One Piece: The Defender of Justice

Grand Line, Naval Headquarters Marineford.

"Phweee..."

A rapid whistle sounded over the recruit training camp, breaking the silence of the night...

It is now five o'clock in the morning. Most of the recruits who have just arrived at the headquarters are still sleeping in the warm quilts, while Atlas has completed today's swordsmanship practice...

Soon, about one hundred and sixty people gathered on the recruiting training ground. Atlas came to the school without any delay, found Smoker and the others' position and slowly walked up to them.

Standing in front of the school grounds was a middle-aged man with short purple hair. His half-open clothes revealed his strong chest muscles, and his thick neck almost connected to his scalp.

Marine recruit training camp chief instructor——Black Arm Zephyr!

Standing behind Zephyr was a tall man with a ponytail and dark skin, his arms hanging naturally above his knees.

What surprised Atlas was that this big man was actually a member of the Longarm Tribe, which was rare.

In Atlas's impression, it seems that there will be a supernova in the Worst Generation of Pirates more than ten years later who is also from the Longarm Tribe.

Zephyr stood calmly in front of a group of somewhat turbulent recruits, glanced around lightly, and then said: "Quiet! I am very disappointed in you. There is no need for those who came late. You have been eliminated!"

The sound was not very loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.

All of a sudden, some recruits who came in a hurry from behind turned pale and slumped to the ground in despair. The Marine recruit training camp is the cradle of Marine generals. Basically, the minimum who graduates from here is a lieutenant-level officer. If they are expelled from here, the stain will follow them for life.

"No, Zephyr Instructor, give us another chance!"

Some people are still unwilling to give in and hope that Zephyr will be soft-hearted and let them go for once.

"You are soldiers, and your mission is to protect the safety of people around the world. If you can't do the most basic thing of obeying orders, how can you carry out your justice!"

Although Zephyr is known as the 'No-kill' Admiral, he is not a soft-hearted person. Soldiers must have iron-clad discipline and obedience!

After dealing with the first batch of eliminated people, Zephyr looked around, and finally settled on Atlas, with an inexplicable smile on his lips: "Canos Atlas... I'm really looking forward to it... "

"Everyone! I know that many of you come from all over the world, are even well-known in the branch, are from the Grand Line, and some even have parents who work at the top of Marine. But, here, all of you are nothing! I even taught your parents, so don't try to get any privileges from me!"

Zephyr looked at the expressionless people, paused and continued: "My name is Zephyr, and, your chief instructor! I believe some of you have heard of me, and it doesn't matter if you haven't. You just need to obey orders here! Did you hear that?"

"heard it!!!"

All the recruits roared as loud as they could, and Atlas was no exception.

"Very good, now your Physical Arts Instructor Shuzo will introduce you to some situations during the recruit training period!"

Zephyr looked at this group of energetic young people with satisfaction, then took a step back, leaving the stage to Shuzo, the strong man from the Long-hand tribe.

"Hello! My name is Shuzo. You can call me Commander Shuzo. I am responsible for teaching you how to practice physical skills. I am also Teacher Zephyr's deputy."

"Our recruit training lasts for three years. Of course, if you want to graduate early, you just need to pass the Zephyr Instructor's assessment." At this point, Shuzo smiled a little humorously.

"Tomorrow, we will conduct a strength test. This will also allow us to have a more detailed understanding of you, develop special training methods for you, and achieve maximum growth for you in the shortest time!"

Shuzo looked around, looked at the slightly moved expressions of everyone, and continued: "There will be an assessment at the end of every year, and those who fail will be postponed for one year to graduate. There is only one chance to fail, and there are corresponding assessments for graduation. I hope I will still see people like you then."

"Very good. Since no one has spoken out against it, let's start the first part of today's training - physical training. Now, you have ten minutes to warm up."

After Shuzo finished his lecture, he ran to the side and discussed something with Zephyr in whispers. Atlas was a little curious, but he didn't dare to eavesdrop with his haki, so he could only start warming up on the spot.

To be honest, Atlas is not looking forward to the physical training , because he usually carries weights for physical training, but today because he has to be recruited for training, he doesn't take it out. Then he will just run around and deal with it. 

"Okay, everyone is here! Let's run fifty laps around the school field today, and then go have dinner after finishing the run!"

Everyone did not complain and silently began to run circles around the playground. Atlas and others also walked towards the track. These recruits are working hard to stand out in this training. Maybe they will be valued by the Zephyr Instructor and specially given a small convenience. Then they will take off immediately.

Atlas is naturally not to be outdone. He has nothing to hide. The sooner he shows his talent and strength, the more likely he will be reused.

It has to be said that Atlas's physique was already the best in the entire training camp. Everyone felt like a gust of wind passing by them. Within a few minutes, Atlas's laps had already left everyone far behind. 

"Damn it, where did this fierce guy come from?"

"Brother Atlas is really awesome, it seems I have to keep working hard."

This is Smoker.

"Our boss is so fierce. He really deserves to be the boss of Grus."

This is the cheeky guy Grus. Ever since he was taught a lesson by Atlas, this guy has become attached to Atlas and cannot get rid of him.

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"Atlas, don't worry, Rosinante, he is definitely not from the CP department. This kid's potential is promising. He may even become an Admiral ..."

In the darkness, a phone bug with frog glasses and a braided beard on his chin spoke slowly in a relaxed tone.

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"Looks like another monster has joined."

Recalling Sengoku's evaluation of Atlas last night, Rosinante couldn't help but sigh.

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