Chapter 37 Sea Calendar Year 1519

“How was it?

How much money did we get?”

Seeing Kaguya return, Nami immediately asked excitedly.

“23 million Berries, but I just ordered another batch of Sea Kings from the Chamber of Commerce boss.

So this money won’t stay with us for long.”

“Ah~”

Nami let out a long, disappointed sigh.

“Stop ‘ah’-ing, it’s time to head back.”

Kaguya tapped Nami’s little head and then gave the order for the sailors to set sail for home.

On the way back this time, they encountered no accidents.

By evening, they arrived at Cocoyasi Village.

It was already late at night, and the villagers of Cocoyasi Village had already gone to rest.

Kaguya shouted to the sailors on the ship, “It’s getting late.

Those from Cocoyasi Village can go home to rest, and those from other villages can sleep on the ship for the night.

Go back tomorrow at daybreak.”

“Thank you, Lord Kaguya!”

The sailors thanked him one after another and dispersed.

After telling Moomoo that he could move freely in the nearby waters for the coming days, Kaguya took Nami and Nojiko back to the tangerine orchard.

Upon returning home, the two girls headed straight for the bedroom.

Kaguya knew they were tired, both physically and mentally.

So tonight, he didn’t go to spar with them over combat techniques.

The next day, the news of the trio’s return spread after the sailors went home.

At the same time, the news that they had killed another notorious Pirate Crew also spread.

The nearby villages were all very envious that Cocoyasi Village had Kaguya staying there.

Some quick-witted people even brought their unmarried daughters to visit the tangerine orchard at Nami’s home.

On the first day, Nami would entertain them out of politeness, but after several days of visits, the clever Nami knew exactly what they were up to.

Like a mother hen protecting her chicks, Nami directly placed a hemispherical Barrier over the tangerine orchard, giving those people no chance at all.

Kaguya had no objection to this; he was also happy to have some peace and quiet.

The three of them began to cultivate quietly.

With the high-energy supplement of Sea King meat, their training volume increased every day.

When the Sea King meat was about to run out, the Chamber of Commerce’s fleet arrived.

They delivered another batch of Sea King meat.

Over the next six months, the Chamber of Commerce would come every half month to deliver a batch of Sea King meat.

Kaguya’s Berries were decreasing at a visible rate, but the strength of the three was also rapidly improving.

Every morning, they would undergo physical training; this training was uniform, and both Nami and Nojiko had to participate.

In the afternoon, Kaguya and Nojiko would conduct swordsmanship training.

Meanwhile, Nami was developing her fruit abilities.

In the blink of an eye, six months had passed.

Nojiko and Nami’s physical fitness had increased by more than ten times.

The two girls’ physical fitness was now almost as strong as Zoro’s when he first set out to sea.

The thousand-jin boulder Kaguya had previously used for training was now the training equipment for the two girls.

Under Kaguya’s sparring and guidance, Nojiko’s swordsmanship had also successfully reached the minor mastery stage.

As for Nami, her Barrier could now cover the entire island and could even function like Doflamingo’s Birdcage, possessing offensive capabilities, controllability, and the function to block den den mushi communications.

At the same time, she had also researched many types of offensive methods.

For example, turning a Barrier into a giant sword, or having a giant Barrier spike suddenly appear behind an enemy…

The two girls’ strength had progressed tremendously, and Kaguya’s strength had also improved significantly.

Now, his Six Powers were no longer at the entry level.

Instead, they could be considered proficient.

In terms of swordsmanship, he could now unleash a Flying Slash with a casual swing.

Although he still needed full concentration to unleash a high-powered slash, a casual swing was enough if he just wanted to kill some weak enemies.

His Observation Haki, after years of cultivation and natural growth, could now clearly perceive everything within a ten-kilometer radius.

Although he still couldn’t do something as abnormal as predicting the future, Nami’s sneak attacks were no longer useful against him.

For instance, with Nami’s move of condensing a giant Barrier spike from behind, Kaguya could sidestep the moment the Barrier just began to take shape and simultaneously tap Nami’s forehead with the back of his blade.

Whenever this happened, Nami would stomp her feet in a huff, while Nojiko would cover her mouth and chuckle on the side.

“Your physical strength is almost there; next, I plan to teach you the Six Powers.”

Kaguya stood in the clearing of the tangerine orchard, sunlight casting mottled shadows on him through the leaves.

Nami and Nojiko stood opposite him, their eyes sparkling with anticipation.

“The Six Powers?”

Nami tilted her head, her finger lightly tapping her chin.

“Is that the martial art that lets you fly through the air?”

“Exactly.”

Kaguya smiled slightly.

“The Six Powers are Shave, Iron Body, Paper Art, Moonwalk, Tempest Kick, and Finger Pistol.

Each has its own unique use and power.”

Nojiko tightened her grip on Yubashiri, her eyes burning with fighting spirit.

“Sounds interesting, when do we start?”

“Now.”

Kaguya’s figure blurred, and he instantly appeared behind the two, lightly tapping their shoulders.

“This is’Shave’, achieving high-speed movement by kicking the ground dozens of times in an instant to generate explosive reaction force.”

Nami’s eyes widened.

“So fast!

It’s just like teleportation!”

In the following days, the three began even more rigorous training.

Kaguya patiently guided them through the essentials of every movement, starting with the most basic’Shave’.

At first, Nami and Nojiko were always falling all over the place because they couldn’t control their strength well, but they didn’t give up, falling down time and again, only to get back up each time.

The training for ‘Iron Body’ was even more painful.

Kaguya had them hit each other’s bodies with wooden sticks until they could instantly tighten their muscles to withstand the attacks.

Nojiko’s arms were soon covered in bruises, but she clenched her teeth and didn’t make a sound.

Although Nami’s eyes were watering from the pain, she still stubbornly demanded to continue.

The training for ‘Paper Art’ was full of fun.

Kaguya had them close their eyes and rely on their physical intuition to dodge the pebbles he threw.

Nami was initially so angry she was jumping up and down, but gradually, her body began to become light, as if she could perceive the flow of the air.

Time passed quickly in training, and in a flash, another four months had gone by.

It was now the Sea Calendar Year 1519.

In another year, Luffy would set out to sea.

That magnificent era was about to arrive, but Kaguya felt he wasn’t ready yet.

He still hadn’t figured out how to release Armament Haki.

During these four months, except for being called by Tashigi to accompany her twice, Kaguya had been cultivating in Cocoyasi Village.

But he hadn’t even seen a shadow of Armament Haki.

His current physical strength was already very abnormal; in terms of physical condition alone, it was enough to release Armament Haki, but he had no cultivation method and simply didn’t know how to stimulate the Armament Haki within his body.

So he could only exercise his body frantically every day, increasing his physical strength in an attempt to rely on his body to automatically stimulate Armament Haki.

While Kaguya had no progress on his end, the progress of the two girls was gratifying.

Nami successfully learned Shave, Moonwalk, Tempest Kick, and Finger Pistol.

As for Iron Body and Paper Art, after they had practiced for a while, Kaguya stopped letting her practice them.

Because of the Barrier-Barrier Fruit, she didn’t really need to learn these two techniques.

On Nojiko’s side, under her hard training, she had successfully entered the basic level of all Six Powers.

Now she just needed to continue training to let her body completely master the force-exertion techniques of the Six Powers, moving from entry-level to proficiency.