"Yes. I want you to turn over and reclaim this entire stretch of land within one month. And you have to do it with your bare hands. No tools allowed."
"Huh?!!" Milluki's face went deathly pale the moment he looked at the vast, seemingly endless expanse of land before him. "With just my hands?!!"
"What? You do not want to?" Roy said flatly. "Do not forget, you were the one who said you wanted to grow stronger. So whether you regret it now or not, things are already set in motion. Stay here and work honestly for the next month."
As he spoke, he tossed out a Capsule.
With a loud bang, a turtle shell appeared in Milluki's field of view.
"A turtle shell? Why does this look so familiar…"
Milluki muttered to himself. Then suddenly, a flash of realization struck him, and he looked at Roy in shock.
"Could it be…"
"You guessed right. This is Master Roshi's training method from Dragon Ball. And this turtle shell was also modeled after the weighted turtle shell from Dragon Ball."
Milluki's eyes lit up instantly.
For a manga fanatic like Milluki, a training method like this would not make him feel resistant at all. On the contrary, it would only make him train even harder.
"And when you took out that turtle shell just now, big bro…" Milluki had clearly caught onto the other key point too.
"Yeah, that is right. This is Capsule technology. Once you get a bit stronger, I will teach you even better scientific technology."
"Yes, sir!"
Milluki immediately shouted in excitement.
"Good. Then start now. Put on this custom weighted turtle shell. And remember, when you are digging up the ground, follow the movements from that old hag's improved training plan."
…
Watching Milluki grit his teeth as he strapped the fifty-kilogram turtle shell onto his back, then begin digging with those soft, delicate hands of his, Roy smiled in satisfaction.
When Milluki got serious, he was actually pretty easy to manage. That made Roy feel that all the effort he had put into cultivating him had not been wasted.
The weighted turtle shell was the one Roy had conjured with his Nen ability back in the early days: the Master Roshi Brand Custom Weighted Turtle Shell.
Because Nen and Ki had similar underlying principles, this weighted item from the Dragon Ball world also produced training effects for a native of the Hunter world like Milluki that far surpassed ordinary weighted equipment, much like Son Goku's own weighted training.
On top of that, Roy possessed Mutaito's cultivation notes, so he had a general idea of how to train Milluki. But since he had never been a teacher before, there were still finer points and smaller details he did not fully understand.
So Roy had specifically asked Bisky to examine Milluki and come up with a set of training guidelines, filling in every gap and covering every weakness.
Of course, all of this training was only meant to strengthen Milluki's basic physical qualities. At best, it counted as the appetizer.
The real main course of Roy's training plan was the scientific knowledge he was about to teach Milluki.
Dr. Gero's Science and Technology!
That was right. This was the knowledge Roy had plundered with his Nen ability back when he had first acquired Saiyan bloodline and begun his special training.
It contained all kinds of weapon manufacturing methods, android construction methods, illustrated data on spy robots, and a huge range of scientific and technological knowledge.
Back when Roy had first obtained this knowledge, he had thought it was basically useless.
After all, to put it bluntly, aside from his wife, Android 18, Roy was now pretty much the strongest person across the Six Continents.
Even the Chimera Ant King might not necessarily be his match.
So he had sealed that chunk of knowledge deep in his mind. But the moment he met second brother, his thoughts immediately began to stir.
He himself was not going to study technology, but second brother would!
When it came to technology and networks, second brother was an absolute genius among geniuses. If second brother inherited Dr. Gero's knowledge and worked for Roy, the results would definitely shake the entire world.
Roy firmly believed this. In the current age of the Six Continents, where technology could already kill powerful individuals, if second brother truly managed to grasp Dr. Gero's essence, then he would very likely overturn the whole world and shatter the existing balance of power across the Six Continents.
At that point, with Ilo controlling the underworld from the shadows and Milluki assisting him on the surface, Roy would be able to keep the entire Six Continents in the palm of his hand.
As for why he was not teaching Milluki scientific knowledge directly and was instead making him train his body first…
The main reason was that Roy wanted Milluki to have a solid physique, or at the very least, a body strong enough to keep up with research work without collapsing from exhaustion.
Through the knowledge in his mind, Roy had learned that a great deal of scientific research demanded enormous amounts of mental effort, stamina, and time.
Dr. Gero himself had become mentally and physically worn down by all those experiments. His body could no longer endure it, which was why he eventually turned himself into an android as well.
And besides, second brother's current temperament was still the type that backed off the moment things became difficult. It was hard for him to settle down and persevere.
So Roy intended to use this one month to properly temper second brother's body and personality.
At the very least, he needed a somewhat stronger physique and a much firmer will.
Roy had no intention of turning Milluki into some peerless supreme powerhouse. That was unrealistic.
So Roy only planned to have second brother train his body for one month, just enough to lay a proper foundation. Not like Gon and Killua, who had trained under Bisky on Greed Island for more than six full months, and then continued training with her during the Chimera Ant arc.
It was better to give Milluki the means to improve himself than to simply hand him strength.
As long as Milluki gained those two qualities, Roy could then pass Dr. Gero's science and technology on to him, and Roy believed Milluki would definitely use that nimble little brain of his to design inventions tailored specifically to enhancing his own physical abilities.
Then he could use those inventions to strengthen his body, and use that improved body to develop even more powerful inventions. Step by step, forming a positive cycle. If things continued like that, then maybe second brother could truly reach the peak of the world through science and technology alone.
And when that happened, as the big brother Milluki respected most, Roy would also be the greatest beneficiary.
As for whether Milluki might become an ungrateful traitor and betray Roy after growing stronger, there was absolutely no need to worry about that. Roy naturally had follow-up measures prepared.
If he did not have absolute confidence and a reliable method in place, Roy would never be investing so much effort into cultivating Milluki.
And as for the Zoldyck family, Roy had already figured out how he would handle them too.
Although Roy's prophetic poem suggested that the Zoldycks had not truly given up on Milluki as much as they appeared to on the surface, they still clearly did not value him as much as they did Illumi and Killua.
(End of Chapter)
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