Chapter 379: Warship Sets Sail
What the old man said was not an exaggeration. Although Vic has been practicing resistance to Tyranny recently, they still have to practice the confrontation between Armament Haki and Taijutsu before practicing, so as to achieve the effect of comprehensive training.
The old man's purpose couldn't just be to knock Vic out with a few domineering moves and call it a day. He did this on the first day just to give Vic a surprise and knocked him out with just a few moves. The rest of the time was spent on all-round training.
Therefore, he has a relatively clear idea of Victor's strength, which will only exceed the level he has seen. After all, Victor likes to hold back, and the old man had beaten Akainu not long ago, so he knows his level. Therefore, he can make an objective judgment.
And Vic himself has always been practicing with a sense of crisis, so he will never slack off in his efforts to establish himself. After all, he has not encountered an opponent who requires him to fight for days and nights, so he has free time every day.
There is also a priority for how to use this free time. Haki must be put first, followed by the development of kendo and fruit abilities.
Because Vic knows clearly that only Haki can quickly shorten the gap between him and the top strong ones. No matter how strong the fruit ability is, it is possible to be immune to Haki.
In the later stages of the swordsmanship, it will also need to rely on domineering aura to support it. In addition, Vic has already understood the essence of domineering aura, so improving it will be much easier.
Therefore, the old man believes that what Victor lacks is military merit and prestige. As long as Victor seizes this opportunity to become a navy admiral, he will only become stronger and stronger after that, and it is only a matter of time before he surpasses Akainu and others to become the strongest navy admiral.
"I'll try my best. Military achievements also depend on luck. There's nothing I can do if I don't encounter any valuable pirates. I can't just go and fight Kaido and Big Mom. I can't beat them now!"
There are still many big pirates in the New World, but not many of them have fixed territories, and those who have fixed territories are people that Vic can't afford to offend.
Some even if they have a fixed territory will constantly sail and patrol within the chassis. Like Whitebeard, they do not have a fixed location and are usually on a ship, so it is difficult to encounter them without accurate intelligence.
"It's a small problem. I'm here. I'll tell you the first time I get any news about those guys. With your speed, they can't escape! Hahaha!"
Given the relationship between Garp and Sengoku, he has free access to intelligence on the New World pirates, so he is not very worried about Victor's military achievements. Although he cannot defeat Whitebeard Kaido and the others, he can still defeat the next level pirates. He is also a great pirate and has many military achievements.
With the old man's information channels, military merit will not be a big issue. What needs to be improved at that time is the prestige in the navy.
Although his title of Thor had already spread within the navy, the story of his brilliant debut that day also spread, making him an idol for many people.
But it is not very famous in the entire ocean. Without deterrence to pirates, there is no prestige. The admirals of the navy need to be able to control the situation in any occasion.
Although it was rare that Vic had killed the legendary pirate Golden Lion, the whole sea knew that Golden Lion had lost a pair of legs when he escaped from Impel Down. He was already half disabled, so his prestige was discounted.
Also, Victor had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Kaido before, so Victor wanted to establish a higher prestige. Even if he couldn’t defeat Kaido, at least he shouldn’t be defeated by Kaido. He also wanted to have a chance to challenge the real emperor of the sea, Whitebeard, right?
Only in this way can his prestige surpass Akainu and be promoted out of turn. Victor already has a path in his mind, waiting to be separated out.
If he has too many military achievements now, it may affect the old man's reputation. After all, there are conspiracy theorists everywhere. It is very likely that his military achievements were given to him by his father. You must be on guard against others! The navy is also a place of fame and fortune. Not everyone's justice is so pure!
Afterwards, Vic asked the old man about the great pirates in the New World, preparing for future military exploits and understanding their strengths, abilities and deeds. It would be nice to listen to it as a prequel to the pirate world, and it would also help him know himself and his enemy.
The great pirates in the New World are not like Foxy. If they really have devil fruit abilities, they would not have been developed so poorly. If they had abnormal abilities of the same level as the Slow-Slow Fruit, who knows to what extent they would have been developed.
Only after the chefs had taken all the meat that could be taken from the animals did the old man give an order, and the dog-headed warship broke through the waves and headed for the next island, the Seven Water City.
All that was left was a pile of bones and animal viscera with some meat filaments. A large round hole on a reef not far away made a continuous whistling sound in the sea breeze. The lava at the bottom of the hole had long since cooled and turned black and no longer flowed.
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A dozen days later, a large naval warship was sailing on the sea, three times faster than usual, and each sail was particularly bulging.
Although it was still broad daylight, visibility on the sea was less than 100 meters. The gloomy sky seemed to have affected the huge dog head on the bow of the warship. Although it had a big bone in its mouth, the big dog looked listless.
The atmosphere on the warship was also a bit depressing, as if this kind of weather had lasted for a long time. This warship was exactly the flagship of the naval hero Garp, but the recent voyage had not been smooth and the weather had been bad, which affected everyone's mood.
"What's wrong with this weather? If you want it to rain, then rain. It's not snowing, and it's not hailing. What's the big move they're preparing for? If it keeps going on like this, I'm going to go crazy!"
Rebecca had been enduring this for many days and finally couldn't bear it anymore. She pointed at the sky and roared. It seemed that she was really holding it in.
Rebecca's roar attracted everyone's attention, but many Marines turned their heads to take a look and then turned back listlessly, looking like they were too frustrated. Only Vic and Cap ignored Rebecca.
"Rebecca! Why don't we go play cards? It's useless for you to be angry now!"
Wendy smiled bitterly and advised that although they were also feeling very uncomfortable, it was a natural weather phenomenon and there was nothing they could do.
"No more fighting! No more fighting! I'm almost sick of fighting. I really want to find someone to fight with! It's so boring!"
Rebecca held onto the side of the boat with both hands, staring blankly at the darkness in the distance, and shook her arms weakly to indicate that she didn't want to play cards anymore.
The only ones on the entire warship who can fight Rebecca are Vic and the old man. Wendy and the others can certainly fight her, but their strength is far inferior to Rebecca's and nothing can be done.