One Piece: Who still has dreams?

As Redio spoke, the black color on his hands faded, not tightly wrapped, allowing the Armament Haki to radiate outwards naturally from his hands. "At first, I was a bit confused because in my mind, Armament Haki should be able to strengthen the body and increase defense... until I figured out a question: Is there anything that even the weakest Armament Haki can do?"

He reached out and grabbed Ace's shoulder. No matter how much fire Ace breathed from his body, he couldn't turn the shoulder he was holding into flames and break free from his grasp.

"That is the restraint of Devil Fruit abilities."

Redio laughed, "No matter how weak the Haki is, as long as it's Armament Haki, it will definitely be able to grab the 'physical body' of a Logia-type Devil Fruit user. That's why I concluded that the basic characteristic of Armament Haki is 'restraining Devil Fruit power'."

“Weak Armament Haki can only ‘restrain’ to this extent, but what if the Armament Haki is strong enough? I’ve heard that when it’s strong enough to reach the level of the Four Emperors of the Sea, their Armament Haki can even forcibly undo the effects of Devil Fruit abilities that have been applied to them. Some superpower-type Devil Fruit abilities can’t even work on such strong individuals because the ‘ability’ cannot ‘penetrate’ the opponent’s extremely strong Armament Haki.”

Ace looked at his shoulder where he was being grabbed, then his eyes suddenly narrowed. He focused his mind and activated the flames. Redio's hand sizzled as he pulled it away from the flames.

Ace adjusted his hat and chuckled, "As expected! Since you said Armament Haki can counter, defend against, and even undo the power of Devil Fruits, then this effect is naturally reciprocal. The reverse is also true! As long as the Devil Fruit power is trained strong enough, it can still overpower the defense of Armament Haki!"

“I think ‘penetration’ is a more appropriate word.”

Redio laughed, "The attribute enhanced by training in Devil Fruit abilities can be called 'spell penetration.' Your flames can burn the little bit of Armament Haki I just used, but if you want to penetrate the Haki of a powerhouse like your grandfather Garp, it's probably far from enough."

Ace grinned and said, "As long as I can do it! I'll do it sooner or later."

He revealed a determined look, and then Redio punched him on the head. "Even if you want to focus on the Flame-Flame Fruit, you must train your Armament Haki to the Entangling level in the next six months. I don't care about the strength, but your technique must be up to par."

Zoro laughed heartily, while Ace rolled his eyes wildly.

Nami raised her hand and pointed to the small blackboard screen: "What about Conqueror's Haki?"

Redio instructed Bulma to fill in "Intimidate" for the Conqueror's Haki ability and only marked "?" for the Entangling ability.

"What I can say for sure is that Conqueror's Haki can definitely be used to bind enemies. All the powerful pirates at the level of the Four Emperors use Conqueror's Haki-binding attacks," he said. "But I'm sorry, currently only Ace on our ship has awakened Conqueror's Haki, so..."

Ace crossed his arms, turned to Zoro, and said seriously, "So, what exactly is the Conqueror's Haki's binding property? Only I can unravel that mystery."

Zoro said with a dark face, "Whatever, I don't care about Conqueror's Haki!"

"In six months, you can master Armament Haki to the point of being able to entangle, and you must first get the basics of Observation Haki."

Redio clapped his hands and looked at the four crew members in front of him. "These are my requirements. Can you do it?"

"Yes~~"

Gertz clenched his fist in response, while Ace and Zoro smiled and said, "No problem." Nami glared angrily at Redio, whose eyes practically screamed, "Except for Nami..."

"Then let's rest today and start training tomorrow."

Redio waved his hand, "Dismissed!"

Instead of everyone leaving at once, Ace raised his hand and asked, "Captain, do we have a chef?"

Nami grinned and put her arm around Redio's shoulder. "Our captain, and part-time cook."

Ace laughed and said, "That's true."

Zoro laughed and said, "After all, his sword is called 'Master Chef'."

Only Gertz was clueless until Redio casually created piles and piles of various delicacies, at which point he understood what Nami and the others meant...

On the high seas, there's no need for a chef, and no worry about running out of food and going hungry. Isn't that just wonderful? Gertz smiled as he joined the super buffet.

……

Although Redio said that the remaining half day of the day was for rest and that training would begin tomorrow, Zoro remained in the extremely empty gravity chamber while the others left to wander around other parts of the ship or Shimotsuki Village.

He arrived at the 100x100 meter fitness area, where Redio left that strange finger, hanging on the back of the real fighting game machine.

Zoro grasped the finger and chanted the activation spell: "Absolute strength, the loneliness that comes with it, teaches you that the one you love is..."

Slash strength: +2 stars!

Strike range: arms, chest, torso. As long as it's not a vital spot or the back, go for it!

The next second, a dense barrage of slashes appeared out of thin air on his arms and chest, splattering countless droplets of blood. Zoro's eyes remained resolute. Amidst the unimaginable pain of being torn to pieces, he tried his best to calm his mind and search for the hidden aura of Armament Haki. He not only wanted to awaken it, but also to immediately entangle himself with it...

Chapter 90 These Six Months

[Series titled "The Saint-Do River Flows Quietly" - by Executive Vice President Miss Quan, Sunday, Chapter 39]

[On the Grand Line, in the Kingdom of Alabasta, the sacred river flows ceaselessly for thousands of years.]

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[1th Month]

Inside the Black Flash's gravity chamber, Redio stood on Gertz's shoulders, both looking up at the "ceiling," where a "black dot" quickly magnified...

Nami landed with a series of "thump-thump-thump-thump" leaps using Moonwalk, landing on Gertz's other shoulder. "A full 3000 meters high!"

"Wow, it's so high! It's like the 'world of the living'... 3000 meters long, 3000 meters wide, and 3000 meters high. Is our ship that big?" exclaimed Gertz.

"Science, isn't it amazing?" Redio repeated, after all, he didn't understand the capsule company's technology either.

At that moment, another ball of flame from the "ceiling" chased after Nami and flew down. Ace's face appeared in the flames, and he said dejectedly, "Even flames can't fly as fast as you, Nami. How did you do that?"

Nami smiled without saying a word and made a peace sign.

"Hey! Redio!" Zoro shouted, looking up from below at Goltz's feet.

Redio jumped down, and Zoro drew two sharp swords. "Let's have a one-on-one fight." He pointed to a real fighting game machine in the corner of the gravity chamber, which displayed Zoro's record: 11 wins and 99 losses against Redio (before the training camp) AI.

Redio stretched his arms and legs and laughed, "It really has been a long time since we've had a one-on-one match."

Zoro bit down on Wado Ichimonji, "Do I still need to be restricted from using a knife?"

"How arrogant of you, 99 losses." Redio clenched his fist.

Zoro exclaimed, "It's 11 wins!" and charged forward with his three-sword style.

Zoro vs. Redio, 0-1.

……

"This is... domineering power?"

Zoro, shirtless and covered in scars of varying depths and ages from his Sukuna slashes, looked at his palms and smiled.

……

As night fell, only Redio, Zoro, and Ace remained in the gravity chamber, which was as spacious as a dozen football fields. Nami and Gertz preferred to rest in their respective cabins that had already been furnished.

Redio quietly got up, went to the gym, and removed the artificial Su Nuo finger.

"Slash strength, +3 stars".

He chanted the activation spell, selected his arm, and instantly, a dense barrage of 3-star intensity slashes appeared out of thin air, tearing his skin and flesh apart.

Under the relentless onslaught of countless slashes, Redio focused intently on wrapping Armament Haki around his arms, hardening his flesh and bones, honing the strength of his Haki in the face of the endless barrage of attacks.

After torturing himself enough, before the day ended, Redio used up his five uses of the Enlightenment Mode for the day and used the Reversal Technique. His bloodied and mangled arms hissed and steamed as his flesh regenerated and everything was restored.

He lay back down and went to sleep peacefully, as if he had finished his homework.

Not far away, Zoro quietly got up and went to the gym, removing Sukuna's finger...

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[2th Month]

Redio (White Hair Six-Eyed Mode) AI

Overall record: 800 consecutive wins

Longest single combat session: 4 seconds. Challenger: Ace.

"Oooh!!!"

Ace flew around excitedly like a human firecracker in the sky above the gravity chamber, while Zoro, with a face full of black lines, slapped the handprint area of ​​the game console, entered the game, and selected Reddio (white-haired, six-eyed mode) AI.

Zoro begins the challenge!

Two seconds later, Zoro's health bar was depleted, and Zoro fell down!

"Ha ha!"

A wave of heat swept down beside him, and the fire-man Ace extended his right arm, which was wreathed in flames. As the jet-black Armament Haki wrapped around his right fist, that part of his fist also deactivated its elemental transformation.

"So this is what 'Armament Haki enveloping' feels like!" the freckled-faced man exclaimed to himself. "It really is a new characteristic of 'hardening'! I feel like the muscles in my fists and arms can unleash even greater power! And the basic characteristic of 'restraining Devil Fruit power' is still there. Redio's theory was correct. Hmm!"

The green-haired man drew his sword and slashed, splitting the sea of ​​fire in one stroke. The freckled-faced man stuck out his tongue and made a face in the flames: "Observation Haki can predict actions! After all, its basic characteristic is 'sensory perception'!"

Aren't they childish?

Several hundred meters away, Nami maintained 35 times the gravity, utterly speechless at Zoro and Ace's constant bickering.

A month ago, these two asked Redio to record his peculiar transformation into a real fighting game console as an AI character for them to challenge. As a result, the two started a losing streak and can't even last 5 seconds.

Nami isn't interested in fighting, but she's fascinated by the feeling of improving and perfecting herself, so far she's only been "working out" by using Bulma's gravity training function.

Nearby, Gertz was wielding his giant axe, meticulously practicing Elbaf combat techniques, sweating profusely, and smiled, saying, "Ace is helping Zoro train his Haki!"

The female giant's capsule bracelet displays a gravity reading of 8 times.

"Can we begin?"

Redio clenched his fist opposite Nami.

“Come on!” Nami took a deep breath. She had heard Redio talk about the “Six Powers”, including Moonwalk, and had been thinking about the so-called “Iron Body” lately.

She instinctively tensed her muscles. Iron block, iron block, iron block…