Both start in hell: but their talents are multiplied a hundredfold.

The so-called training was extremely tedious, at least for Shen Jue.

The physical and technical training that Shen Jue considered extremely basic could not provide him with any effective help at present.

Unless he immediately consumes a powerful Devil Fruit, Shen Jue's strength will not undergo a dramatic change in the short term.

After the new recruits began receiving intensive training from Chief Instructor Zefa.

Shen Jue has always displayed his power to a degree that is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

For example, you can casually flick your finger to shatter your opponent's steel sword.

He took Smoker's full-force slash with his neck.

Amid Hina's exclamation, the movement shattered the fence created by the Cage-Cage Fruit.

X. Drake, on the other hand, gave up his fight against Shen Jue.

Among the new recruits, there are also those who have eaten Zoan-type Devil Fruits.

These ability users had all sorts of strange fighting styles, but none of them aroused Shen Jue's interest in fighting; he crushed them all.

Shen Jue naturally became the number one fighter in this recruit training camp.

These battles bore Shen Jue. His participation in the fight against Hina and the others was like an adult beating an infant.

On the contrary, Shen Jue was extremely interested in the academic classes during the recruit training.

Unless it was a particularly important day, Shen Jue would stay in the library at the Navy Headquarters, eagerly absorbing knowledge like a sponge.

Hina shyly approached Shen Jue, who was engrossed in reading, and asked him about his knowledge of domineering aura.

That's how Shen Jue was pulled back to reality from the library.

"Brother Shen Jue." At this time, Hina had just come of age, possessing the youthful energy of a young girl, as well as a sense of perseverance honed by hardship.

Hina, who was known for her rationality at the Naval Academy, no longer resembled a calm and rational female naval soldier; she now appeared to be completely love-struck.

"Please teach me how to practice Armament Haki! Although Zephyr-sensei explained it in detail, he was too strict." This was the first time Hina had made such a request to a man her age.

She was shy.

Shen Jue did not tell his fellow recruits his age. Although he was quite young, the time he spent living around Windmill Island made him look like an adult.

"Sure," Shen Jue replied with a smile.

"It won't take up too much of your time, Brother Shen Jue. I only have some simple questions..." Hina was clearly immersed in her own world, talking to herself until Shen Jue looked at her with a gentle smile.

Hina realized how stupid she had just done.

This made the usually rational Hina purse her lips, then turn and leave.

"Uh..." Shen Jue didn't expect the story to develop like this, even though he had the memories of the Grim Reaper Shen Jue wandering around for many years.

But the pirate Shen Jue is still a child, and he doesn't want to cause trouble for the young girl's feelings.

"Brother Shen Jue!" Another call made Shen Jue reluctantly close the book in his hands.

Drake, his face flushed, darted out from the shadows in the corner of the library and said to Shen Jue, "Please guide my cultivation! I also yearn to be as powerful as you."

"For the cause of justice!"

Shen Jue nodded happily, not surprised by Drake's remarks.

After all, Drake's willingness to give up his rank as a Marine Rear Admiral and become an undercover pirate in the Beast Pirates in the later timeline is enough to prove how firm Drake's sense of justice is.

At the training grounds of the Navy Headquarters, Drake faced his first battle against Shen Jue.

Shen Jue's hands were empty; the black iron knife was placed outside the arena by Shen Jue.

Drake's distinctive X-shaped scar on his chin was very noticeable, and coupled with his posture of wielding both long and short swords, Shen Jue nodded slightly to Drake.

By this time, the sun had already sunk into the sea.

The recruits' training for today has ended.

Many new recruits practice together at the training grounds.

The arrival of Shen Jue and Drake attracted the attention of all the new recruits present.

It wasn't until Drake pointed his long and short swords directly at Shen Jue that a new recruit who knew Drake shouted.

"Drake! What are you thinking?! You can't possibly fight against a monster like Brother Shen Jue!"

"Hey, Drake, have you lost your mind?"

Many new recruits still remember the fact that on the first day of training at the Navy Headquarters, Shen Jue used overwhelming combat power to make everyone despair.

"Could this have happened because of Hina?" a new recruit whispered nearby. "I saw Hina shyly go into the library."

"He ran out again, looking a bit angry."

The people in the training ground immediately began to imagine all sorts of melodramatic scenarios.

Just then, Hina arrived at the training ground. Her expressionless face and even colder demeanor only fueled everyone's speculations.

Smoker, who was also at the training ground, looked at Hina with some concern. As friends who were classmates, Smoker was worried that Hina was heartbroken.

Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly strange, Shen Jue unconsciously moved his wrist.

"Drake, the path to domineering cultivation is a combination of will and physique," Shen Jue said to the nervous Drake.

"Attack me with all your might, and let me see your limits."

"Yes! Brother Shen Jue!" Drake was extremely excited. He thrust his long and short swords up and down, crouching low, and charged towards Shen Jue like a ferocious beast tearing at him.

"Not bad," Shen Jue commented, but casually flicked his finger, pointing at Drake's twin swords.

"Buzz!"

Drake was as if he were cutting into a diamond wall that had existed for billions of years!

He was forced back! Blood flowed from the tiger's mouth where he gripped the twin swords! The long and short swords hummed under the extreme impact!

Drake's arms ached as if they were about to be torn apart, and beads of sweat dripped from his forehead.

"Drake, Haki is the foundation of becoming strong and one of the most effective ways to deal with Logia-type Devil Fruit users. Your physique already has the foundation to generate Armament Haki."

What you lack is willpower.

Shen Jue's performance silenced the new recruits who were watching the battle. Some of them had been arrogant and tried to challenge Shen Jue, only to suffer the same fate as Drake.

In the blink of an eye, he was defeated by Shen Jue.

Shen Jue's expression still carried a gentle smile, but for the first time, he clenched his fists in front of everyone.

"Use the justice in your heart to take my punch," Shen Jue said slowly. "Let me see just how firm your sense of justice really is."

The jet-black Armament Haki wrapped around Shen Jue's fists, its immense power gleaming with dazzling brilliance.

The oppressive atmosphere was so intense that the onlookers all stepped back!

Hina and Smoker's pupils contracted, as if they saw the shadow of the Navy hero Garp in Shen Jue!

Sensing the extremely powerful aura, Chief Instructor Zefa appeared on the training ground using the Moon Step technique.

Seeing Shen Jue's extremely domineering aura, Chief Instructor Zefa revealed an expression of "I knew it."

Drake fell silent before Shen Jue's despairing aura, but the thought of betraying the Navy and becoming the father of a pirate made him grit his teeth and grip his long and short swords tightly once more.