Chapter 468

"Aren't you nervous?"

Smoker couldn't help asking.

"What good would nervousness do?"

"Besides…"

"I wasn't nervous when I fought that monster, Whitebeard the Second."

Lu En gave Smoker a cool glance.

He had figured it out.

Smoker was extremely nervous!

Trying to ease his inner tension through conversation.

But…

The more Smoker talked with Lu En, the more nervous he became.

"Damn it!"

"Why am I even talking to that monster, Lu En?"

"Isn't this just hurting my pride?"

Soon, Smoker realized how foolish his earlier behavior had been.

While waiting among a group of trainees.

Finally—

Someone was coming!

But,

To everyone's surprise,

The arrival was not Zefa!

But rather…

Another famed Marine Vice Admiral.

A tall, thin man dressed in a flowing black coat, with curly hair and a deep purple headband, looking as lazy and listless as a stranded fish.

This man, of course, was Kizaru!

"Kizaru? What's he doing here?"

Lu En was baffled.

With Kizaru's arrival, the other trainees also felt surprise and tension.

"Vice Admiral Kizaru has arrived."

"Vice Admiral Kizaru is swamped with duties—how could he have time to come to our Training Ground One?"

"No one knows."

Everyone was speculating.

After arriving at the training ground, Kizaru sat lazily on a stone bench not far away, with no intention of approaching the trainees closely.

This strange behavior made each trainee glance at one another, utterly confused.

Then,

The second Marine Vice Admiral arrived.

It was Borsalino, another Vice Admiral of the Marine Headquarters infamous for his laziness.

"Oh, Kizaru, you're here too?"

From afar, Borsalino spotted Kizaru and waved casually in greeting.

"You came to take a look too?"

"At that monster's strength?"

Kizaru glanced at Borsalino and instantly saw through his intent.

Just like him…

Today's visit was purely to see one specific person.

If it were just that ordinary group of trainees, they certainly wouldn't warrant such a special visit.

Only that monster,

had the stature to make Kizaru and Borsalino go out of their way.

"Sakazuki's here too."

At that moment, Borsalino's eyes flickered as he spotted a man in dark red robes standing in the distance—expressionless, stern, radiating overwhelming pressure.

Sakazuki arrived, didn't greet Borsalino or Kizaru, but found a spot on his own and sat down, his eyes cold and emotionless as he surveyed the group of trainees.

Finally,

His gaze settled firmly on Lu En.

With the arrival of these three Marine New Era monsters—Vice Admirals—every trainee, including Smoker, felt intense tension.

These three Vice Admirals were all names that rang like thunder in their ears!

Sakazuki, Kizaru, Borsalino!

All three were top-tier Marine combatants, among the greatest monsters of this sea.

"W-what the hell?"

"What's going on here?"

"Why did Vice Admiral Sakazuki come too?"

"For some reason, ever since Vice Admiral Sakazuki arrived, I've suddenly felt an overwhelming pressure crashing over me."

Even though they were so far away, Admiral Sakazuki's aura was still terrifying.

All three monster admirals have arrived—what on earth did Master Zefa gather us here for today?

There's no way they'd all come together for no reason.

…

One by one, the trainees felt uneasy.

"Hm?"

"All three of them came?"

Lu En's eyes glinted with sharp light.

He was certainly not unfamiliar with these three.

The future Navy Three Great Admirals!

The future top-tier combatants of the seas, the Marine Headquarters Admirals.

Even now, as admirals, all three already possessed the strongest combat power in the seas—possibly even stronger than Zefa!

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Not long after.

To the shock of all the trainees…

They also saw.

The figure of Captain Kapu!

"What the hell?"

"Even Captain Kapu came?"

"This!"

A group of trainees were stunned.

After Kapu arrived,

he walked over to Kizaru and Aokiji's side.

For a moment,

even Kizaru, the lazy fellow, was visibly intimidated by Kapu's aura and slightly tempered his slouching demeanor.

He awkwardly offered a greeting: "Captain Kapu, you've come too?"

"What? Can't the old man come?"

Kapu rolled his eyes.

After a pause,

he said bluntly: "Senji and the others are coming too—they're still behind."