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Branch 321.

Under the scorching sun on the schoolyard, yellow sand danced in the wind.

Three imposing figures charged towards a black-haired naval officer standing in the center of the schoolyard. Their speed and strength had reached their peak, and their cooperation was nearly flawless.

The three pennants represented the pure white cloaks of the junior officers, fluttering wildly in the air as the three men advanced.

And the one being attacked was wild and defiant, bare-chested, revealing a muscled form chiseled by knives and axes. A smile played on his lips as he faced the onslaught of the three with a relaxed demeanor.

It is clearly Gion, Kageki and Sumo who are "attacking" Darren!

However, although they had the advantage in numbers, cold sweat beaded on the foreheads of the three from Gion, clearly bearing a tremendous amount of pressure.

Though they initiated the attack, it felt like Darren was single-handedly "surrounding" them three.

"Too weak, Kage Didn't you eat Your punches are pathetic...they barely even tickle."

Darren let out a mocking laugh, which instantly enraged the gasping Gage.

"Darren, you bastard! What are you talking about!"

A sharp piercing sound came from behind, the oppressive threat closing in. Darren sidestepped with ease, avoiding the slashing blades of both Squirrel and Gion as they lunged from behind him. He met their attack with a mocking grin.

"Aren't you So soft, can you even do it, little dog"

During their conversation, the naval colonel deliberately cast a meaningful glance at Kenji's crotch. The intensity in his eyes was enough to enrage any man with testosterone flowing through his veins.

"Darren, you're looking for death!! I'll fight you to the end!!"

As expected, the next second the schoolyard was filled with the deafening roars of a rampaging giant.

Only his body's skin was steaming with heat, and white smoke billowed from his nostrils. He charged towards Darren like a wild ox.

The force of his footfall,

even caused the ground to explode outward, creating a crater over five meters in diameter.

The acceleration surged to an extreme, shooting out like a cannonball.

Bang!

A dull thud.

Keiichi was stunned, staring at Darren whose face had been struck by his fist and head thrown back. He watched the blood splatter, momentarily unable to process what had just happened.

... actually hit

His pupils constricted instantly.

Only then did Darren, with his head held high and a bloody gash on his lips, suddenly raise a gleeful sneer.

Not only was there no anger or pain from being hit, but instead a smile of finding an interesting toy.

"Very good strength."

A deranged, excited voice rose slowly, falling into Gai Ji's mind like the whisper of a devil.

His eyes twitched, and a bad feeling washed over him.

Could it be...

Darren grinned.

Boom!!

He rammed his head straight into Kaito's forehead!

Blood splattered, and at once I felt dizzy.

Before he could recover, a large hand wearing black leather gloves kept growing larger in his blurry vision.

"Don't hit my face!!"

He uttered a wail of grief.

Darren, however, paid him no heed. He grabbed his face with one hand and lifted him up before slamming him hard into the ground!

Boom!!

The ground within a radius of thirty meters cracked instantly, forming a dense network of fissures. The earth groaned under the immense pressure.

A thick cloud of smoke billowed, engulfing the upper half of his body completely. His two legs, clad in sandals and covered in hair, twitched helplessly in mid-air.

Clang!!

Just at this moment, the sound of a military saber being unsheathed with a clang suddenly rang out.

A gleaming military saber first pierced through the swirling smoke, followed by "bringing out" the weasel's face wearing a military cap, resolute and composed.

The wide cloak billowed behind him, the weasel's eyes were cold and hard, his hands gripping the military saber tightly as he slashed fiercely towards Darren!

Excellent opportunity!!

Tut tut!

The blade, swallowing sword energy, slashed down fiercely, carving a large gash of blood across Darren's chest.

"Well, there's been quite a bit of progress."

A shocking bloodstain marred his chest, but Darren remained unfazed, gazing at the flying squirrel before him with admiration.

The flying squirrel chuckled wryly, "calmly" accepting Darren's heavy knee strike.

Bang!

His figure flew backwards like a bullet, smashing into three stone target dummies before landing clumsily and spitting blood.

As soon as Darren landed the hit, a wave of icy coldness crept over him from above, pressing down relentlessly.

That sharp aura even made him feel a slight prickling sensation on his skin.

He truly lives up to his title as a future general candidate. His swordsmanship talent is indeed astonishing...

Darren murmured to himself, smiling as he reached out with one hand.

Clang!!

The golden blade sliced through Darren's palm, severing his black glove but becoming stubbornly wedged there, held fast by the latter.

A fierce wind whipped the dust and smoke into a chaotic haze.

Only to see the figure of Jinyuan leaping high into the air, hands gripping a blade, opening a stance. The cloak behind her was billowed and danced by the constantly erupting waves of energy, almost vertical to the ground.

She glared at the smirking naval captain before her, letting out a low growl.

The legendary blade, Kongo-sho, shone with an unprecedented brilliance, withstanding Darren's inhuman power. It drew strength from the downward force, slashing relentlessly!

That knife……

The distance between the blade and the naval captain's chest was only a hair's breadth away...

However, even with Gion exerting all its might, it could not deliver the final blow.

By the end, even pressing down just a centimeter became incredibly difficult, like a hopeless dream.

Darren no longer held back.

Like an iron clamp, the hand suddenly tightened, and the collision of fingers and blade even produced a crisp sound like metal clashing.

He pulled it with a fierce jerk.

In Gion, in the sudden moment of imbalance and shock, a fist slammed into her abdomen.

Bang!

Waves of white exploded behind her.

Gei Yuan's face turned ashen, her body went limp and she slid to the ground, kneeling with both hands pressed against her abdomen, blood seeping from her mouth.

Tick tock...

Glaring crimson blood dripped constantly from the wounds on Darren's body, quickly absorbed by the schoolyard dust, forming dark brown streaks.

A smile spread across Darren's face as he looked at the three people, Jienyuan, Kakechi, and Muskrat, who were gasping for breath on the ground before him.

Well, that's it for today's training.

Under the expressions of pain, he blinked.

"See you tomorrow."

After he finished speaking, he turned and strode towards the director's office.

The flying squirrel rubbed his temples in frustration.

Gion lay on the ground, panting heavily, still clutching her long sword tightly in her hand.

Jia Ji couldn't help but let out a wail, angrily grumbling:

"Damn it!!"

It has been half a month since the day we went to the Germa Kingdom to "test" weapons.

Since that day,

Darren, that jerk, drags them to "special training" every day, claiming it's to help them improve their skills.

It feels like that jerk is "crushing" us in a new way every time!

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