My partner in One Piece is Esdeath

The warship emerged from the bottom of the sea and docked at the dock. Annan and Esdeath sat in the bridge command room, listening to Fashion's introduction to the warship.

"Although you are all in the navy and know a lot about warships, my 'Fashion No. 1 Naval Scientific Research Vessel, which integrates voyages, exploration, and combat,' is still somewhat different from ordinary navy ships..."

Stylish points to the structural diagram of the warship.

"I have already taken you on a general tour of the warship before. Because the fuel source of this ship is people, I dismantled the fuel tank and transformed it into a storage tank. What, you mean backup fuel? It can also be used in the boiler. Burn wood, just slow down.”

"The medical cabin, storage cabin, and kitchen are here respectively." Fashion pointed to several places on the structural diagram.

"Since the original design of this ship was only for scientific research and exploration, the armament on board is not sufficient. There is only one rapid-fire gun on the deck, so the ammunition compartment is not big, but it is enough."

"But there are many non-combat cabins such as conference cabins, office cabins, living cabins, and living cabins. After all, researchers also need to relax and have fun..."

Fashion finished explaining and looked at the two of them.

"Do you have any questions?"

"It looks very powerful on the outside, but it turns out that it's almost the same as an ordinary naval warship on the inside." Esdeath said with some disappointment, "Have you brought some of the scientific products that were underground before?"

"Of course."

Fashion turned around and walked up to the command podium, "I installed a holographic projection in the command room, all cabins are air-conditioned, and sea-floor stones were installed on the bottom of the ship."

"By the way." Shifang adjusted his glasses, "The Teigu detector has been installed. It's on the outside of the ship building. There are extremely pure seastones there. People with abilities like you should not get close."

"Okay, I understand." Esdeath nodded.

"The old man said that the navy under our command will be drawn from your scientific force. When will they be in place?"

The scientific force of our headquarters is not large in number, but this ship is about the same size as a small navy warship.

The standard configuration of a small warship is 100 people, including combat personnel and logistics personnel. So we can still get it together.

"The people are all here." Fashion replied.

"Are you all here?" Annan was a little surprised. "The people we met on the ship were all those in charge of logistics and some researchers. We didn't see any of the navy personnel responsible for the battle?"

Fashion also looked at Annan with a strange expression.

"Do we need a lot of combatants on this ship? There is only one cannon. When we encounter pirates, just one of us can work part-time."

"Besides, there are still two of you on the boat."

Fashion smiled and said,

"You two are the new generation of marines who are as powerful as Admiral Kizaru. I recognized you as soon as we met."

"Huh?" Annan heard something different, "I remember that newspaper only mentioned me."

"It is true that there is only one person reported in the newspaper." Shifang said proudly, "But this kind of report cannot be taken at face value."

"At that time, I felt strange, how could the navy praise a new recruit of the navy so highly?

"So I paid more attention and read the report carefully twice. Sure enough, I discovered the secret."

"Although I have been in the scientific force, I am still somewhat familiar with the Navy's propaganda routine."

"An unknown person suddenly becomes famous, or some glory is bestowed on someone whose virtue is not worthy of his reputation."

"In cases like this, it's usually to cover up something bigger."

"According to my reasoning from the clues in the newspaper, there is only one truth!"

"You——Major Esdeath." He looked at Esdeath with a fashionable gaze.

"It's another bigger fact that the Navy is covering up."

"So, Major Annan may not be as strong as the newspapers say. But Major Esdeath is definitely not as weak as the reports say!" Fashion

"I never thought you could actually see this level."

Esdeath raised an eyebrow, "You are indeed a genius scientist of the Navy!"

"Oh, I don't dare to treat myself as a genius." Fashion waved her hand quickly, "I'll urge them to leave as soon as possible."

After saying that, he hurriedly left the command room.

"What a genius scientist? He's obviously just a weirdo." Annan complained.

"Being able to think things through is one of the characteristics of a genius." Esdeath said.

"But you have to work hard." Esdeath smiled and patted Annan on the shoulder. "The title of the strongest new generation of the Navy rests on your head. You are now a genius."

"No, please spare me." After hearing this, Annan's face looked like he had eaten bitter melon, and he could already think of an endless stream of challengers running away to challenge him for a duel.

"But you don't have any objections to me stealing your title?"

Annan turned to ask Esdeath.

"No."

Standing up slowly, Esdeath stretched, then turned to look at Annan, who had the words "I don't believe it" written all over his face.

Annan felt a little surprised when Esdeath said he had no objection.

Over the years of getting along with Esdeath, Annan knows her character very well. Her attitude towards honors and credits has always been "I can take it away, but you can't give it away."

But the girl who used to be strong would now give up the honor that was hers so easily, which made Annan feel that Esdeath had become a different person.

"You..." Annan asked tentatively.

But before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Esdeath.

"I know what you are going to say." Esdeath walked up to Annan and stopped him.

"When I first saw the newspaper, I was really angry." Esdeath sat down next to Annan.

"I'm thinking, I'm obviously better than you, and I put in more effort than you when we competed with the old man. Why do you get praise from others, but I don't?"

Annan looked at Esdeath who lowered her head, opened her mouth, thought for a moment without speaking, and listened quietly to her continued words.

"Until we met that Shichibukai, it seemed it was the Shichibukai. His title was taken away from him with just one statement."

"I knew it then."

Esdeath grabbed Annan's arm excitedly.

"Those titles and honors are all fake. They will be lifted if others say they are lifted. Only your own strength is eternal."

"After I arrived at the headquarters, I fought against the old man, Mr. Zefa, and General Akainu. I can feel the gap between me and the top combat power of the navy. They all have something worth learning from me."

Esdeath waved her fist.

"So, Annan, we have to work hard to become stronger."

"Stronger..."

Annan's ears almost sounded numb when it came to words like "become stronger" and "powerful".

"Um... Esdeath, you keep talking about being powerful. How do you define the power you are talking about? Or what is its scope?" Annan asked weakly.

"How do you define it?"

Esdeath touched her chin, thought for a moment, and said seriously:

"Being able to defeat the Four Emperors and the Shichibukai at the same time is considered powerful."

"???"