One Piece: Nico Robin Collection

Chapter 21 Bury your head
"Just hope... a big, sharp sword?"

Fei Che was stunned when he heard Caesar's request.

Why does the tone sound like someone is buying a cabbage?
"What? Can't do it?"

"This...I'm afraid it's a bit difficult."

Fei Che nodded with some embarrassment: "The art of forging requires a lot of effort. At my age, if it's just the level of a good sword, it wouldn't be difficult..."

"Then please try your best."

Caesar shook his head slightly: "I can fight with a good and quick sword myself, but this grade of sword cannot establish an advantage in a battle between top-level masters. It can only be used at best."

He has collected many professional supplies and received many skill rewards, including forging skills.

The same goes for house construction, shipbuilding, etc., but for some reason, there are rarely any top-level skills in the industry.

Perhaps it was just as Fei Che said, compared to those who specialized in one thing, his mind was too complicated and he lacked a little faith.

For example, Caesar likes cooking, so his cooking skills rarely reach the top level. In comparison, his other skills can only be considered second-level.

Hearing Caesar's words, Fei Che nodded: "In that case, I can try my best, but I think you may need to spend more time on the materials."

"no problem?"

"What is the problem?"

Fei Che laughed heartily: "I'm not too old to lift a forging hammer! If it's your Excellency's turn, I can still try my best."

"Oh?"

Caesar crossed his legs, rather curious: "Why? Am I very prestigious here?"

"Of course, although the current general is Kaidou's daughter, everyone knows who is the one who will truly make this country no longer hungry."

Fei Che lowered his head slightly, his tone slightly complicated, his sigh tinged with a hint of guilt: "Your Excellency, you don't know, this village was almost destroyed. People starved to death every now and then, and Xiaoyu couldn't even have a full meal for several days..."

"This is a feat that even the Kozuki clan has failed to accomplish, so it has nothing to do with good or evil, nor does it matter what your purpose is. So if it's your turn, I'm willing to give it my all!"

Caesar looked at him in surprise. "That's really... grateful."

It’s a bit embarrassing to say, he was already prepared to reveal his identity and threaten the other party.

The old guy hid in this place under an assumed name. Although he was a bit cowardly, he was a sensible man.

"Tell me, what materials do you need?"

"Tungsten steel... do you have it?"

"Tungsten steel..."

Caesar laughed in silence. This thing was just a stick, and its hardness was no less than that of a big knife.

If the quality is not good enough, you make up for it with hardness, right?
Without thinking about anything, Caesar waved his hand, and hundreds of metal blocks of different elements piled up into a small hill.

"Almost all the non-radioactive metals in the world are here, including various alloys, all with markings engraved on them."

Fei Che was surprised by Caesar's move, but he just thought it was the power of the devil fruit and continued to ask, "Do you have any style requirements?"

Caesar thought for a moment and said, "Let's make it a little longer. Ordinary sharp swords feel a bit short."

"Please wait a moment, Your Excellency."

Fei Che found a stick about a meter long and handed it to Caesar: "Is this the right length?"

Caesar took the stick, moved his hand slightly, and swung it lightly.

"Yes, that's just right."

"I see."

Fei Che's eyes fell on Caesar's grip and he nodded: "It seems that your fighting style is a bit wild."

Caesar nodded, this was indeed the case.

Among his sparring partners so far, King and Kaido are both six or seven meters tall, and the shortest, Yamato, is two meters sixty-seven, so his fighting habits naturally tend to be more aggressive.

"How long will it take to fight?"

"Half a month at the latest."

"Okay, I'll come find you in half a month."

Caesar nodded, flipping a gold coin onto the pile of metal. "Don't worry about the materials. Just tell me if you need anything."

With that, Caesar left the room.

Outside the room, Xiaoyu was waiting obediently under the shade of a tree. When she saw Caesar, a bright smile appeared on her face and she ran up to him.

"Is Lord Caesar leaving?"

"Yeah, sorry to bother you, Xiaoyu."

Caesar smiled and nodded, then gently touched the girl's hair. It felt thin and a little dry, probably caused by long-term malnutrition.

"How are things going lately? Are those pirates bullying anyone? Can you get enough to eat?"

"Of course! I can eat a full meal every day now! The guys who used to bully others were all knocked away by a dinosaur sister!"

"Sister Dinosaur..."

Caesar smiled. It seemed that Runti did a good job. He could already imagine her cursing the job while beating up the pirates.

"Lord Caesar!"

"Ok?"

"Can my daughter also join the Beasts... No, the National Defense Fleet?"

"Eh? Why?"

"I also want to be like Lord Caesar and make sure everyone has enough to eat!"

"It's still too early for Xiaoyu right now. How about waiting a few more years? When Xiaoyu becomes a strong and beautiful woman like the general, she'll be able to help me."

"A strong and beautiful woman..."

Xiaoyu's eyes sparkled: "Then we have a deal, Lord Caesar!"

"Ah, it's a deal."

Caesar squatted down, and Xuezou appeared out of thin air in his hand: "Consider this Xuezou as my investment in your future. When you can control it, come to me anytime."

"Uh-huh!"

Xiaoyu was very excited and she stood at the entrance and waved to Caesar from afar until he left the village.

Caesar was also in a good mood. The children in this world were so easy to fool. No wonder Luffy kept shouting that he wanted to be the Pirate King.

Now that I think about it, Shanks is really a piece of shit, he even fooled a child.

On the way back to the Flower City, Caesar happened to meet Runti who was leading a patrol, and he casually threw a small bag to her.

Runti subconsciously reached out and grabbed it: "What are you doing? What is this thing?"

Caesar smiled and said, "I received feedback from the public and heard that you did a good job. This is a reward for you."

"Huh? A reward? Who do you think you are, you asshole?"

Runti weighed the heavy little bag and asked, "What do I need from you for this little reward? What reward can you give me?"

"gold."

"I spoke a little loudly just now. Didn't I scare you, Caesar?"

When she heard it was gold, Runti's pinching of her waist instantly changed to holding her heart, and she looked at Caesar with a worried look on her face.

"You change your expression so quickly..." Caesar was speechless.

During this time, he also figured out the girl's temper. She was the typical type who would give in to soft words and not to harsh ones. She was a bit arrogant, but very pragmatic and much smarter than she looked.

For example, the devil fruits of this brother and sister were stolen from Kaido when she was a child.

Although there may be reasons for Kaido's indulgence, the fact that he understands the law of the jungle at such a young age and protects his younger brother as he grows up in a place like the Beasts Pirates makes Caesar admire him very much.

To deal with this kind of little girl, you just need to praise her more and give her more benefits.

"Please pay attention to the area in Bianli Village. I asked someone to make a knife for me."

"Knife?"

Runti glanced at the Sandai Kitetsu on Caesar's waist and said, "So you are a swordsman?"

"No, it's just a weapon." "Doesn't using a sword make you a swordsman? Are you stupid?"

"I still prefer your attitude just now."

Caesar sighed: "Anyway, thank you for your extra effort."

"Humph, who cares about you!"

Runti snorted lightly and turned away.

After taking two steps, she suddenly turned around and called Caesar: "Hey, what's wrong with your eyes?"

"I am practicing to foresee the future."

"How stupid!"

"Don't complain about this kind of thing..."

The two separated, Runti left the city and headed straight for Jiuli, while Caesar returned to the general's mansion and continued to think about how to improve his domineering power.

Today's outing made Caesar realize one thing. Because he has the ability of a bat, he can instinctively construct the distribution of the surrounding environment in his mind based on external sound waves.

In terms of combat, this ability can greatly enhance his perception, but the powerful perception ability cannot effectively stimulate his instinctive intuition, and is instead an obstacle in the practice of seeing and hearing. But he cannot plug his ears.

So he needed to stimulate this intuition further.

In addition, he had previously conceived a combat method that involved compressing and rubbing the Armament Haki, which was far more difficult than releasing it, and required continuous mastery through combat.

Not everyone can handle a battle of this intensity. Be it Kaido or King, they wouldn't have the spare time to spare every day to spar with him.

But luckily, Caesar has a wife with the strength of a royal vice-captain...

"Yamato, come train with me!"

"it is good!"

As soon as he heard Caesar's call, Yamato picked up his mace and followed him out happily.

Seeing that Caesar was still blindfolded, Yamato was a little worried: "Is this training method really okay? You have been releasing your observation Haki all day, right?"

The total amount of domineering aura is limited, and excessive consumption of domineering aura may even lead to the risk of death.

And even if one has Observation Haki, if both sides have Observation Haki, fighting blindfolded is tantamount to asking for trouble.

Because you can predict your opponent, your opponent can also predict you.

Even because there is no vision assistance, the prediction of enemy movements will be slightly slower.

"It's okay, come on!" Caesar waved confidently.

The next moment, with a loud bang, he was knocked away by Yamato's stick.

"See? It really doesn't work!"

Looking at Caesar who was embedded in the rock by him, Yamato's eyes were full of worry.

Caesar silently pulled himself out of the rock and dusted himself off.

"Come again!"

boom--

Caesar flew backwards again.

He is currently at a stage where he can predict the aura, but cannot judge it in time and take precautions.

But fortunately, his physical strength has increased rapidly during this period, coupled with the enhancement brought by the ghost bloodline, Yamato's mace covered with mobile weapons now only hurts him.

This is also what Caesar cares about most.

In this ocean, what is the most important thing for those top fighters?

If I have to say, it should be tolerance!
It is not just a single aspect such as strength, power, physique, etc.

Rather, it is a comprehensive fault-tolerant capability that can withstand the consequences of mistakes.

For example, when both of them were hit by a knife, Garp was hit by a knife by Xi and was beaten to the ground and unable to get up. The same knife was hit on Whitebeard and Shanks, and the result was basically the same.

But if it were Kaido and Big Mom, two super blood cows, spitting on them would probably stop the bleeding immediately, and they could continue to beat them with sticks for days and nights.

Nowadays, Caesar's physique is far beyond the strength that can be enhanced by the vampire fruit. It is more likely due to the talent of the Overlord and the effect brought by the demon bloodline.

Activate Lunalia's transformation to gain a significant boost.

Two months ago, Yamato's two sticks would have made him bile boil, but for Caesar now, it didn't hurt at all.

The only thing that concerned Caesar was that the growth rate of his strength began to slow down.

The same weight training no longer has the same rapid progress as before, and the daily progress is gradually decreasing.

I guess by the time one reaches the level of the Four Emperors, the progress in strength will have almost completely slowed down.

The right hand condensed into armed color, flowing and compressed.

The fist and the mace collided in the air, and Caesar created a shock wave.

Yamato was knocked back two steps by the sudden impact and looked at Caesar in surprise.

"Eh? What was that just now?"

"Armament Haki compression."

Caesar's lips curled up slightly. "I've recently developed a clever trick. I can gather all my Armament Haki into my fists, compress them, and then release them in the form of internal destruction. This can cause a certain impact..."

That’s right, this move is exactly the same as the principle of Garp’s fist bone impact.

However, Caesar can only achieve a prototype for now, and he needs more practice to make further progress.

The specific training method is quite simple, refer to Garp hitting the warship.

That’s right, it’s reckless!

But it is not just a reckless move. There are two key points to this move.

The first is to instantly concentrate all the strength and dominance of the whole body on the fist, which requires extremely concentrated attention.

Second, release the flowing Armament Haki impact, which requires exquisite Armament Haki control.

It is precisely because of the high-intensity concentration and explosion that its power is quite considerable.

From this perspective, it is reasonable to say that King Effort, with all his might, was able to break King Evil Government's giant rock hand.

Yamato's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Amazing! Caesar, teach me!"

Caesar raised the corner of his mouth: "Oh? Is there any benefit?"

Yamato thought about it, his face suddenly flushed, and he leaned over to whisper in Caesar's ear.

"Cough cough..."

Caesar smiled and cleared his throat: "Since you are so sincere, I will teach you!"

"Haha, I knew you were the best, Caesar!"

Yamato laughed, picked up Caesar and kissed him on the face, leaving a bright red lip mark.

As a general, he had to behave in a dignified manner, so Yamato was forced by her maids to put on makeup every day and dress more femininely than before.

Although Caesar personally prefers the sleeveless kimono, it would be a different story if it was his own wife.

Under Caesar's strong request, Yamato can only wear long-sleeved kimonos now, and don't even think about wearing sleeveless ones!
With that terrifying size, wearing sleeveless would be a big disadvantage...

"First, you must concentrate your strength and domineering aura..."

Yamato punched out, "Is that so?"

"No, it's too loose. Start with your legs! Like this!"

"Oh—and then?"

"And then this, and then this..."

"Huh? Is touching legs a necessary step?"

"Um…"

"We are outside now, this is not good, Caesar..."

"Don't talk, keep your head down!"

(End of this chapter)