One Piece: Nico Robin Collection

Chapter 121: Awakening of Observation

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Amidst everyone's mixed gazes, Nami didn't hesitate and took a bite of the fruit in her hand.

"Ugh—that tastes terrible!"

"Ahahahaha!"

"hehe…"

"whee…"

Seeing Nami's bitter little face, everyone on the deck burst into laughter.

"There's a rumor that if you eat the whole fruit, it might speed up the awakening of the fruit's ability."

Caesar spoke in a leisurely tone. Hearing this, Nami suppressed her nausea and ate the rest of the fruit in no time.

"啕——"

There was an uncontrollable retching sound, and everyone laughed even more happily.

Currently, except for Bebop and Dr. Wolf, everyone on the ship is a Devil Fruit user. Except for Bonnie, who obtained her ability due to Satan's Saint experiment, everyone else has experienced this.

"Look at the abilities!"

Yamato said happily, "This is the third natural system on the ship!"

"Um…"

Nami rubbed her head, her face a little tangled. She gently raised her index finger, and lightning flashed from her fingertips: "Wait a moment, it seems a little..."

hum-

Invisible waves spread out, and in an instant, countless images and sounds flooded into Nami's mind.

The laughter of children, the cries of vendors, and the sounds of birds and animals hunting in the woods.

Nami only felt a buzzing noise in her head, and her brain seemed a little dizzy.

"It's the awakening of Observation Haki."

Caesar's voice suddenly rang out, his clear voice piercing through the noisy sound curtain and echoing clearly in Nami's mind.

The calm voice seemed to have some inexplicable power, which calmed Nami's irritable mood unconsciously, just like the afternoon sun and sparkling water, soothing and refreshing.

Soon, the chaotic external information in her mind receded like a tide, and Nami seemed to have learned it by herself and had initially mastered the Observation Haki!
"How lucky! Not only did you eat such a powerful fruit, but you also awakened your Observation Haki."

Ace laughed: "My observation Haki isn't very good."

"This can be said to be the inherent talent of the Thunder Fruit."

Caesar explained, "The Thunder Fruit's ability allows the user to clearly sense the electromagnetic field around them, and thereby enhance the range of their Observation Haki. Nami has been practicing Haki recently, so it's not surprising that she was able to awaken her Observation Haki through this."

"By the way, the user of the Thunder Fruit can also use their perception of electric fields to transform into lightning and teleport to any location within their perception range. And considering the Thunder Fruit's increased observation Haki, this range is at least the size of an entire island."

"In addition, the auxiliary abilities of thunder, such as high temperature and electromagnetic, are also within the control range of this fruit."

“It’s like cheating!”

Hearing Caesar's words, even Law was a little uneasy: "Not only does it have the ability to attack with lightning speed, but it also has super-high-speed mobility. The strength of this fruit is too much."

"No, this fruit still has weaknesses."

Caesar pointed at Gardino and said, "Build a wall of candles."

Gardino waved his hand, and a two-meter-high wall of candles appeared in front of him.

"Try the quality?"

Caesar looked at Nami and tilted his head towards the wall of candles.

Nami nodded, raised her hand and pointed, and a bolt of lightning burst out from her fingertips and hit the candle wall.

There was a loud bang, a flash of lightning, and the candle wall was unharmed.

"This is the characteristic restraint of the devil fruit. The Thunder Fruit's weakness is naturally insulators like candles and rubber."

"Wait, this isn't right?"

Nami's expression changed: "Lightning also has high temperature properties, and it also has a striking effect!"

"Yes, the high temperature generated by the instantaneous burst of lightning is not enough to melt this candle wall. Moreover, the hardness of Gardino's candle wall is comparable to that of steel. Ordinary strikes will not have a significant effect. But you can try to generate electricity continuously?"

Caesar explained: "Also, I'm talking about the characteristics. The effects of Devil Fruits restraining superiors and subordinates, attributes, and abilities are all very unreasonable, because the power of Devil Fruits itself is absolute."

"For example, the Magma Fruit will have a superior-level restraint on the Flame-Flame Fruit, the Rubber will have an attribute restraint on Thunder, or some superhuman abilities restrain each other, like the Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit. If you encounter Yixiao, you can only accept your fate and call him daddy..."

"Bridge Bean Sacks!"

Ace quickly raised his hand to interrupt Caesar: "Why is my Flame-Flame Fruit restrained by lava?"

"No way, that's how it's set up..."

Caesar also laughed helplessly, spreading his hands with a look of indifference: "The ability of the Flame-Flame Fruit is the burning of natural fire, not the flame itself. If you have the Fire-Fire Fruit, then there is no doubt that even magma can only be pressed to the ground by you."

"Nani?!"

Ace's eyes widened.

"But don't be discouraged. The Flame-Flame Fruit is actually very powerful. As long as you don't face the existence of a superior and subordinate restraint like magma, you will be no match for other natural-type fruits." Caesar promised solemnly.

Although Ace was never able to defeat Akainu in a fistfight in the original plot, judging from his collision with Aokiji's Freeze-Freeze Fruit, the intensity of his flames was at least on par with that of the Freeze-Freeze Fruit.

"Of course, I'm saying this just to remind you not to let your guard down just because you've transformed into an element. In fact, most nature-type ability users are killed because of this arrogance, just like Enel."

Caesar reminded.

"I see!"

Ace nodded.

“No, you don’t understand.” Caesar shook his head slightly. Among this group, Ace was the most reckless. Nami in the original work also often made mistakes in some details. Although she was clever enough, her personality was still too naive.

"From today on, before you can release your Armament Haki and foresee the future with your Observation Haki, you are not allowed to use elemental transformation to dodge attacks!"

"Eh?!!"

Nami exclaimed, "Then what's the point of me eating natural-type food?"

"Well, I don't mind..."

Ace pinched his waist and said casually.

He has mastered the flow of Armament Haki. Although his Observation Haki is not as good as Armament Haki, he has enough confidence in himself.

It can be seen that although he has the support of the ability of the Flame-Flame Fruit, Caesar's highest requirement for him is still Haki.

Ace himself saw it very clearly. Compared with the high-level fighters on the ship, the biggest gap between him and them was in domineering aura.

"Hehe, it seems that the Thunder Fruit is not invincible."

Gardino pinched his chin, sizing up the candle wall before him, his tone rather smug: "I never thought my candles could even suppress the natural element. If I had known this, why would I be so afraid of Crocodile?"

Caesar: "Crocodile can break your candle wall."

"That's fine..."

Gardino chuckled.

"It's just a candle..."

Nami raised her hand and pressed it against the wall of candles.

With a buzzing sound, the electric light continued to flicker, and the candle wall melted rapidly.

Seeing this, Nami raised her chin and said cheerfully, "Not bad. Next time I encounter an insulated guy, I'll just use electricity to generate heat."

Caesar glanced at her and said, "I think you should use Haki."

“That thing is too difficult to learn…”

Nami laughed awkwardly. Even though she had eaten the Thunder Fruit, which was said to be the strongest natural-type fruit, she still had no confidence when facing Caesar.

"When you master Armament Haki, I will teach you a powerful skill suitable for the Thunder Fruit."

Caesar patiently coaxed: "It allows you to consume the least amount of energy and launch the strongest attack."

Nami's heart was moved when she heard that.

Thunder and lightning's moves are the same over and over again. What Caesar wants to teach is naturally the most classic move of the electromagnetic ability user: lightning at the fingertips and unchanging faith.

Misaka Mikoto's railgun is indeed feasible in theory, but how to put it into practice depends on the extent of Nami's development of the fruit.

"Also, you can try to use lightning to strengthen your body..."

After telling Nami some ideas on developing the Thunder Fruit, everyone headed towards the center of the island.

Soon, a fat man appeared in front of everyone.

Caesar remembered this man, the priest under Enel.

But Caesar couldn't remember its specific name.

"Ho~hoho~"

Seeing Caesar and his group, the man let out a strange laugh.

Snapped!
Caesar snapped his fingers and said, "Kill him."

"The second flower blooms!"

Robin spoke softly, and with a crisp sound, the man's neck was broken in an instant.

"Who is this guy? Big Earlobe's subordinate?" Ace asked.

"He is a priest under Enel. There are three others as weak as him. If any of you are interested, you can get rid of them." Caesar said lightly.

To be honest, Enel is probably the only villain boss so far who does not have any special ability users under him.

Honestly, it's a bit pricey...

Not only Enel's subordinates, but also the locals of Sky Island, including the Shandians, could not find any other people with special abilities besides Enel.

It is precisely for this reason that Caesar was not impressed by the characters in the Sky Island arc.

Apart from the big villain Enel, the former god of Sky Island Gan Fowl, and the kind-hearted angel girl Conis, Caesar didn't remember anyone's name. This was the only chapter where he couldn't remember the villain's name.

Fortunately, there are various shellfish technologies, the Golden City, and the magical splendor of the Sky Island, which made the Sky Island chapter leave a deep impression on Caesar in a way that is completely different from other chapters.

Caesar naturally looks down on those who don't have the ability of the fruit.

Although these priests all possess Observation Haki, this thing is worthless in the New World, so Caesar certainly has no reason to keep them.

At least there are a few people in Baroque Works who were forced into prostitution, but the four priests under Enel are real villains.

"I'll go."

He turned around with a smile and walked into the forest. Apart from Caesar, he had the strongest observation Haki here, and his ability was the first sight killing series, so his method of clearing out was absolutely safe.

“Oh, thank you for your hard work!”

Caesar waved his hand and turned to look at the others: "From now on, this island will be ours. I plan to build a city here, establish my own power, and bring all the people of Sky Island and Shandia under my command!"

"The road to conquering the world begins here!"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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There are a thousand words missing. The weather is too hot. I didn’t sleep well last night. I couldn’t fall asleep during the day and I still feel sleepy after writing this.

Have a good rest tonight, and I will update at least 6,000 words tomorrow!)
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