Chapter 38: Top Eight

Boom boom...

In the dead silence, the sound of the military fortress collapsing was so deafening.

The torn walls and the building structure of the military fortress were completely shattered, and many black steel bars inside were twisted and sunken, turning into countless rocks and collapsing to the ground.

The swarming dust and air waves submerged half of Dalmesia's figure, blowing up his cloak behind him.

He stared at the tall back of the commodore with his eyes, and his expression became extremely complicated.

He didn't know when his back had been wet with cold sweat.

The other navy officers present still maintained a dull expression, with their mouths open and their eyes wide open, and they couldn't recover from the horrible scene just now for a long time.

I don't know how long it took.

"Monster..."

Doberman gurgled and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, but found that his throat was dry as if it had been burned by fire.

He remembered that he had just said shamelessly that he wanted to fight Darren, and he couldn't help but feel his face burning.

The others looked at each other with pale faces, and saw the bitterness and surprise in each other's eyes.

"They are not at the same level at all..."

"I am in the same training camp with such a monster... Are you kidding me..."

"Now I believe he can fight Bondi Waldo..."

"He is so strong that he doesn't look like a human..."

"..."

Kaji shook his head and sighed, comforting them:

"It's okay, you'll get used to it."

"That guy is not a normal person."

As if he remembered some tragic experience, he couldn't help but grin.

When everyone heard his words, they fell silent.

Only Kuzan still had his eyes shining, and walked to Darren with blood boiling, and said excitedly:

"That kind of power just now, and your physique... How did you cultivate it, Darren, it's so cool!!"

Darren patted the dust on his body and smiled:

"Compared to your devil fruit ability, my ability is nothing."

Kuzan clenched his fists:

"You are worthy of being my lifelong opponent! I am looking forward to fighting with you more and more!!"

"Okay, okay, the winner of this game is... Darren!"

Zeffa came over at this time, and the smile on his face could not be controlled.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Darren was full of satisfaction.

Exaggerated strength, steel physique, terrifying explosive power... Such a good seedling, if he can master the powerful domineering under his own teaching, he will be a human-shaped beast!

"Darren boy, you are very good, and you have good control over your power."

Zeffa did not hesitate to praise him.

Darren smiled modestly:

"Thank you, Mr. Zefa."

Zeff waved his hand, looked at Dalmesia who was a little lost, and encouraged:

"Dalmesia, you don't have to be too discouraged. I have seen your performance just now... Whether it is the use of the devil fruit power or the grasp of the timing of the attack, you are quite excellent... In time, you will definitely become the backbone of the navy!"

Dalmesia heard the respected Mr. Zefa praise himself like this, and the inner depression was instantly dissipated. He raised his hand and saluted:

"Yes, Mr. Zefa! I will definitely work hard in the future!"

"What about me? What about me, Mr. Zefa?"

Kaji also asked excitedly.

Zeff glanced at him,

"Well, you are not bad..."

"Good luck."

Kaji:...

"Let's start the next duel."

Zeff announced vigorously.

Soon two navy men walked out of the queue.

After seeing Darren's shocking fighting power just now, the next battle seemed a bit boring.

'Only monsters can fight monsters...'

The same thought came to the hearts of all the navy.

In less than ten minutes, the first round of duels was completely over, and Zefa announced the list of the top eight.

Kuzan, Lieutenant Colonel rank, from the South Sea

Gion, Lieutenant Colonel rank, from the Navy Headquarters

Huoshaoshan, Colonel rank, Admiral of the South Sea

Gumier, Colonel rank, from the Grand Line

Darren, Brigadier General rank, Admiral of the North Sea

Ghost Spider, Colonel rank, Admiral of the West Sea

Stoloberi, Colonel rank, from the Grand Line

Kaji, Lieutenant Colonel rank, from the Navy Headquarters

Listening to the names read out by Zefa one by one, the corresponding people also stepped out of the line, stood in front of Zefa with their heads held high, and lined up in a row.

The sun shines down, sprinkling a thin layer of golden sand on their youthful and passionate faces.

‘What a dazzling galaxy of stars…’

Darren glanced at their faces one by one, and couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

Except for himself, the “queue-jumping” time traveler, the seven people present were all famous headquarters vice admirals in the future navy camp.

They either commanded a branch of the Grand Line and guarded a sea area, or were stationed at the navy headquarters and carried out important military operations such as the Demon Slayer Order.

And the two-sword swordsman Stolobery, who had an overly long skull and a long beard, had once served as Borsalino’s adjutant to hunt down the Sun Pirates.

“Yeah.”

Zephyr also looked away from the eight of them with pride, and said with a smile:

"After the first round of duels, you all have a certain understanding of each other..."

"Then let's continue to draw lots to decide the opponents for the second round of duels."

As he said this, he took out the paper ball for drawing lots and spread his hands.

Everyone looked at each other and then stepped forward one by one.

"Don't draw Kuzan and Darren, don't draw Kuzan and Darren..."

Kaji muttered and picked up a piece.

"I must draw Darren, I must draw Darren."

Kuzan's face was full of excitement.

Others looked at these two middle school guys with black lines on their heads.

Soon, the list of the second round of duels came out.

First game, Kaji VS Stoloberg

Second game, Gion VS Gumier

Third game, Kuzan VS Ghost Spider

Fourth game...

Darren slowly put away the paper numbered "4" in his hand and looked up at the man with a crew cut and a broad smile.

"It seems that my luck is not too good... I actually met you."

Huoshaoshan scratched his crew cut and smiled helplessly.

As he said that, he took out a cigar and handed it to Darren.

"It's a specialty of the local tobacco plantation in Nanhai. It's definitely not as good as what you smoke, but it's very strong. Try it?"

Darren took a look at the unbranded low-quality cigar in Huoshaoshan's hand, as well as his rough hands covered with cat and dog scratches, and suddenly laughed.

"Okay."

He took the cigar.

The fourth match...

Darren VS Huoshaoshan.

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