Nox was simultaneously lecturing—no, training—these nine Vice Captains under him, while also offering them Training suggestions and future Training directions.
He easily and freely handled the attacks of these nine Vice Captains; after all, they couldn't even break through Nox's defense.
Compared to Nox's ease, Ashura Doji and the others felt immense pressure, sensing that chasm-like gap.
No matter how they attacked, they were easily blocked by Nox. In fact, Nox didn't even need to block, because many of them couldn't even break through Nox's physical defense!
Such a vast disparity made them feel incredibly frustrated and uncomfortable during the fight.
Under this kind of pressure, their progress was also rapid. Nox could now be considered a renowned teacher.
With his powerful strength and Kenbunshoku Haki, he quickly knew where Bullet and the others' weaknesses lay.
Letting them know their weaknesses and then training specifically to address those weaknesses and eliminate them was a form of progress for them.
This rapid progress came with a price, and that price was the increasing number of sword wounds on their bodies.
However, no matter how serious their injuries were, not a single person cried out in pain, and not a single person would quit.
They all fully invested themselves in this unequal battle, or rather, training.
They wanted to achieve the greatest progress in the shortest amount of time!
Five hours later, all nine of them were lying on the ground, not a single one able to stand up, even Karoo, who possessed an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit, or Bullet, who had a Mythical Zoan, were in the same state.
"Alright, today's training ends here. We'll do it again in half a year. By then, I'll see if you've improved."
"I give you Vice Captains a corresponding amount of Berries every month because I want you to spend more time on Training and improve your strength."
"Our Pirate Crew are going to expand outwards next, and there will be countless wars. I hope none of you die then!"
Nox said, looking at the nine people lying there.
The next few years would be the most chaotic time in the New World.
There were too many large Pirate Crew in the New World, and the territories were too small.
Once the territories in the New World were fully occupied and the large Pirate Crew had digested those territories, a war sweeping across the entire New World would inevitably begin.
At that time, the Limitless Pirates would not be able to stay out of it. In fact, Nox even wanted to take advantage of that opportunity to expand the territory of their Limitless Pirates.
After all, the territory of the Limitless Pirates was too small compared to the entire New World, not even one-tenth of it.
This completely did not align with his ambition!
"Lesley, arrange for medicinal baths for the six people other than Karoo and Bullet. As for Bullet and Karoo, just have them treated normally."
Then Nox looked at Lesley, who had arrived at some point, and said.
"No problem!"
Lesley said.
In these three years, Lesley didn't just develop medicinal baths suitable for child.
She also developed medicinal baths suitable for adults. The medicinal baths could help them recover quickly from injuries and minimize the chances of leaving any hidden injuries on their bodies.
However, the process of the medicinal bath was very painful. The process of the adult medicinal bath was very painful, and most people found it difficult to endure.
This effect of accelerating injury recovery and eliminating hidden injuries came with pain. Lesley had not yet improved this point.
Nox was very wary of hidden injuries, which was why he made this medicinal bath resource available to the Vice Captains he favored.
"Lesley's medicinal bath can help you recover quickly from injuries without leaving any hidden injuries, and it can also help you eliminate some hidden injuries that were previously in your body."
"But this costs money and will be deducted from your monthly rewards. From now on, if you are not Zoan-type Devil Fruit users, you must take a medicinal bath after being injured!"
"Also, this medicinal bath is unique to our Limitless Pirates and cannot be bought outside. It is only allowed for the Vice Captains and Executive Officers of the Limitless Pirates. This is a benefit for you."
"With injuries like yours, after taking a medicinal bath, you'll be about seventy to ninety percent recovered."
Nox said to Ashura Doji and the others.
As for why only non-Zoan-type Devil Fruit users use the medicinal bath?
It can only be said that the process from injury to self-healing is also a process of developing the Devil Fruit and increasing one's self-healing ability for Zoan-type Devil Fruit users.
"Thank you, Captain!!"
Hearing Nox say this, Ashura Doji and the others' eyes lit up.
Injuries of this severity would normally take six or seven days to recover. Now, just by taking a bath—no, a medicinal bath—they could recover by more than half.
This was very useful for them, not to mention that it wouldn't leave any hidden injuries!
However, they were very happy right now.
"Ah!!!!"
However, when they actually took the medicinal bath, with their bodies full of sword wounds, entering the medicinal tub felt as if it wasn't medicinal water, but chili water.
A piercing pain instantly swept through every cell in their bodies. The "refreshing" pain made them break out in cold sweat, and screams echoed from each tub!
The miserable cries were so shocking, as if something below was about to shatter.
"I'm not taking the medicinal bath anymore!!"
Kyle, who had just entered the tub, immediately jumped out in horror, trembling all over. The look in his eyes as he stared at the medicinal tub was full of fear. This medicinal bath was too terrifying, absolutely terrifying.
Although he felt his body had recovered somewhat after just a brief soak, the side effects were too frightening.
He would rather recover from his injuries naturally than take the medicinal bath.
"Vice Captain Kyle, the Captain said that anyone who dares not take the medicinal bath will receive extra training specifically for them next time."
However, the beautiful nurse adding medicine to Kyle's bath nearby said this lightly.
"Uh, I just said that casually, I didn't really mean I wasn't going to take the medicinal bath!"
Hearing the beautiful nurse's words, Kyle instantly cowered. The Captain had spoken, what could he do?
To avoid being specially picked out by the Captain for special training, he would have to take the medicinal bath even if it killed him!
"Ah!!!"
Kyle trembled and gritted his teeth as he re-entered the medicinal bath. However, as soon as he entered the tub, his teeth couldn't stay clenched, and he opened his mouth wide, screaming miserably.
"How cute!"
The beautiful nurse watched Kyle screaming repeatedly from a distance, a different kind of light shining in her eyes.
"Lesley, you can leave those matters to others. We haven't been intimate for a long time, have we? Let's go, let's try it out."
After the medical staff carried Bullet and the others away, Nox came to Lesley's side and gently wrapped his arm around her slender waist, saying.
Lesley lightly bit her lip, her eyes rippling slightly.
She came to Nox's side, wanting to use the various techniques she had learned to let Nox fully experience the progress she had made these past few days.
An hour later, the sun in the sky had already set, and it was getting a bit dim outside.
Looking at Lesley, who was completely defeated, Nox was very satisfied with his victory.
With Lesley's current stamina, she wouldn't be exhausted even if she fought with all her might for a day and a night.
But now, after fighting for less than an hour, she was in this state. It had to be said that Nox's skill had become increasingly profound, which filled him with a sense of accomplishment.
The next day:
"Lesley, Shakky, let's go to Amazon Lily and pick up Esdeath and the others."
Nox said.
Originally, he had planned to wait until Shakky's Devil Fruit development was advanced enough to connect to Amazon Lily from here before going.
That way, after arriving at Amazon Lily, they could directly return to Wano Country through a mirror.
Furthermore, he estimated that by the time Shakky developed the Mirror-Mirror Fruit to that extent, he would also have finished handling the matters in Wano Country.
Unexpectedly, he finished handling the matters in Wano Country much faster than expected, so he decided to pick up the child earlier.
After all, even if Amazon Lily was very safe, it wasn't as safe as being by his side.
"That's great, I miss Rhea very much too."
Shakky said happily.
Poor Gaenie and Drake, whether it was Nox, Shakky, or Lesley, they all, like Nox, preferred girls more.
As a result, they all showed more affection towards Esdeath and Rhea.
But it was only a slight preference, and there was no overly mushy or dramatic scenario occurring.
Drake and Gaenie lacked nothing in terms of fatherly love, motherly love, material conditions, etc.; it was just that girls were more naturally endearing.
"I'll go prepare the ship right now!"
Lesley was also happy to hear that they were going to pick up Esdeath.
After all, that was her child, and it had been so long since they last met. She wondered if Esdeath and Gaenie would still recognize her.
As soon as it was decided, they quickly prepared the ship and set sail discreetly.
The only people who knew Nox had left were the various Vice Captains and those who sailed with him; everyone else was unaware that Nox had departed.
"It seems I'll have to prepare to build a ship exclusively for our Limitless Pirates in the future."
Standing on the deck, looking at this standard pirate ship, Nox had the idea of building his own pirate ship.
As the Captain of a Pirate Crew, how could he not have a pirate ship that belonged solely to him?
"If you want to build a ship, adam treasure tree is the best shipbuilding material. I can keep an eye out for information regarding this."
Shakky said, standing next to Nox.
"adam treasure tree is certainly good, but the ship I want to build is too large, and adam treasure tree might not be enough."
"However, let's gather information on this first. If we can buy adam treasure tree, we'll buy it and keep it in reserve. After all, it's always good to have extra adam treasure tree material."
Nox shook his head and said.
Although adam treasure tree was the best shipbuilding material in the World, its quantity was extremely scarce, and the ship he wanted to build was too large. Using only adam treasure tree might not be enough.
In his vision, the ship he wanted to build had to be at least larger than Whitebeard's Moby Dick in the original work.
It would need to be at least a hundred meters longer than the Moby Dick to satisfy his appetite.
If so, the keel of the ship alone would be a major problem, because for such a massive ship, its most important keel must be strong and large enough to support it.