"Just now, that feeling..."
"Observation Haki?!!!"
Doll looked at her own body in surprise. That invisible yet perceptible "feeling" was as if she had truly grown an invisible eye.
And this was all power she had awakened after Austin had constantly pressured her and repeatedly pushed her into dangerous situations.
Even though it was only at the beginner stage now, and sometimes worked while sometimes failed, she had still awakened it. With more training and use, she would sooner or later be able to use it to react to bullets.
"Great!!!"
Doll was so excited that she leaped up and directly buried Austin's head in her heaving chest. A suffocating sensation instantly hit him.
Austin could only teleport air into his mouth before he could breathe smoothly again.
"Alright, Doll...
Your physique is inferior to Vergo's, so you can't awaken Armament Haki for the time being. Being able to show signs of Observation Haki is already very good."
Seeing Doll's excited expression, Austin felt a sense of accomplishment as well.
Indeed, basic Armament Haki and Observation Haki were merely things Austin had been born with or had easily trained during his youth.
But these future Vice Admiral candidates could not be compared with a natural monster like Austin.
For them, without Austin's guidance and help, even relatively obvious progress might require an enormous amount of time and effort.
So Teacher Austin had bestowed an immense favor upon them.
On the high platform overlooking the vast training ground, several figures stood silently, watching the people training in the center below.
Every one of them was a senior Marine officer in charge of the training camp.
Sengoku, Zephyr, and Kuzan.
Watching this unique teaching method and the students' exhilarated expressions, they were filled with surprise.
They had actually mastered the use of