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After exchanging blows for a while, Blake signaled Mandy to stop, nodding and saying:
"Your current strength is no less than that of an ordinary naval vice admiral."
Since giving the ability card to Mandy, the other party's strength has changed almost every day, with an improvement rate equivalent to 200 times the effort.
It wasn't until the Sky Island that Mandy was finally able to skillfully use her abilities.
Unlike back in the Moonlight Circus Kingdom, where someone with Haki would fight someone without it, but couldn't even hit them.
Only when Mandy has fully mastered the swordsmanship of a master swordsman can she truly unleash her full power.
Seeing Mandy's slightly out of breath, the cool armor caught the beads of sweat dripping from her chin.
Blake raised an eyebrow, walked closer, and gently stroked her cheek with one hand:
"In the blink of an eye, you've been by my side for almost three years."
"Your Highness..."
Mandy looked up as he did so, but when she met Blake's burning gaze, she couldn't help but tremble.
Blake placed his fingers on the scar near Mandy's eye, gently tracing the mark sculpted into the emblem of the World Government:
"You're getting prettier and prettier."
His fingers slid down his neck, striking the metal armor with a crisp sound, and the knight's armor buckles opened.
A gentle breeze swept through the training ground's high platform, carrying the scent of tuberose and carrying away the last piece of the protective mirror.
Mandy suddenly grabbed Blake's hand, the armor gloves rubbing against the silk cuffs with a rustling sound.
Sunlight filtered through the trees, casting dappled shadows that shattered into shimmering fragments on Mandy's eyelashes.
The gentle voice and reassuring words made Mandy slowly close her eyes.
Her usually icy face was now flushed.
It meanders along the line of her bare shoulder in a gentle arc.
The clock tower in the distance chimed the hour, a rapier fell to the ground, startling the nightingale that was perched there.
Blake's bent-over motion paused at an ambiguous angle, and the silk lining of Mandy's armor tangled around his gilded cufflinks.
The blue sand in the hourglass in the training field suddenly accelerated its fall, casting the two shadows into a blurry silhouette.
Meanwhile, a major event also occurred in the Navy.
Originally, with Sengoku succeeding as Fleet Admiral, Ironclad remaining in Mary Geoise, and Zephyr retiring to a secondary role as an instructor, the navy suddenly found itself without a single admiral capable of being deployed.
To this day, in the square of Marineford, Sakazuki has become the new Admiral.
Code name: Akainu.
"The Navy has no need for weak justice!"
"From this day forward, my fist will be the yardstick of order, and the wails of pirates will prove it."
“Those scum who shout ‘freedom,’ I will burn their flags with lava.”
“Those traitors who sympathize with criminals, the guns of the military tribunal await you.”
Sakazuki stood on the podium and sneered:
"Justice is the ruins after a war, the smell of blood on the execution platform."
"The same is true for Ohara, for Marineford, and for every island that dares to challenge the government in the future."
"Show me your mercy and take my wrath with you."
"Either live under absolute justice or rot in the lava."
Below the stage, the hawkish navy members who shared his belief in "absolute justice" roared in anger.
Meanwhile, the dove-like Marines, led by Garp and Kuzan, frowned, their expressions somewhat displeased.
Sakazuki's rapid promotion to Admiral was not only due to his own strength, but also largely because the Five Elders were quite satisfied with his "loyalty" shown during the Buster Call in Ohara.
Lieutenant General Kuzan, who is also responsible for carrying out the Buster Call, was not nominated by the Five Elders.
The Buster Call incident in Ohara was the turning point for Aokiji's shift from "Burning Justice" to "Lazy Justice".
It was at this moment that the seeds of division were sown within the navy.
Chapter 73 The Celestial Dragons' Fashion Experiment
Black learned of Akainu's promotion from the newspaper the following day.
From the Celestial Dragons' perspective, Sakazuki is the candidate who best suits the World Government's wishes among all of them.
The Navy's slogans of justice have inspired and influenced many people.
Therefore, when faced with tasks that are not so just, these people will feel lost and will slack off.
They even openly rebelled, like Monkey D. Dragon.
Only Sakazuki would execute something so meticulously.
As long as you let him fight the pirates, he'll do whatever you say on everything else.
After having breakfast, Blake returned to his room alone, intending to organize the ability cards he had recently acquired.
Currently, seven out of ten card storage slots in the system space are empty.
The remaining three are: Shiki in his prime, Red Earl in his prime, and Akainu in his old age.
Blake is already capable of defeating them, but he wants to wait until he is stronger enough to deal with them relatively easily before challenging them.
During his months of sailing, Blake had accumulated several ability cards—
Swordsman-level swordsmanship *2
Zoan type, Insect Fruit, Scorpion form
Blake thought for a moment and then used his physical abilities and swordsmanship of a master swordsman to his advantage.
Even if Mandy uses another Sword Master-level swordsmanship ability card, he still can't raise his swordsmanship to the Great Sword Master level.
Kera's talent in physical combat is greater than his talent in swordsmanship.
Black doesn't intend to train her to be a copy of Kizaru, but rather to have Koala follow the path of combining physical skills and Devil Fruit powers, like Aokiji.
As for those two swordsman ability cards, they won't produce much of an improvement no matter who uses them.
Blake planned to give Stella and Rami some more protection another day.
Just then, Stella knocked on the door:
"Your Highness, the CP people have arrived."
Blake found it strange, but he still went out of the room.
Upon entering the lobby, two couples were seen waiting, each carrying a person.
Upon seeing Blake, the two quickly bowed.
Blake waved his hand:
"What's going on with these two people?"
The older agent handed the person he was carrying to the younger agent, then stepped forward and knelt on one knee.
"Lord Black, we have found the Zoan-type Bird-Bird Fruit user in Falcon form and the Zoan-type Tortoise Fruit user in Giant Tortoise form that you instructed us to find."
Blake then remembered the task he had given to CP.
In just a few months, from finding the person to defeating them and bringing them back to the Holy Land, CP's efficiency is quite high.
Sure enough, as long as you don't expect them to deal with the great pirates, it's quite worry-free to leave other minor matters to CP.
He fixed his gaze on the two men the young agent was carrying.
The two men were dressed in tattered clothes, their heads hanging low, their consciousness blurred.
He was wearing sea stone handcuffs and a collar around his neck.
"You did a good job."
Blake casually offered a compliment, and the two couples were as excited as if they had received a great reward.
This made Blake marvel once again that the World Government's eight hundred years of rule had not been in vain; at least their brainwashing methods were truly impressive.
He waved for the slaves to come up, locked the two men in the cell, and then signaled to CP that he could leave.
Blake then gave Stella another instruction, telling her not to disturb him, before hurrying into the cell.
There were only three people in the cell: two Zoan-types and one Awakened.
This time, Blake didn't waste any more words. After unlocking the handcuffs, he directly slapped two corresponding ability cards onto their bodies.
When Blake left the cell, he had an excited look on his face.
As he suspected, the chances of awakening Devil Fruit abilities with Ability Cards are very high.
Although there are only three cases, it can be basically confirmed that the same ability card can awaken the ability user.
Black couldn't help but think of the few Devil Fruits he still had on hand.
The Clear-Clear Fruit, the Ghost-Ghost Fruit, the Flame-Flame Fruit, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and the Vampire Fruit.
Black, of course, preferred the Vampire Fruit.
It's not just a mythical beast species; it enhances all aspects of life and even grants the ability to live forever.
However, he has no intention of eating a Devil Fruit right now.
We should wait until at least one Vampire Fruit ability card appears in our card slot before making any decisions.
"The next thing to figure out is the results that the three ability cards can produce."
Black also did not kill the two, planning to wait until he had another Giant Tortoise Fruit or Peregrine Falcon Fruit ability card before taking them out to experiment.
Back in the courtyard, Blake saw Mandy practicing her sword and walked over.
Mandy noticed his arrival and her movements became slightly distorted.
Mandy has been acting strangely ever since what happened yesterday.
She remained expressionless, but occasionally drifted into her own thoughts.
Blake found it amusing and couldn't help but tease:
"Mandy, come to my room tonight."
Mandy blushed, almost dropping her longsword. She lowered her head slightly and murmured an "Mmm".
Time gradually came to the year 1502 of the Haiyuan calendar.
On this day, Blake received some news—
Roswald was turned into a woman in the West Sea!!!
"Pfft hahaha..."
Upon hearing this news, Blake couldn't help but burst out laughing.
He had considered that Roswald would get a beating from Dragon, after all, father beat father, son beat son, which is Oda's favorite kind of inheritance of will.
He also considered the possibility that the other party might be swatted away by a bear, or even killed by the revolutionary army.
I never expected Ivan to be so creative.
What should we call him from now on?
Roseward Palace? Roseward Palace? Rosevati Palace?
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Thinking of this, Blake burst into laughter again.
Moreover, every time Roswald is mentioned afterward, it reminds the World Government of the Revolutionary Army.
Surely the Five Elders can't forget this time?
The navy on the other side, however, couldn't laugh at all.
No, at least Garp was laughing too.