After wasting a lot of time, Sanji was so angry that he almost tied Zoro up with a rope and took him away. The two finally arrived at the elite training camp.
After informing the guard at the door of his ID and purpose, Sanji said to Zoro fiercely:
"If you make Instructor Zephyr get impatient and stop teaching us, I will kill you first when I return."
Zoro felt guilty and snorted twice without refutation.
The guard checked the two people and returned the documents to them after confirming that they were correct.
"Come in, Chief Instructor Zephyr is waiting for you."
"Okay, thank you."
After saying thank you, the two hurried in.
The first thing that caught their eyes was the training ground that took up half of the area of the training camp.
At this time, the trainees in the training camp had already started the day's course.
They were either practicing the six styles against wooden targets or stone pillars, or fighting each other in pairs.
Shouts came from the mouths of these elites, and their momentum was much stronger than that of ordinary marines.
The two widened their eyes, shocked and didn't know how to describe it.
"Did Luffy, Ain and the others come from such a place?
No wonder they all have such terrifying strength."
Zoro couldn't help but sigh.
Sanji nodded, but his brows were tightly knitted.
"Although it was training, is it really okay to use such heavy hands on your companions?
What if you accidentally kill your companion?"
"Then they can only blame their own lack of strength."
Sanji was halfway through his words when another person interrupted.
The two turned around and saw that the person was Zephyr, and immediately saluted and greeted him.
"Teacher Zephyr"*2 nodded calmly, then salute him
"I am only responsible for planning your training plans, you don't need to call me teacher."
He said, turning his attention back to the students on the training ground.
"Since you have become a marine, you must be prepared to sacrifice at any time.
This so-called preparation not only refers to fighting with pirates, but also includes training and even being killed by comrades by mistake."
The two nodded heavily. They were also prepared to die.
This sea is full of dangers. Not to mention them, even the admirals may be in danger at any time.
After stopping to observe for a while, Zephyr turned around and called the two to walk to the empty space.
After walking a few steps, he paused and turned his head to warn:
"Let me make it clear in advance that my requirements are very strict.
If you can't meet them, I won't teach you anymore, even if Luffy begs me to do so."
The two of them also paused, and Zoro looked up and met Zephyr's gaze, revealing an excited smile.
"It just so happens that I also want to learn from the former admiral."
Sanji silently lit a cigarette, exhaled the smoke, and grinned:
"Let's do this."
Looking at the two young men's firm and confident eyes, Zephyr was very satisfied.
If they don't even have such courage, then don't waste his time, just go back to where you came from.
Nodding, Zephyr was about to turn around and continue leading the way, but suddenly he thought of something and pointed at the cigarette in Sanji's hand and said:
"By the way, smoking is prohibited here."
Sanji coughed and looked at Zephyr with resentment.
'Please, don't say such a spoiling thing at this time.'
Zephyr laughed and said jokingly in a good mood:
"Kid, it's best not to touch this stuff when you're young. If you want to smoke, at least wait until you're an adult."
"Tsk, got it."
Sanji responded, stamped out the cigarette butt and put it in his pocket. Zephyr was even more satisfied with this, and immediately took the two to the open space they had chosen in advance.
The three of them stood still, Zephyr rubbed his fists, and his eyes swept over the two of them.
"Who will go first? Or will you come together?"
The two looked at each other, and Zoro drew his sword without saying anything.
" Ittoryu: 36-Pound Phoenix"
A shocking spiral slash flew out from the Wado Ichimonji.
After seeing this attack, Zephyr nodded secretly in his heart, then calmly crossed his arms and attached his Armament Haki, ready to take it head-on to test his quality. The terrifying slash with power comparable to that of a cannonball hit him, but Zephyr easily blocked it with a slight force of his legs.
Putting down his arms, Zephyr looked at Zoro with a look of surprise and teased:
"The name is nice, but the power is just so-so."
'This stinky old man.'
Zoro's face darkened, and he thought of his hated captain.
Luffy had laughed at him before, saying that he spent all his IQ on naming his moves.
He was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword and fight Luffy, but he was beaten so hard that he almost doubted his life.
"Damn it, then let me do another one."
Zoro no longer hesitated, bit down on the Wado Ichimonji, and pulled out the Sandai Kitetsu and another equally fine sword from his waist with both hands.
"Oh, three-sword style, this is really the first time I've seen it. I hope you can bring me some surprises."
Zeff said with interest.
Zoro didn't reply, slowly put the double swords on his back, and squatted down to accumulate power.
"Santoryu..."
Reciting the name of the move in his mind, Zoro's legs were like springs, and he suddenly kicked towards Zephyr.
"Tiger Hunting!"
The two swords chopped down on his head, and Zephyr also felt the extraordinaryness of this move.
However, he was still very confident and raised his arms again.
"Armed Iron Steel!"
The blood in his body flowed rapidly, and the muscles of his arms were tightly stretched like steel under his active guidance.
The reinforced iron body combined with the Armament haki made it impossible for even Zoro's powerful blow to break this defence. Although the attack was blocked, the ground under Zephyr's attack was broken inch by inch under such a heavy attack.
Zephyr's feet sank, and his calves were buried halfway into the ground.
"I guess it's your turn!"
Zoro shouted, and quickly jumped to the side.
Behind him, Sanji, who had not made a move, supported himself with his left foot and spun at high speed.
Because of the speed, his right foot was actually burning with fire.
"You bastard green moss head, I don't need you to remind me! Diable Jambe: Flambage Shot!"
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With a roar, Sanji's body suddenly stopped spinning at high speed.
With the huge kinetic energy from spinning to the limit, he raised his right leg and swung it hard. A crescent-shaped slash over 10 meters long, burning with blazing flames, instantly arrived in front of Zephyr.
This brat!
Zephyr had no time to be surprised and could only raise his hand to block it again.
The scorching flame slash also failed to break through his defense after hitting him.
However, the terrible kinetic energy of the slash pushed Zephyr all the way back, and his legs directly plowed two deep grooves on the ground.
"It's not over yet, Santoryu : 108-Pound Phoenix!"
Zoro jumped out again at this time, adding another damage.
Three blue slashes gathered together, forming a phoenix-like sword energy superimposed on Sanji's attack.
Instantly, the power of the flame slash became stronger, the scorching flames scorched the earth, and even Zephyr began to sweat slightly.
The combined attack of the two couldn't help but surprise Zephyr secretly.
But he was an admiral after all, no matter how exquisite and powerful the two attacks were, he still couldn't be stumped.
"Hah!"
Zephyr shouted, blocking the attack with his left arm, and raised his right fist high.
A thick Armament Haki was wrapped around it, and as the fist fell, it slashed at the flames and released.
"Armament Haki: Hardening!"
The powerful fists hit the flaming slash with unstoppable force.
The slash was instantly dispersed, and the sparks flew everywhere like exploding fireworks, and finally fell to the ground and dissipated into nothingness.
Sanji and the others stared at this scene in a daze, not knowing what to think.
This was already their full-strength attack, but it was still easily dispersed by Zephyr.
Are they too weak, or is this old man too strong?
Looking at the two dumbfounded teenagers, Zephyr slowly put away his posture, with a look of satisfaction on his face.
"Let's stop here. I have a general understanding of your strength."
After saying this, he paused and looked at the two of them with a serious look.
"Have you already started your armament haki training?"
Zoro reluctantly retracted the three swords and nodded:
"Yes, but I have not practiced for a long time and I have not yet fully mastered it."
"Well, as a swordsman, your swordsmanship is considered exquisite in the headquarters."
Zephyr expressed his affirmation to Zoro. After saying that, he looked at Sanji.
"You too, you are able to integrate the six styles so skillfully into your kicking skills, your talent is truly rare."
Zephyr said, taking out a booklet and writing down the characteristics of both of them with a pen.
"Okay, let me see your training again, the Haki training method that Luffy taught you."
Hearing this, Zoro and Sanji couldn't help but look at each other.
Then Sanji shook his head and gritted his teeth and said:
"The method he taught us was to blindfold ourselves and let everyone beat us up.
During the beating, we had to either learn to use Armament Haki to resist or learn Observation Haki to avoid it."
After hearing this, Zephyr's face darkened and he started to curse.
"Bastard!"
Taking a deep breath, Zephyr suppressed the urge to grab Luffy and beat him up, and explained:
"I don't deny that some people can learn armament haki through this kind of training.
But the essence of armament haki power is the invisible feelings such as momentum, killing intent, and fighting spirit. It is the embodiment of willpower.
Learning armament haki is learning how to control willpower.
For this, the marine has long explored a complete and effective training method."
Zephyr talked eloquently with his hands behind his back, and his words opened another door for the two of them.
"Do you know about life return? This is also a move that is circulated among the marine elite and world government agents.
The principle is to infuse the will into various parts of the body, so as to achieve the effect of controlling the body, hair, internal organs, etc.
There are a lot of similarities between the two. Once you have mastered life return, learning armament haki will be much easier."
"Life return? Didn't Luffy have that? Isn't that a passive skill?"
Zoro asked in confusion.
Zephyr nodded slowly with a dark face, "That's right for him. That kid has a special physique and is born with life return.
So he learned Haki very quickly at the beginning.
In fact, he mastered Haki by himself in the battle as you just said."
Hearing this, Zoro and Sanji's faces immediately turned green.
After all this time, it turned out that this bastard was a pervert, so he taught them as if they were perverts like him.
It would be strange if they could learn it!
But fortunately, there is Zephyr to explain it to them and teach them step by step.
The two of them quickly put aside their unhappiness and stayed in the elite training camp to start training seriously.
Of course, Zephyr would not keep them.
After a day of training, he told the two of them the direction of the subsequent training, gave each of them a training plan written on the spur of the moment, and sent them away.
Despite this, the two still benefited a lot, and sincerely called him Teacher Zephyr when they left.
On the fourth day after returning to the headquarters, After getting dressed up, Luffy stood in the largest square in Marineford.
Senior Marine officers who stayed at the headquarters, such as Tsuru, Zephyr, and Aokiji, attended the event.
In addition, Vice Admiral Momonga, Strawberry, Doberman, Rear Admiral Yukimura, Catacombo and many other Marine high ranking officer came to watch the ceremony.
On the high platform in the center of the square, Luffy, Hina, Ain, Cook and other main members of the guerrilla's squad stood in a row in order of marine rank.
Opposite them was Fleet Admiral Sengoku, who was dressed in formal attire and had a serious and earnest face.
Taking the golden medal from the hands of the marines beside him, Sengoku came to Luffy and put it on him personally.
After that, he straightened Luffy's suit, patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him:
"Captain Luffy, I hope you will continue to work hard in the future. I look forward to awarding you a medal next time."
"Yes! I will live up to the Fleet Admiral's expectations!"
Luffy stood up straight and saluted in response.
After that, he turned around and stepped forward, saluted and thanked all his colleagues who came to watch the ceremony.
Immediately, there was applause from the audience. Sengoku also smiled and clapped softly. After the applause stopped, he took another medal and began to award the medal to Hina.
"Captain Hina, I have seen your performance, keep up the good work."
"Yes, thank you Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
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