Hearing Zephyr's words, Lee was a little confused.
"Why?"
As he spoke, Lee looked at Naruto, meaning for Naruto to give him an answer.
Naruto was a bit speechless, what the heck did he know? He didn't understand anything, don't look at him.
Just then, Zephyr continued, "Lee, your training method can indeed increase your strength, but it's actually also depleting your future physical potential and health!"
"Most importantly, you haven't been conditioning your body well after each training session!"
The truth was, Lee wasn't from a Ninja clan; he was just a commoner Ninja, and his family didn't have much money. Being able to eat his fill was already good enough.
Conditioning the body requires many medicinal ingredients, and buying those ingredients costs money. Without money, Lee naturally couldn't properly condition his body.
In this way, various hidden injuries within his body would continuously increase. While they might not be noticeable when he was young, these hidden injuries would gradually erupt when he got older.
For an old Marine like Zephyr, the training methods used in youth were actually very important.
Because on the Grand Line, new powerful Pirates constantly emerged, and due to military expenses, the Marine had a limited number of recruits each year.
Thus, many old Marines, or old Generals, only retired upon death.
It was precisely because of this that, for the long-term prosperity of the Marine, their training in their youth was very standardized.
Because of this, throughout the entire Pirate King story, the old guys in the Marine were, one by one, older, but their bodies were, one by one, better.
As for Zephyr? He was an exception because he had asthma.
Hearing Zephyr's words, Lee fell silent.
He naturally knew that his training method was very damaging to his body; Might Guy had told him as well.
But Lee had long made up his mind that he must become a hard-working genius Ninja.
Even if he couldn't use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, he could still become an excellent Ninja.
Seeing Lee's determined gaze, Zephyr smiled.
Zephyr liked this child, Rock Lee, very much.
Hardworking, resilient, persistent, and did not believe in fate.
"Lee, are you willing to learn from me? I can teach you how to cultivate and also help you condition your body!"
Lee was first stunned, then looked at Naruto and asked, "Really, Naruto?"
Naruto: ...
"Uh... ask him!" Naruto said, pointing at Zephyr.
"Isn't he your clone?" Lee asked, confused.
"Ahem..." Zephyr lightly coughed, interrupting their conversation, and continued, "You don't have to treat me as Naruto's clone; you can also treat me as a knowledgeable teacher!"
"Oh," Lee suddenly drew out a long sound, saying, "I know... Naruto, you actually have multiple personality disorder, don't you? My teacher at the Ninja Academy told me about it."
"Naruto, if your head doesn't feel well, you can go to the hospital to see a—"
But before Lee could finish, Naruto interrupted him, a bit speechless, "I don't have multiple personality disorder!"
Zephyr also spoke, "Whether it's multiple personality disorder or not, do you want to train with me?"
Lee heard this and nodded without hesitation.
Lee's current situation was actually similar to Naruto's in the original story.
He was the dead last in his class, his Ninjutsu and Genjutsu were a mess, and he had no friends to play with at the Ninja Academy; instead, there were plenty of people who mocked him.
If it weren't for Lee's persistent character, he would have dropped out and given up on being a Ninja long ago!
Naruto treated him as a friend the first time they met, and Lee was very touched.
Besides that, he thought Naruto had a mental split.
The Ninja Academy teachers had said that mental splits could sometimes be terrifying, even leading to suicide in severe cases.
For Naruto's sake, Lee also tried his best to keep an eye on him.
Seeing Lee agree, Zephyr's consciousness returned to the Sealing Space and woke up Grey Wolf, who was still sound asleep.
"What do you want, Zephyr? I don't need to train!"
Grey Wolf on the bed said with some impatience.
Zephyr picked up Grey Wolf like a doll and then spoke.
"Get up and make another set of training equipment!"
"Haven't I already made them? I stayed up all night grinding the abyss yesterday; can't you let me sleep a bit longer...?"
Grey Wolf was just hanging there, held by Zephyr, and bubbles appeared from his nose again. It was clear he had fallen back asleep.
Seeing Grey Wolf's current state, Zephyr was a bit speechless.
Zephyr looked around and then saw a stack of paper documents over a meter high.
Zephyr walked to the documents and shouted at Grey Wolf, "Grey Wolf, if you don't get up now, I'll burn all these documents!"
Zephyr's words made Grey Wolf's eyes snap open.
When he saw the stack of documents, Grey Wolf quickly waved his hands, "No, no, no! These are all my hopes for going home!"
These documents were all the core technical files for Grey Wolf's Dimension Shuttle.
Although he couldn't return to Green Green Grassland at the moment, Grey Wolf, besides playing games, also conducted research on the Dimension Shuttle every day.
"I'll get up and make it for you now, okay?"
Hearing Grey Wolf say this, Zephyr finally removed his mechanical arm from the stack of documents.
On the other side.
Naruto and Lee were still chatting.
In the original story, the Hokage didn't specify Lee's family situation.
Through their conversation, Naruto learned that he, like himself, was an orphan.
As the two chatted, the clone, which had been motionless beside them,'s eyes sharpened again.
Naruto knew that Zephyr had reappeared.
"Grey Wolf said he'll send the stuff over in a bit; let's continue training here!"
"Naruto, Lee, run!"
Hearing Zephyr's words, Lee said "Oh" and started running.
Naruto, however, was still jogging slowly.
It wasn't that Naruto didn't want to run fast like Lee, but gravity wouldn't allow it.
Lee also noticed Naruto's speed; he thought Naruto couldn't run fast because he had just started exercising, and for his friend's sake, he chose to run at the same speed as Naruto.
Zephyr saw this scene and secretly nodded, "Not abandoning or giving up on friends is also a very good virtue."
Just like that, Naruto and Lee ran for over an hour, and the time came to past four o'clock.
Naruto was drenched in sweat and his eyes were unfocused; he really wanted to say, "This should be enough, right...?"
But every time he saw Zephyr's stern gaze, he swallowed the words back.
Lee, on the other hand, was much more relaxed; constantly jogging slowly for Lee, who had been training for over a year, was almost like not running at all.