Chapter 548 Exposed
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"Bang! Bang!"
Zefa's eyes focused, and he knocked Vergo away with his knee. At the same time, he turned around and elbowed Ajin who was about to launch a sneak attack from behind!
"Boom!"
After falling to the ground in a mess, the two men climbed up "with difficulty", panting more heavily than each other.
"Hey kid, why don't you use your full strength?"
Zefa asked suddenly after he stopped.
Ah Jin's pupils shrank, and he thought to himself, could it be that his acting was too exaggerated? He was actually seen through by the other party at a glance! He was about to open his mouth to explain when he heard Zefa continue to ask.
"With the speed I was using just now, you should have been able to react to this knee strike! Why did you take the initiative to attack me when you were clearly ready to dodge?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Zephyr, I just wanted to see if I could block the attack of the admiral of the navy! It turns out that I was too naive!"
Vergo scratched his head and smiled bitterly.
He looks harmless, honest and simple.
"May I have your name!"
"Teacher, my name is Brother Weier!"
When the students heard Zefa asking Vergo's name, they all understood that this was a way of expressing recognition, and they all cast envious glances at him.
Hearing this name, Ajin on the side stroked his chin and looked carefully at the mushroom-headed boy in front of him, feeling as if he had heard this name somewhere before.
"Virgo, right? Good, I'll remember that."
Zefa nodded when he heard that, then turned to look at Ajin and scolded him loudly.
"And you, idiot, you had a good chance to attack but you didn't act decisively. Instead, you kept talking nonsense and couldn't attack until you finished reciting the name of the move? Are you afraid that the enemy won't be able to react in time?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Zefa! I'll be more careful next time!"
Ajin apologized casually, but felt relieved in his heart, because it turned out that the person who was talking about him was not him.
Hearing someone being scolded, the other students couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at? Was he the only one who was yelling during the attack just now?"
Zephyr reprimanded harshly.
Everyone quickly shut up.
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The training content of the first day was very simple. Everyone was beaten up by Zefa, under the pretext of understanding their strength for better teaching.
When the training finally ended, except for those who were unable to move and were carried away on stretchers by medics, everyone else ran as fast as they could, just wanting to escape from this horrible training ground as quickly as possible.
Ajin took a leisurely shower, changed into clean clothes, and walked slowly towards the cafeteria.
Since the training camp is located in the mountains behind the Marineford Naval Base, one needs to walk a mountain road from the training ground to the cafeteria.
As the sun set in the west, Ajin hummed a little tune and walked alone on the dim forest path.
This is the back garden of the Navy Headquarters. If someone could rob people here, he would definitely be a bandit king who is more powerful than the Pirate King. Next to it is where the military families live, so there won't be any dangerous beasts such as jackals, tigers, and leopards in this piece of woods left for greening. Even if there are, Jin doesn't need to be afraid.
"Shh!"
Suddenly, a sound of breaking air came from above his head, and Ajin quickly dodged to the side!
Then I heard an explosion next to my ear!
"Boom!"
When the smoke and dust cleared, the place where he had just stood had turned into a deep pit! A tall figure slowly walked out of the pit.
This way of debuting?
Ajin couldn't help but think of someone.
"What are you doing, Mr. Zephyr?"
After seeing who was coming, Ajin couldn't help but frown and asked, his body already honestly put into a fighting posture.
"Hehe, I just got curious and wanted to test how much strength you have hidden! I didn't expect you could dodge this speed so easily! It seems that you have awakened your Observation Haki."
Zephyr said while staring straight into Jin's eyes.
"What is Observation Haki? I am just born with the ability to sense danger. But Mr. Zefa, your testing method is too... scary. If the student had reacted a little slower just now, wouldn't he have been beaten to death on the spot by you?"
"Humph, I know my limits. Aren't you still fine?"
Zefa said as he took out a piece of paper and began to read.
"Name: Jin, Age: 17, Born on Exmo Island in the East China Sea. Both parents died when pirates raided the village. When he was a few years old, he spent some time as a captive on a pirate ship. Later, he was rescued by a group of adventurers..."
"I joined the 158th branch of the East China Sea Navy a year ago. In less than a year, I fought against pirates with bounties exceeding 1 million 13 times, including two pirates with bounties exceeding 2 million. The result of the battles: 13 wins! And none of the 13 pirates survived!"
"The report says that both sides were evenly matched, and the pirates resisted resolutely to the end. The battle was extremely brutal, and in the end the pirates died of their injuries. Now it seems that they were all crushed and slaughtered by you unilaterally, right?"
"Jin boy, you are not as simple as you appear! Tell me, why do you hide your strength, and what is your purpose in joining the navy?!"
Zefa narrowed his eyes as if trying to see through the outstanding young man in front of him.
Ajin was not afraid at all, his eyes did not dodge, and he just stared at Zefa.
Although his motives for joining the navy were impure, he has never done anything to harm the interests of the navy. On the contrary, his contribution in resolutely combating pirates far exceeds that of most navy members, so he has no guilty conscience at all.
"You are indeed Mr. Zefa. It is really a pipe dream to try to hide things from your eyes!"
Ajin said with a smile.
"Stop flattering me. I won't take it. Answer the question quickly."
Zefa said seriously.
"Teacher Zefa, you asked so many questions at once, I don't know which one I should answer first?"
Ajin scratched his head and said.
I'm ready to run away immediately if I can't get away with it.
"Okay, let's go through the questions one by one."
Seeing that Ajin was still calm, Zefa's attitude also improved a little. In fact, he also hoped in his heart that the other party could give a reasonable explanation to convince himself. It would be a pity if such a good seedling was really an enemy that needed to be pinched out.
"So first question, why did you join the Navy?"
"For justice!"
Ajin answered without hesitation.
Zefa's mouth twitched and he clenched his fists and said.
"Forget it, I think I'd better call first and ask later!"
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(Happy Children's Day!)