29. Our time is over
The scorching sun slowly fell, and the afterglow of the sun reflected on the sea surface of the harbor, reflecting the entire sea surface in a golden yellow.
In the bustling harbor where ships came and went, there was a fleet of more than a dozen warships, docked alone, and nearly a thousand sailors were so quiet that they replenished the guns, gunpowder, and fresh water supplies to the dozen warships.
And on a staircase not far from the fleet, a stout old man with short lilac hair, a black coat, and a huge iron arm crusher in his left hand, with a cigar in his mouth, just quietly looked at the sea in the distance, his face full of loneliness.
I don't know how long I sat there, Karp, who was wearing a gray-white cloak of justice, slowly walked over from a distance, and sat directly next to the sturdy old man with a click.
"Old man, you're ready to sail again!"
Karp asked casually as he threw a bottle of spirits over.
The stout old man, the former admiral Zefa, took the liquor handed over by Karp and poured it hard a few times before exhaling his turbidity: "Happy! cough cough cough ...... You old guy still know me! ”
"It's still repairing the battleship and replenishing supplies, and it will sail in about seven days!"
"In seven days...... Old man, I heard you had a hard time this time? ”
Listening to the words, the corners of Zefa's mouth couldn't help twitching, and then he poured a few sips of wine fiercely and gasped and said, "It's not going well!" But kill that guy anyway! ”
"Yes...... In the blink of an eye, a few of our old fellows have been in the Navy for almost 60 years. ”
"Think about the past! Sengoku, Xiaohe, you Zefa, I Kap, the four of us have also been high-spirited, and we are determined to end this chaotic era and bring this sea back to peace! ”
"Hicks, Green Pepper, Locks, Roger, Golden Lion, Red Earl...... In the blink of an eye, our time has passed! ”
"Yes! It's time for Sakasky and Kuzan. ”
"But even if our time has passed, as long as the afterglow of the sun has not dissipated, the old man's battle will never stop!"
After a long silence, Zefa said in a low voice.
"Old man, don't complain too much about the Seven Martial Seas of Your Majesty! Although I don't agree with his approach, I really can't blame him! ”
"The pressure we were under on the Great Voyage back then was too great, and the Five Old Stars and the World Government were also putting pressure on him at the same time, and the Warring States had to make compromises."
"I didn't blame Sengoku for this, but he actually agreed to that [legitimate plundering right]! This is a complete annihilation of the majesty and bottom line of our navy! It's a shame! Shame like never before! ”
As soon as he heard Karp mention the matter of the Seven Martial Seas under His Majesty, Zefa instantly became furious.
"Uh...... Aha! Your reaction is exactly the same as the little guy I knew, hahaha! ”
"Humph! Coo-goo-goo...... Karp, you shouldn't have come here to catch up with the old man! If there is something to say, for the sake of the old brother, the old man can do it for you as much as possible! ”
"The old man is looking for you to do something? Zefa, you old horseman, you think too much of yourself! The old man is afraid that when you set sail, you will never return, so I want to come and take a look at you! ”
"Goo-goo-goo...... Besides, with your current body, even if you fight day and night, how many pirates can you kill? Why don't you go back to your boot camp, what we couldn't do at the beginning, there will always be juniors who can accomplish it! ”
"What we old guys can do now is to stand on the last shift of our lives and escort those little ones! And you don't want to look at what the current boot camp has become, everyone who can handle it is annoying to watch! ”
Karp also poured a few sips of wine with a bang, and continued loudly with a flushed face: "Zefa, I'll tell you clearly, the old man met two rare good seedlings this time, and then I remembered you for the first time!" ”
"Good seedlings?"
Zefa couldn't help but be a little interested, as the boot camp in charge of the Navy Headquarters for nearly thirty years, he has trained countless former instructors of the Navy elite, and it can be said that he has no resistance to the so-called good seedlings.
"Zefa, you listen, this first good seedling graduated from the Navy Headquarters Recruit Training Camp five years ago, just over thirty years old, and now he is the lieutenant captain of our G3 branch, proficient in the two styles of the Navy Six, armed and domineering, and the swordsmanship is not bad......"
Listening to Karp's introduction, Zefa's disdainful eyes cast him unabashedly, this is also a good seedling?
"I haven't finished yet, just a month ago, when he was on a mission on the Great Voyage, he accidentally obtained a Devil Fruit, the Ancient Seed-Swift Foot Dragon Fruit!"
"Swift Foot Dragon Fruit? The Swift Foot Dragon Fruit of the madman Hicks, that guy finally died in the Advance City? ”
After hearing the words of the Swift Foot Dragon Fruit, Zefa's face changed instantly.
"I don't know if that guy Hicks is dead or not, but the Lieutenant Colonel Wickeb under me has indeed obtained the Swift Foot Dragon Fruit, old man, I personally confirmed it!"
"Since the Wick Bu in your mouth was able to graduate from the boot camp and learn two of the six naval moves, it means that he has a good foundation in physical skills, and he should be able to exert some of the abilities of this ancient devil fruit."
"The cultivation of armed color domineering cannot be left behind, but if you want to fully exert the power of the Swift Foot Dragon Fruit, the importance of seeing and hearing color domineering is even more important than that of armed color domineering!"
"If his domineering spirit can be practiced, then supplemented by armed domineering and naval six styles, then it is not impossible that eighty percent of them will be able to reach the position of vice admiral of the Navy Headquarters in the future, and even go further to the position of admiral!"
"However, if he is not talented enough in seeing and hearing color domineering, then specializing in armed color domineering, and then practicing the Navy Six Styles to the realm where he can return his life, then there is still a good chance that he will be able to reach the position of Vice Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, and it is probably impossible to go further!"
Having presided over the boot camp for nearly thirty years, all kinds of training methods have almost turned into Zefa's instinct, and in just a few moments, a rough training plan has been blurted out.
Seeing Zefa's appearance, Karp couldn't help but smile proudly, raised the wine bottle in his hand and took a big sip leisurely.
"You old horseman, you can't hold back? If the old man told you that another good seedling in my mouth is a hundred times more talented than Wickb, even if he doesn't accept anyone's teaching, he has a fifty or sixty percent chance of becoming a general, what would you think? ”
A hundred times more talented than Wickeb? Fifty or sixty percent chance of ascending to the position of general?
Looking at the obvious suspicion on Zefa's face, Karp stood up to himself, patted him on the shoulder vigorously and said, "Zefa! Our time has passed! But there's still a long way to go! ”
"Dreams that we can't accomplish, there will always be someone to help us accomplish! And we, the old guys, all we have to do now is to help those little guys stand on this last shift, and then quietly watch the arrival of that era! ”
"Old man, if you want to see that good seedling, come to me! Aha! ”