11 Chapter 11

In the evening I came to a pre-agreed place in the forest. The Master, as always, sat in the lotus position with his eyes closed.

When I approached him, he stood up and patted me on the shoulder:

- Well, student, it's time for the exam, so to speak. Let's test your strength, attack! - He shouted and jumped away from me.

I nodded and charged.

* Bach *

Our fists collided, the collision was quite powerful, I flew several meters away. The teacher only took a couple of steps back and rubbing his fist said:

- Ho-ho, not bad, your strength has become much higher, perhaps at the level of a weak rear admiral, which is already good. - The teacher nodded in satisfaction and added:

- Now it's my turn to attack, show that you can!

* Vshuhh *

"Damn, so fast!" - It flashed through my head. He attacked with such speed that I simply could not dodge, there was not enough speed. Although I had a will, it is useless if the enemy's speed is much faster than mine. I crossed my arms in front of my chest and used full gravity on my body to make it as heavy as possible and withstand the attack.

* BOOM * * COLLAPSE *

- Kha .. - One blow and blood swept across the clearing, I took down several trees ...

Fuck, I can't even get up, I can't feel my hands ... It's getting dark in my eyes ... And a terrible metallic taste in my mouth ...

A vague silhouette loomed over me and said:

- Hehe, not bad, you survived, even the bones are intact, very good! Get used to it, now I will check your progress every week. He paused and continued:

- Okay, that's enough for today, as you wake up, take a rest, tomorrow we'll start real training. - Having said this, he began to leave, so my consciousness began to leave me ... Eh, well, here it is again ...

It is not known how long I lay there, but gradually I began to come to my senses. Remembering the recent events, I looked at my hands:

- Well ... I could have been easier, she is also called a teacher. - In the place of the blow on the right hand there was a huge bruise on almost the entire forearm, on the second hand the bruise was a little less, all this was terribly painful. And will it be every week? What's the point? Ohh, okay, I'll go, it's almost midnight.

Wow, he also left me in the forest.

When I got to my dwelling, I quickly fell onto the bed and fell asleep.

***

- Hmm, so where is this teacher? - I asked the question into the void, standing in a familiar clearing. Hands from yesterday were terribly aching, but nothing can be done, and I think this has its advantages, at least I know my limits.

I've already been taught by observation hacks, why complain?

- Well, let's get started? - I heard a cheerful voice from behind.

After these words, long and tedious training began.

***

Almost two months of constant beatings. Although Rotret held back, he still did not give concessions. Everyday sparring has become something commonplace, and testing my strength once a week has become a kind of ritual. At this "ritual", at first everything was the same as last time, beaten, unconscious, thrown in the forest. But for the third time, I managed to keep consciousness, this is an achievement right? But it was even worse, I just lay there and could not get up for almost an hour, yes, not the best memories. Although after a month of weekly checks, I had a huge result, I was finally able to get to my feet after another blow, and after two months I managed to stay on my feet and not fall. After the impact, although I flew off twenty meters and dug a moat in the ground with my feet, I still resisted.

As for my blows on Rotret, it was even better. In the first month, I managed to move it by almost a meter, and in the second, I managed to cross the line of three meters. It was a huge result, after that he even told me "Great, now if you meet a strong rear admiral on the Grand Line, you can hold out in battle with him, and then maybe even run away ha ha ha ha." Rear admirals on the Grand Line are not at all the same as on the four oceans, I have the strength to fight the usual one, but I should run away from the strong, Rotret said. Well, in his words, I'm sure, as I recall from the canon, some rear admirals from the Grand Line are calmly capable of defeating pirates at a hundred, or even two hundred million bellies. So don't provoke them yet.

I'll start with the small pirates, although it's a pity that East Blue is the weakest pirates, this will be a problem.

During training with the teacher, I certainly did not forget to train other forces, for example, the strength of a fruit.

Thanks to this, I was able to fully learn how to use the power of the fruit in battle, now there are no longer those delays in concentration, everything has become smooth and well honed. But with all this, the forces of the fetus have not developed very much, probably all of its development is tied to pumping for points of growth and development. Therefore, now in battle he is not very useful, my pressure on Rotret was useless, he did not even feel it, and the stones that I threw at him were useless. He told me that the strength of the fruit is still too weak and it is worth starting to tighten the base, develop physically, and later start developing the strength of the fruit.

Well, for the rest, there was no particular progress, I tried to gain combat experience and pull up all my strength to the maximum before sailing, which I quite succeeded.

Speaking of sailing, just a couple of weeks ago my plans changed. Remembering the canon, I realized that I almost missed a rather important moment - the death of Thatch.

This event will mark the beginning of the birth of a new emperor, how could I forget about him? Of course, I don't care about Thatch and Blackbeard, all that interests me is the fruit - the Yami Yami no Mi.

The Logic of Darkness ... When I remembered this, I immediately wanted to get him, I am mostly interested not in his fighting forces, but in what lies deeper.

After all, somehow Titch was able to take away the powers of other fruit, maybe it's all about this fruit? But this, of course, is my hypothesis, maybe it's not about the fruit at all, it's just that a lot of facts indicate that this is most likely. Otherwise, why would Titch say that this is the strongest fruit?

In any case, it needs to be obtained, I believe that the fruit will be useful, even if its ability to nullify the powers of other fruits is already worth fighting for. And after taking him, a new emperor will not appear, although for me this is not such a plus ...

But with all this, I have three problems: The first problem is difficult, the second is very difficult, and the third is ... terribly difficult.

The first problem is timing. I just have no idea when Titch will kill Thatch and take the fruit, all I remember is about the time. This will happen somewhere near the beginning of the canon, around the time Luffy sailed from Fuusha Village. Therefore, I need to have time to get the fruit in a year.

And from this, my second problem is already emerging - the place.

Yeah, I have absolutely no idea where Whitebeard and Thatch will be. Although, of course, I was lucky that Whitebeard Yonko, so it will be easier to find him than ordinary pirates, he has no need to hide from the Marines or anyone else.

But here is my third problem, it cannot be compared with the previous two ...

How do I pick up the fruit? I doubt that they will give it to me just like that ... Offer money? No use, why would the division commander have belli? A different approach is needed ...

Hmm, I know the canon, this is my advantage, you need to think.

As I recall from the manga, Thatch is a close friend of Ace, and Ace has another brother who "died". Maybe if I share information with Ace, Thatch will give me the fruit? I think it's worth a try, for the information about the brother, Ace will do anything, and Thatch, as a friend, will support him. But this is certainly not an ideal plan, you can still use the information about the origin of Ace against Whitebeard ... Although, I don't really want to make the old man my enemy, but I don't want to risk the fruit either.

Eh ... In general, because of all this, I changed my plans and will set off early, in a week, maybe two. If I miss this opportunity, I'll be sorry, that's for sure.

It is worth preparing.