On the Marine ship behind, Yamakaji relit his cigar: "A false alarm... continue the pursuit!"
"Wait!" Luffy suddenly clenched his fists, his eyes becoming incredibly serious, "I think I really understand now!" His arm began to expand again, "This time for sure—"
"Stop trying, you idiot!" Sanji kicked him away, "The Marine are about to fire!"
At this critical moment, Robin suddenly pointed to the distant sea surface: "What is that...?"
A massive column of water shot into the sky, followed by a second, a third... Schools of whale sharks were swimming rapidly beneath the surface, the splashing water perfectly blocking the Marine ship's line of sight.
"It's a school of whale sharks!" Usopp shouted excitedly, "Great!"
Nami reacted immediately: "Everyone hold on! We're going to use this cover to change course!"
The Merry turned nimbly, diving into a dangerous sea area shrouded in thick fog. By the time the Marine ship broke through the obstruction of the whale sharks, they had long since lost track of their target.
Onigumo angrily smashed the ship's railing with his fist: "Search! Turn this entire sea area upside down if you have to, but find them!"
"Also, request reinforcements. Search this sea area from top to bottom and find them!"
Meanwhile, in the kitchen of the Merry, Luffy was still struggling with his arm: "Armament Haki! Armament Haki!" His fist turned black and then returned to normal, looking just like a flickering lightbulb with a bad connection.
Zoro sighed and sheathed his three swords: "It seems it's not just Haki that needs special training..."
"Also his IQ." Sanji added, puffing on his cigarette.
In the fog-shrouded sea, Nami's roar almost shattered the phone screen:
"Refund!!!"
Nami's anger exploded, flames burning around her body, and Rayleigh's old face on the screen couldn't hold up: "8,888,888 Belli just to teach this kind of hit-or-miss Armament Haki?! You are defrauding consumers!"
Rayleigh rubbed his chin awkwardly on the other side of the screen: "That shouldn't be... The theory was taught correctly..." He suddenly muttered thoughtfully, "Could it really be like the original work... do I need to sacrifice Ace to gain limitless power?"
This mutter was transmitted clearly through the live stream to the entire Grand Line.
In an instant, audiences watching the live stream all over the world froze.
[User "Whitebeard Pirates":!!!]
[User "Revolutionary Army Leader Dragon":...Rayleigh, teaching my son so perfunctorily? Don't leave your house this afternoon; I'm coming to bring you some local specialties.]
[User "Ace": Rayleigh, I * * * #&%!]
Ace, who was drinking on Whitebeard's ship, was about to explode with rage: "You can't teach him yourself, so you want to sacrifice me?!"
Marco laughed until he convulsed: "And this is the guy you call your left hand."
"Marco, I only have one father, Whitebeard." Ace then rubbed his nose: "Suddenly I have the feeling... that I'm going to be hunted by the whole world..."
The live stream was instantly flooded with comments:
[User "Marine Intelligence Department": Notify Fleet Admiral Sengoku immediately!]
[User "Buddha Sengoku": No need, I am watching the stream.]
[User "Buggy Delivery": Shocking news! Turns out Ace is the Haki switch!]
[User "World Economic News Agency": We have our headline! "Shocking! Haki Awakening Actually Requires Sacrificing Your Older Brother"]
"Hey, hey!" Rayleigh finally realized he had let something slip and quickly waved his hands, "I was joking!"
Suddenly, a dazzling golden effect exploded in the live stream—
[User "Kaido of the Beasts" has entered the live stream!]
The entire screen was instantly covered by dragon-shaped effects, all comments went silent, and then, a VIP comment with a blue dragon effect slowly scrolled across:
"Incompetent teacher Rayleigh, misleading your students!"
Kaido's avatar was his menacing look while drinking heavily on Onigashima, and the audience in the live stream collectively gasped.
"Wororororo!" His rough laughter was broadcast through the voice function, "You taught him for two years and he only learned basic Armament Haki? I could teach him Conquerors Haki Infusion with two strikes of my club!"
Rayleigh's expression instantly became colorful: "Two strikes to teach Conquerors Haki Infusion? You must be daydreaming about becoming the Pirate King...!"
In the Onigashima palace, a drunken Kaido tilted his head back and downed a jug of wine, his thick fingers tapping rapidly on his phone.
He knew very well: the script for the Wano Country arc was written clearly. After Luffy took one strike from him, he immediately learned Armament Haki emission, with two strikes he learned Conquerors Haki Infusion, and with three strikes he awakened! In the end, he even blasted his master into the earth's core.
"Look at the trash you've taught!" Kaido sent another comment that shook the whole room, "His Armament Haki is hit-or-miss, his Observation Haki can't predict attacks, and his Haoshoku is just for show!" He paused deliberately for a moment, "Do you want me to go and give him two more strikes right now? I guarantee it'll be more effective than your online course!"
The live stream was completely boiling over:
[User "Whitebeard": Gurarararara! Since when did you become a teacher, Kaido brat!]
[User "Blackbeard": Zehahaha! Fight!]
[User "Red Hair": Kaido, you've had too much to drink, haven't you?]
Rayleigh was so angry his beard bristled: "What do you know about teaching! That's called abusing your students!"
"Worororo!" Kaido's reply was accompanied by the sound effect of a wine jug smashing, "Effective is good teaching! Wait, I'll find you the evidence."
He flipped through some things, then suddenly posted a screenshot of a novel from the Wano Country arc, specifically the plot where Luffy learned Conquerors Haki Infusion, "See that? One strike for emission, two strikes for Conquerors Haki Infusion, three strikes for awakening!"
Somewhere in the New World, Marco saw this and spat out his drink: "Pops! Is Kaido really that good?!"
Ace was also dumbfounded: "Is Conquerors Haki Infusion really that easy to learn?"
Whitebeard slammed his wine bowl down: "Gurararara! This stupid dragon must be high on booze? But what is awakening? Devil Fruit awakening?"
And on the Merry, the entire Straw Hat Crew was petrified.
Luffy stared at that "graduation photo," his eyes widening more and more: "Eh? My talent is actually this high!"
Zoro's sword fell onto the deck with a "clang": "Two strikes... and... and he learned Conquerors Haki Infusion?"
Sanji didn't even notice his cigarette burning his fingers: "This teaching efficiency... is incomparable to Rayleigh's."
Nami suddenly exploded, grabbing the phone: "Rayleigh! Look at him! Refund! Refund immediately!"
Rayleigh on the other side of the screen scratched his head in anxiety: "No... listen to me! That's what Kaido calls survivor bias! Everyone else who took those strikes died, and Luffy was the only one who survived..."
Kaido sent another voice message that shook the room, accompanied by the background sound of thunder on Onigashima: "Old ghost Rayleigh, how about this—" He hiccuped, "I'll go give Straw Hat a remedial lesson right now. I guarantee it'll be more solid than what you taught him in two years in the novel!"
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