Pirate: I'm an admiral now, what's wrong with taking a little extra money?

Chapter 40 To save 100,000 points, I awakened on the spot!

[Ding! This system does not offer credit or discounts.]

The system's response was cold and ruthless, extinguishing Kane's illusions.

"Tsk, what a greedy idiot."

Kane mentally gave the middle finger. Since he couldn't afford to spend money on in-game purchases, he'd have to repay with his body.

The afternoon sun was scorching, and the deck smelled of pine resin being heated.

In the corner, a group of marines were lurking in the shadows, their eyes darting back and forth between Kane and Garp.

"The betting is open! I bet Lieutenant Kane can learn it in three days! He's a monster who can awaken Armament Haki after getting beaten up in four days!"

"Three days? You're seriously underestimating Vice Admiral Garp's fists! Observation Haki requires mental cultivation, it has nothing to do with physical strength! I'll suppress it for five days!"

"That was luck, right? Lieutenant Kane may be tough, but he doesn't seem to be very bright. I'll bet on him for a week!"

Bogart leaned against the shadows, listening to his subordinates' chatter. He didn't stop them, but silently wrote down the names of these bastards in his notebook—double the training later.

Center of deck.

Kane had a thick black cloth covering his eyes, his hands behind his back, trembling like a condemned prisoner about to be executed.

"Ready, kid?"

Karp's voice came from all directions, appearing and disappearing.

"Lieutenant General, let's talk about something. Can you please not slap me in the face? I've been looking in the mirror for the past few days and I hardly recognize myself anymore..." Kane tried to make a last-ditch effort.

"Enough with the nonsense! Do you think the enemy will spare your head on the battlefield just because you're handsome? Pay attention!"

Kane took a deep breath, his body tensing slightly.

With their sight taken away, their other senses did become more acute. The sound of waves crashing against the hull, the cries of seagulls in the distance, and even the sounds of sailors swallowing became clearer.

But he knew none of that would help.

"here we go!"

Before the words were even finished, a sudden sense of crisis pierced my scalp.

Kane instinctively tried to dodge to the left, but before he could even think, a sharp pain shot through his right cheek.

"Bam—!"

Kane flew sideways and rolled three times on the deck before coming to a stop.

"Too slow! Too sluggish!"

Garp stood still, holding half a bag of senbei in his hand, not even moving an inch. "Don't listen with your ears! Sounds can be deceiving! Sense presence! Sense malice!"

Kane rubbed his face and got up, a million curses swirling in his mind.

Perceive my ass!

You concealed your aura completely, and when you were hitting someone, there wasn't even a hint of killing intent. How could I sense anything from you?

But he did not give up.

My disciplinary points are already less than 100,000, and there's really no way to save me this time by spending money. I can only rely on myself.

"Again!" Kane shouted.

Just as Garp's fist struck again, Kane, who was in a state of extreme tension, suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

and many more.

who am I?

I am the Storm Man! I am the man who ate the Logia-type Storm-Storm Fruit!

Whenever an object moves, it compresses the air, creating wind.

No matter how fast Garp's punches are, no matter how well he conceals his movements, as long as he is still moving in this material world, he will definitely disturb the airflow!

"Storm Domain... Activate!"

Since I can't see you, I'll turn the entire deck into my "vision"!

Kane adjusted his breathing, trying to perceive the subtlest movements of the surrounding air as if he were a still eye of the storm.

"call……"

In an instant, the world changed in his perception.

The visual darkness was replaced by a three-dimensional network of countless airflow lines. The eddies created by the sea breeze blowing across the masts, the warm breaths exhaled by the sailors, the gentle breezes seeping through the gaps in the deck…

as well as……

An extremely terrifying humanoid vacuum is moving at high speed!

"Over there! Forty-five degrees to the right rear!"

Kane suddenly tilted his head to the side, a very strange movement.

call--!

A powerful gust of wind from a punch grazed his scalp, taking away a few strands of hair, but it missed his head.

"You...you dodged it?!"

The marines in the corner who were opening the betting pool had their eyes pop out of their sockets, and the bookmaker's Pele was scattered all over the ground.

Even Garp let out a soft "Eh," pausing in his action of putting a senbei (rice cracker) into his mouth.

"Guessed?"

Garp raised an eyebrow, flashed into view, and instantly appeared behind Kane, kicking him in the butt.

The air is being compressed!

The airflow is turbulent below and behind!

Before Kane could even process what was happening, his body, guided by the airflow, drifted forward like a weightless leaf, narrowly avoiding the sneak attack.

"It wasn't a fluke!"

Bogart's pencil snapped in his hand, his eyes behind his sunglasses filled with shock: "The second time! He really predicted the lieutenant general's move! And it's only been half a day!"

"That's interesting..."

Garp's smile widened, the excitement of a hunter discovering a prime target. "Developing your Devil Fruit ability into a sensory radar? Quite clever, indeed. But..."

"What if even the storm itself can't keep up with my speed?!"

Garp's figure disappeared completely.

boom--!

The air on the deck seemed to have been sucked out instantly.

Kane felt the previously clear network of airflow collapse in an instant!

Because there were just too many and too fast sources of disturbance! Fists were everywhere, and Old Deng's figure was everywhere! It was impossible to distinguish between the attack and the afterimage!

"Don't get too cocky! Observation Haki isn't just radar! It's precognition!"

boom! boom! boom!

Although Kane caught the airflow, his body simply couldn't keep up with that terrifying frequency!

"Seeing it but not being able to hide, isn't that even more desperate?! Hahahaha!"

"Aaaaaah! Don't hit someone in the face! I need to make a living with my looks!"

For the next hour, a horrific "blind men and the elephant" unfolded on the deck. Kane was like a rag doll struggling in a washing machine, being kicked around wildly by Garp.

pain.

Excruciating pain.

But under this extreme pressure, and in the despair of his Devil Fruit powers completely failing, Kane was forced to the edge of a cliff.

I don't want to spend money! I don't want to get beaten up again!

This intense obsession completely cleared his mind of all distractions.

Gradually, amidst the ferocious fist shadows, Kane felt a new power sprouting within his body.

That's something even more mysterious than sensing airflow.

That was intuition.

It is the body's most instinctive warning of danger after being beaten countless times.

A second before the next attack, a blurry image flashed through Kane's mind—

A fist will strike his left rib!

Without thinking, Kane twisted his waist in mid-air and, as if struck by inspiration, raised his right hand.

The jet-black Armament Haki instantly covered the area, precisely blocking the attack at the left rib.

"Bang!!!"

This time, he didn't fly off; instead, he plowed along the deck with his feet for more than ten meters before finally coming to a steady stop.

It's blocked.

He had already "seen" it the instant Garp threw his punch!

Kane ripped off the eye patch, which was already soaked with sweat, revealing a pair of eyes that, though bloodshot, were frighteningly bright.

[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have successfully awakened [Observation Haki (Basic)] under extreme violent oppression!]

[Achievement Reward: 10,000 Disciplinary Points!]

"Hahahaha!"

Kane couldn't help but burst into laughter, completely ignoring the wound on his lip.

I saved 100,000! And even made a profit of 10,000!

That beating was worth it!