Chapter 55 – The Arrival of the Revolutionary Army's Leader, Dragon!
"Hurry—hurry—hurry…"
A rapid series of urgent Den Den Mushi rings suddenly cut through the room, interrupting the intense training session that had been running at four times efficiency.
Akira calmly reached out and picked up the Den Den Mushi placed beside his bed.
"Hello?"
"Lord Akira… Lord Akira…"
From the other end of the Den Den Mushi came the deliberately lowered voice of Donquixote Doflamingo, carrying both restrained tension and unmistakable respect.
"The people from the Revolutionary Army… their 'leader.'"
"Dragon."
"He has already arrived near the island."
"He said… he wishes to meet you."
"Oh?"
Akira raised an eyebrow slightly.
"They got here pretty fast."
"Alright, I understand."
"Click."
Akira ended the call.
He turned his head toward Yamato and the others, who were still desperately training their Layered Accumulation technique, then spoke.
"Alright."
Akira stood up and clapped his hands together.
"Today's training is suspended for now."
"I have a guest waiting for me."
"Eh—?!"
Yamato was the first to cry out in dissatisfaction.
"Why are you stopping again?!"
"I feel like I was just about to break through to the next level!!"
"L-Lord Akira…" Baby-5 looked at him with teary eyes. "D-did I do something wrong?"
"Quiet."
Akira ignored their complaints entirely.
"I said stop, so stop."
"Use this time to strengthen your foundation."
"Get used to the flow of power inside your bodies."
"After I come back…"
As he put on his clothes, Akira spoke in a flat tone.
"We'll continue."
"..."
Even though they each had ten thousand objections bottled up inside, under this man's absolute authority, they could only obey.
One by one, they stood up and began changing into their training uniforms.
Preparing to head to the martial arena to practice real combat techniques and stabilize the results of their training.
…
At the large training ground outside the villa.
Yamato, Smoothie, and the others were once again fully geared.
Since the layered accumulation method had been temporarily halted,
their only option was to conduct regular combat training to continue building strength.
After all, having explosive physical power without knowing how to use it properly was nothing but wasted potential.
"Hey."
At that moment—
Peach Rabbit, Gion, who had been standing off to the side observing coldly, suddenly stepped forward.
She was still wearing the Marine Vice Admiral's coat of justice, with the famous blade "Konpira" hanging at her waist.
"Since Akira isn't here…"
Gion swept her gaze across the group of so-called "monster women."
"Then I'll be your opponent."
"Hm?"
Yamato hoisted Hassaikai onto her shoulder and tilted her head.
"You?"
"A Marine Vice Admiral."
"You want to test our strength?"
"Hmph."
Gion snorted coldly as she drew her sword.
"I just…"
"Want to see how far you've actually progressed."
"And while I'm at it—"
"I'll teach you what real 'combat technique' looks like!"
Gion volunteered to take on this role for no other reason.
She was simply too curious.
She desperately wanted to know just how terrifying the results of this "unreasonable" training truly were!
"Come on!"
Gion assumed the stance of a high-level swordswoman.
"Attack me together!!"
"Alright!!"
Yamato, brimming with fighting spirit, charged forward immediately!
Followed closely by Smoothie, Baby-5, Rebecca, and Viola…
Boom!
The training field instantly erupted into a fierce battle!
However—
Only a few minutes passed.
And Vice Admiral Gion's expression completely changed.
"This… this is impossible?!"
Clang!!
Konpira in her hand barely managed to block Rebecca's slash.
The vibration alone left her palm slightly numb!
Rebecca!
The gladiator girl who, just a few days ago, could only dodge attacks!
Now her strength was already approaching that of an elite Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral?!
"It's not just her…"
Momousagi twisted her body, narrowly avoiding Viola's kick.
The sharp gust of wind from the strike scraped past her cheek, leaving a stinging sensation.
"Even the weakest of them has improved physically to this extent?!"
Not to mention Yamato and Smoothie—two existences that were already monsters from the very beginning!
Their physical bodies were now as hard as seastone!
A simple slash landing on them only left behind a faint white mark!
"How many days has it been?!"
"Three days?! Four days?!"
Vice Admiral Gion's heart was violently shaken!
"This rate of growth is completely unfair!!"
The longer the fight went on,
the more unsettled she became.
The more fear crept into her heart.
"If…"
"If that bastard Akira weren't just a pervert…"
"If he 'didn't discriminate by gender' and recruited subordinates on a massive scale, then taught all of them this Enhancement Technique…"
"Wouldn't he be able to build an invincible army made entirely of 'Emperor-level' fighters within a single month?!"
Just imagining it,
Gion couldn't stop the chill running down her spine.
She stared at the so-called "training support team" in front of her—powerful, yet all women.
An absurd sense of relief surfaced in her heart.
"Thank goodness…"
"Thank goodness that bastard only likes women…"
"Otherwise…"
"The World Government would really be finished!!"
…
Dressrosa, the new harbor.
The sea wind blew fiercely.
With his hands in his pockets, Akira walked leisurely toward the pier.
In the distance—
A ship with a unique shape lay quietly docked.
It was a ship of the Revolutionary Army.
At the bow of the ship,
stood two cloaked figures.
One was a young blond man with burn scars across his face—Sabo.
The other—
was a middle-aged man wearing a dark green cloak, with a red square tattoo on his face.
The leader of the Revolutionary Army, Monkey D. Dragon.
"So this is… the new Dressrosa?"
Sabo stared at the "steel forest" formed by the skeletal frameworks of towering buildings without outer walls.
His eyes were filled with shock.
"It's really… changed."
"It's practically like… a prototype of a future city."
"Mm."
Dragon nodded slowly.
But his gaze didn't linger on the buildings for long.
From the very beginning, his eyes had been locked onto the young man walking toward them.
"Logically speaking,"
Sabo said in a low voice,
"We should have been the farthest away and arrived last."
"I didn't expect us to be the first."
"Thanks to your abilities, Leader."
Dragon didn't respond.
Indeed, he had used his Devil Fruit power, manipulating the wind to travel at extreme speed.
Because—
He was far too curious about the man who dared to challenge the entire world at once.
"Fufufufu! Lord Dragon! Sabo-kun!"
Doflamingo stood nearby with a face full of obsequious enthusiasm.
At the moment, he was both the "CEO of Mingo Construction Group" and the "business receptionist."
"Look! This is the magnificent blueprint for our future!"
Mingo pointed enthusiastically at the rows of buildings as he explained.
"This is Area A! The luxury district!"
"And over there, Area D! The factories of the future world! If the Revolutionary Army ever has free time, they can work here!"
"And of course, our seastone business—"
"Tap, tap, tap."
The sound of calm footsteps interrupted Mingo's sales pitch.
Akira had arrived.
He didn't release even a shred of Haki.
He simply walked like an ordinary person.
And yet—
The moment Dragon laid eyes on Akira for the first time—
"!!!"
The revolutionary leader who made the World Government tremble—
His pupils shrank sharply!
His entire body tensed instantly!
It was the instinctive reaction of a powerful warrior…
Terror.
"What… what kind of presence is this?!"
Inside Dragon's heart, massive waves surged once more!
From Akira's body,
he couldn't sense even the slightest trace of a "human" aura.
Instead—
It felt like he was facing…
A ferocious beast wearing human skin!!
That horrifying pressure, deeply restrained yet suffocating—
Was more terrifying than any enemy Dragon had ever faced…
More than Kaido!
More than Sengoku!
Even more dreadful than the terrifying black shadow he had once seen at God Valley!!
"In this world…"
Dragon stared fixedly at Akira.
Cold sweat slid down his temples.
"Since when…"
"Has such a monstrous existence appeared?!"
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