thefictionvixens Chapter 154 The Students' Dispute
Chapter 154 The Students' Dispute
When the news of Zephyr's dismissal and transfer to the position of chief instructor at the Naval Academy was officially announced.
Kaido also began spreading the truth about the attack on Zephyr's wife and children to the islands where Marine branches were stationed through the Kuja Pirates.
Although the Kuja Pirates' lair is located on Kuja Island in the Calm Belt, their business is being the biggest intelligence provider in the first half of the Grand Line.
Besides maintaining the island's needs through daily robbery, they also earn income by selling intelligence to various factions.
Kaido spread the truth through their channels, which greatly angered the Navy and the World Government.
But unfortunately, they were in the wrong and couldn't give a direct response.
Because whether one publicly acknowledges the truth of the rumor or strongly condemns the conspiracy theory behind it, it only proves that the world government and navy are worried about this rumor.
Once this is confirmed, even if it's just a rumor, it will inevitably attract a large number of people to believe it.
Moreover, Kaido is spreading the truth, the absolute truth, which makes it even more crucial to prevent outsiders from thinking that the Navy and the World Government have been hit where it hurts.
And so, the world government pretended to be completely indifferent while secretly arresting those who spread rumors.
The final result, naturally, was that all the work was for nothing.
Since the Kuja Pirates make a living from intelligence gathering, it's unlikely that their members would be captured so easily.
In the blink of an eye, several months have passed.
In the latest round of admissions for the Naval Academy, Zephyr discovered two promising candidates: Sakazuki and Borsalino.
After familiarizing himself with the job for several months and preparing to officially begin teaching, the head instructor thought of the rumors spread by Kaido.
Despite the World Government and Navy's efforts to suppress rumors being largely ineffective, everyone in the know understands that Kaido was absolutely responsible for it.
Therefore, in order to show his anger at Kaido for spreading rumors, he was not happy at all.
I also wanted to broaden the horizons of my future first batch of students.
Zephyr then led a large number of students recruited by the Naval Academy this year and sailed to Kaido's territory.
………………
Kaido withdrew his gaze from the warship.
Even though Zefa didn't confirm it directly, he still confirmed his suspicions through the system's identification function.
Sakazuki and Borsalino, who will later become Akainu and Kizaru, were indeed on that warship.
Moreover, their talent ceiling is 130, which is higher than Kaido expected, not the standard admiral level of 120!
"Uro ro ro ro..."
Kaido looked at Zephyr with a smile.
"Bringing all the students to my territory for your first time as an instructor? Aren't you afraid I'll slaughter them all?!"
Zephyr, standing opposite him, smiled confidently, "With me here, you can't do it!!"
Having confidence is a good thing, but blind confidence is just arrogance!
From Kaido's perspective, Zephyr has honed his strength to the highest limit he can reach.
The talent cap is 120, and the actual combat strength also reaches 120.
In contrast, Kaido's normal strength remains at 118.
Aside from being superior to Zephyr in terms of physique and willpower, he is inferior to Zephyr in skill and agility.
Of course, if Kaido uses his Devil Fruit powers, then Zephyr will have no chance of winning.
He might be able to protect himself, but he could never save Sakazuki, Borsalino, and the others who are still growing up from Kaido's clutches.
"Whether it's confidence or arrogance, we'll find out by trying."
Zephyr gripped his right forearm with his left hand, and clenched his right fist, with jet-black Armament Haki swirling around it.
Although it wasn't Conqueror's Haki, the Armament Haki, honed to its extreme, still made Kaido feel a sense of crisis when it flowed through his fist.
"Well, whatever."
Kaido laughed, "These days, a worthy opponent isn't easy to find. Since you've come looking for me, I'll give you a good fight!"
Kaido clenched his fists and also used Armament Haki to wrap them.
He didn't plan to use his Devil Fruit powers; that would be too unfair.
A real man should have a brutal, hand-to-hand combat showdown!
On the warship.
Sakazuki and Borsalino stood at the edge of the deck, intently watching Zephyr and Kaido confront each other.
They were new recruits who had just joined the Navy this year, and were also recommended by their branch leader to study at the Naval Academy this year.
Furthermore, during the initial entrance exam phase, the two of them successfully earned the title of "[Monster Rookie]".
However, even now, as they gazed at Kaido and Zephyr on the ice field, goosebumps automatically rose on their skin, even before the two had made a move.
"What a terrifying aura! Even from this distance, I can feel a prickling sensation." Borsalino's expression was solemn; he no longer had any of his usual carefree demeanor.
"Watch carefully and learn carefully."
Sakazuki continued, "This is a rare opportunity for Admiral Zeff to personally demonstrate an Admiral-level battle to us!!"
"Speaking of which, will Kaido cooperate?" a soldier cadet asked doubtfully. "Could it be that he'll target us when he can't defeat Admiral Zephyr?"
"Don't worry, with Admiral Zephyr's strength, even if Kaido wanted to do that, he absolutely couldn't!" a soldier cadet answered proudly, having absolute confidence in Zephyr's abilities.
You can't say that!
Another soldier cadet argued with displeasure:
"His Majesty Kaido is a user of the Azure Dragon Fruit. Even if it's Admiral Zephyr, if His Majesty Kaido uses his fruit power, it won't be easy for Admiral Zephyr to win!"
"You must be joking."
The soldier cadets who had previously believed in Zephyr's strength retorted, "Even if Kaido is very strong and a top-tier Devil Fruit user, the Marine Admirals are the highest fighting force! No matter how strong he is, he can't possibly be a match for a Marine Admiral!!"
"Then why hasn't His Majesty Kaido been captured yet?"
The soldier cadet who had previously supported Kaido sneered:
"If an admiral could easily subdue His Majesty Kaido, wouldn't he have been imprisoned in Impel Down when the Land of Dragons was first established?"
"The fact that he wasn't captured proves that his strength is no less than that of a general, doesn't it?"
Upon hearing this, the other soldier trainees couldn't help but frown slightly.
What do you mean by that?
Why do you seem to admire Kaido so much?
"He's a pirate!"
The soldier cadet who had previously supported Kaido answered with pride, "I truly admire Kaido! Although he's a pirate, he's also the pride of our West Blue!"
"Because the Dragon Kingdom he established completely suppressed the pirate scourge of our West Sea!"
"Can Admiral Zephyr even do that?!"