Chapter 25 Observation Haki Training
The battles in the two missions made Arthur realize firsthand that physical strength is everything in this world.
Everything else is technique.
This includes his use of swordsmanship to fend off others and his clever use of force to deflect Kaido and Abel's moves, which are also skills.
"After being stabbed twice so hard, how can I still move freely? It seems that I underestimated my own physical condition."
Arthur walked slowly from the laboratory to the outside, put his palm in front of his mouth and blew a whistle hard.
The whistle sound quickly covered the central area of Punk Hazard.
Cooper, who was looking for Arthur at the highest point of the island, heard a familiar whistle and immediately dived towards the PH-001 base from the highest mountain of Punk Hazard.
"Cooper--!"
It called out Arthur's name loudly and spread its wings to circle over the laboratory.
"Here I am, Cooper." Arthur stood in the open space outside the laboratory door and waved to the sky.
The tip of Cooper's beak and talons were stained with hot blood, which was from the wild animal he hunted on the island to satisfy his hunger.
The moment he found Arthur, Cooper ran back to him like crazy and kept pressing his head against Arthur's face.
"Okay, come with me. I want you to help me practice." Arthur put it on his shoulder and walked into the dense forest outside the laboratory.
After awakening his Armament Haki, Arthur decided to train his Observation Haki. The best way he could think of was...
Blindfolding him makes Cooper keep attacking him.
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The top of the red earth continent——
The place is shrouded in fairy mist and the scenery is charming.
In the vast green belt forest area, there are many castles where the Celestial Dragons live.
The top of everyone's dreams, the holy land of Marijoa——
In the hall of Pangu Castle, the Five Elder Stars gathered together.
In front of them stood a naval intelligence soldier wearing a cloak of justice.
"Five Elders, the arrest of Vegapunk has been assigned to the son of the hero Garp." The soldier reported the information to the Five Elders.
"Drago? As long as he's in Punk Hazard, Vegapunk can't escape even if he has wings."
One of the Five Elder Stars said.
The soldier continued to report: "Colonel Dorag's warship was sunk in the sea while fighting the experimental subject. We need to send a warship to support it."
"Did Kaido escape? What a pity, that ultimate organism."
"That's great. Let's send a CP0 to transport them. We need to make sure Vegapunk survives."
The Five Elders discussed how to ensure the safe capture of Vegapunk and then put Vegapunk's knowledge and talents to use for themselves.
"Who should be sent to escort them?" the navy soldier asked the Five Elders.
At present, the CP secret intelligence agency has many good talents being trained from an early age, but only a handful of them can be used.
"Send Guernica. He is proficient in the Six Styles and his strength is pretty good among the current CP0."
The intelligence soldier did not leave after receiving the order, but took out the battle report document of Battle Arthur and handed it to them, saying in surprise:
"There is another surprising discovery in this mission, the Five Elder Stars."
The Five Elders took Arthur's combat information and looked at the content with moved expressions.
"The boy in this file performed amazingly in this battle. He was able to fight Kaido on just five days after joining the navy."
"Marshal Gang Gu Kong decided to give you his information to review and let you give some advice."
The five people who saw this information were shocked and moved.
"Swordsman?"
"A fight with Kaido that ended in a draw?"
"Really? Did Dragon recruit this guy?"
"If it is true as recorded in the documents, this person is a talent worth training, but we have to first confirm his loyalty to the navy and the government."
"That's right. The world conscription will begin soon. Let's observe first."
The five people reached a consensus that Arthur was neither too old nor too young.
At the age of 14, he already has his own will and is not easy to be indoctrinated with the government's ideas and trained into a cold-blooded person.
The document's evaluation of Arthur reads: A righteous young man with a burning heart, who cares about the interests of civilians and has a kind heart.
This sentence is an evaluation based on what Arthur said to the civilians and Akainu on Lionheart Island.
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In Punkhasa, rain, dew and fog filled the forest.
After a whole night of heavy rain, the island looked brand new and full of vitality.
Under a huge tree, Arthur was using Cooper to train his Observation Haki.
He shook his body and took steady steps on the mud, avoiding Cooper's eagle claws' attacks each time.
"Cooper..." (Why didn't you hit the target? Arthur, you had your eyes closed...)
It was very surprised. It thought it could take this opportunity to beat Arthur up, but it didn't expect that it had not been able to hit Arthur once after training since early morning.
"After hiding for so long, I seem to understand that Observation Haki seems to help me calm down." Arthur continued to sway his body, dodging Cooper's attacks and said:
"Be calm inside, use your mental strength to strengthen your senses to detect the other person's aura, and then dodge."
Cooper, who was attacking Arthur, was stunned. He seemed to understand and not understand.
"Well... to put it simply, it is to infinitely magnify the animal's keen instinct to dangerous things, and then control it."
Arthur said this himself, as if he possessed it all.
This is because he has been living in a food chain for the past ten years and has to be aware of the risk of being attacked by other creatures at all times.
You know, some people may spend their entire lives without realizing that they possess the power of "dominance", but he easily perceived it and began to gradually control it.
The power to strongly feel the other party's "voice" is called Observation Haki.
Once this power is improved, one can read the position and number of enemies outside the line of sight, as well as the actions they will take in the next moment.
Observation Haki is closely related to psychology, and one needs to be calm to ensure its use. One cannot use Observation Haki when one is emotionally excited or has lost one's rationality.
This just happened to match Arthur's calm attitude in the face of anything.
Realizing the importance of strength, it was not difficult for him to learn these things.
It just takes some time to get familiar with it and fully master it.
The sky gradually brightened and a flock of newspaper gulls flew over Punk Hazard.
"Huh?" Arthur suddenly opened his eyes after noticing it, pointed at the seagulls in the sky, and said to Cooper: "Cooper, go get a newspaper."
“Cooper…!” Cooper spread his wings suddenly and flew straight towards the seagulls in the sky.
When the flock of seagulls saw the bald eagle, they thought it was coming to hunt them and immediately scattered.
A seagull that was slow to react was stopped in the air by Cooper, staring blankly at the bald eagle in front of it, which was also wearing a hat.
"Cooper...!" (Robbery, hand over a newspaper!)
The threatened seagull had no choice but to take out a portion in order to survive and pass it to Cooper with its mouth.
“Ouch…!” (I’ve seen humans robbing, but I’ve never seen an eagle snatching newspapers…!)
After calling, Cooper let the seagull go.
Cooper came back to Arthur's shoulder with a newspaper in his mouth and put it in his hand.
As long as the newspaper is not sold on Civilized Island, Arthur can read it for free without spending a penny.
"Let me see, what happened in the New World?" Arthur opened the newspaper, took a look, and immediately frowned.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Navy hero Garp joined hands with Roger to fight against Golden Lion, which led to Golden Lion's failure to seize the World Government's secret weapon and its retreat in humiliation."
"The World Government has tightened its ban on the exploration of historical texts, and those who do are arrested as criminals."
"Don Quixote Homing, the ancient saint who abandoned his identity as a celestial dragon and lived in the lower world, did not live a happy life on the surface of the North Sea. He became the object of scorn and venting of the world. His wife died of illness, and his two sons had to pick up garbage to fill their stomachs in order to survive."
"In the Grand Line, a 13-year-old war hero was born in the military kingdom of Fort Jaltz. His name is: Douglas Barrett."
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PS: The main storyline is about to begin. How should I put it? I feel like my writing is still a bit slow.
I just want to lay the groundwork for the future. I don’t want to write whatever I think of like before.
