Chapter 24: Genius And Monster (upper)
“Mr. Kaido wants us two to make them master the power of Haki in the shortest time possible.”
The person who came was none other than Embers, who had just finished reporting this action to Kaido, and he also brought back Kaido’s new orders.
“Huh? Boss Kaido wants such young children to learn Haki? And in the shortest time?” Burufaruto thought this order was a bit ridiculous.
“How short? Three years? Or one year? It can’t be that they master Haki in just two or three months, right? Hiss…”
As he spoke, Burufaruto recalled the scene where Aoxi suddenly learned Observation Haki just now, and his voice gradually got quieter.
“『These three brats aren’t ordinary people, go ahead and mess with them!』 These are Mr. Kaido’s exact words.” Embers was also sizing up the three of them at this moment, as if trying to see what was different about them.
“Hey, you three brats, what exactly are you? You shouldn’t be an ordinary race, right?” Burufaruto thought of Aoxi’s monstrous strength and didn’t beat around the bush, directly asking about their race.
This world has all sorts of races, some of which look quite different from ordinary humans on the outside, like the fur tribe or Fish-Man tribe.
While others can’t be seen to have much difference at first glance, like the long-hand tribe or long-leg tribe.
These special races often possess their own unique racial talents, and some races with powerful talents can even easily gain strength that crushes ordinary humans as children.
For example, Embers looks only different from ordinary humans by having an extra pair of Wings, but his exceptional physical fitness and his ability to manipulate Flames allow him to achieve strength through targeted training that ordinary people couldn’t reach even after cultivating their whole lives.
His clan was even called the “Divine Clan” in ancient times.
And now Burufaruto suspected that Sister La and the others were also some special race.
“Huh? What are you talking about? Of course we’re… uh~ Sister La, are we even considered human now?” Aoxi said halfway and suddenly remembered that her current body was no longer the ordinary human body from before.
La couldn’t answer this question for a moment either, because strictly speaking, she was no longer human, just having a human appearance.
Having additionally inherited the power of Heracles the Emperor, her interior was actually gradually energyizing with the development of time, and ultimately might become some kind of even higher-dimensional creature.
This wasn’t a bad thing; on the contrary, her current body far surpassed the previous ordinary human body in every aspect—abundant power, sharp senses, exceptional thinking ability, and a lifespan that felt almost endless…
And all of this was even just the beginning; as her body continued to develop, these abilities were still growing at a quite terrifying speed.
La now couldn’t see where her own end was at all…
Just like that, in La’s Silence, Obei was the first to give her own answer.
“Strictly speaking, no. In theory, our current race should be the Egyptian God Cards beast race, or ‘Egyptian God Cards’ would be more appropriate.”
After all, now it’s human Souls taking the lead, so calling it ‘beast’ wouldn’t be quite right anymore.
“Egyptian God Cards beast race? Never heard of that race before. And『 god』…” This special term made Embers think of his own race.
“You really aren’t ordinary humans, huh? Gods and beasts, sounds like a pretty impressive race!”
Hearing that Sister La and the others were also not pure humans like him, Burufaruto’s attitude seemed friendlier.
The straightforward him didn’t ask any more questions and directly chugged the remaining wine in the Wine Bottle, then stood up and walked out of the house.
“Alright, let’s go. Since it’s Boss Kaido’s order, I’ll make an exception and teach you three brats!”
“Yay!”
Aoxi immediately followed along excitedly after hearing this.
……
On an open patch of ground far from the residential area, Embers and Burufaruto each held a Long Sword sheathed in its Scabbard and stood casually, while at their feet, the three little ones sat on the ground with their eyes blindfolded.
In such a bizarre scene, anyone unaware of the truth would probably think at first glance that this was an execution.
“The cultivation Method for Haki is very simple, just two words: ‘take beatings!’ The more beatings you take, the faster you awaken! The harder the beatings, the stronger the Haki.”
“And what you need to do now is dodge our Attacks. How about it, very simple, right?” Burufaruto swung the Scabbard in his hand, as if looking for the feel.
Hearing the whooshing sound of wind from the broken air beside her ear, Aoxi raised her hand and asked: “Report, Uncle Teacher, I already know that Observation Haki thing, so why do I still have to blindfold my eyes?”
“Mm. Fair point, take off the cloth.”
“You can just take the beating directly, no need to dodge.” Burufaruto nodded, affirming Aoxi’s Observation Haki level.
“Huh?!”
“Ow! That hurts.” Before Aoxi could say more, Embers suddenly struck her from behind with a stick.
“You still can’t dodge Attacks while distracted, so you need to keep practicing.”
“Alright~”
Aoxi obediently blindfolded her eyes again; after all, sitting still and watching herself get beaten was something that felt stupid just thinking about it, so delaying it was better.
“Don’t get discouraged, I just had a Flash of Inspiration for a new idea, you come try it first.” Burufaruto suddenly had a spark and showed a mischievous smile.
……
“1000-7, 40-25, 266-155…” Burufaruto shouted questions like a work chant while swinging the Scabbard in his hand to attack Aoxi.
“993, 15, ow!”
“Louder! Don’t stop! You want to learn Haki with such a quiet voice?”
“Yes! 111…”
Under the intensified training of multitasking—mentally calculating math problems while dodging Attacks—Aoxi’s Observation Haki was rapidly improving…
And on the other side—
“Bang! Bang! Bang…”
Obei’s Head dodged left and right, but each time it precisely caught Embers’ Scabbard.
“Don’t rely on hearing, don’t rely on guessing, rely on your own feeling!” Embers didn’t slow his hand speed at all, lecturing while striking.
“I know! But relying on feeling or whatever, this kind of Metaphysics thing is really…”
For Obei, who was accustomed to relying on rational Thinking for everything, the so-called feeling was really too vague and broad.
Embers raised the Scabbard again, and the sound of the wooden sheath cutting through the air was clearly audible in Obei’s ears.
『Left? No, this sound is from the right. The striking angle should be…』
“Bang~” Another muffled sound interrupted Obei’s thoughts.
“You’re thinking too much.” Embers pointed out Obei’s problem in one sentence.
There was no helping it; her excellent Machine functions allowed Obei to handle most dangerous situations just relying on her untrained senses and swift Thinking.
This was originally a talent ordinary people could hardly reach, but in awakening Observation Haki, overly excellent senses instead became a cage binding herself.
She was trapped in her own talent.
Obei was also trying to use the energy observation method La taught her before, but for some reason, every time she heard the sound of the Scabbard swinging, she would involuntarily interrupt her energy perception and start analyzing the Scabbard’s movement trajectory in her mind, then her body would react accordingly.
This was still with vision sealed; if unrestricted, she would absolutely calculate the opponent’s Attack path accurately like a precision Machine.
But this obviously had nothing to do with Observation Haki’s kind of direct perception of the opponent’s aura for prediction; after all, no one had ever heard of a Machine using Observation Haki.
Moreover, compared to Observation Haki’s near-instinctive reaction speed, on-site calculation took obviously longer and was easily interfered with by other factors, which was fatal in Battle.
『As expected, this kind of thing is better suited to that empty-headed dummy.』
Obei sighed inwardly, actually feeling a bit envious of Aoxi.
