Chapter 3: Strength is no accident

A gentle breeze spread across the island, and all the trees fell. Dorag had a strong aura. He walked up to Arthur with his hands in his pockets and looked at him lying on the ground:

"You are very strong, but you have no combat experience. Without combat experience, no matter how strong your physique and strength are, you will be defeated."

Arthur smiled faintly: "So, I am now in a wonderful mood, a happy mood that can change the way I live now."

Arthur has poor sailing skills, but he doesn't want to live in a muddle anymore, so he has to change the status quo.

He added, "Colonel, have you finished clearing out the bandits? Let's leave tonight."

"So soon? Why not wait until tomorrow?" Dorag didn't understand why Arthur was in such a hurry.

"Just tonight. Cooper, come and help me." Arthur didn't want to pay the rent anymore.

Apart from being reluctant to leave the rapeseed field that he had been cutting for ten years, he missed nothing else.

I have been self-disciplined for ten years, with almost no social interaction and no new things.

His thinking level is still at the same level as when he just came across and became a four-year-old child, eager to come into contact with new things.

Dragon couldn't stay in the East China Sea for long. The Grand Line was flooded with pirates, and they needed this monster navy that had just debuted to suppress them.

Especially the Flying Pirates that have recently emerged.

Most of the remnants of the former Rocks Pirates joined this pirate group, led by the remnant of the Rocks Pirates, Captain of the First Squadron Golden Lion Shiki.

He is extremely ambitious and has the aspiration to conquer the world.

"It just so happens that I can't stay in the East China Sea for too long. This time I came back to patrol the security of my hometown regularly." Dorag continued to say to Arthur: "Luckily, I came here and found a guy with such a talent like you."

The naval soldiers heard the noise of the fighting on the island and came to the rapeseed fields on the island fully armed.

"Colonel! What happened on the island? Was that you fighting?"

All personnel were on high alert in the surroundings, but did not find anything unusual, except for many destroyed rapeseed fields and a destroyed house.

"Nothing happened. I was conducting a combat test for the new recruits!" Dorag explained to the soldiers.

"A new recruit? He's going to join our navy?!"

Then he gave a serious order: "That's right, everyone prepare to sail and return tonight."

The assembled troops obeyed the order and quickly returned to the warships at the dock to begin preparing for sailing.

Resupply, rehydrate, check wind direction.

Arthur and Cooper followed Dorag from the island to the dock. Looking at the huge warship docked at the dock, they exclaimed:

"It's huge! How many soldiers are on this ship, Captain Dorag?"

Dorag responded, "300. Normally, if we go out to sea on a mission, there are 800. The peaceful situation in the East China Sea does not warrant such a big fight."

Compared with the technologically advanced North Sea, the powerful South Sea, and the mafia-ridden West Sea, people in the East Sea seem to be living in a harmonious society.

This sea area is very suitable for retirement and is known as the weakest sea.

"Really... eight hundred... that's a lot." Arthur was a little surprised. Generally speaking, as far as he knew, the navy only had a configuration of 800 people at the vice admiral level.

As the colonel of the headquarters, Dorag also has such a configuration.

This shows how tense the beginning of this era of the rise of the remnants of Locke was.

"Don't worry, as long as there are no missions, I can train you every day!" Dorag smiled and patted Arthur's shoulder: "I can see the very contagious righteousness in you!"

Arthur secretly rejoiced, but still responded: "Then you really saw it wrong."

He joined the navy just to become stronger, but his strength hit a bottleneck and he couldn't break through again.

Dorag focused his attention on the hilt of the sword on Arthur's waist: "By the way, are you a swordsman? Why do you wear a sword on your waist but don't use it?"

Hearing this, Arthur looked down at the sword at his waist and smiled faintly:

"This is, self-restraint!"

Seeing the smile on Arthur's face, Drago became curious: "Huh? Does that mean your swordsmanship is better than your martial arts?"

"If you don't know swordsmanship, I happen to know a powerful swordsman in the East China Sea who can take you to learn for a few days."

Arthur refused outright, "No, Colonel Dorager, I just want to learn the Six Styles right now."

Bulu Bulu, the sound of Den Den Mushi's incoming call suddenly rang out from Dragon.

This made Dragon pull out a Den Den Mushi from his pocket and hold it in his hand.

Dragon looked at the mission Den Den Mushi in his hand and answered the call with awe: "This is the Navy Headquarters, Captain Monkey D. Dragon. Do you have any new instructions from the headquarters?"

Den Den Mushi opened his mouth and said: "Colonel Dragon, please return to Marinford immediately. A major incident has occurred on the Grand Line."

"Big event? What exactly is it?" Upon hearing the news, Dorag's expression became more serious, which meant that new mission instructions had arrived.

"Several pirate captains under Golden Lion Shiki are leading pirates to occupy the naval branch bases we have built on the islands of the Grand Line."

"However, the intelligence source this time did not find any trace of Golden Lion Shiki himself. The headquarters intends to let you, Sakaski, and Brusalino go there for some training."

"Please return immediately and reunite with Colonel Sakaski and Colonel Borsalino in Marinford."

The reporting soldier on the other end of the Den Den Mushi told Dragon the objective of this mission.

Arthur, who was standing aside, was also solemn because he heard the name Sakaski.

A name that he hated.

After receiving the mission instructions, Dorag looked at Arthur beside him thoughtfully and said, "Sorry, Arthur, I received an urgent mission. If you want to learn the Six Styles, it may be difficult to understand the theoretical knowledge of the Six Styles after returning home these days."

The navy soldiers were surprised to see their captain treat Arthur so leniently and thought there must be something special about him.

"Theoretical knowledge?" Arthur showed a disdainful expression when he heard what Dorag said: "Colonel, just let me practice. Theory is useless. Only practice can reveal the truth!"

The Six Styles of the Navy required a certain physical foundation to learn, but Arthur had already laid a good foundation.

"You're too anxious... Go register your and your eagle's enlistment information first."

Dorag pulled Arthur into the office and asked him to fill out his personal information.

Arthur looked at the resume template with an embarrassed look on his face: "My country of birth?"

In this world, he has no information in the world government archives, let alone the country.

"You don't even have a birthplace? The Grand Line? Or one of the four seas?" Drago asked when he saw that Arthur was slow to write.

"No," said Arthur.

"Okay." Dorag was a little overwhelmed, "Your situation is very common."

"You don't remember where you were born, and you don't know who your biological parents are? Well, I've seen this happen too many times."

"Just fill in the Kingdom of Goa, or some other town, and I'll register you there."

War, orphans, corpses, Dragon has been following Garp's side since he was a child. He has been exposed to those things since he was a teenager and has seen too much.

The subconscious mind also regards Arthur as a part of it.

"Then I'll write Rogue Town as my birthplace. Age: I just turned 14 today. Birthday: October 10. Height: 19cm... I love eating dumplings with all kinds of fillings."

Arthur wrote and talked in the cabin of Dorag's warship, writing down all his personal information.

There were some test data to fill in the blanks, and he handed them to Dorag without writing them down.

Looking at the personal information Arthur handed over, he said, "Well, it seems that you have no substantial understanding of your own body. You lack practical experience. After this emergency mission is over, if you are still alive, I will give you another test."

"There's nothing for you to do today, go down and have a rest."

As he spoke, Cooper, who was following Arthur, also filled out a personal information form with his feather and handed it to Dorag behind the desk.

This surprised Dorag very much. An eagle could actually write?

He looked expectantly at the personal information Cooper handed over, and his face suddenly darkened.

All the blanks on the paper had the word "Cooper" written on them, and it was written very beautifully.

"When will you teach me the Six Styles, Colonel?" Before leaving, Arthur asked Dragon for methods, insisting on learning the Six Styles of the Navy.

Only in this way can he achieve a breakthrough in strength, only in this way can he become stronger.

"I say, you should go and have a rest now. You should do things step by step. Why are you in such a hurry?" Dorag began to deal with his report documents for the day and said without looking at Arthur who was standing in front of the desk.

Arthur had a calm expression and was about to leave with Cooper. He asked, "Where do I sleep? The accommodation has not been assigned yet."

After saying this, Arthur saw that Dorag was still busy with his own things and ignored him, so he took Cooper and left Dorag's office.

I do not know how long it has been……

After processing the bandit suppression report in his hand, Dorag looked up in front of him, thinking that Arthur was still there, and said, "Ask the quartermaster to arrange something for you... Where is the person?"

Dorag checked the time and it was already 5 a.m. He looked out the porthole and saw that the warship had already set sail from Rapeseed Village and was sailing on the sea.

As a sailor, it is common to work so hard that you forget the time.

At 5 o'clock in the morning on the deck of the warship, the first thing Arthur did when he woke up was to wake up Cooper, who served as his pillow.

They lay like this on the swaying side of the boat, sleeping all night long while enjoying the sea breeze.

"Cooper, get up and catch fish." Arthur grabbed Cooper's eagle neck and shook it hard to wake him up.

Cooper's unconscious state immediately became firm. In the early morning before the sky got bright, he spread his wings and flew over the dark sea, ready to look for food in the sea.

The first thing Arthur did when he got up was to lie down on the deck and start exercising immediately.

Due to his lack of common sense in training in the One Piece world, his training consists of street fitness moves.

The navy soldiers guarding the deck looked at his and Cooper's terrifying execution ability, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads involuntarily.

"What's wrong with these two guys? They've only been awake for less than a minute, and they're already clearly dividing the work?"

"What was that eagle doing when it flew to the sea? Catching fish?"

"I don't know. Look at the look in the eyes of that young man on the deck... He's too determined."

One, two, ten, in less than a minute, Arthur did more than three hundred explosive push-ups. His arms and core did not feel tired at all, and his speed increased.

Even the naval soldiers who had received professional training from the headquarters could not help but be shocked as they watched.

"In this world, the normal body structure has been broken, but this kind of training alone can no longer improve my strength..."

"When will Dragon give me the Six Styles? As long as I master the Six Styles, I will be able to defeat even some animal-type devil fruit users."

"He's planning to take me with him to fight. I'll have to follow him to the Grand Line to fight the Flying Pirates right after I join the Navy..."

"I lack practical experience with people."

Arthur thought to himself, fearing for his life.

He was not the kind of guy who would risk his life for a fight, because he had no reason to risk his life for a fight now.

If I have to say one thing, it would be to become stronger.

But now you can become stronger by learning some moves. It's not to the point where you can't improve without fighting.

Dorag walked out of the cabin, opened the door and saw Arthur training on the deck with a determined look on his face.

"Hey, Arthur..." Dorag wanted to ask Arthur to follow him and assign him accommodation, but he found that Arthur was training with extremely terrifying concentration and could not bear to disturb him.

After a long time, Arthur stopped training only when Cooper came back with a big fish weighing 10 to 20 kilograms caught in his eagle claws.

It was bright outside, and he did four types of training: push-ups, sit-ups, air punches, and knife swings.

"Cooper!"

Cooper yelled, suspended in midair and tossing the fish onto the deck.

Then he was covered in mist and frost and landed beside Arthur.

Whoosh, Arthur drew his knife and cut the fish in half, then quickly sheathed it and gave the larger half, the head, to Cooper.

"Eat, Cooper, get some protein."

Dorag and everyone on the boat looked on in amazement.

"Eat it raw?!"

"No, breakfast will be ready soon on board. Why are you doing this?"

Arthur turned his head and looked at the sailors in confusion, then he started to chew on the raw fish, saying with the raw fish in his mouth:

"got used to…"

These three simple words made Drago, who was standing in front of the cabin door, suddenly feel that the strength of the young man in front of him was no accident.

It also made him feel a little pitiful for some reason.

We learned from Rapeseed Village that he had been living alone since he was four years old and only found a companion after he saved an eagle.

Apart from being polite when selling game, he spends most of his time exercising.

"Get used to it? What's wrong with you? Could it be that you were raised by savages since you were a child?"

In response to the curious question from the navy soldiers, Arthur calmly replied, "I grew up with Cooper since I was 4 years old."

"No adults are taking care of you?!"

"Oh my god, four years old? Can you do that?"

The barrage of questions left Arthur speechless and he did not respond further.

"Shut up! Everyone do your job!" Dorag ordered, asking everyone to go to work.

"Yes, Colonel!"

Arthur watched everyone leave, feeling somewhat puzzled. He had been numb to this kind of life for ten years and had long been accustomed to it.

If he were on the island, he would be hunting with Cooper in the foggy mountains.

"Is there a bathroom on the boat, Captain Dorag?" Arthur finished the fish in a few bites, checked Cooper's body, smelled himself, and planned to take a bath.

"Cooper!" Hearing the word bathroom, Cooper wanted to spread his wings and escape, but was caught by Arthur.

It doesn't want to take a bath and hates taking a bath.

"Come with me, Arthur." Dorag didn't seem to care about the rules of the officer class for Arthur, and took him to the quartermaster to get a well-fitting naval uniform.

Cooper was given a shirt and a navy hat.

"Which of the six styles do you want to learn first, Arthur?" Dorag planned to give him the six styles and let him practice them first to see the results.

Outside the warship warehouse, Arthur was holding his uniform, a little excited:

"Of course I'll shave. If I learn how to shave, I can learn Moon Steps and Mist Steps by myself, killing three birds with one stone."

Dorag nodded, thinking Arthur was very smart, and said:

"Then go and try to see if you can step on the air with your feet." Dorag said this to him, then left, waving his hand with his back to Arthur.

"The bathroom is on the middle deck. I'm going to sleep now."

Arthur and Cooper stood there in a daze, stepping on air?

If this kind of unreasonable thing happened in his original world, he would definitely think that the other person was sick.

But this is the world of One Piece, and the prerequisite for learning the Six-style Shave seems to be to step on the air at high speed, generating explosive speed and power to move in the air.

He wasn't sure, but decided to try anyway.

On the middle deck of the warship, in a simple bathroom.

Arthur had a white towel draped over his legs and was washing Cooper's stinky body from head to toe.

The bath water flowed into the warship's pipes and into the sea.

"If you don't like to take a bath, I'll kill you. You stink!"

Although Cooper was very reluctant, he had to obey and let the harsh Arthur pick at his body and clean it.