• Haki
{ Ninth Year Of The Great Age Of Pirates }
Cain frowned, hearing his father's boastful claim. However, he knew Enzo wasn't the type to spout bullshit all of sudden.
"Then get at it." said impatiently as he closed his eyes as if he was sleeping.
Enzo was still grinning as he saw his son's unbothered face that he knew now he didn't really know anything about the beauty of Haki.
"Well first, you gotta tell me what you know about Haki. At least, what you read or heard of"
Cain stroked his forehead with an annoyed expression on his face as his old man entered in a mischievous state once again.
Whenever this happened, it always managed to piss him off.
"I can't be asked. I'll go if you don't tell me. I don't have time for this."
"Go ahead then. I guarantee you that you'll regret it. Ezazazazaha."
Unluckily, Enzo was right as he called Cain's bluff off since he knew that he was just like him. His confidence about 'Haki' has attracted his attention as it was really boastful and he didn't want to leave without sating his curiosity.
"Fine, you got me. Basically, all I know about Haki is that it's the mind-spiritual ability and that rarely people will be able to access.
Add on the fact that apparently, someone can use it to predict the future. That's all I got. The future part got to be incorrect, right?"
Enzo laughed hysterically, leaned forward as he put his hands on his waist while his son was betting the information was false.
"Son, it is true. I even met the guy that can predict the future. Oh, he was a tricky bastard, I'll tell you that. Barely got any hits in. By the way, I'm stronger than him. Ezazazazaha"
This shocked Cain massively as his mind automatically overdrive as he thought of many possibilities of being able to predict the future. And the fact that his father fought a person with that ability, he wondered how did he manage to defeat the guy.
"This is interesting. Alright Enzo, I already gave you what I know. Now you need to tell me almost everything about this 'Haki'. The rest, I'll figure it out as you said."
Enzo raised his left eyebrow as he heard his son blatantly say his name without calling him father and the like. Though he was used to it, he just didn't like it.
The first time Cain called him by his own name, it was an understatement that he got furious and argued with him while giving him devastating hits at the same time for punishment.
This time though, it didn't seem like his child was messing around and was actually serious so the middle-aged man let it by with a snort.
"Alright Alright. Basically, there are three varieties of Haki. [Observational], [Armament], the final and special one [Conqueror Haki]. Do you know what they mean by the name of it?"
"Well, Observational Haki is self-explanatory. I bet it meant that you can sense your friends and foe's life force, as well as sense emotions or lies. I bet this one can make you predict the future, am I right?"
Cain smiled as he emanates an arrogant vibe, knowing he was right on this one.
The corner of Enzo's eye suddenly twitched as he disliked arrogant people, especially when they were correct. Though, it was his fault for asking as he should have expected it since his son was unnaturally smart from birth.
"Anyway, I gotta tell you something since I forgot to tell you this before," said Cain as he completely evaporate his arrogant vibes and stared intensely at Enzo.
"I don't know why, pops but apparently I have the ability to sense everything inside me and others like blood, veins, organs, heart, liver, and so on. I can only do that if I try hard. Is that an [Observational Haki]." explained Cain, with a calm expression.
"Ohh that's interesting. Of course, that is an [Observational Haki]. What else could it be? Don't tell me you got cocky thinking you're the only one with that ability. You should know in this world there is one person in the top league and apparently when she was five years old. She killed many Giants warriors, imagine that.
If your ability arrived at birth, that just means you're talented in Observational Haki. You could even be able to predict the future. This world is a wonder and it gifted people innate talent or power randomly. You should be grateful for it. Use it intellectually, Understood?"
Cain became speechless as he didn't expect a full lecture by his future. Obviously, he knew he wasn't special as he was just messing about.
Still, though, he also became surprised once he figured many people that are exceptional in Observational Haki can use it the way he can. Add on the fact that there used to be a five-year-old kid that was currently one year younger than him can easily destroy him.
He couldn't help but become more fascinated by this mind/spiritual ability as he kept receiving amazing information about it from his father.
"Yes, father. But I got a question. Why do you assume that I won't be the strongest if I don't have Haki? I mean what if I got an overpowered Devil Fruit, like Logia Fruit. You can't touch me."
"Because Haki is literally the only way to defeat all Logia Users."
Cain's expression became flabbergasted and annoyed as he has been waiting for his father to tell him how to defeat Logia Users years ago but Enzo felt like teasing him and waited this long.
He didn't expect that Haki can beat Devil Fruit. He was confused as if that was true then why wasn't it on the books that he had read? Did his father take it away so he wouldn't know?
Enzo had enough as he was starting to feel bored and so he gave a full-on lecture about Armament Devil Fruit and didn't speak about the third one.
Armament Haki is capable of bypassing bodily defenses granted by Devil Fruits, such as Logia intangibility or Paramecia bodily modification, allowing the Haki user to land a blow on the Devil Fruit user's substantial body beneath the Devil Fruit defenses.
However, unlike Seastone, Armament Haki does not actually nullify the Devil Fruit's power. Instead, it forces the Devil Fruit user's body to solidify.
"What about Conqueror Haki? Didn't you say there was a third one?" questioned Cain, clearly baffled as his father didn't mention anything about the special one.
"Because I don't want to. You will need to find out yourself. Anyway, the important question is now that you know about Haki, I will help you by showing it so you could train by yourself. Though, how long do you plan to train by yourself."
Cain's vein popped out in his forehead as he tried to calm his nerves. He couldn't stand his father not giving him information as he said that it would be boring when he travel, knowing everything but that's just what he wanted.
Even though Enzo changed the subject, he went along as he truly couldn't be asked and gave him his answer of how long he planned to train.
"Precisely about another six years. When I'm 12, I will travel out to different islands and gather crew members. That will take about three years and after that, we fight against the world."
Cain declared as he smiled ominously as he raised his hand and hovered his sharpened nails in front of him.