Chapter 5: The Staggering Gap
For the goal of his life, Nick is very clear about its difficulty, the Four Emperors and Hundred Beasts Kaido is at least a strong man at the level of the general, if he wants to defeat him, Nick, who knows that his qualifications are not good enough, knows that he not only needs his own continuous efforts, but also needs a teacher to guide.
Nick thinks that the most reliable teacher in the entire Navy Headquarters is Karp, so as soon as he comes back, he will ask Karp for guidance, and Karp never refuses, and he is very welcome.
Nick walked out of the elite training camp two years ago, and he is still very familiar with it at the moment, and he went to visit a few teachers first, and then Nick walked to the training ground where Karp might stay every day.
Before he could walk in, Nick heard a burst of heroic laughter, which was from Karp.
Nick hurriedly ran into the training hall, where Karp was sitting on the sidelines, eating senbei and watching the naval soldiers in this elite training camp practice, sometimes laughing at the stupid movements of some soldiers.
Nick noticed that the battles of these junior disciples were not much different from him at the beginning, and some were even stronger than him at the beginning, but now he was sure that against this level of junior disciples, he could fight ten of them with one!
"Mr. Karp!" Nick came and sat down next to Karp, who wasn't wearing a military uniform today, so Nick didn't salute.
Karp turned his head, looked at the smiling Nick, patted Nick on the shoulder, laughed, and said, "Long time no see, Kosda!" ”
"Mr. Karp, I'm Nick!" Nick was speechless, Mr. Karp gave people the impression that everything was good, just a little funny.
"Oh, Nick, long time no see." Karp laughed again, and handed the senbei in his hand to Nick, "It's compensation for the wrong name, I'll just eat this bag, eat less." ”
"......" Nick took a slice and immediately returned it to Karp, because there has been a legend in the training camp that Lieutenant General Karp and the Sengoku Marshal fought over a bag of senbei.
After watching the junior and younger brothers fight together for a while, Karp suddenly patted his head, "Nick, I think of you, it's the funny kid who threatened to kill Kaido, hahaha!" ”
Nick shook his head helplessly, and Mr. Karp was still the same as before.
"Mr. Karp, I'm here to see you today, and I want you to guide me in my cultivation." Nick took a deep breath and prepared himself for a beating.
"Oh, yes." Karp laughed and got up and walked to the training ground, the juniors who were fighting couldn't help but stop and watch when they saw that Nick was going to fight Karp, and strangely enough, their instructor didn't stop it.
"Here, show your strongest move." Karp squeezed his hands together and made a clicking sound. Cap is much taller than Nick, and his fist is twice the size of Nick.
"Isshiki. Red Rainbow Slash! Nick began to charge up, and after a moment, he slashed out a sword slash and floated out.
"Haha, that's interesting." Capu appeared in front of the sword qi, and the sword qi slash collapsed under his blackened fist.
"Wow! Handsome! "The juniors and disciples who watched the battle were shocked, the naval hero is the real thing!
"If it were me, at such a short distance, I wouldn't be able to dodge any senior brother's sword qi slash!" One of the junior disciples said gloomily, and the others who heard it were also stunned, what should they do in the face of such a slash.
Karp instantly appeared and smashed the sword qi slash, and Nick reacted, but his own speed was not enough to dodge the fist that smashed like a meteor.
"Boom!" Nick was smashed into the air with a punch, but it wasn't over, and when Nick flew out upside down, he made another move: "Tail scissors!" "It's a move he's created, slashing sideways after being knocked flying, blocking the enemy who continues to attack.
However, this didn't work for Karp, and the next moment, Nick was punched to the ground of the training ground, covering his head and grinning in pain.
"Hahaha, it's okay." Karp smiled and walked over to Nick.
"It's okay, please ask Mr. Karp for advice." Nick looked at Karp expectantly, the battle was short, but he had given his all, and Mr. Karp should be able to point out many shortcomings for him.
"Find a way to shorten the charging time of the first move, it would be better if you could slash out multiple sword qi at the same time. The tail cut is also good, but it can be combined with offensive moves. In addition, continue to practice the six postures and learn the moon steps, so that you will not be too passive in the air. Practice well, and you will definitely be the pride of the Navy in the future. Karp patted Nick on the shoulder, returned to his seat and continued to eat senbei, thinking that if Luffy and Ace were in the navy with him, they should be much stronger than Nick by now.
Nick recalled Karp's words, and those juniors who watched the battle were asked to recall the battle they had just seen, and the instructor pondered whether he should go to Karp to practice, and for a while, everyone was busy.
After a long time, Nick suddenly understood, thanked Karp and left with a smile, returning to his residence, Nick wrote down what Karp said and what he had realized, and took it with him, and his future practice will be based on this, and when he reaches one, he will cross out one.
After returning, Nick began to prepare a party, he had been out for more than a year, he had earned a lot of bounties, it was nothing to invite his colleagues to dinner, and Nick was going to inquire where to buy a famous sword, he now had enough money to buy a good knife.
Rowan went home to visit his uncle, and Nick postponed the meeting, but Nick could have called his old friends in advance so they could have time to go.
Three days later, Rowan returned, and the party began, and Nick found that the familiar faces were a little unfamiliar, and several of them, like him, had more scars on their originally smooth faces.
The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. Nick learned a very bad news, which directly made him lose his appetite, and one of his brothers in the elite training camp who had a very strong relationship with him - Kramer was killed by the pirate with a bounty of 180 million - tough guy Stark!
In Nick's memory, Kramer is a very bold person, he loves to laugh, loves to joke, loves beautiful women, loves to listen to pornographic jokes, is affectionate and righteous, and he can't blink his eyes when he takes the blame for his partner, and what is even more commendable is that he is Nick's fellow countryman.
Nick's hometown is the town of Pols in the East Sea kingdom of Thaad, and where Kramer is from, it's just a different village. Although Nick and Kramer are not old friends, this does not prevent them from becoming best friends.
"What's wrong with Kramer's sister now!" Nick asked in a choked voice, and his peers at the table were eating and drinking happily, and no one noticed the change in his expression.
One person said casually: "After Kramer's death, his savings and death pension were all given to her, so much money, she should be doing well." ”
"Yes!" "Yes!"
"I don't want to eat it, everyone eats first." Nick walked out of the private room alone and into the hallway to look at the sky in a daze. Kramer's family was also ruined by the pirates, but it was even more sad than him, and he didn't know that the pirates did it, so Nick took the initiative to pull him along and swore that he would become very strong and kill all the really damned pirates. Now that he is gone, the scenes of the past have hit, and Nick only feels panicked in his heart.
"Nick, it's okay!" Rowan unknowingly came to Nick's side.
"You say how can there be a bastard like Kramer, who can't fucking run away if he can't beat him. It's all fucking ordinary people, what kind of big-tailed wolf. Nick burst into tears and kept yelling.
When the tears were gone, Nick, who didn't want to get drunk with them when he was drinking, didn't get rid of his sorrows, and when he came to his senses again, he made a decision that he was going back to his hometown to see if Kramer's sister was okay, which was the only thing he could do to his deceased brother.