
Knowing that Roja is willing to take Tashigi to Headquarters, Smoker does not stop her. He trained there. He knew that the resources and materials for the exercises were much better compared to the ones here.
He was actually happy with the choice Tashigi made. If it was him, he might not have strengthened his heart and risked everything to train.
…
A warship slowly docked at the port at the Naval Headquarters. Roja walked out while Tashigi followed behind her.
This was the first time he had come to the headquarters. After all, he was only a sergeant.
“This... Headquarters, Marineford.”.
Looking at the huge fortress in front of him, Tashigi felt small. This is the operations center for all Marines. In this world, this is a place that fights crime.
When Roja arrived here for the first time, her reaction was the same as Tashigi's. Even though he saw it before while he was watching a single passage, the real thing could not compare to it.
On the way, except for a few Marines who did not recognize Roja, everyone saluted Roja as soon as they saw her.
Roja is moving a long way towards the recruitment camp.
When GARP threw Roja here, he knew that GARP wanted him to experience the gap between him and the other recruits and work harder to be as good as them.
What's more, GARP didn't throw it here and ignore it altogether. The reason he disappeared for such a long time was to help him obtain the sword, he started training Roja.
Roja wants to do the same with Tashigi.
"This is a recruitment camp, compared to them, your foundation is still far below theirs, so in the next month I will make that gap smaller."
For Roja, making Tashigi part of the camp was easy. He just needs to give the word and it will be done.
"Yes." Yeah."
Tashigi saw the strength of these recruits, they were too strong and almost inhuman which made her realize her weakness.
He had already heard from Roja that the camp was divided into ordinary and elite camps. His first goal was to surpass the extremely difficult ordinary camp recruits.
Moreover, she was a girl who would make things even more difficult for him.
The recruits look at Roja and are amazed when they see her, they are also curious about Tashigi.
When they found out that she was someone Roja had brought here to train herself, they all felt envy and hatred for her.
Many of them were already provocative and hostile towards him.
This made Tashigi even more nervous.
Roja didn't notice any of this. In fact, he took this entire journey to attract the hatred of these recruits to Tashigi so that he could have some rivals who could further strengthen him in the future.
Roja began to give pointers to Tashigi casually as she knew that Swordsmen needed to find their own way. There is no point in imitating because it will not make him a Grandmaster.
Tashigi is not the same as Zoro, she does not have a master like Koshiro who can help her lay her foundations at a very young age.
…
"It's still a bit messy... But it's much better than at the beginning."
Roja described her attacks in the usual way while telling her the advantages and disadvantages of her moves.
It's been almost a month since Roja brought him here. He soon realizes that not everyone is like him.
Roja's own feelings make it difficult to face any obstacles in her training. Even when he was at Grandmaster realm, he only needed to fight a few times with an actual Grandmaster to realize his path.
Instead, Tashigi's speed was much slower. It took him a month to refine his Sword Science and steer it on the right path. It was still unclear when he would understand the Rhythm of everything.
After a few confrontations, Tashigi's forehead was filled with sweat and when Roja saw this, she ended the practice today.
"I'm. I'm really sorry."
Tashigi showed an apology on her face.
Roja shook her head and said, “Nothing. Your physical strength is lower than that of men. It is normal, keep practicing and after a certain level, you will feel the effects become smaller and smaller. In this month you should appreciate the improvement you experienced.”
When she heard Roja's words, a happy smile was seen on Tashigi's tired face.
He knew better than anyone how much his strength had grown in the past month.
“Your swordsmanship is not as messy as before, so now you will be training at the camp with the others,” Roja told Tashigi.
Tashigi is not him. Sword training must be followed by a real fight. He at least needs to achieve the rhythm of all things himself.
According to the original story, Tashigi had the qualifications to become a swordsman, but whether or not she could pass that obstacle to the next realm was something Roja did not know even if she had her help.
After all, Roja did not know if this world had a female Grandmaster before.
“I won't let you down.”
Tashigi said firmly while clenching her sword and nodded towards Roja.
It was true that he started a little late, but there was something that made Roja feel that she had the potential to become a Grandmaster.
"Hopefully lucky."
Roja nodded and smiled at him then turned around and left.
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