As a Marine hero, Garp had raised a revolutionary son, a grandson who would one day become the Pirate King, and had once been the Pirate King Roger's most respected "sparring partner."
He had never been a lackey of the World Government. He had his own convictions when it came to justice.
Though he grumbled about his unworthy descendants who defied his wishes, deep down, he was proud of his "criminal" son and his grandson who dreamed of becoming a "criminal."
So when he spotted a promising new star in East Blue, Garp's decision was not to eliminate a threat for the World Government, but to help this young man who also held justice in his heart as much as possible.
And the two most broadly applicable physical techniques, "Shave" and "Geppo," became Garp's gift to Garen.
After hearing the principles behind those two techniques, Garen excitedly realized:
He still could not use either of them.
The core of the Rokushiki was not technique, but the tempering of the human body's capabilities.
For example, the principle behind "Shave" was simple and straightforward:
In an instant, 0.36 seconds, stomp the ground more than ten times, using the resulting reactive force to generate explosive speed for high-speed movement.
In the simple act of "stomping the ground," precise exertion techniques were merely the streamlined outer body of a car, capable of improving its speed to some extent.
The user's body, tempered beyond human limits, was the inner engine that truly determined the vehicle's speed.
If the engine was strong enough, even a bulky Wuling Hongguang could tear down the highway at speeds enough to get its license revoked.
So even though he had memorized the exertion techniques imparted by the peerless Garp, Garen's current physical strength still fell short, and he could not