However, watching him awaken his Haki as smoothly as silk in just two or three minutes…
Everyone would want to be put on the deck and rubbed raw for this kind of result.
If Luo Yu asked right now, "Who wants to try?" even Crocodile, one of the Shichibukai, would probably nod in agreement.
For a moment, the vast deck fell silent.
Looking at the five people who had awakened their Haki in a mere two or three minutes…
Compared to the scene where they were almost crushed just now, this result was nothing!
"Admiral Luo Yu, is this really Haki?" Ain was slightly recovered, but still couldn't believe it.
Koby, Smoker, and the others were no exception.
They really did take a trip to the gates of hell.
But, in just two or three minutes, they awakened the Haki they had been training for so long.
This result felt like a dream.
"It's a bit weak, but it's barely considered Haki. That's good news!" Luo Yu adjusted his glasses.
"However, we've heard the good news, and now there's some bad news to tell you."
"Bad news?" Ain was stunned and quickly said, "Admiral Luo Yu, we were able to awaken our Haki so quickly this time, entirely thanks to Admiral Luo Yu's help."
"I originally planned to apply for a transfer from this ship after this voyage and no longer serve as a navigator."
"But to repay Admiral Luo Yu's kindness, I'm willing to stay on this warship and give everything for Admiral Luo Yu!"
Pay everything?
Luoyu raised an eyebrow, a warm smile on his face.
"Ain, I like what you said. You just said you're willing to pay everything. Is that true? No regrets?"
Ain's brimming enthusiasm instantly felt stifled, especially under Luo Yu's assessing gaze. A deeply absurd thought surfaced in her mind.
As expected, she spoke too soon!
Would this lead her to do things she'd only seen in certain books?
But, it probably wouldn't be good to go back on her word now, would it?
"Lu... Luo Yu, I… I am indeed willing to pay everything, but that doesn't include *that* kind of thing." Ain gritted her teeth, stammering out her explanation.
Just as she finished speaking, Luo Yu flicked his finger against her forehead.
"Women are definitely more… colorful than men!"
"But don't worry, I'm not interested in you at all."
"Didn't you say you were willing to give everything just now? Koby, you guys want to repay me, right?"
"Earlier, when I helped you awaken your Haki, I accidentally used too much force and shattered the warship."
"So, for the sake of my performance review and salary, you'll be responsible for the compensation."
"Thanks!"
After saying this, Luo Yu turned without looking back, waved his hand, and vanished into thin air.
Appearing again, he had landed on the deck of Crocodile and the others' warship.
Watching the departing figure, Ain was dumbfounded, unconsciously lowering her head to look at her still-decent figure.
Could it be that her assets weren't as appealing as performance bonuses?
She almost threw caution to the wind.
And you're telling me, it's still Beli that's the best!
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Ain wouldn't have believed it. She was, after all, a beauty from the headquarters.
In Luo Yu's eyes, she couldn't even compare to 500,000 Beli.
"Watch out, the ship's about to break!"
Koby suddenly exclaimed.
The vast deck now only held the five of them; the others had already been transferred.
After Luo Yu left, the deck, already riddled with cracks, finally crumbled, unable to bear the weight any longer.
Witnessing this, Koby and the others didn't hesitate and fled.
By the time they boarded another warship, the battered vessel was mostly submerged.
Only a skeletal frame remained.
"How terrifying! Conqueror's Haki actually shattered a specially made warship. We're lucky to be alive; Hina feels incredibly fortunate!" Hina pulled out a cigarette, intending to take a deep drag to calm her nerves.
However, remembering the command to not smoke and how Luo Yu had rubbed her face against the deck, she reflexively put it away.
After confirming repeatedly that Luo Yu had disappeared again to slack off, Hina suddenly remembered something important and asked urgently.
"Right, do you know how much it costs to build a warship? Hina feels like she's been buried in a huge pit."
Smoker and the others were also taken aback.
He and Hina were both elite Marines capable of standing alone and, of course, had their own warships.
However, they didn't have the habit of destroying ships at the slightest provocation, so they naturally weren't clear on the value of a warship.
They could only instinctively look at the high-achieving student personally cultivated by Zephyr.
Feeling the gazes around her, Ain couldn't help but be stunned.
"This… This warship belongs to a special ship type equipped for the Admiral level, with the ability to cross the Calm Belt. According to Teacher Zephyr, it should be worth three hundred million Beli."
"If we add up all our salaries, we're looking at about twenty months' worth of deductions!"
Twenty months?
Koby and the others nearly coughed up blood.
Their salaries were already incredibly meager to begin with.
Now, they were facing twenty months of deductions.
This was basically pushing them back to the brink of poverty and grinding them into it!
At this moment, they finally understood why Luo Yu had set them up.
Smoker and the others were helpless, exchanging glances. Hina, standing to the side, couldn't help but say, "Admiral Luo Yu, according to Navy regulations, an admiral has a certain degree of immunity. If you report the situation truthfully to Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Hina believes that the damage to this warship can definitely be written off."
"Have Old Man Sengoku reimburse me?" Luo Yu walked out from the corner, adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, and said, "Let's not. I just blew up the Marine Headquarters not long ago. I still want to earn some merit, and I don't want Sengoku to find an excuse to dock my pay."
"I prefer tangible merits!"
"I'll leave this to you all, then!"
"Right, remember to report the good news before the bad. If Sengoku is happy, maybe he'll deduct less from my salary."
Hina and the others were instantly petrified.
They glanced at the yawning, stretching, admiral of the Marines.
They truly didn't understand. Wouldn't a warship worth hundreds of millions of Beli be better than 500,000 in performance Bonus?
Of course, according to Luo Yu...
Real, tangible results are definitely more satisfying than mere Beli, right?
Of course, they were just grumbling a bit. Thinking about how they had awakened their Haki so smoothly, like silk, in just a few minutes…
This was all clearly worth it!