Marineford in Sharingan, Uchiha Admiral

The smoke and dust gradually dissipated on the training field.

Allen lay on his back on the ground, his newly changed naval uniform now tattered, his body covered in bruises and swollen wounds.

His chest heaved violently, and his hair was soaked with sweat.

……

Tianzheng squatted down: "You just got discharged from the hospital and you're going back already?"

Allen grinned and shook his head: "These superficial injuries will heal with a meal. I'm not that fragile."

He turned to Zefa and said, "I've learned a lot, Chief Instructor Zefa."

……

His purpose in coming to the general training camp was to get beaten up. Zephyr naturally saw through his thoughts and let him experience Armament Haki firsthand.

It can be considered that he got what he asked for.

When it comes to Armament Haki, Zephyr is undoubtedly the best in this ocean, with its purity maxed out.

……

Zefa, without a smile, patted the grime off his chest: "Do you take me for some kind of enemy? You're acting like we're locked in a life-or-death struggle."

Allen chuckled: "How could I have understood Armament Haki so quickly if I hadn't reached this level!"

"Besides, no matter how arrogant I am, I don't think I can hurt you right now."

……

"Hmph, you glib-tongued brat!"

"You're still far from it; you haven't even gotten to the shell stage."

Zephyr turned to face the students and said loudly, "You have seen it. The so-called Armament Haki is not just an invisible armor."

"What's more important is inner strength."

"It should flow through your body like blood, instantly converging where it's needed when required!"

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At this moment, a burly man raised his hand to speak.

"Zeff-sensei! Do you think getting a beating from you will make me learn Armament Haki quickly?!"

"I'd like to try it too!"

Zefa looked at the speaker and grinned, revealing a cruel smile.

"Should I call you stupid or smart...?"

"Indeed, getting beaten up is the fastest way to learn Armament Haki."

"But do you think this is a method that anyone can try?"

Zefa's voice suddenly rose, and he shouted, "A fool should know his place! If my attack had landed on you, you would be dead already!!"

As he spoke, he covered his fist with Armament Haki and slammed it into the ground!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

With a cracking sound, a crater several meters deep was created in the ground, and the edges of the crater cracked like a spider web!

"That's the force I just used. How many punches do you think you can take?!"

Under Zefa's intense gaze, the man turned pale and trembled.

"Go practice your finger gun! If you can't shoot through a size four steel plate with your finger gun today, you're not eating!"

"Did you hear that!"

"I...I heard it..."

"Speak louder!!"

"I heard you!"

"Then get out of here!"

……

Zefa scanned the crowd and said slowly, "You are all elites from various branches across the four seas. Even if you haven't met them, you have at least heard of the renowned powerhouses."

"While you were still playing in the mud, Charlotte Linlin was already capable of killing adult Titans! Kaido became the strongest soldier in a country at the age of ten!"

"What you're going to fight is that kind of monster!"

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"That innate strength cannot be replicated; we must understand our own advantages."

Zephyr crossed his arms, glanced at Allen who had sat up, and continued, "Even this arrogant brat who doesn't know the meaning of heaven and earth, after mastering the Six Powers, still obediently came to me to learn Armament Haki."

"You bunch of guys who haven't even mastered all six styles of the Navy, don't be so overambitious!"

"Shave, Moonwalk, Iron Body, Paper Drawing, Finger Pistol, and Tempest Kick—senpai has already broken down the steps to acquire power."

"When you master these six techniques, your speed, strength, defense, and perception will all experience a qualitative leap."

"Once the body memorizes this extreme state, Armament Haki and Observation Haki will be natural results."

"Trying to learn Haki before even mastering the Six Styles is like trying to run before you can walk—you'll only end up bruised and battered!"

……

……

Allen certainly didn't learn Armament Haki just by getting beaten up a few times. Just as Zephyr said, he had the foundation to learn Armament Haki.

That is, the Navy Type 6.

Working backwards, it's easy to see the connection between the Six Styles and the Two-Colored Haki.

The most obvious one is the iron block.

The effect of hardening the body with iron blocks is very similar to that of Armament Haki, except that the former is mostly useless.

Allen had previously suspected that Iron Body was not a technique applicable to actual combat, but rather a prerequisite for training Armament Haki. Zephyr's words confirmed his guess.

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Click click...

After straightening the broken finger, Allen was about to use scraps of cloth to wrap it up.

"Give."

A fair hand handed over a white bandage.

Allen looked up and saw her face clearly, and was slightly taken aback.

"What are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to be the base commander?"

It was Lieutenant Colonel Dole who handed over the bandage.

Dol rolled her eyes: "I've been standing on the training field for ages, didn't you see me?"

After taking the bandage and wrapping it around a few times, Allen laughed and said, "Sorry, it's because you're not very noticeable."

……

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Dol suppressed his anger and squatted down, pointing at himself with a hint of smugness: "Kid, I passed the officer training camp's assessment on my own! I got here two months earlier than you."

"Those who know what's good for them should quickly address him as 'senior'!"

……

"Has being suppressed for too long made you lose your mind, Lieutenant Colonel Dole?"

Allen took out a Brigadier General's rank medal from his pocket: "Do you recognize this?"

Dole's expression froze, and she stared blankly for a long while...

"Brigadier General rank!"

She realized what was happening and exclaimed urgently, "Then what are you doing here! Isn't this a training ground for officers?!"

The other trainees looked over, clearly also unable to understand.

……

"You know, I can even have simple conversations with dogs, but I really can't do anything about what you're saying."

Allen looked at Zephyr: "You actually asked about something like that..."

"You agree, right, Chief Instructor Zephyr?"

……

Zephyr grinned: "Rookie, you should call me Teacher Zephyr!"

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The Grand Line.

Three specially designed naval vessels sailed into the calm zone.

The three warships stopped when they were three nautical miles from Snake Island.

This is the agreement between the World Government and Boa Hancock, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea: naval warships cannot enter this area until her position as a Warlord is revoked.

The Nine Serpent Island faction had long been aware of the naval warships' movements and had dispatched a large ship early on.

……

On the deck of the warship, Vice Admiral Tsuru stood leaning against the gunwale, calmly looking at the old woman on the large ship opposite.

The old woman had silver-white wavy hair, with a pink and red flower in her hair bun. She was short and had a face full of wrinkles.

"It's you this time, Tsuru." Judging from her address and expression, the old woman clearly recognized Lieutenant General Tsuru and seemed quite familiar with him.

……

"Long time no see, it must be Flame Flower... I really didn't expect that..."

Lieutenant General Tsuru was somewhat surprised to have deduced the person's identity based on certain traits and his own perception.

This person is none other than the former captain of the Kuja Pirates, the former, former, former Empress named Flame Flower!

She is now known as Granny New, a fortune teller from Amazon Lily.

Grandma Niu gave a bitter smile: "This is what it's like to be unable to alleviate lovesickness; it's quite ugly, isn't it?"

He shook his head and smiled faintly, "At our age, who cares about beauty or ugliness anymore?"

"The indifference of those who are kind to time is truly tiresome!"

Grandma Niu looked terrible. She was far more beautiful than He was in her generation, but now she's old…

Grandma Niu would only avoid seeing old acquaintances if absolutely necessary.

……

"Let's catch up after we've talked. You've gotten yourself into quite a mess this time," Lieutenant General Tsuru said slowly, his arms crossed.

"We hope Boa Hancock will cooperate fully with our investigation, otherwise..."

The naval guns gleamed with a cold, hard light in the sunlight.

"I need to ask her to come to headquarters!"