Gathering all the strength in his body into his fingers, he unleashed a lightning-fast strike with hardened fingertips.
The force at his fingertips carried the destructive power of a bullet, capable of easily piercing through a human body.
This was the easiest and most popular technique among the Marine's Six Styles.
Finger Pistol (Shigan).
For this move—one that almost every CP agent or Elite Training Camp member had to master—Jake and Rob Lucci demonstrated entirely different approaches in that moment.
Rob Lucci's fingers flicked lightly in the air, sending several compressed air waves hurtling toward Jake.
Jake didn't dodge or evade those air waves.
Instead, using his formidable Observation Haki, he countered each one with the exact same technique.
The opposing air waves collided and dissipated into gentle breezes, causing no harm to either side.
Rob Lucci stared at this scene, momentarily stunned before his face twisted into an extremely gloomy expression.
"Why are you holding back? Are you looking down on me? With your physical strength, your Finger Pistol should easily shatter mine and continue attacking me without losing momentum. Yet now they cancel each other out? Using the same force as me—are you mocking me?"
Facing Rob Lucci's questioning, Jake simply smiled.
He looked at him and said softly.
"Didn't I already tell you? I'll defeat you in every area you're skilled in, making you submit completely. Not by simply relying on my superior physicality to overpower you. That would be unfair to you and rather boring for me."
Jake's words sent waves of exhilaration through the marine training camp trainees.
The gloom of being suppressed for nearly two months was completely dispelled in this moment, like expelling a suffocating lump from their throats.
They felt an indescribable physical and mental refreshment, as if the entire world before them had suddenly brightened.
'Yes! Humiliate him thoroughly! Let that arrogant bastard understand that monsters don't only exist on their side!'
After all, Rob Lucci's words had been far more cutting when facing them.
When he defeated Smoker, his taunt was.
'You and your smoke—both can be blown away with a single breath. Your justice is equally fragile.'
When he beat Binz, he said.
'If you're willing to be my gardener from now on, I might let you go now.'
Nearly every time he defeated an opponent, Rob Lucci would mock them, and often, those taunts would be repeated by the CP agents to further humiliate the Marines training camp trainees.
During this period, they had endured endless suffering and humiliation from the other side.
Watching the Marines side glowing with excitement and fervor, the CP instructor's face darkened as if dripping water.
Seeing Rob Lucci completely humiliated by Jake now, he felt a suffocating frustration in his chest.
He had warned Rob Lucci not to participate in this competition, but the latter, arrogant due to his talent, had disregarded his advice, relying solely on his abilities.
Now they faced this embarrassing and disgraceful situation.
In this moment, he completely forgot all the honors Rob Lucci had brought him not long ago—though this was understandable.
Within the CP organization, friendship or teacher-student affection were rare.
They were all agents or spies; such emotions would only become burdens.
Yet for Lucci, whom he had personally trained, there remained a trace of a teacher's pride.
Seeing Lucci humiliated, he couldn't help but feel displeased.
"Lucci, that's enough. It's time for us to leave! You can choose to surrender directly. Captain Jake is indeed stronger than—"
But before the instructor could finish his sentence, Rob Lucci rudely interrupted him.
"Shut up! I don't need weaklings like you meddling in my affairs!"
Lucci's words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly sparking heated discussions among the crowd.
Of course, the discussions only came from the Marine side.
The CP agents, seeing their instructor's nearly twisted, ferocious expression, all kept silent with their heads lowered.
Zephyr frowned slightly at this scene.
Having taught students his entire life, he couldn't stand students who showed no respect for their teachers.
Naturally, Jake understood his teacher's thoughts.
Without needing any prompting from Zephyr, he looked at Lucci, who had been injured again by his Finger Gun, and said slowly.
"It seems I not only need to defeat you in combat but also firmly correct your character. After this battle ends, I think you should show basic respect to your teacher and apologize to him. How does that sound?"
Jake wore a teasing smile as he spoke these words.
Lucci said nothing in response but activated Shave, combining it with Finger Gun to engage Jake at speeds invisible to the naked eye.
Shave is a special movement technique that involves stomping the ground dozens of times in an instant (0.36 seconds) to generate explosive reactive force for high-speed movement.
The minimum requirement to activate Shave is 0.36 seconds—the more bursts completed in a shorter time, the faster and more agile the movement becomes.
However, Shave has one drawback: prolonged continuous use can cause severe damage to the body.
But Jake didn't care about this—his healing abilities meant the damage to his bones could be resolved with Healing Prayer.
Moreover, among all Six Styles, Shave was the one Jake had practiced the most.
Both in application and technique, Jake far surpassed Rob Lucci at this moment.
Thus, the Shave duel ended with Jake landing 21 punches on Rob Lucci.
Next came Iron Body! Moon Walk! Paper Drawing! Tempest Kick! Life Return! Paper Drawing: Martial Form...
Almost every technique developed from the Six Styles was used between the two, but without exception, Lucci lost to Jake in every single one.
Then came the clashes of Armament Haki and Observation Haki—again, with no suspense whatsoever.
Lucci was thoroughly defeated, falling far short of Jake in every aspect.
And everyone also knew that Jake himself was a Devil Fruit user, possessing one of the legendary Mythical Zoan types.
This meant the Jake who defeated Lucci might not have even used half his true strength!