Big brother, I want to become the strongest pirate in the world!

Kazan began heating the steel plate in his hand, and soon the temperature of the steel plate reached seventy or eighty degrees, and then he held it still.

L: "Ouch...it's so hot, ┭┮﹏┭┮."

A: "Idiot Luffy! It's only this temperature, don't you dare cry!"

S: "It looks like it won't rise any higher, but I don't know how long it will last."

L: "Wow! Why is it shaking?"

A: "You two idiots, don't jump around like that, the board will move."

Because the three little ones were jumping around on the steel plate, the plate kept shaking, and they almost lost their balance and fell off. So they grabbed their balance and stood on the steel plate without moving.

But this meant they had to endure the burning sensation under their feet, which had turned bright red.

"Waaah... I can't hold it in anymore."

Luffy couldn't bear the pain in his feet and collapsed onto the steel plate. Although other parts of his body would be burned, his feet simply couldn't take it anymore.

After a while, Luffy rolled over so his back would be the one getting burned, while Sabo and Ace couldn't help but try to lift their legs, causing the boards to shake together.

"How can we not hold hands!"

The three of them held hands together, which barely maintained their balance.

Two minutes later, Sabo and Ace also started doing Luffy's method, flipping and rolling on the board every now and then, just like grilling meat.

Five minutes later.

"Wow!!! I can't hold back anymore, I'm going down!"

Luffy, his body already scalded red, was panting heavily as he prepared to jump off the steel plate.

"If you jump down, you've failed your third test, you little losers."

Kazan's words clearly provoked Ace, who stood up, grabbed Luffy, carried him on his back, and continued to endure the pain with his legs.

“Ace…”

"Shut up! I don't want to be treated like trash because of you!"

"I'll help you."

Sabo also stood up and used his hands to support Luffy's body, helping Ace share some of the weight, but in doing so, he also had to endure the pain with his legs.

Two minutes later, although the three little ones tried to change to a few easier positions, their faces began to contort. Ace and Sabo even had the illusion that their feet were being burned.

They were almost at their limit; in their minds, they had been standing on that steel plate for a very, very long time.

The high temperature kept scorching their willpower, but their persistence and 'ambition' made them unwilling to admit defeat.

At worst, I'll just lose these legs. I'm not afraid of death, so what...

The three children's consciousness began to blur, and Ace and Sabo were simply relying on instinct to grab onto Luffy's body.

A: "Hey... if we pass the test, let's become sworn brothers."

S: "How do you do it?"

L: "Brother...?"

A: "I heard that... once we drink the sworn brotherhood wine... we're brothers. I have some stolen wine."

S: "Then I won't go back... I'll just stay here... They won't care anyway."

L: "Um...to become...brothers."

Chapter 098 Training Begins

Actually, the three little ones only stood on the steel plate for a little over ten minutes, but they fainted from the steel plate and fell down looking like dead pigs that had been boiled in boiling water.

The next day, the three little ones woke up in the Carroso's infirmary, each with a large bandage on their foot, done by Makino, who was a little embarrassed by her bandaging skills.

"Yo! You're awake. First of all, congratulations on passing the test and officially becoming my apprentices."

"Secondly, the path I take is a rather unique dual-wielding style, which is not suitable for you. Logically speaking, I should teach you something else."

"However, your physical fitness is too poor, and you can't learn anything clearly now. The forest will better teach you combat experience, and you can learn combat methods that suit you in actual combat. For the next period of time, I will focus on training your physical fitness. We can talk about more advanced techniques when you enter the Grand Line."

"Finally, let me reintroduce myself. I am Kazan, captain of the Monster Pirates, the 'Bloody Hand Butcher,' a great pirate with a bounty of 93 million Berries. Of course, I prefer to be called an adventurer. I have a great reputation in the West Blue. People affectionately call me 'Blood Demon God,' 'Emperor Blood Slayer,' 'Strongest in the Four Seas,' 'Red God,' etc. Of course, these are just empty titles, so don't worry about them too much. You can just call me Master."

As soon as Ace, Sabo, and Luffy woke up, they looked at Kazan sitting next to them, who was reading a newspaper and rambling on and on.

"Hey! Are you trying to scald us to death?!"

"By the way, isn't your nickname 'Red Dog'?"

"Waaaaah ┭┮﹏┭┮, I thought I was going to turn into roast meat."

Kazan ignored the three children's childish ramblings and pointed to the three steel pipes on the ground: "Your water pipes were of poor quality. I used my 'failed creations' to make three new steel pipes for you. They will definitely be more durable than your previous ones, but of course they will also be heavier, so you will need some time to get used to them."

Are you going to ignore us?!

"I remember it was 'Red Dog'."

"I want to eat meat ┭┮﹏┭┮"

He keeps calling me "Red Dog," it's so annoying! Sabo, you just wait until I slit your throat!

"Shut the hell up, all of you! You only have one day off today. You're up at four o'clock tomorrow morning to train!"

After leaving those words, Kazan pushed open the door and left, ignoring the three idiots.

The next morning, at four o'clock, three noisy little kids suddenly burst into Kazan's bedroom.

"Get out of here! You're disturbing my sleep, you'd better have a death wish! Don't contact me before eight o'clock!"

The next moment, Ace, Sabo, Luffy, and their brother were kicked out by Kazan.

"Ugh! What a disgusting life!"

"Let's go check out Kazan's weapons, there are a lot of interesting ones."

"Ah! I remember now, there's a suit of armor on the basement level, it's super cool!"

Before long, the three little ones excitedly rushed into Kazan's smelting chamber, their eyes shining as they hugged the incomparably domineering Black Rhino Armor.

"Wow! This is the kind of gear a man should have! I've decided, I'll wear this and become the freest man on the sea from now on."

"Huh? This thing is obviously more suitable for me. Only I can bring out its charm."

"Hmph, don't even think about it. I've already made a deal with Kazan. If I can defeat him, the armor is mine!"

After hearing Luffy's words, Ace and Sabo exchanged a glance, silently picked up the steel pipe they had just obtained, and crept towards Kazan's room.

……

"Get over here, all of you."

Kazan stared at the three steel pipe brothers in front of him, each with a large bump on their head, and snarled fiercely.

The three little ones obediently ran up to Kazan, and then watched as Kazan pulled out various steel weapons from behind his back.

"Hey, what are you doing?! You're not going to kill me, are you?"

Ace was completely dumbfounded when he saw Kazan walking towards him with a giant steel hammer.

"What are you thinking? You think you can kill me with this?"

Within two seconds, the giant steel hammer in Kazan's hand began to melt, and before it turned into molten iron, it transformed into four steel bracers.

Kazan put the four bracers on Ace's wrists and ankles, tightening them to prevent them from falling off.

When Ace put on the four wristbands, he felt incredibly heavy all over, making it extremely difficult and strenuous to move: "Ugh, so heavy."

Subsequently, Kazan used other 'failed creations' to make wristbands, which he then put on Sabo and Luffy using the same process.

The difference is that although Luffy also wears four steel bracers, their quality cannot be compared with those worn by Ace and Sabo, after all, he is only five years old.

"From now on, you'll be wearing this thing all the time. I'm not going to take it off for you. You'll only be free when you're able to take it off yourselves."

"Hmph! Just a few iron-fisted officials."

"Eh eh eh..."

"It's so heavy, I don't want to move."

Kazan nodded at the little guys' miserable faces, then called Akin over and repeated the same steps as before, adding four steel bracers to Akin's body.

As for the weight of Akin's four wristbands, they are probably about as heavy as his pair of 'Yaksha' wristbands combined.

"Starting today, the four of you will train together."

"Tch... Just what I wanted! I'll beat you sooner or later."

"This guy is terrifying."

“Ah Jin…carry me on your back.”

Ace welcomed Argin's arrival, but before defeating Kazan, he had to defeat this guy with extremely dark circles under his eyes first!

Sabo, on the other hand, was somewhat averse to Akin, as he felt that the ruthless Akin was not compatible with him.

As for Luffy, he was indifferent to Gin; he just wanted to live a more relaxed life.

Akin: ...Hmph!

(▼ヘ▼#)

Clearly, Akin was very unhappy about being assigned to the 'kids' group by Kazan, but he was unwilling to complain, so he could only continue to sulk and work hard to become stronger so as to get rid of the group of these three brats as soon as possible.

"So, before we head into the Gorber Mountains to fight all sorts of ferocious beasts, let's have some daily training. 1000 push-ups, 1000 sit-ups, 1000 squats, and a 10-meter run every day. As long as you maintain this kind of training every day, plus the experience you gain in battle, I guarantee you'll become stronger!"

"Stop talking nonsense. I'll demonstrate how to do it for you. Finish all these tasks before noon. You can eat when you finish. Luffy is younger, so his training volume will be halved for now."

"Training begins!"

Chapter 099 Nagri

"Huh...huh..."

"I thought I was about to die."

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