I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

When a user with an ability dies, or loses consciousness and falls into a coma, the magic associated with their age will disappear.

Although it's not as advanced as true immortality surgery, once fully exposed, it will undoubtedly become the focus of countless people's attention.

While observing the battlefield, Higuma secretly used his Observation Haki to keep an eye on his surroundings, guarding against possible pirate attacks.

But nothing happened until the end of the combat training and the training ship began its return voyage to headquarters.

The sun bear accompanied them all the way, but in the end, it was just a waste of several days.

His training in Armament Haki remained stagnant, and he had yet to encounter Whitebeard Jr.

After three years, the Japanese bear has finally encountered a major predicament:

Whitebeard Jr. is like the Sword of Damocles hanging over our heads, but he has yet to appear.

At the same time, his growth in strength has reached a bottleneck: with Higuma's current strength, if he wants to go further, he needs to master Armament Haki.

Higuma frowned slightly, inevitably feeling irritated.

............

That night.

On the way back to the naval warship after boarding the warship.

In his room, Higuma began to reread the notes left by Sig and Sigma in his inventory.

For the past three years, Sieg has remained missing without a trace, leaving no information in his inventory.

According to the notes, after completing the game in the parallel world, Sig lived a peaceful life for two years.

His notes were brief and made no mention of his mastery of Armament Haki.

As for Sigma... when he left his diary, he didn't know if Sigma would ever find it, so of course he didn't record everything that happened in his 38 years of life.

Upon closer inspection, Higuma also discovered things he hadn't noticed before.

In his early years, Sigma did complain that he was slow to master Armament Haki.

Soon after, the complaints disappeared... He gained another power—telekinesis—by hunting panda birds.

Later, Sigma, whose telekinesis became increasingly powerful, no longer needed Armament Haki, since he almost never fought any tough battles anyway.

After reading the notes, Rixiong was suddenly a little confused.

Haki is a latent power that everyone in the world of One Piece possesses. It is an innate ability, just like aura, intimidation, and intuition, existing instinctively.

Cultivating domineering energy is not about creating something out of nothing, but simply about bringing out the latent power of the human body.

However, neither Sigmund, Sigma, nor Higuma... mastered Armament Haki.

This indicates that their cultivation is not yet up to par, or... because he is not a native of this world, and therefore simply doesn't have it at all?

"This joke has gone a bit too far... It's one thing for the system's cheat codes to give out all sorts of weird abilities, but it can't even cultivate the domineering aura that everyone can have?"

Higuma's irritation intensified.

After trying for a long time, he finally discovered...

It's not that he didn't try hard enough, but... he might really not be up to the task.

Just as I was getting agitated, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Uncle Sun Bear".

Ain pushed open the door and entered. By then, Higuma had already put the diary back into his inventory.

"It's rare for you to come out from headquarters, why do you seem to have something on your mind?" Ain asked.

"It's nothing," Higuma replied casually.

This caused Ain, who had just walked in, to pause slightly. She stood still, seemingly hesitating for a moment, before taking a small bag out of her pocket and placing it on the table.

"what is this?"

Higuma casually picked up the bag and looked inside, only to find a stack of photos of Bakala, which he had taken himself three years ago.

He looked up, stared at Ain in astonishment, and froze for a moment.

"I secretly hid Sister Bakara's photo two and a half years ago while cleaning."

Ain said with her head down:

“However, if you are really… really feeling very annoyed, I can return the photos to you temporarily.”

What? So the photos were hidden by Ian? No wonder they suddenly disappeared for a while.

It turned out to be the case.

Ri Xiong suddenly realized something, but upon closer reflection, he felt something was amiss.

Japanese Bear: ? ? ?

Did Ian think he was upset because Baka's photo was missing? So she temporarily returned the photo to him to ease his frustration?

Why is he seen as such a perverted old man in Aion's eyes?

"That's not what's bothering me..."

Higuma hesitated for a moment, but for the sake of his image, he stood up and took out a lighter from the side.

Then, in front of Ian, he set the small bag of photos on fire and threw it into the trash can.

"is it?"

Ain's brows gradually relaxed. He looked at the sun bear in front of him, then suddenly stood on tiptoe and gently patted its head.

"Even with her daughter by her side, she's still keeping it all bottled up inside..."

"If you have any worries, you can talk to me about them. If there are enemies you can't defeat, I will protect you, Father Sun Bear."

Ain ruffled Rixiong's head like a mature old mother, but her youthful innocence was still evident on her face.

".....good."

"But maybe next time, definitely next time."

After Ain left, Rixiong rubbed his face, trying to shake off his fatigue and frustration, and tried to cheer himself up.

"Perhaps it's because my physique is too strong that I can't undergo a qualitative change and master Armament Haki?"

Higuma muttered to himself.

In this world, no power is necessary, and no ability is unsolvable.

Devil Fruit powers are very strong, but even a Devil Fruit user like Roger could stand at the pinnacle and dominate an era.

After some thought, Higuma decided to temporarily put aside his training in Armament Haki.

Assuming Whitebeard Jr. attacks Zephyr this year, even a rudimentary grasp of Armament Haki would be almost useless.

The time and energy saved will be used to continue refining the Navy's Sixth Style.

Especially iron blocks.

Speaking of physical constitution alone... the adult Charlotte Linlin possesses a powerful physique known as the "Iron Balloon," with strength far exceeding the hardness of most Armament Haki since childhood. She was able to solo the Elbaf Giant Village at the age of five.

It's important to know that Charlotte Linlin is a human child born to an ordinary couple, not a special race, yet she can overwhelm an adult Titan.

If we can push the strength of the iron block and the physical condition of an individual to the level of an adult Charlotte Linlin, what need is there for Armament Haki?

"Every version has its own god, and clearly, this is my version!" Higuma regained his fighting spirit.

.......................

For the next six months or so, Higuma completely put aside his Armament Haki training and focused all his attention on his own physical training.

More than half a year has passed, and the end of the year is here again.

This time, Zephyr led the naval training ships, including Ain, on their sixth overseas combat training exercise.

This time, just like the previous five times, Sun Bear brought Bakala and Zango along with Zefa's ship.

On an ordinary afternoon.

The naval training ship had just set sail shortly after resupplying itself on a small island in the route.

Sun Bear was resting with his eyes closed in his cabin, secretly stimulating his muscles, still training his entire body to become iron.

But suddenly, he opened his eyes, his expression changing slightly.

boom!

A deafening roar filled his ears in an instant, and the outer wall of the cabin he was in was completely sliced ​​open by a sharp slash!

Higuma dodged the slash with a quick movement, but the entire training ship trembled under its attack, the floor tilted, and seawater poured in through the gap in the wall.

"Water is taking in the bottom of the ship!"

"Enemy attack! Pirates are coming!"

Amidst the panicked shouts outside, a somewhat simple-minded roar could be heard:

"Zeffa! Do you remember me? I've finally found you!"

Chapter 993 I'm Doomed

"Zeffa! Do you remember me? I've finally found you!"

After the roar, Zephyr's voice rang out:

“Edward Weevil... I should have known better than to let you go last time.”

A cacophony of clanging and banging came from the deck above, clearly indicating that Zephyr and Weevil had begun a fierce battle.

The sun bear did not rush to the deck.

Zephyr is a Marine Admiral, so it's unlikely he'll be defeated too quickly.

Creak, creak.

The training boat beneath our feet groaned under the strain, its floor tilted forward, and water began to gush out.

"Water is taking in... the boat seems to be sinking!"

"Damn it, the training ship at headquarters seems to have been in service for over ten years. It already had some minor problems, and now the ship is about to be destroyed."