Vol. 04 Ch. 32 – Slap

Ace who even though he kept thinking about Arthur's words did not show his expression. He was just happy to be able to enjoy his time with his 2 brothers. While ASL built their secret base, Arthur also built a 20-meter obstacle course with various obstacles for their training. All obstacles in that path need someone to move it by pedaling with their feet and hands so that one of the ASL will use the obstacle course to train their speed and reflexes while those who pedal can exercise their muscular strength.

Luffy: "Wow ... so cool, we will train with this?" Luffy who is easily impressed continues to run around the obstacle course.

Sabo: "With this, we will definitely getting stronger, hm." Sabo was also amazed and nodded in agreement with Luffy.

Ace: "We will see who is the fastest among us, Sabo, Luffy."

Sabo: "I will not lose. Who wants to try first? "

Luffy: "Me, me, me, let me try first." Luffy was very excited to try the obstacle course.

Arthur: "Wait a minute, let me explain your training schedule. In the morning you will hunt for your food, during the day you will practice in the obstacle course, and in the evening you will learn about the knowledge you need when you sail later. "

ASL: "Eh ... study? I do not need it." Arthur immediately hit the heads of the three of them.

Arthur: "From now on you have to call me Sensei, what is your answer?"

ASL: "Yes, we understand, Sensei." They answered with a battered face.

Arthur: "Good, now I will explain how this obstacle course works."

Arthur began to explain how to operate the obstacle course. Sugar, Koala, and Bepo also joined ASL in obstacle training. Because Luffy wanted to try it first, so Ace and Sabo were tasked with moving the obstacles by pedaling. But when Ace tried to pedal alone, he failed to move at all because he wasn't strong enough, so Sabo finally helped and the obstacles moved successfully. This makes Ace and Sabo able to train their muscle strength. Luffy, who had been trained by Garp by living alone in the woods, had quite good reflexes, but still failed when many irregularly swinging balls made him fall into a pool of water.

Luffy: "Help, help, I can't swim, help!" Luffy screamed and struggled not to sink.

Sugar: "Try to stand up, stupid."

Luffy: "Uh, apparently not deep, I'm safe." Luffy with his innocent face stood up from the pool of water.

Sabo: "Luffy, before crossing the obstacle you must pay attention to all the paths of the ball swing." Sabo tried to give advice.

Arthur: "Luffy, come here immediately and replace Ace pedaling. Ace, your turn. "

Ace: "Yosh, finally I can try it." Ace jumps up and tries on the obstacle course.

Everyone started to try the obstacle course, but because Sugar and Bepo who had undergone Arthur's training got them a much faster time than the others, so only Koala joined ASL training. Of the 3 siblings, the one who has the fastest time is Sabo, followed by Ace who is not far from Sabo. Whereas the slowest Luffy is even slower than the Koala.

Finally, the sun began to set, Arthur asked ASL to take a bath in his house because they were very dirty. The three of them were very surprised to see the furniture of Arthur's house, Bepo and Law joined ASL to take a shower and show them how to work the bathtub. They all gather at the dining table after finishing showering.

Luffy: "Wow ... the bathroom is really big, I must have it on my ship later." Luffy who just joined in the dining room expressed his desire.

Sabo: "Hm, not bad, can rest a tired body."

Ace: "Damn, I still can't exceed Sabo's speed." Ace is still upset because he lost to Sabo in the obstacle course.

Arthur: "All three of you, hurry up sit down and eat."

Luffy: "Food." Luffy immediately ran and occupied the empty seat.

ASL: "Itadakimasu."

Baby-5: "From tomorrow you have to hunt for your own food, I will only prepare food for those who bring the prey."

Ace: "Sabo, let's see who can hunt the biggest prey. This time I will not lose. " Ace who does not want to lose still wants to challenge Sabo.

Sabo: "Oh, I'll bring the biggest prey."

Arthur: "Tomorrow noon after you finish your food hunting, I want you to gather on the practice field. I will start to train your body so you can master a fighting technique. And, eat calmly. " Arthur hit the three siblings' heads.

ASL: "Sorry."

Robin: "After this, you will come with me to learn about what you must know when sailing."

ASL: "Heh ... Ugh, we understand." The three of them want to complain but seeing Robin's smile that looks dark makes them agree.

Monet: "So what about Sugar's ability compared to others?"

Sugar: "Of course I'm the best, right, young master Arthur?"

Arthur: "For Sugar and Bepo, they don't need to join Ace and the others. You two can join Law training with Baby-5. But for Koala who just join us, she still needs more basic training."

Koala: "I'll try harder, captain."

Sabo: "Isn't Bepo the weakest in Sensei's crew?"

Hancock: "Pfft ... look at the wanted poster on the wall." Hancock wanted to laugh while answering Sabo's question.

Luffy: "Wow ... Arthur-Sensei has a bounty price of 250,000,000 B."

Ace: "Sugar also has a bounty price more than Bluejam, and for Bepo ..."

ASL: "EH !? 500 B !? " The three of them were shocked by the low prices of Bepo's bounty.

Bepo: "I'm sorry."

Sabo: "So we lost to pirates with lowest bounty 500 B."

Ace: "How is this possible? The marine must have mistakenly given Bepo's bounty price. " Bepo feels slapped by the words of ASL.

Dinner went cheerfully with lots of jokes and laughter. ASL moved their feet limply towards the study room following Robin. They begin to listen to Robin explain what they need to know about becoming a pirate.

Luffy: "Zzz ..."

Robin: "So, the world is divided into four parts by the Red Line and the Grand Line ..." Robin continues to give lessons to the three of them.

* Smack *

Luffy: "Ouch ... what is that ..." Luffy woke up from a blow on the back of his head.

Ace: "Zzz ..."

Robin: "The four seas are North Blue, East Blue, South Blue, and West Blue, or the four seas are known as the Blue Seas ..."

* Smack *

Ace: "Ouch ... who hit me ..." This time Ace was awakened by a punch on the back of his head.

Sabo: "Oi, you two, you better not fall asleep or there will be a slap alarm behind your head to wake you up, Robin-Sensei is more frightening than Arthur-Sensei."

Sabo did not know where the slap came from behind their head, but if they dared to fall asleep then the slap using Busoshoku Haki would be very painful ready to wake them up. He felt Robin was scarier than Arthur because Arthur still held back his strength, but not for Robin this time. Her slap was so painful that Sabo shed cold sweat on his forehead not daring to ignore Robin's lesson, but he also knew that this lesson was important.