117. Rob: I'm Afraid Of Death, Very Afraid Of Death!

After a while, Rob recovered from the ordeal of dying in the practice space and let out a long breath.

His face grew serious:

"The sixth talent— 'A Second Feels Like a Year' is indeed very powerful, but the side effects might be significant... Before, I was too arrogant and underestimated the power of 'death' too much!"

After experiencing death in the practice space, instead of becoming fearless, Rob found himself cherishing his life even more.

Some people might face death directly, accept their own death calmly, and ignore the great terror between life and death.

But after this life-and-death practice, Rob could say confidently:

He is afraid of death, very afraid of death!

He didn't know if he would overcome this fear in the future, but at least for now, he couldn't accept dying calmly. Unlike some strong men who put life and death aside, Rob cherished his life even more!

Death--

Should never be underestimated!

"When using this talent on Robin and the others, I need to be cautious, otherwise, problems will easily occur!"

After glancing at Robin, who was still asleep, and at the time, Rob murmured to himself:

"It's good to have a good chat with them later."

Originally, he planned to use the practice space to allow Robin and Makino to quickly gain combat experience and develop abilities and moves, allowing them to rapidly improve their strength!

However, after personally experiencing it, Rob felt that this plan needed to be more cautious. Ultimately, he didn't need them to become so powerful rapidly, and it was perfectly acceptable for them to grow slowly.

As for Uta—

She's too young; let's talk about it when she grows up!

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye--

Half a month had passed.

And in the past half month, Robin, Uta, and Makino drove the Angel, visited several cloud islands of Sky Island, and experienced the unique environment of Sky Island again!

At the same time, during the past half month, Rob used the sixth talent to conduct special training in life-and-death battles every day. The talent's proficiency gradually increased, and its side effects gradually diminished. He could even control his heartbeat rate, physical strength, and breathing.

Moreover, Robin, who had tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time, sneaked into Rob's bed almost every night after her body recovered.

In the past half month--

Robin's appearance is becoming more and more beautiful, exuding the special charm of a mature beauty. She is even more attractive and outstanding than when she was a girl, and the grace revealed in her demeanor is truly captivating!

These are the little things in life!

As the sun sets—

Above the deck of the Angel—

Little Uta is softly singing a ballad, her voice sounding like the music of nature from another dimension. Robin is drinking coffee, watching Uta sing with a doting smile on her face. Rob is playing the violin to accompany little Uta, while Makino also watches Uta with a gentle expression.

At this moment on the Angel—

There is a warm and beautiful feeling of time and tranquility!

After a few minutes, when little Uta finished singing, both Robin and Makino applauded her, making the simple-minded "little singer" show a satisfied expression and a happy smile on her face!

Putting down the violin in his hand, Rob said:

"Tomorrow we will leave Sky Island! After that, we will enter the New World. According to our previous voyage plan—this time, upon entering the New World, I will seek out the world's most beautiful places!"

"Are you ready?"

Hearing Rob's words, Robin, Uta, and Makino all looked at Rob with puzzled eyes. They didn't understand why he was emphasizing something that had been decided long ago!

Seeing their puzzled looks, Rob smiled:

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you! Actually, it's like this—not long ago, I mastered a brand-new ability, which allows you to quickly gain a wealth of combat experience and better develop your Devil Fruit powers!"

"It's just that using it might bring certain negative effects. Do you want to use this talent to become stronger? You know what, I will let you experience it directly."

Hearing Rob's words, Robin said directly:

"Sure!"

Uta looked curious.

Makino also nodded:

"I have no problem either!"

Hearing their responses, Rob didn't have any worries and raised his finger:

"Alright then!"

Clap clap

He lightly tapped the brows of Robin, Uta, and Makino. Their eyes first lost focus, and then they closed them, as if taking a nap.

For Uta, the time comparison was completely one-to-one, but for Robin and Makino, Rob gave them a strength of one to ten, much lower than his own time of one to one hundred. With the mature spirits of Robin and Makino, they could handle it!

Ten minutes later.

Clap clap—

Rob tapped their eyebrows again, pulling them back from the spirit of the practice space!

When they opened their eyes, Uta's time flow rate was one-to-one, so she didn't practice in the space but just stayed there for ten minutes. Her expression didn't change at all after blinking. 

Both Robin and Makino trembled at the same time, their eyes showing confusion and vigilance. It took a while for them to recover.

After recovering, Robin looked at Rob:

"Oni-chan, that was..."

Rob's mouth turned up slightly.

He spoke directly to the three of them, explaining:

"The place you just went to mentally is called the simulated practice space! There, you can use all your abilities freely and fight simulated enemies just like you did."

"Even if you die in battle, it won't affect you! But you can feel the pain of death clearly. Trust me—if you die in the practice space, then the feeling is definitely not something you want to experience!"

Hearing this, Robin and Makino nodded seriously. In the practice space, they had fought fiercely with the cadres of the Donquixote family they encountered on Jaya Island!

The real feeling and sensory feedback made Robin and Makino not doubt Rob's words at all!

Although it wouldn't cause real death, the experience was very real and terrifying!

"Oni-chan—"

After pondering for a moment, Robin's eyes turned to Rob:

"In the practice space..."

Robin wanted to ask something, and Uta and Makino responded, both looking at Rob.

Rob nodded, his face becoming serious as he said in a deep voice:

"I died. And it wasn't just once—every time I die, I remember it deeply and never forget it! So you'd better not be like me, you just need to train normally."

After hearing Rob's answer, Robin, Uta, and Makino all looked at Rob with admiration. They clearly knew the horror of death and had a deep memory of it, yet he dared to continue practicing the death battle.

As expected of Oni-chan!

"For now Uta will not use it as she is too young!"

Stretching out his hand to rub Uta's little head, Rob said with a smile:

"Robin and Makino, what do you think? Do you want to use the practice space to increase your combat experience or develop your abilities? The time flow rate of the practice space can be adjusted!"

"You can only use a time flow rate of one-to-ten to practice now. If the time difference is greater, your spiritual will might collapse, turning you into a lunatic, a fool, or even an absolutely rational monster without emotions!"

After looking at each other, both Robin and Makino looked serious:

"Please, Oni-chan (Rob-kun)!"

Rob nodded with a smile and said:

"Then every day before going to bed, we'll do a one-hour training session in the practice space. When you can withstand a stronger time difference, we'll upgrade to the level of one to ten!"

None of the three had any objection to this arrangement.

And so—

The plan to help Robin and Makino improve their strength using the sixth talent—A Second Feels Like a Year—was decided!

Rob believed that the two of them would be able to transform their strength in a short period of time. After all, with Rob guiding them, it was hard to imagine them not becoming stronger!

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye—

Another month had passed!

After leaving Sky Island, the Angel, carrying Rob and his companions, returned to Sabaody Archipelago after a month of stop-and-go travel.

During this month, according to the original plan, the training of Robin and Makino had progressed very smoothly. Not only had their combat experience increased, but they had also used the practice space to develop their Devil Fruit moves!

The progress in developing their abilities had been quite impressive!

Especially for Makino—

In the past, the Angel was too big for her to fully develop the abilities of the Flame-Flame Fruit, but in the practice space, it was different.

With the large amount of experience using her fruit abilities gained in the practice space, when returning to reality, she only needed a little practice to directly combine her experience with actual abilities.

Makino's strength and improvement speed were quite remarkable!

And—

With the practice space, Makino didn't need to spend more time developing the Flame-Flame Fruit's abilities!

As for the issues of physique and stamina, with Rob's continuous improvement of potential-enhancing potions and body training potions, she didn't need to spend a lot of time on exercise!

Since Makino boarded the ship, she finally had more time to do what she wanted to do...

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