Navy Headquarters Medical Building.
In a separate room located in a high-rise ward, a man who was missing his right arm and covered in bandages was sitting quietly at the window, holding a newspaper in his hand.
He is Lieutenant General Dauberman.
After the Battle of Spring Island, he was seriously injured. Although he received emergency treatment from the accompanying ship's doctor on the warship, he still had to amputate an arm. Moreover, the internal and external injuries were so severe that it can be said that he almost lost his ability to fight in the future. .
Because of this, the Navy Headquarters did not impose any substantial punishment on him for this serious defeat, and even his lieutenant general rank, which was already on the verge of being stripped away, was retained for him.
Standing next to Dauberman was a colonel from the headquarters.
"...The above is all the notice from the headquarters to you. You can stay in the headquarters to process the documents, or you can choose to serve as an instructor in the recruit camp."
The colonel of the headquarters looked at Dauberman with some worry. He knew Dauberman's situation and that Dauberman had lost the ability to fight. From now on, he would only review documents and teach new recruits, so he was worried that Dauberman would not be able to bear it. This result.
Dauberman, who was sitting at the window, didn't know whether he heard or not. He just held the newspaper in one hand and looked at it. He kept squeezing it with his fingers and crumpled one end of the newspaper into a ball.
What was printed in that newspaper was the news about the duel between Hawkeye and Carlos, and the news that Rhodes killed the legendary pirate leader Qingjiao.
"Lieutenant General..."
The colonel of the headquarters standing aside said worriedly. He was worried that Dauberman would not be able to think clearly.
He also knew about Rhodes. He was just a small person in the East China Sea at first, but he rose to a strong position. In the end, Dauberman paid a heavy price for it. Even if this kind of thing happened to him, he might not acceptable.
"Um."
Dauberman took a deep breath, suddenly let go of the newspaper, put it aside, and said, "I understand. If you go back and report for me, just say that I am willing to stay at the headquarters to process the documents."
"Lieutenant General?!"
The colonel of the headquarters showed a hint of surprise. He was very aware of Dauberman's style. He was tough and iron-blooded, and believed in strength and absolute justice. He did not expect that after losing his strength, Dauberman could still accept a civilian job such as handling documents.
Dauberman smiled faintly and said: "I can't fight anymore. What I have experienced and seen is much more than you imagine. You can go down."
"yes."
The headquarters colonel nodded, saluted and left the room.
And just after he left, the expression on Dauberman's face gradually changed. Although he still maintained a light smile, the light smile became more and more ferocious, and eventually turned into a hint of madness.
"Such an ending, hehehehe..."
He let out a few creepy sneers, grabbed the newspaper suddenly, and stared at the report about Rhodes in the newspaper.
Losing power is more painful to him than death, but he will not choose death because he still has to watch and see Ross's end that is worse than him!
"I'll watch."
"Pirate Ross."
Having had a head-to-head confrontation with Rhodes, plus all the information about Rhodes, he knew very well that Rhodes' character was definitely not a person willing to submit to others.
Arrogant! Aloof!
Even if you are lucky enough to escape the encirclement and suppression of the navy and enter the new world, you will face a situation where you are facing enemies in all directions, and you will be squeezed between the navy and the four emperors.
He will watch, watching Ross be defeated by the navy and sent to the prison of Impel Down City, or be defeated by the four emperors and killed by the four emperors in despair. Before that, no matter how painful it is, he will live and not see Rhodes' final fate, he will never die!
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The island of lawlessness.
After defeating the leader Qingjiao and killing him, Rhodes and Robin returned to the Ghost, leaving Lafitte to move around freely on the island until the magnetic force of the record pointer was fully charged.
The bounty for leader Qingjiao at his peak was as high as 580 million Baileys. After hunting Qingjiao, the reward Rhodes received was also in the order of 580 million. It was not because Qingjiao's head was stuck. Puta is bald, and there is nothing to lose.
1 free talent point!
120 points of talent proficiency!
It was surprisingly higher than the reward for defeating the Vice Admiral before Rhodes.
Of these 120 points of talent proficiency, Rhodes made a choice after thinking for a moment, and filled 50 of them into the physical enhancement of the general system.
The talent tree of the universal system flashed with golden light and underwent some changes.
Agility enhancement: 200 (top enhancement)
Physical Strengthening: 400 (Top Strengthening)
Tenacity: 50 (intermediate strengthening)
A warm current surged out of Rhodes' body, strengthening his body and disappearing after a few seconds. His physical enhancement also exceeded 400 points, which was very close to the full value of 500 points.
With the remaining 70 points of proficiency, Ross hesitated a little. After a period of hesitation, he finally chose to add 50 points of proficiency to Armed Color Haki.
The 15 points of proficiency gained from killing Mogu the Ripper were all used on the distortion fruit. The power of distortion has been strengthened by a certain amount. With 20 points added, the improvement is already large enough.
and.
Today, he has been able to combine the armed color domineering and the power of distortion almost perfectly, improving the armed color domineering, and the improvement of strength is also not weak.
The most important point is that if he meets the navy again, he will most likely be a navy admiral. The three current admirals, Qingzhi Kizaru and Akainu, are all top natural powerhouses.
His armed haki is okay against Smoker and Crocodile, but it pales in comparison when faced with such top experts. Even if it can be combined with the power of distortion, it may not be able to hurt the opponent's entity.
In the battle on top, Phoenix Marco and Foil Bista of the Whitebeard Pirates teamed up and used Haki, but they failed to cause any damage to each other after hitting Akainu.
Looking at the entire war on top, Whitebeard was almost the only one who caused real harm to Akainu!
Buzz!
Golden light flashed past, and the branch of armed domineering that had been neglected by Ross finally gained proficiency.
50 points of talent proficiency just pushed the armed color domineering to the intermediate level of enhancement, directly improving Ross's armed color domineering by a big margin!
"Armed!"
In the training room, looking at the square iron block in front of him, Ross clenched his right hand into a fist. His armed domineering energy suddenly condensed into a dark hardened color, and then he punched out.
boom!
His fist struck the square iron block, causing a roar instantly. Even though the sound insulation effect of the training room was excellent, it still echoed in all corners of the Ghost Shadow.
This punch directly made a deep fist mark on the iron block.
"It should be a little worse than green peppers, but not too much."
After recalling the strength of Green Pepper's armed color and comparing it in his mind, Ross nodded slightly. This level of armed color is considered to be somewhat capable of fighting against generals.
The last remaining 20 points were naturally placed on the twisted fruit.
Firearms Shot: 50
Melee Combat: 100
Twisted Fruit: 480
Navy Six Style Shave: 0
Paper painting of the Sixth Form of the Navy: 0
Sixth Naval Style: Moon Step: 0
Wisdom and domineering: 50
Armed color domineering: 50
"I don't know how far my current strength is from that of a naval admiral." After taking a look at the battle panel, Ross murmured in his heart.