Marine Training

Within a few minutes, everyone saw three men in the marine coat were walking towards them.

Rey saw the Special instructor is none other than Balck Arm Zephyr but with his one arm severed. He is a large, muscular, tan-skinned man, standing around twice the height of Rey, with short purple hair.

As a Marine Instructor, his outfit consisted of a purple suit with a Marine coat draped over his shoulders like a cape. There's no smile on his face, he looked solemn and majestic maybe because of the incident which resulted in losing his arm.

With him came two Marines, who wore a Rear Admiral uniform. They are none then Momonga and strawberry, but now, they are just Rear Admirals.

Instructor Z arrived before them and glanced at every face of Marine recruits as if trying to imprint them in his memory.

"In the future, you all will be facing the fearsome pirates of the sea and capture them to bring justice and peace to this world. For that, you have to be strong enough to confront the pirates who have special abilities, devil fruit powers, etc."

"So, are you ready to bear the pain to become stronger." Z solemnly asked.

"Yes, Sir"

"I can't hear you", Z asked again.

"Yes, Sir" Every Marine recruits loudly yelled.

"Good, Momonaga bring them to their accommodation; We will meet here tomorrow before sunrise."

After Z took his leave, Momonaga brought them to a large building. And told, this will be their place till they complete their training.

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Next Morning,

Everyone arrived at the training ground as instructed before sunrise. To Rey's disappointment, Z didn't appear, only Momonaga and Doberman came.

Like this, the hellish training for Marine Recruits began. First, they were told to run 40 rounds around the training ground, followed by push-ups pull-ups, squats, weight lighting, etc.

When the training finished around 9, everyone went to have breakfast. This is the only place, that everyone felt a little relaxed and different kinds of foods were kept for them pick.

Rey straight away went to the meat section and took large pieces of meat to eat. Everyone around him watched him tongue-tied and wondered, how he was going to eat that much.

Thanks to his Nine heavenly gates techniques, as soon as he began to consume the meat, the food transformed into energy and nourished his muscles and bones.

So he was able to eat three times as much as his peers. Mia who was next to him also ate a decent amount.

Rey could feel the meat here is rich in energy and vitality as it was able to increase his energy to a large extent. Soon, the fatigue from training and exercise disappeared and leaving him fully energized.

After one hour of rest, they were once again ordered to assemble at the training ground for next round.

A high-intensity training was carried out which made the recruits believe they are in true hell. A different training program was developed for everyone according to their skills and abilities. Mainly, the training focused on improving overall physical fitness, stamina, and endurance.

Later that day, training is given for combat, firearms and how to survive in battle or being captured by the pirates. There was also relaxation training, to improve one's mental fortitude.

Only around night 10, their training for the day ended and everyone left fully exhausted and tired.

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The Marine Recruit training for physical fitness lasted for around one and a half months.

In this period of time, Rey's physical strength increased to a whole new level. He could feel, he would be able to open the first gate very soon and he just needs a little force.

In these 45 days, no one in the training camp saw Special Instructor Z apart from meeting him on their first day.

But tomorrow, they were told that Instructor Z will come and explain to them about their further training.

Next day, Z appeared at their training camp.

What surprised them was Z's statement. For the next month, everyone will be training on their own and at the end of the month, an combat assessment will be held.

Only Recruits who ranks among the top 300 will be chosen for the next part of the training program. If one's not in the top 300, they will be kicked out of the training camp and will be designated as Marine soldiers in headquarters or they can return back to their home town.

Everyone was shocked by the announcement and didn't consider there will be another elimination. No one wants to return back to their home town or to be a normal soldier as they clearly understood the benefit of being in the Elite Camp.

Rey was surprised by the announcement and was also excited that he would be able to practice as he wishes and will be able to open his first gate even faster.

Soon the Marine recruits are dismissed from the training ground without any proper advice. Many of them were bewildered, and unclear about what they are supposed to do.

Unlike others Rey was very clear about what he wanted to do; He wants to surpass his physical limit.

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Next day,

"Oi, Oi, Look at him, he is running since morning! isn't he tired?" A marine recruit exclaimed.

"Hehe, Look at his legs, it's trembling this is his limit, he will soon fall to the ground. Let's go, I am hungry."

Mia was also at the training ground but she couldn't keep up with Rey as she is fully exhausted and tired.

Rey didn't how many rounds he ran, but he could feel his whole body is numb and his eyes were already beginning to blur.

There's only single thought in his mind, that is to get stronger, stronger and stronger than anybody. With just using pure willpower, Rey continued his running.

But without his awareness, Rey lost his consciousness but his body kept running for some distance and eventually collapsed on the ground.

Mia who's watching from the distance sighed and dragged his body away from the training ground.

When Rey opened his eyes, he was under a shade of a large tree while his entire body ached in pain. He once again closed his eyes, activated the Nine Heavenly gates breathing technique.

Soon, his fatigue and pain disappeared in a puff of smoke leaving him in a state of extreme hunger. Only then Rey noticed Mia beside him, "Thanks, Mia."

"You truly train like a mad man. I wasn't even able to keep up with your training practice." Mia said.

"Let's go, I am starving."

Then, Rey and Mia left the training ground to full their stomach. Foods are one of the best things in Marine headquarters since they have a variety of food collection such as Fruits, vegetables, meats from sea kings and strong creatures, etc.

Meat from sea king and Strong creatures have a lot of energy which was able to help Rey in recovery and nourishment of his physical body.