"Master Navy, this is the empty room you requested."
World government personnel in black suits led Esdeath and Crowe to a door.
"Um."
Esdeath nodded and pushed the door open.
Crowe hesitated for a moment, then took steps to follow in. As soon as he entered the door, the temperature of the entire room began to drop sharply, and the huge room was immediately covered with frost.
"Click, click."
The glass on the windows could not withstand the low temperature, and dense cracks began to appear on the surface.
"Tell me, when did you learn the Six Styles?"
At the same moment Esdeath opened her mouth, a cold air spread out from around her body.
The biting cold air directly froze the water vapor in the air, making Crowe look like he was covered in frost.
Seeing this situation, Crowe fell to his knees directly without thinking.
"On the way back to the headquarters from Alabasta, Lord Esdeath, I don't want to hide my strength from you, but...but I also have my own reasons!" Crowe shouted.
"Let me tell you what grievances you have." Esdeath raised her hand to make a chair made of ice, sat on it, and said curiously.
"Actually... Master Esdeath's training is really too painful. I deliberately hide my strength just to feel more relaxed!"
Crowe is a standard earth seat, and he wants to bury his head in the floor.
“Daily training includes 1,000 sit-ups, 1,000 push-ups with two fingers on the ground, 1,000 squats, and at the same time, I have to run 10 kilometers.
"This is just a warm-up, it's more of a practical training..."
The more Crowe talked about it, the sadder he became.
After being a butler for several years, he was used to being pampered. How could he bear this? Even when he was wanted as a pirate in the East China Sea, Crowe had never experienced this level of training.
"How is that possible?" Esdeath asked doubtfully, "With your little training volume, which is not even one-tenth of what I did back then, how could you be so tired?"
"Don't judge me by this monster like you!" Crowe yelled.
"Oh, okay, then I'll change the target." Esdeath touched his chin, "But Annan's training volume is twenty times that of yours. When I trained with him at the time, it was really crazy. Tsk tsk.
, I was even afraid that he would lose his training, how could I have imagined that he is so lazy now."
"That one is a monster too!" Crow shouted.
"You are just learning the six postures, and you train me in this way. Then if I learn the six postures, what kind of devilish training is waiting for me next, even with my intelligence, I can't guess at all!"
Crowe looked aggrieved.
"Oh, then you are overthinking."
Esdeath said lightly, "At your current age, it will be difficult for you to make a big breakthrough."
"So what I ask of you is the six moves. Well, it would be better if you could understand the secrets of the six moves. How to improve in the future depends entirely on your understanding. Hey, if you were more than ten years younger, I would
I’ll let you hunt the Neptunes with your bare hands. When it comes to improving your strength, going through life and death will improve you the fastest.”
This is the case in the world of pirates. Putting aside the Devil Fruit that can quickly increase a person's strength, if you want to become stronger, you have to start from a young age, and the younger you are, the faster your strength will increase.
"...It's really hard for me to imagine how you trained back then."
The corners of Crowe's mouth twitched repeatedly. He is thirty-three years old this year, and he will be in his teens after being more than ten years younger.
At this age, he has not yet gone to sea, but Esdeath is already thinking about hunting sea kings.
"So now that you have learned the six postures, I won't be so harsh on you anymore. In addition to daily training, you just need to ensure that your strength will not decline."
Esdeath waved her hand, "Of course, if you still want to become stronger, there is nothing I can do. It's just that the process will be more painful than it is now. It depends on whether you are willing."
"Um... Mr. Navy, hey, it's so cold."
After several knocks on the door, a World Government employee said outside the door.
"Chief Spandam has something to ask you to come to the meeting hall."
…………
"Is this a devil fruit?"
In the meeting hall, Crowe opened the box on his desk, and what appeared in front of him was a red apple covered with patterns.
Crowe recognized it at a glance as the secret treasure of the sea that has been snatched by countless people - Devil Fruit!
"Oh, it's true." Esdeath glanced at it, then looked at Spandam, "You gave me such a rare thing so generously?"
"Yes, this is the treasure that countless people are fighting for in the sea, the Devil Fruit."
Spandam leaned back on his chair and said proudly.
"As the person in charge of this mission, of course I have to be generous. In order to ensure the perfect completion of the mission, what is a devil fruit?"
"But let me make it clear first, I don't know what this Devil Fruit has at all. It's entirely up to you whether you want to eat it or not."
"Okay, then I'll give you this devil fruit, Crow."
Esdeath said to Crowe.
"Me?" Crowe pointed at himself and said in disbelief.
"Lord Esdeath, this Devil Fruit is very precious. People with the ability should eat it first, right? I am a former pirate..."
"Okay, I'll give it to you, why are you so pretentious?" Esdeath interrupted directly.
"I have already eaten one Devil Fruit, and I cannot eat the second one. Only you here can do it. Of course, you can also choose not to."
"Hahaha, think about it carefully. Devil fruits are very rare. Some people rarely see them once in their lifetime."
Spandam chuckled and said, "This bite will last a lifetime. If you don't want to, a Devil Fruit can be sold for hundreds of millions of beli on the black market."
"It's a pity that there is no devil fruit illustrated book here." Esdeath looked at Crowe, "The ability you gain after eating this devil fruit depends entirely on your luck."
"If it is the animal type, it will just make up for your shortcomings. If it is the superhuman type like me, your intelligence and ability will not be too bad. If it is the natural type, then you are very lucky.
"
"I see."
Crowe opened his mouth wide and took a bite.
"Ugh! It tastes so bad."
Although he was mentally prepared, Crowe was still shocked by the taste of Devil Fruit. Fortunately, a person can only experience it once in his life. Crowe finished the fruit in three times, pushed up his glasses, and relaxed.
One breath.
"I feel like nothing has changed..."
The next moment, Crowe's whole body was shaken, his eyes suddenly became extraordinarily clear, his brain also became extraordinarily clear, and his strange knowledge increased.
"It seems that you have felt it." Esdeath noticed the strangeness in Crowe, "Tell me about what abilities you have gained."
Crowe pushed up his glasses, "This devil fruit is the anchor fruit of the Superman system. I am now the 'anchor person'. Now I can place the anchor point for teleportation, like this..."
After saying that, he spread his hand, and a piece of magatama with a white shadow appeared in his palm. He inserted his backhand into the ground, then stepped back several steps and came to the door.
Whoosh!
In Esdeath's eyes, Crowe's body blurred for an instant, and then appeared where the anchor point was.
"A very practical ability." Esdeath nodded, "It also matches your fighting style."
"And this is just the basic ability."
Another black shadow of magatama appeared on Crowe's hand, and he threw it to Spandam behind the desk.