"Hey, it's snowing! Let's make a snowman with Usopp!"
As they sailed along, snowflakes suddenly floated down from the sky.
Luffy and Usopp were playing, while Su Yi sat in the cabin, gazing at a target in front of him.
This was what he had asked Usopp to buy in Logue Town—training accessories.
As for what to practice, it was naturally Haki.
Now that he had mastered the training method for Haki, the next step was to practice step by step.
He didn't dare to expect to awaken Conqueror's Haki; after all, it required talent.
But he was quite confident that he could learn both Armament Haki and Observation Haki.
"Chrollo is the boss of the Phantom Troupe and should also have ambitions to become king. There might be an opportunity to cultivate Conqueror's Haki in the future," Su Yi thought to himself as he began practicing Haki.
First up was Observation Haki.
This skill required the ability to continue perceiving the outside world even when the five senses were blocked.
At the beginning of his training, Su Yi unconsciously tried to use the "circle" to perceive the outside world.
But over time, he blocked the use of the "circle."
"Really, I can't feel anything."
"And much more..."
At that moment, Su Yi suddenly heard a heartbeat.
From afar, it seemed to be a heartbeat outside the cabin.
There were two very active heartbeats. Moments later, he faintly heard someone laughing.
Then, he suddenly felt like he had entered a strange state, as if he were overlooking the entire Golden Meri from a god's perspective.
He could "see" the shape and position of every element in each cabin clearly and perceive various different breaths on the ship—those were the breaths of living people. Although he couldn't "see" their specific appearances, Su Yi believed he would never forget these breaths in his life.
—Is this what seeing is like?
Su Yi thought to himself:
I never expected to master Observation Haki so quickly.
"Perhaps it has something to do with the power of my mind. After all, the 'circle' itself is almost the same ability as seeing and hearing, so it's not surprising that I can comprehend seeing and hearing by analogy."
Su Yi's heart was stirred, and he discovered that seeing and hearing consumed less energy than "Yuan."
The only consumption was that he needed to continuously expend a small amount of physical strength during the experience period.
This "small amount" was actually very little, almost equivalent to the effort required for breathing; it could be ignored.
Then, after activating the experience, his brain would instantly receive a wealth of information.
It was like watching nine monitoring screens at the same time while keeping an eye on the situation in all directions centered on himself.
It required a lot of brain capacity.
However, with the support of mental power, this consumption was not a problem.
Moreover, he didn't really have to observe everything.
Just observing where the living person was was sufficient.
This also reduced mental exhaustion.
"Alright, Armament Haki is next."
Su Yi opened his eyes and emerged from that wonderful state.
As he focused his mind again, he perceived the locations of the living people around him and their identities.
He believed that after some time, Observation Haki would become his instinct, just like his eyes and ears; it would become his sixth sense.
"So this is how you use colors to see and hear."
Su Yi clenched his fists, preparing to practice Armament Haki.
Just then, he suddenly heard movement outside.
When he opened the hatch, he saw a gust of wind.
The canvas was almost torn, and the ship had become a mess, with everyone busy.
But Zoro was still sleeping.
"Wake up!"
Su Yi punched Zoro awake and asked him and everyone else to clean up the disaster on the ship.
He himself sat down in Zoro's chair and began to rest.
To be honest, he had expended a lot of energy practicing seeing and hearing before. At this moment, continuously activating that perception made his spirit suffer from mental fatigue all the time.
Soon after, he fell asleep.
When he woke up, he found the sky was clear, the weather was nice, and the sea breeze was gentle—the perfect weather.
But Luffy and the others were still asleep on the deck.
"Hey, no matter how good the weather is, you can't sleep well at night, right?" Su Yi said with a frown.
"Damn it, you just woke me up, but you fell asleep yourself, and now you're lecturing us!" Zoro leaned tiredly against Su Yi, baring his sharp teeth at him.
"Look! Whisky Peak!"
Suddenly, Nami, with a tired face, pointed at the sea in front of them.
The people who had been sleeping sat up, looked into the distance, and found that a strange island had indeed appeared.
This island seemed to be composed of enormous cacti.
"Ah, the gathering place for bounty hunters," Su Yi said calmly, dropping a shocking piece of news.
"Wha—?! How did you know?" Vivi was surprised; how could this man seem to know everything?
"Princess Vivi, since we've made it clear that we're willing to help you teach Crocodile how to save water, then at least you should be honest with us, right?" Su Yi looked at Vivi with some annoyance.
Vivi was silent for a moment, then said, "Well, it's not just me; my escort captain, Ikalem, has also joined the Baroque Works, and he's waiting for us at Whisky Peak ahead."
After a pause, she looked at everyone, "Whisky Peak in front is a small town of bounty hunters. The people there seem friendly, but they are all bounty hunters in reality, and their best trick is to warmly entertain the pirates who come here, then get them drunk and annihilate them to earn a big bounty."
"We'll still stay in these waters for a while and leave after registering the magnetic force. It's too dangerous there."
In Vivi's eyes, the group of guys in front of her seemed very strong, but facing an entire small town of bounty hunters, the key point was that there were several elite members of Baroque Works, and they were always invincible.
"Don't worry, they're very strong." Nami patted Vivi on the shoulder to comfort her.
"But—" Vivi wanted to say more, but—
The Golden Meri had already entered the dock at Whisky Peak at that moment.
There were crowds cheering on both sides of the riverbank.
"Hey! It's a pirate! Welcome to us!"
"Welcome! Pirates!"
This lively scene surprised Luffy and the others a bit. To be honest, at first glance, it was hard to see that all these guys were pretending to be bounty hunters.
And Luffy waved at the people on the shore with a smile, as if he had no idea they were the enemy at all.
A cold sweat dropped down Vivi's forehead as she looked at Su Yi, thinking to herself: "Can these guys really defeat Crocodile?"
Finally, the Golden Meri came to a stop.
The group disembarked, and Su Yi walked ahead to avoid a sudden attack.
At that moment, the faces of the cheering pirates froze.
They looked at Su Yi's face in astonishment, their expressions changing from joy to shock and then to fear.
Then, someone's legs began to tremble uncontrollably.
"The... Demon Hunter... Su Yi!"
Finally, someone couldn't help but shout Su Yi's name.
"What? When did I become so famous?" Su Yi himself was a bit surprised.
"The great pirate with a bounty of 100 million Berries, the demon hunter Su Yi is here!!"
Boom, the crowd suddenly scattered, and the wind blew a bounty notice in front of Su Yi.
What was above was exactly his bounty notice, but the original bounty of 50 million Berries had now become 100 million Berries!