Chapter 21: Rising Star

Chapter 21: Rising Star

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Sengoku had decided to stop the fight right there.

He couldn't help his excitement during that entire fight, especially at the end.

Enel had managed to exceed Sengoku's every expectation, the same was true for Garp, who was expecting the fight to end after a few punches.

But the two of them weren't the only ones flabbergasted by these results. Most of the other marines that bore witness to that fight were speechless. The ones that could speak were just gushing about how amazing it had looked.

Hina's calm facade also broke for a few seconds when the fight stopped, a brilliant smile spread on her lips as she looked at Enel with amazement in her gaze.

'Hina knew he was strong... But this is something else entirely.'

She hadn't seen him in action until now, she had only ever read reports of the wounds that the pirates that Enel captured.

After interrogating a few survivors she also knew that he had some type of metal manipulating devil fruit.

She wasn't all that shocked to see Enel able to turn his staff into whatever he desired, but she was shocked at the way he had applied it.

The surviving pirates that he had fought all reported that his fighting style mainly relied on keeping his distance from his enemies and attacking with his devil fruit.

It was only now that Hina realised... The pirates Enel had fought were likely simply not worth engaging, so Enel didn't even take them seriously.

Sengoku had similar thoughts to her. He knew that Enel was at least at the level of a rear admiral just going by his achievements, maybe someone better suited to fighting large groups.

But this fight managed to somewhat contradict that, showing him that Enel was already above most Vice Admirals.

And, just going by the fight he had currently witnessed, he was likely the second fastest person in the marines, Kizaru being the only one able to surpass the speed Enel has shown.

But it did make sense to Sengoku, at least somewhat. Enel was already in his twenties or even late twenties only going by his looks alone. And he had stated that he had been training for this occasion for a while now.

Garp wasn't quite pleased that the fight was stopping, but he turned off his armament haki and crossed his arms all the same.

Enel also took a natural stance as he rested his staff on the ground.

"What's this about Sengoku! Things were just going to get more interesting..." Garp said, not knowing that his enemy was actually seconds away from losing.

"I figured that there is no need to further destroy the training grounds..." Sengoku told his old friend while looking at Enel with a proud gaze.

"It's been a long time since we've had a recruit as promising as you are..." The Fleet Admiral said while stroking his beard.

Garp himself was in a really good mood, the old marine has been trying to recruit promising young men for a while now. It was clear that he cared a lot about the Marines, so having a recruit as promising as myself would obviously make his mood skyrocket...

I feel a bit bad, both Sengoku and Garp seem to be accommodating and friendly. But I am here with a purpose. I won't be staying for long, a few months at most.

All until the War, where I will be technically betraying the trust they are putting in me.

I need to get a lot stronger if I want to face their rage after such a betrayal.

The one I'll feel the worst about betraying is Garp. The second we got back to Sengoku's office he started giving me advice on how to train my Armament Haki.

Now, advice from someone like him might as well be more valuable than gold. The old guy isn't holding back on the details at all.

Something he said also gives me a bit of perspective on the level I've reached.

"I would give you some pointers on Observation Haki, but if you can predict your opponent's movements then you're already on the right track, I have yet to reach any state of future sight, but my talent with Observation isn't very great."

I may have slightly underestimated my Observation Haki. I thought I was maybe a bit above average, at best, with only my range being enhanced by my Devil fruit.

But I guess the old Enel must've had some inborn talent with Observation Haki even before he had a Devil Fruit. Otherwise, I can't really explain how he got this much mastery over it with barely any training... Well, I guess he was using it constantly, so he did train it...

I've already received my Marine Coat, it hasn't even been a day, and I already have a justice coat draped on my shoulders.

I guess my fight with Garp must've left an impression on anyone that was present at Marineford.

Right now, I was given a room inside Marinford. This will serve as my permanent residence while I train daily for the next few weeks.

With Garp's help and guidance, I'll be able to gain some understanding of Armament Haki in a very short time. At least that's what I hope.

Sengoku also instantly gave me the manuals for the six powers. He said that usually they would be bought by each individual recruit using their respective contributions.

But he said that my contributions are already numerous, and my advancement was a bit too sudden, so I had to gain mastery of some techniques quickly.

Apparently, there is some unwritten rule about Rear Admirals having to have some mastery over at least two of the six powers, otherwise, they would be considered just honorary Rear Admirals.

Sengoku wants to solidify my position even further, so that's why he gave me all of the techniques at once, probably thinking that I'd find which suited me best faster this way.

Well... Now I have a lot of work to do. Better get to training.

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