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

Even strong melee fighters, when they reach old age, might maintain their combat power, but their physical stamina is difficult to reverse against the laws of nature, and their bodies won't secrete as many hormones as when they were young, so their passion naturally cools.

When Kenji found the feeling of his youth again, he finally took the system tasks seriously.

Of course, he still had to slack off, but it couldn't affect the task progress, so he needed more mature slacking skills. Fortunately, Kenji had quite a bit of experience in this matter.

After Kenji's body became younger, he hadn't found a suitable opportunity to fight Zephyr.

Zephyr led the Marine students to various parts of the world for practical training after the Sabaody Archipelago incident, and Kenji's body became younger a few days after the Sabaody Archipelago incident.

Today, Kenji finally saw Zephyr again. While testing and specially recruiting Sakazuki, he also took the opportunity to have a fist-to-fist showdown with Zephyr.

Firstly, it could test the strength of his [Physique (Gold)] combined with the 'Berserk' state, and secondly, it could complete the side quest—

If this side quest from a few months ago hadn't expired!

Facts proved that the mission indeed hadn't expired, and the reward was naturally issued.

The only thing that made Kenji a little unhappy and puzzled was: why did the system determine that he only drew with Zephyr?

It was fine that it judged his challenge status as 'Strongest Student'. In the system's timeline, he had indeed already graduated from Marine School as the Strongest Student.

But the final result of a draw was truly unbearable.

"Could it be that a battle where the target isn't knocked down is at most a draw?"

The system didn't provide judgment criteria or an explanation, so Kenji could only infer based on the available information.

"If it has to be knocking down the target..."

Kenji subconsciously looked up at Zephyr, who was slowly sipping tea not far away, and the image of the other party being beaten black and blue appeared in his mind.

In fact, Zephyr, when he was young, was often beaten by his direct superior, Kenji.

However, he is now a man who has served as an Admiral.

Besides, the task had already prompted completion, so even 'finishing him off' now would be too late.

"Forget it, forget it."

Kenji simply put his attention back to the system interface, examining his current Traits.

[Name: Kenji]

[Traits: Armament Haki (Light Gold), Observation Haki (Light Gold), Conqueror's Haki (Dark Blue), Physique (Gold), Armament Haki (Light Gold), Swordsmanship (Super Blue), Sea Beast Power (Light Blue), Superspeed Regeneration (Light Blue), Iron Body (Light White), Future Vision (Blue), Berserk (Light White)]

"Hmm, it seems there are no Traits that can trigger evolution." Kenji could roughly infer some situations through his past trait upgrade experiences.

Low rarity trait upgrades only have a very small chance of triggering derivative evolution to generate new Traits.

"Currently, there are four gold Traits..." Kenji's gaze swept back and forth over the four glittering golden lights.

"The main effect of the Physique trait is to increase the upper limit of my body's talent, allowing me to continue to improve my combat power through training... It's a long-term gain, I suppose."

He recalled that after Physique advanced to gold, his Armament Haki, which he had been training continuously for many years without improvement, finally upgraded after several months of training, from 'Light Purple' to 'Purple' rarity.

However, the higher the rarity of a trait, the more difficult it becomes to improve, especially those few gold Traits.

Kenji had been using Observation and Armament Haki during this period, but he didn't feel any changes in these abilities.

"The other three Traits, however, can immediately increase combat power!"

Kenji stroked his chin, frowned and pondered for a moment, and gradually made a decision in his heart.

"I'll still upgrade Haki..."

If Kenji's Conqueror's Haki trait had already advanced to gold, then he would naturally upgrade it.

But currently, only Armament Haki and Observation Haki Traits had reached gold.

Finally, Kenji, according to his personal preference, chose to upgrade Armament Haki, repeatedly tapping the '+' sign next to the Armament Haki trait with his mind.

[Your Armament Haki (Light Gold) upgrades... (Gold)... (Dark Gold)... (Super Gold)!]

[Current Armament Haki (Super Gold)!]

[Your Armament Haki trait has reached the highest rarity!]

"That was close, fortunately, there were enough upgrade attempts." Kenji was startled.

"Highest rarity? Does that mean, in the system's judgment, 'Super Gold' rarity is already the strongest?"

Thinking of this, Kenji couldn't help but clench his fists again, looking up at Zephyr, and an excited thought of immediately trying the power of this strongest Armament Haki arose in his heart.

"Phew! Hold it in, don't be impulsive... I'll take my time later."

After all, he had just beaten him up, he couldn't do it a second time in a row.

No matter what, Zephyr was his old subordinate for many years, he had to give him some face, right?

Just as Kenji unclenched his fist and sipped his tea, Zephyr opposite him seemed to remember something and suddenly looked over.

"Kenji, I recently heard a rumor..."

Zephyr chose his words carefully, very cautiously speaking of the rumor he had heard.

"I heard that the World Government is very dissatisfied with your loss of Heavenly Tribute, and Fleet Admiral Kong wants you to carry out a certain mission..."

Before Zephyr could finish speaking, Kenji raised his hand to interrupt, a cold smile appearing on his face. "Hmph! Is it the Five Elders?"

"...I heard that's the case." Zephyr was silent for a moment, then nodded and replied, "Fleet Admiral Kong was asked to go to Pangaea Castle in Holy Land - Mary Geoise to report and explain to the Five Elders in person."

"Kenji, what is your opinion on the current Marine?"

Zephyr finally voiced a big question that had been weighing on his mind for a long time, a question he couldn't find a reasonable answer to on his own for the time being.

Kenji looked up at the sound of his words, reading the complex emotions of struggle, hesitation, and anger in Zephyr's eyes.

He knew that Zephyr was very disappointed with the Marine at this time, the direct reason being: his wife and child were killed by pirates.

However, Zephyr had entered Marine School since he was 14 years old and fought for many years with a belief in justice, so he still held hope for the Marine, which is why he transferred to be an instructor, hoping to train more and better Marines.

It's just that Zephyr himself didn't realize at this time that beneath the surface of the direct cause, there might be deeper reasons...

"Zephyr." Kenji suddenly spoke, his expression becoming a little more serious, "Do you think an Admiral must obey the orders of the higher-level World Government?"

Zephyr looked up in surprise, vaguely sensing in his heart that this old superior of his might have astonishing remarks to make.