LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 154: Chapter 156
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Chapter 58 Sudden Mission
The smile on Sengoku's face froze, and his muscles twitched. "Hey hey hey, Zephyr, you old b*****d, you're too quick to say no. Don't you give me any face for this Marine Admiral?"
"Don't think I don't know what you crafty b*****d is thinking; Darren is my lieutenant," Zephyr leisurely lit a cigar and looked at Sengoku with vacant eyes. "You already have Borsolino."
Sengoku almost spat out a mouthful of old blood when he heard the words. He gritted his teeth and said, "Don't mention that guy to me!" He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "Zephyr, this urgent task has nothing to do with the adjutant. It is his freedom to choose whose adjutant Darren will be in the end, but the immediate task really needs Darren's help."
Zephyr, who was smoking a cigar, glanced at Sengoku and found that the seriousness on the latter's face did not seem fake. He frowned and said, "Is there anything you can't solve? There are so many generals in the headquarters; why do you want Darren?"
"Sengoku, you should be very clear that the training camp period is a critical period for elite officers to grow rapidly, which is especially critical for his future strength. If manpower is really needed, wouldn't Sakazuki, Drago, and Borsolino be better choices? They've all grown up, and they're not far behind Admiral-level combat power. And Darren is still in a period of rapid growth in strength. It is not suitable for him to perform tasks that are too dangerous..." At the end, Zephyr shook his head in disapproval.
Although the mechanism setting of the training camp is not completely closed, it does not restrict the movement of students. After all, they are not recruits who don't know anything but Marine elites carefully selected from all over the world. When necessary, it is not uncommon for them to go to sea to perform tasks. But after observing for the past month, Zephyr was surprised to find that Darren's growth rate was too fast. He is like a never-ending sponge, constantly absorbing all the knowledge and training techniques he has taught him. Compared with when he first came to the training camp, his strength has significantly increased!
Zephyr had only seen this kind of rapid increase in strength from Sakazuki and Borsolino, and compared to them, Darren was even more impressive. The emergence of this situation shows that Darren has already made a lot of basic accumulation when he was at North Blue. After coming to the headquarters training camp and under Zephyr's own guidance, the past accumulation finally exploded, achieving an extremely exaggerated leap-forward growth. This is a sign of accumulation.
Zephyr is naturally unwilling to break Darren's perfect power-up period. Going out to sea to fight pirates, there will be more opportunities in the future, not at this moment. There is no need for Darren to get involved in the affairs of the military department; otherwise, the setup of the training camp would be meaningless. As Darren's teacher, Zephyr naturally considers it from the perspective of safeguarding Darren's vital interests.
"Zephyr, I have taken into account your worries, but this time the mission objective is more troublesome," Sengoku said in a deep voice. "And I believe you also understand that the improvement of strength cannot only rely on practice; actual combat is also a very important part." Seeing that Zephyr was still frowning, he added, "How about we look at Darren's own personal opinion before making a decision? He knows his own situation better than anyone."
Hearing what Sengoku said, Zephyr could only nod helplessly. Although he could forcibly refuse, Sengoku is an Admiral after all. He has already said this to this extent; no matter how I say it, I have to give him face. "It's really not good; I'll try to persuade Darren when the time comes."
Zephyr murmured inwardly on the school field. The scorching sun pierced the skin like a sword, making it painful. Bean-sized sweat dripped on the ground, but it was absorbed by the dry soil in the blink of an eye without a trace. Boom! The heavy and thick iron chain fell heavily, kicking up a piece of dirt and gravel.
Darren was panting heavily, his chest heaving rapidly, making a hoarse breathing sound as if pulling a bellows. But his face was full of satisfaction and enjoyment. The past month had been very fulfilling, and he hadn't had such a peaceful day for a long time. There was no busy military work, no hectic entertainment, no hypocritical political games, only day-to-day training, sweat, and the encouragement and smiles between classmates while secretly competing.
Putting aside trivial military affairs, government tasks, and boring interpersonal communication, Darren was completely immersed in personal practice. He was surprised to find that under the guidance of Zephyr, with a deeper understanding of training methods, he finally had another breakthrough in the improvement of his strength. Although the cultivation progress of Observation Haki had not improved yet, all his physical statistics had improved significantly.
Physique: 69.335
Strength: 66.331
Velocity: 66.591
Fruit: 76.111
Armament Haki: 28.319
Physique, strength, speed, the development of Devil Fruit—all these physical data had been improved by at least two points or even higher during the special training in the past month! This was an extremely terrifying statistic. You must know that the data of two points may not be a big deal on the panel, but in fact, this kind of comprehensive improvement adds up to an improvement of nearly 10 points! If it is converted into actual combat, the improvement of personal combat power is at least 20% or more.
Of course, Darren was also very clear that as he continued to adapt to such training intensity and new methods, the speed of this strength improvement would continue to decline over time. In the past two or three days, this sign had become more and more obvious. In addition to the basic data improvement, after Zephyr's guidance and knowledge combing, Darren had a clearer understanding of the development of Armament Haki. On the basis of this understanding, after comprehensive measurement and evaluation, Armament Haki's strength standard was also followed.
Thinking of this, Darren looked down at his palm full of calluses and blood blisters and suddenly let out a low shout. "Arm!" Swish! The visible blackness dyed his arm like liquid, covering the entire palm with a thick, cold, and hard texture like metal. If 100 points were used as the standard value, after rough estimation, the strength of Mr. Zephyr's Armament Haki fluctuated around 90 points, while Darren's Armament Haki strength was 28 points. Perhaps it was not very strong compared to Zephyr, but considering that it had only been a month since he comprehended it to mastering Armament Haki proficiently, Darren knew that this speed of progress was enough to surpass most people.
The ingenious point was that Darren had seen Garp and Sengoku, the two Marine bosses, make a full shot. According to his estimation, the strength of Sengoku's Armament Haki was about 80-85 points, while Garp was on par with Zephyr. It's just that Garp had the bonus increase of Conqueror's Haki, and the actual combat power he exploded was stronger than that of Zephyr.
At this moment, a figure ran over from the edge of the school field. He gave Darren a military salute: "Commodore Darren, Mr. Zephyr requests your presence!"