56. Rayleigh: Would You Like To See What You're Talking About?

Night.

Inside the dining room of the Platinum Angel—

Rob, Robin, and Uta are eating. Uta no longer needs help; she can now hold her small utensils and eat by herself.

"What the hell!"

While eating, Robin's little face was full of dissatisfaction, and she said:

"That woman named Shakky doesn't trust us very much! Maybe she has already started to investigate our details now! Even though Oni-chan said he is Mr. Crocus' disciple."

Robin hadn't reacted to Shakky's distrust at the time, but now it bothered her.

Robin's heart was full of discomfort. She doubted Shakky but couldn't bear anyone doubting Rob. When it came to Rob, Robin was irrational and blindly defended him.

Even Uta said:

"That old aunt is a bad woman!"

Hearing Robin and Uta's unconditional defense of him, Rob smiled cheerfully. He was the type to help his loved ones and appreciated their unreasonable behavior.

"Senior Rayleigh is her lover," Rob smiled and comforted them, saying:

"So there's nothing wrong with being cautious. If a stranger came to me, you'd be just as vigilant, wouldn't you? In short, there's no need to be angry; we just need to wait here!"

"Afterwards, if Senior Rayleigh is really willing to give me some advice on how to fight, that would be great. If not, it doesn't matter, we'll just deliver Mr. Crocus' letter."

After hearing what Rob said, Robin and Uta both nodded and didn't express their dissatisfaction anymore.

Anyway, this matter is really harmless!

Three days later.

While the three of them were playing around on the Platinum Angel, Rayleigh, still with black hair, dressed in black clothes similar to a kimono and holding a small flagon in his hand, leisurely came over.

"Yo! Are you Crocus' disciple?"

Rayleigh came over, looking directly at Rob on the boat.

"Sorry! I came back a little late! I just returned to Sabaody today, so I kept you waiting for so long!"

Rob shook his head and smiled:

"No, it's not too late! Senior Rayleigh... I've heard of you for a long time!"

Now in his sixties, Rayleigh was truly a mature, attractive, and handsome old man!

Of course.

All the strong—

Even those born with bad intentions must have a unique charm in some aspects, but if they are not of the same kind, they can't feel that special charm!

After a simple hello, Rob invited Rayleigh onto the boat for a talk, starting with Crocus' current situation. After some chatting, the atmosphere on the boat naturally became better and better.

Not long after, Rayleigh shifted the topic to what Crocus had asked him to do:

"Rob, how many Haki have you mastered?"

Hearing Rayleigh's question, Rob froze for a moment, then told the truth:

"Hmm... I can use all the three Haki's!"

Hearing this, Rayleigh paused his drinking for a moment.

Rayleigh nodded:

"Is that so? It seems you have mastered Observation Haki and Armament Haki very well! Just as Crocus said, what you lack is combat experience."

After hearing Rayleigh's words, Rob shook his head:

"No! Right now, my Observation Haki can't reach the level of predicting the future. If Senior Rayleigh can help me reach this level, I will be very grateful to you!"

Hearing Rob's words, the corner of Rayleigh's mouth twitched. Did this kid think that Observation Haki, which can predict the future, could be easily achieved?

After a moment of silence, Rayleigh said helplessly:

"Boy! Do you realize what you're asking? The number of people who can use Observation Haki to predict the future can be counted on one hand across the entire sea!"

"You want this old man to help you train your Observation Haki to that level? You're asking a lot!"

Rob looked at Rayleigh with burning eyes, his face confident and serious:

"Yes! Senior Rayleigh... No, Mr. Rayleigh!"

"My Haki is very powerful, whether it's Observation Haki, Armament Haki, or Conqueror's Haki—in terms of strength and growth potential, no one can surpass me in the whole ocean!"

"My current Armament Haki has reached its limit, and my Conqueror's Haki is at the top level. Only my Observation Haki hasn't yet reached the highest known level—the ability to predict the future!"

Rob paused, his face full of excitement:

"But soon!"

"I can feel that my Observation Haki is just a step away from predicting the future. I just need a strong partner to help me, and I'll reach that stage soon!"

Rayleigh instantly understood what Rob meant. Simply put—

Rob wanted him to be a training partner, a whetstone, to help him accumulate combat experience and push his Observation Haki to the next level.

Rayleigh didn't know how to respond to Rob's idea. He could only think—

It's wonderful how young people think.

Taking a sip of wine, Rayleigh looked at Rob:

"I don't mind being your whetstone to hone your strength, especially since Crocus asked me. But I'm not very free, so the time will be the same as when you were training with others. Half a year, within this half year, I'll be your training partner!"

"How much you improve depends on your own talent! How about it?"

Rob grinned at Rayleigh and said:

"Half a year is enough! Thank you, Mr. Rayleigh, for agreeing! Hahaha..."

Although Rayleigh said he would train with him for half a year, Rob was sure he could use Rayleigh as a good whetstone to sharpen his Observation Haki to the point of predicting the future in less than half a year!

As he had said—

His Observation Haki was really just one step away from predicting the future!

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