“Genius”

"ROAR!" Roared the lion at the sight of an intruder who might steal his prey. For the wolf's part, she just looked at Yamamoto with caution in her huge gray eyes.

Yamamoto when he found himself at a medium distance stopped and watched the lion wanting to see what his next move would be. Whether it would attack him or follow up with its attack on the she-wolf and her cubs.

After a few seconds of contemplation, the lion decided to continue its attack on the she-wolf and ignore Yamamoto. This was because of Yamamoto's weak appearance that posed no threat, *They are underestimating me...* thought Yamamoto as he scratched his beard.

With its giant foreleg, the lion threw a punch straight at the she-wolf's head, Yamamoto did not stand still and using his top speed lunged towards the lion.

Although it had only been a few days since his fight against Eric, an improvement in his speed could be seen, even so, he had not yet gained any points in this statistic.

The she-wolf had to intercept the lion's blow with her own body because if she decided to dodge it this blow would kill her cubs, at that moment Yamamoto arrived close to the lion and turning her fist into flames she hit straight to the stomach of the ferocious beast.

PUM!

The fist of fire hit the lion who could do nothing, as he was attacking the she-wolf. The first threw him several meters backward, saving the she-wolf from his attack.

On the lion's body, you could see its skin burned by the fire and a small dent in it. This shows that the physical strength that Yamamoto currently possesses is no joke and is higher than an average adult human.

This time Yamamoto's fist of fire managed to make a fatal wound as it was at point-blank range and not at a medium or far distance, *Not bad for having only trained for two days* thought Yamamoto.

The lion made a snorting sound from the pain caused by Yamamoto's blow and clouded with anger he lunged straight at the old man, not caring about his former prey. Faced with the lion's imminent attack which was much faster than Eric, Yamamoto turned into particles of fire at the last second and the lion's claw passed through as if it had punched the air.

Yamamoto did not waste this opportunity and the lion's bewilderment, and attacked mercilessly using all his fire powers. Suffering the same fate as the mercenary Eric, the lion was burned to death, *He has more stamina than that man with the long fingernails* thought Yamamoto as he looked at the lion's limp body.

Yamamoto analyzed that this lion's stamina which was much greater than Eric's, even his punches would be on par or above his. Being able to reach approximately a physical strength of 20 or a little more.

However, his firepower was no joke and even if he was still in beginner he was very deadly and one of the most powerful logia.

Seeing that the lion was no longer moving, he looked at the she-wolf and noticed that she was lying on the ground badly wounded behind her were her 3 cubs who were sobbing beside her worried about her.

Yamamoto came closer, and Apis noticing the terrible state of the she-wolf ran with a worried face towards her, "Hey be careful" said Yamamoto stopping Apis who was about to get too close to the she-wolf.

If with her last strength, she considered Apis a threat and attacked her it would be difficult for Yamamoto to save her at such a short distance, "It's okay, she won't hurt me" said Apis in a serious and worried tone, this surprised Yamamoto so he let her approach and followed her very close in case something unexpected happened.

Apis quickly went carefully towards the she-wolf and in a moment she stopped, it seemed that he was communicating mentally with her, Yamamoto noticed the serious wounds of the she-wolf and knew that he couldn't be saved, although he had acted quickly to save her they were too late.

*If I could use Healing Kidō I could save her* thought Yamamoto a little sad for the fate of the she-wolf.

Apis talked to the she-wolf for a few minutes and at one point she started to tear up, Yamamoto was curious about her conversation but decided to wait. He noticed that Apis' devil fruit power was not just about communication, as somehow the girl knew that this she-wolf would not hurt her, maybe she feels some connection or something with the animals, Yamamoto thought.

The she-wolf looked up at Yamamoto's position with a grateful look, then she turned her head looking at her cubs with love, and gave them a last caress, finally, she closed her eyes slowly and laid her head on the cold ground, leaving this world forever.

At this Apis cried, although not as much as Ryu who knew her for a long time, she felt so much sadness for the she-wolf and she was only an 8-year-old girl. Yamamoto didn't know how to react to this situation, he just wanted to waste some time with Apis, since he had nothing to do and they ended up this way. He felt a kind of déjà vu.

"What did you talk about?" asked Yamamoto after a few minutes.

"She asked me to take care of her cubs" replied Apis wiping her tears and getting up from the spot, "She also told me that she was grateful that you saved her and asked you if you can take her home" she added.

Yamamoto at this put on a strange expression, *Do all animals have the same request before they die?* he thought.

"Well come on, where is your home?" replied Yamamoto noticing Apis' poor little angel look.

With a slight smile, Apis told her exactly what the she-wolf told Yamamoto, with this information he carried the she-wolf who luckily was a weight he could handle and they started walking in the direction of their home which was a cave. Apis grabbed and carried in her arms the 3 puppies that could barely walk with some difficulty.

Luckily for Yamamoto, in only 15 minutes they found the cave where the she-wolf was staying, unlike Ryu's home where they spent many hours looking for him.

Entering the cave, Yamamoto left the body of the she-wolf in the center which seemed to be where they slept, after that, they went out and headed to the village, *I could say that we completed the mission...* thought Yamamoto.

"Can you carry them?" asked Yamamoto to Apis noticing that he was walking with some difficulty, after all, her arms were very small.

"Yes I can" replied Apis with determination, she didn't want to fail the mother wolf and wanted to take care of these 3 puppies, "What shall we feed them?" asked Apis with concern in her tone.

*She is taking the role of a mother very seriously* thought Yamamoto satisfied that his plan of having an army of animals could come true, "We will feed them Sea King meat so they will grow strong" replied Yamamoto.

If they are fed Sea King meat as babies, how strong will they be as adults? Most likely they will surpass their mother and that lion.

As he looked at the houses in the village, Yamamoto wondered if Olvia and Robin had been able to complete Exercise 1 that he had given them. From his pocket he took out his watch and noticed that it had been more than 1 hour since he left with Apis, so most likely they had already finished the exercise or they got tired.

"Go home and take care of the puppies, I'll go get Olvia and Robin, then we'll cook the Sea King meat for them" said Yamamoto to Apis.

"Yes!" said Apis happily as she started running excitedly towards home, she wanted to show her grandfather Bokuden her new friends.

Yamamoto headed towards Olvia's house, he knocked on the door, and after a few minutes nobody opened it, "Are they still training?" whispered Yamamoto a bit surprised, since more than an hour had passed and they only had one exercise to do.

Again he went to the forest where he had previously explained to them about the Spiritual Power and the Kidō. To his pleasant surprise, he found Olvia sitting with her eyes closed doing the same movement with her hands since an hour ago, *Not bad* nodded Yamamoto satisfied by Olvia's discipline. As for Robin, he noticed her not far from her mother, taking a nap.

Olvia noticing the arrival of someone opened her eyes slowly, "Yamamoto-sensei you came back" she said with a smile.

"Yes sorry for leaving, how did the training go?" said Yamamoto in an apologetic tone, as he had told them that he would train them and only gave them the exercise and then left for more than 1 hour.

"That's ok" said Olvia with a smile, "I could feel the change in the intensity of the energy" she replied with a happy smile.

"Oh that's good" complimented Yamamoto as he scratched his beard, "How long did it take you?" he added in a questioning tone.

"Mm I could feel a change in intensity after about 40 minutes or so" replied Olvia.

*Oh not bad, for a person who never experimented with Spiritual Power it could be considered a good time* thought Yamamoto satisfied.

"That's a good time well done" said Yamamoto, Olvia nodded with a happy smile at the old man's compliment.

"By the way what happened to Robin, did she get tired of her training?" asked Yamamoto looking down at the sleeping Robin.

"Not so, after 30 minutes she came very excited to tell me that she felt the change in the quality of energy. After that she fell asleep, since she didn't sleep very well these days, because she stayed up late playing with Apis" explained Olvia with a proud smile while stroking Robin's hair.

*What? Only 30 minutes and she is an 8-year-old girl? She has a great potential to learn Kidō in this world...* thought Yamamoto with a lot of surprise for Robin's talent, if Olvia had a good time being an adult, this girl could be considered a genius in this world.