Vergo and his group, whom Tsugikuni Yoshiichi had sent to Fishman Island, were also successfully escorted out by Kuma. Tsugikuni Yoshiichi certainly didn't trust Vergo at all, and that was why he had placed other people in Vergo's group.
Of the two, Smoker and Peacock, Tsugakuni Yoriichi only knew Smoker's details. Peacock was Crane's granddaughter and had always been well protected by Crane. Tsugakuni Yoriichi had never heard of her before when he was at the Marine Headquarters.
Although he was not clear about her identity, Yunyi knew that these three people came to Wanguo together that year. He thought that Peacock's identity and background were not as simple as he had investigated.
Smoker, Peacock, and Vergo will go on the mission together to keep Vergo in check. Although these people are all spies of Marlinford, Smoker and the others don't know that Vergo was once a pirate!
In front of Smoker and Peacock, Vergo would not and dared not reveal his true identity.
As for Huangmu.
In fact, among the newcomers of their generation, the person that Yunyi was most optimistic about was Aramaki, who had eaten the Sen Sen Fruit.
Although this boy's worldview is not considered "rigid" in Yoriichi's eyes due to the influence of his upbringing, Aramaki is very adaptable. He has a heartfelt admiration for the new navy and Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
This yearning comes from the most primitive "worship of power" of human beings, which is simple and pure.
It is precisely this pure worship of power that makes Aramaki truly gain the trust of Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
Aramaki is a natural ability user. After joining the New Navy, Yoriichi deliberately strengthened his physical training. His combat ability is very strong. Sending him and Vergo and others to Fishman Island is also to prevent some accidents.
I don’t know why, but Fishman Island seems to be shrouded in a layer of fog in recent years.
Yoriichi Tsugikuni could clearly feel that there seemed to be an inexplicable gap in the communication between Bankoku and Fishman Island.
Although the communication between Yixiao and Jinbei has always been smooth, and even the connection between Wan Guo and Ryugu Castle is as usual, Tsugikuni Yoriichi always has a premonition that something is going to happen. Some of the events that have happened in Fishman Island in recent years are beyond the control of the new navy.
The disappearance of civilians is just one of the issues. What concerns Yoshiichi the most is the recruitment of new members for the Fishman Island Naval Branch, which has shrunk significantly compared to previous years.
On Fishman Island, a storm is brewing that even Yoshiichi Tsugumi is unaware of.
When one's strength reaches this level, he will have a premonition about some things that have not happened yet. Although the source of these premonitions is hard to explain, Tsugikuni Yoriichi will still take his premonitions seriously.
Just as the New Navy was taking action "against the Red Hair Pirates", Marineford, who was far away in the Grand Line, was also busy.
At the end of last year, after nearly two years of hard work, the renovation of the war-torn Marine Headquarters was finally completed.
All functions of the Navy Headquarters have been restored, and the Naval School led by Zefa has completed its enrollment work at the end of the year.
At the beginning of the year, the recruit training plan that Zefa had planned for nearly two months was finally placed on Zhan Guo's desk, and after Zefa's argument, it was successfully passed.
This year's recruit training plan is a little different from previous years. Zefa has placed the sea training location in the New World!
This is a somewhat radical plan, because usually, the Naval Academy's sea training is usually in the Grand Line, and not in the New World.
The maritime environments in the first and second halves of the Grand Line are completely different levels.
Although navigation is guided by permanent record pointers, the climate environment in the New World will change suddenly during that period. If there is no skilled navigator to guide the ship, even without the appearance of the enemy, nature will let the navy experience a "different world".
In principle, Zhan Guo should not have agreed to such a plan, but after Zefa's persuasion, he had to sign it.
There is a reason why Zefa did this.
Although the Naval School of the Naval Headquarters has the name of "school" here, you should know that this "school" itself recruits young elite sailors from the four seas and various naval branches of the Grand Line.
Most of the students in this school are not rookies.
Zefa felt that the conditions in the first half of the Grand Line were not harsh enough and it would be difficult for these elites to have any training effect.
It was for this reason that he decided to lead the fleet to the New World.
For this trip, in addition to the students from the Naval Academy, Zefa also specially recruited a group of navigators and helmsmen with rich experience in sailing in the New World. These people will be the instructors who will assist him in this sea training.
If the training goes well, such sea training will become a routine for the new navy in the future.
At dawn, the port terminal of Marinford was busy. The training ship ready to set sail had already been prepared, and the soldiers were loading supplies onto the ship.
Food, fresh water, guns, ammunition, etc., all kinds of supplies were loaded onto the ship in boxes.
On the deck, Zefa held the railing with both hands, looking at the sea in the distance, with a hint of anticipation in his eyes. He had been a navy for almost half his life.
After the soldiers who were transporting the goods delivered the supplies to the warehouse, they carefully counted them before slowly closing the warehouse door. The entire warehouse suddenly became dark.
“Bang—”
In the pitch-black warehouse, a clear sound suddenly broke the silence.
After a slight "swish" sound, a cluster of fire suddenly ignited from a corner of the warehouse.
In the corner of the warehouse, the lid of a large wooden box was inexplicably lifted up for some unknown reason, and a small hand stretched out from it. A cluster of flames ignited on the tip of the index finger of this small hand, illuminating the corner of the warehouse.
Inside the wooden box, a pair of bright eyes blinked. After looking around and confirming the environment of the storage room, a black-haired boy flipped the lid of the wooden box, poked his head out, and a bright smile appeared on his face. He whispered into the box:
"No one is here, hey, we're here, we succeeded!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two little heads popped out from the wooden box.
"Ace, you really have a plan!"
"Grandpa Zefa went out to sea without us, but we still made it here, didn't we? Hahaha!"
Sabo poked his head out of the wooden box, looked around, patted Ace beside him excitedly, and laughed in a low voice.
Beside the two of them, Luffy, who was obviously shorter, showed no excitement at all. He just tugged at the corners of Ace and Sabo's clothes and asked in a soft voice:
"Hey, Ace, Sabo, I'm hungry, let's eat."
Well. Although it is indeed exciting to sneak onto the ship against the adults' wishes, for Luffy, nothing is more important than having a full stomach.
"Of course! Once the ship is out to sea and halfway through, even if we are discovered, we won't be sent back!"
"I'm so bored staying in Marinford all day!"
There was a flame on Ace's fingertips, and under the reflection of the fire, a smug smile appeared on his little face.
Although Ace and Sabo are only in their early teens now, the angles on their faces are more distinct compared to two years ago. They are both over 1.5 meters tall and look like little adults. They can be called teenagers.
As for Luffy, there is an age gap between him and Ace and Sabo, and he still looks like a child.
After being trained by Zephyr in Marineford for several years, the growth rate of Ace and Sabo was far beyond Zephyr's expectations.
As they grew older, their talents were fully revealed. Even Ace's awakening of Conqueror's Haki was revealed to Zephyr by chance. Zephyr realized that the talents of these two children were even beyond his expectations, so he made some changes to their training plan.
Zefa has come into contact with super geniuses like Yuichiro Tsugikuni, and he knows that such children must not be trained in a conventional way, as this will only waste their outstanding and precious talents.
It was precisely because of this consideration that when Ace and Sabo were ten years old, Zephyr took the initiative to give the two devil fruits that Yoshiichi Tsugikuni had left with him to Ace and Sabo.
Originally, the two devil fruits had to wait until these two boys grew up and went through training before they could obtain them, but now, Zephyr got them ahead of time.
The reason why Tsugumi Yoshiichi made that decision was because he considered that the power of the natural type was too strong. If a child became a natural type at an early age, he would become dependent on the ability of the fruit and neglect the training of physical skills.
But after such a long period of contact between Zefa, Ace and Sabo, he found that these two guys were both smart and precocious. They were both very independent-minded and self-controlled.
It is precisely because of this that Zefa gave the two devil fruits to the two children so early on.
It would actually be of great benefit for the two children to become ability users earlier. They would be able to develop the abilities of their own natural devil fruits as early as possible to assist in the training of physical skills. In time, they would all grow into the backbone of the navy!
As for Luffy.
Well, in Zephyr's eyes, Luffy is Luffy, Garp's grandson, and that's all.
Luffy is still too young, and he is a "beast" who always looks careless and unintelligent. Zephyr really can't see any talent in him.
However, Zephyr's love for Luffy did not diminish much because he "had no talent". On the contrary, because of Luffy's "ordinariness", Zephyr loved Luffy more than Ace and Sabo.
He was like the youngest brother in a family, held in the hands of Zephyr, Ace, Sabo and others.
"Ace, Sabo, I'm hungry!!!"
Just as Ace and Sabo were bragging to each other and feeling smug about how they were able to avoid the navy's eyes and get on the ship smoothly, Luffy, who was accidentally ignored by the two, got angry and started yelling at the top of his voice.
As soon as the sharp sound was uttered, Ace and Sabo were both startled, and then they skillfully came to Luffy's side, hugged Luffy together, and covered Luffy's mouth with their two little hands.
"Shut up, idiot! Someone will find out!"
"Idiot, I heard you! Just bear with it for a moment! This is a warehouse, how can we not have food?"
Ace and Sabo, the two bodyguards on the left and right, covered Luffy's mouth and cursed in a low voice.
When Luffy heard what Sabo said, he realized that he might not have to go hungry anymore. He immediately smiled and nodded.
Seeing that Luffy had shut up, Ace and Sabo breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.
Releasing his hand, Ace glanced at Sabo nervously. Sabo understood and slowly closed his eyes. After standing still for a few seconds, he smiled faintly, "No one!"
Hearing this, Ace grabbed Luffy's face and said in a low voice: "Now I'll find you something to eat, don't make that noise just now!"
As he spoke, he loosened his grip, and Luffy's face bounced back with a light "snap" sound.
"Yeah!" Luffy's eyes were full of smiles. He tilted his head and looked at the piles of supplies. He sniffed and picked a box that suited his taste. He stretched out his right hand towards the box with all his strength. His arm quickly stretched out and grabbed the box directly. Then, under the traction of his arm, the whole person bounced out and shot towards the box.
“!!!”
"fool!!!"
Seeing this scene, Ace couldn't help but curse softly, with a hint of panic in his eyes. He could already foresee the noise that would be caused after Luffy hit the box!
Just when Luffy was about to hit the box, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed out from the side of Ace, and in the blink of an eye, it was several meters away.
Sabo suddenly appeared next to the box several meters away and hugged Luffy who was flying towards him.
"Bang!" With a light sound, Sabo caught Luffy steadily and said to him helplessly: "I told you not to worry, I will find food for you!"
Seeing this, Ace, who was not far away, patted his chest lightly and finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, at this time, he could no longer lose his temper with Luffy.
No other reason, I'm just tired.
“Woo——”
At that moment, a low whistle suddenly blared from the cabin. This was the sound of a warship leaving the harbor. Then, Ace and the others felt a slight jolt beneath their feet, and the entire ship began to move.
"Out to sea!" Ace and Sabo looked at each other in surprise, but then quickly put away their emotions and began to rummage through the cargo to find some food for Luffy.
Among the various supplies in the warehouse, the most common item is dry bread, which is the most common instant military ration and has a very long shelf life. Other foods include potatoes, tomatoes, meat, rice and flour.
Ace took out a cloth bag from a box, took out two "baguettes" from it and threw them at Luffy.
When Luffy was hungry, he didn't care whether the food tasted good or not, he just ate it. As for Sabo, he found a bag of apples and took a few from it and gave them to Ace and Luffy respectively.
In the first half of the Grand Line, different islands on the sea have their own unique climate environments, and the products produced in each place are also different.
Therefore, even in January and February, the navy still has abundant supplies of various kinds.
Just as the three little ones were eating in the warehouse, the heavy warehouse door slowly opened and the dazzling lights in the warehouse suddenly turned on.
Outside the door, the quartermaster held the supply list in one hand and stared at Ace and Luffy who were stealing food in the warehouse with wide eyes. As for the place where Sabo had just been, there was only a half-eaten apple stem left.
Next to the quartermaster, Zephyr put his hands on his hips and saw Ace and Luffy standing in the warehouse in a daze. After a moment of astonishment, his eyelids twitched wildly and turned into intense anger.
He looked around, a sneer on his face:
"snort!"
"Are you just the two of you?!"
"Sabo, stop hiding! Get out here!"
Zephyr looked at the pile of goods beside Luffy and shouted angrily.
Sabo is fast, but Ace and Luffy have discovered him, so how can he possibly escape? The Thunder Fruit's speed is beyond the naked eye, but it can't eliminate its own aura. In front of Zephyr's observation Haki, even if Sabo hides in time, he still can't escape.
Amidst Zephyr's angry rebuke, Sabo slowly crawled out from the pile of cargo and looked at Ace with some embarrassment.
I was so engrossed in eating that I didn't notice anyone approaching.
(End of this chapter)
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