8: Chapter 8 Special TrainingIgnoring Dadan, Luffy pretended not to know Ace as he approached and said, "Yo, my name is Luffy.You must be the Ace my grandfather was talking about."
Ace stared coldly at the child in front of him, said nothing, and spat at Luffy.Luffy saw this and quickly dodged, angrily saying, "You!"
Ace ignored him, dragging the bison toward Dadan."Hey, go kill it," he said, then turned and went into the house without looking back.Luffy shook his head."There's plenty of time.There will be opportunities to win you over." Thinking of this, Luffy got up and walked toward the forest."Hey, kid, where are you going?" Dadan called out to Luffy."None of your business," Luffy replied casually.
"Those two brats!" Dadan gritted her teeth in anger."What was that old geezer Garp thinking?Sending a bandit like me to train the Marines?What a joke!Is he senile or something?"
Luffy walked to an open space and said to the system, "Ling'er, exchange some food for me first, then exchange for a better quality sword and some items suitable for sword practice.I haven't trained properly these past few days."
"Alright, 2000 Pirate Coins have been deducted from the host's account, and the required items have been exchanged for the host."
"Wow, I'm back to square one!(ﾉಥ益ಥ)"
Before Luffy appeared a roasted suckling pig, a Tang sword, and a huge rock."Let me see the item's stats.I want to see why it's so expensive."
Roast Suckling Pig: A top-tier ingredient from Hankila Island in Gourmet Hunter.It has no special effects, but it's the finest roast suckling pig, priced at 200 Pirate Coins."Wow, Luffy tore off a big piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth.Mmm~~~~~, delicious.No wonder Toriko and the others ate it so heartily in the anime."
Tang Sword (Horizontal Sword): One of the Ten Famous Swords ("Tang Sword" does not refer to a single type of sword from the Tang Dynasty, but is now a general term for the four official sword styles of the Tang Dynasty).The blade is straight and upright, 80cm long, 1.8cm wide, and the blade edge is approximately 0.8mm.After system enhancement, it can be compared to a top-tier, high-quality sword.Price: 1700 Pirate Coins.Giant Rock: A giant rock split open by the protagonist of a certain demon-slaying world.It has no special characteristics, except that it is extremely hard.After system enhancement, it can completely withstand attacks from high explosives.Price: 300 Pirate Coins.Luffy finished eating, wiped his hands clean, picked up the sword from the ground, and drew it.With a clang, a cold, gleaming sword appeared before Luffy's eyes."A fine sword," Luffy exclaimed."Let's call you 'Surprising Beauty'!" (The author couldn't think of a better name).Luffy raised the sword and swung it at the tree beside him.A flash of cold light, and the tree fell down."A fine sword!These thousand-plus Pirate Coins were well spent."
"Alright, it's time to start training."
Luffy closed his eyes, sensing the Armament Haki within his body.He slowly channeled it to the blade, feeling it form a layer of energy, though invisible to the naked eye.Luffy smiled wryly, "Looks like I need to intensify my Haki training.I must reach intermediate level before setting sail.Tonight, I'll start by practicing breathing techniques."
Luffy closed his eyes and began to regulate his breathing.Suddenly, he snapped his eyes open and shouted, "Full Concentration Water Breathing—First Form—Water Surface Slash!" A stream of water appeared on the blade, slashing towards the boulder in front of him.A loud clang rang out as the blade struck the boulder, but it didn't even crack."That's pretty hard," Luffy said with a laugh."But."
Second Form - Waterwheel; Third Form - Flowing Dance; Fourth Form - Strike Tide; Fifth Form - Heavenly Rain; Sixth Form - Twisting Vortex.Luffy continuously unleashed his sword techniques, slashing at the boulder until he was utterly exhausted."That's enough for tonight, time to go back to sleep.Tomorrow I still have to 'reform' Ace (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧," Luffy chuckled.