Early morning, Marine Academy backyard, a dense forest.
Lucas stood leaning against a tree, waiting quietly with the grade sword in his hand.
Before long, Vergo, dressed in a white Marine Commander uniform, walked over.
“Lucas, what do you want by asking me to meet here?” Vergo asked, looking at Lucas, who was wearing a Marine Commander uniform.
“Vergo, what is your ideal?” Lucas asked inexplicably.
“Of course, it is to uphold the Justice of the Marines!” Vergo said without hesitation.
“Then, is helping that mad dog Doflamingo also your Justice?” Lucas asked again.
This sentence caused Vergo’s expression to change drastically.
“What do you mean?”
Lucas did not answer Vergo, but instead said: “The world has black and white, just like day and night, but black must never overpower white.
Everyone has justice in their hearts.
My justice is to stop evil with killing.
Innocent people must not die for no reason.
As long as it is within my line of sight, evil must vanish, including your master, Doflamingo.”
Listening to Lucas’s words, Vergo slowly untied his sleeves and threw the two weighted wristbands and vest he had been wearing on his body onto the ground.
Boom!
The heavy vest hit the ground with a muffled thud.
Next, Vergo picked up the bamboo pole from behind him.
Seeing this, Lucas sighed.
“How disappointing.
It seems you still chose your master.”
As he spoke, he carried Shuro and walked towards Vergo.
The two stood five meters apart, looking at each other.
Lucas slowly gripped the hilt of Shuro.
The next moment, a sharp aura erupted from Lucas, and he struck.
“Steel Tempest!”
Vergo dodged to the side, then used Geppo to open up the distance, kicking out five Rankyaku crazily.
Watching the five crescent-shaped sword energy attacks, which looked like flying slashes, head straight for Lucas.
“Wind Wall!”
Lucas slashed horizontally with his sword.
A gust of wind rose, and a wall of wind appeared before Lucas, blocking all the Tempest Kick slashes.
But just then, Vergo arrived in front of him at extreme speed, and sliced at Lucas with his bamboo pole.
The two had fought more than once during their time at school, and both had their own experience.
But this time, Lucas was using a real sword.
Clang!
Accompanied by the sound of Shuro and pole clashing.
A piece of Vergo’s bamboo pole was cut off; after all, he had not yet learned Armament Haki.
With his weapon cut, Vergo’s expression changed.
At this moment, Lucas placed his left hand on the ground.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Instantly, over a dozen vines with thorns burst out from underground, coiling towards Vergo.
Bang!
Vergo used Geppo to fly into the sky and dodge the vines immediately.
This was the first time Lucas had used his Fruit Ability in front of him.
Seeing Vergo jump into mid-air, Lucas dropped Shuro and reached out both hands.
“Shigan: Seed Gatling!”
The next moment, his index fingers turned into a blur in front of him, with little green lights in the afterimages.
Looking from afar, it was as if hundreds of crystal-clear fireflies were flying towards Vergo at high speed!
Those were Lucas’s seeds.
In his third year at the Marine Academy, Shigan was what Lucas practiced the most.
This scene caused Vergo’s expression to change drastically.
“Tekkai!”
Vergo used Tekkai immediately.
Bang bang bang bang!
Accompanied by the sound of impacts, Tekkai blocked the first wave of attacks, but when the subsequent seed bullets arrived, blood began to appear on Vergo’s body.
Knowing that Tekkai could not block Lucas’s Shigan: Gatling, Vergo began to use Kami-e to dodge.
At the same time, he danced the broken bamboo pole in his hand frantically, and Rankyaku were kicked out one after another.
The Rankyaku barely managed to knock away Lucas’s seed bullets.
“Geppo!”
Vergo knew he could not sit and wait for death.
He used Geppo, arrived behind Lucas in an instant, and smashed his pole towards the back of his head.
However, just as it was about to hit, Lucas dodged to the side as if he had eyes in the back of his head.
This was Lucas’s Observation Haki, and don’t forget, in the forest, he could strengthen his Observation Haki by sensing the trees.
Lucas easily dodged the attack, and Vergo’s second attack arrived.
But Lucas dodged easily again.
At the same time, his right hand was covered in a layer of black, and he punched Vergo in the stomach.
“Ugh!”
The massive force made Vergo’s eyes bulge out, and his whole body arched like a shrimp.
Bang!
After the punch, Lucas kicked Vergo into mid-air.
Then he used Shigan: Gatling again.
Lucas’s hands turned into blurs, and Vergo’s body in mid-air did not even fall.
Accompanied by constant twitching, splashes of blood appeared continuously.
When Lucas stopped, Vergo fell to the ground.
At this time, Vergo had lost all ability to resist.
“I remember telling you that I have never been good at swordsmanship!”
As he spoke, Lucas casually flicked out a purple seed, which burrowed into Vergo’s wound; it was the Seed of Corruption.
“From now on, you will follow behind me and practice my justice together!” Lucas said expressionlessly.
The Seed of Corruption quickly took root and sprouted in Vergo’s heart, then spread all the way to his brain.
A pale green light slowly appeared in Lucas’s hand and fell onto Vergo’s body.
This was another manifestation of the Photosynthesis Ability, which could heal others, but the efficiency was really not that fast.
Lucas had not gone for the kill earlier.
After Vergo’s condition stabilized, Lucas carried him on his shoulder, picked up Shuro, and returned to the academy.
Having dealt with the hidden danger of Vergo, two days later, Lucas boarded Garp’s flagship, a dog-headed warship.
Lucas was assigned to the Marine G-5 Fortress in the East Blue, which was commanded by Kadaru.
In the East Blue, there were a total of three Marine fortresses: G-2, G-5, and G-8.
Lucas was only nominally stationed there; he did not intend to stay in the fortress for long, as he still had a random mission.
He was a Lieutenant Commander upon graduation.
Anyone with any sense would know that Lucas, Vergo, Smoker, and the others would rise sooner or later, just like Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji back in the day.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, Lucas had a great deal of freedom, and Kadaru would not bother him too much.
Originally, Lucas had other warships to escort him, but since Garp invited him, Lucas had no choice but to board the dog-headed warship.
…
“Vice Admiral Garp!” Lucas boarded the Marine warship and saluted Garp.
“Ah ha ha ha, you’re here.
Zephyr has praised you quite a bit.
Hahaha, Tsuru still has a good eye.” Garp said, coming up and patting Lucas on the shoulder twice heavily.
The massive force instantly made Lucas’s shoulder numb.
“Your body is quite sturdy, kid.” Garp said, patting him heavily twice more.
This old man was definitely doing it on purpose.