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"Law, how is it? This is our new home from now on." In the town behind Marine Headquarters, a standalone two-story courtyard.
"Law, you really agreed to become a Marine?"
"This is the eighteenth time. Yes, I agree." Law's head was covered in black lines. Dealing with a guy like him is truly enough.
"Law, you're not cute, you know, with that disdainful expression." Corazon irritably ruffled Law's fluffy, spotted hat: "Law, you'll report to the rookie camp tomorrow. Don't worry, the instructors are all very good. The chief instructor is Admiral Zephyr! I used to be one of Admiral Zephyr's students. You'll definitely learn real skills at the rookie camp. Do you need me to take you to the rookie camp tomorrow?"
"No need, it's embarrassing."
"......."
Before Corazon could get angry, Law quickly ran into the house. A moment later, Corazon's furious roar echoed.
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"Rookie camp, huh?" In the courtyard, Law opened his right hand. Now that safety wasn't a concern, the most important thing was naturally to improve his strength: "ROOM!" A special spherical space appeared in his hand, rapidly expanding to four meters in diameter. Standing within it, Law could clearly feel that he possessed special abilities within the ROOM space. He felt he could easily cut and control everything within the space.
"Shambles." He controlled the space with his right hand. He lightly pointed his left hand at a small stone a meter to his left. The stone vanished, replaced by a small blade of grass. "Tact!" Law instantly vanished, reappearing two meters to his right. "Huff huff..." After just two uses of Shambles, Law was already sweating profusely, unable to control ROOM any further. "My stamina consumption is really fast." Panting heavily, Law sat weakly on the ground, but this time he didn't faint. Almost all Devil Fruit abilities required stamina consumption as a prerequisite. Strength was the foundation.
"It seems I'll need to train for endurance in the future." Law looked down at his body: "Fortunately, my foundation is good. At thirteen years old, this much strength would already put me at the top on the Grand Line, wouldn't it?" In the original story, the young Trafalgar Law was highly valued by Doflamingo, who believed he would become his right-hand man. At that time, Law gained Doflamingo's recognition through his ruthlessness and strength.
After regaining some strength, Law stood up again: "ROOM!" This time, he focused on controlling the ROOM space. The ROOM space continuously expanded and contracted. "ROOM!" He held a long sword and cut a rock weighing tens of jin in the space.
Swish! With Law's current vitality, he couldn't even unleash sword qi. But using his Devil Fruit ability within the space, he instantly cut the stone. Within the ROOM space, there were no restrictions on "hardness," "material," or "distance" for the objects he cut. However, cutting was not in the true sense of the word; it was a Devil Fruit ability that cut objects and could restore them.
Law spent almost the entire afternoon frantically training his Devil Fruit ability. He collapsed helplessly on the ground numerous times, unable to move. Unconsciously, it was already late at night, and Corazon forcibly took him back inside the house. The results of the afternoon's training were still quite remarkable. Trafalgar Law's ROOM space had expanded to 4.5 meters in diameter. It was naturally incomparable to the hundreds of meters in the future original story, but he was just starting.
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The next day. All Marine bases had rookie camps. To cultivate the next generation, Marine Headquarters' rookie camp was the most famous and naturally the strongest. Most of the current Admirals and Vice Admirals came from the Headquarters' rookie camp. This place became the dreamland for all rookies. However, joining the Headquarters rookie camp was difficult. With hundreds of thousands of rookies and the Headquarters rookie camp only having hundreds of spots, the ratio was too small, leading to extremely fierce competition. This was a cradle for geniuses. Only the geniuses among geniuses were qualified to stand tall.
"Rookie camp, huh? Are the Marine geniuses strong this year?" Law stepped through the rookie camp's main gate. Inside the gate, the most eye-catching thing was a monument of honor. It recorded various achievements. "Fastest 5000-meter runner, Kizaru trainee, 2.1 seconds!" This was nearly ten times the speed of sound. Law clicked his tongue. Terrifying speed. He was even more certain that two seconds was mostly wasted in the process of activating the ability. "Light speed, huh? Even light speed can't compare to teleportation, can it?"
"Strongest destructive power holder, Akainu, completely destroyed a medium-sized island in fifteen minutes." "Largest attack range, Aokiji, one strike covering twenty-four kilometers." "Strongest power holder, Garp, one punch, twelve thousand douriki." "Strongest..." "Terrifying." Law looked at the data recorded on it. A terrifying group of people. To be able to reach this level during their rookie camp period was frightening. To have over twelve thousand douriki during their rookie period. Lucci from CP9 in the original work only had over four thousand douriki; this was three times his strength. Did Garp already surpass ordinary elite Vice Admirals during his rookie period?
"Unfortunately, records are meant to be broken." Law scanned all the record holders. Only one person's name seemed to look better.