Pirate: I'm about to do something big!

Marineford, town number one.

A small figure was carrying a milk crate through the town. His job was simple: he would come to the door of the household that had ordered milk, knock politely, place the milk on the door, and then head to the next household that needed to order milk.

When the small figure arrived at the officers' residential area of ​​the town, the naval officers who had already gotten up greeted the small figure running towards them.

"Hey, Luffy, you're up early today."

"Good morning, Mr. Roy, Mr. Smoker, Ms. Tina, Ms. Dole, here's your milk."

Luffy politely greeted every Marine officer he knew, placed the milk crate on the ground, and the officers came up to collect their milk orders.

He drank it all right in front of Luffy, and although Luffy was drooling over the milk, he didn't try to steal a drop.

Seeing that Aokiji Kuzan was still lying lazily in the sun at the door, Luffy put the milk next to Kuzan and prepared to leave.

"Hey, Luffy."

"Yes, Mr. Smoker."

"Here, take this."

"No, Mr. Smoker. Ms. Ran said we can't drink the customers' milk. Goodbye, Mr. Smoker, Mr. Kuzan."

Young Luffy politely bid farewell to the many naval officers and left carrying an empty milk crate.

Smoker stared blankly as little Luffy left, unable to reconcile the polite young man before him with the Luffy who had been clamoring to go to sea and become a pirate in Windmill Village.

"That guy Ran seems to really be training this kid to be an excellent marine..."

Smoker grumbled as he prepared to light a morning cigarette. Just as he put the cigar in his mouth, he felt a chill on his hand. Looking down, he realized that his lighter had frozen solid.

"You're up so early, don't smoke. Drink the milk this little guy brought you."

"Kuzan!"

"Portgas Ace, become my disciple!"

At Akainu Sakazuki's residence, this newly promoted admiral, who had always been at odds with Alyosha and Aokiji at Marine Headquarters, was unusually patient. Every time Ace delivered milk to his residence, he would invite Ace to become his apprentice.

"I refuse, Mr. Sakazuki. Have a nice morning."

Faced with Sakazuki's persistent invitations, Ace refused with the same words, and the conversation between the two always ended in this way.

"So delivering milk is now considered an act of corruption in your spiritual practice?"

"Yes, Mr. Borsalino, the teacher said that we should exercise hard, study hard, and play hard. That is the training principle the teacher has set for us."

"This is quite an interesting training session. Ran-kun really knows how to take care of kids. Let's go."

Goodbye, Mr. Borsalino.

At Marineford headquarters, Luo left with his three henchmen.

On their way back, they ran into the Donquixote Family squad. Baby-5 and Sugar, who weren't very loyal to Doflamingo, greeted Law. However, the simple-minded Buffalo, the chubby guy, still couldn't stand Law, the traitor who had deserted the family.

"Law, you're already planning to join the Marines, aren't you?"

"Mind your own business, Buffalo. You don't actually think Doflamingo is coming to save you, do you?"

"Young Master will definitely come to save me!"

Despite Luo's taunts, Buffalo remained defiant, yet he secretly joined Luo and returned to the dairy farm.

10:00 AM, Marineford Town No. 1 Dairy Factory.

Alyosha looked at the group of little ones standing in front of him with a smile.

"Very good, it seems you are all adapting well to the training that your teacher has arranged for you. Now, let's begin the formal training."

"What?! Isn't this week of milk delivery a form of spiritual practice?!"

"Of course not. This week is just for you to get used to the pace of the training. The real training will begin soon."

Alyosha smiled kindly as he explained his plans for the group of children. He clapped his hands, and Tesoro, who had become Alyosha's follower, carried a box to the group. As the box was opened and the children curiously peered out, Alyosha vanished. In the blink of an eye, he transferred the contents of the box to Luffy, Buffalo, Baby-5, Sugar, and Peacock—the five children who had eaten Devil Fruits.

With a click, a pair of handcuffs resembling marble were put on the hands of Luffy and his five fellow Devil Fruit-eating boys.

The moment the handcuffs were put on, Luffy felt a sudden weakness, as if his hands weighed a ton, and he collapsed to the ground. The other handcuffed kids did the same.

"Luffy!"

"Don't be nervous. This thing is called Seastone handcuffs. It's a mineral from the deep sea that has the same power as the ocean. Once you put on these handcuffs, Devil Fruit users will become powerless and unable to use their Devil Fruit abilities. This is also part of the training."

Alyosha chuckled as he explained the effects of the seastone handcuffs to the group of kids. He had specifically requested low-purity seastone handcuffs from the Science Department, with only one purpose: to let Luffy and his fellow Devil Fruit-eating kids get used to training under these low-purity seastone handcuffs in advance.

Low-purity seastone handcuffs will not completely render a Devil Fruit user powerless; they will simply turn the Devil Fruit user into an ordinary person.

In the Wano Country arc, after Luffy was knocked unconscious and captured by Kaido with one punch, he worked as a miner wearing low-purity seastone handcuffs and learned advanced Armament Haki techniques such as Ryuo.

Alyosha was merely letting Luffy experience the training of the Wano Country arc ahead of time.

If I don't do it this way, Luffy and the other kids who ate Devil Fruits will have a huge advantage in the Turtle Hermit style training that I'm going to arrange for these little guys.

As for why Law wasn't given a pair of Seastone handcuffs, the reason is simple: the Op-Op Fruit, being a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, doesn't provide Law with any powerful basic enhancements; it's more about showcasing his abilities.

As long as Law doesn't use his Op-Op Fruit powers, it's difficult for others to detect that he is a Devil Fruit user.

The quick-witted Luo only needed to exchange a glance with Alyosha to understand why Alyosha wouldn't give him the Seastone.

Law's situation is different from Luffy's. While it's true Luffy ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, due to the Five Elders' information blockade, the world doesn't know any connection between the Gum-Gum Fruit and Nika, the liberation fighter from 800 years ago. Even the Devil Fruit encyclopedia lists it as a Paramecia-type Gum-Gum Fruit, not a Mythical Zoan-type.

It can be said that as long as Luffy doesn't use his Devil Fruit power directly in front of the Five Elders, the secret of the Gum-Gum Fruit will never be exposed, but Law is different.

The Op-Op Fruit was seized by the Navy at the order of the World Government.

Although the Op-Op Fruit disappeared in the end, and even Doflamingo himself was unsure whether Law had eaten it, there were still quite a few Marines in the Headquarters who had firsthand experience with the operation to steal the Op-Op Fruit. If he were to put Seastone handcuffs on Law, people might become curious, which would put Law in danger.

After explaining the effect of the seastone handcuffs on Luffy and the other kids who ate Devil Fruits, Alyosha then began to explain the formal training courses he had arranged for these kids.

From 4:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., I am responsible for delivering milk to the towns of Marineford 1, 2, and 3.

From seven in the morning until breakfast, help the town's farmers dig in the soil, using tools as a means of communication.

From breakfast until noon is the time for academic classes.

The lunch break is from 12:30 to 2:30.

From 2:30 to 3:30, we will go to the shipyard to move building materials, which will be handled by Kapu.

From 3:30 to 5:30, it is swimming practice time, which is only open to students who have not eaten Devil Fruits.

From 5:30 to 6:30, there is reaction training, which is led by Kizaru.

At 6:30, after dinner, it was time for Alyosha to give private lessons based on each person's performance in their practice.

During this process, apart from the trainees wearing sea stone handcuffs, everyone else, including Alyosha, had to wear 20 kilograms of weights for three months.

"Wow... that's heavy! Why are you completely unharmed, teacher?!"

On the way back to the school building, Ace looked at Alyosha walking leisurely ahead, and he was very dissatisfied as he struggled to move his body.

Upon hearing this, Alyosha simply turned around and smiled, then took off the navy cloak he was wearing and placed it on the ground.

The heavy navy cloak he had specially commissioned from the science department shattered on the road, leaving the group of kids speechless.

"Oh my, I didn't expect you to be practicing even on your vacation."

"I have no choice, Mr. Borsalino. In this ocean full of monsters, without eating a Devil Fruit, this is the only way I can become stronger. I'll leave the next three months to you, Mr. Borsalino."

"Training a new generation of marines, that's quite an interesting job, Ran."

"It's all for the future of the navy."