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Chapter Events:
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"Look!! Behind you!! It's huge!! Old man Rayleigh…!!!"
Suddenly, a gigantic wild elephant appeared behind Rayleigh. Luffy urged him to be careful immediately.
"Listen closely, Luffy-kun… 'Haki' is a power that resides within every single human being. 'Presence'… 'Spirit'… 'Aura'…"
Rayleigh closed his eyes and opened his arms, completely defenseless. It seemed as though the elephant would crush him in the very next moment.
"It's no different from these basic concepts with which anyone should be familiar."
"However, the vast majority of people go their entire lives without ever realizing they possess it…"
Rayleigh continued talking, but it seemed Luffy's attention had drifted elsewhere.
"An elephant?! Wow, it's gigantic!!" Luffy exclaimed.
At this point, Rayleigh thought that the best way to make Luffy focus was to use a practical approach instead of words.
"… Or, no matter how hard they try, they never succeed in utilizing it."
"To feel no doubts… That is true strength!!!"
"Observe closely… Haki can generally be divided into two primary types."
"Watch out!!!"
"Don't worry… The elephant is swinging its trunk at my head from the right…"
"Huh?" Hearing this, Luffy was surprised because Rayleigh was indeed correct.
Rayleigh easily avoided the elephant's trunk, which instead smashed the rocks rather than his head.
"The power to sense another's 'presence' on an elevated level… This is Observation Haki!!"
"Master it, and you'll be able to perceive hidden enemies, discern their numbers, and even predict their next move."
"Ahh…!" Upon hearing this, Luffy recalled his battles with the Gorgon sisters and Enel. Those opponents were particularly troublesome because they could anticipate his next moves and evade his attacks.
"In the Sky Islands of Skypiea, this ability is known as Mantra," Rayleigh mentioned this because he knew Luffy had previously encountered the Mantra on Skypiea.
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Marigoa:
Dark clouds gathered above the towering Red Line, high up where Marigoa was located. Lightning snakes flickered ominously from time to time.
Fortunately for the Celestial Dragons, they were inside the art store at that moment; otherwise, they would have wet themselves in fear due to the oppressive, terrifying atmosphere outside.
Inside the Hall of Authority, the Five Elders bowed their heads in anxious reverence to the empty throne. Sweat poured from their brows, and their backs were already soaked.
And the reason was…
On the empty throne, Imu was gripping the armrest with such force that the unbreakable metal softened under her intense pressure.
Her other hand pressed with equal force on a manga volume. Yet, unlike the throne's armrest, her strength had no effect on the manga, which remained intact like an indestructible piece of metal, despite being mere paper.
"How dare he do that…"
Those few words escaped her lips, and her foul mood alone caused the weather to shift. Her Conqueror Haki influenced the surrounding environment, making the Gorosei feel as if they were sinking into a cold swamp, drawn helplessly inside.
"Are you an idiot, Rob?! How could you spread information on Haki so widely? This will throw the world into chaos! It's a loss for both of us!"
Imu gritted her teeth fiercely; it was clear she was furious.
Moments before, she had been enjoying the manga, but now this had appeared! Why must these training scenes be part of the story?
Doesn't this mean that Rayleigh will be teaching everyone in the world about Haki and the methods to master it?!
This was terrifying, and the consequences were already predictable!
If Roger had ignited the pirates' frenzy with his "legendary" treasure, ushering in the Great Pirate Era…
Then Rayleigh in the manga would incite everyone worldwide, making a world that knew nothing of Haki… begin to train in it en masse. Before long, millions of experts would emerge, like a beehive poked at random.
Everything would break and transform, turning into a martial arts world where Haki users would be everywhere!
If millions of people who have mastered two types of Haki ever attacked Marigoa one day in the future, even Imu would have to perish!
She, who had lived for over 800 years, would die at the hands of humans—survivors of the Great Flood whom she had long considered replaceable cattle. Wouldn't this be a tragic end?
"Imu-sama… Even if Haki awareness is widespread, not everyone can master it… Only the truly gifted have a chance…"
Before Saint Saturn could finish his words, he was flung against the wall.
He expressed no complaint, collected himself, knelt, and asked for forgiveness, "Forgive my ignorance, my Lord. This subordinate was mistaken!"
"Saturn… The enormous population will inevitably produce countless geniuses… Or else why do you think even the most cunning and unrestrained pirates over the centuries haven't publicly spread Haki techniques!?" Imu stated calmly, having resigned to reality.
"This is because they don't dare. Doing so would mean that the number of powerful, unruly pirates like themselves would multiply by hundreds of millions! And the numbers of marines, heroes, and bounty hunters would rise equally…"
"Only in the New World could one learn about Haki and train in it. That was the unspoken rule we mutually agreed upon for centuries…"
"But now that rule is history… Welcome to the new world, where even newborns in East Blue are aware of Haki…"
The Gorosei shuddered in terror as they finally grasped the situation.
They had allowed Rob to carry out such a suicidal move, dragging them along!
"But does Rob and his Hunters think they can dominate the seas even after making Haki techniques so accessible?" Imu wondered with a faint smile forming at the edge of her lips.
"In any case… this seems more interesting. At the very least, he has exceeded my expectations with this act, Rob-chan~ Fufu~"
Thunder and lightning continued to roar above Marigoa. Her fury was nowhere near subsiding; in fact, it only grew the more she read the chapter.
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East Blue, Loguetown:
"Observation Haki? Is this the ability that Koby awakened during the summit war? What a divine skill! Could it also be dormant within me?! Can I awaken it too?"
The pink-haired man, who was Koby's father in the future, was stunned as he saw Rayleigh's teachings on Observation Haki.
After a while, he fell speechless, his eyes widening in shock, his heart pounding like a drum.
He wasn't alone in this state; the other readers in the art store were similarly shocked. They all felt as though they were dreaming.
Were such godlike abilities latent within every human, ready to be activated with the right training?!
This was unbelievable!
Why hadn't anyone told them this before?!
How many villages and towns had been wiped out by pirates?!
If they had known how to train in Haki, would these people have allowed pirates to destroy their safe homes?! No! They would have fought, resisted, and wiped the floor with the pirates!
This world was truly unjust.
Only with One Piece manga was there justice.
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Upcoming chapter titles (spoilers):
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Chapter 828: Haki and Its Types. A Global Shock! (Part 2)
Chapter 829: Conqueror's Haki!
Chapter 830: The Beginning of the Two-Year Training! (End of The First Book)
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