The Curtain Rises

"About forty meters to the northwest and about fifty meters to the southeast."

Xia Qiu carefully sensed the figures around him. After a month of training, Xia Qiu's Observation Haki had improved slightly, and he could control it more precisely.

Through a month of continuous use and practice, Xia Qiu could feel that the energy in his mind had increased significantly. The improvement was slow, but it had indeed increased.

The control of Observation Haki is specifically manifested in two aspects: reducing the Haki consumed when doing the same thing, and having complete control over it.

The former allows Xia Qiu to unleash Observation Haki in all directions, reaching a distance of up to fifty meters, and maintaining this effect for a considerable period of time at short distances.

Its masterful control allows it to direct its Observation Haki in a specific direction.

For example, if you only look around and ignore the perception above and below, you can probably get close to 100 meters.

However, if it is in a single direction, the distance can reach 150 meters up, down, left, and right; 200 to 500 meters behind; and nearly 400 meters in front.

This is determined by the area being explored; the larger the area, the fewer the possible exploration locations.

If you only detect a very short area on the left and right sides, the distance can reach 300 to 400 meters.

This greatly increases Xia Qiu's perception range.

Of course, this is proactive probing, and we must remain sufficiently calm.

One characteristic of Observation Haki is that one must remain calm.

For example, when Aokiji dodged Whitebeard's attack, he sensed the attack in advance, scattered in advance, and was then pierced by the sword but was unharmed.

However, Aokiji was distracted when Jozu collided with him and was directly hit, causing him to vomit blood.

For example, Katakuri was too angry to calm down, so he couldn't dodge Luffy's attacks.

Therefore, staying calm is essential.

The downside is that Xia Qiu's Observation Haki is relatively limited and will be exhausted quickly, while self-cultivation takes a long time and increases slowly, so he still needs to continue hunting down strong individuals with Observation Haki.

Secondly, there is Armament Haki.

Xia Qiu's Armament Haki has increased significantly through training, but the increase is limited.

However, with training, he can control Armament Haki Armament Haki relatively easily and minimize its consumption.

His Armament Haki can cover both legs and maintain a certain strength, but Armament Haki will be consumed during an impact.

Therefore, it is necessary to reserve a portion of Armament Haki for consumption. If one leg or one arm is fully infused with Armament Haki, it can probably withstand an impact of moderate intensity for about three minutes.

If you concentrate your legs only below the knees and halfway between your wrists and toes, you can probably hold out for five minutes.

The ramming horn, dorsal fin, and tail can support the body for up to six minutes; the teeth vary in strength and the support time also varies.

It didn't take long.

That's a bit too few for a battle.

It was due to its enormous size; at sixty meters long, it was simply too massive.

One of his legs has a larger area of Armament Haki application than Luffy Gear Fourth form. Of course, the latter is stronger but also consumes more Haki.

At the same time, the impact intensity, the degree of reinforcement, the force endured, and the Haki consumed are all different.

However, with training, Xia Qiu is now able to infuse only a portion of Armament Haki, and by combining it with his own defense, he can increase his defensive capabilities.

In addition, Observation Haki can also help one to better utilize Armament Haki.

If an enemy attacks a certain part of your body, Observation Haki can detect it, then you can use Armament Haki only on that part of your body.

Therefore, the next step is to utilize both capabilities simultaneously.

As Xia Qiu was thinking, the door suddenly opened and Zala walked in. "President, Vivi is here."

"Let her in."

Xia Qiu said softly, looking towards the door, and Vivi walked into the room.

She walked in and came to Xia Qiu, saying, "Mr.0, the Seastone cage you asked me to find a few days ago has been found and is on the ship. But the Seastone Handcuffs have not been found."

"It's fine even without Seastone Handcuffs, a cage will do."

Xia Qiu nodded. Crocodile had a cage made of Seastone. After he killed Crocodile, his office was flooded by seawater. Because there were Banana Crocodile in the middle of the lake, ordinary people dared not approach them and there was no need to eliminate them. So, apart from the Rain Dinners near the shore being demolished, the office was still underwater.

The Seastone Cage was very useful for Xia Qiu's second step plan, so Xia Qiu Vivi to search for the Seastone Cage in the lake in the Rain Country and see if there were any Seastone Handcuffs. But finding only the Seastone Cage was enough for Xia Qiu.

Xia Qiu looked at Vivi and said, "You must have expended a lot of effort this time, right?"

"This time, we used 600 soldiers and five members of the Bird Claw Unit. We used poison and explosives to kill all the banana crocodiles. After searching for six days, we finally found the Seastone cage," Vivi replied.

"Thank you for your help."

Xia Qiu said calmly, "However, I won't give you any reward this time. I have a great use for the Seastone Cage. When I get the benefits, I will share some with you. Its value is much higher than what you paid this time."

Upon hearing this, Vivi asked curiously, "President, what do you need the Seastone Cage for? It's effective against Devil Fruit User. Are you going to use it against Devil Fruit User?"

Xia Qiu glanced at her and said, "Knowing too much won't do you any good."

"All right."

Vivi shrank back.

Xia Qiu said, "I need you to use Alabasta's official capabilities to help me find Seastone, Seastone Handcuffs, bullets, and weapons. This time I will buy them at black market prices."

In fact, Seastone is controlled by the government and is extremely difficult to produce; these items are available but not for sale on the black market.

In the original work, besides the Navy, the only other people besides the Navy and the Shichibukai who have exposed Seastone are Bege, and Zephyr was originally a Navy member.

Given Baroque Works ' capabilities, obtaining Seastone would be extremely difficult.

Vivi said helplessly, "Wouldn't that give you even more ways to control me?"

"If I wanted to kill you, why would I need Seastone?" Xia Qiu said coldly.

Vivi sighed and said, "I will do my best."

"Then go ahead."

Xia Qiu looked at Vivi and said, "Keep training yourself. I need you to become stronger."

"I will."

Vivi nodded, turned and left, disappearing into the distance.

After she left, Zala came in, and Xia Qiu said, "Find some people to remodel Island Number Three according to my ideas."

With the Seastone cage in place, the second step of the plan can be implemented.

The Grand Line, the New World.

"Dad, Dad, I got a Devil Fruit while fighting with Captain Ace and Captain Thatch."

Nami held up her hand, in which was a pale purple Devil Fruit.

"Gurarara, Nami is really lucky," Whitebeard said with a smile.

"That's right!" Nami said with a smug smile.

Meanwhile, Marco said, "Nami, according to the rules of our Whitebeard Pirates, this Devil Fruit is yours. You can eat it."

"I don't want to."

Nami shook her head and said, "Eating Devil Fruit you can't swim anymore, and I don't want to become like that."

A voice rang out from not far away, saying, "Since Nami doesn't want it, then give it to me. I still need a Devil Fruit."

"Captain Thatch?"

Nami looked into the distance, snorted, and said, "A Devil Fruit is worth a hundred million. How can I give you that much money for nothing?"

Thatch laughed and said, "Okay, I can give you one hundred million Belly."

Upon hearing this, Nami's eyes lit up, and she said, "No, one hundred million is the black market price. You have to give me at least one hundred and ten million, no, one hundred and twenty million."

"Nami, you really do love money," Ace said helplessly from a distance.

"Can."

Thatch said with a smile, "But Nami, you can't raise the price any further."

"That's hard to say, what if someone offers a higher price?"

Nami, clutching the Devil Fruit, said slyly, "So you need to pay quickly."

Thatch shrugged and said, "Okay, I'll go prepare the money. I can give it to you in about two days."

"Uh-huh."

Nami was overjoyed at the thought of the money she still had to receive, and ran towards the cabin with the Devil Fruit in her arms.

"Is that the Dark-Dark Fruit?"

Not far away, a figure stared at Nami with surprise in his eyes. "Nami actually got her. That's killing two birds with one stone."