I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

He rummaged through the drawer and pulled out a... hypnotic iron ring.

Zango's hypnotic ability is actually quite amazing. In the original work, he hypnotized the pirates of the Black Cat Pirates to make them stronger, and then his subordinates immediately swelled up in muscles, turning from weaklings into tough guys who could crack a mountain wall with a single punch.

This is the correct way to approach hypnosis; it can deceive the brain and unlock its potential.

Higuma walked to the full-length mirror in the room, and began to swing the hypnosis ring in front of her reflection.

"When I hear BINGO, I feel all the fatigue from training disappear, and I'm full of energy..."

"I love exercising, exercising makes me happy... because I'm the real protagonist!"

“3.2.1........BINGO”.

Sun Bear's eyes glazed over for a moment, then he felt a surge of energy coursing through his body.

cnm, it's on fire!

He roared inwardly, his eyes burning like two flames, and rushed out of the room like the wind, heading straight for the training ground once again.

...........

In a parallel world, at Vegapunk's research base.

Sig lay down on the cold floor, his sweat evaporating rapidly, leaving a large "wood" shape on the ground.

The Emperor's Engine pulsated rapidly, pumping blood that was almost boiling, surging through his body like a river, yet his eyes were somewhat vacant and unfocused.

"Vegapunk is truly inhuman..." Sigurd gritted his teeth.

"This training is even more unbearable than the training I received from Zephyr in the Navy when I was a Higuma."

It's true that Zephyr is the best teacher in the world.

But Vegapunk was one of the world's best scientists, and his research on psychokinesis was at the forefront of the world.

Zephyr couldn't discern the true nature of the Emperor Engine, only believing that "Sun Bear" possessed astonishing endurance and extraordinary talent.

But Vegapunk was different. Not long after he started his psychokinetic training, he became aware of the abnormality in Sig's heart and expressed great interest in it.

After Vegapunk realized that Sieg's heart and endurance were astonishing, the intensity of his telekinetic training program became increasingly exaggerated.

It's quite different from when I trained with Zephyr...

Psychokinesis training is a dual exercise and torment of both the body and mind.

Just like programmers who work 996 hours a day, they are dragged to participate in a marathon after get off work, leaving them feeling completely drained, both physically and mentally.

"Sig, get up, you can't rest yet."

Just then, the voice of the blue and white cat came from the side.

He leaned over the head of a tall pacifist robot and urged:

“You’ve been resting for five minutes already. Even the donkeys in the production team don’t dare to rest like you.”

There are no shortcuts to becoming stronger.

Sig was stunned.

The blue and white cat's words sounded somewhat familiar to him... He figured this silly cat was probably mimicking what he used to say, stealing his jokes and reusing them on him.

Before Sieg could refute, light began to gather from the pacifist's mouth; he aimed at Sieg and was preparing to fire a laser.

"Who can withstand this...?"

Sieg quickly got up and sighed.

He chose this path himself.

Since we won't follow Sigma's path of no limits, and won't kill Buggy or Crocodile and use them as ultimate tools, then reaching the level of the Mountain Bandit King requires a baptism of sweat.

He got up and threw himself back into training, but his mind was slightly dazed.

In the main world, Sun Bear is probably also undergoing grueling training that pushes his physical limits.

This means that when Sig retrieves the memories of his shadow clone, Sun Bear, he will have to relive the torment Sun Bear suffered in those memories.

"Double the torture... what am I doing all this for...?"

Having experienced so much, Sieg knows full well that a peaceful life is a distant dream for him.

He can't be a reclusive Rayleigh or Roger; there will always be people looking for trouble with him, and he'll always be caught in one whirlpool after another.

But there is another kind of person in this world who can also live a peaceful life—Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world. He is the emperor of the sea in the New World, a warlord whom even the Navy dares not provoke.

Even if he doesn't become Whitebeard, building two hundred Pluto battleships would probably be enough to intimidate the World Government.

"Everything for a peaceful life."

"I thought they were here for summer vacation, but it turns out it's a summer training camp..."

Sieg shook his head and sighed, then pulled out a hypnotic ring...

Just like what Sieg did in the Navy, hypnosis can trick the brain and unlock its potential.

..........

The day's training ended, and it was already night.

Vegapunk glanced at the chart beside his hand.

"If we were to rate Sieg's training today on a 100-point scale, it would be 85 points, which is a bit low."

Vegapunk muttered to himself:

"Time is tight, so a score of 90 or above is best, 95 is ideal..."

"Is a 5-minute break a little too long?"

Vegapunk gazed thoughtfully at the night sky outside the window.

The next second, he activated the power of the Time Reversal Fruit and returned to the morning of that day.

"Let's optimize the training plan and aim to get Sig's training results to over 90 points..."

"Vegapunk muttered to himself."

His ability to reverse time and time seems to be different from Vegapunk's in the main world, and he cannot take others back in time.

So, like a perfectionist gamer, he repeatedly reloaded his save and replayed the game, all in an effort to get the highest possible score.

As dawn breaks, another day begins.

Chapter 984 The Power of Giants 2-3

Rixiong moved swiftly, like a gust of wind, and had already run into the equipment training room in the corner of the training field.

"Sun Bear? Wasn't your training already over?"

The training officer in charge of the equipment training room looked up in surprise.

"Not enough, I'll add some strength training."

Rixiong casually agreed, then picked up a barbell and started practicing on his own.

"Colonel Higuma is really working hard," the training officer remarked.

“But that’s also something that can make up for our shortcomings.” Brigadier General Shuzo nodded beside him.

Brigadier General Shuzo was Zephyr's deputy at the headquarters training camp and was quite familiar with Higuma.

"Even if I become a sniper on the battlefield in the future, there may be times when I am forced to engage in close combat. Doing more strength training will eventually be useful."

"It's not just about strength training; as a colonel at headquarters, he should also put in the effort to learn the Six Styles of the Navy."

Higuma is also quite famous in the Navy.

The biggest reason, of course, is that he is the so-called Black Flame Dragon Jinchūriki, and is highly valued by the Navy.

At the same time, his own qualities were also quite good, especially his marksmanship, which was exceptionally good, and he always liked to hold back and not take lives. It was speculated that this was why Higuma was valued by the "non-killing" general Zephyr and was therefore given special training.

But as for the other abilities...

Sun Bear's strength is not weak, but it can only be considered good. Compared to naturally gifted characters like giant soldiers, it is somewhat inferior.

Compared to his exceptional shooting skills, his strength and close-quarters combat abilities are obvious weaknesses.

As for the Six Styles of the Navy, Higuma had only been back at headquarters for a few months, but he was promoted to colonel quickly and didn't focus on learning the Six Styles.

In Shuzo's view, Higuma was clearly going to take a sniping and shooting approach to combat.

Ignoring Shuzo and the others' discussion, Higuma was about to pick up the barbell and continue training when he caught a glimpse of a new punching power tester in the corner of the training field.

"Do you have a new power testing device? I was just about to retest my strength."

Rikuma immediately put the barbell down again, eager to try again.

“No, that’s not it,” Xiu Zuo replied casually.

"The power tester is outdated. This is a new type of punching power tester. The unit of punching power is kilograms, which can directly display your punching power."

Are we just going to ignore the old, obsolete settings...? Higuma stretched a little and walked over to the punching power tester to examine it curiously.

"Why is there only a four-digit number on the screen?" Higuma asked.

"This new testing machine has a maximum strength of 9999KG. Besides, giant soldiers with superhuman strength don't use such gadgets to measure their strength. A maximum of 10,000 is enough for this training camp."

"Higuma, be careful not to break me---" Xiu Zuo said with a smile, then stopped.

"It's nothing, you can use it without worry," Xiu Zuo said.

Higuma had previously tested his punching power on the power tester.

If converted to kg, Shuza vaguely remembers that the punching power tested by Higuma was around four or five tons.

For Higuma, who is positioned as a sniper, this is not bad, but it only reaches half of the test machine's limit. Of course, Shuzo is very relieved.

"I can rest assured that."

Higuma took a deep breath and punched the target hard.

boom.

After a muffled thud, a bright red number appeared on the screen.

5984KG!