A few minutes later, inside the office at the lord's mansion.
Robin, Gawain, and Kuro gathered here, looking at the report on the table; their faces were a little strange.
"You said that someone has been secretly attacking our partners in the Martial Arts Tournament in the past few months?"
"That's right."
Robin nodded, her gaze falling openly on Gawain, making his scalp tingle.
"But they have been repelled by Stussy and Lu Feld. The other party did it very cleanly and did not leave any clues. Naturally, their identity is unknown."
Gawain nodded: "It should be the force that Gaza mentioned before who wants to take over the external gambling of the Martial Arts Tournament."
"It seems that they dare not attack us, and they choose to attack Lu Feld and Stussy, who cooperate with us, as a second choice?"
"Heh."
"These two forces are not easy to deal with. They should be able to give that person a hard time."
Robin and Kuro breathed a sigh of relief.
After that, Gawain asks about the progress of the Martial Arts Tournament in Paradise and gets answers from Robin that are far beyond his expectations.
Under Robin's leadership.
The Nanohana city, which was originally expected to take several years to restore its former glory, has already regained some of its former glory in just a few months, and there are many merchant ships docked in the harbor.
Robin's combat talent may not be strong, and her potential is only Silver, but she is almost a versatile talent in areas other than combat.
If there is anyone in the White Knight Pirate who can take the lead except himself and Kuro, it can only be Robin.
Whether it is Lucci, Gin, Zoro, or Sanji, the others have their own shortcomings and are not suitable to be decision-makers.
Law, who has just joined the group, is still too immature and needs time to grow.
Fortunately, another purpose of Gawain's return to Alabasta is to improve the strength of his crew again before officially entering the New World.
It is not necessary to directly reach the configuration of the Three Calamities and the Tobiroppo of the Beasts Pirates, but at least to grow to the point where it will not drag him down.
Because they will have a tough battle in the Britannia.
Gawain had such an intuition.
But that place is the most suitable place in the world for the red dragon fruit to display its ability.
Gawain has no reason and cannot give up directly.
Soon, the three-person meeting ended.
Gawain asked Robin to set aside a shipyard area in the harbor for the Franky Family and then handed the task of manufacturing pirate ships to Robin and became a hands-off boss.
… … ...
Time flies, and three months have passed.
Except for the two canals that crisscross Nanohana city, there are no traces of the original war.
Countless merchant ships come and go, using this place as a transportation hub for entering Alabasta, and this city has become prosperous again.
This revitalization was thanks not only to Robin's talents as lord but also to the deterrent of the pirate ship about to be launched, along with the pirate flag flying upon it.
Whoosh!
Under the clear sky, Zoro and Sanji's two figures once again started a fierce battle.
One wielded three blades, coated in Armament Haki, exuding the aura of a demon as if a shura rose from a sea of corpses.
The other's legs were wreathed in flames, moving with blazing speed, each strike crashing with the force of a meteor.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Violent collisions erupted with deafening booms, making everyone's eardrums ache.
"Both of them are so strong! They are simply monsters!"
"Compared to the previous time in Water 7, their strength has increased by at least several times!"
"But who will get the no. 4 coins in the end?!"
Zambai was secretly shocked when he saw Zoro and Sanji fighting in the field while Mozu and Kiwi on the side couldn't help but cheer together with several companions around.
"Woohoo!!!"
"Come on!"
They have now fully integrated into the White Knight Pirate. The stronger the combat power of their companions, the more secure they feel.
Kuro and Gawain stood side by side, watching Zoro and Sanji fighting fiercely in the field, and couldn't help but nod secretly: "According to the previously formulated level assessment standards, these two people have already reached the upper Silver level of combat power."
"Even if they are placed in the Beasts Pirates, they can compete for the position of the Tobiroppo, and it is even hard to say whether the current Tobiroppo are their opponents."
"To have such growth in three months, their talent is really enviable."
Gawain also nodded with satisfaction.
During this period, he also promoted the scoring method of the Helm of Destiny System in the team.
To be honest, the scoring levels given by the system are extremely rough.
Back in the East Blue, Gawain, at iron level, could take down regular pirates with as much effort as killing chickens.
Yet at the same gold level, Gawain from East Blue wouldn't have lasted a single move against himself at the Gawain in Alabasta that fought against Zephyr.
Therefore, Gawain added lower, mid, upper, and peak subdivisions for each rating level.
That meant a six-tier, twenty-four-level system, helping his subordinates identify their current tier more precisely.
However, in the final analysis, this thing is not equivalent to the game-level system where a higher rank always meant an automatic win.
In addition to one's own basic qualities, mentality, fighting spirit, wisdom, and even luck, any slight difference can reverse the outcome of a battle.
Unless the gap between the two sides is so large that one side can rely on raw stats to defeat their opponent, who wins or loses still depends on actual combat.
Therefore, the level proposed by Gawain can only be used as a reference for judging basic combat power so that everyone can find their own position.
According to this evaluation system, Sanji and Zoro, who are still fighting now, are both in the upper Silver level.
After three months of training, Kuro climbed to the middle of the gold level, and Gin touched the threshold of the gold level.
However, at this point, the improvement speed of the two has slowed down again.
To go further, one must either engage in enough battles to surpass their own limits or experience a breakthrough in their own abilities.
For example, awakening the Conqueror's Haki or the Devil Fruit ability.
According to Gawain's estimation, the former is unlikely, but Kuro has already touched the threshold of awakening the Devil Fruit ability, which is beyond Gawain's expectation.
This is the advantage of the user and the Devil Fruit being highly compatible.
Not only can they use it right away, but the development progress is also very fast, and even the speed of awakening is unmatched by others.
Good grief! If the first to reach the Diamond level on his ship, aside from him, isn't Sanji or Zoro as originally expected, but Kuro instead, what a joke that would be.
What's worse… if this guy really gets ahead of him in awakening Devil Fruit's ability, he might really brag about it for the rest of his life!
At this thought, Gawain glanced at Kuro beside him; the corner of his mouth kept twitching hard.
Damn it!
This guy's feet were off the ground even while watching the battle; he's really dead set on surpassing him!
"What's wrong?"
Kuro turned his head and looked at Gawain. His eyes were filled with a little confusion, but he was actually secretly happy in his heart.