Chapter 36 - Training -34
A few days after Peter's departure, Perospero finally arrived in Alabasta after a rushed journey.
While docking at Rainbase Port to restock supplies, he sent his soldiers to inquire about Peter's whereabouts.
There, he received the frustrating news: Peter had already left.
"What?! You mean I traveled from the New World, and that bastard already left?!"
Perospero grabbed one of his subordinates by the collar and roared in anger.
The servant didn't even dare wipe off the spit sprayed on his face and replied while trembling in fear:
"Y-yes, Lord Perospero.
The port residents said 'Sand Ape Peter' set sail a few days ago on his ship. No one knows his destination now except for a few subordinates he left in Alabasta."**
"Then go grab one of them! Bring me someone who knows where that bastard went!"
Perospero threw the servant to the ground in fury.
The man cried out in pain, his back burning from the impact, but he dared not complain. He quickly scrambled up on all fours and rushed to carry out the order.
As Perospero's chest heaved with rage, he made several calls in a row to notify his scattered team of the new mission. Only then did he calm down a little.
A few days ago, his mother had ordered him to return, and if he didn't finish this mission soon, he would never hear the end of it.
"Damn it! If I had known, I never would've taken on this cursed mission."
Perospero clenched his teeth, pulled out Peter's bounty poster, glanced at the picture, and muttered venomously:
"You'd better know your place, or I'll beat it out of you."
Meanwhile, in the first half of the Grand Line...
The Warlord of the Sea, "Hawk-Eye" Dracule Mihawk, had slowly drawn his black blade, Yoru, one of the greatest swords in the world.
Around him, pirate ships lay slashed and broken, teetering on the verge of capsizing.
"The weak have no right to set foot on the Grand Line."
He sat cross-legged on his coffin-shaped boat, his sharp golden eyes peering from beneath the brim of his hat, locked on a single escaping ship fleeing in terror across the horizon.
"No matter... let's kill some time and see where fate leads me."
As he spoke, he stepped to the edge of the boat and pulled a smaller black dagger from behind him.
Compared to the others, Mihawk was the first of the Shichibukai to appear in the original story, and he had a long-standing history with Zoro.
As for Perospero, who was chasing Peter like a sticky piece of candy, he couldn't help but wonder what kind of chaos that devil would stir up now that he had set his sights on the East Blue.
But Peter himself? He didn't care in the slightest.
On the ship's deck, Peter was shirtless, supporting himself with one hand while a ten-ton iron block rested on his back. He was doing push-ups at a steady rhythm.
"2997...2998...2999...3000..."
With each repetition, sweat poured from his body, forming a small pool on the ship's deck.
But Peter's movements never slowed, and his breathing remained incredibly steady, as if this massive effort were nothing more than a warm-up for him.
His combat power had now surpassed 90 points.
For comparison, in Dragon Ball, Goku had only 85 combat power when he first entered the World Martial Arts Tournament.
At that time, Goku could carry a 100-pound turtle shell on his back all day during Master Roshi's training, and he was able to push rocks weighing hundreds of tons.
While such training might have been intense in the Dragon Ball world, in One Piece, it was practically superhuman.
Since Peter began training, Vivi, Carina, and Mikita—who had been forced by Hina to run laps around the ship—had been eyeing his extreme workout with disbelief.
When he reached 500 reps, all three of them, including Hina, stopped training.
At 1000, Robin pulled up a chair, sat down with a book, and watched him in silence.
By the time Peter finished 3000 push-ups, removed the massive weights from his back, and stood up casually, the five women had their mouths wide open in shock, only able to mutter incomprehensible sounds of awe.
Peter shot them a brief glance, ignored them, walked over to the edge of the ship, and dove into the sea, beginning to swim laps around the hull.
His strength had increased significantly, and he needed to refine it further through training.
The women gathered at the ship's edge to watch him for a while before drifting off.
Each of them picked up a glass of juice and sat together. Carina was the first to speak:
"The moment I saw his tail, I knew he wasn't a normal human.
But the truth... it's way scarier than I imagined. He's more like a beast.
Did you see what he just did? For him, that was just a warm-up! I have no idea where that strength even comes from."**
Vivi chewed on her straw, trying to work through the shock.
"Is there any doubt he's our leader? With that kind of strength, I can't help but follow him from the bottom of my heart."
Mikita said enthusiastically, and didn't forget to lean over the side of the ship, waving her hand and cheering:
"Go, Peter! Show us more of that strength!"
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