Ambition

In the woods, three enormous figures ran off into the distance. Leading them was a huge wild boar, followed closely by a green lion with bull horns and a giant tiger with yellow and black stripes.

Compared to the lion and the giant tiger, the wild boar was much smaller and was fleeing in panic.

Their massive bodies generated tremendous winds, causing all the creatures living nearby to flee in panic.

suddenly.

The lion and tiger suddenly separated; the tiger darted off diagonally and disappeared into the distance, while the lion continued its pursuit.

The lion chased the wild boar for a distance, always maintaining a safe distance and never getting too close.

boom.

Just as they were about to run into the woods, a tiger appeared, knocked the wild boar to the ground, and began to bite it.

The lion slowly ran over, lay down a short distance away, and waited quietly.

After a while, the tiger had eaten a quarter of the wild boar and then slowly retreated, creating some distance between them.

The lion walked over, grabbed the wild boar, and ran off into the distance, while the tiger followed slowly behind.

Upon reaching the shore, the lion placed the wild boar on the bank and roared loudly, "Roar, roar!"

The lion in question was Moo. As he called out, Xia Qiu immediately surfaced from the water and opened his mouth.

Moo pushed the wild boar into the sea, and Xia Qiu, after biting it, dived into the ocean.

Moo nodded in satisfaction, walked to the sea fish next to him, transformed into a manatee, and began to nibble on the fish. He glanced at the tiger in the distance, shifted his body, and made room for it.

Seeing this, the tiger slowly walked over and started eating sea fish next to Moo.

She only ate a little bit of wild boar, leaving room for fish.

I've been eating too much meat, so I'll have some fish to change things up.

That fish is such a good pet; it even feeds its owner. Not bad at all.

After finishing the seafood, Moo lay there lazily. The tiger glanced at Moo, then retreated a distance and lay down to rest at the other end.

"Not enough."

After eating most of the wild boar, Xia Qiu felt a warm current appear, but was somewhat disappointed when it disappeared.

It's been a month, and there's still no noticeable change in my body.

However, you can feel the heat gathering at the back of the head, at the junction of the gills and pectoral fins, and this area is changing.

The changes should refer to the differences between mammals and oneself behind the head.

If there are no surprises, it should be the neck.

As a chordate, it has a long spine, but its spine is divided into trunk vertebrae and caudal vertebrae. Behind the head is the hindquarters. It has no neck and cannot directly sway its head from side to side or up and down. It can only move its body slightly by moving its trunk vertebrae.

If it continues to evolve, it may develop additional cervical vertebrae.

In other words, it will grow a neck.

This area is between the pectoral fin and the gills. The bones of the pectoral fin, pelvic fin, and anal fin extend from the spine.

The pectoral fins are located between the gills of fish. The part where the pectoral fins connect to the spine is called the scapular girdle, but compared to mammals, the scapular girdle is not tightly connected.

In most fish, the scapular girdle and skull are directly connected without cervical vertebrae.

There is a small section at the junction of the shoulder girdle and skull of whales.

It feeds on whales Xia Qiu and has grown some bones, but only a few joints, which are not enough to support the head turning.

If this evolves, then it can turn its head and move its head.

However, for fish, the cervical spine does more harm than good.

For example, disrupting the streamlined shape, or swinging the neck, can slow down the fish's swimming speed. Also, excessive pressure on the neck, or a heavier body above the cervical spine, can cause cervical spine problems.

However, I am different from most fish. First of all, my body shape is not laterally compressed. It is more like a catfish, with a round and wide body. There is no phenomenon where the height is four to five times the width.

This causes the force to be distributed around the neck instead of being concentrated above and below the cervical spine.

Secondly, one's own muscles are well-developed, allowing for excellent control of the head and preventing it from losing control due to movement.

Finally, there's the strengthened skeleton. My own bones are tough and can support my body without any problems.

Xia Qiu eagerly anticipates growing a neck, so that she can turn her head directly without having to use her vertebrae to twist her body.

At that time, I would feel somewhat like Tiktaalik.

A type of fish that lived in the Devonian, had a neck, and was most similar to an amphibian.

Furthermore, they have spiracles on the top of their heads, suggesting they likely possess lungs that function as well as gills.

Xia Qiu was looking forward to the changes in herself, but time seemed to be moving very slowly.

Over the course of a month, I only felt a warm sensation gathering in my neck, but not much new growth appeared.

Xia Qiu knew roughly what the reason was.

The growth of the neck is part of the overall growth of the body. If a person grows one meter, they will weigh approximately six to ten tons.

As his body becomes stronger, his growth rate slows down, and more and more Evolution Energy is being converted into physical energy.

So I need some more time.

However, the creatures in the Grand Line are much larger and have more Evolution Energy, which will increase their evolution speed considerably.

In addition, Xia Qiu is also trying to use his Haki.

However, it was completely unusable, and Xia Qiu had no idea what form the Haki took.

Xia Qiu tried many methods, but none of them could bring out his Haki.

Like Ace, he unconsciously used Conqueror's Haki when he was ten years old and didn't use it for seven years.

Furthermore, Rayleigh described Conqueror's Haki when he was teaching Luffy. Conqueror's Haki is the user's spirit, which can only be controlled and cannot be increased through training, but can be improved through personal growth.

Therefore, the first thing I need to do is to take control, and then I need to increase my courage.

Xia Qiu put that matter out of her mind, but was drawn to something else.

Moo made friends.

Xia Qiu stared at Moo and the tiger on the shore. In the past month, the tiger and Moo had become friends.

At first, the tiger was just hiding in the woods and observing secretly, and Xia Qiu thought it was going to attack when it had the chance.

But after they got to know each other, Moo gave it the sea fish it had prepared, and then the two went hunting together and came back together.

Now they eat together and even rest together.

Have you made any friends yet?

Not just friends, that tiger seemed to be female, I saw her...

In other words, this is very likely not a friend, but a girlfriend.

Thinking of this, Xia Qiu felt a surge of intense jealousy.

I don't even have a girlfriend, and you actually have one.

How dare a mere underling be so arrogant?

However, Xia Qiu soon felt relieved. Although Moo could no longer go into the water and could only stay on land, it had food and friends, and its life was quite good.

I certainly won't stay here for too long. The magnetic field here is too weak to detect the pirate ship, so I can't get the Reinforcement Energy.

After activating his Conqueror's Haki, Xia Qiu's state of mind changed.

Originally, he wanted to become stronger and hunt humans, but he didn't have a clear purpose. Or rather, reality and reason suppressed his ambition, and he didn't dare to imagine a purpose.

His original principle was to follow his heart and quietly amass wealth. But now that he's rich, perhaps it's time to show off his skills; otherwise, if he plays the fool too much, he might actually become a fool.

Xia Qiu no longer wants to try the life she experienced in the East China Sea; boredom and loneliness can kill.

Now, he possesses Conqueror's Haki, the qualities of a king.

This proves that I am not ordinary.

As my strength continues to increase, perhaps I shouldn't let life remain mundane. I shouldn't just be a passerby, but become a part of history.

Ambition was born in Xia Qiu.

No!

It should be said that the ambition that had existed for a long time was freed from its constraints and began to take root and sprout in the heart.