One Piece: Who still has dreams?

Reddio understood and gently clenched his fist.

Under the observation of the six eyes, although the total amount of Armament Haki and micro-vortex energy wrapped around his fist had increased, the more violent and obvious change was in their arrangement and composition. It was as if they had been suddenly and tightly squeezed by an invisible hand, becoming extremely dense in an instant.

On the system panel display, Redio's impressive star rating continued to climb...

【Name: Redio (Gojo Satoru Mode)】

Overall Strength: ★★★★★★ (Curse Power 6 stars, Domineering Aura 6 stars, Physical Strength 3 stars)

[Remaining time for Gojo Satoru Mode: 7 seconds]

Unsurprisingly.

Redio nodded.

The Five Wise Ones Mode has ended.

Redio's white hair faded, the blue in his eyes went out, and his pupils returned to their original black.

[Name: Redio]

Overall Strength: ★★★ (Aura 1 star, Strength 3 stars)

...As expected.

Redio shook his head.

Chapter 65 Emergence

[Chapter Introduction Series: Executive Vice President Miss Quan, Sunday, 15: "This is a Trap"]

[Olbia tied the two men to the courtyard. The young revolutionary, freed, eagerly explained that it was a trap set by the navy and the king to lure his comrades. Robin listened intently.]

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"and many more!"

As Reddio and Hancock left hand in hand, Grandma hurriedly caught up with them.

"Snake Princess, who exactly is this man?"

Granny Za raised her snake staff, pointing it at Redio, who had returned to his black hair and black eyes, and said solemnly, "When he first turned white-haired, that domineering aura... he was definitely not an ordinary person! I served in a powerful pirate crew when I was young, and a strongman like him could never be unknown! But I have never seen his name in the newspapers, his background is..."

"boom!"

Hancock's face darkened, and she kicked the short old lady away.

"What right do you, an old bastard who once betrayed Nine Serpents and fled the country, have to speak ill of me?!"

The Empress tilted her head back, chin to the sky, pointed at the old woman embedded in the crack in the wall, and sternly rebuked, "Allowing you to live in the outskirts of Nine Serpents City is already an act of leniency from me!"

Grandma came running back, looking disheveled, "Snake Princess..."

“‘My lady’.” Hancock glared at her coldly.

The old woman changed her tune: "Snake Princess, I was wrong when I was young, so you should learn from my mistakes and not easily trust men from the outer seas. The more powerful a man is, the more likely he is to deceive you!"

With a chuckle, Reddio, who was standing nearby, couldn't hold back and waved his hand, laughing, "The man you're talking about who tricked you, could it be the Pirate King Roger?"

"How did you know?" Grandma asked, bewildered.

Redio pointed in the direction outside the castle: "Roger's son came with me and is currently training in Haki in the Kuja Forest. If you want..."

Before he could finish speaking, Grandma ran off in a flash, nimbly climbing the mountain, leaping over the towering city wall, and disappearing from sight.

Reddio and Hancock: "..."

"Just ask me anything you want to know."

Redio put his arm around Hancock's shoulder and said as they walked toward the palace, "You're obviously curious too, aren't you? Are you afraid I won't tell you?"

"Are you really willing?" Hancock nestled in his arms, her beautiful eyes sparkling.

Reddio smiled slightly and explained some of the abilities of Gojo Satoru's transformation along the way. Actually, there wasn't much to say; it was just a slightly special transformation.

He does not consider Gojo Satoru Mode as his regular combat force.

Currently, the greatest value of this transformation is its six eyes.

When Redio enters Gojo Satoru Mode, he has six eyes and feels almost omnipotent. The details of all his energy, such as spell power and domineering aura, are revealed before his eyes. His control over these powers is as simple as breathing, and precise to the atomic level.

But when he exited this special mode, that sense of omnipotence immediately disappeared.

What could have been a simple flick of the finger a second ago now seems so unattainable once you revert to normal.

However, Redio sensed that even after the transformation was canceled, some of his experience with Haki remained in his mind.

Ultimately, it was Gojo Satoru who became himself.

Nothing that has ever happened will truly disappear without a trace. The true essence of a powerful world witnessed with one's own eyes, that abstract and profound understanding, will not completely vanish.

……

[Day 9]

The Empress's Bedchamber

"Obsessed with Gan Feng!"

Hancock made a heart shape with her hands and aimed it at Redio in front of her, sending out rings of pink heart-shaped energy.

Redio transformed into Gojo Satoru's white-haired, blue-eyed form. This time, instead of using the unlimited protective shield, he activated Armament Haki throughout his body. Under the precise control of his six eyes, this Haki flowed and wrapped around his entire body, forming a dense energy layer.

A pink heart-shaped light wave flew in, passing through Redio's body, but it couldn't petrify him.

Hancock touched her red lips with her slender index finger, creating a huge ball of red heart-shaped energy.

She used the ball of red energy as a bow and arrow, aiming it at Redio, and warned, "This move is the awakened power of my Love-Love Fruit. Even if you don't have evil intentions, you'll be petrified. Be careful..."

Arrows from the enemy!

Dozens, even hundreds, of red energy arrows shot out from this ball of red heart energy and flew towards Redio.

Reddio remained motionless, simply continuing to strengthen the protective intensity of his Armament Haki with his six eyes... The red arrows raining down on him still failed to penetrate his Armament Haki, leaving not a trace of petrification.

"..."

Redio's Observation Haki had already contracted, coiling into purple energy lines that reflected in his blue eyes, transforming into shimmering purple light.

With a whoosh, he vanished from his spot and reappeared behind Hancock.

Hancock was startled and looked around, but couldn't sense his location. She turned around abruptly and saw that Redio's white hair had just disappeared, and he was laughing as he flicked her smooth forehead.

"I see."

Redio muttered to himself as he plopped down on the Empress's luxurious bed, picked up the notebook that was already covered in scribbles, and added a few more thoughts.

Hancock sat down beside him, leaning against him comfortably, and looked curiously at the contents of the notebook, reading softly:

"'Foresight' is a result of Observation Haki's strength increasing to a certain level; it's a numerical issue and has nothing to do with skill level..."

“Observation Haki can 'predict' actions, which is its most basic function. When Observation Haki is trained to be strong enough, and enough details are captured and 'predicted' within its coverage area, those 'brief future scenes' will naturally 'emerge' from this massive amount of detail…”

She saw Redio's pen tip heavily circle the word "emergence".

"Come, Lady Snake, take a look at what I've written. Is there anything I need to add?"

Redio smiled and flipped through the book with her, which he had recorded over the past two days, summarizing his insights into domineering power through the five principles of enlightenment.

Hancock didn't refuse and slowly flipped through it, pondering, "In comparison, our Kuja training is all about the elders guiding the newcomers, passing on tradition and experience from generation to generation, while what you've summarized is even more... even more..." She couldn't find the right words.

“Systematized?” Redio said.

"Yes!" The Empress nodded and kissed Redio on the cheek.

Redio said, "Also, although I don't have it myself and therefore didn't write it down, I know that Conqueror's Haki can also be used to entangle."

"Is that so?" Hancock blinked.

"Aren't you a little too focused on the Devil Fruit's power?"

Redio stroked her long, smooth, black hair and chuckled, "Conqueror's Haki entangling, huh? That's the ticket to the top-tier powerhouses on the high seas. As far as I know, only attacks entangling with Conqueror's Haki can truly kill... those immortal beings."

He gently stroked the brand on Hancock's back. "'The first step in training is to understand the right direction to become stronger,' you said that yourself."

Even as she lay in bed that night, Hancock was still in shock at what Reddio had said: those god knights who were like undead demons... there was actually a way to kill them?

She turned her head and found that Redio was also awake, staring at the curtains with his eyes open.

"Can't sleep?" Hancock snuggled up to him like a snake, her fingers gently stroking his furrowed brow.

"I feel like I've forgotten something important..."

Reddio muttered to himself, then sat up abruptly. "I'm leaving for a bit."

Damn, it's Bonnie's bath potion. Judging by the time it's been running out...

Chapter 66 The Empress's Mission Completed

[Chapter Introduction Series: Executive Vice President Miss Quan, Sunday, Episode 16: "Don't Move, You Are Guilty"]

[A large crowd surged outside the courtyard wall. The gate was kicked open, and the captain of the King's Army guards, leading the way, coldly pointed his gun at Robin, Olvia, and the young revolutionary soldier.]

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