"That was just an accident earlier, I already explained, it won't happen next time."
After resting for a while, Buggy recovered.
But when he wanted to experiment again on how to strengthen his Armament Haki, he was met with opposition from the entire crew.
"You can go experiment on an uninhabited island, or you can go experiment at the Holy Land Mary Geoise, but please, absolutely do not experiment on this ship," Crocodile said. "I haven't lived long enough yet."
"That attack just now could be aimed at the Blackbeard Pirates," Moriah suggested. "It's just that the attack was too focused, and the range went beyond the line of sight. That's completely unnecessary. It would be better to reduce the range a bit and increase the attack area."
Buggy thought to himself that if he didn't control it, it would turn into a mushroom cloud.
Armament Haki naturally amplifies attacks, and the splitting of cell nuclei produced an excessive amount of Armament Haki, greatly magnifying the fission power.
And once fission begins, Buggy, with his current abilities, has no way to control it.
"Armament Haki is a power generated from within the body. Its strength varies depending on the race. But to be able to coat the entire body with Armament Haki right after learning it—this is the first time I've seen that," Hawkeye remarked.
"Instead of trying to increase the [quantity] of Armament Haki, it's better to refine the [quality] of Armament Haki. There's no need to cover the entire body with it; that only leads to waste."
Hawkeye hadn't forgotten his duty as a teacher. Furthermore, he didn't want Buggy to mess around anymore; who would have thought teaching could be life-threatening?
If he hadn't dodged quickly just now, being hit by that black light would have resulted in at least serious injury.
Buggy thought Hawkeye made sense. Vergo, who covered his entire body in Armament Haki, looked intimidating but was instantly killed by Law with a single strike.
Buggy activated his Armament Haki again, coating his entire body, just like last time.
Buggy tried to slowly compress the Armament Haki onto his arms using his will.
"Yes, make the Armament Haki Flow."
Hawkeye drew the black blade Yoru from his back, covered only his hands with Armament Haki, and then the Haki turned the entire black blade Yoru into pure black.
"The three stages of Armament Haki are Hardening, Emission, and Flow."
"Most swordsmen can only achieve Hardening and Emission. Flow requires using willpower to control the Haki to circulate through the body and strike the Haki outwards, allowing for high-energy attacks even without physically touching the enemy."
The so-called Flow must be Wano Country's [Ryuo].
Buggy imagined the Armament Haki flowing. Under the effect of the Chop-Chop Fruit, his entire body's cells were moving at high speed, transporting the carried Armament Haki near his arms.
The dispersed Armament Haki turned into cherry blossom-shaped flowing light, while the Armament Haki concentrated on Buggy's arms turned purplish-red and featured flame-like cloud patterns.
"Once you master Flow, you can delve deeper and attach various attributes to the Armament Haki; this varies from person to person. Some can attach lightning attributes, others fire attributes, and my Armament Haki carries the sharpness attribute."
A hazy black light flickered on Hawkeye's black blade.
Can attacks also be attached? Like Kaido's Thunder Bagua or Luffy's Red Hawk?
Speaking of which, my cells seem to inherently possess electromagnetic properties.
Buggy guided the electromagnetic power within his cells into his Armament Haki, and black and red electric light flashed on his fists... Hawkeye frowned, feeling a suction force emanating from Buggy's fists.
Lightning and suction? Armament Haki imbued with two attributes? It only took a few hours to go from beginner to mastery.
What kind of monster is this!
Buggy threw a punch, and a black, electrified sphere flew out, striking a wooden barrel.
The barrel was first crushed into fragments by the suction inside the black sphere and absorbed, then it was incinerated into ash by the lightning inside the sphere, leaving no trace of its existence.
It seems the presence of magnetism has given the Haki gravity attributes. Let's call this move [Black Particle Sphere].
"Are there any higher-level techniques?" Buggy asked Hawkeye after experimenting with the Haki attributes.
"No, you have now reached the highest stage of Armament Haki."
Hawkeye decided he needed a bottle of red wine to calm down later.
"Then there's Observation Haki left. Does anyone here specialize in Observation Haki?" Buggy looked at his crew, hoping to find a teacher.
"Actually, training Observation Haki is simpler, but it's completely unsuitable for the Captain." Hawkeye instantly vanished, and then the black blade Yoru slashed through Buggy's body.
Buggy's body immediately split into two halves, with his upper body floating in the air.
"When my sword passed through, did the Captain sense a warning of danger?" Hawkeye asked.
"No..." Buggy thought back.
"The fastest way to learn Observation Haki is to constantly put yourself in danger, continuously strengthening danger warnings and improving perception," Hawkeye said. "But these methods don't apply to you, Captain."
"Before the Captain can even sense danger, the Chop-Chop Fruit has already reacted. If it were before, it would only work against slashes, but now... the Captain's Devil Fruit must have awakened."
Hawkeye channeled Armament Haki into his fist, punched out, and the fist passed directly through Buggy's body.
The cells at the point of impact automatically dispersed, leaving a void.
"It's clearly a Paramecia Devil Fruit, yet it functions almost like a Logia Devil Fruit. The ability of this Chop-Chop Fruit is truly exaggerated."
Hawkeye retracted his fist and watched Buggy's body return to normal. "In short, the Devil Fruit's ability is interfering with your Observation Haki training."
"There is no shortcut this time. Training Observation Haki can only be done slowly through meditation to increase perception," Hawkeye said.
"Speaking of which, Captain, why do you still need to train Observation Haki when you're already like this..." Crocodile found it hard to understand.
With top-tier Haoshoku and Armament Haki, plus that bizarre Devil Fruit ability, Observation Haki seems useless.
"Training Observation Haki to its limit allows one to foresee the future. Isn't that a very useful ability?" Buggy said.
Moreover, Buggy felt that the ability to hear the Voice of All Things was also an application of Observation Haki.
"That rumor exists, but I haven't heard of anyone training Observation Haki to that extent," Hawkeye said.
"There is, but that guy just didn't publicize it." Buggy knew that Charlotte Katakuri was currently the strongest practitioner of Observation Haki.
Should I take a detour to Cake Island in Totto Land to check it out?
What Buggy didn't know was that Katakuri had already fled Cake Island with some members of the Big Mom Pirates.
"Big Brother Katakuri, are we just going to run away like this?" Looking at the burning Cake Island, Charlotte Brulee couldn't stop her tears from flowing.
"We are no match for the Blackbeard Pirates." Katakuri clenched his fists, veins bulging. "Staying there would only lead to pointless sacrifice."
"Then where are we going?" Charlotte Brulee asked.
"Wano Country! We need to go there and see exactly what happened!"
Katakuri still couldn't understand how Luffy and his group managed to win against the two Four Emperors teaming up.
That answer can only be found once we reach Wano Country.
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