In the distance, on a high ptform hidden from the cadets' view, a group of instructors stood silently, the fight.

  Gaji stroked his , looking smug."Hina did well. As expected of someone who has battled powerful pirates!"

  "Still, she got careless at the end. If not for her Logia powers, she might have lost the fight..."

  The other instructave Gaji disdainful looks but couldn’t help quietly aowledging her skill.

  This guy... Is he actually learning to be subtle?Maybe being a sycophant really make someone grow up.

  Just then, Zephyr stepped forward. Kuzan strolled zily behind him, watg the cadets with casual curiosity.

  Kuzan wasn’t there for anything serious—just to enjoy the show.

  Zephyr addressed Gaji, "You’re wrong. Hina’s evasion was executed beautifully."

  The other instructors looked fused, except for Kuzan, who seemed to cat.

  Seeing Kuzan’s expression, Zephyr chuckled. "Why don’t you expin it to them?"

  Kuzan nodded."Hina didn’t use her Logia ability as a rea to getting hit. She predicted the attack using Observation Haki and transformed preemptively to avoid it."

  "Her teique isn’t perfect yet—she couldn’t evade all of it—but it’s already impressive."

  This drew parallels for Kuzan to his own experience. During the Marineford War, he had used a simir method to avoid Whitebeard’s devastating naginata attack.

  "If Hina hones her Observation Haki to a level where she foresee the future, bined with her Logia ability, she could evereat unscathed against an admiral someday."

  The instructors, now uanding, nodded in agreement. But their gazes turned hostile taji.

  Seriously? This guy not only has a Logia user under him but also a Paramecia who utilize elemental transformations.A’s not fet that Smuy, who might be even stronger.

  Unfair!

  Zephyr puffed on the cigar Smoker had given him. It wasn’t the best quality—slightly harsh ohroat—but it suited his taste. He wasn’t a fan of overly smooth smokes anyway.

  "Three months in, and the differences in ability are starting to show. The more capable cadets are ready to learn the Six Powers as a foundation for Haki training."

  "How many Devil Fruit users do we have among them?"

  Hina’s fellow instructor, Onigumo, stepped forward."We did a t a few days ago. There are 27 Devil Fruit users among the cadets."

  Out of over 200 cadets, 27 were ability users—a remarkable proportion. Even Kaido’s crew, striving to build a force of all-Devil Fruit users, couldn’t achieve suumbers, even with the help of Smile fruits.

  Zephyr nodded in approval."Let them know this: from now on, they’ll train with you all during the day. At night, they’ll join me in the special training hall for personalized instru."

  Hearing the words special training hall and personalized instru, the instructors visibly flinched.

  Kuzan and the two ability-user instructors eveheir knees weaken momentarily.

  The group quickly so attention, shouting in unison, "Yes, sir!"

  That evening, 27 young cadets stood in the dimly lit training area uhe pitiful gaze of their fellow trainees.

  Despite knowing the special training would be grueling, most of them were filled with a mix of excitement and nervous anticipation.

  Smoker pulled Hina aside, shielding the others behind him.

  The so-called training room wasn’t a room at all but an open-air field surrounded by tall, imposing walls. Uhe gring lights, the floor and walls shimmered with a cold, metallic sheen.

  "Is this... special steel?" Smoker muttered in shock.

  He recalled hearing about it from the Sce Division. Developed by Vegapunk, this high-strength steel was sed only to Seastone in durability.

  If he wasn’t mistaken, the same material had beeo create the walls and Pacifistas that had held off Whitebeard’s forces during the Marineford War.

  While Smoker was lost in thought, Zephyr desded dramatically, nding in the ter of the training field.

  "Wele, brats..."

  The cadets quickly lined up."Zephyr-sensei!"

  Zephyr wasted no time."You are Devil Fruit users, the future pilrs of justice! That’s why I’ll be personally overseeing your training from now on."

  "For today’s session, we’ll begin with your first and most important lesson!"

  Zephyr took a step forward, and an overwhelming aura exploded from his presence.

  All the cadets froze, their faces paling as though a massive, a beast had appeared before them.

  Just standing in his presence made their bodies stiffen, their breathing bored, as if a mountain was crushing their shoulders.

  This wasn’t queror’s Haki—this ure killing i, honed from years of battle and bloodshed.

  “When I teach, I don’t waste time with words. As speak louder.”

  “e at me with the io kill!”

  Without warning, Zephyr raised his leg and unleashed a ferocious kick.

  A massive, azure bde of wind swept across the training ground, c almost the entire area.

  “Are you kidding me?!”

  The cadets were shocked.He really just attacked without any warning?!

  Scrambling to react, they each dispyed their unique abilities to avoid the attack.

  Some transformed into hybrid animal forms, their speed and strength increasing enough to narrowly escape. Others turheir bodies into spheres, boung away in all dires to evade the razor-sharp wind.

  Three swordsmen, however, had a differeion.

  Their eyes burned with determination. They were disciples of Gion and had faced such wind bdes before.

  A bde is still a bde. It be cut!

  Sharing a ghe three charged forward, swords raised.

  Their bdes cshed against the wind bde with a resounding g.

  The moment their swords met the wind, their faces twisted in shock.

  It didn’t feel like cutting through air—it was like smming into a massive warship.

  The sheer force shattered their swords instantly ahem flying backward.

  If not for their experieraining under Gion and their quick reflexes to release their swords, they would have suffered broken arms. As it was, they were left sprawled on the ground, uo move.

  Smoker and Hina exged gnces, stunned.

  “Is this really the same Zephyr-sensei who sparred with us on the warship?”

  “That wind bde… it’s beyond anything I could imagine,” Hina muttered. “It’s not just its size. Tempest Kick is supposed to slice, but Zephyr-sensei's attack carried the force of a sledgehammer. It’s terrifying...”

  Zephyr burst into ughter.“Not bad, kids. You mao dodge. Now, let’s take this up a notd settle it with our fists!”

  “But don’t worry—I’m not a monster. I won’t use Haki against you adorable brats!”

  The cadets collectively thought, You don’t need Haki to destroy us!

  The Zoan users shifted into their most powerful hybrid forms, while the Paramecia users readied themselves, their powers charged.

  Even Smoker tensed up, his face serious.

  He was nervous. Against someoh such overwhelming physical prowess, even his smoke-based abilities could only do so much.

  “Hina, keep your Observation Haki at full focus. Don’t let yuard down!”

  “Uood!”

  The moment the words left her mouth, Zephyr vanished.

  In the blink of an eye, he reappeared before an Armadillo Zoan user and delivered a devastating punch that sent him flying dozens of meters. The cadet smmed into the wall and colpsed, unscious.

  Nearby, a Goril Zoan user reacted quickly, lunging at Zephyr and log him in a vice-like chokehold.

  Zephyr didn’t resist, letting the cadet’s massive arms tighten around his neck.

  “Hmm, det strength...”

  At that moment, a feline cadet with razor-sharp cws leaped into the air and sshed at Zephyr’s chest with all her might.

  Her cws ected but left only five faint white marks.

  “Impossible!” she excimed in disbelief.

  Zephyr smirked. “There’s nothing impossible about it.”

  With a twist of his arms, he easily broke free from the goril’s hold as if untying a loose knot. Then, grabbing the cadet by the arms, he swung him like a fil, smming him into the feline cadet. Both were knocked out cold on impact.

  The remaining cadets gasped audibly.

  If the swordsmen uimated him and suffered for it, these three were simply outcssed.

  The trio came from the West Blue, known for their synergy—one specialized in speed, another in strength, and the st in defeogether, they were formidable.

  Ahey had beeed in an instant.

  Zephyr stood among the fallen, smiling calmly, waiting for the wave of attacks.

  The remaining cadets, however, were paralyzed with fear, their expressions tense as they kept their distance, unsure how to proceed.

  “No volunteers?” Zephyr asked, sing the group. His eyes finally nded on Hina.

  “Well the’s start with you, Hina!” he said with a grin.

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