Every year, an unknown number of warships are damaged and decommissioned! Captain, as a naval hero, although he is still only a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral after many years, his status in the Navy is comparable to, if not exceeding, that of the three top Admirals in terms of combat power! So Vice Admiral Captain, apart from executing missions, is quite 'free' at other times.
Using a few old warships as sandbags to practice fist techniques and arm strength is actually quite simple. Standard Navy warships are all top-tier combat weapons. Just ten or so can destroy an entire country. Whether it's materials or firepower, they are extremely powerful. Without using Haki, just punching and smashing dozens of naval warships is a very common feat.
"...You guys here... probably can't get warships, right?" Luffy suddenly thought. Now he wasn't on the boundless sea. This was inland. "..." Naruto and Sasuke both shook their heads repeatedly. Warships? The two of them probably hadn't even seen the ocean yet! "No worries, no warships is fine. You can use other things as sandbags for training. That's the general idea."
Luffy's so-called pointers were actually quite fast. While pointing out these basic attributes of speed and strength, Luffy also incorporated some enemy moves he learned in battle. Such as the Navy's Rokushiki. Naruto and Sasuke, therefore, began to train in this completely new system of techniques every day.
The two even tested their training results frequently. The test subjects, of course, were Luffy, who taught them fresh taijutsu! However, even if they made rapid progress, fully demonstrating the characteristics of their youth and talent,
they still couldn't gain the upper hand against Luffy. Especially Sasuke Uchiha. His Sharingan was already activated, and he could even, to a certain extent, use the power of genjutsu.
But when facing Luffy, his genjutsu shouldn't have any effect... Luffy himself explained that his Observation Haki could sense threats from Sasuke's eyes in advance. Then Luffy would deal with this threat immediately. This was also why every time Sasuke tried to use his Sharingan ability to temporarily restrain Luffy, which was every time he fell a step ahead of Naruto, he was always defeated.
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"Mr. Luffy... I'm so hungry! So hungry! Let's go eat ramen!" Another day of training complete, it was just evening. To be honest, Luffy was hungry too. Strictly speaking, Luffy was almost never not hungry.
"Alright, alright!" As soon as food was mentioned, Luffy's eyes lit up. He didn't put on any airs of a teacher in front of the two young ninjas, treating them as friends. "Hurry, hurry! Who's paying?" Everyone fell silent at this question.
Naruto originally prided himself on being able to eat, at least he felt this was a key point where he could surpass Sasuke. But later, he found that his own appetite was actually no match for a frail little girl. Later, he simply stopped mentioning it.
But now, it seemed this Luffy was truly a big eater! According to Naruto's understanding, Luffy was probably the person with the biggest appetite he had ever seen! For example, if all the space in Ichiraku Ramen was filled with ramen, and even Teuchi wasn't inside, and all the tables and chairs were removed.
Then the food in this ramen shop could probably barely feed Luffy five percent of his fill. Of course, Luffy himself maintained this. So as soon as asking who's paying was mentioned, everyone's heads drooped.
Naruto and Sasuke were still young. Even with the living expenses given by the village, they probably couldn't withstand such consumption.
"Mr. Luffy..." Sasuke suddenly remembered. "I remember Lord Hokage said you're already an honorary elder of the village, right?"
"Yeah, I don't know what this elder is for... Can I eat without paying?" Sasuke's head was filled with black lines.
"But that doesn't mean you don't have to pay... I mean, if you're already an honorary elder, then can't you draw a certain amount of resources from the village?" Honorary elders also had salaries, at least Sasuke felt they should have salaries.
"That's right!" Luffy slapped his palm. "I have a job now too! How much does this elder get paid every day?!"
No matter what, they still had to go to the village first. After all, where Luffy lived was somewhat remote. There was no way to find anything good to eat. As the three went to the Hokage's office, ANBU ninjas immediately came to their door. The other party said nothing, just greeted them, then quickly threw a bag at them and left. Was the bag a fixed amount of "salary"?
"Huh? We're getting paid already?" Luffy blinked, feeling that happiness was coming a bit too suddenly. Sasuke and Naruto, however, knew that these were ANBU ninjas arranged by Lord Hokage, who always had to follow them. They even knew what they were talking about.
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"Mr. Luffy?"
"What's wrong?"
"Were there ANBU ninjas when we were training before?"
"ANBU?"
"I mean those black-clad ninjas wearing masks..."
"Oh, yeah? Always!" Luffy replied. "When you weren't here, these ninjas in black clothes and masks were already guarding around my house... Weren't you sent by your village head to protect me?" Luffy asked. Sasuke and Naruto blinked.
Even they could tell that these ANBU ninjas were clearly sent to monitor Luffy! After all, this was a powerful outsider. If he did anything in the village, the Hokage had to get news immediately! Even if these ANBU ninjas weren't Luffy's match, he had enough time to make them relay the message!
Luffy didn't care about these things. Protecting himself was good, monitoring himself was fine. As long as it didn't affect his normal enjoyment of life, nothing else mattered! Anyway, he was living on someone else's territory, so what if they were a little cautious? Luffy was a free-spirited person who drifted on the seas, not a stern, rigid individual. Normally speaking, he was quite easy to talk to.
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With "startup funds," who was paying was no longer a problem. Simply put, Luffy pushed the entire bag of "salary" in his hand onto the famous person. "From now on, I'll take care of paying for guests! Naruto will handle paying for things!"
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