Pirate: I was just slacking off, do you really think I'm bad?

At Marineford Military Academy, Marineford Headquarters, within this vast arena, a blue lightning bolt and a burly man with purple hair are locked in combat.

Although both sides displayed astonishing speed and power in their exchange, they were generally holding back.

They only unleash their power within a certain range.

At the edge of the training ground stood a group of young and inexperienced elite naval soldiers.

Just like Raleigh and his friends back then, they would often go and watch other people's battles.

Enel's electric sparks filled the air, with countless tiny, hair-like lightning bolts moving about.

The figure being relentlessly attacked by Enel showed no sign of panic, calmly and steadily waving his hands.

clang!

Enel stabbed Zephyr's arm with his golden spear, but the sparks that flew out showed that it did not cause any damage to Zephyr's body.

"You brat, that kind of force won't do any good to me."

Zephyr reached out and grabbed Enel's long sword.

However, Enel, who had already suffered a loss, knew how terrifying Zephyr's power was. Without thinking, he used the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to melt the gold again and then turned into lightning to leave Zephyr's attack range.

"Lightning Metallurgy!"

Enel gathered the molten gold in his hand and stretched it to change its shape. In a short time, a beautiful long sword appeared in Enel's hand.

The blade was also covered with Armament Haki and the power of lightning from the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Enel gripped the long sword tightly with both hands, assuming a stance.

"Zeff, try this move of mine."

Enel yelled and his body transformed into blue lightning, hurtling towards Zephyr at lightning speed.

"—Sword Style Dry Bird!"

The sound of electricity reverberated throughout the venue once again, like a chorus of birds chirping simultaneously.

Enel appeared in front of Zephyr in an instant, his long sword thrusting towards Zephyr's chest. Seeing Enel's recklessness, Zephyr sighed; it had been a long time since he had encountered such a straightforward student.

Subsequently, Zephyr's body also underwent changes.

A thick, dark layer of Armament Haki covered Zephyr's entire body.

Clang! Enel's sword slashed across Zephyr's breath.

However, judging from the results, Zephyr did not break through the defense.

Let's stop here.

Zephyr was already quite satisfied with Enel and felt that this battle was no longer of any importance.

Then, Zephyr's iron body enveloped Enel's head.

Enel showed a terrified expression, and his body began to transform into an elemental form, seemingly trying to escape through this transformation.

!

Enel, who was only half-formed and hadn't yet run away, was hit on the head by Zephyr's heavy punch. The next second, Enel, who had been thoroughly beaten up, turned into a bolt of electricity that was running rampant everywhere.

"Hmm? What went wrong?"

Zephyr was surprised to discover that Enel, whom he had defeated, was just a lightning clone. He also sensed a very bright target behind him through his Observation Haki.

Enel had already circled around to his back.

Zephyr tried to turn around to block, but he had already been electrocuted when he smashed Enel's clone.

It will probably cause Zephyr to be stunned for about 05 seconds, but given Zephyr's physical condition, there's no need to worry; Zephyr will be left without support for a long time.

However, even with this, Enel is still undisputedly positioned below.

Because Zephyr is indeed of admiral-level strength.

Just as Enel was about to succeed in his sneak attack, he suddenly turned around and grabbed the long sword in Enel's hand.

Kaenel's longsword was ultimately no match for the Black Arm General Zephyr.

With unparalleled strength, he forcefully snapped the longsword, which was made of gold and covered with Armament Haki, in half.

The battle is essentially over at this point.

After all, this was not a life-or-death battle, but a live-fire exercise within the military academy.

Zephyr rarely smiled. Enel was the most talented and the student Zephyr was most satisfied with since Raleigh's batch.

After all, many of his previous students didn't take Zeffa Sakazaki's ideas seriously, as they were too absolute and conflicted with Zeffa's ideas.

Borsalino's Haki and physical skills have not changed as Zephyr suggested. Instead, he relies too much on his Devil Fruit ability, which makes Zephyr very unhappy.

As for Raleigh and Kuzan, Zephyr still thinks Kuzan is better for now.

Now Enel has appeared, and to be honest, he satisfies Zephyr in every way.

Especially in terms of Haki, when they learned that Enel's Observation Haki could cover an entire island, the Marine Headquarters felt utterly hopeless.

Zephyr hadn't seen such a promising talent in a long time, and couldn't resist the urge to fight Enel.

"Enel achieved a 90% pass rate in this test."

Zephyr said proudly, then turned to look for Enel, only to find that Enel had already disappeared.

"Hey—blind!"

Enel expressed his deep regret for not lasting longer this time.

"Long time no see, Brother Raleigh, what made you decide to come see me?"

Enel walked over and asked him warmly.

Raleigh scratched his head and said:

I just wanted to see if you're still familiar with this place.

It seems you've adapted very well. Besides, I had no idea you had these skills.

Enel didn't expose Raleigh's thoughts, since the latter had already begun to guard against devices that could invade the mind.

Enel scratched his head and said;

"Brother Raleigh, there's something else I need to tell you. Dr. Vegapunk wants to speak with you about something."

Raleigh nodded; he was actually quite curious why Vegapunk would ask him this at this time.

Theoretically speaking, Vegapunk should be under strict guard.

Brother Raleigh, let's go to Vegapunk's base together.

Enel, familiar with the route, led the way and got Raleigh onto a large ship that could leave Marineford.

This is not a mission, and using our own naval warships during this process would have a negative impact.

At this moment, Enel had already found a place to rest.

Only Raleigh was reading the latest issue of the newspaper. He held the latest issue in his hands and read the contents carefully.

Actually, there weren't any particularly significant events. The most influential event was the great battle between the Golden Lion Flying Pirates and the Roger Pirates.

Secondly, Kuzan, as an outstanding young man in the new navy, fired the first shot in gaining fame worldwide.

Kuzan will no longer try out those scapegoat roles.

At that moment, Raleigh, who was reading the newspaper, also saw a very interesting question in one corner of the newspaper: a dragon that was breathing hot air and looked like a mythical creature from long ago.

That's right, this is currently the only Devil Fruit ability in the One Piece world with a Chinese dragon.

The one where Momonosuke ate the pirated fruit doesn't count.

"Brother Raleigh, is this real or fake? Why can't the Navy fight these mysterious creatures?"

Enel asked curiously!

He couldn't understand why such a fruit would end up in the hands of pirates.

Raleigh took a look and immediately understood; this was a sign that Kaido was starting to make his mark on the world stage.

He knew Kaido very well, but since Enel knew nothing about him, he could only explain it to Enel:

This guy's name is Kaido, the governor of the Beasts Pirates, and he's a Devil Fruit user, just like you.

However, his Devil Fruit is a Zoan type, and even more so, a rare Mythical Zoan type—the Fish-Fish Fruit.

Raleigh remarked that this kind of fruit was truly illogical. He could understand the appearance of an ancient Zoan-type fruit, but what he couldn't understand was why a mythical creature could possess the power of a Devil Fruit.

In fact, the three major categories of Devil Fruits have gradually shifted to the dominance of Paramecia and Zoan types.

Although Logia-type Devil Fruit users are very powerful in the early stages, most of them learn Armament Haki after entering the Grand Line or the New World.

Their decline was already visible to the naked eye.

However, the top-tier Devil Fruits of the Logia type are still a shortcut to becoming a strong person, just like Kuzan and Sakazuki beside me.

Although they possess Logia-type Devil Fruits, they have never relaxed their pursuit of Haki and physical skills.

This is why, despite holding the same position, Sakazuki and Kuzan act completely differently when facing the media than they do now.

Enel continued:

"Dr. Vegapunk called me as soon as he saw the news because he also wanted a sample of Kaido's blood to study."

Raleigh checked with Vegapunk again, then nodded. "Captain Kaido of the Beasts Pirates—do you want him alive or dead?"

Enel didn't sense anything amiss after hearing Raleigh's words.

In his view, as long as Raleigh makes a move, unless the opponent is already at the Admiral level, it is impossible for them to harm Raleigh.

"Dr. Vegapunk's idea is to capture as many alive as possible. Our next step is to head towards Kaido's location, try to take him down as soon as possible, and then come back to rest."

"Enel, go to the database and find some information about Kaido of the Beasts."

Actually, there's quite a lot of information about Kaido of the Beasts. First, although he didn't become the captain when he was on Rocks' ship.

That's because Kaido of the Beasts was just too young at the time, and his strength was completely incomparable to those well-known older generation figures.

However, even though Kaido of the Beasts was very inexperienced at the time, he still gained the recognition of the other captains, especially Charlotte Linlin, who was closest to him.

The New World, on an unnamed island.

A huge pirate ship was docked in the secluded harbor, steadily resting on the shore.

On this deserted island, pirates are unloading the loot they stole from the ship and hiding it in a cave.

After the group moved the treasure into the cave, everyone gathered on the beach.

The huge bonfire ignited the passion of all the pirates present, and they began to drink and make merry around it.

Among them, the most eye-catching was a very burly man with two chair-shaped protrusions on his head.

He was gulping down wine, and several empty wine jars were already placed beside him.

"Phew~"

After pouring the entire jar of wine into his mouth, Kaido wiped his mouth, then tapped the wine jar in his hand once before reaching for another jar.

But he was stopped by another very burly figure wearing black armor. This was none other than King Kaido, the future leader of the Beasts Pirates' Three Disasters. "Brother, you can't keep drinking like this. Your injuries are already very serious."

"It's alright, Jin. I know my own body. It's nothing serious."

After saying that, Kaido opened another jar of sake and poured it into his mouth.

Before King could speak, Kaido, who had just poured the wine into his mouth, suddenly coughed violently and spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm.

When he came to his senses, Kaido was extremely furious.

!

He suddenly threw the wine jar in his hand, which hit a large rock and shattered on the spot.

His right hand unconsciously rested on his chest.

That's where he was accidentally injured during the battle at God Valley.

During the God Valley battle, Kaido had only been there a short time and was still in the lower-middle tier of strength. He couldn't even squeeze into the core fighting circle of the Four Emperors, Admirals, and First Mate. The incredibly inexperienced Kaido didn't have the invincible defense he would later develop. His lung was pierced by a Marine officer during this battle.

If Charlotte Linlin hadn't seen Kaido on the verge of death, and then taken the Zoan-type Mythical Zoan-type Fish-Fish Fruit in its Azure Dragon form from the ship's treasures...

"Hurry up, I've heard there's a genius scientist named Quinn who can help me. Go find him quickly."

Kaido had had enough of this life; all he wanted was to find the genius scientist who could perform organ transplants and give him a healthy lung.

The New World, near the Sabaody Archipelago.

A naval warship is sailing through this sea area with an incredibly majestic posture.

The massive tonnage was accompanied by well-equipped and resolute-looking naval soldiers standing on the deck.

They had been away from the Navy Headquarters for several days, constantly changing their location based on intelligence gathered along the way.

The purpose was to ambush Kaido on his inevitable route. Raleigh did not train on the deck like other marines.

He's quite the expert at slacking off, and right now, he's already taken out his fishing rod and started fishing at the bow of the boat.

"Brother Raleigh, we've located Kaido's latest position."

Enel, holding the intelligence report, ran excitedly behind Raleigh.

"Shh, I have a feeling we're about to load a large truck."

Raleigh lowered his voice and winked at Enel behind him.

Enel glanced at the fishing rod in front of Raleigh, somewhat dismissively.

Raleigh took the newspaper from Enel, glanced at it a few times, and said:

"Let's make a plan based on this location, and we must ensure that Kaido cannot escape from our grasp."

The main reason is that Raleigh was too lazy to catch a pirate who was running around everywhere.

Most of the time, Raleigh wasn't interested in capturing pirates; he'd just do it if he came across one.

There aren't many times when something is specifically designed to target a pirate's voyage.

"Kaido, don't let me down!"