Qing Pheasant lowered his head slightly and remained silent.
He was a witness and participant in the mass extinction tragedy that occurred in O'Hara more than four months ago.
The "burning justice" that was originally like a blazing fire in his heart gradually extinguished and faded after this action. Even his whole temperament began to change from fighting spirit to laziness.
Of course, Zefa could clearly feel the changes in his disciples, but it was hard for him to comfort him directly - how should he explain the secret behind this demon-slaying order? And from what standpoint should he explain it?
Like Aokiji, he couldn't stand many things, but with Mary Joa pressing down on his head, Zefa had long known that there were some things that not only a mere lieutenant general of the headquarters, but even he, who had been the youngest naval admiral, could not understand.
Unable to change.
"well……"
Zefa let out a long sigh, and then said in a low voice after a long time, "There are some things that I can't teach you. I just hope that you can stick to the justice in your heart, just like you did when you were still in the recruit camp, no matter what others do or what happens above."
…”
"There haven't been many missions in this headquarters recently. I guess you don't have much interest in participating in any big battles right now, right?"
He looked at Qing Pheasant, frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly said, "That's good. It's almost time for the batch of freshmen I'm leading to arrange a practical assessment."
"Originally, I wanted to take them out myself. Now that you are back, I will leave it to you to take charge this time. I can also take a break for a while, how about it?"
"Leave it to me?" Qingzhi finally raised his head this time, looking a little stunned.
"Ha, that's right!"
Zefa patted him on the shoulder and laughed, "Don't think too much, just think of it as a holiday for yourself to relax. Although you have had so many holidays in the past few months that you will make someone extremely jealous."
"..."
Qingzhi hesitated for a moment, and finally, under Zefa's expectant eyes, he took a deep breath and nodded seriously.
There are smart people in the room, and he can roughly guess Zefa's painstaking efforts.
——It’s nothing more than letting yourself relax and spend some time with these young people. Perhaps you can rediscover your original intention of defending justice from these children who are full of passion and enthusiasm for the future, and let yourself get out of this period of confusion and pain.
trough period.
only……
Aoki looked out the window in confusion. The white flag of Marinevando's headquarters was still fluttering in the wind.
Can this method really work for him now?
…………
In the spacious indoor venue, more than 200 new recruits from the elite military battalion of the headquarters gathered here and were divided into groups for physical combat training.
It was now nine o'clock, and the daily training in the morning had been going on for some time. As the chief instructor, Zefa had not yet shown up, but he sent someone to bring a surprising news.
"Tomorrow's assessment is cancelled?"
Nuo Xia was in a group with Xi Liu, competing with each other using the six moves. After hearing the news, he couldn't help but be startled, "What's going on? Did Teacher Zefa ask for leave these days?"
"To be precise, it's not a cancellation, but a postponement."
Xiliu, who was opposite, was holding a cigarette and skillfully dodged the bamboo sword struck by Nuo Xia with his razor, and said in a deep voice:
"During dinner in the morning, I heard that Teacher Zefa was discussing with the Warring States General. It seemed that he wanted to conduct a practical assessment to let us new recruits see the world. I guess he has been preparing for this in the past few days."
"That's it."
Nuo Xia suddenly realized that this group of recruits had been in the camp for almost a year. It was a bit boring to just conduct assessments at the headquarters every month. He felt that it was indeed a bit boring, and it was almost time for a real battle.
"Has any more detailed gossip leaked out?" He asked again, "For example, what kind of pirate group is the target? The New World or the first half of the Grand Line?"
"I don't know, but you think too much about the new world."
Shiliu said angrily, "No matter how you say it is actual combat, it is just an assessment. With the overall strength of us people, if we go to the new world to perform tasks, even if there are instructors to protect us, serious damage will inevitably occur. When the time comes, Teacher Zefa
But I can’t explain it to the headquarters.”
"It's probably the first half of the pirate group, and it's the type that just entered the Grand Line."
Xi Liu took a deep breath of cigarette and put forward his own point of view, "But it is also possible in the Four Seas. After all, there are still many suitable targets in these places, oh, except of course your hometown, Donghai."
Among the four seas, pirates in the East China Sea are the least popular. This is a universally known consensus.
The rest of the seas are indispensable for the great pirates who have a bounty of 50 to 60 million to cause trouble. Only in the East China Sea, I heard that the highest bounty at present is only over 10 million beli.
"The truth really hurts sometimes, Shiliu."
Nuo Xia looked sad and spoke in a heavy tone, "You still need to change your temper. Besides, there are no pirates with high bounties in the East China Sea. From the standpoint of our navy, isn't that a good thing?"
Xiliu chuckled and was too lazy to answer, so he asked casually, "Speaking of which, you seem to have been looking forward to this assessment since the morning?"
"When I first heard that it was cancelled, I was a little disappointed. Why, this time I am confident that I can advance some rankings?"
"Have it?"
Nuo Xia laughed dryly, and murmured in his heart - how could even this guy see it? Did he really show it so obviously?
Shiliu's guess was indeed accurate. Since he obtained the system yesterday, he has really been looking forward to this assessment.
Relying on the newly learned intermediate paper drawing skills and the two points of increased endurance, it may not be possible to win the first place in a blockbuster, but it should not be a big problem to enter the top twenty.
I have long been tired of sitting in the fifty-year-old position, and it’s time to move forward!
But the plan can never keep up with the changes. He has obviously already thought about how to suppress first and then improve during the assessment, performing a perfect script of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, so as to reap the surprised looks of the soldiers at the same time.
As a result, I waited until today and this happened to me?
This is not a scam!
"Still distracted?"
When Nuo Xia was absent-minded, a low voice suddenly came from behind her ears.
However, it was Shiliu who was right in front of him a second ago. He didn't know when he came around to the rear right and shot a finger gun straight towards his shoulder.
Naturally, the force of this blow was reduced. Even if it hit, it would only be a skin injury at most, but the speed did not slow down at all, and it was already close to the surface of Nuo Xia's skin in an instant.
Got it!
Xiliu's eyes were calm. In his opinion, Nuo Xia, who had exposed his flaw, had no time to react. The next moment, he had to cover his arm and jump around in pain.
However.
Just when the finger gun was about to hit the lightning and flint, Nuo Xia turned his back to his body and suddenly turned to the left, twisting at an extremely weird angle, as if blending with the surrounding airflow, it was so extreme that he could no longer
He dodged the blow as much as possible.
"hiss……"
Shiliu suddenly took a breath of air.
He has very good eyesight, and from the subtle touch of air flow coming from his fingertips, he can naturally tell that Nuoxia's reaction is not an explosive reaction, but a sign of mastery in the physical art of paper painting.
"It's incredible, it's incredible."
When Nuo Xia turned around, he found that Xi Liu looked at him up and down as if looking at a monster, "Tell me, who are you? Are you pretending to be Rosie? When did you get to this level of paper painting?"
Nuo Xia was silent for a long time.
"...That's the same thing, Xi Liu, the truth is sometimes really fucking hurtful."