Genkotsu Ai (The Iron Fist of Love)

"Tekkai - Yaban Okido (Savage Charge)" Tokikake's body was bulging with energy and blood, enlarging his body into an inverted three-shaped figure that gave a great threat, and rushed all the way to Longinus fiercely.

"Kamisori - Jisoku Kiriwari (Extreme Speed Cut)!" Gion perfectly integrated Razor into her swordsmanship and combined the dual attributes of attack and speed. The sword blade in her hand, Jinbira, chopped as if cutting through space terribly.

"Kami-e - Slime!" When faced with the stormy combined attack of the two, Longinus steeply compressed his body into a paper-like shape and was able to dodge it perfectly in just the right way.

Gion and Tokikake obviously did not expect that Longinus could use Kami-e to this extent. For a moment, they were too late to stop pushing, and they rushed forward without losing momentum.

When the three bodies meet in a straight line, Longinus' paper-like body instantly reverts, and the index fingers of both hands thrust out towards the left and right at the same time. Even the air emits a low sonic boom that is difficult to handle.

"Shigan - Tekkai Dama! (Iron Mass Ball)"

Tokikake's clumsy and Gion's soft bodies were instantly bounced off, one crashing into the mountain and the other into the sea.

"Cough..." Gion leaped out of the sea, coughing a few mouthfuls of seawater. She said in a half-down, half-admiring manner, "I really failed again, Longinus. You really are a natural strong man! I do not know when I will be as strong as you?"

"That's all for today!" Longinus found Gion's clothes were soaked with seawater, tightly pressing against the skin to reveal the graceful and beautiful body. There was alluring fairness under the refined chin bone, which was a unique allure between the semi-hidden and semi-visible.

"Put it on!" Longinus smoothly untied the coat on his body and sent it over.

"Huh? Th... thanks!" Gion hesitated for a moment before taking the coat and wrapping it around her body. Her ears reddened a little, and she thanked him in a low and unheard voice.

On the other side, Tokikake came out from the crumbling hill. A hint of gratitude surfaced on his creepy face, "Boss Longinus, thanks to you, I was able to fully grasp Tekkai so quickly."

"It's the result of your own efforts. I only had a few actual battles with you, which is nothing. Besides, the battle with you is actually a process of fixing mistakes for me." Longinus said with a gentle smile.

Tokikake, however, looked serious and said, "What Gregory said makes sense. There are many people who try hard, so why is it my turn to succeed? It's just because I'm luckier than most people. Thanks to your guidance, boss, I was able to learn Tekkai so quickly. I even managed to get started with Seimei Kikan."

Longinus shook his head. After meeting Bone as if he had found the right people, even he didn't expect that Tokikake was taking Gregory's brainwashing seriously to fit into their little group that wouldn't treat him with bias.

"Well, think what you like about it." Longinus turned away in style, "Today's battle ends here, tomorrow is still the same time to meet here."

"Phew, I don't know if Bone and the others have finished their training. Gion, you..." Tokikake turned his head to prepare to ask Gion's intentions, and only then did he realize in hindsight that the other party was wearing another set of clothes, " ... Why are you wearing boss's clothes?"

"Ah? No, no... nothing. I have something to do, I'll leave first." Gion fled as if she were a scared little rabbit, holding on to her coat tightly and panicking.

"Women, indeed, are tough creatures to understand!" Tokikake pretended to shake his head before saying excitedly, "I seem to have another deeper understanding of Brother Gregory's words. Only men can truly understand the pain and persistence of men!"

...

"At the end of 1500 of the Age of Kaien. One year, time really flies by..." Longinus was walking on the way back and was secretly whispering when suddenly, a hazardous warning rose from his heart. He didn't even have time to think about why there was danger in the headquarters, and his body instantly pumped up his energy and blood to the extreme.

"Tekkai - Go! (Strength)"

Boom!

As if one kicked the ball violently, Longinus flew backward for thousands of meters and crashed into countless hills and boulders on the way to stop.

He stood up with the pain in his body. When the second attack was about to land, Longinus said helplessly, "Vice Admiral Garp, did I offend you in any way?"

The burly fist stopped abruptly in front of Longinus' face. Even wind in the fist made his face look like a knife was scraping it.

"Ahahahaha! You got recognized so quickly? Little guy, your Kenbunshoku Haki is really strong enough." Garp said without any sign of shame. Then he smacked Longinus on the shoulder and asked, "What do you think, how do you feel about my Genkotsu Ai (Iron Fist of Love)?"

If it were anyone else, they might have cursed the idiots in their hearts and dodged them with some more pretense on their lips, but Longinus went over it all carefully before saying calmly, "Ouch! It hurts! Every cell in my body is telling these two words. However, it is surprising that my body does not hurt much. Pain but not hurt, which instills the will to love. Is this the secret of Vice Admiral Garp's Genkotsu Ai (Iron Fist of Love)?"

Garp froze, then laughed out loud, "Hahahahaha! Little one, your talent is really not match for those with dull background. I can't believe you saw through my moves with just one punch."

With that, Garp cursed again in depression, "Unlike those other idiot brats, who took my kind teachings as a bully, those guys don't think about it. I am at least a Marine Hero, how could I do something so unreliable?"

On the other hand, Longinus said in his heart in sarcasm, 'You did not say a word before the sneak attack, and how to look at it does not look like a reliable side, okay?'

"Longinus, what do you think of the power of my Genkotsu Ai (Iron Fist of Love)?" Garp smiled sleazily, practically the same as a perverted uncle with a lollipop.

"Very strong! A fist imbued with conviction is so much stronger than an ordinary attack. It's like something like the difference between a swordsman with great swordsmanship and an ordinary swordsman. One is in heaven, and the other is on earth." Longinus said with an honest and objective opinion.

Garp was a little smug as he was being flattered and nodded his head in smugness.

"I think, moreover, since you can have Genkotsu Ai (Iron Fist of Love), you can naturally have Genkotsu Ikari (Iron Fist of Anger) or Genkotsu Masayoshi (Iron Fist of Justice), right?"

"Good, you're quite good at thinking out of the box." Garp tempted, "So, do you want to train with me?"

Longinus hesitated for a moment, then refused, "I thank Vice Admiral Garp for your kindness, but I can't get away from Zephyr-sensei there, so..."

Garp waved his hand in impatience, "That guy Zephyr really figured it out. Forget it, to tell you the truth, Zephyr knows that your Rokushiki have been nearly completed and asked me to give you special training for a period of time. Now, you will not refuse it!"

Longinus blinked his eyes. Isn't Zephyr-sensei always the one who insists on preventing Garp at all costs?

Does this look like he has nearly integrated Rokushiki into one, and his strength has entered a bottleneck? It is why he asked Garp to hit... to teach him?