19 Rokushiki
Before starting his training, Z explained Alden about all techniques of Rokushiki.
" Rokushiki, as the name suggests, contains 6 techniques:
Soru: As I heard from Garp, you are already learning it. It allows the user to move at extremely high speeds in order to avoid attacks, as well as to attack at higher speeds and with greater power. It was revealed that the principle of this move was to kick off the ground at least ten times in the blink of an eye.
Geppo: It allows the users to actually jump off the air itself, allowing them to stay in the air for much longer than usual. User can use this technique to cross great distances without ever touching the ground, or set themselves up for swift, aerial attacks. You should learn it after you become proficient in Soru. It will be easier to learn then.
Tekkai: It hardens the users' muscles to the level of iron, in order to nullify damage taken from attacks. You may use it to increase the power of the attack like armament haki. This technique will even be helpful to your body for learning and getting used to Armament Haki.
Rankyaku: It is a powerful projectile technique, in which the users start by kicking at very high speeds and strength, sending out a sharp compressed air blade that can slice objects and greatly damage a human body. As you don't have any ranged technique you should learn this technique. May be you can try using it with your sword as you are proficient with it.
Kami-e: It makes the users' body extraordinarily flexible in order to avoid any attacks, float, and bending their body like a piece of paper. As you have good agility but your body is stiff, not enough flexible. This technique will help you with your body's flexibility.
Shigan: It is a close-quarter combat technique, in which the user pushes their finger into a certain target at a very high speed, leaving a wound similar to a bullet wound. But as you are using sword as your weapon and can learn sword arts faster you don't need to learn this one. If you want to learn, I will teach you later.
There is one more technique Rokuogan, but we will talk about it later.
We will start with Soru, Tekkai and Kami-e along with haki and sword arts. I will teach you for 4 years. I have taken leave from duties for that time. How much you learn will depend on your own efforts and talent."
Afterwards, Z started training him in 3 of the 6 Rokushiki techniques' fundamentals. He gave some time of the day for practicing haki and sword arts but he was putting more efforts on Rokushiki techniques.
In 3 month, he reached minor accomplishment in soru. He already reached novice level in Tekkai and Kami-e and developed his body strength and speed to new levels.
He also trained and developed his basic sword arts. He wanted to learn better sword techniques but Z told him to first master his basic sword art then go for advanced one. It would help him to lay a good foundation and mastering advanced techniques will be easier like that. He put enough efforts in basic sword arts, but he couldn't find breakthrough in it. He felt no improvement as such in last month, so he knew that he had stuck at bottleneck.
His hakis also improved, especially Armament haki, as his body strength and flexibility was improved very fast due to rokushiki techniques. He could use Armament haki on whole arm rather than only till wrist.
After his training that day, He went near the sea shore on the beach. He sat on a big stone at a peaceful location and asked system about his status:
"Name: Fernando D Alden
Strength: 275
Agility: 300
Intelligence: 269
Spirit: 411
Skills: (1) HAKI foundation method: Perfect accomplishment
(2) Basic Sword Art : Major accomplishment
(3) Muscle break technique: Novice
(4) Soru: Minor accomplishment
(5) Tekkai: Novice
(6) Kami-e: Novice
Sword Mastery: Novice
Haki: Observation: Novice
Conqueror: beginner, can not control yet
Armament: Minor accomplishment
Zanpakuto: seal status: 49% unsealed"
He saw that his Zanpakuto seal was unsealed at 49%. It was at this stage for last one month. No development at all.
He knew he had to do something about the bottleneck of his sword arts and sword mastery.
While he was thinking about it, he saw a ship coming towards the beach. When Alden saw that flag on the ship, he got excited because he would be able to test his improved abilities due to training in last few months. That flag had a picture of skull. The pirates were coming to the island.
