Chapter 36: Chapter 36
There was no sign of Kizaru on the training ground.
Given his personality, it would be difficult for him to change in such a short time.
Besides, he had already taught Jake and Monet the most basic training methods yesterday.
They just needed to follow the plan step by step, so there was no need for him to constantly watch over them.
Moreover, Jake and Monet were also going to participate in regular Marine training today.
Although they were Devil Fruit users, they still needed to keep up with the most basic physical training.
After all, the training volume for ordinary Marine soldiers was also quite large.
For normal ordinary marines, the daily training regimen consisted of 2000 push-ups, 100 high-altitude rope climbs, 200 laps of long-distance running and finally combat training.
To be honest, this level of training was just the basic daily task for ordinary marines.
So when Jake thought about how Koby worked 200 times harder than other marines every day, it made his scalp tingle.
If Koby did 400,000 push-ups a day... There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour.
Assuming Koby exercised for 16 hours a day, with the remaining 8 hours for odd jobs, eating, sleeping and handling personal matters, that would be 57,600 seconds of exercise per day.
And Koby needed to do 400,000 push-ups a day, 400,000 ÷ 57,600 ≈ 6.9, which means Koby did 6.9 push-ups per second just for push-ups alone.
This doesn't even count the additional 20,000 high-altitude rope climbs, 40,000 laps of running, and training to fight 200 marines of equal level until passing out.
Looking at it this way, Koby's growth rate indeed matched this level of effort.
In comparison, Zoro's training from childhood and Luffy's life-and-death battles seemed too lazy in front of the Marine King Koby.
But there are only 24 hours in a day and Koby had to complete 200 times the effort of others within one day, which would be equivalent to other marines only training for 7 minutes and 2 seconds each day.
Obviously, most marines couldn't complete their training in seven minutes, which means if Koby wanted to achieve 200 times the training, he likely crossed over to the Naruto world, stole the Shadow Clone Technique and then trained in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
Rubbing his head, which felt a bit heavy from waking up early, Jake decided that if he had the chance in the future, he would go see exactly how Koby trained.
Holy Light circulated through his body, rejuvenating every muscle movement with vitality.
This was also the reason Jake could force himself to keep running.
For someone like him who took about seven minutes to run 1000 meters in college in his previous life, without relying on the power of Holy Light, he really would have died before running such a long distance.
However, because this was a branch, the training volume was only one-third of that for headquarters soldiers do, so the running was actually only 35 laps.
But if it wasn't completed within 3 hours, an additional 15 laps would be added as punishment.
For the first fifteen laps, Jake felt okay.
The circulation of Holy Light and increase in Power Level indeed made Jake's current physical condition far superior to ordinary people.
But starting from the twentieth lap, a large amount of iron rust taste began to appear in Jake's throat.
Each breath made a wheezing sound like a broken bellows.
His vision started to blur.
This lap was different from the standard 400m track in his previous life.
Although the construction funds for the branch weren't very sufficient, the track here was still 1500m long.
As for headquarters, it actually had a total length of 2000m.
Monet was also gritting her teeth at this moment, desperately following behind Jake.
Although there were many monsters in the world of One Piece, for most ordinary humans, women's physical fitness was indeed slightly weaker than men's.
Being able to keep up with Jake was already Monet's limit.
However, after consuming a Devil Fruit, the user's physical constitution would also be enhanced to some extent.
The physical enhancement was most obvious for Zoan types.
For Paramecia types, it depended on the specific type of fruit.
For example, the Rust-Rust Fruit and the Bean-Bean Fruit had very different effects on enhancing the human body.
As for Logia types, they had the smallest degree of physical enhancement for the user.
But because the users could transform into their element, this characteristic allowed most Logia fruit users' bodies to undergo subtle changes.
These changes often aligned with the fruit's characteristics and could moderately strengthen the user's physical body.
Seeing Monet beside him who was almost about to faint from exhaustion, Jake reached out his hand and pushed Monet for a lap, allowing her to relax her pace a bit.
Only then did the two start running side by side again.
The power of Holy Light continued to infuse and Jake could feel a sense of soreness but also inexplicable numbness throughout his body.
Neither he nor Monet used their Devil Fruit abilities, or rather, Jake didn't use Healing Prayer to restore his stamina.
This kind of training method was meant to push one's physical limits to the extreme.
If he were to use Healing Prayer, it would be somewhat like cheating himself.
Borsalino stood by the window of his office, watching the scene before him.
A faint smile appeared on his face as he said.
"Not using their fruit abilities, huh? They have quite a good sense of training. Otherwise I would definitely have given them extra practice tonight~ Ouch, I cut into my nail bed. How strange~ I was using Observation Haki too."
Monet's heavy panting continued to sound beside him.
Jake turned his head to look at Monet, whose dark green long hair was now wet with sweat and clinging to her smooth forehead in strands.
Panting heavily, he encouraged her.
"Just two more laps and we're done. We're the first to complete the task and we still need to go save your sister later. We can't fail here!"
Hearing Jake's words, Monet also gritted her teeth and continued to finish the last stretch.
***
The morning passed quickly.
Jake and Monet were now slumped on the grass of the training field, leaning against each other's backs to get some rest.
Monet's body was cool and refreshing.
Leaning against her after training gave an indescribable sense of comfort.
This morning, Monet and Jake successfully completed all the training tasks.
Although it was only about one-third of what headquarters marines did, it was already quite good for the two of them who had joined the Marine less than a month ago.
"Jake, want me to make you some ice water? But be careful when you drink it. Don't gulp it down too fast or you'll cough up blood. Just sip it slowly."
"Thank you, Monet. Did you bring a cup? I brought one, and I also bought a new one for you, but I don't know if you'll like the color."
"What color is it?"
"Pink, with a little dog pattern on it."
"It already sounds like I'll love it."