One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 24 Black Arm Zephyr, Let Fists Speak!

That's right.

Now, Roy naturally understands this very well.

The strongest military force under the World Government is undoubtedly the Navy.

However, the navy is by no means the only military force of the world government.

Besides the navy, the World Government also has several large-scale elite forces—and the famous Supreme Commander-in-Chief 'Steelbow Kong' is the commander-in-chief of all these forces.

This includes the 'National Guard', which is responsible for suppressing bandits and defending the territories of many member states of the World Government, as well as suppressing bandits and revolutionary armies.

There is also an Aerospace Guard responsible for guarding the 'Western Summit' and ensuring the smooth flow of air routes to the Sky Island.

There is also a special patrol army responsible for patrolling the 'Red Earth' to ensure the safety of Mary Geoise.

These armies are, of course, far inferior in overall strength to the navy, and are little known in the world.

But there are still many strong individuals among them.

As for the World Government's direct forces, needless to say—this definitely refers to the World Government's direct intelligence agency 'CIPHER POL,' also known as 'CP'.

According to Smoker, all these forces will send representatives to participate in this 'military exercise'.

So at this moment, Roy was genuinely surprised—he never expected that his act of using his clone to plunder the heavenly gold would lead to this situation.

"Yeah, yeah."

Smoker exhaled a puff of smoke before nodding.

"Therefore, the scale of this martial arts exercise far exceeds that of the past, and the rules are said to be very special as well."

His words also carried a hint of fighting spirit and excitement.

"The rewards for the martial arts competition are also quite astonishing—although they can't compare to the direct selection of 'generals' through the world conscription, it's said that the winner this time can be promoted to 'general candidate' through special promotion!"

"Those in the top five positions can also be directly promoted to lieutenant general or brigadier general!"

A candidate for general, as the name suggests.

Although his military rank remained "Lieutenant General of the Headquarters", he held a special position and enjoyed the "titles" unique to generals, and his power was relatively greater.

Furthermore, as long as there is no 'world conscription' to directly select a general after the general retires.

Then the candidates for general can be promoted to general.

And every man, to some extent, yearns for fame and power.

Even Smoker believed himself to be strong enough to make a name for himself in the military exercises.

As he said this, he glanced at Roy.

"Hey, you're not thinking of getting promoted to brigadier general or lieutenant general yourself, and then making me your adjutant, are you?"

Roy immediately sensed the other party's sinister intentions.

"I don't necessarily have to do it."

Smoker didn't deny that he did have this idea: "After all, it's a military exercise, so the number of monsters participating must be extraordinary."

"Don't worry, I will never let you be in the top three."

Roy said decisively.

Smoker sneered upon hearing this: "Try it if you can do it."

While the two were arguing
“Senior Smoker.”

A voice suddenly came.

Roy snapped out of his thoughts and realized that he had unknowingly arrived at a naval training ground.

There were a considerable number of patrolling naval forces around them, and the groups of soldiers were well-disciplined and appeared to be elite.

The one speaking at this moment was a man.

He was dressed in ninja attire, with extremely long arms and legs. He held a tree branch in his hand and carried a green nodachi and a huge kunai on his back.

If it weren't for the navy uniform he was wearing, Roy would almost certainly have thought the other person was an infiltrator.

But at this moment.
[The Devil Fruit user 'Binz' has been identified]

[The Devil Fruit has been confirmed as the 'Paramecia-type, Abundance Fruit', and is currently being analyzed and stored in the 'Devil Fruit Encyclopedia'.]

[Fruit Ability - Can accelerate plant growth and manipulate plants]

[Effects at Each Level]

[LV1: Grants a minor fruit effect, which can slightly enhance plant growth speed by up to 3 times]

[LV2: Gain some fruit effects, which can greatly enhance plant growth speed by up to 10 times. Requires 8000 million/3300 million to permanently/temporarily unlock.]

[LV3: Gain all fruit effects, allowing plants to grow and mature instantly, and control them. Requires 5 million/2 million Berries for permanent/temporary unlocking]

[LV4: Fruit Deep Development, allowing for more subtle transformations and manipulations of plants, the creation of 'plant clones', and the ability to sense in sync with plants. Requires 12 billion/4 million Berries for permanent/temporary unlocking]

[LV5: Fruit Awakening - Abundant Vitality, grants the user the tenacious vitality of a plant, allows them to rebuild their body through the 'limb regeneration' of plant growth, can absorb surrounding water and life force to heal themselves, and can allow the plant to grow to a size far exceeding normal. Requires 70 billion Berries/23 billion Berries for permanent/temporary unlocking]

[Analysis progress: 0%. Upon completion, you will gain the fruit's ability at level 1]

The information from the Fruit Encyclopedia confirmed Roy's identity and also confirmed who Smoker had brought him to see.

"Binz, why are you alone—where's Ain? Where's Instructor Zephyr?"

And at this moment, Smoker's words indeed confirmed his thoughts.

Zephyr – Former Admiral of the Navy, and former Chief Instructor of New Recruits in the Navy.

He was a comrade-in-arms who enlisted at the same time as the naval hero Garp, the naval admiral Sengoku, and the naval chief of staff Tsuru.

He was once renowned throughout the seas for his powerful Armament Haki, having vanquished countless pirates and earning the title "Black Arm" Zephyr. However, disheartened by the murder of his wife and children in retaliation by pirates, he resigned as Admiral and began training new Marine recruits, nurturing numerous powerful Marines.

For example, the three current admirals, Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru, were all his prized disciples.

Incidentally, Smoker was also his apprentice, while Roy was not—after basic training, a select group of elite recruits would receive training from Zephyr.

At that time, Roy had already volunteered to serve in the detention center, so he did not have the opportunity to receive Zeff's instruction.

But clearly, Lieutenant General Bilos has now let Roy make up for his regrets.

"Ain has gone out on a mission, and as for Professor Zephyr, he went to the SSG (Naval Special Science Class) and should be back in a while."

While answering Smoker's question, the man named Binz looked at Roy and asked, "This must be Major Roy, right?"

"Yes."

At this moment, Roy also came to his senses and said hesitantly, "The instructor that Lieutenant General Bilos found for me is General Zephyr? But as far as I know, he should already be..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Binz and Smoker clearly understood him.

Four years ago, Zephyr's training fleet was attacked by pirates during a mission.

On the entire ship, most of the disciples he had painstakingly trained died, and Zefa also lost an arm and was seriously injured.

After that, he completely stepped down from his leading role.

"Yes, after that incident, the instructors haven't taught new recruits for a long time."

Binz said in a deep voice.

He was one of only two marines who survived the ship's wreckage.

"However, he and Lieutenant General Bilos are old friends, which is why he made a special exception to accept the request."

Binz simply introduced, "Come with me."

He turned and walked deeper into the training field.

Roy and Smoker naturally followed closely behind.

Soon, they arrived at a training ground that was clearly special.

The training ground was not surrounded by the usual training equipment, but by huge iron walls. At the end of the walls was a building with a unique 'Z' symbol on it.

“Professor Zephyr asked you to wait for him here. He should be back soon.”

After saying this, Binz immediately sat down cross-legged and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Roy and Smoker readily agreed.

"Don't mind him, Binz is a nice guy, he's just not very talkative because of what happened four years ago."

At this moment, Smoker surprisingly offered an explanation.

He was a rebellious guy, but he was genuinely grateful to Zephyr.

"clear."

Roy, of course, didn't care about these trivial matters.

To be precise, he was actually quite happy about it at that moment.

"Abundant Fruit. This ability is not bad. It might be surprisingly effective in some special terrains."

"It's a pity that Aion isn't here—I remember that girl was also an ability user, and her ability was quite abnormal."

Roy recalled as he watched the numbers in the Fruit Encyclopedia grow.

Ian, another survivor of the attack four years ago.

Its fruit is the 'Rewind Fruit', and its ability is to rewind the age of everything it touches—this is one of the few fruits known to Roy that touches the realm of time.

And it was precisely when Roy was thinking about how he absolutely had to get his hands on the 'Rewind Fruit' ability when he turned back.

"Oh? They're already here!?"

An aged yet still bold voice echoed throughout the training ground.

A figure stepped into the training field.

He had a resolute face, a tall and muscular build, and wore a dark purple sleeveless vest and a navy cloak.

Time and battles have left deep marks on him, but they have not diminished his aura as a top-tier expert.

What is striking is his right arm, which was severed cleanly from the shoulder, leaving only some distinctive metal components.

That was none other than 'Black Wrist' Zephyr.

"General Zephyr."

Upon seeing this former general, Roy naturally stood up to prepare to salute.

But before he could speak.

"You must be Roy, right?"

He then saw that Zefa's face had already broken into a smile.

“I’ve heard Biros mention you. He told me you’re the most promising young man in the entire detention unit. But I don’t believe words!”

As he spoke, Roy saw the former general's figure disappear from the spot with a 'whoosh'.

That was a shave—and it was faster than Roy had ever seen before!

then
"My rule here is—fist rules!"

Roy then felt the strong wind rushing past his ears.

(End of this chapter)