My partner in One Piece is Esdeath

"Don't you have any reaction?"

Esdeath crossed her arms and looked at Annan in surprise.

"I thought you would be shocked. Or think I was crazy and talking nonsense."

"How could what you said be nonsense?"

Annan took out a cigar from his coat pocket and slowly lit it with the flame on his finger.

"If you want to survive on the sea, you must strive to become strong. There is no problem with strong justice."

"I'm just wondering how far you are from your goal now."

He has never seen Esdeath's strength, or in other words, its true strength.

The assessment at the end of the elite training class only tested the results of learning during this period. As for the final sparring, it did not reach the level of a life and death battle. Although they got the upper hand in the end, both of them restrained themselves and limited the fight to The skills were level A, and those ultimate moves and killing moves were not used, and in the end it became a matter of fighting for physical strength together.

But Annan knew that Esdeath was stronger than him. Although he could sometimes defeat Esdeath in the South China Sea, as Annan's strength improved, he suddenly understood that the previous victory was all intentional by Esdeath. It was caused by leaving something alone...

But now, Annan's feeling about her real strength is: strong, but she can't feel how strong she is.

Well, that's right. Although she has been partnered with Esdeath for a long time, Annan still has not discovered her true combat power.

When he first started sparring with her, he couldn't beat her, but as the number of times increased, Annan could feel that the gap between him and Esdeath was shrinking.

However, Esdeath is also constantly growing. Whenever Annan learns the lessons from the last time, he is confident enough to challenge her again. The result was the same failure as always. It feels like I'm just one step away from Esdeath, but I can't catch up.

Later, the two became lieutenants and began to lead people on cruises at sea.

Annan originally thought that he could deduce Esdeath's strength from those pirates, but...

The East China Sea is the weakest sea among the four seas, but the pirates in the South China Sea are not that strong.

If you encounter pirates while cruising, you can use artillery to sink them. If you are stubborn and want to join the fight, fine, I will satisfy you.

Although Annan and Esdeath alone could defeat the pirates, Esdeath had always believed that if they took care of everything, the low-handed navy's path to becoming stronger would be cut off.

So whenever a pirate ship wanted to come close to fight, the navy under their command would fight with them. The two of them would just watch and go over to help if their lives were in danger.

Naturally, there are those who are strong-minded and those who are flexible-minded. What do those people want to do? To capture the thief, capture the king first. They want to control the officers as hostages.

This is good, this is great. Any pirate who can think of this is considered wise, and his strength should not be bad.

But Annan ignored another point.

Esdeath is very strong, but the first impression she usually gives people is that she is beautiful and has a good figure. To be more specific, she was recognized as the flower of the navy at the Nanhai Branch Navy dinner party.

But it would not be considered a powerful and dangerous monster.

Therefore, the pirates relied on the stereotype and believed that Annan was a useless navy who sailed out just to pick up girls and beat Annan when he came up.

Capture the thief...capture the king first?

Annan could only draw his saber and fight against the pirates.

Of course Esdeath wouldn't help, just watching from the side. Any pirates who took the opportunity to do bad things to her were turned into pieces as soon as they got close.

Just like a certain bald man who only punched his enemy once, Esdeath could only use one move against the pirates he encountered.

A weak one can be solved with one move, and a strong one can be solved with one move. You just say she is strong, but you can't tell how strong she is exactly.

Fortunately, the 24th branch of the Navy where they are located is one of the few large branches in the South China Sea. The Apple Island where they are stationed is a good place with four routes and dozens of waterways. It is equivalent to the shampoo land of the South China Sea. Pirates heading for the Grand Route Half of it has to go through here, and it benefits from the fact that there is a big dog owner next to it.

An ordinary branch usually only has about three hundred people, but the 24th branch has nearly a thousand people...

Pass it on! Navy Captain Byron is self-respecting and wants to take down the world government within eight hours!

Doesn’t the Navy Headquarters care about this serious over-staffing and military expansion?

Admiral Sengoku was from Nanhai, so he sent Admiral Qingzhi, who was also from Nanhai, to investigate.

Qingzhi rode his bicycle to find Colonel Byron, a fellow countryman and comrade-in-arms, to learn about the situation.

Finally came to the conclusion:

Branch 24 has too many people and completely insufficient weapons and supplies. We need to give them more funds and supplies.

I took care of it, but not completely.

The greater the ability, the greater the strength. After the 24th branch became the largest force in the South China Sea, it would naturally attack the surrounding pirates and even enforce the law across regions.

Starting three years ago, with the tacit approval of the headquarters, the South China Sea Navy conducted several major encirclement and suppression campaigns against pirates, greatly reducing their number.

It was during this period that the two of them encountered some powerful and dangerous enemies.

But when fighting the opponent, Annan was almost beaten to death and knocked unconscious. Esdeath came to help him out. When he woke up, the battle was over.

Esdeath did this for a purpose. Only the battle between life and death can inspire more potential.

One thing to say, it is indeed useful. Annan's talent was fully demonstrated. Of the two, he was the first to awaken his Haki and surpassed Esdeath in swordsmanship. At that time, Annan felt that he would soon be stronger than Esdeath.

But Esdeath is Esdeath after all, and in the battle a few days later, Armed Haki and Overlord Haki were awakened.

I can't beat him at all this time.

After awakening their domineering power, the strength of the two began to rise rapidly, and the scope of their sparring became wider and wider. Annan saw that there was no hope of defeating Esdeath, so he began to hesitate.

But just not sparring with Esdeath, the usual training is still as usual.

After a period of time like this, I got involved with the Ice and Fire Island incident, ate the fruits of Vegapunk's magic modification, and came to the headquarters.

So far, Esdeath's strength has become increasingly unclear.

"It's far from the target." Esdeath thought for a while, "I told the old man about this. He said that if I quit the navy now, I can turn the Shichibukai into the Hachibukai. It should be far from the target. "