Chapter 5 Perseverance

"Ahhh!" Cyril groaned as he woke up. It was Saturday and he was heading out to the forest to test out his strength against some trees and to continue training.

It was 6am and his parents weren't up yet although his father would be up in about an hour so Cyril got ready and left a note on the table telling them that he was heading to the forest to play with some friends.

Cyril wanted to test out his haki and since it wouldn't be shown and no one was on the street he applied it to the soles of his feet as he ran towards the forest. He was much faster now, at least twice as fast as he originally was.

He reached the forest in about 10 minutes at his max speed. "Hmm that wasn't that bad it normally takes about 30 minutes to make it here but now I did it 10 then again I don't normally run it here." he said as he walked deeper into the forest.

Once Cyril thought he was sufficiently deep into the forest he found a tree which was about 30cm thick and wrapped his fists in haki. He took the punching position shown in the Primate Body Training Manual and started bashing the tree. Each punch created an imprint 1cm thick.

This continued for 30 minutes and after one punch his haki broke and the tree fell. Although the tree was battered and destroyed practically after his haki broke his knuckles were bleeding from the last punch.

In the Primate Body Training Manual it stated that using haki was fine while training it although the effects would be diminished. It even had the stages with and without haki. 'I guess they gave me a special haki version.' Cyril thought while resting by the broken tree.

He wrapped his right hand in bandages which he had brought from home to stop the bleeding. Cyril also had an idea. "Since Haki is vitality if I send it towards the wound will it speed up it's healing?" he mumbled to him self while send haki towards the wound. After a minute it stopped bleeding and just in case Cyril wrapped some bandages around his left hand.

There were 3 stages in the Primate Body Training Manual and 3 moves one all moves reached a stage you are considered to have reached the stage. The first move was to punch an object namely a tree repeatedly till it broke. Once you could break a 30cm thick tree without suffering any injuries and without haki you would have gotten that move to stage one. Stage 2 was to do the same thing to a tree of 60cm thick and the third stage was to do so to a tree which was 1.2m thick.

The second move was to do the same thing but with your legs and the third move was to throw these various objects into the air and let them hit you to increase your over all endurance.

Cyril wasn't a madman so first he did so with haki but after he would do it with out since although it was minimal his body was still being trained while using haki.

Cyril continued to do this with haki eventually he destroyed a tree which was 60cm thick with haki. Each punch made a 3cm thick imprint on the tree. Being able to destroy a 60cm thick tree with haki also meant that he had reached the first stage of the first move.

So he tried it out and each of his punches made a 1.5cm thick imprint on the tree and he soon destroyed the 30 cm thick tree without haki.

It was already around 2pm so Cyril decided to head back to his home while healing the injuries under the bandages with haki on the way.

Cyril was very careful as he didn't want to be punished by 02 so he kept his hands in his pockets as there were tons of people on the streets unlike earlier that day. Once Cyril had reached his house he chucked the bandages into a dustbin and went inside.

When he went in he greeted his mother and watched a bit of tv while waiting for lunch. "What're you watching Cyril?" Cyril's mother asked "Oh. I am watching Space Fighters Z." he replied "Oh okay." she said.

Although you all probably know by now the works of fiction in this world were different to that of Earth meaning when it came to One Piece Cyril had the absolute advantage as no one knew about it here. This will allow him to make the right decisions when needed especially when it comes to devil fruit.

Soon after lunch was finished. It was good ol fish and chips. Cyril ate in a hurry and nearly choked on his food "OI! Slow down there Cyril what's the rush?" his mother said "Oh I just want to go back and play." Cyril replied while slowing down his eating speed.

Soon he finished and bade his mother farewell as he ran to the forest at a moderate speed as to not attract any unwanted attention. Once he was there he continued his training with the second move. With his experience with the first move and his body already being quite strengthened he finished the second move in 3 hours. Managing to create a 2cm deep imprint without haki and a 4cm deep one with it.

Although this was more than his fists since he had already strengthened his body prior and the fact that the legs are able to exert more power it was within Cyril's predictions. This time as well he sustained no injuries with his shoes although they looked a bit worn and were torn in some place.

While Cyril rested he was crying on the inside 'Why do I have to be a f*cking masochist! This third move is garbage!' he thought while lamenting that he had to reach stage one if he wanted to get the prize on Friday which could very well be a devil fruit.

So unwillingly Cyril started to throw the trees he had broken up into the air with the strength he had acquired through haki and his training. Then he stood straight and strentched his haki around his head and shoulders.

He continued to do this for hours. When ever he needed more trees he broke more tree. He did this till it was 9pm, luckily just before he had made it to the 1st stage meaning that now his body should be perfectly balanced.

He cleaned the blood off his body with a cloth and a water bottle then he headed home. Cyril was quite tired so he walked it instead of running. Today he persevered through hell and he would reap the rewards on Friday.

But Cyril learnt one thing NO ONE can know his training method or else they'd all call him a masochist at school "F*ck you 02." Cyril cursed silently while heading home.

He ate dinner and went to bed relatively early going for an early morning again tomorrow.