One Piece: Mandala Swordsman

Chapter 141: The Beginning of Violent Teaching

Roman believes that violence is not the best method when teaching others, but it is indeed a more effortless method for mentors.

The reason why this method of violent teaching is controversial is largely because those who teach it admire it while those who are being taught oppose it.

Because force is a good method that requires no brainpower or effort.

Strategists offer advice and plans, always categorizing them into superior, mediocre, and inferior strategies. Judging solely from the prefix, it seems the choice of usage is already predetermined.

However, the lord may not adopt the best strategy. Why? Because the best strategy often requires the lord to make changes and put in effort. But why make things difficult for yourself when others can solve the problem?

If I'm the one who needs to do this, then what's the point of having advisors?

Therefore, if you don't have a strong sense of dedication, you shouldn't easily become a teacher.

Fortunately, she was the superior officer.

So she felt no remorse for punishing the four men by making them do push-ups in the sea; after all, that's basic for soldiers.

After subduing the four people with force, they were questioned about their basic information.

All four are non-ability users who excel in physical combat.

After understanding the situation, Roman made all four of them do squats on the coastline.

You have to be completely exhausted.

Roman thought the four of them were just too idle, causing trouble every day. They had too much energy but no time or way to vent it, so that was fine—they should use it to exercise. Given the severity of their behavior, expulsion from the navy was a possibility.

However, talent is still valued more here, and the Navy is unlikely to release fully-fledged combatants.

They operate outside the navy and will likely soon become a vital force among pirates.

Therefore, it would be better to let them continue to break the rules and commit crimes than to take action easily.

Ultimately, the Navy values ​​strength; otherwise, they probably wouldn't have let Roman take over.

All four were specially invited and are young. What they embody is more talent than diligence and hard work.

Roman knew, of course, that while talent might outweigh hard work, physical stamina was a different story.

They are skilled in killing, ruthless, and pragmatic—that's good, but their physical strength is questionable...

Without formal training, the four capable men were quickly given ranks upon joining the navy and then directly assigned to warships. On the large and powerful warships, the physical demands were not great.

But this is different from Zephyr's requirements.

The kind of teacher you have will likely produce the kind of students you produce. Roman, who was taught by Zefa, also had to follow his teacher's example and start exercising.

As for the other three, thankfully, Sly was too scared of her.

As a "wild dog," although his attacks were very strong, he became docile after confirming his assessment of the strong. As for whether he would still bare his fangs at her later, that was a matter for later.

Who knows, he might not be his superior anymore. But just in case, it's better to fight him more often; first, he needs to know who's in charge.

Gran was clearly a woman who excelled at explosive power, and as a woman, she was at a disadvantage in terms of stamina and strength. But her problems didn't stop there. Roman could tell that her sleep schedule was very irregular; she smelled of smoke, had alcohol stains on her clothes, and her pale face told Roman that she often stayed up late.

Although you are still young now, these things will become apparent as you get older.

Moreover, the author's perverse sense of humor involves rapidly aging women over fifty to the point of being unwatchable.

This situation is prevalent in the world of One Piece.

Among young people, women's appearances are generally acceptable, while men's appearances vary widely, with each type of ugliness having its own unique characteristics.

Among the elderly, men still retain their charm, while women age in all sorts of ways, completely deformed, not only losing their figure, but also their faces looking like they've had botched plastic surgery, with severe swelling.

Judging from her appearance, she still seems to care about her looks. Tomorrow, I'll go to the medical department and ask for some photos of elderly women who drink and smoke regularly. She should at least quit one of them.

Patch, surprisingly, despite his low moral standards, seems to be the most motivated person here. However, his eyes are anything but honest; he's probably still plotting something. Making an example of him might have an effect.

LaVine, the least motivated of the four.

The other three, still bound by their authority, continued their work even though they might have been cursing themselves a thousand times in their minds. This is why LaVine's movements were so noticeably slow.

It's like pressing the slow-motion button.

This kind of laziness is hard to cure.

How can someone who lacks motivation provide motivation?

Why don't you show him the components of the Navy's payroll?

He's a money-loving person, after all; there's no reason he wouldn't be tempted by money.

……

"Xiao He, you're absolutely right. Not assigning Roman to anyone else and letting me make the decision is indeed the most beneficial choice. She's like a versatile screw; she can fill any gap." Zhan Guo was very happy; he was extremely glad that he had listened to his chief strategist back then.

“That child is intelligent and should understand our purpose. Although this teaching task is not indispensable for her, it is good for her to train herself. I believe she will be a great general. That is why she needs to have the ability to lead troops. Let’s treat this as a small test.” He was as elegant as ever, dressed appropriately, and did not stop writing as she spoke.

Actually, this wasn't a special strategy specifically targeting Roman.

Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan all had experience leading troops, and they had also discovered promising talents and brought them into the Navy.

However, all three have flaws in some ways.

Sakazuki's troops were indeed the strongest and most disciplined in combat. However, they also received the most complaints from civilians.

Kuzan's troops were more passionate and humane, but their discipline was poor.

Borsalino's troops were even more questionable, and Sengoku doubted whether he had ever led them properly.

Therefore, these four people were essentially testing Roman's teaching abilities.

The original idea was to have Roman lead several teams, but Sengoku changed his mind and thought that since he finally had an opportunity, why not make some special changes?

So the last few troublesome individuals were sent to Roman's side.

"But is that child alright? I'm not worried that she can't control them, but using force alone can only achieve superficial obedience. Getting them to truly integrate into the group won't be an easy task!"

"We'll see in a few days. I always feel she'll find some unexpected ways to subdue them," Crane said with a smile.