Time flies, time flies, and the white horse flies...... Well, it's not an exaggeration, in fact, it's only been two days since Zefa started teaching Polusalino and Sakasky.

Contrary to these words that describe the rapid passage of time, the past two days of Porusalino have been extremely difficult, and it almost feels like years - during the training process, General Zefa did not let him use the ability of the Shining Fruit, and only let him rely on his physical body to dodge. And the consequence of this is that although there is nothing to be seen on his face (Porusalino pleaded not to let him be slapped in the face), Polusalino's body is already covered with bruises.

In fact, General Zefa did not do this out of bad taste (although he laughed badly), but really conducted targeted special training for Polusalino. With an old eye, he could see at a glance that none of the six naval styles were suitable for Polusalino. Because whether it's displacement, attack, or defense, the Sparkle Fruit is excellent. There's no need to put a better Devil Fruit ability and not use it, but instead choose the inferior Navy Six Style.

Of course, as he said, General Zefa's surprise attack on Polusalino was, on the one hand, to allow Polusalino to test his conjecture; On the other hand, it is also to test the current strength of Porusalino and test Zefa's own conjecture.

- i.e. the speed of Porusalino's flash is limited by the speed of his mental reactions.

It was because of this hypothesis that Zefa made Polusalino not use the ability of the Shining Fruit, relying only on his physical reflexes to dodge his own attacks. This can not only improve Porusalino's reaction speed, thereby increasing his flash speed, but also lay a good foundation for him to practice armed color domineering and seeing and hearing color domineering in the future.

Of course, Polusalino himself understands this, so when Zefa beat him, he really dodged with all his strength and tried his best to cooperate.

Who is Danzifa? One of the highest combat power of the Navy at the moment, the top powerhouse in the pirate world. Even if he released the sea like Polusalino did to Wang Luffy in the future, Polusalino still lived quite miserably most of the time.

Especially in the middle and second half of the two-day training, the mental exhaustion combined with the physical exertion made Porusalino be beaten almost four-fifths of the time.

(If you get beaten, you will be beaten, the admiral will let the sea be your sparring partner to beat you, such an opportunity is not easy to get...... ）

While touching the bruises on his body, Polusalino grinned in his heart.

Improving the speed of thinking and reflexes by avoiding beatings may seem like a low-level and barbaric training method with a strong "Karp flavor", but it is very effective. After two days of intense training, Porusalino could clearly feel that he had significantly improved his elementalization speed and laser release speed.

Of course, Polusalino has made great progress, and Sakaski's side has also gained a lot. Lieutenant General Tsuru's dedication and combined with his own talent have enabled Sakasky to use the shave in a decent way.

"Shave!"

Seeing that Sakasky, who appeared five meters away the moment the words fell, Lieutenant General Crane clapped his hands with satisfaction:

"It's amazing to be able to shave to this point in two days, Sakasky!"

"It should be two and a half days, Lieutenant General Tsuru."

Sakasky smiled slightly.

"Yes, two and a half days...... In other words, the Navy Elite Class will start tomorrow, and the two of you will start competing tomorrow. ”

Lieutenant General Tsuru chuckled.

"yes."

Sakasky nodded, and together with Lieutenant General Tsuru, he looked to the other side of Training Ground A, where Polusalino was being trained by General Zefa.

"Whew-whew-"

Porusalino gasped and stared closely at General Zefa, who was standing in front of him, his eyes sharper than he had ever seen before in the North Sea Branch.

"1,200 attacks in ten minutes, dodged 411 times, Polusalino, and improved again......"

Zefa smiled and shook his arm.

"If there is improvement, it means that it is not enough...... It's just 411 dodges...... Whew......"

Polusalino spoke, but his spirit did not relax in the slightest.

- In the past two and a half days, there have been at least 30 times, and Zefa looked like "the training is over", and suddenly it was a heavy punch sneak attack. Who knows if he'll do the same this time......

Seeing that Polusalino was as vigilant as a beast ambushing his prey, General Zefa laughed: "Hahahaha, Polusalino, you guy...... Rest assured, the old man won't attack suddenly. ”

"Really?"

Polusalino's body was still tense, and his mind was highly concentrated, "But I don't believe it, General Zefa......"

"This time it's real,"

Zefa shrugged his shoulders as if he was extremely helpless, "Sure enough, I left you a shadow before." ”

"You know that......"

"Not this time, really not. Half a day has passed today, and the Navy Elite Class will have to start early tomorrow morning, and you and Sakasky will have a good competition. Even if I don't let you two rest, the old man himself has to rest, and he has to prepare for tomorrow's opening ceremony......"

"So, this time it's really over, it's really over, believe me."

"Then I'll trust you......"

Porusalino slowly relaxed his muscles.

Seeing that Polusalino's shoulders collapsed like a relaxed down, and returned to his usual appearance, General Zefa nodded with satisfaction, and turned around as he spoke:

"Let's go, go and join the cranes. I'll treat you to dinner in a moment, you've worked hard for the past two days. ”

"I'm glad to be invited to dinner, but this meal should be me and Sakaski, and you two have worked hard......"

Polusalino followed Zefa towards Sakasky and them.

"Then again, do you drink in Polusalino?"

"I can drink it, but I don't drink much."

"Yes, the old man ...... with you at that moment"

Zefa, who was walking in front, was halfway through his words, when he suddenly burst out, his body turned sharply to the right and back, and a powerful whip leg went straight to Polusalino's abdomen!

“…… I knew you were going to do it again......"

In an instant, Polusalino, who relied on his body's instinctive reaction to dodge this whip leg, said quite speechlessly, and the toe of General Zefa's just now was only 5 centimeters from his abdomen.

"1,201 attacks, 412 successful dodges. Well done, Polusalino ......."

Zefa smiled and retracted his leg.

"It's all trained by you......"

Polusalino shrugged helplessly—this time he really sensed that Zefa had no desire to attack again.

"But that's not enough,"

Zefa turned around again, and as he continued to walk forward, he said, "The old man has left you with his hand, but the enemy will not. I have to keep practicing! ”

"I understand,"

Polusalino nodded, "Then again, General Zefa, I have a question for you...... It's about what you said earlier about being armed and domineering. ”

"About armed color domineering? You say. ”

"You said that the armed color domineering is like a layer of armor attached to the human body, so what is the specific thickness of this layer of 'armor'? Is the five centimeters I just kept with you a safe distance? ”

Polusalino asked.

(Oda hadn't had time to elaborate on the high-level armed color domineering when I crossed, so I don't know what the situation is...... ）

"I didn't expect you kid to take these into account......"

Zefa glanced at Polusalino in surprise, "Well, the thickness of the armed color domineering varies from person to person, how much is the specific thickness, how can it be considered a safe distance, I can't answer you uniformly." However, you must at least keep a distance of more than two meters from the top master of the armed color domineering, so that you can use your advantages as a natural Devil Fruit ability. ”

"Two meters...... I understand. ”

(No wonder Polusalino's Sky Cloud Sword has that length, not just for handsomeness and handiness...... ）

"Hmm...... What are you going to do in the afternoon after eating? Is it to take a turn around our naval headquarters, or is it ......"

"I'm going to go back and have a good rest, I'm too tired for the past two days,"

Polusalino said miserably, "There are bruises all over your body...... If you can't beat Sakaski tomorrow, you can't blame me......"

"Do you blame you for beating you?"

“…… Hey, you're going too far! Are you such a general?! ”

"Kill you and no one will know that I'm such a general."

“…… I was wrong, you can spare me. ”

Polusalino decisively confessed.

"So, what are you going to do with tomorrow's competition?"

"Don't worry, never paddling, go all out!"

……

After having a meal with Polusalino and Sakasky in his own exclusive high-class box in the Navy canteen, Admiral Zefa and Vice Admiral Tsuru returned to the fortress building of the Navy Headquarters together.

"Sakasky and Polusalino will compete tomorrow, which one are you more optimistic about?"

Lieutenant General Tsuru asked Zefa with a smile.

Zefa was originally going to say that the two were of similar strength, and the result of the battle should be a draw. But inexplicably, I remembered some of Porusalino's seemingly casual words in the past few days, and couldn't help but hesitate for a moment:

“…… That guy from Polusalino may have a better chance of winning. ”

"Oh? Do you actually think so? ”

Lieutenant General Tsuru was a little surprised. When she asked this question, she actually didn't think about who Zefa would favor, after all, both of them were natural, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner without being armed and domineering. Her main purpose in asking this question was to hear what Zefa thought of the two men, but she didn't expect Zefa to have such a clear bias......

"Polusalino that guy...... Always give me a ...... Very inexplicable feeling......"

Zefa pondered his words, "It feels like he's hiding a lot of things, and these things may be the key to his victory over Sakaski......"

"Hiding a lot of things? With his character, it is indeed possible ......"

Tsuru smiled helplessly, "But then again, is the Justice Island side ready?" No problem tomorrow, right? ”

"Well, everything is ready."