You stupid Kappa!

Wano Country, Udon

A region located southeast of Wano Country that is currently under the rule of the All-Star Queen of the Beasts Pirates. A weapon factory was built here where the workforce is mostly prisoners that tried to rebel against the Shogun Orochi.

Inside one of the cells located inside the factory, a muscular middle-aged man with messy black hair was currently tied against the wall.

"Damn, my stomach is hurting again." He complained as he glared at the silhouette beside him.

"It's all your fault you damn kappa, not only am I being held here beside you but they are also feeding me poisonous fish."

The kappa who was also tied to the wall laughed, "Kapapapa, you already survived for 2 years so you don't have to worry about dying because of hunger."

A few veins appeared on the middle-aged man's face as he said in anger, "Just you wait when the time comes my student comes and save me I will surely cook you up."

When the middle-aged man talked about his student the kappa who was laughing suddenly turned serious and asked, "Are you absolutely sure that the young princess is alright?"

"What the hell, Kawamatsu! you already asked this a million times! your little princess is already with that Whitebeard guy." The middle-aged man said in annoyance.

Kawamatsu snorted and replied, "It's because I don't trust you, Yami. you didn't even teach your student the proper way to use Ryou and just told him to master the flow of energy on his body without even teaching him how to harden the energy."

Hearing Kawamatsu belittling his teachings, Yami tried to escape from his chain wanting to punch Kawamatsu's mouth, "You stupid kappa, I didn't teach him hardening because I know that it will be useless against Kaido. I told him to continue training the flow of energy on his body so that once his conqueror's haki awakens it will be a lot easier for him to master infusion."

Kawamatsu kept shaking his head and sighed, "Poor Kenshin, he really is unlucky to have a master like you."

But Yami just smirked and said, "You know nothing about Kenshin, when that bird tried to capture us Kenshin unconsciously used his conqueror's haki knocking all of King's subordinates which gave him the chance to escape."

He then looked up above and said confidently, "He is a direct descendent of our Shimotsuki Clan, so you better not underestimate him."

Front Entrance, Fishman Island

A month quickly passed by and Jinbe still continued to teach Kenshin the basics of Armament Haki which is Hardening.

"Kenshin, try hardening your fist using the flow of energy that is circulating inside your body," Jinbe said as he taught Kenshin how to use hardening.

Kenshin nodded his head and closed his eyes, he focused the flow of energy on his face and tried to make it solidify the energy, As the flow of energy started to solidifying Kenshin's fist turned black.

Seeing this, Jinbe then told Kenshin to punch the boulder they placed outside of the guardhouse.

With a banda tied on his eyes, Kenshin sensed the boulder in his surroundings and punched towards it destroying it completely.

"Good job, you already learned the general idea on how to harden your body now the only thing left to do is to keep on practicing it until you can freely use it," Jinbe said with a smile on his face, Kenshin learning hardening in a short time wasn't really a surprise to Jinbe because he already knew how to control the energy in his body the only thing left was to teach him how to solidify and harden that energy in order to coat it on his skin.

Turning his head towards Jinbe, Kenshin gave a slight bow and said, "Thank you for patiently teaching me how to use hardening, Jinbe."

"You don't need to thank me, I did it because I wanted you to become stronger. aren't you are our big boss?" Jinbe said trying to tease Kenshin.

Hearing Jinbe calling him big boss Kenshin scratched the back of his head and said, "I already told you not to speak of it until I have finally managed to prove myself to the people of Fishman Island."

He then tried to change the topic and asked, "Any news regarding the reformation of the Fishman District?"

Jinbe nodded his head and said, "We already started building the sea park, with the help of the treasures you have given us we easily purchased all the things we need."

"That's good, I hope that after the sea park is built the fishmen from the district will take this opportunity to also reform themselves and not be driven by hate," Kenshin said as he sat down on the ground and continued his training leaving Jinbe standing staring at him with a smile on his face.