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Law was very low-key in the Headquarters Recruit Camp, and few people knew him now. In the eyes of the branch recruits, he was an unknown figure, while Drake had always been arrogant and, having just won second place in the full recruit camp assessment, was extremely full of himself. Who knew that Drake would be utterly defenseless against Law? No one expected Law to be so fierce. The branch recruits were completely stunned.
"Serves him right." Hina watched Drake, embedded in the ground and unable to get up, feeling extremely satisfied.
"You branch camps won, so you naturally have the right to enjoy the joy of victory. But this is a cafeteria. Anyone who makes a racket again will be carried out." The heavily struck Drake finally recovered. He crawled up, his face covered in blood: "I'll kill you!" His burly physique rapidly swelled as he used his Devil Fruit ability.
Law was extremely fast. Before Drake could fully assume his Allosaurus form, Law instantly vanished and reappeared beside him. His Armament Haki-hardened fist struck Drake's lower abdomen. Before Drake could collapse to the ground, Law grabbed his neck again, then delivered another gut punch. Law, with his extensive knowledge of human anatomy, knew the abdomen was a very vulnerable part of the human body. Being struck there caused excruciating pain to the internal organs. Drake's physique and strength were formidable, but far inferior to Law's, especially with the added power of Armament Haki. He could only scream in agony. His lower abdomen felt as if it had been hit twice consecutively by an iron hammer. His features contorted in pain. He sat on the ground clutching his stomach, unable to utter another word, only tears and snot streaming out.
Having knocked Drake down with two punches, Law calmly returned to the cafeteria. As he brushed past Hina, he said, "Such trash isn't worth bothering with." Hina's heart pounded wildly.
"Eating is welcome, but troublemakers get out." Law coldly swept his gaze over all the branch recruits: "This is not your turf yet."
"Uncle was right after all. The Headquarters Recruit Camp is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers." Suddenly, a burly figure blocked Law's path. Sentomaru: "I remember you. You're stronger than me!" Then he turned and left.
"Damn it! The Headquarters Recruit Camp actually has such a monster." "That monster actually didn't participate in the full recruit camp assessment. Is he looking down on us?" The arrogant branch recruits now hung their heads, staring at Law in fear. No one dared to be arrogant anymore. They all turned and left in dejection, too embarrassed to stay there. Too embarrassed to even stay at Marine Headquarters.
Hina watched Law, who was getting food. That slender back, yet he effortlessly scared all the branch recruits into a panicked retreat. "Two steaks, one seafood soup, one..." Compared to those recruits, food was more appealing to Law. During the meal, a joyful Ain chirped like a skylark. Gone was her previous sullenness.
Night, Headquarters Recruit Camp. A grand bonfire party was set up. It was an extremely rare opportunity for all recruit camps from the entire Marine force to gather. This evening party was also prepared for the victors. In the past, the Headquarters Recruit Camp always enjoyed such glory, but this time, they were the losers. Fleet Admiral Zephyr, expressionless throughout, led all the Headquarters Recruit Camp instructors inside. They all looked dejected, unwilling to endure the mockery of the branch recruits.
"Huh?" Entering the recruit camp, the Headquarters recruits were prepared for cold stares and ridicule, but what met their eyes was unexpected. The party was empty? There were no branch recruits.
"Have they become so arrogant after winning one victory?" Zephyr's face darkened, and his tiger eyes glared. "If the branch recruits are unwilling to attend the party, then cancel it." The failure of the Headquarters Recruit Camp weighed most heavily on Fleet Admiral Zephyr, as the chief instructor. Soon, he sent someone to call back the branch recruit Marines.
"Admiral Zephyr, all the branch recruit camp representatives have left? We received news that they all departed Marine Headquarters this afternoon."
"Uh?" Zephyr frowned, confused. The branch recruit camps had worked hard for decades, waiting for a victory. They succeeded, yet instead of flaunting it, they all left silently? "It can't be that something major happened to all the branch recruit camps, forcing them to return, can it? Moreover, it would be useless for new recruits to return."
"They're probably too embarrassed to come, afraid their hard-earned victory would just slip away," Hina said dismissively. She looked around. Law wasn't among the crowd; he certainly wouldn't attend such a boring party.
"The branch recruits didn't even know his name, yet they were all scared away." Hina's heart once again began to pound.
"Too scared to come?" Zephyr looked at Hina in surprise. How could the victors be too scared to come?
"Hina, do you know what happened?"
"Is it the handiwork of Trafalgar Law?"
"Trafalgar Law? Who is he?" Many recruits looked confused. Is he a new recruit too? Why haven't I heard of him? There are only a hundred or so people in the recruit camp; everyone knows each other. If he's a new recruit, how have I never seen him? It was only because Law was too low-key. Apart from being forced to be high-profile twice when he first entered the recruit camp, he rarely appeared in the recruit camp afterward and had no outstanding achievements. Six years had passed. Most of the previous recruits had already graduated. Even recruits who hadn't graduated, after six years, who would remember a fleeting name?
"A somewhat familiar name."
"Law?" Zephyr said, bewildered.
Trafalgar Law!
His name was unknown to many new recruits in the Headquarters Recruit Camp, and even more so to the branch recruits. But among the powerful individuals in the branch recruit camps, they knew that in the Headquarters Recruit Camp, there was an extraordinary recruit, incredibly powerful.
And Law had been training in his home alone, to his limits, for a long time.
"ROOM!"