Little Goku's Great Adventure Starting from One Piece

Chapter 288 Wukong's Trial, Wanda's Shock

In a clearing in the forest, sunlight filters through the leaves, casting dappled patterns.

Two people stood in the center of the open space: one was Wukong, who was undergoing transformation training, and the other was Wanda, who was guiding the transformation training.

At the edge of the open space stood two people and one beast: Nami, Carrot, and Pupu. The three of them had come to watch the excitement.

Nami and Pupu, needless to say, are both very curious about how to train to transform. Carrot, although a Mink who has embarked on the path of a warrior, has not had enough time to train and has not received any transformation training. She also came with curiosity this time.

"Listen up, everyone. Although I allow you to watch, if you make any noise that disturbs us, don't blame me for kicking you out." Wanda, dressed in her close-fitting combat suit, seemed like a different person now, her stern face completely different from her gentle demeanor yesterday.

After giving Nami and the other onlookers a warning, she turned her attention back to Goku and said seriously, "Goku, before you begin your training, I need to remind you again that the training process will be extremely painful and torturous. Are you really mentally prepared?"

"Yes, yes! I'm ready." Wukong nodded seriously.

"Then, I will be your instructor this time. You must listen to me in everything during the cultivation process. Can you do that?"

"Of course, as long as you can teach me how to control the transformation, I'll do whatever you say."

"Alright, let's begin then." Wanda nodded.

"First, run along this path to the end of the forest, where there is a person. After you see her, run back here. Do this ten times, within forty-five minutes. Now, begin."

Wanda pointed to a path in the forest and gave her first command.

Upon receiving the order, Wukong dashed out without a second thought and vanished from Wanda's sight in an instant.

"this?!"

Wanda's eyes widened suddenly, because she couldn't catch Goku's movements at all.

What kind of speed is that?!

Wanda's mind went blank for a moment.

Before she could even react, Wukong suddenly appeared in front of her, slammed on the brakes, whipped up a gust of wind that blinded her, and then turned and sped away again.

? ?

Wanda opened her mouth, somewhat bewildered.

What happened? How come he came back so quickly? Did he slack off and not run to the end?

Keep in mind that it's a full kilometer from here to the end, and a round trip is two kilometers. If she were to run that distance, it would take her at least two minutes, and that would be running at full speed without any regard for her physical exertion.

How long did it take Wukong? It seemed like less than ten seconds. How could she believe that Wukong had actually run a complete round trip?

After Wanda snapped out of her daze, her brows furrowed. Could Goku be the kind of person who likes to cheat during training? He didn't seem like it before.

But she found it even harder to believe that Wukong had already made one, no, now three round trips, in less than half a minute.

Fortunately, she had specially arranged for someone to be at the end, so she could find out what was going on by asking.

So she temporarily suppressed the chaotic thoughts in her mind and silently started counting for Wukong.

Five laps, six laps...

Nine laps, ten laps.

When Goku braked in front of her for the tenth time, Wanda silently counted to ten, then silently watched Goku stop in front of her and not continue running.

"I've already run ten times as you suggested. What's next?" Wukong looked at her seriously, his face not flushed and his breath not out, not at all like someone who had run twenty kilometers in two minutes.

"Please wait a moment, I need to verify something first."

After a few seconds of silence, Wanda picked up a whistle from her chest and blew it.

About two minutes later, a kobold came running from the path that Wukong had been running.

"Lady Wanda, this guy must have cheated, right? How could a human possibly be this fast? Even Lord Pedro isn't this fast!"

Before Wanda could speak, the kobold who had run over shouted indignantly.

Pedro is the leader of the band of heroes guarding the Whale Forest and Nekomamushi's most capable subordinate. As a member of the Jaguar Mink Tribe, he possesses great speed, but he is still far from being able to match Goku's speed.

The kobold didn't believe that Goku could be so much stronger than Pedro, so she immediately chose to question him.

"Don't jump to conclusions," Wanda said calmly and rationally.

"Tell me, how many times have you seen Wukong just now?"

"Ten times, he appeared in front of me ten times," the kobold replied without hesitation.

Wanda was shocked upon hearing this answer.

Ten times?! Ten times?!

Does that mean that Wukong really did run back and forth ten times without cheating at all, and really did run ten times in such an abnormally short period of time?!

"Lord Wanda, he certainly didn't appear here ten times, right? If you ask me, this kind of 'one'..." The kobold continued babbling after answering, but when she noticed the undisguised shock on Wanda's face, her voice finally quieted down and disappeared completely.

"Goku, are you a Devil Fruit user?" Wanda, who had been lost in thought, suddenly asked.

"No, I've never eaten that kind of thing, because I don't want to become a landlubber," Wukong denied.

"So, that means you really ran ten laps on foot just now?" Wanda asked blankly.

"Yeah, didn't you tell me to do this?" Wukong held his head, looking at her with a strange expression.

"I, I understand, you, you really are..." Wanda's eyes were filled with complicated emotions, and she didn't know what to say.

"Wow! Goku, you're amazing!!!"

Just then, an excited voice suddenly came from the side. Carrot was seen raising her fist, looking at Goku with stars in her eyes, her admiration undisguised.

She was a rabbit-like fur-bearer, known for her exceptional speed, but even she couldn't do what Wukong had just done.

She was completely stunned until she heard Wanda and Wukong's conversation, which finally brought her back to her senses. She shouted excitedly, completely forgetting that Wanda had warned her not to make any noise.

Standing next to her, Nami and Pupu were unusually seen making the same movements and expressions.

They crossed their arms, a slight smile playing on their lips, their faces clearly saying, "What's the big deal? You're scared of this? Tsk, you're so ignorant."

Wanda didn't chase Carrot away because of her shouting, because she knew that any normal person would be shocked beyond words after seeing Goku's godlike speed.

If it weren't for her need to maintain her previous persona as a strict mentor and suppress her intense inner turmoil, she would have already been as excited as Carrot, shouting and yelling.

"Ahem, quiet down."

Wanda coughed to quiet Carrot down, then looked at Goku with a complicated expression and said, "I didn't know you were this strong. Your speed is nothing like what a teenager should have."

Their place is isolated from news, almost like a closed country. Although the news of Wukong's 4 billion bounty has spread far and wide, it just hasn't reached here. So, no one here knows that Wukong is a person whose fame is so great that he is comparable to the Four Emperors.

In Wanda's eyes, Goku was just someone stronger than an ordinary child, and probably stronger than Carrot, who was about the same age, but only by a limited margin. So she taught Goku with the same intensity as she would have taught Carrot, a new generation of Mink.

Running back and forth is to test and train Goku's willpower, or you could say his mental strength, because training how to control one's rationality after transformation mainly involves training one's mental strength.

Once one's mental strength is strong enough to control the powerful force that surges out after transformation, then one will not lose one's rationality after transformation.

Wanda thought that running 2,000 kilometers within a time limit would be quite difficult for Goku, so she arranged it this way to see how much willpower Goku had to complete the task.

But things turned out completely beyond her expectations. She gave him a 45-minute time limit, but Wukong finished in less than two minutes, and seemed to be doing it with ease.

She tried to test Wukong's willpower but failed. Instead, she severely tested her mentality. Someone with a weak will would have already doubted life by now and would not have been in the mood to teach Wukong.

"I'd like to know, is your strength as amazing as your speed?" Wanda asked after taking a deep breath.

"Well, how should I put this?" Wukong scratched his head.

He felt his strength was decent, but he didn't know if it was amazing or not.

Suddenly, Nami spoke up, "I can answer your question, Wanda. Goku's strength is as amazing as his speed. Let me put it this way: if I were to fight Goku, I couldn't beat him."

Wanda already knows that Nami is a lightning-powered person who ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and her strength should not be underestimated; she is likely stronger than Nami.

Nami's claim that she couldn't beat Goku is quite shocking.

In other words, this guy who looks like he's only in his teens already has the strength to rival someone like Pedro?

Wanda felt like she had rediscovered Wukong, and couldn't help but look at him from top to bottom again, her feelings a complex mix that was hard to describe.

"It was my mistake that I didn't understand your situation beforehand. I think some conventional training methods might not be of much use to you now." Wanda sighed and readily admitted her mistake.

She had prepared a whole host of conventional methods to hone her willpower, but now it seemed useless. Wukong's strength far exceeded her original estimate. For someone strong enough to undergo that kind of training was as easy as drinking water; it was just a waste of time and had no effect whatsoever.

"Is there any other way?" Wukong asked, blinking his eyes.

Wanda was silent for a few seconds before nodding: "Yes, there is an ultimate training that was originally scheduled for last, but it seems you can proceed directly from there."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get started!" Wukong's eyes lit up, full of fighting spirit.

"Wait a moment, because we didn't prepare in advance, I need to have someone bring the things over."

After Wanda spoke to Wukong, she walked up to the kobold who was stunned by the shocking truth and hadn't come to her senses for a long time. She woke her up and gave her some instructions.

The kobold nodded, glanced at Wukong again, and then left dejectedly.

It seems that Wukong's unintentional display will be deeply imprinted on her heart, becoming a mark she can never erase for the rest of her life.

After waiting idly for fifteen minutes, Wukong finally saw someone approaching.

The kobold who had left earlier returned carrying several bundles of herbs, followed by two tall, burly bear-like mink, each carrying a large wooden barrel.

What are these things for?

Goku, as well as Nami and Pupu who were watching from the sidelines, all had the same question in their minds.

Two bear-men placed a large wooden barrel on the ground. Wukong curiously approached and discovered that one of the barrels was empty, while the other was filled with water.

"Wukong, take off your clothes, leaving only your underwear, and then sit inside."

Wanda pointed to the empty barrel and said.

"What are they trying to do?" Wukong asked, puzzled.

"Just do as I say, and I'll tell you later."

So Wukong had no choice but to suppress his questions and quickly took off his clothes, leaving him with only a pair of underwear on.

Then he climbed into the wooden tub, sat down inside, leaving only his forehead exposed.

As soon as he sat down, Wanda waved her hand, and one of the bear-men took a large ladle and began scooping water from a bucket into the bucket where Wukong was sitting, while another bear-man found some firewood nearby and stuffed it into a specially made space at the bottom of the bucket.

Wukong couldn't see anything inside the barrel; he could only watch as the water gradually submerged him until the water level reached his neck.

Wanda walked to the barrel, holding a bundle of herbs in her hand. She gestured to Wukong and said, "Wukong, what follows is the ultimate test to temper your willpower, a trial of hellish intensity. When I add this to the water, it will cause you endless pain and torment. All you have to do is endure it for as long as possible and persevere. You cannot come out until I tell you to."

Wukong blinked and nodded, saying, "I see. I understand. If you don't let me out, I absolutely won't come out."

Wanda didn't say much, but simply gestured for the bear-man to light the firewood, and then put the herbs in her hand into the wooden bucket.

Wukong looked at the herbs floating in front of him with some curiosity. He didn't really understand how these things could make him feel any pain.

But since Wanda said it was possible, he decided to believe her.

As time passed, the water temperature gradually rose, and he could feel the heat, but he did not feel any pain. He felt like he was soaking in a hot spring, with no other sensations besides the heat.

Wukong was a little confused and was thinking about whether he should ask when suddenly his scalp tingled and a deep pain shot through his body, causing him to tense up instantly.

Wukong gritted his teeth, his face contorting into a ferocious expression.

It hurts, it hurts so much!

This pain isn't the kind of pain you feel when your skin is cut open; it's more like someone is holding a boning knife and pressing it against your bones, slowly scraping away your flesh.

Moreover, he was experiencing this pain all over his body except for his head, which was causing him great suffering.

Swish! !

Nami appeared in front of the barrel like a bolt of lightning. Seeing Goku's ferocious expression inside, she asked nervously, "Wanda, are you sure this method will really work?"

Wanda regained her previous calm demeanor. Seeing the pain on Wukong's face, she breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that things were finally back on track.

"Of course, this is a method passed down from generation to generation in our Mink Clan. Every member of the clan who wants to master the power of transformation must undergo this test. Only those who pass the test are qualified to undergo the final trial to master the power of transformation."

Nami was shocked: "What? This isn't the final trial? Didn't you say this was the last test?"

Wanda looked at her with some surprise: "This is just the final test of willpower. Willpower is just a foundation, so this is certainly not the final trial to master transformation."

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