Eleven years ago, after Rosinante's pleading, Law ultimately joined the Marines.
Moreover, because Rosinante entrusted him to Sengoku, Law did not stay at headquarters like the other new recruits. Instead, he directly became Garp's disciple.
After eleven years of hellish training and accumulated military achievements, Law had successfully risen to rear admiral over the past two years.
And that was despite the World Government's suspicions regarding Law's identity as a descendant of Flevance, which had made his promotions extraordinarily difficult.
"Open your eyes, Sengoku. Look at what you are all doing now. The Marines have already gone down the wrong path!"
"Damn it... You bastard, have you forgotten that your family was killed by pirates? Have you forgotten your childhood dream of becoming a hero? Have you forgotten Garp, Tsuru, and the declaration we made together to fight pirates?"
Sengoku's eyes were bloodshot as he roared furiously into the Transponder Snail.
His voice resounded through the sky above Marine Headquarters. Before long, high-ranking officers rushed over from all directions and gathered outside the office.
The Marine officers currently in high positions were almost all Zephyr's students. With grave expressions, they listened to the Transponder Snail.
"You're the ones who have forgotten, Sengoku! Are the Marines of today truly carrying out justice?"
Zephyr was currently on Raijin Island.
He looked at the island's flourishing prosperity and the happy, joyful expressions on the residents' faces, then compared them to some of the countries in the first half of the Grand Line.
It made an even deeper impression on him.
"Sengoku, I have never betrayed the justice in my heart. At any rate, I am an old man who has lived for decades. I understand my current situation very clearly. I know exactly what I'm doing right now!"
Zephyr raised his head and looked at the clouds in the distance. Thinking back to the days when he had fought alongside Sengoku, Garp, and the others, his expression became somewhat dazed for a moment.
"So, Sengoku, the next time we meet, let us face this so-called 'Marine justice' head-on!"
"Bastard!!!"
"Click."
After hanging up, Zephyr let out a long breath.
Previously, although he had left the Marines and founded the Neo Marines, that was still a kind of Marine force, and it still had a certain connection to Marine Headquarters.
This time, however, Zephyr had chosen to join the Raijin Pirates. That was an official declaration that he had completely broken with the Marines and the World Government.
In truth, Zephyr felt extremely terrible inside as well.
In the future, when the Raijin Pirates and the World Government fought their decisive battle, he would inevitably have to face his former comrades-in-arms and the disciples he had trained. Just thinking about fighting them made Zephyr's heart feel deeply conflicted.
But...
He did not regret it!
Zephyr's left hand grabbed his right arm.
That's right—his right arm.
After he and Issho arrived at the Raijin Pirates, Thunder Emperor Roy personally received him.
And with that miraculous golden light, not only did Roy heal the hidden injuries that had remained inside Zephyr's body after a lifetime of battle, as well as the asthma that had tormented him constantly, he had even regrown Zephyr's right arm!
In addition, the Thunder Emperor had given him Millennium Dragon Bone Soup, developed by the world-famous doctor Chopper, to regulate his body. It allowed his strength to return to its peak once more.
The current Zephyr, if he encountered Edward Weevil again, had absolute confidence that he could beat him to pieces!
Moreover...
Zephyr picked up a wooden box beside him. On top of it were several sheets of white paper filled with writing. Inside lay a black gourd-shaped Devil Fruit.
A Mythical Zoan of the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Hecatoncheires!
This was the Devil Fruit most suited to Zephyr!
And the Hecatoncheires form, if developed to the extreme, truly did have the possibility of growing close to one hundred arms.
Putting aside the enhancement to physical ability from a Mythical Zoan Fruit, just imagine one hundred Black Arm fists coming at you. Could you even withstand that?
Moreover, the Hecatoncheires form was extremely powerful. In Greek mythology's Theogony, the Hundred-Handed Giants were recorded as beings even larger than the Titans and Cyclopes!
Roy had basically gathered Devil Fruits from all over the world. Among them, the Devil Fruits most suited to a martial artist like Zephyr were abilities from the Zoan type—especially fruits like Mythical Zoans.
The Human-Human Fruit's Mythical Zoan forms—the Titan, the Cyclops, and the Hecatoncheires...
(End of Chapter)
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