I've Already Become An Admiral And Now The System Shows Up?

A few days later.

At the Admiral's office in the Marine Headquarters Base.

As usual, Kenji finished handling and arranging his recent affairs, then went to the balcony to leisurely drink tea and read the newspaper.

On the small table beside him were exquisite pastries customized from a bakery in Marineford Town.

Anna sat behind the desk, skillfully marking the processed documents with a fountain pen.

Soon, she organized all the documents, stood up, and came to stand beside Kenji, her posture straight, and reported, "All the command documents that need to be issued recently have been organized."

"Mm, you've worked hard." Kenji's gaze moved from the newspaper, and he turned to Anna, smiling and gesturing, "Come, have some pastries with red tea, and take a good rest."

Anna raised her delicate fingers to push up her gold-rimmed glasses, lowering her head to glance at the exquisite pastries piled like a pagoda on the small table, and the untouched teacup still steaming beside them, a silent smile appearing on her face.

But soon, she seemed to remember something, and her brows furrowed, "Fleet Admiral Kong... is it really okay not to respond to him?"

"Haha, don't worry about these things. I know very well what Kong wants to do." Kenji waved his hand indifferently.

Thump... Thump... Thump!

A knock sounded, then the door opened, and Zephyr walked in.

"You're back? This time, leading the practical training lasted quite a while." Kenji put down his newspaper and turned to look at Zephyr.

"Ah, because there are two 'monster' students in the team, nearby sea areas pose no challenge for them..."

Zephyr came and sat opposite Kenji, talking about the general process of this practical training, feeling very troubled by the two 'monster' students repeatedly acting on their own.

He was Kenji's old subordinate from before, and now that he sat down, he was not polite. Without Kenji's invitation, he helped himself to tea and pastries.

"Oh? These pastries taste really good, better than those on New World." Zephyr finished eating and gave his evaluation.

Then he picked up a teacup and took a sip of red tea to clear his throat, finally not forgetting to raise a question, "How come you look so leisurely? Are you slacking off again?"

Kenji was somewhat speechless with this old subordinate in front of him. Eating pastries and drinking tea still couldn't stop his mouth.

'Besides, is this called slacking off!'

'I'm just working in a way that makes me more comfortable, which allows me to achieve higher efficiency.'

'Go look at Kong's place, where the pending documents are piled up like mountains, then look at me. Even sudden incidents are easily resolved!'

Kenji had discussed these principles with Zephyr many times, and now he was too lazy to bring them up again. Kenji didn't expect the stubborn Zephyr to grasp these principles.

"Oh, right."

Zephyr finished the tea in his cup, suddenly remembering the purpose of his visit, "Did you call me over for something?"

"Heh, not bad, you didn't forget that I called you over." Kenji almost laughed in exasperation.

Watching Zephyr's sheepish look, Kenji shook his head helplessly, but still explained the reason, "I plan to specially recruit one person from your students to be my subordinate."

"You could have just used a Den Den Mushi for this."

Zephyr had thought it was something important, and now explained, "It won't be long before the outstanding students in this batch graduate early."

"Once they graduate and officially join the Marine, you can just transfer the student you've chosen."

"That requires waiting, and what I need is now!" Kenji emphasized his tone.

"Alright, alright." Zephyr patted his head and stood up with a helpless expression.

"I'll go with you to choose right now... Actually, you don't need to say it, I already know who you want to pick."

...

At the Marine School, elite students gathered in the spacious training ground.

Standing at the very front of the student ranks were still Sakazuki and Borsalino.

However, this time, only the two of them were in the front row. The other students very consciously stepped back, keeping their distance from the pair.

Through the previous practical exercise, everyone had understood that there was an insurmountable gap between themselves and those two monsters.

"Have you decided which student you want to choose?" Zephyr stood with his arms crossed in front of the student ranks with Kenji, his tone teasing.

In reality, he had already vaguely guessed Kenji's intention, but he didn't state it explicitly to save his old superior's face.

However, the next moment, Kenji suddenly spoke, making a request that caught Zephyr off guard.

"I heard there are two strongest students in this batch? That sounds very strange!"

"They need a battle. The winner will be the strongest student!"

Kenji's gaze was sharp as he looked at Sakazuki and Borsalino opposite him.

Although he had chosen Sakazuki a long time ago, he still planned to test the latter's strength first.

The necessary procedures must be followed. Magellan went through the test, so Sakazuki naturally couldn't be an exception.

What's more, Kenji also needed to determine how much Sakazuki's strength had grown through a evenly matched battle.

Soon, the two 'monster' students confronted each other in the training ground, while the other students retreated far to the edge of the field, fearing being caught in the crossfire of their battle.

Kenji stopped at a position not far from the battlefield, seemingly intending to observe their fight closely.

He watched the two figures flashing and attacking each other in his vision, but the system's main mission, issued earlier, appeared.

[Mission (Main - Long-term): Protect Loguetown, capture pirates!]

[Reward: Weekly Loguetown public order meeting standards will grant a reward - Upgarde a random owned trait once (Basic Reward)!]

"Long-term garrison mission... I don't have that much time." Kenji couldn't go to Loguetown for a long-term garrison.

Even if he was willing, Marineford wouldn't agree.

An Admiral, the Marine's highest combat power, not going to subdue the many powerful pirates in the New World, but instead going to garrison the weakest East Blue—this would be blatant slacking off, not even pretending.

Of course, Kenji was currently looking for a solution, and whether it would work still required practical testing.

Clang! Boom!!

A sharp metallic clash echoed from the battlefield, and the muffled sound of energy collision accompanied by sparks erupted.

At this moment, Sakazuki held a long blade with both hands, Armament Haki wrapped and covered the entire blade.

Opposite him, Borsalino also held a long sword, but this long sword emitted a golden light, its blade formed by condensed photons.

The two collided fiercely. Borsalino seemed to lack strength, and his body rapidly turned into light and retreated.

Sakazuki's gaze was sharp, and he exerted force with his legs, sprinting wildly, using Observation Haki to predict Borsalino's movements.

The next moment, he suddenly stopped, raised his long blade high, and slashed down at an empty spot in front of him.

Almost simultaneously, Borsalino transformed into a beam of light and attacked.