One Piece: Starting with Creating the Strongest Character Design

It wasn't until he was seconded to the Navy that he got that chance to win the lottery.

The recognition gained by a "star (blue)" will not easily dissipate, but will accumulate slowly.

This led to a qualitative change in the term, with the original phrase "perseverance" transforming into "hard work pays off".

This will give him extra blessings for each of his spiritual practices, and he will definitely receive feedback.

Thus, with the help of the entry, he was able to cultivate Armament Haki from a state where he could only passively defend during his months in the Sabaody Archipelago to a level where he could now cover his entire forearm and use it for offense.

Upon hearing Kitahara Tsune's words, Ain and Binz, who were standing to the side, almost dropped their jaws.

From the moment they were adopted by Zephyr, they underwent rigorous and domineering training under Zephyr's command every day.

Even so, after four or five years of training, the two still hadn't mastered even the most basic entanglement and hardening techniques.

However, the person in front of me has only been training for a year and a half, yet he has already mastered Armament Haki to such an extent.

Is this really a human?

The two even began to doubt Kitahara Tsune's race, wondering if he belonged to one of those races that were born with Armament Haki.

However, no matter how they looked at him, they could only see two words on Kitahara Tsuneo: "human".

Zefa had also recovered from his shock.

"It's unbelievable that there are people in the world with such talent."

Even the well-informed Zefa couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

Even setting aside the Armament Haki that nearly caused internal destruction.

Kitahara Tsune's current basic entanglement hardening technique is also difficult to master in just a year and a half.

Even the most talented person Zephyr had ever seen took two whole years to master Armament Haki to this level.

Now that things have come to this, Zephyr has begun to envision Kitahara Tsune's future.

Perhaps during Zephyr's long naval career, he had indeed seen monsters who were comparable to Kitahara Tsune in terms of physical strength, recovery speed, or some aspect of Haki training.

But I have never seen anyone with such a strong combination of these three talents.

And now, such a person is standing right in front of me.

The other party is even a human, without any special racial abilities, and has reached this level solely through his own talent.

The more Zefa thought about it, the more intense his gaze became when he looked at Kitahara Tsune.

"Kitahara Tsuneo, become my disciple and inherit my mantle."

Upon hearing this, the training ground fell silent.

Ian and Binz both held their breath.

The two had long had no doubt that Kitahara Tsune could become Zefa's disciple.

However, General Zephyr surprisingly said that he would inherit his mantle.

This is a completely different matter.

As a naval admiral who trained new recruits, Zephyr taught thousands of students.

Those who become his disciples are invariably the most outstanding students in each cohort.

For example, the current three admiral candidates, and the future mainstays of the navy, Smoker and Hina.

Regardless of who it was, Zephyr never said that the other person should inherit his mantle.

It can be said that as long as Zephyr does not betray the Navy, Kitahara Tsunemoto, who inherits his mantle, will basically be able to inherit everything that Zephyr currently possesses.

There is at least one candidate for general.

"To inherit the mantle?"

Kitahara Tsune's eyes narrowed, and he had basically guessed Zephyr's thoughts.

Kitahara Tsune took a deep breath, gave a standard naval salute, and solemnly said, "Disciple greets Master."

Looking at the solemn and dignified Kitahara Tsune, Zefa nodded with satisfaction and patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't be so serious?"

"Your achievements will surely surpass mine."

"Putting everything else aside, I will do my best to guide you in the cultivation of domineering aura."

"Don't forget where I got my nickname 'Black Arm'."

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Tsune remembered that Zephyr was known as "Black Arm" and was a top user of Armament Haki.

However, the Armament Haki he used differed in form from that used by Zephyr.

When he uses Armament Haki, the color it appears is glossy black.

When Zephyr uses Armament Haki, the color is a deep black, without any reflection.

However, he didn't ask now, since Zefa had already become his master and would surely teach him these things gradually in the future.

Zephyr, however, was quite curious about Kitahara Tsune and asked:

"What about that last move? It actually uses Haki to cause internal destruction."

After asking the question, Zefa suddenly realized something and said:

Do you know the three uses of Armament Haki?

Kitahara Tsune nodded and said, "I saw in some materials that Armament Haki has three uses: binding and hardening, flowing and releasing, and internal destruction."

Zefa nodded in satisfaction. This kid had not only improved in strength, but his knowledge and experience were also considerable.

"Since you know these three uses, how did you manage to achieve the final internal destruction? In my opinion, your domineering cultivation completely does not support your use of this method."

Kitahara Tsune replied, "A few years ago, after I mastered the Six Styles, I came up with a move called the Six Kings Spear, which is the ultimate secret of the Six Styles."

"It allows you to channel your energy through your arms directly into the opponent's body, damaging their internal structure."

"This move used to be quite effective; it could usually defeat the opponent with a single use."

"However, since joining the Navy, I've encountered Zoan-type Devil Fruit users. Their tenacious vitality meant that even my attack couldn't completely kill them."

"After that, I practiced Armament Haki while considering how to enhance the power of this move."

"Then, by a chance coincidence, I combined the two together, which resulted in this enhanced version of the move."

The Zoan-type Devil Fruit user that Kitahara Tsune mentioned was none other than Rein Hunt, who had eaten the Inu Inu no Mi (Honey Badger) form.

However, what he didn't know was that even if he had mastered Armament Haki at that time and used this move to defeat Reinhunter, the so-called immortal pirate supernova would not have died on the spot.

"What a brilliant idea!"

After listening to Kitahara Tsune's account, Zefa gave a heartfelt sigh of admiration, and looked at Kitahara Tsune with even greater appreciation.

Not only are they talented, but they are also creative.

It seems that the navy also has a promising future.

Zefa's thoughts began to drift away.

Recently, the legend of the Sea Emperor has begun to circulate on the high seas.

There are currently three people who are revered as the Emperors of the Sea: Charlotte Linlin, Whitebeard, and Kaido of the Beasts.

They were all familiar opponents to him.

Other legendary pirate crews have either disappeared without a trace or been sent to Impel Down prison by the Navy.

He has begun to decline from his peak, and it's time for him to hand over some of his responsibilities to younger people.

At that moment, Kitahara Tsune looked at the Den Den Mushi above the training field, smiled, and said, "Fleet Admiral Sengoku, I didn't perform badly, did I?"