One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 255 Be more confident, Smoker!
"Devil Fruit is an extremely abstract magical item. Its development can be magical or realistic, depending on your inner understanding of it or the abilities it gives you."

On Cloud Island, at Smoker's request, Lucas was holding a notebook and explaining the key points to him.

Judging from the words written on the notebook, this is exactly the knowledge that came from Ross's pen, but it is a nearly new photocopy.

"I don't quite understand Lucas. What does it mean to be both magical and realistic?"

Smoker scratched his head and stuffed the plump barbecue into his mouth with one hand. He had just finished training and took the opportunity of eating to ask Lucas for advice.

He wanted to become Ross's apprentice because he had learned a surprising piece of news from Lucas and Annina! Sakaski, the magma monster he had seen on the special Den Den Mushi screen in Rogue Town.

He is not only a top natural devil fruit user, but also Rose's second disciple! And the most outstanding disciple! He is currently serving as a major general in the navy and may soon be promoted to vice general.

He is also the almost certain pre-selection for the position of the next generation general and the next generation marshal!
So, from that day on, Smoker began to train harder.

Not only has the time been increased to twelve hours a day, but even the eight hours of sleep have been divided into two parts, interspersed with training time, so that you can make progress every moment!
The remaining four hours covered trivial matters such as eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. Even the always proud Annina felt that he was going a bit too far and did not consider whether his body could bear it.

Fortunately, Ross would always keep an eye on them and would take Smoker to the hospital for emergency treatment before every accident, which allowed him to play with his body without restraint.

He was even forced to rest for four days every month, and was not allowed to exercise during that time! This is why Smoker has not had any problems so far, and his strength is also improving rapidly.

"Then let me give you an example!"

Lucas also took the food with one hand and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing and swallowing, he continued:
"You know about the flintlock, right? If a person with special abilities is related to magnetism, then if he knows the principle of manufacturing the flintlock, he can manufacture it in batches through the fruit. This is called realistic development!
But if the person with this ability changes his mind, for example, if he thinks that magnetism can cause tsunamis, then he can really achieve this kind of idea to a certain extent. This is called magical development.

That’s about it, but you know, a lot of my knowledge comes from my father’s notes, so I can only explain it this way, and there may be some mistakes.”

"It doesn't matter, it's enough for you to tell me this for now!"

Smoker shook his head and said gratefully.

Seeing this, Lucas asked again:

"Why do you want to know this? Didn't my father tell you not to develop the fruit too early? Tighten your body first."

"Hey, how could I forget all this? I'm just a little curious, but I do have an idea I want to try!"

Suddenly, Smoker changed the subject, put his arm around Lucas's shoulders, and said excitedly:
"Tell me, since Mr. Ross can use the Cloud-Cloud Fruit to help us train, my smoke and clouds should be essentially the same. Do you think I can do the same?"

"You actually go to the library to read books!"

Lucas said in shock, looking incredulous.

There are libraries on Yun Island, especially in the residence of the Nasdaq family. The newly built huge library here can be said to be the second "Tree of Omniscience". Therefore, even the residential area has built several small libraries to store ordinary books.

This makes the culture of the residents of Cloud Island generally a little bit higher. After all, the biggest difference between Ross and traditional nobles is that he will not block knowledge at all, and he is not afraid of the retaliation of the aristocratic group for this "betrayal".

But Lucas didn't expect that Smoker, who was training like a devil every day, would have time to read?
Besides, at his age and with his experience, he can’t even read completely, so how can he understand the book?
Lucas was so curious that he almost had the words "Please tell me more" stuck on his face.

Smoker looked very pleased with himself, and was very happy about his good friend's surprise and expectation, so he said directly:
"I'm self-taught! Pretty cool, right?!"

"That's amazing, Smoker, but how far have you learned on your own?"

"Um... this... inside..."

Smoker was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer Lucas' question. He said that he was just doing special self-study and only knew that there was not much physical difference between smoke and clouds?

After showing off just now, he developed a strange feeling and didn't dare to say this.

"Ahahaha, come on, I won't ask anymore!"

Seeing Smoker's embarrassed expression, Lucas guessed something, waved his hand to let it go, and then said:

“There really isn’t much difference between smoke and clouds. After all, they are both small particles invisible to the naked eye. Logically speaking, they should be considered a lower-level fruit of my father’s fruit.

In theory, you can learn everything my father can do, except for the celestial phenomena!"

"I knew it! Doesn't that mean I can exercise even while sleeping?!"

"Don't be too happy too soon, even if...wait, what did you say? What do you mean you can exercise while sleeping?"

Lucas was just about to say that even if his father was willing to teach, it would be impossible for Smoker to learn with his current ability, but then he just reacted to what Smoker had said before.

What is he?
Lucas was puzzled, and suddenly, he thought of a very crazy scene! Then he stared at his friend, waiting for his answer.

"Of course, let the smoke cover me, and then do the same training we receive every week, the kind that Mr. Ross performs!"

Smoker had no intention of hiding anything, so he said directly:

"I thought, although I can't stick with it for that long, what if the frequency of that kind of training is smaller? Small enough that my body can keep exercising all the time..."

"Impossible Smoker, if this were really possible, Dad would have used it on us a long time ago. This would also increase the speed at which we become stronger. He would not be stingy."

Before Smoker could finish his fantasy, Lucas interrupted him by shaking his head, saying that Smoker's idea was impossible to achieve.

Although he was not sure what his friend was thinking, he knew some of the principles behind his father's training cheat.

It is an all-round exercise, involving the muscles, bones and internal organs of the human body, maintaining a precise degree under layers of impact.

It just shortens the exercise process instead of skipping it directly and violently destroying a person's body!
The particles that make up the cloud move at high speed and hit the human body, which can cause internal organs to rupture if one is not careful. This is just like dropping an egg from a height of thousands of meters, except that one has acceleration and the other has a constant speed, but the kinetic energy generated in the end is the same.

Every impact first activates the muscles, allowing them to unload the force of the impact, and use this part of the force to loosen the bones. Finally, the smallest part of the force remains to keep the internal organs active.

This is the essence of the impact cloud training. But if Smoker follows his idea and trains himself every moment in this way, it will be extremely difficult to accurately control the ability of the fruit!
And this also involves the body's self-repair ability. Smoker must first solve the problem of his own recovery being stronger than his own destruction before he can achieve the effect he envisions. Otherwise, his body will definitely not be able to withstand the training of dripping water wearing away a stone.

Lucas had to admit that his friend was a very daring genius! Although he was just imitating his father, it was already a remarkable start for him!

At least I didn't expect him to be like this.

In order to prevent Smoker from misunderstanding him, he told him his thoughts and the reasons for his words, which made Smoker shake his head regretfully. He whispered:
"I'm a little overconfident..."

"In fact, this idea is not impossible, Smoker. Although your fruit ability is not as comprehensive as mine, as Lucas said, to some extent, it can be regarded as a lower-level fruit of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit."

Suddenly, a familiar cloud head appeared beside the two little ones, and Ross's words came out of it, giving Lucas and Smoker a little scare.

After they realized what was happening, they said quickly:
"Good afternoon, Dad."

"Good afternoon, teacher."

Ross's cloud head nodded lightly in the air. He had been beside the two little ones from the beginning, so he naturally heard the previous conversation.

It's just that he had been thinking about the possibilities envisioned by Smoker, and only showed up when there was some clue.

With Smoker's expectant look, he continued:

"The definition of lower-level fruits is actually very vague. For example, the natural-type Ice Fruit and Snow-Snow Fruit, the connection between these two fruits is not that great, but the Snow-Snow Fruit is considered to be lower than the Ice Fruit. Do you know why?"

"It's because the Ice Fruit can create snow, but the Snow Fruit can only create ice, right, Dad?"

Lucas thought for a moment and then answered.

On the other side, Smoker was completely clueless. He couldn't even recognize all the words, so how could he understand something that was a little profound to him?

So he could only watch and listen from the side. When Ross nodded and made a thumbs-up gesture next to Yuntou, he said:

"That's right! The superiority and inferiority of the fruit lies in activeness and passiveness, but in fact, their development directions are completely different!

For example, the Ice Fruit requires even colder temperatures, even reaching absolute zero, while the Snow Fruit is more about utilizing wind and snow. Their concepts are completely different!"

Ross explained carefully, and after seeing Lucas nod in understanding, he began to tell Smoker.

These were not originally said to Smoker. They were just to make them understand a small concept. More importantly, it was to develop the thinking of their own children. After all, the other party was destined to become a devil fruit user in the future, right?
Just listen to him slowly say:

"So, Smoker, your Smoke Fruit doesn't need to compete with the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, which is a higher-level fruit! Your manipulation of microscopic particles is, to some extent, simpler and easier than mine!"

"Oh~~!"

Smoker made a long "oh" sound with his mouth wide open, and then said:

"totally do not understand."

"Sorry, I was a little too advanced. You only need to remember one thing, Smoker. Your vision can be realized."

Ross's tone was somewhat helpless, but he was not angry at Smoker's confusion.

Lucas knows a lot because of the environment he grew up in. Smoker was just an orphan wandering around, struggling to survive every day.

The two are naturally incomparable. A truly good teacher always knows what kind of knowledge students can and can learn.

Although Ross has not officially accepted Smoker as his disciple yet, he has officially taught him as his own disciple and is extremely tolerant in terms of patience and other things.

"Really, Mr. Ross? Are you trying to comfort me?"

Smoker said with some uncertainty. After all, Lucas had already told him about the difficulties he might face.

Seeing this, Ross knew what the other party was lacking, so he said without hesitation:

"Be more confident in yourself, Smoker! What I can't do may not be impossible for others to do, it's just because I'm not good at it or I simply can't understand it.

As you are doing now, how many people do you think can do the training mode you are doing now? Do they think that your schedule really exists before? "

"I...I understand! Thank you, Mr. Ross. I will definitely work hard to become your student, or even surpass you!"

A confident smile returned to Smoker's face, just as he was showing off his genius idea to his good friends.

Yes, why can't I do what Mr. Ross can't do? Didn't I swear to be no worse than anyone else?

How can I rashly abandon the oath I made that day just because I can't see!

This shouldn't be the case!

A thumbs-up of praise appeared next to Ross's head again, and he said softly:
"That's great, I'm waiting for you, Smoker. I'd be so proud if you could surpass me.

Oh, I forgot to tell you that my disciple Sakaski is about to accomplish this. In a few years, he will be more powerful than me."

Ross encouraged Smoker generously and brought Sakaski out to set an example for him.

He didn't care at all that his disciples would surpass him. After all, he didn't consider the kind of people he accepted, their character, morals and age.

When they surpass themselves, they will feel more secure.

Besides, he has the invincible Barrett in his hands. In a few years, those old guys in the World Government will have to consider their own weight!
(End of this chapter)