Sailing at Sea: The Breath of the Day at the Start

"good."

Garp flicked a booger from his nose, put his hands in his pockets, glanced at Sengoku, and grinned:

"And he's only 10 years old this year. Sengoku, you should know what that means..."

Zhan Guo's eyes widened, his heart trembling.

As a Logia-type Devil Fruit user and Zephyr's disciple, Smoker is already considered the most outstanding student in this year's Naval Academy.

And now...

A 10-year-old child with an innocent background and who is not a Devil Fruit user has the ability to possess strength comparable to his!

If this is true...

"Karp, can you be sure that what you're saying is true?"

"Warring States period, with a serious expression," said Zhan Guo.

Do you think I would joke about something like this?

Garp, who was standing at the door with his back to him, glanced at him sideways.

I don't think so.

Sengoku took a deep breath to calm his shocked heart, then looked at Garp and said in a deep voice:

What's the child's name?

"Ron."

"it is good."

Sengoku said with a serious expression, "As the Fleet Admiral, I agree to let him become an intern in our navy."

"Kuhahaha! Didn't someone just say they would never change the Navy's rules for a 10-year-old brat?"

Garp turned around, looked at Sengoku, and laughed loudly.

"Stop nagging! Who told you not to explain beforehand!"

Enraged, Sengoku grabbed a document from the table and threw it at Garp, who caught it with his bare hand.

After sitting down, Zhan Guo couldn't help but ask another question:

When will that child arrive?

"Probably next spring. I just taught him the domineering cultivation method, and he said he would come back after he learned it."

Karp pulled out another bag of donuts from somewhere and started eating them as he spoke.

"You're too impatient..."

Upon hearing his words, Zhan Guo couldn't help but sigh, crossing his hands and placing them on his forehead.

"What if this kid doesn't want to be a Marine anymore after a year and chooses to become a pirate instead? Wouldn't teaching him Haki make him even stronger?"

"Haha, don't worry, Sengoku, I've already checked. Even if Ron doesn't join the Marines, he won't become a pirate."

Karp, taking a big bite of a donut, said, "I can assure you of that, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to teach him."

"I hope it's as you say."

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[Bonus chapter today]

39. A Snowy Night: Kuina and Ron's Promise (3/5)

Three months later.

The Kingdom of Goa.

Windmill Town.

In a mountain forest.

Ron threw a punch at a large rock in front of him.

His fist sank directly into the rock, and cracks spread outwards.

"It's still not enough. It can only entangle, but it can't enhance Armament Haki."

Ron looked at the stone in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

He learned Armament Haki a month after Garp left.

So far, it can only wrap around the body at will, but it cannot strengthen it.

Armament Haki is something everyone is born with and can be strengthened through training; it is related to two things about a person.

Qi and blood, and willpower.

If either of these two aspects falls short of a certain level, then you will absolutely not be able to feel the domineering aura.

Cultivating Armament Haki involves using willpower to control one's blood and qi, and then integrating it with one's own aura, killing intent, fighting spirit, and other invisible sensations, transforming them into one's own weapon.

By using qi and blood as a foundation, adding powerful aura, killing intent, and other invisible sensations, and then controlling it with willpower, one can master this power.

After figuring out the trick.

By continuing to train one's physique to enhance blood and qi, cultivate one's spirit and willpower, this strength can become even stronger.

This is the training method of Armament Haki taught by Garp, the naval hero and one of the world's top Haki masters!

The highest level of Observation Haki is innate, called "Listening to the Breath of All Things," and can only be achieved through talent.

Although Garp taught Ron how to train his Observation Haki, Ron has yet to feel his own Observation Haki.

Conqueror's Haki is even further away.

Ron has only traveled through three islands so far, and hasn't even left the East China Sea yet. He has seen very little of the world and fought very few powerful opponents.

Just like a fledgling bird, it does not yet possess the aura of a tyrant.

"System, list my current attributes."

【Yes. 】

[Host: Ron]

Age: 10.

Qi and blood value: 506.

Sun Breathing Mastery: 53%

Swordsmanship: The Realm of Momentum (Mastery)

Weapon: Great Grade Sword No. 21 - Raikiri.

Permanent buff: the true meaning that has been tempered over time (binding...)

Armament Haki: Lv1.

"My current strength is definitely enough in the East China Sea, but in the Navy, it's still nothing special."

Ron stared at his own attributes on the virtual screen, lost in thought.

"Before I go to the Navy as an intern, I need to become stronger. At least my swordsmanship needs to reach the level of intent."

"There seem to be a few islands nearby. I'll find some time to go there and see if I can activate a few more sign-in tasks."

The next five or six months.

Ron would often take Kuina away from Windmill Town for a period of time, ranging from seven days to half a month.

In her numerous battles against bandits, pirates, thieves, and child traffickers she encountered along the way, Kuina's swordsmanship improved rapidly.

The most dangerous time was during her battle with a Paramecia-type Spike-Spiky Fruit user. Because she was unaware of his ability, he pierced her shoulder with his fruit power, instantly rendering her unable to move.

After falling to the ground, two sharp spikes emerged from the ground and pierced his palm, pinning him to the ground.

If Ron hadn't intervened in time, she would likely be in grave danger.

This experience also made Kuina much more aware of her situation, and from then on she never dared to underestimate her enemies, no matter how weak they were.

Although Ace and Luffy had less time to train with Roon during these past few months, they did not slack off and continued their basic physical training day after day.

When Ron returned, the two brothers were already able to take down an old bear together.

Ron has made the most progress.

According to Kuina, that's it.

I have no idea how strong he is now.

She witnessed firsthand how a pirate crew of over fifty men, led by a captain with a bounty of 1700 million Berries, was single-handedly cut down by Ron with a single sword strike.

The pirate captain was tied up by Ron and sent to the navy stationed in the Goa Kingdom, where he was exchanged for several bags of money.

When the two men carried the money back, they left Makino and the tavern staff dumbfounded.

And all of this is what Kuina knows; there are many things in secret that Kuina doesn't know.

After wiping out the pirates, bandits, and kidnappers, Ron collected all their wealth and treasures into his system space.