The surrounding cadets stared dumbfounded at everything happening on the field. Who am I? Where am I? Is that Uchiha Chiga really a cadet like us?
"Is this what Chiga meant by his ability to control gravity and repulsion? It's so cool!" shouted Bridge, one of Chiga's roommates, a blond, chubby guy, excitedly from the crowd.
Graves's tough-guy face couldn't hold up either. He raised a hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, ignoring Bridge's shameless act of directly acknowledging Chiga as his boss.
Binz pondered his own Devil Fruit ability, wondering if he had eaten a fake Devil Fruit.
"You brat… That power just now, are you a Devil Fruit user?" Zephyr had returned to the field, unharmed, though his clothes were a bit dusty.
As expected of a Marine Admiral, an ordinary pirate would have been severely injured or even died on the spot from the combined force of the attraction of Bansho Ten'in and the repulsion of Shinra Tensei.
Although Chiga had only used less than half of his power just now, seeing Zephyr's condition, he knew he still had a certain gap compared to an Admiral. After all, Admirals were already close to the peak combat power in the pirate world.
I still have a long way to go. I need to quickly improve my physical strength. No matter what ability it is, physical strength is always the foundation.
Exiting Sage Mode, Chiga briefly explained that his ability was a racial talent. The Uchiha clan was, after all, a lineage of sages. In terms of bloodline, he truly feared no one.
"Racial talent? There's such a race on the sea? Are all your clansmen like you?" Zephyr asked eagerly upon hearing this.
"No, something happened. I am the last bloodline of the Uchiha clan."
"What a pity." Zephyr was a bit disappointed, but then he thought, if such a race became numerous, what price would they have to pay to win them over?
Moreover, not everyone would want to join the Marines like Chiga. If some people like Chiga became pirates, the situation would become even more dangerous.
At least now the Marines had a promising talent like Chiga. Zephyr believed that with Chiga's talent, he should be a genius among geniuses in his clan. Otherwise, the world would have already belonged to the Uchiha clan!
Sengoku, you handled this beautifully! Zephyr secretly gave Sengoku a thumbs up in his heart. The more he looked at Chiga, the more satisfied he became. Pleased, Zephyr decided not to torment these new recruits today.
"Alright! I've demonstrated the Six Powers of the Marines once. Today, go back and review them thoroughly. Tomorrow, we will have physical training. The Six Powers are just flashy moves without good physical support!"
After speaking, he dismissed the team and went back to prepare to digest the surprise Chiga had given him today.
The cadets, who had originally expected brutal training on the first day, didn't expect the first day to pass by so "casually." They looked at Chiga in awe, then cheered and returned to their dorms in twos and threes.
Chiga also left the training ground surrounded by his three roommates. On the way back, Bridge was exceptionally excited.
"Boss Chiga truly lives up to his reputation; he actually made Teacher Zephyr stumble!"
Chiga corrected him, "That's because Teacher Zephyr was completely unprepared, and even if he was hit, it wasn't a big deal. He truly lives up to his name as a former Marine Admiral."
Graves on the other side said, "It's already very impressive, but I'm still more impressed by someone's thick skin, comparable to a fortress wall!"
Bridge knew Graves was mocking him and retorted sarcastically, "Indeed, grass is growing on the wall now."
This was mocking Graves's full beard. Bridge always thought that Graves, in his early twenties, having a full beard and that arrogant expression, was truly like a pig with green onions in its nose, pretending to be an elephant!
The two seemed to be natural rivals. Since they met, they had unconsciously bickered, so frequently that Chiga and Binz had already gotten used to it.
Speaking of Binz, this kid was like a quiet gourd, rarely speaking, preferring to communicate with his eyes.
Binz silently gave Chiga an admiring look. Chiga indicated he received it, thinking to himself that his three roommates were truly something else. It seemed the days ahead wouldn't be too boring.