One Piece: Trying 200 times harder, but being too overbearing.

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Smoker gasped for breath, his gaze fixed on Loya lying in the sand. Even if Loya's Haki was stronger than his, he couldn't possibly be unharmed after being hit so many times by him.

"Ouch, ouch, that really hurts."

Loya lay sprawled on the ground, then suddenly exerted force with his palms, propelling his body straight up.

It has some effect, but it's not enough.

"Pooh!"

Loya spat out a mouthful of blood, then patted the dust off his body: "After spending several days on the warship, my body was a bit rusty, but I feel much better now."

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Smoker's gaze was deep.

This man completely defended against his attack!

"You still don't understand, do you?"

Loya calmly explained, "Whether it's basic combat strength or the intensity of my domineering aura, I'm superior to you!"

"Your only advantage over me is the power of the Devil Fruit."

"But your development of smoke, apart from increasing the attack range and the impact of punches, has almost no other benefits. On the contrary, it is full of weaknesses because of the increased size."

"The Logia type is said to be the strongest of the three types, but the smoke ability you showed is not even as good as an ordinary Paramecia type. It's really embarrassing."

"The shame of the Naturalist class, what do you think of this title?"

The shame of the natural sciences?

You bastard, I'm going to kill you!

Smoker's face was dark, his eyes blazing with anger. Every time Loya made a comment about him, a vein would appear on his forehead.

As a fellow Logia-type Devil Fruit user, he also longed to possess the terrifying destructive power to destroy the world, just like the three admirals.

But smoke itself lacks offensive power and cannot be compared with ice or lava. What can he do?

Loya felt he had gone a bit too far. If he made this guy withdrawn, he, as the base commander, would be neglecting his duties.

"Let's save the outcome for next time."

"Lu Yun, you should have books about physics, right?"

"Compile a report on the smoke, especially information on its properties and changes, and give it to Colonel Smoker."

“Smoker, you need to study hard, or you'll end up with nothing but White Fist and White Snake, which all look the same and have no interesting variations.”

"Come on!"

Loya waved his hand and turned to leave.

Smoker stayed alone on the beach until dark.

His eyes were full of confusion.

He lost this battle.

In the years since graduation, it seems like he has really been standing still!

"hateful!!!"

Chapter 107 The plan was perfect.

The next morning, at the branch training ground.

"Huh, Colonel Smoker?"

Inside the training field, Smoker dragged a huge tire and ran, training alone in silence, ignoring the stares of those around him.

His body was already covered in sweat.

The marines looked at each other in bewilderment.

What kind of wind is blowing here?

They had never seen Colonel Smoker train before, so why did he suddenly become serious as soon as Colonel Loya returned?

Could it be that he/she has been provoked?

"Hehehe, my little ones, we can't fall behind!"

Bartolomeo chuckled and deliberately led his underlings to jog slowly past Smoker, even making mocking hisses.

During Loya's absence, Smoker, as the branch leader, caused them a lot of trouble, especially regarding military discipline; in short, he made things difficult for them in every way.

Now, the chance for revenge has arrived!

"Shh, boys!"

"Kaka!"

Smoker's face was dark, and the veins on his forehead were visibly bulging.

These bastards!

Fortunately, Tashigi saw that things were not going well and quickly came over to help Smoker out of the predicament, scolding Barto and his henchmen.

"You all need to train hard!"

"Yes, Sergeant Tashigi."

Bartolomeo curled his lip. He wondered where this little vixen learned it from; every time they all made a mistake, he was the only one punished.

That's outrageous!

If it weren't for the fact that she frequently visited her mother-in-law, he would definitely have taught this little wench what cruelty was.

Hmph, I'll let her off this time.

Base Chief's Office.

Loya summoned Fombardy and Zango to inquire about the recent situation in Loguetown and also informed them of his plans to travel to the Grand Line.

"There are only two months left until the end of the year. If nothing unexpected happens, the transfer order will be issued in two months. After the New Year, we can go to the G-5 branch."

"Colonel Loya, congratulations on your promotion!"

Finnbudy was thrilled.

This transfer may seem like there's no change in position, but being able to move from the Four Seas Branch to the Grand Line is already considered a major promotion.

Once he arrived at the G-5 branch, Loya became a colonel directly under the headquarters, a completely different concept from the colonel of the East China Sea branch.

Those who followed Loya were essentially promoted.

This outcome has exceeded the path his parents had laid out for him, after all, his parents were just ordinary officers at headquarters with limited power.

"This is just the beginning; we can go much further in the future."

Loya nodded with a smile.

In fact, being assigned to a post in the Grand Line is the reward for this training camp, and it is also the main way for officers from all over the world to go to headquarters.

After the initial excitement, Finnbudy was quite puzzled.

Zango didn't understand the intricacies of the situation, but he was better informed and had long heard of the "prestige" of the G-5 branch, a forbidden area that was absolutely off-limits.

"Colonel, why are we going to G-5?"

"Well, the G-5 branch has what I need."

Loya narrowed his eyes.

With his top score, he could easily get a position at the Navy Headquarters, not to mention other G-system branches.

He wanted to go to the G-5 branch, not only because it was located in the New World and offered more opportunities to make contributions, but also because of one person.

Virgo!

Or rather, I should say the other party's location!

The number of Navy G-series branches is limited, with only 13 currently and another branch, G-14, under construction.

Aside from the notoriously bad G-5, every base commander of a G-series branch is highly sought after, with countless lieutenant generals eyeing them.

That's a powerful position, second only to the Admiral in terms of power and status!

An ordinary vice admiral at headquarters has only one personal warship and a maximum of a thousand subordinates; even Vice Admiral Garp is no exception.

Of course, Garp's reasons were that he didn't want too many constraints; otherwise, he could have easily become a general.

The base chief of the G-series branch commands at least five warships.

Take the G-5 branch as an example. It has six large warships, corresponding to six units, which means that the maximum number of personnel is 6000, and with logistics, it exceeds 10,000.

Even so, the G-5 branch was at the bottom of the G-series branches.

It is easy to imagine that the power and status of an ordinary lieutenant general at headquarters are completely incomparable to those of a G-system base commander; the difference is too great.

In addition, Vergo is the only G-system base chief that Loa knows can be overthrown, because the other party's true identity is a spy planted by Doflamingo.

All he needed to do was establish himself in the G-5 branch, secretly gather evidence of Vergo's espionage, and then eliminate Vergo once he reached the rank of major general or lieutenant general.