One Piece: Under the Throne

The Poseidon sailed away from Beka Town and came to the center of the ocean. The mild climate of the West Sea made people feel very comfortable. Instructor Alfu brought Will to the stern alone.

"Will, the merfolk must be good swimmers, right? Can you catch up with this boat in the sea?"

"Don't be ridiculous, Mr. Alfu. The Poseidon is the fastest ship in the world. I definitely can't catch up with it! And our ship can fly."

"Our ship can fly? WFK... ahem, is that so? This is really exciting news. But I mean, can you catch up with the Poseidon when it is sailing normally?"

"I can't do that. I have a very slow speed."

"Hey, Will, have some confidence. It's because you're always so pessimistic that you get bullied by your own kind. You have to stand up at the critical moment. As long as you catch up with the Poseidon, even if you have completed today's training, I believe you can do it."

"Okay, I'll try it." Will, who was successfully PUA'd by Afu, didn't know what was waiting for him next.

Will jumped into the sea and waited for the Poseidon to go away. Then, when he saw the signal for him to set off, he swam towards the Poseidon with all his might.

Soon Will caught up with the Poseidon, thinking that Alfu was a nice guy, arranging such an easy training for him. But after swimming for a long time, he couldn't shorten the distance, so Will began to get anxious and had to paddle harder.

Mr. Alfu appeared at the stern of the ship. "Will, try harder. We are just a little bit away from the goal."

"Instructor Ahfu, I have tried my best. Please don't let the Poseidon speed up any further."

Ah Fu suddenly changed his gentle attitude and put on a stern face: "Will, remember, in this vast ocean, you can either strive to move forward or sink. Tell me your choice, whether to move forward or drown."

"I...I choose to move forward."

"Very good, then try your best to catch up!"

"Sir, yes sir!"

Alfu nodded with satisfaction, threw a rope to Will, and turned back to the deck to find Gloria.

The deck was temporarily converted into a shooting range, and Gloria was fiddling with a crossbow.

"Afu, I still think Leo's suggestion is right. These weapons are light and not as useful as a sledgehammer."

"Hey, nonsense! A hammer is a melee weapon, how can it be as useful as a long-range weapon. Just think about it, how safe it is to deal with the enemy from a distance." In fact, Ah Fu never understood why a little girl like Gloria, who looks so weak, likes to use a hammer as a weapon.

Gloria suddenly showed a wicked smile, and when Ah Fu wasn't paying attention, she quietly touched him with her left hand, then ran to the bow and shouted, "Who said that hammers can only be used as melee weapons? Watch me."

Gloria randomly chose a direction to throw the hammer, and saw the hammer draw an arc and fly towards Ah Fu. But before she could be proud of it for too long, the weapon was caught by Ah Fu.

"What are you going to do next? What else do you want to throw? Can you use the hammer like this if you don't touch me with your left hand?"

Gloria stuck out her tongue, and after the prank failed, she had to agree to learn shooting. Gloria could not learn to operate a firearm, so Alfu had to let her practice with a crossbow. For this purpose, Leo specially made a repeating crossbow with a replaceable quiver, which was much more powerful than a pistol in short-range combat.

Gloria didn't care much at first, but after trying it a few times, she gradually came to like this weapon, because it was obviously more fun to use a crossbow for pranks than a hammer.

That’s not all. Ah Fu pushed the food cart over. Today’s dessert was a huge cream cake, but Ah Fu didn’t let everyone taste this delicacy during lunch.

Gloria's eyes lit up, and her mouth started watering when the cake appeared. But Ah Fu told her, "If you can hit the bull's eye, you can eat the cream cake. You can eat one bite each time you hit it. If your hit rate is good, you may be able to enjoy the cream cake all by yourself."

When Gloria heard about this good thing, she immediately agreed. It was just a matter of hitting the bull's eye. But when Gloria started shooting, she regretted it. The targets moved. Not to mention hitting the bull's eye, it was even difficult to get on the target. And Ah Fu was beside her, eating cake and mocking Gloria.

"Charles's cooking skills are really good. This cream cake is sweet but not greasy. Every bite is full of milky flavor. It is really hard to stop eating. Gloria, hurry up, or I will finish it if you miss."

Gloria was sweating profusely in anxiety, and she kept pulling the trigger faster and faster. However, the more she did this, the more her arrows missed the target, and in the end, she emptied both quivers without hitting the bull's eye.

At the same time, Ah Fu burped and said, "Oh no! I finished it by accident. I'm sorry, Gloria. It's all because Charles's cream cake is so delicious. Why don't we wait until next time? You will definitely be able to eat it next time."

Gloria frowned, tears welling up in her eyes. She was so angry at Ah Fu that she started to cry. After sobbing for a while, she couldn't help but burst into tears.

Seeing that the desired effect had been achieved, Ah Fu conjured up a piece of cream cake from somewhere. He waved it in front of Gloria's eyes, and then covered the cake with a cover.

"Okay, I'll give you one chance. Before the sun sets, as long as you can hit the bull's eye once, you can eat this piece of cake. I won't watch you train from now on. I believe Gloria is a girl who keeps her word and will never cheat."

"Woo woo, don't underestimate me. I must eat the cream cake openly." Gloria sniffed her cute little nose and assured Ah Fu with a stubborn look on her face.

Just like that, another naughty kid was taken down by Afu.

After dealing with the two most disobedient ones, Alfu went straight back to the monitoring room, where Leo and Charles were already waiting for him.

"Afu, this is the surveillance system I mentioned."

Several projection Den Den Mushi projected the surroundings of the Poseidon and every corner of the ship onto the wall. This was a biological closed-circuit surveillance system that Leo made using Den Den Mushi.

Alfu looked at the screen carefully, and soon he found Will who was still trying to swim to catch up with the boat, and Gloria who was practicing the crossbow seriously.

"Hey! Leo, what's wrong with your brain? How come you always come up with weird things? But this thing is really useful."

"I'm sorry to embarrass you, but this thing is not invented by me. Although it has not yet been popularized, many forces in the Grand Line are already using it."

"Oh? That's because I'm too inexperienced. It seems that going to sea with you is the right decision."

After that, Ah Fu looked at Leo and the other two seriously and said, "It's your turn next. Charles, go practice the Split Kick first. As for the use of other weapons, I'll sort them out and teach you. Leo, follow me."

Charles was more self-aware than the others. After Alfu finished speaking, he went to the fighting room to find a training dummy to practice. On the contrary, Leo followed Alfu to the equipment room with a nervous mood.

"Leo, I don't want to discourage you, but your physical fitness and physical talent are the worst among everyone, so you have to work harder."

"what should I do?"

"From now on, you will do three hours of basic training every day, which includes endurance training and strength training. Then you can learn kendo from me."

Leo thought for a moment and suddenly pulled out a dagger: "Afu, can you teach me how to use a dagger?"

Ah Fu took Leo's dagger and looked at it carefully. "You are using this weapon almost like a dagger now, but it doesn't matter. If you master one method, you can master all methods. Compared with the traditional assassin's method, I think you must be more inclined to direct combat. So it's okay for me to teach you according to the method of swordsmanship. You have to work hard to practice. Even if you can't become a great swordsman, at least you have to reach the level of being able to cut through iron."

Leo instantly became interested: "Iron Swordsman! I know this, right? Is it true that a swordsman who can cut through anything but steel is a Iron Swordsman?"

Mr. Ahfu was stunned. This...

"Where did you hear such a strange theory? What's the point of using a sword if it can't cut anything? A sword holder should be able to cut through anything with the sword's tip, even the softest and the hardest."

Leo looked at Ah Fu in confusion. That wasn't right. How could he deny the ideas of another great swordsman so easily? Could it be that his colleagues were really enemies?

"Afu, how did you become a great swordsman?"

Hearing this question, Ah Fu suddenly said with a pious look on his face: "That is the realm that a swordsman can reach when he carries out his beliefs to the extreme. You need to experience it yourself. If you doubt yourself, you will never step into the realm of a great swordsman! Leo, what is your belief?"

"Hold on, don't waste time!"

Ah Fu: ...

Ah Fu looked at Leo with complicated eyes. His eyes showed three parts of disbelief, seven parts of disappointment, and ninety parts of disgust. "You should go to the fighting room as well and practice slashing 10,000 times. I'll go see Will first."

After a while, Ah Fu came to the stern again, and suddenly he found that the rope used for boarding the ship was broken straight, and Will was floating on the sea with his belly turned up with empty eyes, letting the rope drag him forward.

Ah Fu: ...

The corners of his eyes twitched unconsciously, and Alfu shouted, "Will, are you still alive?"

Will: ...

Ah Fu couldn't remember how many times he sighed today, but luckily he was prepared.

Let's go! Ah Fu swung the barbecue tied with fishing line over Will with his arms. The aroma of the barbecue instantly awakened the little fat fish.

"Niku! Don't run, brother loves you!"

The fishing rod seemed to have a spirit in Ah Fu's hand. The barbecue would always pass a few centimeters away from Will's nose, so that he could always see it but not eat it.

Will seemed to have lost his mind and was swimming instinctively, leaving a trail of white waves behind him. When he approached the barbecue again, Will suddenly jumped out of the sea, grabbed the rope with both hands and tossed backwards with all his strength.

Ah Fu, who was controlling the fishing rod, suddenly laughed out loud and kicked the rope spool at his feet. Will screamed and was thrown far away.

"Oh! My meat!"