Chapter 238 Leaving the Moon

Although the 14-year-old Douglas Barrett has not yet learned the true Domineering Haki Entanglement, his overall strength has improved by leaps and bounds and is incomparable to before.

Maybe Lex expected too much from Barrett's talent. Sometimes he felt that Barrett's talent was no less than his own.

But what about the reality?

Who is Lex?

The first impression people have of him is that he is powerful, so powerful that he looks down on everyone. But behind this power is just a 22-year-old young man.

The 22-year-old Leon Lex possesses an unrivaled strength that allows him to dominate Qinghai and look down upon all the kings. Behind this is his undoubted talent as the best in the sea!

True talent does not mean that a person is outstanding and has extraordinary talent. Only when this person reaches the top and is quite young will he be called a "genius".

In other words, talent that is not transformed into strength is not considered a talent.

But when you really reach the top, you won’t care about talent at all.

At least Lex felt that his talent was just average and he could be considered the best in the ocean.

"I've seen a lot of geniuses, but they all call me a genius, Barrett, what do you think?"

Barrett agrees:

“They are right.”

Lex shook his head slowly. He looked at the stars. The moon's galaxy was much brighter than Qinghai's, and the starlight was gentle:

"No, what I mean is that they call me a genius, but I only gained my current strength after going out to sea and fighting several life-and-death battles, and I call you a genius—"

"Mr. Lex, compared to you, I am just an idiot!"

Barrett suddenly became very excited. He had a bad feeling and subconsciously denied Lex's statement.

Lex smiled softly:

"Hehe, no need to say more. At least when I was your age, I would definitely not be able to beat you without the Space Fruit. And you don't have the fruit, doesn't that prove it?"

The more Barrett listened, the more confused he became. He looked up at Lex's smiling face, then glanced at the Red Earl not far away.

"So, I think you still lack some great fear between life and death. During this year on the moon, although you practiced hard and often fought with me and Master, you always had a fluke mentality when fighting with the two of us. You subconsciously thought that you would not die, which is not acceptable."

Barrett gradually realized something, swallowed, and waited for Lex's next words.

"We have achieved all our goals on the moon. Next we will return to Qinghai, where you will definitely be able to receive more and better training."

"…What kind of training is this?"

"This is a secret for now. Okay, there's nothing to pack. Let's get ready and return to Qinghai. I haven't been back for a year."

"Master."

Lex greeted and alerted the Red Earl who was not far away.

"Ah."

Lex then looked at the boundless sea of stars reflected by the stars. Its vastness and brilliance far surpassed the Qinghai Lake.

Compared with the starry sky, the so-called Qinghai is just a drop in the ocean.

The so-called Nerona Im and the so-called Joy Boy are nothing but boring struggles.

The so-called good and evil, the so-called justice, the so-called darkness, are nothing but the prejudices of the world and the limitations of human nature.

Only at this moment can Lex feel the true freedom and what vast freedom is!

"Qinghai is big, Qinghai is also small, Yimu is strong, Yimu is also weak. The so-called strategies and tactics are nothing but tricks to deceive ourselves and others and fool the world... Master, is the world in your eyes also so vast and boundless?"

At this moment, when he was about to leave the moon, Lex personally experienced his master Red Earl's outlook on life and the world, so lonely and remote, but at the same time with a soul that embraced the universe.

No wonder the Red Earl, since arriving on the moon, apart from cooperating with Lex and Barrett in necessary training, has been stopping to gaze at the flowing splendor, as if this desolate and infinite land is the Red Earl's final destination.

"Hmm~ Life is long, so long that the sufferings that you once thought you could never let go of may finally pass away silently at some point."

"Master, after we finish everything on Qinghai, let's try to run towards this sea of stars."

"Ah."

"I want to come too!"

Barrett added.

Today is the one-year anniversary of Sakaski and Borsalino coming from the North Sea to the Marinford Elite Training Camp.

But neither of them could remember.

Sakaski is not the type of person who gets easily sentimental.

As for Borsalino, it may be that he simply has a bad memory.

"Hey, Sakaski, are we really going to agree to Zephyr-sensei's request and temporarily give up the fruit from the government and continue to practice Taijutsu and Kenjutsu?"

"What do you think?"

Sakaski asked back, a rare initiative.

"Kawa~ I still think that having a fruit might be more convenient~"

"Only real power can punish pirates more effectively."

Sure enough, Sakaski also felt that it would be better to have one fruit.

Just a few days ago, people from the World Government secretly contacted Sakaski and Borsalino, the two most dazzling monster-level players in the Navy Elite Training Camp, and promised that the government would give each of them a powerful nature fruit.

Note, it’s a ‘secret connection’!

The government has a different view on the naval rookies than the navy. In the eyes of the navy, Sakaski and the other two are outstanding sailors and future admirals.

But in the eyes of the government, it is not that simple.

The two of them are more of a political investment, a political solicitation, and a stand!

In the eyes of senior government officials, the bloody fighting among the navy may just be a political resource.

This is the generation gap between soldiers and politicians.

As for why the government did not contact Monkey D. Dragon or Gion, the two seemingly more outstanding naval rookies.

One reason is that they are all already fruit ability users, and they are all extremely rare and powerful mythical beasts.

The second reason is that they all have people behind them. Behind Dragon is Garp, who represents the position of the Marine Headquarters. Needless to say, behind Gion is that man.

This is the competition within the navy.

Four-way stance!

A standard navy with Garp, Sengoku, Tsuru, Zephyr and others as the core.

As well as the omnipresent government forces that want to more firmly control Marinford, the successive naval marshals represented by Cyborg Sora are the product of a compromise between the two sides. They are both standard navy forces and representatives of government forces.

There is also a force that Leon Lex has infiltrated everywhere, both openly and secretly. There is the well-known Gion, and there are even more hidden players that no one knows about.

Finally, there are the ordinary navy who lack a stance and have not clearly taken sides.

So Sakaski and Borsalino are really crucial.

In the eyes of everyone, both of them have the potential to become future generals. After all, in the past year, the talents they have shown are pure monster level.

Therefore, the stance of these two people will almost determine the general direction of the navy in the next few decades.

In the future, in order to reach the top of the navy and implement his absolute justice, Sakaski bowed to the government and became a pawn of the Five Elders in the navy, but he was restrained everywhere. Although he became a marshal, he was very uncomfortable.

Kuzan is the successor to the will of the older generation of navy members such as Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr. He is committed to making the navy move towards true justice rather than simply being a violent government agency.

As for Borsalino, he is the kind of person whose position is not very clear. Perhaps he has already seen through the truth, so he chose to give up.

The gaze returned to Marinford.

Sakaski pondered:

“Don’t agree to the government’s request for now. Even if they want to send fruits, they must go through formal channels.”

"Oh~"

"Hey, you two!~ Admiral Zefa wants you two to go find him. It seems that there is an important arrangement. You should be prepared."

Gion happened to see the two of them and spoke up to remind them.

"Ah."

"Within the Kuowa~"

Gion, the assistant chief instructor, was not too impressed by these two people with very different personalities.

Sakaski is cold and indifferent every day, and if you don't know him, you might think someone owes him 10 billion Baileys.

Borsalino is even more dishonest. Although he is young, he acts like a creepy middle-aged uncle.