New Island, New Life

(3rd POV)

In an unexplored island at the Calm Belt, there is a house standing on the shore of that island. Voices of two people can be heard talking about some of the plans they will do today from inside the house.

"Robin, I'll go out first after we finish our breakfast. I want to survey this island; it won't take much time," the boy said while he keeps feasting on the meat in front of him.

"Um, be careful when you go out there, Vanze. I'll be waiting here." Robin already finished her food and plans to wash the plates, so she is heading toward the sink after she gives her response to him.

"By the way, I'll be leaving you my training books and Rokushiki technique book. I already wrote down my own training experience for the past 2 years; maybe you want to take a look at it. I'll be accompanying you in training later after I finish surveying this island." He takes out two books from his inventory and places them on the table. One of the books already looks worn out, while the other one is more like a diary book.

"Thank you, Vanze. I'll take a look at it after finishing with the dishes." Vanze tries to finish his last meat and prepares to head out from their house.

"Alright, I'm heading out!" He steps out from the house, looking around for a second, and finally chooses to go to the forest behind the house first. He's moving with Soru, so he immediately vanishes from his spot.

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(Vanze POV)

'This forest looks so big... Right, I need to turn on KG first. Let's see what we've got here.' Vanze moves toward the forest with KG and Kenbunshoku on.

Hmm... Only several white pale auras around here. A few oranges can be seen in the distance. I need to go deeper into the inner forest. The animals here can't help with my training, but it is good for Robin if she starts training Rokushiki later. Let's start moving.

Swish... Swish...

'Hmm... Now that I'm scanning every detail of this forest, I notice the trees get bigger and bigger the moment I enter the inner part of the forest.' Vanze thinks while looking around the trees and sometimes jumping from them like those ninjas from Naruto.

[ The more you go through, the more it feels like you are entering a primeval forest. This forest has a Little Garden kinda vibe to it; you should be careful. ]

'You're right, Seele. I've seen several orange auras popping out more the deeper I go. Maybe the animals will get even more dangerous, like having a red aura.' I need to move like a scout class in those video games. I don't want to alert them, after all.

The more I go deeper, I sense it becomes even more dangerous, and the animals get even bigger. Oh wait, what's that? I stopped at the trunk of one of the giant trees here.

'Oh shit... That's a red aura. Hmm... There are two of them, and it looks like they are fighting...?' I need to get closer, just a little bit closer. It's a clash of giant animals, after all.

[ Be careful, Vanze. You don't want those two things to become aware of you and attack you. ]

'It's fine, Seele. I will just observe them from a distance.' I keep moving to their location and spotted the best place to watch.

I stayed on one of the trees' trunks and watched the duel between a giant ape vs a giant tiger killing each other on the shore of the lake not far from here.

'They are so big; if one of them comes and rampages in my hometown, it'll be gone before long.'

'Oh shit! They are using Haki!? That tiger just slashed the ape's abdomen with his claw... Oh damn, it looks hurt.' I saw them infusing a fucking Haki into their attack; they are similar to the ones I saw in the anime when Luffy trained on Rusukaina Island.

Oh, that big ape is bleeding and looks very angry. The big ape suddenly lets out a roar and makes a fist with Haki in his palm. He throws an uppercut to the giant tiger's head, making the tiger stunned because of it. The ape jumped high with his feet and putting his two palms together, ready to attack, while the tiger still stunned.

The ape falls down quickly and Boom... The ground cracks from the impact.

He hits the tiger right at his back spine with a Busoshoku Haki imbued in his whole fist. Damn, the fierce tiger suddenly becomes a jelly tiger.

'Good guy... What a ruthless finisher. I want to say FATALITY, after I saw that move.' I thought the tiger would win after he almost impaled the ape's abdomen, but instead, the big guy entered a rage mode because of it.

He looks very tired and panting after he finished the tiger. Well, he got injured in his abdomen; his leg is also bleeding from the tiger bite, heck even one of his eyes got clawed by that tiger.

"What a tough guy, I don't know if he can still survive with that condi... Boom..." Suddenly, the big ape punches his fist towards me.

"Shit! Your enemy is already dead; why are you attacking me now!?" Thankfully, I sense the attack coming with my KG and Haki. I avoid that attack, but the tree I used for standing is being blown by his fist.

[ It looks like he senses you, Vanze. You better finish him quickly while the big guy is still tired and injured right now. ]

'Yeah!? No shit, Sherlock, I know that already, Seele.' Damn, I only planned to watch the show, but now I'm forced to join.

"Fine! I'll accompany you for your last dance. Come!" I shout to the big guy, but suddenly he is already in front of me with his fist trying to punch me away. I put up my hand together and prepare to defend against it.

"Ugh! So heavy...! Boom...!"

I got punched, flying a few meters away from my last spot. Damn, it hurts. If I'm not covering my arm with Busoshoku Haki, my bones would be crushed. He's still quite powerful after all of that fight.

I pat the dust on my shoulder away while looking at him with a smirk.

"My turn..." I vanish from my spot using Soru and appear near his injured leg.

"Rankyaku, Hakurai!" I use both of my legs, and a big wind blade appears to cut the air in a large area of the ape's injury.

"Orgh!!!" Good, he felt it. The big guy can't move now.

"Feel the pain, big guy, because you won't feel anything again next time I attack." I jump to the air using Geppo after delivering that attack on his leg.

I ready my arm with a Busoshoku Haki imbue to it in a stabbing stance and start using Soru in midair. I keep increasing the speed aiming at one of his injured eyes.

"Shugan...!" I stab his eye with all of my might until I go through to the other side of his head. It is the same technique that I used to kill that Pimple guy. I turn back, looking at the big guy, but there is a big hole in his right eye that pierces through to the back of his head. He's dead now.

I look down at my hand and outfit; it's all dirty because of blood, not mine, though. 'Damn, I used 60% of my strength just for that one fight.'

[ You are lucky to end it so fast. If you were fighting him before he got exhausted and injured, it would take a long time and be tough. ]

'Yeah, I will not go beyond this lake area for now. I'm dirty; let's take a quick bath here before going back.' No way I'll go beyond this place; I don't know what other animals that may be more powerful than the big ape lives in there.

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(Robin POV)

I closed one of the books that Vanze gave to me. It is the one where he wrote about his training experiences.

Vanze's training course, as written in this book, is so hard. Sigh... Maybe it is the price for power. I can understand now how he became so powerful while we are at the same age.

Today will be my first time ever training. I hope I can keep up later with his training; I don't want to disappoint him. I also don't want to feel weak again; at least, I want to have the strength to protect myself. It is said in his book that he wore weights all the time while training... What a diligent person he is.

I have also finished reading the other book; it is a book containing Rokushiki techniques. If what I read in the book is not wrong, it is supposed to be a Marine special skill, right? Oh, now I remember. His grandpa is a Marine, but he never met him. So, it is his grandpa's book. Every technique described in it is powerful, but my body can't do it even if I want to. I think Vanze will be teaching me the basics first to strengthen my foundation.

Fufufu, it's all getting interesting now. I'm looking forward to it.

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(3rd POV)

In the afternoon at the beach, a girl can be seen running around the beach with a boy following her from the side. He keeps saying something to the girl; it looks like he's trying to motivate her.

"Come on, Robin! It's the last lap; you are almost there. Fight on, Robin-chan! I'll make you a barbecue tonight." The boy even promised her to make a barbecue for her. He keeps shouting like a hardcore gym trainer.

Robin keeps running until finally, she finishes her training course for today. She throws herself on the sand, lying down while panting, inhaling and exhaling a lot of oxygen. She looks almost passed out honestly.

"Good job, Robin. Are you okay? Do you want me to do something to help you?" The boy looks at her with concern in his eyes. It might be a little too much for her today.

"Huft... I'm... I'm fine, Vanze... Huft... I just need to lay down for a while." Robin says while she keeps panting like she is out of breath.

"You don't need to do the training like what I did in the past, Robin. Thankfully I managed to convince you not to use weight and cancel the swimming part. You are pushing yourself too hard, Robin. But for a first-timer, you outdid most of the people out there." Vanze pulls out a few grape juices from his inventory and gives them to Robin.

"Um... Thank you, Vanze. I just want to get stronger faster so I'm not becoming a burden for you in the future." Robin closes her eyes while she shares her goal with him.

"You don't need to worry about it, Robin. You have never been a burden to me from the moment we met, and pushing yourself too much while training might hurt you rather than making you strong. Even for me to get to this point, I spent 2 years of training. The key is to be patient; building strength needs time." Vanze explains his view on the situation to Robin.

But there is still a difference between the two of them that Vanze will never say, which is his cheat. So, all of the things he just said are half bullshit and half the truth.

"I know, I just got impulsive at that moment, I guess. Oh, and the grape juice is delicious, Vanze." Robin said after tasting the grape juice he gave her.

"Haha, of course, it is. I'll be heading toward the forest next then, to start my training. I'll be back before dawn." He says his next plan after finishing coaching Robin.

"What kind of training will you do there?" Robin stares at him curiously.

"I need to complete the Rokushiki technique first. There are a lot of animals that can help me train my Tekkai and Kamie as opponents. I will also train my Haki later on." He explains his training plan to her, and he gets up after lying down with Robin.

"And when can I also start training Haki that you described in your book?"

"Haha, you need to get a strong foundation and build up your stamina first before thinking about Haki. We have so much time on this island to train, after all. I'll get going now, bye, Robin." Vanze vanishes using Soru, heading toward the forest.

"Hmph... I'll also train harder later; I don't want to get behind, after all. But he is right; we have years to train here." Robin starts to get up and heads back toward their house while complaining about what Vanze just said. With those years also passing while they are training and bonding more with each other.

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