Chapter 12: Establish your authority and ask for advice on Armament Haki (Ch 12)

“Go out and fight, but don’t damage the house.” Alan looked at Frien.
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Outside the house, Allen and Frien were fighting each other dozens of meters apart.
“Let’s start, but don’t harm the other person’s life.” Although he was referring to the other person, Whitebeard looked at Allen, obviously wanting to remind Allen not to be too heavy-handed.
As soon as he finished speaking, Frien picked up a big knife and rushed towards Allen, ready to strike first.
Frien had been following Whitebeard for quite some time, and he knew that the man before him must be quite capable since he could gain Whitebeard’s approval.
Although I don’t think I will lose, I still plan to give it my all.
“Boy, take it. Don’t blame me if you get hurt.” Frien shouted as he chopped at Allen with his big knife.
He raised his sword to block, and feeling the force on the sword, Allen raised the corner of his mouth slightly, “It’s a bit strong.”
Then Alan exerted his strength to deflect the sword, created some distance, and slashed at Frien with the sword in one hand.
“One sword flow, caress and cut.”
A blue sword energy flew towards Frien.
“Flying slash, swordsman?” The team members watching the battle around were all surprised.
Frien looked at the incoming slash and suddenly a cold sweat broke out on his face. Without even thinking, he raised his sword to block the sword energy.
With a snap, the sword broke into two pieces. Although the sword energy disappeared, the recoil caused Frien to fly backwards three meters.
Before Frien could come to his senses, a snow-white double-edged sword was pressed against his throat.
“You lose.”
“I lost. Please give me more advice in the future, captain.” Frien showed a bitter smile, but he was not unable to accept defeat. He readily acknowledged Allen’s status as captain.
“Gulala, guys, Eren will be the captain of the third team from now on. Do you have any objections?” Seeing that the battle was over, Whitebeard also announced that Eren would take on the role of captain.
None of the team members dared to stand up and object, as Frien was already the strongest person except for the team captain.
Whitebeard saw that no one objected. “Well, let’s have a party to celebrate the new members.”
“Oh!!! The party is starting.” Many people shouted excitedly.
Alan put away his sword and pulled up Frien who was lying on the ground.
“Thank you for showing mercy, Captain Allen.” Frien knew that Allen did not use his full strength, otherwise he would not have been able to escape injury at the hands of the swordsman.
“Haha, we are brothers fighting together in the future, so I naturally won’t use heavy hands.” Alan answered with a smile on his face.
Finally, I got to see the unique feature of One Piece: a party was held.
When I watched One Piece before, I complained about these people who would hold a banquet whenever something happened.
Now that it’s my turn, I understand.
A bunch of rough men, what else to do when they have something to celebrate but not a party? Fencing?
As they ate the meat of an unknown sea king and drank honey wine looted from Manuka, one cup after another, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.
“Captain Allen, your wine is only suitable for women. It’s too sweet and unpleasant.” After learning the origin of the wine, several team members complained to Allen.
“Come on, even if it doesn’t taste good, I see you drinking less.” Alan said speechlessly after being forced to drink dozens of glasses of wine.
At the banquet, Alan spent his first night as a pirate.
No words were spoken that night.
“Ah, Ah Qiu.” Alan woke himself up with a sneeze, rubbed his eyes, and found pirates lying all over the beach by the sea.
Allen’s muscles tensed up instantly, then relaxed again. “I’m a pirate myself now.”
“But it’s really unbearable to sleep on the street when you’re drunk all the time. The sea breeze is really cold at night.”
Alan did not disturb the sleeping team members. He picked up the snow goose and walked away, ready to complete today’s physical training.
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At noon, after finishing his morning exercise, Alan wiped the sweat off his face and walked back to the base. A group of pirates were eating brunch in groups of three or five.
“Wow, Alan, you’re so hardworking. You come back just now.” Duke put down the meat in his hand and praised Alan.
“You lazy guy, Alan is a man who wants to become a cadre.” Rob Ma said to Duke in a sarcastic tone.
“A sniper relies mainly on talent. What’s the use of hard work?” Duke glared at Luobu Ma with dissatisfaction.
These two people are the other two squad leaders. Duke is the captain of the second squad and a sniper.
Luobu Ma is the captain of the first team and the user of the Natural-Type Sand-Sand Fruit. Yes, it is Crocodile’s Natural-Type Sand-Sand Fruit more than 30 years later.
It seems that the captain of the first team had bad luck afterwards. No one knows where he is, otherwise Crocodile would not have obtained the Sand-Sand Fruit for rebirth. Alan guessed that he died in the battle of God Valley, otherwise there is no reason why Lobma, who is much stronger than Crocodile, would not live to see the beginning of the plot.
This also indirectly explains why Whitebeard attacked Crocodile so hard when he challenged Whitebeard. It was probably because he saw the Sand-Sand Fruit and was moved by the scene. Although this has nothing to do with Crocodile, poor guy.
“Oh, Duke, Luobu Ma, have you eaten yet? Where is the food?”
“The kitchen is in the back, go get it yourself. We drank and slept until noon last night, and we both woke up hungry, so we came straight here to eat. Don’t blame us for not calling you.” Duke explained embarrassedly.
“It’s okay, I’ll just go eat by myself.” Alan waved his hand casually and walked towards the kitchen.
“Really? It’s all meat.” Alan took a look at the meat of various unknown creatures on the kitchen table and was speechless.
He just picked a few things to fill his stomach, Alan was not picky about food.
After lunch, Alan found Whitebeard.
“Brother Newgate, can I ask you how to awaken Armament Haki?”
Whitebeard glanced at Alan, then started to walk outside. “Follow me.”
Alan quickly followed Whitebeard out.
Soon they arrived at the beach.
“Heroism is a potential power that everyone in this world possesses. This power is innate.”
“In addition to Conqueror’s Haki, Observation Haki and Armament Haki can also be developed through acquired training.”
“Your Observation Haki is pretty good. I won’t say much. Just practice it slowly.”
“And you have to try to guide the Armament Haki out of your body.” Whitebeard patiently explained to Alan.
Allen nodded after hearing this and said, “Then how do we guide him out?”
Whitebeard grinned and said, “Gulala, this is easy.”
After saying that, he raised his fist and rushed towards Alan, punching him in the face. Alan flew backwards and rolled three times.
Allen was stunned by the punch and spat out the sand in his mouth. “Pah. Pah, what are you doing, brother?”
“Gulala, there are no special techniques to guide the Armament Haki. Just get beaten more. When the pain becomes unbearable, you’ll find a way to use the Armament Haki to defend yourself.” Whitebeard replied with a smile, and then threw another punch at Alan.
“How do you make wanting to beat me up sound so refreshing?” Alan complained as he crossed his arms to block Whitebeard’s fist.
“Hiss…it hurts so much.”