21 Chapter 20 (1/2)
We reached the Baratie by night time, so we docked the ship next to it. Everyone had gone to bed in the new rooms by this point, and I continued training with my clones.
Early in the morning, Zeff came to greet us on our ship, while my crew was still sleeping.
”So how has the progress been, anything you would want to share with me, haha.” He looked in a good mood, despite it being so early.
”I've been trying my hardest to learn Haki, but I don't think I made any real progress there. On the other hand, I almost feel like I am close enough to...” I couldn't continue since he interrupted me.
”Hahahaha, I'm not talking about that boy. I asked if you made any progress with the girl, hahaha.” That slightly ticked me off and I punched him, or at least I tried to.
”You seem full of energy boy, that means we can get some training done before the others wake up.” For the next two hours, I regretted my actions. Zeff pushes me to the limits every time we train, but I have to agree that he is an incredible teacher.
When he started teaching me Observation Haki, I thought that I was getting the hang of pretty fast and making real progress. Unfortunately, Zeff shot me down, saying that I am using my enhanced senses and I am cheating. He told me that I would have to feel the people around me rather than sensing them.
Armament Haki, on the other hand, I have had no success with using it. I have no idea, how am I supposed to use my spirit to attack someone or to create a spirit armor with it. Zeff said that there is no specific way to train it, you have to feel it and there is no other way around it, due to that, he has been hitting me with his Haki infused kicks for training to help me feel it better. All in all, he just wanted to torture me.
Regarding Conqueror's Haki, he was unable to provide me any guidance whatsoever, and the only thing he advised me is that even if I have it, I would first need to unlock it.
We stayed for the whole day at the Baratie, and everyone got tortured by Zeff. This time even Aisha was not excluded, and I have to admit, despite her having a Zoan Devil Fruit, I never thought she would be strong.
Boy, was I wrong, her physical abilities were incredible. Aisha was physically stronger than everyone besides me, Zoro and Sanji. Her arm strength is, in fact, higher than the cook's, granted that the guy never misses leg day and uses his hands only for cooking. I wanted to see her transformation, but she refused to show it to us no matter what.
Aisha has also opened up to us after she made up with her mother. She has had a few conversations with the men from the crew and started to smile more often, which enhances her beauty. Sanji has been trying to keep her away from me as much as possible while trying to please her by presenting her with incredibly tasty dishes. That wasn't working for him since she shared almost all of them with me.
The next day, we started our journey towards Amarok Island, which was a few hours away from the Baratie. The island is in the shape of a crescent moon. The capital of the kingdom sits on the ocean-side in the middle of the island, and it's surrounded by both ends of the crescent moon.
3rd POV:
At Takahiro, the capital of Asena Kingdom, the king was sitting on his throne. He had black hair with a few traces of gray, and a very sharp appearance. The king currently had a worried look on his face and was sweating.