"This damn thing."
"Watch me train you to death!"
The ship capsizing in the gutter almost infuriated Zephyr, who had originally intended to curb Esdeath's sharp momentum.
Now, instead, it had fueled Esdeath's arrogance.
Not only Zephyr, but even Esdeath herself hadn't expected to defeat Smoker.
Although there was a certain element of luck, combined with her knowledge from the original work, a win was a win.
"Lady Esdeath~"
After defeating Smoker, Sadi was even more excited, but Esdeath had no time for her now.
As for Ain in the corner, it was even more so; she had thought she lost due to carelessness, but she never expected Esdeath to have held back.
She didn't even use her Devil Fruit ability, so it seemed her loss was not unjust.
......
The day's training concluded.
After resting for a while back in the dormitory, Esdeath planned to take Tashigi for extra training.
However, before she could leave, two people with bags arrived at her room.
"Lady Esdeath~"
Putting her luggage on the empty bed, Sadi beamed with excitement; after much persuasion and promising to improve her scores in the assessment, the instructor finally agreed to let her move rooms.
Ain, beside her, said nothing, simply placing her luggage silently on the bed.
She wasn't trying to live with Esdeath; she was simply trying to learn Esdeath's method of becoming stronger.
As an honor student, Ain naturally had privileges, and thus, she smoothly moved in.
"Why are you two here?"
Esdeath looked at the two people in her room with some surprise.
"I'm here to learn from your experience, no other purpose." If there was an event where one tried to cover something up, Ain would be the first to do it.
"Mmm~ I just simply want to live with Lady Esdeath."
"Just say it, don't come closer!" Tashigi spread her arms, blocking Esdeath, stopping Sadi, who wanted to approach.
Esdeath was supposed to be hers alone, and now two more roommates had arrived.
"Alright! Stop messing around, Tashigi-chan, you two can get ready and meet us at the training ground."
She rubbed Tashigi's small head; she was truly too cute.
"Okay!"
"Mmm~ Got it~ Lady Esdeath~~"
Sadi seemed a bit reluctant, but Lady Esdeath said she wanted to train, so didn't that mean she could ask Lady Esdeath for guidance~
In an instant of fanciful thoughts, steam rose from her head again, lost in who knew what thoughts.
"Quick, quick, pack up, we'll catch up."
Thinking of intimate contact, Sadi, as if injected with a stimulant, quickly tidied her bed and pulled Ain towards the training ground.
Before she could even be happy!
She saw a tall figure at the training ground…
"Tsk, why is General Instructor Zephyr here? What a downer."
"Not at all, perhaps we're benefiting from it."
This time, it was Ain pulling Sadi.
...
"Yo!"
"Why are you here?"
Blinking her eyes, she looked at Zephyr in front of her; she didn't remember when Zephyr would secretly teach them training.
"Hmph, this old man comes when he wants to."
After severely punishing that boy Smoker, the more he thought about it, the angrier he got, so he came to find Esdeath.
Two figures jogged over to Esdeath's side.
"General Instructor Zephyr!"
Hearing their address, Zephyr nodded in satisfaction; this Esdeath was becoming more and more unruly, they had only known each other for a few days.
"Tsk, if you have nothing to do, we're going to start training."
This included Binz, since they had also trained together yesterday.
"Hahaha, this old man has decided to give you a reward, how about it?"
"As long as you collectively manage to hit me once in the chest, this old man will personally teach you Navy Six Styles!"
Looking at the five people in total, he wanted to teach this little girl a lesson but couldn't let her come alone, nor could he make a move for no reason.
He was offering to personally teach Navy Six Styles; even if they got beaten by him, it wouldn't be a loss, right?
Who knew that Esdeath didn't even look at Zephyr, turning to the others and saying, "What do you think? I don't care."
For Navy Six Styles, Esdeath felt it was truly dispensable.
After all, the only useful one was Moonwalk, but she could create ice and step on it to move in the air, so it was completely unnecessary.
The only thing that could attract Esdeath was the chance to observe the world's top combat power.
"Mmm~ I'll listen to Lady Esdeath~"
Sadi looked at Esdeath, who had given the choice to her and the others, and her mind began to fantasize again.
"Me, me too!"
Although very tempted, Esdeath's decision was more important, and Tashigi made her choice without hesitation.
As for Ain, although she was even more tempted, she knew that Zephyr's target wasn't her or the others, it was purely because of Esdeath, so she naturally handed the choice over to Esdeath.
Hmm… Binz the little transparent didn't have the right to speak.
"You see?"
She spread her hands helplessly; what could she do when she was so popular?
Zephyr looked at Esdeath with a face full of black lines; if he didn't beat this little girl today, he wouldn't feel comfortable.
She was truly too arrogant!
"The condition remains the same, this old man will personally teach you Haki!" He gritted his teeth as he stated his condition; he refused to believe this little girl wouldn't know a good thing when she saw it!
"Good! It's a deal!"
Before his words even fell, Esdeath smilingly agreed; this was her goal!
Otherwise, who knew when she would come into contact with Haki? Now that it was being offered on a platter, why not take it?
"Oh, so you dared to scheme against me!"
With a slight thought, Zephyr reacted, but it was clearly too late to back out now; he hadn't expected to be schemed against by a little girl.
But what needed to be reminded still needed to be reminded, so he frowned and said, "Then this old man will say this first, this teaching will only happen after your physique meets the standards, otherwise it will harm you."
"No problem at all."
The group watched the two talking; although they didn't know what Haki was, seeing their reactions, they knew they had gained something significant.
Today was truly a lucky night!
Especially Binz, who almost died of happiness; fortunately, he didn't slack off and came tonight, all thanks to Esdeath's good fortune.
"I just wonder if Esdeath still wants followers…"
"Hahaha, then go all out, don't be afraid of hurting this old man!"
He took off his Marine cloak and hung it on the nearby training equipment.
His robust physique was revealed, covered in scars from battles with pirates.
These were the things Zephyr had fought for his entire life!
"Stop, give us two minutes to discuss strategy."
Seeing Zephyr in high spirits, Esdeath quickly called a halt; rushing in without a plan was for a hothead.
Forget Haki, they would probably get a good beating!