flushed with excitement. He pushed past the envious colleagues around him and came to the opposite side of Peach Rabbit.
"Brigadier General Gion, please enlighten me!" She took a deep breath and bowed respectfully.
"please."
Taotu looked at her with a smile, then suddenly flashed and disappeared without a trace.
When he reappeared in the next moment, he was already behind the female marine, and slashed at the latter's shoulder with a hand knife.
…
Nuo Xia and the other three were confused at first, but after watching for a while, they gradually understood.
Obviously, Peach Rabbit is giving specific guidance based on each person's strengths and weaknesses through a discussion.
She is very powerful, she belongs to the younger generation, and her level of guidance is naturally very high. In addition, she always smiles, has no airs, and is very friendly. No wonder she has attracted so many people to watch and even compete to participate.
It’s just... why are all female marines selected?
Nuo Xia was a little puzzled and subconsciously looked at Peach Rabbit. But by coincidence, the other party just finished giving instructions to another sailor at this time and turned around to look this way.
The two people's eyes were focused in the air for a moment.
Since taking a look from afar on the deck yesterday, Nuo Xia could clearly see the color of the other person's eyes for the first time.
Those eyes were almost pink, clear and clean, and glowed with a little orange luster in the dim light coming from the porthole.
Although it was a bit out of place, Nuo Xia inexplicably recalled the orange sea in his childhood, ripples in the autumn wind.
But at this moment, Ju Hai's eyes were looking at him with a hint of interest and a faint smile.
Nuo Xia subconsciously lowered his gaze to avoid the orange sea, but soon found that he was staring at waves that were even more amazing than the orange sea. He suddenly panicked and hurriedly turned his head away.
The iron wall in front of him was pitch black, slightly glowing with oil, and from the faint reflection, Nuo Xia discovered that his cheeks... seemed to be a little red and hot.
Are you kidding me, I actually fell in love with Taotu at that moment?
Nuo Xia immediately denied this. He always believed that he was a rational enough person and firmly believed that the only way to achieve such things as love over time was through love at first sight. There was no such thing as love at first sight for him.
Although to be precise, this is the second time he has seen Taotu at close range. It should be regarded as... love at second sight?
But it was clear that he had been on the deck yesterday, looking up at the condescending Peach Rabbit for almost half an hour, and in that short time, there had not been any fluctuations in his heart, let alone any heartbeat or anything like that.
Something's wrong, something's wrong.
Nuo Xia shook his head and threw those messy thoughts out of his mind. He took a few deep breaths and finally calmed his face and expression back to normal.
When he turned back again, he saw that Taotu had turned back and continued to give instructions to other marines, leaving only a tall and slender figure for himself.
Shiliu and Rosinandi, who were beside him, were completely attracted by the pointers and discussions on the field, and they didn't notice anything unusual about him at all.
Nuo Xia felt a little relieved. After thinking silently for a moment, he suddenly used today's free detector on Taotu.
[Character: Gion]
[Age: 24 years old]
【Strength: 23】
[Agility: 25]
[Endurance: 14]
[Intelligence: 8]
【Charm:11】
[Skills: Six Naval Styles (Advanced), Itto-ryu Swordsmanship (Advanced), Firearms Shooting (Intermediate), Wisdom and Knowledge Haki (Intermediate), Armed Haki (Advanced)...]
[Estimated point rewards for successful strategy: ambiguous relationship/100,000 points, romantic relationship/250,000 points]
[Remarks: As the younger sister of Lieutenant General He, the proud daughter of the new generation of navy, she is at the pinnacle level in terms of background and potential. However, what is interesting is that this flower of the high mountain in the eyes of the entire navy,
He doesn’t seem to have much interest in men, but prefers those young and cute girls?】