Third Gate!

Rey slowly opened his eyes which seemed like a heavy mountain and his entire body was tired, empty and powerless; He felt like, he was hit by a running train.

"Look's like I am still alive."

Soon, clarity returned to his eyes and noticed, he was in some kind of infirmary with his whole treated. He couldn't find out where he was, as he wasn't able to rise to his feet because of the soreness.

The door, where he was resting opened and Mia came in with two middle-aged men. She was startled to see Rey awake, "Rey, when did you wake up? Doctor, please inspect his wounds."

"Just now," Rey replied. Then the two middle-aged men began to examine and nursed his wounds. After that, both of them left the room leaving Mia and Rey alone in the room.

"What happened? Where are we?" Rey asked.

"That's my line, What happened there for you to be this injured?" Mia asked.

"We are back in Marine headquarters and you were unconscious for five days with heavy fever. When we came back to find you on that day, you were there, collapsed, lost a lot of blood and body full of slash wounds."

"What, it's been five days? Did you catch him?" Rey hurriedly asked.

"Catch who? Only after asking the guards of the kingdom, I found out what transpired there but we saw no one apart from you there. And, since you were heavily wounded, we quickly left the Island to treat you."

"Bwahaha, is that brat awake yet?" Garp barged into the room carrying a packet of rice crackers.

"Oh, you are up,"

"Vice-Admiral Garp!" Mia saluted.

"Haha, seeing how badly you were beaten up, your opponent must be quite strong," Garp spoke, not caring about who the opponent is.

"Come and see me once you are recovered," Saying this Garp left.

"Rey, we also found out who the assailant is - his name is Cavendish, former prince of the Bourgeois Kingdom who has been exiled from his home" Mia excitedly told the news but was disappointed seeing Rey's lack of expression.

Mia puffed and left the room informing Rey to take good rest.

Rey knows Marine's will eventually find out about cavendish; Since he knows everything about cavendish, Mia's news doesn't interest Rey.

Rey's current problem is to check his body and figure out, how much time he needs before full recovery.

When he checked his injuries, Rey was amazed to discover his injuries are healing at a fast pace which is almost four times his previous recovery speed.

Only then he noticed the third gate which he wasn't able to locate till now was opened and it was located in his stomach. Moreover, his physique was constantly absorbing the energy around him and steadily replenishing his body which is deprived of any pure energy.

'I finally understood why my strength wasn't increasing for a few months, it's because only when I exhaust and drain the pure energy inside my body and refresh with a new one, my physique will improve.' Rey thought.

Even though Rey was excited to test his new strength but for that, he needs to be in his top condition. His injuries are quite serious which needs two days of rest to completely heal, according to his current recovery speed.

Two days passed, Rey completely recovered from his injury. He looked fresh and energetic not like someone who was on the brink of death just before two days.

Even the doctors who came to check on Rey was astonished and left speechless by his condition.

Rey could feel fresh energy gushing through his entire body which was quite different from before. His physique has been improved, so was his strength and speed.

With his current strength, he should be as strong as some next in line Rear Admirals and also beating any pirates below 150 million won't be a problem for him. If he also learns haki, only Vice Admiral level figures will be his match.

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"What? Brat, did you hit your head somewhere, only a few days have passed since you were beaten black and blue by someone but you want a transfer to the new world." Garp's cry could be heard by half of Marineford.

"Why?"

"I can only improve myself among some strong opponents since you aren't teaching me Haki, I can only lear myself," Rey said.

"Brat, are you threatening me?" Garp asked with an angry face.

"No"

"Ok, I will teach you haki but you can only go to the new world after I give my approval. Deal?" Garp asked while Rey nodded his head.

"Did you really completely recovered?" Garp asked.

"Yes, do you want to see?" Rey smirked, clearly provoking him for a spar.

"Come, let's see how much you have improved in this few months"

Both Garp and Rey arrived at the training field to test his strength. Seeing that 'Hero of the Marines' is going to be in action, the entire training field soon became crowded.

Garp is very strong and there is no questioning about it, but Rey too improved very much since their last fight.

Since he already opened his third gate, Rey's physical strength improved to another level. He also wants to test whether his current physical strength is capable of forcing Garp to use his Haki.

Many marine soldiers and high ranking officers also came to watch the combat between Rey and Garp.

Far away from the training field, two figures could be seen watching the fight between Rey and Gap, they are none other than Sengoku and Akainu.

"I heard he was heavily injured in his last fight but I didn't imagine he would recover so soon from such wounds," Sengoku spoke.

Akainu who was beside Sengoku snorted, "Just a loser, he wasn't even able to win someone in such a runway Kingdom, losing Marine's face."

"Sakazuki, he is just a kid who's on the field for less than six months; When you joined marines you were nowhere near what that kid accomplished in such a short time." Sengoku kidded.

"Hmph, I hope at least his justice is absolute!" Akainu said and left, without watching the fight.