Complete Plan

Hearing his words, others also looked at Liam. They also expected the answer, especially Sanji.

"There is a difference, a huge difference. And, that is experience."

"Huh?"

Everyone looked at him with confusion while Liam calmly explained.

"When Luffy met you, both of you were at similar levels of strength. Luffy might be stronger than you but your strength was his weakness."

Hearing his words, Zoro nodded his head. Luffy was indeed stronger than him but he was also weak against slashes.

"Luffy and you began to grow stronger as we traveled. When you fought against Mihawk and slowly realized the realm of cutting the iron, you finally unlocked a mental block."

"This was an experience where your strength grew significantly but there is a difference. When you unlocked this mental block, your swordsmanship grew, not only your physical strength or Haki."

"So, this experience or growth slowly started to move in two different paths. Luffy grew stronger through fighting and you also grew stronger through fighting."

"But when Luffy grew stronger, it made his body stronger. When you grew stronger, it made your Swordsmanship stronger. Whether it was cutting the iron or launching flying slashes, it was all part of swordsmanship."

"And, here comes the problem. While Luffy has been growing stronger, he is also accumulating a lot of physical energy. You can think of physical energy as an ingredient for growth."

"When overused, it will lead you to have no growth for a long time and when underused, it will only make your body stagnant for a long time."

"Even before Luffy started his journey, his body had already reached its limit and had remained stagnant. As he began to fight stronger battles, his body began to slowly open up and this led to his fast growth."

"This is his physical block. You overcame your mental block, he overcame his physical block. But, the difference is that human strength has a limit whether as a child or as an adult. Sanji should understand this clearly."

Hearing his words, Sanji couldn't help but remember his past.

Because humans have limits, his father created inhuman with the help of technology. Those cold-blooded monsters with extraordinary strength but no humanity.

Everyone looked at Sanji in surprise as he explained.

"A bastard experimented on my mother and when she gave birth to a child, that child will have an extraordinary strength but at the cost of his humanity. That is so-called breaking the human limits."

Only then some people understand the darkness inside Sanji's heart.

Liam nodded his head and said.

"This limit can only be overcome with Haki. When Luffy started his journey, he began to open his stagnant body but there was a limit to how much he could open."

"For example, when I went through that extreme training, I opened all of my stagnant body and led to an astonishing growth but it led to the depletion of my physical energy."

"So, originally, I couldn't grow stronger by training for months. If it wasn't for my devil fruit, I wouldn't be getting stronger right now."

"So, when Luffy got that medicine, he opened his stagnant body and utilized all of that underutilized physical energy. This led to an astonishing growth in his physical strength and Haki."

"And Zoro couldn't do this because he didn't have a physical block but rather a mental block which he overcame in those previous battles. But, it didn't mean he didn't grow."

"After all, he did train a lot especially his physical strength so he had a lot of underutilized physical energy which led to such a high growth. Sanji was similar but both of them didn't have stagnant bodies like Luffy's."

Hearing his words, Zoro asked.

"But why? I mean, I also went through hard training. I also use my strength during battle. Why is the difference so high?"

Hearing his words, Liam thought for a moment and spoke.

"I am not exactly sure if this is a reason but I can make a scenario for you to understand it better. Imagine if there are two wells in front of you."

"One of the wells has a lever to pull up the water while the other doesn't have a lever. The one with a lever has a scientific method to make it easier for a person to pull up the water."

"It has a lot of core mechanism that makes this process easier. Yes, you still need strength but there is a proper process. But on the other hand, the well without lever has no plans, no process, no shortcuts, just raw strength."

"Your focus was swordsmanship. You wanted to make your swordsmanship stronger. For that, you did a lot of physical strength but all of it was planned. It had a certain rhythm to help your swordsmanship."

"But, Luffy's training was different. It was fighting powerful animals or bandits, or his brother. It was random but at the same time, it was hard. Because there was no lever in his training."

"So, both of you grew stronger, but because of the process, the results were different. And, talent is also a main factor. Just look at me! Because I started, I was weaker than you and Sanji."

"Now, no offense but I am stronger than both of you combined. With my devil fruit and my growing talent, I became stronger than you. But, still, I couldn't surpass Luffy."

"Why? Because my talent is similar to that of yours but because of my devil fruit, I quickly managed to surpass you guys. But, even so, Luffy's talent is still several times higher than mine."

"So, while I could surpass you guys, I couldn't surpass him even with my devil fruit. But, you don't have to worry. If you manage to learn Advance Forms of Haki or get different types of power boosts, then you can still grow stronger."

"The advantage of being a swordsman is that you can grow your Haki, your physical strength while having another power boost from swordsmanship."

"And, Sanji already has a hidden potential. With his new devil fruit, he can easily reach the heights of Admiral and surpass them. So, no need to worry about it."

Hearing his words, Sanji and Zoro felt a little better. After all, they do not want to drag their Captain and Vice-Captain down.

So, they had a great desire to grow stronger but growing stronger can't be fast if you do not have a talent like Luffy or cheat like Liam.

"Shouldn't we discuss more about the plan than this?" Robin spoke as she sensed a deep silence.

"Oh, yes! I almost forgot about the plan."

Liam suddenly realized that he got so deep with his plan to inspire Nami that he completely forgot about the plan.

Splash!

A large splash of water fell on the deck but before it could wet the map, Liam had already picked it up.

"So, I will be facing Kuzan while Luffy will face Borsalino."

"Borsa who?" Luffy interrupted in confusion.

"Kizaru! His real name is Borsalino. Anyway, your opponent is a man with a lewd face that looks like he owes a punch. He acts lazily with confidence and his mantra is 'Speed is Power' 'Have you ever been kicked at the Speed of Light?'."

"He wears a yellow stripe clothes. Just remember this!"

Luffy nodded his head and Liam continued.

"Among three vice admirals, Zoro will face one while Sanji will face the other. As for the third, Robin will indeed face him but she won't face him alone."

"Franky will be there to help her. At the same time, there are six rear admirals, right? It is not uncommon for Rear Admirals to know Haki but it is indeed rare."

"So, it is Vivi's job to take care of most Rear Admirals as soon possible. Nami and Chopper will also fight rear Admirals on their own. Usopp will give cover to all three of you while fighting one of the Rear Admirals."

"With his Observation Haki, he should be able to toy with a Rear Admiral. Our goal is not to wait until we have a life-and-death battle. No, we must finish this battle as soon as possible."

"So, Straw Hat Fleet won't enter this battle. Their goal is to end Ten Commodore, Twenty Captains, and Six Thousand Marine Soldiers immediately."

"Before, it should be impossible but now..."

As he spoke, he turned his head at Mikita and others.

Mikita nodded her head and said.

"We will finish this battle before you start."

Hearing his words, Liam asked.

"So, what do you think?"

Everyone nodded their heads with satisfaction. It was indeed a good plan, especially with Vivi.

Because of her Logia fruit, as long as she doesn't face a powerful enemy who can use Haki, she will easily win.

Liam nodded his head in satisfaction as well. And, he took out a Transponder Snail.

"By the way, I did mention it before. And, let me say it again."

"We will be broadcasting our battle. That means the entire world will see our battle, battle styles, and even power weapons. So, after this battle, you must improve yourself."