Basic - Rokushiki - Haki

"In addition to being a symbol of peace and justice, Marineford is also the most solid backbone for all marines." Commodore Morgan said with great pride and pointed to the crowded town, "Countless family members of the marines live here in the safest place in the world. It is the best way for the Marine to ensure those who use their lives to uphold justice!"

Longinus nodded his head. Indeed, in this chaotic and disorderly world, Marineford could certainly claim to be the safest place in the world.

Even if two years ago, Shiki alone broke into the Marine Headquarters and destroyed nearly half of the place, but still can not erase the people who want it in their minds.

Moreover, those soldiers who joined with passion, aside from aspiring for justice, which is the most simple and innocent goal, their biggest dream is to send their families to Marineford so that they can be free from the strife of war.

"The square over there is enough to hold a terrifying force of 100,000 people. Every five years, a grand parade is held there to announce to the world the power of our marine force to deter those evil pirates with bad motives!"

"This side is the daily training grounds which are divided into the ordinary ones and the officer ones. It is not to make any disparity. It is because the officers are so powerful in terms of the damage that if they are not separated, they will easily cause mischief to those ordinary soldiers."

"However, to satisfy the curiosity and aspire of those ordinary soldiers, they installed an observation deck purposely at a more distant place. It is why you can come to this place more often in the future. You may even be able to see those Rear Admirals and Vice Admirals fighting, which will help broaden your horizons and insight."

"Lastly is your boot camp, and I won't tell you about the sites and facilities or other things. You'll soon know for yourself when you get in. I'll mainly tell you again about a rough process after entering the boot camp."

"First of all, you will stay in the boot camp for the full three years. There will be two tests, the promotion test, and the graduation test. It should be well known. If you fail the promotion test, you can repeat the grade. If you do not pass the next year, you are ready in the next year, and your last... related to the World Government. It is not strange to see too many repeaters."

"The first year mainly is for you to strengthen your basic skills, whether physical, swordsmanship, marksmanship or fruit abilities. They are all related to a strong physique. It is the most foolish to want to reach the sky in one step the way it is."

"Because the first year is rather a leisure, those instructors in the headquarters who are experienced will offer some other courses, such as navigation, naval warfare, diplomacy, etc. After all, you will all have your own warships in the future. As leaders, you need to know a lot more than just fighting."

"Of course, these courses in the first year are actually optional for you, Longinus-san!"

"Isn't there a course for the capture of pirates?" Longinus was quite curious. In the memory of the foreign soul, wasn't the new cadet in a situation usually should meet with first blood to give them a good warning?

After that, through the blood and tears, the Marine began to develop his legendary life?

"There is no such thing as gentle in the real war. If you are thrown into battle at the start, it is not training but murder. This first year is also to give you a process of gradual familiarity."

Longinus nodded his head. After all, the Marine is not a pirate nor the CP that could throw them into the bloody massacre just to make them realize the so-called cruelty.

If they did it after a period of teaching, it would be possible to do this. But to let the recruits experience real war without teaching them is indeed the same as murder.

What's more, the chief instructor of the boot camp is also known as "non-killing" Admiral Zephyr, who will not even kill pirates. How can he let his trainees gain insight into death?

He may be strict, but never cruel!

"From the second year, you will follow Admiral Zephyr to capture the pirates. Those pirates are not like the rookies you dealt with when you were in the branch. At least all of them have a bounty of over 100 million. Even many of them have a bounty of 400 or 500 million."

"Although those ruthless bastards must not be yours to deal with, but those who are under the great pirates are not weak ones. The battle between them could become fatal indeed!"

"Therefore, in this process, the instructors of the boot camp will teach the proper skills based on your strengths."

"A strong physical fighter like you, Longinus-san, will be granted the right to practice Rokushiki of the Marine."

"In fact, the first year of basic training is also to prepare for the practice of Rokushiki, which are physical techniques that surpass the limits of human physical ability. It is simply not possible to practice them without a solid and firm basis."

Commodore Morgan took a break, then continued, "As for the third year, you should be sent down to the branch internship in the four seas. Only those who perform well will be approved for the final graduation test."

"Now, you should know why I said at the time that Captain Hughes is very good at it. It is impossible to graduate smoothly from boot camp if you are not good at all. The graduation rate of a class of cadets is one out of ten or two at best!"

With that, Commodore Morgan quickly patted Longinus' shoulder, "Of course, these are actually not problems for you, Longinus-san. After all, even among those third-year seniors, there is no way anyone will be your match."

"No one will be flawless. The same way no one will be useless." Longinus shook his head and said with a serious look, "I never take anyone lightly and never think highly of myself. There must be many more things in this camp that I should learn to explore."

Commodore Morgan was stunned and said rather ashamed, "It is true that I thought wrongly. Perhaps this humble and calm mind is the source of your strength, Longinus-san!"

"By the way, there is one thing I almost forgot to say, Longinus-san. Do you know about the presence of Haki?"

"I know that." Longinus said honestly, "It is said that Haki is the innate ability of human beings. It is only hidden in the body and requires constant effort to develop it."

"That's right, there's even a saying spread in the New World, 'Those who know Haki won't always be strong, but those who are strong will definitely use it!'"

"I brought this up on purpose to tell you that you must pay the best possible focus on the practice of Rokushiki. Because, in a sense, Rokushiki was created to unleash the power of Haki better."

"In previous boot camps, there was actually a very crucial course in the third year, which was the training of Haki. It's just a pity that even with the traction of Rokushiki, few people can grasp that supreme power with only two years of buildup. It also makes the practice of Haki only scratch the surface."

"But you are different, Longinus-san. With your talent, you can fully grasp duo Haki within the boot camp. You should know that Admiral Zephyr is known as 'Black Arm' Zephyr because he is the master of Busoshoku Haki. It would be a pity to miss his guide! "