Unexpected News

Early the next morning, Xia Qiu began learning the Six Powers. Xia Qiu separated Kalifa and Kaku and asked them about the techniques of the Six Powers separately.

The first skill is shaving.

The foot stomps on the ground more than ten times in an instant, moving by the explosive speed generated by the reaction force.

The speed of the shave was similar to Captain Kuro's Silent Step, about 100 meters in four seconds, or 25 meters per second.

However, unlike Silent Step, once Silent Step is activated, it is completely unknown who it will attack. It can only maintain a predetermined route and attack targets along the way.

However, shaving can be well controlled, allowing for precise control of direction and distance.

It can attack both distant and nearby targets, and can move quickly in all directions.

Xia Qiu urgently needs to shave to increase his speed, so he prioritizes learning this skill.

But it is very difficult.

Firstly, the "Shaving" and "Geppo can be performed using one leg or both legs. The former is mostly performed using both legs, while the latter is partially performed using only one leg.

For example, Jabura uses Geppo, and has used both legs as well.

Vice Admiral Momonga also uses Geppo by stepping on one leg.

But whether it's one leg or two legs, they can support their bodies with just one leg.

The support here is not just about providing power, but also about maintaining balance.

The strength of one leg is insufficient to support the enormous weight of the body, let alone maintain balance.

To support the body, you need at least two legs, especially the middle two, to maintain balance, support the body, and not feel too tired.

To walk, one must use at least three legs to support oneself alternately.

The way Xia Qiu walk is that the left one, the left three and the right two move forward and backward together, while the left two, the right one and the right three move forward alternately.

With its three legs moving in alternating directions, Xia Qiu moved extremely fast.

In other words, Xia Qiu move forward using three legs as a power support.

If you use a shaving tool yourself, you'll need at least three legs, and sometimes four to six.

Humans use their legs the most, far less than they use their own.

In addition, the power, speed, and control provided by the legs should be simpler.

However, using only one leg requires a higher level of strength.

Therefore, most of the time, the shaving and Geppo are used, and the movement is done with both legs. In fact, except for the Geppo, the shaving technique almost always uses both legs.

So the first thing he should do is get six legs, because he's not sure if three legs can provide enough power.

However, coordinating all six legs is extremely difficult. The frequency of pedaling, the force of pedaling, and the direction of control all double the difficulty with each additional leg.

"So I don't think you can succeed."

Kalifa stood at a distance, her hands in shackles, and looked at Xia Qiu, saying, "I suggest you give up."

"Enough with the nonsense."

Xia Qiu said coldly, "You just need to demonstrate it in front of me."

"All right."

Kalifa looked somewhat helpless. In an instant, she stomped her feet on the ground again, and her body vanished, reappearing in the distance.

soon.

The distance it can travel is about ten meters, and the time it takes to use it is less than 0.5 seconds.

Almost instantly, she appeared in the distance.

My eyesight was only good enough to barely grasp the direction of movement; I couldn't analyze the details of her legs.

"Demonstrate how to stomp," Xia Qiu said to Kalifa.

Kalifa nodded, then moved her right leg, slowly lifted it, and then stepped down, saying, "That's about it."

The leg is not raised much, just slightly, and then it touches the ground.

Xia Qiu immediately asked, "What direction should the force be applied with the foot?"

Kalifa lifted her foot, slowly lifting it, with her heel lifting off the ground first, followed by the ball of her foot. When she landed, the ball of her foot touched the ground, followed by the ball of her heel.

"That's roughly it, but there's no need to break it down too finely. When you lift your foot, you draw power from your toes, and when you land, it's more like a kicking motion."

Xia Qiu felt somewhat troubled upon hearing this.

Xia Qiu's legs are similar to those of a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the first four, but somewhat resemble the hind limbs of a Triceratops in the last two.

Of course, Tyrannosaurus Rex's heels were raised, while its own heels, influenced by the evolutionary direction of other dinosaurs, could be lowered.

Moreover, the front four feet have three claws in front, one directly in front and one diagonally in front on both sides, so the force is relatively dispersed.

The supporting structures of the legs are different, the structures of the feet are different, and even the six legs are different.

It's somewhat difficult to accurately replicate the same movements on my own.

Xia Qiu looked at Kalifa and said, "Strength, do it again with the same force you used when you shaved."

"Good."

Kalifa spoke, she tapped the ground again, this time with great speed, leaving only a faint afterimage.

It strikes the ground with tremendous force over an extremely short time and distance.

The reaction force generated by repeated impacts with the ground is what causes shaving.

Xia Qiu tried to stomp on the ground quickly, but found it difficult to control the force. To complete the previous movement at such a speed was extremely difficult.

This method may not be suitable for me. The only thing I can do now is to train and improve the movements to find a more suitable one.

Cecilia and Zala were also present. Cecilia, who was already skilled in leg techniques, had been training alongside them and was now able to master them in slow motion.

But for Zala, rapid pedaling is already quite difficult.

Cecilia asked curiously, "How do your legs coordinate during the shaving process?"

"To be carried out alternately."

Kalifa said, "It looks like the stampede started instantly, but that's because of the speed. Ten stamps in an instant, almost imperceptible to the naked eye."

This method is roughly like lifting the right foot and landing the left foot, then lifting the left foot and landing the right foot.

Because the frequency of leg raises is extremely fast, it is impossible to distinguish between front and back, but it is by relying on this frequency that they switch between them.

"I see."

Cecilia stroked her chin, seemingly lost in thought.

Xia Qiu asked curiously, "Why do we do it alternately? Wouldn't the power be greater if we did it all at once?"

"Are you faster at running or jumping?" Kalifa asked Xia Qiu.

Xia Qiu replied, "Of course, running is faster."

"That's right. Stomping is like running in place, but with a smaller range of motion, constantly accumulating power, and finally storing it up and releasing it explosively. If you put both feet together, it becomes jumping in place. While jumping provides more power, the range of motion is also larger, and you leave the ground each time, making it impossible to control the power. So we need to alternate between them," Kalifa explained slowly.

"What about one leg?" Xia Qiu asked curiously.

Kalifa said, "Single-legged walking is the result of accumulating power by continuously stepping on one leg. If your strength is enough to support your body moving forward, then it is sufficient, but the speed will definitely be slower. And if you are on Geppo, you will find that he jumps with his left foot, and the next time he steps on the air, it will inevitably be his right foot. Of course, you can also do it on one leg all the time, but the pressure on the leg is too great, and the speed will decrease."

"That's absolutely right."

Xia Qiu thought of Geppo, which is to move forward by alternating steps on the air with both feet.

"I think I understand."

Xia Qiu learned the method, but found that the difficulties had increased again. His first step was to shave both of the human's legs, that is, all six legs at once.

In other words, you need to use all three legs alternately, and each leg needs to have extremely precise movements, and you need to step on the ground more than ten times in an instant.

Most importantly, the structure of my legs is different.

There were four major challenges that Xia Qiu would have had a hard time overcoming, which explains why Lucci made that request.

"It seems I need to continue honing my skills."

Xia Qiu said, looking at Zala in the distance, "Zala, take her back."

"Good."

Zala walked over to Kalifa, put shackles on her feet, and took her to the basement.

"Now that Kalifa has taught you the Six Powers, shouldn't you give us the newspaper too? It's almost noon."

In the distant Seastone cage, Lucci sat inside and asked lazily.

"I'll have someone deliver it to you in a bit," Xia Qiu replied, glancing at him.

Yesterday, Lucci agreed to teach Xia Qiu the Life Return, but he made two conditions: one was that he would only teach one of the Six Powers at a time, and he would only teach the next technique after Xia Qiu had mastered it, until the final Life Return.

Xia Qiu knew what they were thinking. They believed he couldn't learn it, so they were stalling for time and were afraid that his subordinates would learn it and kill them.

Xia Qiu didn't care about these things. It would be more troublesome for him if his subordinates learned the Six Powers before he mastered them himself.

Secondly, newspapers were given to them so that they could obtain information from the outside world.

Xia Qiu had agreed to their request, and naturally she wouldn't go back on her word.

Zala took Kalifa back to the cage, brought them newspapers and lunch, and then went back upstairs.

Xia Qiu continued training, but leg structure was a problem. However, what Kalifa said was the simplest way to use shaving.

Shaving is the explosive release of reaction force from ten stomps.

Therefore, high-speed, high-frequency, low-distance pedaling, and alternating power generation by both legs, should be the simplest method.

First, train using six legs, treating three legs as one. Then, based on this foundation, continuously adjust according to the leg structure to master shaving.

It is foreseeable that I will have to undergo a long period of arduous practice.

"What were the results of the training?"

After Zala left, Kaku looked at Kalifa.

Kalifa said, "I don't think he can learn it. He has too many problems: he's too heavy, he has six legs, and his leg structure and strength make it very difficult to master."

"That's better."

Kaku laughed and said, "If he never learns it in his lifetime, wouldn't we be able to survive forever?"

"That's not necessarily true."

Kalifa disagreed.

Kaku asked, "Kalifa, are you saying that if he can't learn it, he'll kill us instead?"

Kalifa shook her head and said, "I mean, he might be able to learn it."

"Kalifa, do you really believe in it that much?" Kalifa asked, puzzled.

Kalifa said softly, "If he can learn Armament Haki, how can he not learn the Six Powers? In comparison, the former is more difficult."

Upon hearing this, Kaku said, "I really can't imagine how a Giant Beast could learn Armament Haki, after all, even the boss hasn't learned Haki yet."

"It's not that Boss Lucci doesn't know Haki, it's that he hasn't learned Haki."

Kalifa said that Lucci did not focus on Haki; he concentrated on physical skills and physical training in the early stages, which took up a lot of his time.

His physical abilities are no less than those of an ordinary Vice Admiral, and he has spent a great deal of time mastering the Six Powers and Life Return, reaching the pinnacle of these two skills.

After that, he was tasked with a mission that required him to remain in Water 7 five years, during which time he was unable to train.

For Lucci, learning Haki wouldn't be too difficult.

And that was indeed the case. Two years later, he Armament Haki and was able to fight Sabo at that time. In terms of talent, he was truly outstanding.

"The location indicated by the Vivre Card is here."

On a deserted island, a dozen or so naval warships appeared and slowly surrounded the island.

"Is it still here?" a Vice Admiral on the ship asked.

The CP0 agent looked at the fragment of the Vivre Card in his hand and said, "Hmm, they didn't leave."

"Then let's search for it."

CP0 agents and several Vice Admiral, along with several hundred sailors, landed on the deserted island and began searching it.

However, they found the island deserted and there was no sign of Lucci or anyone else.

"They're not here," said Vice Admiral Momonga.

The CP0 agent said, "But the Vivre Card must be here."

"Then let's look for it," another Vice Admiral said.

"Here."

After searching for more than two hours, a sailor finally found the Vivre Card on a tree, with traces of it being torn off.

"Lucci's Vivre Card? It's been left here."

One CP0 agent expressed some regret.

"It seems we can't find Lucci this way."

"We were sent to assist you because we discovered the Vivre Card, but now it's proven they're not here, so our mission is complete," Lieutenant Vice Admiral Momonga said, then looked at the CP0 agents.

The CP0 agent looked somewhat regretful and said, "Let's go back."

The naval soldiers and CP9 agents returned to the warship, which then slowly departed and disappeared into the distance.

(I hadn't considered the issue of the Vivre Card; I forgot about it. However, after reviewing the lore and descriptions from that time, in Lola's arc, when the Vivre Card Vivre Card first appeared, it was mentioned that they attract each other and can be used to find a target. Rayleigh left a Vivre Card Vivre Card with Luffy when he went to find Shakky. Therefore, many people discussing this issue believe that the torn part of the Vivre Card points to the original card. If the Vivre Card pointed to the user, there would be no need for the original user to leave one behind. So, for now, I'll assume that the Vivre Card attract each other based on their Vivre Card; otherwise, this plot hole would be too big.)

"Hey, Zala, what are you doing?"

Xia Qiu looked at Zala, who was sitting not far away drinking tea, and said with displeasure, "Why aren't you training?"

"President, I've been training all morning."

Zala said lazily, "Let me rest for a bit, I'm too tired."

"Most of the morning was spent explaining techniques; how long have you been training?"

Xia Qiu said irritably, "If you keep slacking off like this, when will you ever master the Six Powers?"

Xia Qiu had high hopes for Zala; although she was not very bright, she could be a good helper.

Zala's Devil Fruit ability makes her so powerful that, apart from the Gunner, very few people in the entire gang can defeat her.

But if these people wanted to escape, she was powerless to stop them.

But with the Six Powers, combined with her Devil Fruit ability, her strength will undergo a dramatic transformation.

In particular, the Shigan is a perfect match for her abilities.

But she's too lazy, especially lately. Aside from the tasks she assigns herself, she rarely improves herself.

"President, don't worry. Anyway, we can't learn the next move until you've mastered it, so we have plenty of time," Zala said nonchalantly.

Upon hearing this, Xia Qiu shouted, "Zala, are you implying that I can't learn it?"

"President..."

Zala paused for a moment, then quickly said ingratiatingly, "That's not what I meant. President, you're so smart, how could you not learn it? I'll start training right away."

Zala quickly stood up, but suddenly, the sound of "Blu-Blu" rang out.

"The Den Den Mushi is ringing, I'll go answer it."

Zala's eyes lit up with joy, and she ran off into the distance.

"This guy."

Xia Qiu watched her retreating figure with a helpless expression; once she ran away, she probably wouldn't come back.

The two had been working together for almost a year and a half, and their relationship had become quite good; she was now a competent subordinate.

At least she didn't betray him, and even if she was weak, he wouldn't punish her too much.

"Never mind her."

Xia Qiu shook his head and continued training, but after a while, Zala jogged back.

"What's wrong?"

Xia Qiu stopped and looked at Zala.

Zala said, "Vivi called and said something big has happened in the Drum Kingdom."

"What is it?" Xia Qiu frowned.

Zala replied, "Drum Kingdom was attacked by a group of pirates, and King Walpol fled the country. Now Drum Kingdom is deserted."

"What pirates?"

Xia Qiu had a guess in her mind, and her expression was somewhat excited.

Zala said, "The Blackbeard Pirates."

"The Blackbeard Pirates?"

Xia Qiu's eyes slowly brightened. 'They really did leave the Whitebeard Pirates, but I wonder if it was betrayal, and whether Ace will come looking for him.'

Xia Qiu then said, "Have Vivi mobilize the intelligence department to investigate the Blackbeard Pirates and find their whereabouts. In addition, help me investigate another person."

"I will pass it on to Vivi."

Zala nodded, then said, "Vivi asked another question."

Xia Qiu looked at Zala and asked, "What is it?"

Zala said softly, "Vivi said that the king of the Drum Kingdom is away, and the whole country is in some chaos."

"Yeah?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Qiu immediately understood Vivi's meaning and said, "The Drum Kingdom? It certainly has value worth pursuing."

The Drum Kingdom is small in size and remote in location, with an extremely cold environment and very little economic output.

But it remains a country, and still a member of the World Government.

Zala asked with a smile, "So, are we going to the Drum Kingdom next?"

"Um."

Xia Qiu nodded, then said, "But this matter is of utmost importance. We need to plan carefully before taking action. Ask Vivi if she can come here to meet me; I have some questions for her."

Compared to the Drum Kingdom and the Blackbeard Pirates, Xia Qiu was more curious about what Vivi was thinking.