Chapter 362 - Preparations for Training.

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Third Person POV

Skypiea.

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In the midst of the ancient main island of Shiki, with its headquarters in the middle of the forests, many men who were former subordinates of Shiki and now members of his fleet, carefully watched four people, one of them being Luffy himself, who was staring at the enormous creature in front of him—a gigantic elephant, lying on the ground with thick chains wrapped around it after it had lost consciousness to have its blood drawn.

This animal was being studied after its genetics had been enhanced in the past few months a little before they left Skypiea to continue their adventures. One of the subordinates brought the collected blood of the animal while Chopper took it, carrying it to a piece of equipment and looking through a microscope.

Luffy was waiting to see Chopper's report. By his side were Shiki's scientist and Caesar, who was quite well-behaved beside him, as he could do nothing but obey Luffy, now that his heart had been removed by Lami after Luffy's request.

It had been three days since the event between Luffy and Big Mom. He had hung up the Den Den Mushi after the announcement of Bigmom's soldiers with meteors falling, while Bepo had managed to aim at Big Mom's island with his wig of trust.

Luffy did not know what had really happened and how Big Mom managed to defend herself from the attack or if she really did so, but the news of six meteors falling on her territory was published in the newspaper, with some people taking pictures of them in the New World. This indirectly ended up sending a message to the World Government that they would have to worry not just about one meteor falling on Mary Geoise. The last few days were just a feast, celebrating the victory of the war and everything they had gone through and survived.

Now Luffy really began to execute his real plans. The first thing he did was to release Monet from the ship's prison. The girl had no choice, after all, she couldn't just fly off the island if she tried to escape. Luffy set her free, provided she did not hurt anyone. Otherwise, she would lose her chance with him. He also gave her some documents to analyze and pass on some information to him, in addition to asking her to report on any summary report that came from other places in the territory. Meanwhile, members of Baroque Works began to bring more important documents, avoiding information arriving through a special Den Den Mushi, which could be traced no matter the technology it had, after all even a call from the Goroseis can be traced.

Returning to the present, Chopper finally managed to finish examining the blood. "Its cells are stronger and more resilient... it increased about 15%..." He spoke and Luffy nodded.

"It's a good short-term result, however, we need to improve even more..." Luffy commented as 15% is very little for his training.

The next moment, the elephant began to open its eyes while it roared quickly as they tried to free themselves in the next moment, while the chains strained and all the subordinates looked on in fear with some comments.

Luffy watched like an animal and wondered how he could improve it, after all, it was weak... it needed a new dose of superpower. "You really seem to have done a good job, Doctor," Luffy commented, admitting it was progress, as the chains were loosening every moment.

"Thank you. We had some work in improving the formula, with the information Dr. Chopper passed us and worked together, it became much easier to execute and enhance the old dose." Said the doctor, while Chopper remained silent, just observing without giving his opinion.

"Do you see this, Caesar?" called Luffy. "I want you to help develop the genetics of these animals even further." He spoke but began to take on a more serious tone. "You did a good job, but now with you three in this next year, I want the power of the animals to increase by 200% and I want them to develop Haki as well." He declared.

"You want these animals to develop Haki? That's crazy!" Exclaimed Caesar, shocked, while the doctor and Chopper had a strange expression.

"You can't do that?" Luffy raised an eyebrow at them.

Caesar seemed challenged now, even though he was still a kidnapped scientist. "Don't underestimate me! If you really want me to do this, it will be done!" he said, all arrogant. "After all, I am the smartest scientist in the world," he claimed as the Doctor looked at him, considering Caesar an idiot, since what Luffy wanted was practically impossible.

"Well, that's good. Then I want to see results soon." Luffy agreed with Caesar, since he was so confident. He hoped he would do a good job in the coming months.

The next moment, his attention returned to the front, as the chains restraining the elephant exploded. He immediately looked at the four and the other subordinates with red eyes, and in the next moment, he charged, ready to attack with his trunk.

"He's coming!!" The men screamed in fear.

"Does this animal think it's Zunesha or something?" Luffy commented calmly, as Chopper transformed into his muscular form. The doctor cautiously stepped back, and Caesar was preparing to launch his poisonous gas, but Luffy acted first.

As the giant elephant prepared to hit them with its trunk, he advanced, while his fist transformed into Haki, hitting the elephant on the head. The next moment, the elephant was knocked back, breaking the ground and trees, making a small path through the island of 50 meters before stopping defeated in the forest.

"The Haki of ryuo can easily take him down," Luffy murmured dissatisfied. "I need him to be stronger than this," he declared. "I want you to develop them so they can learn and develop the use of haki. They will be essential for training this next year and also be a great force for the Straw Hat," Luffy declared.

"Yes, we'll work on that," the scientists responded.

"Great, I want you to start now. The dinosaurs that I brought from Little Gale are still in the upper garden. I want you to modify them too, so they are stronger than these common animals, if we could put the same form of growth and strength in them," Luffy said, setting a goal.

After that, he decided to leave them on that island full of animals and ended up going to another, where he began to hear a female scream of pain. He approached the place and found his sister fallen on the ground, with several calluses on her forehead, screaming in pain.

"Ow, ow, ow," she complained with a blindfold on her eyes, while Rayleigh was beside her, holding a stick.

Lucy has everything to develop as strong or even stronger than the original Luffy after the timeskip. Luffy wanted to develop even her transformation of Nika before returning to the sea, where she would be much better prepared to face new challenges.

"I see the first day is already quite demanding," Luffy murmured, staring at them.

She removed the blindfolds and looked at her brother. "It hurts, Uncle Rayleigh!! This Old-San can hurt so easily, Luffy!" Lucy complained, but Luffy shrugged.

"Don't you want to get strong? This will be the best teacher you'll ever have, so learn everything you can," he said. Lucy had a condition of the system that gave her a 100% advantage in her learning, even without the moa moa no mi at the moment, she would still grow and stand out a lot.

"And aren't you going to train too?" Rayleigh asked, looking interestedly at Luffy.

"I still need to develop the Haki of Ryuo better and reach the peak of basic armament Haki, and even control my manifestation of the future vision. I can see a second ahead, but I want to reach a longer time this year," Luffy replied. After all, Shanks had a quick observation that could predict beyond a second, and he wanted to reach that level, which would ensure even more power on the battlefield. "Even want to reach the apex of the coating of the haki of the king." Luffy finished.

"But you won't start now, will you?" Rayleigh commented.

"No, I'll wait a few more days. I want to go to the East Blue still," Luffy declared.

"East Blue? And what are you going to do there? Going to Foosha Village?" Lucy immediately asked excitedly.

"Yes, our grandfather is on the island at this moment." Luffy said.

"Then take me with you!" Lucy immediately requested.

But Luffy denied. "No, you need to train first. If you get strong this year, I promise I'll take you to see everyone before we head to the new world." He spoke, and Lucy, despite pouting, nodded in the end, of course.

Luffy turned back to Rayleigh. "I'd like you to take a look at the others too, if you can. I know your commitment is directly with Lucy, but if the crew needs help, there's no faster expert than you here," he said, after all, he had asked the man to train his sister exclusively and would not be offended if he refused.

But he just nodded. "Alright, I'll check on the crew later, especially those who are learning to use Haki," he said.

"That makes sense," Luffy responded, satisfied. "Now I'm off. I have a few more things to sort out," Luffy said and left that island, moving downward.

He headed to the upper garden, where he saw Perona, Bonney, Rebecca, Kyros, Lola, Monet, Foxy, Bueno, and the others training together with Kuina. As the girl began to teach them about the six styles, those who already knew were developing to an even higher level reaching the level of the six styles of the holy knights. Luffy appeared at this moment, and almost everyone stopped training for a second to look at him.

"Anything, captain?" Kuina asked.

"Yes, I want Lola and Rebecca with me at this moment," he requested.

The two girls followed him, while the others continued training, even Kyros was reluctant to let his daughter alone with that man. They went to a corner where there was a waterfall, while the others waited for Luffy to speak.

Lola quickly exclaimed as soon as Luffy stopped near a waterfall. "Captain, are you calling me here for a marriage proposal?" she exclaimed.

Luffy looked tired of these requests from the woman, while Rebecca blushed, but he just sighed and shook his head negatively.

"No, I'm here to talk about your fruits," he replied, as he took out two fruits from two boxes. "This one is for you, Rebecca. And this is for you, Lola. In one box is the Baku Baku no Mi, a special fruit that I want you to use to create a special metal for the entire army and kingdoms," he declared, while Lola looked at the fruit before nodding.

"I'll do this for you, my future husband," she said excitedly.

Luffy ignored her and looked at Rebecca, analyzing her fruit. "This is the prototype of Kaido's Uo Uo no Mi. As I said earlier, it does not possess the same power or level as the original. However, it still gives you abilities like flying, creating flaming clouds, and a good fire charge. However, it is still flawed in the resilience that the original provides. But that you can work on over time. Your father is a great warrior, I'm sure you can reach a great level with Haki within this year," Luffy spoke, and Rebecca nodded in the end looking determined to save Dressrosa.

"Now, you can eat," he instructed, and both girls bit into the fruits, making faces, but still swallowing everything before Luffy could say they didn't need to eat the whole fruit.

'They want power...' Luffy thought, satisfied with that and cracked a smile.

"Great. Now you can go back to training. Remember, there will be no rest this year. So, become strong before we sail the seas again," he declared, and the girls nodded, returning to their training.

Luffy then left Skypeia, while the rest of his crew was training at various locations, further improving their skills. In the air, he could see Nami trying to control the wind transformed into Garuda at the edge of the island, while Reiju and Lami were fighting each other, which was not new.

Luffy ignored all this and headed to Amazon Lily, where the women also began their special training after Luffy gave them some training manuals; he wanted them to learn at least the six styles.

He landed at the Empress's castle and it didn't take long for Hancock to appear. "Luffy!" she exclaimed, raising her hands and running toward him.

"Hancock, what did I tell you about not getting out of bed? In less than 7 months, we'll have these children, and I want them to be born healthy," Luffy said, now that she had begun to show the first signs of the second month of pregnancy, with a slight bulge in her belly.

Luffy also noticed something among his girls, as they looked at Hancock's belly with a gleam of desire in their eyes. It was no lie that Luffy wanted to have a bunch of kids, and he already had many women for that, but he didn't want to have many children now with all the chaos happening. Despite this, it was also good for him to already have heirs, since he was not exempt from death, and leaving someone in the world to continue his legacy was important to him or any conqueror.

Luffy decided to let things go naturally; if any woman turned up pregnant, he would take care of his child like any father.

Anyway, he just picked up Hancock and went to bed, pampering her, as he often did. The girl also forced him to do this, taking up most of Luffy's free time.

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