Tobirama let out a sigh. "Looks like my brother never gained any comparable trait."
If he really had gained that kind of special trait, then with Hashirama's strength, he absolutely should have been able to awaken Conqueror's Haki.
After all, his brother was the God of Shinobi.
Tsunade and Orochimaru exchanged a glance, and both saw the disappointment in the other's eyes.
If possible, they wanted to learn Haki too.
Especially Conqueror's Haki—its value on the battlefield was just too great.
Imagine two armies facing off, and one side unleashing Conqueror's Haki, instantly taking out two-thirds of the enemy—or even more.
How would the other side even fight that battle?
If the Third Raikage had possessed that ability back then, he could have charged through ten thousand men again and again, maybe even turned the tables and hunted down Iwagakure's ten-thousand-man army instead.
He never would have been killed by ten thousand shinobi.
At that moment, Nico Robin said, "I think Rowan's door can grant us the ability to read other worlds' writing and communicate with people from other worlds. So maybe it's not impossible for it to also grant us the qualifications to learn those worlds' abilities."
"It's just that even Rowan himself didn't know this ability existed, so we never gained that qualification."
Tobirama's eyes lit up. He felt Robin's reasoning made sense.
"The reason we were granted the ability to read other worlds' writing and understand other worlds' languages is probably because Rowan wanted to communicate with people from other worlds. That's why we were given those qualifications."
"If Rowan is willing to grant us the qualifications to learn another world's powers, then maybe we really can learn Haki from the world of One Piece."
Orochimaru pondered for a moment, then said, "Perhaps… that really is possible."
If that was true, then Rowan's importance hardly needed to be explained.
Tsunade grabbed Rowan by the arm and said, "Whether it is or not, we'll know if we test it. Take me to the One Piece world right now and give me that qualification."
Rowan scratched his hair and gave a helpless smile. "I don't even know how I got this ability myself. How am I supposed to give it to you?"
Orochimaru offered a suggestion. "When we pass through the door, you can try thinking about granting us that ability."
"That works too?" Rowan felt like that was a little too casual.
Tsunade said, "At this point, it's worth trying. Maybe it'll work."
"Fine, I'll give it a shot."
He opened the door and brought Tsunade, Hashirama, Tobirama, Orochimaru, Kabuto, Robin, and Shizune into the One Piece world.
At the same time, he silently repeated to himself that he wanted to grant everyone present the qualifications to learn Haki.
"Did you do it?" Tsunade asked.
"I did." Rowan nodded.
Tobirama said, "Release Conqueror's Haki again and see whether my brother can awaken it."
Rowan nodded and unleashed it once more. Black-red lightning crackled everywhere as an overwhelming pressure swept over the group like a landslide and a tsunami.
This time, Rowan controlled it much better. The Conqueror's Haki raged only inside the cabin.
It didn't spill outside at all.
For some reason, after releasing it a few times, Rowan found his control over Conqueror's Haki becoming smoother and smoother.
If he did it a few more times, using Conqueror's coating might not be difficult for him at all.
That rate of progress was absurd.
After all, Doflamingo had awakened Conqueror's Haki as a child, yet even after ending up in Impel Down reading newspapers in prison, he still hadn't mastered Conqueror's coating.
There were quite a few people in the New World with Conqueror's Haki, but the number who had mastered coating could be counted on two hands.
So even Rowan felt his progress was ridiculously fast.
Of course, compared to the protagonist Luffy, it was still slower—but compared to everyone else, it was fast to the point of being almost unreasonable.
A few minutes later, Rowan withdrew his Haki.
Hashirama still hadn't awakened Conqueror's Haki.
"Still no feeling at all?" Tobirama asked.
Hashirama gave a calm hum. "Not even a little."
Even though Rowan's Haki had pressed down on him so hard that his whole body felt awful, Hashirama still had no impulse whatsoever to awaken Conqueror's Haki.
He didn't even have the slightest sense of it.
That was proof enough that he hadn't been granted the qualifications to awaken Haki.
Everyone present felt disappointed.
Robin let out a sigh. "Looks like Rowan's door can't grant us the qualifications to learn another world's abilities after all."
Tobirama was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Not necessarily."
Tsunade asked curiously, "Granduncle, what do you mean?"
Tobirama said, "Rowan hasn't had this ability for very long. Perhaps he still hasn't fully mastered the power of the door, which is why he can't grant us the qualifications to learn abilities from other worlds yet."
"If he can fully master this power, then maybe he'll be able to do it."
Rowan felt Tobirama had a point, but the problem was that his ability didn't come with an instruction manual. How was he supposed to fully master his cheat ability?
He had no idea.
Robin said, "Rowan once said he wanted the Door-Door Fruit. Since his power is based on doors, maybe the Door-Door Fruit could help him gain control over that power?"
Tsunade's eyes lit up. "That's worth trying."
Tobirama nodded. "It definitely is."
Robin asked, "The biggest problem now is how to take the power of the Door-Door Fruit away from Blueno."
Everyone had read One Piece, so they all knew the Door-Door Fruit had already been eaten by the World Government agent Blueno.
And once a Devil Fruit user dies, the fruit's power respawns randomly somewhere in the world.
So taking the Door-Door Fruit safely from Blueno was no easy matter.
At the moment, there was only one person in the One Piece world who could steal someone else's Devil Fruit power.
Blackbeard, the man who had eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit.
"I do have a method we can try."
As expected of a research-minded genius, Tobirama quickly came up with an idea.
"Blackbeard's ability to steal Devil Fruits is very likely connected to the Dark-Dark Fruit. Its black hole-like infinite gravitational force may be what drags Devil Fruit power out and steals it from the user."
"We may not have the power to create a black hole, but we can create a barrier to prevent the Devil Fruit's power from escaping."
Orochimaru immediately thought of a suitable jutsu.
"The Four Violet Flames Formation!"
This technique required four people to activate it from the east, south, west, and north simultaneously, creating a purple flame barrier. Anyone who touched it would be burned by the flames.
In the manga, he had used this very technique during the Konoha Crush to trap Hiruzen Sarutobi and kill his former teacher.
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