Uncle Witt's Special Training

They were then placed into baskets and lowered into the water. Once submerged, the Rainbow Light Fish meat showed not a trace of blood.

No wonder Uncle Witt had told them to eat it raw!

Luo Han and Cole immediately began stuffing themselves! At least, it counted as stuffing themselves for him!

After half a Rainbow Light Fish, Luo Han already felt his limit. If he ate any more, he felt like the energy would burst his body apart.

Yet Cole had eaten two and still did not feel full. What kind of monster constitution was that?

Luo Han suddenly felt that Cole ought to be the strongest creature of land, sea, and air in the World of Pirates. Yet Cole had never been mentioned in the anime from his previous life.

Could it be that without "him," Cole had ultimately never gone to sea, and thus never became famous?

No! A human shield like this had to stay by his side. Only then would he feel safe going out to sea.

And Cole could fly too, so there was no need to worry about storms capsizing the ship and sending them into the sea.

For a moment, Luo Han sank into his own fantasies!

"Right, once you're done eating, hurry over to this side of the square!" Uncle Witt called out to Luo Han and Cole, then walked to the other side of the square.

Luo Han and Cole hurried after him.

The tree roots on the other side of the square were covered in white marks, yet none had broken the bark.

This was another miraculous trait of the Divine Tree. The roots beneath the water's surface were relatively fragile.

However, the parts above the water were extremely tough. Even ordinary Armament Haki attacks could not break through the Divine Tree's bark.

Luo Han and Cole stood on opposite sides of the square, looking at Uncle Witt in the center.

"The special training is to attack me!" Uncle Witt waved a hand. "Use all your strength! Come on!"

After exchanging a glance, Luo Han and Cole crouched slightly. They sprang forward in an instant, moving fairly quickly. Cole in particular— it was hard to imagine how that tall, fat body could unleash such explosive speed.

But in Uncle Witt's eyes, that was all it amounted to.

The instant Luo Han and Cole closed in on Uncle Witt and threw their punches—

Uncle Witt shifted slightly to one side and caught the arms they had punched with in each hand.

Then, with a casual flick, he flung them away. Bang! Bang! Two heavy impacts rang out. Luo Han lay on the square and did not get up right away. These tree roots were hard! He rubbed the shoulder he had struck, which was aching a little.

Cole really was tough. That impact did not faze him at all, and he rolled over and got right back up!

This time, Cole was different from before. The muscles all over his body bulged and rippled.

At a height of one hundred and eighty centimeters, wisps of white steam rose from his entire body!

With a whoosh, Cole shot toward Uncle Witt at incredible speed.

An explosive sound reached Luo Han's ears.

Cole's fist struck Uncle Witt in the stomach, and a ring of invisible white airwaves spread between them.

"Luo Han! How much longer are you going to lie there?" Uncle Witt held back Cole's fist and saw Luo Han still sprawled on the ground, making him flare up in anger.

"Don't disgrace the Devil Fruit your father and mother traded their lives for."

Luo Han froze!

He stood up, his expression turning serious. He might not strive for the expectations of others, but if he wanted to go out to sea someday, he had to become stronger.

"I'm coming, Uncle Witt." Luo Han's gaze sharpened. Clenching his fists, he charged toward Uncle Witt.

"That's the look!" Uncle Witt laughed loudly.

Bang! Bam! Bang!

Time passed amid Uncle Witt's special training!

The training continued until nightfall—or rather, they spent the entire time being pummeled by Uncle Witt's iron fists.

By the end, Luo Han ached all over, with bruises in many places.

Rainbow Light Fish only provided energy, allowing people to train for long periods. It could not heal injuries.

Only Cole kept taking beatings as though nothing had happened, and the injuries on his body had already vanished from sight.

Uncle Witt also revealed a surprised, delighted expression.

Perhaps even he had not expected that Zoan Kun Kun Fruit to be so powerful. Of course, Cole's talent was genuinely exceptional as well.

After saying goodbye to Uncle Witt and the others, Luo Han and Cole returned home.

Once home, Luo Han put away the half Rainbow Light Fish Uncle Witt had given him earlier.

"You're back, Little Han! Come eat some fish cake!" Grandma Mo said when she saw Luo Han return.

"Okay, Grandma."

"You must be exhausted! Look at all these injuries!" Grandma Mo came forward, took Luo Han's hand, and said tenderly.

"It's fine. I ate a Scale Fruit, so I'll be better by tomorrow morning," Luo Han replied softly.

After dinner, he went to Green Cliff as usual. Luo Han lay on the grass. The special training that afternoon had dealt him quite a blow.

That morning, he had thought his body could absorb the Scale Fruit's enhancements very well. It seemed that the excessive enhancement that morning had been due to the Mind Fruit's power.

As for exactly what effect of the Mind Fruit's power had caused it, Luo Han still did not know.

The only thing he knew was that his physical talent was simply too poor.

Uncle Witt had also said that Luo Han should focus on developing his Devil Fruit power in the future.

That made sense! He had never admired close-quarters, fist-to-fist combat anyway.

I'm just an ordinary guy who wants to settle battles from ten kilometers away. The less physical contact, the better.

Luo Han mocked himself a little.

"Wow! Brother Han, you're already here." Cole trudged toward Luo Han with heavy steps.

"Yeah. Cole, we're not training tonight," Luo Han replied from where he lay on the grass.

"Oh!"

Cole came over and lay beside Luo Han, staring at the star-filled sky. He thought that Brother Han seemed a little different tonight.

"Cole, from now on, I'm going to focus on developing my Devil Fruit power." Luo Han spoke helplessly. "You saw today's special training too. I can't keep up with you anymore."

Cole looked at Luo Han in utter confusion, unable to understand what that had to do with training.

Perhaps in Cole's eyes, Luo Han was still the opponent who could spar with him like before. But that was no longer possible. Now, Cole could crush Luo Han one-sidedly.

Luo Han was absorbed in his thoughts and ignored Cole.

Cole did not mind. He lay there watching the stars. In Cole's mind, as long as he was with Brother Han, it did not matter whether they trained or not.

Luo Han counted the stars, thinking about what Uncle Witt had said after training ended that afternoon.

Luo Han's physical talent was not merely ordinary—it was even worse than that of normal people. At most, he could bully the clumsy Cole from before his body had been enhanced.

Ordinary children on the island could generally consume an entire Rainbow Light Fish after eating a Scale Fruit, but Luo Han alone could not even manage half of one.

Today's special training had basically been a spar between Cole and Uncle Witt. Each time Luo Han went up, he was flung back almost instantly.

So he should follow his original plan and develop Psychokinesis!

Otherwise, he truly would have no chance of keeping up with Cole! Maybe one day, Cole would go to sea, become famous, and leave behind a dazzling legend in the World of Pirates. Meanwhile, he, a transmigrator who fancied himself the protagonist, would remain unknown his entire life and might never even leave the island!

The thought was terrifying!

Returning to the development of Psychokinesis, he had to use the Mind Fruit's power to develop Psychokinesis.

First, he needed to understand the essence of the Mind Fruit's power. Luo Han already had some guesses about that.

At its core, the mind was a subjective force. It could not directly bring real changes to its user. For example, if you wanted someone dead, would they die? No! Thoughts could not kill people. Only taking action could possibly kill someone.

But the Mind Fruit could turn that fantasy of "thinking someone to death" into an achievable power.

Luo Han called this ability Mind Manifestation! This was the most terrifying aspect of the Mind Fruit.

However, the ability to manifest conceptual powers likely required many restrictions before it could be achieved.

In Luo Han's view, one condition was the hardest to fulfill: to use the Mind Fruit's power to manifest a conceptual ability, the Devil Fruit user had to believe from the depths of their mind that such a conceptual ability truly existed.

That was probably a condition people in the World of Pirates found difficult to meet!

After all, unlike a transmigrator who had crossed over from a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional anime, Luo Han had experienced the transition from the real world to a virtual one. From the depths of his mind, he already believed that all kinds of Mind Power truly existed.

Next, he needed to find a way to use the Mind Fruit's power to manifest Psychokinesis. It would be best if he could come up with a specific training method, since that would make it relatively easier to manifest Psychokinesis with the Mind Fruit's power.