As evening approached, Roya leisurely departed.
The trainees, who had spent the entire day doing sit-ups while hanging from trees under the threat of crocodiles, were finally freed.
"Damn Black Hair, he's gone too far!"
"I will never forgive him!"
"There's no reasoning with that despicable guy!"
Everyone was enraged, their eyes bloodshot. Many had their butts exposed, marked with neat rows of teeth marks.
Soon, the news of Roya's mistreatment of the other trainees spread throughout the training base, causing an uproar.
Because the training camp encouraged competition among trainees, and there was no explicit rule against such behavior, coupled with the absence of any serious injuries or deaths, the various branches could do nothing but issue strong protests. The higher-ups mostly shrugged it off since no one was seriously hurt.
Doll, as the instructor, was jointly condemned by other Headquarters Vice Admirals, and she couldn't regain her composure for quite some time.
Roya had gotten into trouble again?
Doll immediately found Roya, grabbed him by the collar, and roared, "Roya, why do you have to offend every single branch?"
"Calm down, this is just the beginning."
Roya chuckled. "It's not all the branches. The guys in the G-5 Branch are still very polite to me. They all call me 'Big Brother.'"
"G-5?"
Doll's face darkened even further.
She knew exactly what kind of place the G-5 Branch was - a gathering place for the scum of the Marines!
What was this?
Bullies and scoundrels attracted to each other?
Doll glared at Roya.
Having spent some time with him, she had come to understand Roya's personality to some extent. He wasn't inherently bad, and he was quite likeable, so what was the point of all this?
Provoking other trainees was one thing, but now even the Vice Admirals of the major branches had a strong opinion of Roya.
This was extremely detrimental to his future promotions.
Was Roya trying to imitate Smoker?
That wasn't right either. Smoker was just arrogant, but compared to Roya's behavior, Smoker could be considered a good boy.
"Go, go, go! Don't stay in my room!"
"..."
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The next day.
As soon as Roya arrived at the training forest, the four little buddies from the G-5 Branch immediately gathered around him, behaving like his devoted underlings.
"Hey! Black Hair Big Brother!"
"We've been waiting for you for a long time!"
"Boss, who are we going to beat up?"
"Let those soft-skinned guys see what real terror is!"
The four of them were excited, their eyes glowing with green light, as if the torment they had suffered yesterday hadn't happened. Compared to the "righteousness" of the other trainees, they really loved Roya's wickedness.
Yesterday, while hanging in the trees, they listened to the piteous screams of the other trainees, and their smiles never stopped. They were in absolute heaven.
This was even more enjoyable than roasting pirates alive!
"Don't rush, take your time."
Roya was very satisfied with these new underlings. If they didn't even have this bit of rebellious spirit, how could they do great things with him?
"What are your names?"
"I'm Pike!"
Pike pointed to his partners and introduced them one by one: "They are Bomba! Jero! Garu!"
"Very good."
Roya pulled the four of them into the grove to discuss their next course of action.
After yesterday's 'hospitality', the other trainees would most likely band together to seek revenge on him. And this time, they probably wouldn't be as silly as they were yesterday to challenge him one-on-one. That would be too foolish.
The biggest threat was undoubtedly the Headquarters troops. In a joint effort, his strength alone would definitely not be enough.
"Let's play some tactics."
----
Forest training field, trainees gathered.
"Crusade against Black Hair!"
"Crusade against Black Hair!!!"
The crowd was excited, their morale was high!
Yesterday, many trainees fell into Black Hair's hands and were humiliated because they wanted to save people and underestimated Black Hair. Now that they have seen Black Hair's evil face, they didn't have to play by the rules anymore!
"Let's go!"
Nearly a hundred trainees, divided into a dozen teams according to their branches, with as few as three to five people and as many as nearly ten.
Even if Black Hair is strong, he can't beat them all at once!
----
Headquarters team.
Lu yun asked curiously, "Peacock, are we going to join in the fun?"
"Let them play."
Peacock wasn't interested and waved goodbye.
It would be boring to team up with everyone just to take down Black Hair. She preferred to enjoy gourmet food alone.
"I'm going to the training room."
"Okay, I can't stand it there."
Lu yun looked at the direction Peacock left, where there was a not-so-large training hall, and lowered her head with some distress.
The last time she went in, she was almost flattened.
That wasn't a place she could stay.
"Let's go find Roya!"
----
Within the training forest, shouts rose and fell.
"Roya is in the east district!"
"Ahhh, help!"
"Damn Black Hair, someone help me!"
Hearing the cries for help, the trainees from the G-3 Branch immediately rushed over and soon found Pike tied to a tree.
Although they didn't like the G-5 Branch, in this atmosphere of jointly crusading against Black Hair, the G-3 Branch lent a helping hand without thinking.
Pike, holding his bloodied knee, pointed to the northeast with a pained expression.
"Black Hair went that way!"
"Okay, I understand!"
Gouka hesitated, seeing Pike couldn't move from the pain. "We'll find Black Hair," he told his two partners. "Take Pike outside."
"Okay, we'll be back soon!"
The two nodded in agreement.
It wouldn't take long to send someone out.
After Gouka and the others left.
"Brother, let's go out."
The two supported Pike, saying caring words, they were all victims of Black Hair, suffering the same fate.
A moment later, three burly men pounced out of the bushes with sneers!
"What!"
"Crap!"
"Ugh ugh ugh～～"
Looking at the familiar lake, the familiar tree trunks, and the familiar group of crocodiles, the two with bruised noses and swollen faces shed tears of regret.
----
On the other side.
Roya was carrying a boulder, constantly doing squats. When Gouka appeared with his buddies, Roya's eyes lit up with a smile.
"Black Hair, I finally found you!"
Gouka sneered, new and old grudges, let's settle them together today: "You're surrounded, let's see how you can be arrogant this time!"
"Fools, you're the ones who are surrounded."
Roya pointed behind Gouka .
"You better look behind you."
"Behind?"
Gouka realized something was wrong and turned around to see the four G-5 scoundrels walking out of the bushes, especially Pike, whom they had just rescued. His heart sank.
It was a trap!
"The current situation is five against five."
G-5 plus Roya, a total of five people.
G-3 was also five people!
Roya rubbed his fists, his joints cracking: "Gouka , let's have a fair fight!"
"..."
Gouka 's face was ugly.
"Damn it, don't underestimate me!"
Soon, the battle ended.
Pike and the others, smirking maliciously, dragged the bruised and swollen Gouka and his team to the lake. Hanging them there was satisfying.
"Hurry up and work, we'll have to ambush other teams later."
"Oh oh oh!"
----
Roya welcomed a new guest.
"Roya Senior!"
The Lu Yun appeared very familiarly and even brought Roya a lunch box: "Please try it, I made it myself."
"Thank you."
Roya couldn't quite understand this girl, but he could feel that she was very interested in him, or rather, very interested in his actions.
"How did you know I was here?"
"Analyzed it!"
Lu Yun pointed to her head, she judged that Roya would not be too far from the lake, coupled with the actions of other teams, after a little analysis, she got a few of the most likely locations.
Roya ate the lunch box, surprised in his heart.
Talents who are good at thinking and collecting information are rare. He remembered that when they first met, the Lu Yun was recording his training data.
"It's delicious."
"Thank you."
Lu Yun's eyes narrowed, and she suggested with a giggle, "Roya Senior, Peacock is in the gravity training room, would you like to try it too? It's very beneficial for mastering the Six Styles!"
"Gravity training room."
Roya looked up at the inside of the forest.
It was said that like the science training hall in the base, it was built by Vegapunk, specifically used to collect the Marine's body data, and some magical science weapons.
He had wanted to see it for a long time, but the problem was that the training room in the forest was not open to trainees. To enter, you needed permission from above.
Seeming to see Roya's hesitation, Lu Yun took out something that looked like a work card.
"I have a pass!"
"..."
Roya took a deep look at the girl, maybe this girl was much more powerful than he thought, not in combat power, but in other aspects.
"Okay!"
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