Chapter 31 The winner is determined
"Stop, Arthur!" Zefa's voice suddenly came from the playground.
Everyone looked over when they heard the sound.
"Heh...heh..." Arthur's breathing had changed from heavy panting to a weak and feeble one.
The two men each took a big step back and looked at each other.
Zefa looked at Arthur, who was weak, tired, exhausted, and excited, and forced the fight to end: "Let's stop here. If you continue to consume..."
"I was afraid you might actually die."
Hearing this, Arthur didn't want to go on anymore.
His body was already feeling unwell, completely different from the previous intense battle. Instead, his body was experiencing nausea and vomiting reactions.
呲.
Arthur sheathed the blade and looked around in confusion.
He discovered that all the navy recruits were staring at him with shocked expressions, as if he were a monster.
He calmed down and forced himself to steady his shaking body as he walked towards a more hidden and dark alleyway of a building.
He muttered, "I have to hide and rest for a while. Cooper, you keep watch for me."
Having never experienced such fighting and consumption, he now realized the true horror of this world.
Four days were almost entirely spent under Zefa's extreme exploitation. Although it was not a real battle, it was enough to be described as terrifying.
Under the gaze of everyone, Arthur walked into a narrow alley of a semicircular military building and fell inside, unconscious.
Cooper spread his wings to block the entrance, blocking all the students who came to check out, and called out:
"Cooper...!" (No one is allowed to come near...!)
"Send him to the infirmary quickly. Why did you come to the alley alone?"
"He fainted, didn't he? That's normal."
Zefa walked over slowly and everyone immediately made room for an entrance.
He looked at Arthur in the alley, confused, and thought to himself:
"Why didn't you collapse in front of everyone? Instead, you chose a narrow and secret place to hide and faint quietly?"
Such behavior is totally incomprehensible, as if watching a primitive man who, after being injured, seeks a secret cave to recuperate.
This behavior puzzled Zephyr, Gion, Kake and other naval elites.
Looking at Arthur, who was covered in blood and fainted alone in the alley, they inexplicably felt a sense of pity.
I don’t know what kind of experience Arthur has.
Little did he know that all this was related to Arthur's experience after traveling through time. If he didn't find a secret place to hide and sleep, he would be eaten by the carnivores in the mountains and forests.
"Cooper." (You are not allowed to come here either.)
Cooper was wearing a navy hat. When he saw Zefa walking towards him, he immediately took an attacking posture with caution.
"You want to protect him? Haha, why?" Zefa smiled at Cooper's appearance.
It looked like just a cute bald eagle, but at this moment it took an extremely determined attacking posture in order to stay by Arthur's side.
Cooper remained silent, and was caught by Zefa's swift hands in an instant: "He looks like he will be unconscious for a few days. He must receive professional treatment and nutrition. I am doing this for his own good."
Soon, Arthur was taken to the infirmary.
The news of this battle soon spread throughout the navy.
That night, Vice Admiral Garp, who was chasing the Roger Pirates from overseas, drove his ship back to a dock in Marinford.
Hahahaha~
The moment he stopped the boat, hearty laughter immediately spread from the dock to the entire Marinford.
"Give me the senbei, Sengoku!" The young and vigorous Garp laughed heartily, walked all the way across the square in Marinford Bay, and walked happily towards the office of Admiral Sengoku.
He is broad-minded, high-spirited, with a full head of black hair, and shows no signs of aging at all.
After returning triumphantly, Garp ran to Sengoku's office immediately, opened the door and walked in laughing.
All matters on the warship were handed over to his adjutant, Bogart.
"Get out! Cap, I'm busy with official business."
As soon as he entered the room, he was scolded by Zhan Guo -
However, Garp ignored Zhan Guo's scolding and found a pack of good tea in his room and made himself some:
"Don't be so cold, Sengoku, take out the senbei!"
Sengoku was already used to it, and glanced at Garp: "No! Garp, a young man came to Marinford four days ago and fought with Zephyr for four days."
Karp had poured the tea and was about to drink it when he was suddenly shocked by these words.
He held the teacup and stared at Zhan Guo in astonishment: "What? Four days!"
"That's right, that man was recruited by your son Dragon from the East China Sea." Seeing Garp's shocked expression, Zhan Guo felt inexplicably refreshed, and the corners of his mouth rose: "Amazing performance unprecedented."
Cap was on a mission overseas and had no idea about this.
"The news has reached the Five Elders, who told us to train him well and instill in him the idea of absolute loyalty to the World Government."
"No one likes those scumbags now." Garp retracted his surprised expression when he heard about the Celestial Dragons, took a sip of tea and asked, "Where's Drago? What is he doing?"
"Marshal Kong gave him a vacation and he spent the whole day drinking in the towns near the headquarters." Zhan Guo said, and the pen in his hand suddenly stopped.
His eyes were fixed on a task document on the table:
"What is this? A military recruitment list from Jarzburg Non-Member Country? Didn't that country just produce a war hero? Could it be that they lack the manpower to continue expanding and need help from the navy?"
Garp, who had just finished his tea in one gulp, got up immediately after hearing the news about his son and said, "I'll go see him first. Sengoku, prepare the senbei and I'll be back to eat right away."
"Who wants to prepare senbei for you, you bastard Garp!" Sengoku's thoughts were interrupted and he put the task list aside for the time being.
"I am a general now and can order you to do anything. If you disobey my orders, you will be court-martialed!"
"Oh, whatever you want. Remember to be ready." Garp's voice became farther and farther away, and he didn't take Sengoku's words seriously at all.
"Asshole!" Zhan Guo slammed his head on the desk in anger. "The world conscription will be announced soon, and you will be busy!"
late at night.
In the town on the island of Marinford——
A large number of plainclothes naval soldiers gathered here and got drunk.
"That monster new guy makes me feel like I'm not living in reality, you know?"
"Me too. I lasted four days under Chief Instructor Zefa. Four whole days. I was only 14 years old."
"Besides, he almost got Chief Instructor Zefa stabbed when he was fighting with a knife. It was terrible."
"Chief Instructor Zefa is a general!"
Dorag sat at the front desk of the tavern, looking slightly tipsy, enjoying the taste of the whiskey in his hand.
When he heard what the other soldiers on leave said, he acted calmly, as if he had already known about Arthur's amazing test results.
"Haha." Dorag suddenly smiled: "I told you that your talent will shock the entire army, right?"
"Oh, are you troubled by something? You drank so much." Cap walked in from outside the tavern and sat on the chair next to Dorag.
The drunken soldiers were all in awe when they saw Cap, and saluted him with great respect.
Cap waved for them to sit down and continued drinking and playing.
Cap also heard the comments about Arthur just now.
"Old man, are you back from the mission too?" Dorag looked at his father and felt that something was not right in the atmosphere.
Karp, who was always cheerful in front of outsiders, behaved extremely steady in front of him.
"What old man? Call me dad! Tell me, what's wrong with you? Dorag." Cap punched Dorag on the head and ordered a glass of wine from the waiter, hoping to help his son solve his troubles.
Dorag covered his head, and under the influence of alcohol, he held the glass and stared at the wine inside, and said without beating around the bush:
"Dad, tell me, what happened in the West Sea Valley of the Gods? I'm going to O'Hara tomorrow. If you don't tell me, I'll go there and check it myself."
